The Synaptic Bases of Mental Diseases
26 June 2015
A team of neuroscientists from EPFL, MIT and Stanford uncovered a new stress-related mechanism involved in memory deterioration. In ever faster moving societies, an increasing number of people is becoming affected by the short- and long-term consequences of chronic stress. 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…
15 June 2015
Previous studies have shown it is more difficult for mothers suffering from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) related to a history of violent life events to react appropriately to their child in moments of stress (for example separations, conflicts, new Read more…
9 June 2015
Professor Christian Lüscher from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and a NCCR Synapsy member joins the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMS) The senate of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences has appointed Professor Lüscher as individual member of the Read more…
