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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
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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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...
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Lactate, a prospect for the treatment of depression
17 December 2020
According to WHO, more than 264 million people in the world suffer from depression, a disorder that has a major...
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Holography and cellular reprogramming in the quest for biomarkers
17 December 2020
Bipolar disorders affect some 2% of the population. Patients present a wide variety of clinical symptoms of which many can...
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A career at the intersection of physics and psychiatry
17 December 2020
Pierre Marquet’s career path has been rather untypical. Combining qualifications in physics and psychiatry-psychotherapy, he is a clinical researcher “par...
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From science to yoga — and back to science
17 December 2020
After initial studies in science, Zeynep Knight-Celen opts for a life practicing and teaching yoga. Ten years later her interest...
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A psychologist in a clinical research team
17 December 2020
Ryan Murray’s work within Synapsy WP#5 focuses on measuring brain reactivity to and recovery from psychosocial stress within clinical patients...
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