NCCR-Synapsy

The Synaptic Bases of Mental Diseases

Carmen Sandi awarded the Behavioral Brain Research Prize

carmen sandi at the FENS

Carmen Sandi, project leader on the “Developmental stress” project of Synapsy and head of the Brain Mind Institute (EPFL), received the Behavioral Brain Research Prize last Sunday. On the occasion of the biannual Forum 2014 of the FENS-Federation of the Read more…


Childhood trauma leaves marks on the brain

sad adolescent

EPFL scientists have found that childhood trauma leaves a lasting imprint on the brain – a structural change that is related to a predisposition to violence. It is well known that violent individuals are often themselves the victims of psychological Read more…