The Synaptic Bases of Mental Diseases
13 October 2016
The diagnosis of Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) is based on behavioral observations. It is hard to make such a diagnosis for sure before the age of 3. However, the first years of life are a period marked by a great Read more…
1 September 2016
Media Award 2016 from the Swiss Academies of Art and Sciences to Lison Méric’s documentary on schizophrenia “J’entends des voix (I hear voices)” broadcasted on RTS1 – 36.9°, 16 December 2015, with the participation of Philippe Conus and Kim Do. Read more…
15 July 2016
On July 2, 2016, Prof. Carmen Sandi, Director of the Brain Mind Institute at the School of Life Sciences, EPFL, was elected President-elect (term as President starting in 2018) of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) in the Read more…
10 July 2016
Claudia Bagni has been nominated full Professor at the University of Lausanne on the first of July. She is officially Head of the Department of Fundamental Neurosciences (DNF >). UNIL News < Back to NEWS & AWARDS page
22 June 2016
The autism spectrum disorders are a heterogeneous group of neurodevelopmental disorders whose main characteristic alterations in social communication, restricted interests and repetitive behaviors. If the assumptions to identify alterations in brain circuits that could be responsible for autism disorders are Read more…
17 May 2016
Prof. Claudia Bagni has been awarded the Ernest Solvay prize for 2016 by Queen Elizabeth Medical Foundation, for the project “CYFIP1-pathies: shared pathways in intellectual disabilities and psychiatric disorders”. Q.E.M.F for Neurosciences webpage > < Back to NEWS & AWARDS Read more…
1 February 2016
Pfizer Award System : Neuroscience and nervous system illnesses. To treat addiction by electric shocks Deep brain stimulation involves implanting electrodes into the brains of patients and outputting electric shocks via a pacemaker, implanted too. This treatment is mostly used Read more…
1 December 2015
Mitochondria in the neurons of the nucleus accumbens. Neuroscientists at EPFL identify a brain region that links anxious temperament to low social status. The researchers were able to tweak social hierarchy in animals by using vitamin B3. There are important Read more…
22 June 2015
Prof. Carmen Sandi has been awarded the Valkhof Chair 2015. On June 22nd, she had the opportunity to give this year’s Valkhof Lecture, entitled: “The stressed social brain: from rodents to humans”. The Executive Board of Radboud university medical center Read more…
