The Synaptic Bases of Mental Diseases
30 September 2014
In an article published in Neuron, Kim Do and her group reveal that deficits related to schizophrenia can be corrected by protecting a specific group of vulnerable neurons from oxidative stress. Prof. Kim Do’s lab from the Centre for Psychiatric Read more…
25 September 2014
The Lundbeck Institute awarded the Psychiatry Prize 2014 to Eva Choong and Prof. Chin B. Eap for their study on a gene that appears to be associated with overweight and obesity in psychiatric patients. The Prize will be delivered November Read more…
19 September 2014
Chronic stress can lead to behavioral problems. Prof Carmen Sandi’s team has discovered an important synaptic mechanism: the activation of a cleaving enzyme, leading to these problems. Why is it that when people are too stressed they are often grouchy, Read more…
8 September 2014
Anne Ruef and Prof. Yves Dunant During the Lemanic Neuroscience Annual Meeting, held in Les Diablerets on August 29-30, 2014, Anne Ruef won the prize for the best poster or oral presentation in clinical/applied neuroscience. Anne Ruef, whose work is Read more…
1 September 2014
The team led by Anthony Holtmaat, professor at UNIGE and member of the NCCR-Synapsy, was able to demonstrate that the sensory stimulus alone can generate long-term synaptic. Their research on this memory of silent neurons is published in Nature. When Read more…
