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NCCR-SYNAPSY The Synaptic Bases of Mental Diseases
Researchers and psychiatrists of the Swiss National Centre Competence in Research NCCR-SYNAPSY have joined forces to study the biological basis of psychiatric disorders.
In order to offer patients new perspectives of a cure and a higher quality of life, this innovative union between psychiatry and neuroscience is seeking to better understand the origins of mental disorders, and thus settle upon better diagnosis and treatments.
SYNAPSY LATEST NEWS
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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