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Recent Publications by ZNZ Members

Read here about recent papers published by members of the Neuroscience Center Zurich. Conditional valuation for combinations of goods in primatesPhilos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2021 Mar;376(1819):20190669. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0669.Epub 2021 Jan 11.Authors: Hui-Kuan Chung, Carlos […]

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Questioning the Brain

A new book features the answers of 16 Swiss neuroscientists to 300 questions. Journalist Barbara Schmutz interviewed neuroscientists – amongst them several from the ZNZ – on common phenomena interesting to many of us:Can we […]

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Pharmocotherapy of Tinnitus

A buzzing, ringing or hissing sound in the ear in absence of an external source – tinnitus is a common symptom that affects 10-20% of the population. Many drugs have been studied for treating tinnitus, […]

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Recent Publications by ZNZ Members

Read here about recent papers published by members of the Neuroscience Center Zurich. Shifts and drifts in prion scienceScience. 2020 Oct 2;370(6512):32-34. doi: 10.1126/science.abb8577.Authors: Adriano Aguzzi, Elena De Cecco  Primary hyperammonaemia: Current diagnostic and therapeutic strategiesJ Mother Child. 2020 […]

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Recent Publications by ZNZ Members

Read here about recent papers published by members of the Neuroscience Center Zurich. Drowning in Children: Retrospective Analysis of Incident Characteristics, Predicting Parameters, and Long-Term OutcomeChildren (Basel). 2020 Jul 1;7(7):70. doi: 10.3390/children7070070.Authors: Liliane Raess, Anna Darms, Andreas Meyer-Heim  Widefield […]

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Recent Publications by ZNZ Members

Read here about recent papers published by members of the Neuroscience Center Zurich. What does “moderate pain” mean? Subgroups holding different conceptions of rating scales evaluate experimental pain differently.Eur J Pain. 2020 Mar;24(3):625-638Authors: Becker S, […]

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Desert Navigator

In his book “desert navigator” Rüdiger Wehner shows us how mini brains can solve mega tasks. Wehner describes the extraordinary orienteering skills of desert ants and explains the sophisticated ways insects function in their natural […]

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More than Sleep

In his book “Mehr als Schlaf”, Alexander Borbély interweaves an account of his personal life with his research into sleep. Among the main topics are sleep and its rhythms. The author has researched both topics […]

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Pharmacology of Sleep

The new book “Sleep-Wake Neurobiology and Pharmacology”, edited by Hans-Peter Landolt and Derk-Jan Dijk,connects current ideas and concepts about sleep functions and circadian rhythms with the search for novel target-selective sleep-wake therapeutics. State-of-the-art methodologies are […]

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Remembering Walter Rudolf Hess

Who was Walter Rudolf Hess? 70 years after he was awarded the Nobel Prize, Anton Valavanis and Alexander Borbély of the Clinical Neurocenter issued a book about his life and his work. The book contains […]