This evening, Professor Christian Haass has been awarded the Federal Cross of Merit by the Bavarian Minister of State for Education and Cultural Affairs, Science and Arts Dr. Ludwig Spaenle.
Recurring patterns of neuronal activity contribute to memory consolidation. Scientists of the DZNE and the University of Bonn are reporting these findings in the Journal of Neuroscience.
“The aging society is one of the greatest challenges society has to face in the future. One of the most important goals is the development of new translational research strategies with the aim to combat common diseases,”
An international research consortium with the participation of the DZNE and the Bonn University Hospital has identified eleven previously unknown genetic risk factors for Alzheimer's disease. The results have been published in the scientific journal Nature Genetics.
A team of German and American researchers has added another piece to the puzzle of what causes Alzheimer disease. They have found that a protein called “spastin” plays a previously unsuspected role: spastin is able to cut off the supply lines inside nerve cells, causing…
The biologist Caghan Kizil is to be granted approximately 1.7 million Euros over the next five years to develop his projects at the Dresden site of the DZNE. An international panel of experts approved his application for a “Helmholtz Young Investigators Group” in a…
Professor Dirk Isbrandt has been appointed W3-Professor for Experimental Neurophysiology. His research focuses on the molecular causes and mechanisms leading to changes in brain activity in neurological diseases such as epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease. With this joint…
Scientists of the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the DZNE have managed to acquire new insights into the functioning of a region in the brain that normally is involved in spatial orientation, but is damaged by the Alzheimer’s disease. They investigated how nerve…
The German Alzheimer Association (Deutsche Alzheimer Gesellschaft e.V. Selbsthilfe Demenz, DAlzG) and the DZNE aim to develop joint information services for dementia patients and their families. As World Alzheimer’s Day approaches on September 21st, the two organisations…
Prof. Adriano Aguzzi of the University of Zurich (Switzerland) and Prof. Charles Weissmann of the Scripps Research Institute Florida (USA) will be awarded the 2013 “Hartwig Piepenbrock-DZNE Prize” for outstanding research in the field of neurodegenerative diseases. Their…
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