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1511. Germany’s one-of-a-kind concept aiming to improve the at home medical care for dementia patients delivers first results

Yesterday, the participating scientists from DZNE, the Institute for Community Medicine at the University of Greifswald’s Medical Faculty and family practitioners discussed the status of the study…

1512. University of Wisconsin-Madison and DZNE Agree to Collaborate on Alzheimer’s, Dementia Research

Officials of both institutions today agreed to collaborate on research efforts with the potential to improve outcomes for patients with neurodegenerative disease and for individuals at increased risk…

1513. Regeneration in a hostile environment - Cancer drug promotes regeneration of damaged neurons.

DZNE researchers show in Science: Cancer drug epothilone promotes neuronal regeneration and improves motor skills after experimental spinal cord injury. Cancer drug promotes regeneration of damaged…

1514. Dr. Sabine Helling-Moegen is the new Administrative Director of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases

Together with Professor Pierluigi Nicotera, Chairman of the Executive Board and Scientific Director, Helling-Moegen leads the research institute with more than 800 employees spread across nine sites…

1515. Brain Researchers Pinpoint Gateway to Human Memory

An international team led by researchers of the University of Magdeburg and the DZNE has successfully determined the location, where memories are generated with a level of precision never achieved…

1516. Alzheimer’s disease: Molecular signals cause brain cells to switch into a hectic state

Through experimental studies scientists of the DZNE at the Bonn and Berlin sites have now gained new insights into how Alzheimer’s interferes with the metabolism of astrocytes. The disease affects…

1517. Diseases of the Brain: Computer Model of Nerve Cells Provides Insights into Communication Problems

In diseases of the brain, such as Alzheimer’s, the neurons fail to communicate correctly with each other. As researchers of the DZNE now report in the journal “Neuron“, these connectivity problems…

1518. From California to Berlin: international neuroscientist Craig Garner strengthens the collaboration of DZNE and Charité

Prof. Craig Garner, jointly appointed by both institutions, studies dementia, with a particular focus on synapses. His aim is to develop therapies that restore disturbed communication between brain…

1519. Physical exercise in old age can stimulate brain fitness, but effect decreases with advancing age

Physical exercise in old age can improve brain perfusion as well as certain memory skills. This is the finding of Magdeburg neuroscientists who studied women and men aged between 60 and…

1520. DZNE researcher elected into the Leopoldina

Prof. Frank Bradke , head of the "Axon Growth and Regeneration" research group at the DZNE in Bonn, has been elected as a member of the Leopoldina, the German National Academy of…