Research News

Guiding the Future of Brain Stimulation

Transcranial electrical stimulation techniques are widely used to regulate brain function and behavior. However, due to low reproducibility of various studies, the efficacy of this technique started to be questioned. This led researchers of the […]

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In the Loop for Walking Well Again

Walking is a central part of independent living. Neurological causes, such as stroke or Parkinson’s disease, can substantially impair gait and mobility. This affects our quality of life, as many studies have shown. In precision […]

Publications

A guide to study our internal clock

Cutting-edge and practical, Circadian Clocks: Methods and Protocols is a valuable book for any researcher interested in learning more about this developing field. Steven Brown from the Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology (UZH) is the editor of […]

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What Tapping The Mobile Can Tell

Mobile phones have become an integral part of our 24/7 society. From a health scientific perspective, they represent at the same time a potential negative influence but also a unique opportunity to gather big data. […]

Videos

Antagonizing the Protein Aggregation

The 10th Annual Les Turner Symposium on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) featured presentations from leading clinicians and researchers in the field. In her presentation, Magdalini Polymendiou from the Department of Quantitative Biomedicine (UZH), presented research […]

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New Perspectives on Language

Where does our ability to communicate come from? How does language develop and how do we pass it on from generation to generation? The National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Evolving Language, established last […]

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How Does Empathy Feel Like on Opioids?

When prescription opioids are used over a longer period for medical or non-medical purposes, it can have consequences on brain and behavior. Sara Kroll and Boris Quednow from the Psychiatric Hospital of the University of […]

Videos

Can Computers Understand Cognition?

Valerio Mante from the Institute of Neuroinformatics (UZH) was an invited speaker at the Neurotheory seminar series. It is a collaborative effort between current and former labs at the University of Oxford to study theoretical […]