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An algorithm to predict psychotic illnesses
29 September 2021
Neuroscientists have used for the first time the method of longitudinal network analysis applied to children, in order to detect the symptoms that herald the development of psychotic illness in...
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Daniella Dwir’s study awarded prize
28 September 2021
Daniella Dwir, researcher in the laboratory of Kim Do at the Schizophrenia Research Unit of the Center for Psychiatric Neurosciences of the CHUV, won the "Young investigator award" of the...
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#NCCRWomen – Marie Schaer
17 September 2021
https://nccr-synapsy.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/NCCRW_SCHAER_FINAL.movMeet Marie Schaer, a researcher working for the NCCR Synapsy at the University of Geneva. Her studies aims to understand the symptoms of autism, a developmental disorder associated with communication...
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#NCCRWomen – Zoé Schilliger
16 September 2021
https://nccr-synapsy.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/NCCRW_SCHILLIGER_FINAL.movMeet Zoé Schilliger, a doctoral student in psychiatric neuroscience at the University of Lausanne and CHUV. She is working on stress management during adolescence, more specifically how it can lead...
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#NCCRWomen – Camilla Bellone
15 September 2021
https://nccr-synapsy.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/NCCRW_BELLONE_FINAL.movMeet Camilla Bellone, Director of the NCCR Synapsy and neuroscientist working at the University of Geneva. She is studying how the brain controls social behavior.The #NCCRWomen campaign introduces you to...
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#NCCRWomen – Silvia Monari
14 September 2021
https://nccr-synapsy.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/NCCR_MONARI_FINAL.movMeet Silvia Monari, a medical doctor doing a PhD in neuroscience at EPFL. She is studying how stress can affect memory and sleep for the NCCR Synapsy.Meet Marie Schaer, a...
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Autism: a spectrum on the path to segmentation
13 September 2021
A UNIGE study backed by Synapsy has shown that the basic states of the brain functions of young children with autism spectrum disorder have a signature that is specific to...
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#NCCRWomen – Farnaz Delavari
13 September 2021
https://nccr-synapsy.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/NCCR_DELAVARI_FINAL.movMeet Farnaz Delavari, a medical doctor doing a PhD in neuroscience at the University of Geneva. She is studying the brain mechanisms that lead to psychosis and anxiety for the...
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Using video for the early detection of autism
6 September 2021
Using artificial intelligence, a Synapsy team from the UNIGE has developed a device for the early detection of autism spectrum disorder in children. Individuals affected by autism spectrum disorder often...
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Managing attention deficit disorder by training the brain
7 July 2021
A Synapsy team from the UNIGE and the HUG has found that a special type of brain training based on the principle of ‘neurofeedback’ enables people with attention deficit disorder...
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Protecting the intellectual abilities of people at risk for psychosis
1 June 2021
A Synapsy team based at UNIGE has found that a class of drugs can protect the development of intellectual abilities in people at risk of psychosis, if prescribed before adolescence....
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Lactate reveals all about its antidepressant prowess
27 May 2021
Neuroscientists at Synapsy have identified one of the mechanisms behind the antidepressant effect of lactate, a molecule produced by the body during exercise. Its key features – lactate, NADH and...
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Overcoming long-term trauma can be facilitated
21 May 2021
Older traumatic experiences are harder to get over compared to recent ones, and Synapsy scientists based at EPFL have started to understand why – at the level of brain circuits...
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Is schizophrenia the cost of a poor brain optimisation?
23 March 2021
Patients with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome have a high risk of developing schizophrenia. According to a recent study by neuroscientists from Synapsy, the Swiss National Research Centre of Competences in Research...
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Why making the right choice is difficult when you’re stressed
9 March 2021
Study by members of Synapsy, the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research in psychiatric disorders, explains why we make poor decisions after stress even when motivated by the prospect...
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Invitation for entries for the Research prize of the Swiss Brain League
9 March 2021
Every two years, the Swiss Brain League awards a prize of CHF 20,000 to a Swiss research group in recognition of its outstanding scientific contribution in the field of neurological...
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Has the ideal target for treating anxiety been discovered?
11 February 2021
Synapsy’s neuroscientists based at EPFL have identified a cell molecule that can regulate anxiety and prevent depression. Located at the crossroads of multiple cellular mechanisms, this molecule reconciles the great...
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Poor wiring in the centre of the brain leads to psychosis
9 February 2021
Psychosis is linked to abnormalities in brain development. A team from the Synapsy National Centre of Competences in Research has demonstrated that the regions of the brain involved in processing...
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Best wishes for 2021
24 December 2020
The Management Team wishes You all the Best for the New Year!
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From academia to entrepreneurship – seizing an opportunity to make a significant contribution to the treatment of neurological disorders
17 December 2020
We spoke with Charles Finsterwald, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer and co-founder of the start-up Gliapharm about his career path and his decision to switch from fundamental research to application.An interest...
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