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What are the causes of synapse failure in Alzheimer's disease? - Prof. Jochen Herms studies the cellular basis of neurodegenerative diseases with advanced microscopy technologies
Releasing the brakes on spinal cord growth - the working group led by Professor Frank Bradke is studying how nerve cells can be stimulated to regenerate themselves in the case of paraplegia
An in-depth look into spinal cord regeneration - Scientists develop new methods for the study of spinal cord injury
Methuselah’s Descendants – What Keeps Us Healthy in Old Age? The New Director of Population Health Sciences at the DZNE Investigates
Computer simulation of memory cells
DZNE scientists and their US colleagues have received US$1.5 million in funding to research learning and memory using computer models
A micro-RNA as a key regulator of learning and Alzheimer's disease
Scientists identify an RNA molecule as a potential target for new Alzheimer's therapiesmore
Why senile plaques form in the brain of Alzheimer patients
Scientists from the DZNE and University of Bonn have discovered that a modification of the protein amyloid beta causes it to aggregate and form plaques – a typical feature of Alzheimer's disease more
Humboldt Research Fellowship for Michela Deleidi
Bonn/Tübingen, September15th 2011. Dr. Michela Deleidi, a scientist in Prof. Thomas Gasser’s research group at the DZNE site Tübingen and the Hertie Institute for Brain Research, received a Humboldt Research Fellowship for ...more
Funding International Cooperations between Centres of Excellence in neurodegenerative disease research
The Centres of Excellence in Neurodegeneration Research (CoEN) -initiative, an international funding partnership, announces investment in eight exciting new international research projects which will address key issues in ...more
Konrad Beyreuther awarded with the first Hartwig Piepenbrock-DZNE Prize
Bonn, September 2, 2011. The first "Hartwig Piepenbrock-DZNE Prize" for outstanding research in the field of neurodegenerative diseases will be awarded to the renowned Alzheimer researcher Prof. Konrad Beyreuther, ...more
Clearing the brain by breaking its barriers
German Researchers discover a new mechanism and a new treatment option for Alzheimer ’s disease more
First DZNE / MPI Conference on Ageing and Neurodegeneration
Bonn/Cologne, September 1st. The first conference on Aging and Neurodegeneration, organized by the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) and the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing (MPI Age), will take place ...more
The Link between Blood Flow and Dementia
Dr. Gabor Petzold begins work as Research Group Leader at the DZNE and Senior Physician at the University Hospital of Bonnmore
Hearing the Voice of People with Dementia
Scientists from the DZNE Witten start a model study to foster the self-determination of people with dementiamore
Advanced microscopy technologies in Bonn
Joint press release of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases and the research center caesarmore
Thomas Klockgether appointed as Director of Clinical Sciences of the DZNE
Bonn, May 16th, 2011. Prof. Thomas Klockgether has been appointed as Director of Clinical Sciences of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) in Bonn. Klockgether is also Director of the Department of Neurology, ...more
Eva-Maria and Eckhard Mandelkow have been awarded the Potamkin Prize
Targets for Alzheimer therapymore
From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to Bonn
Bonn, April 6th, 2011. The German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) is an attractive address for top scientists from around the world – 53% of the scientific appointments at the DZNE in Bonn are of international ...more
International Science at the DZNE
The German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) celebrates its second anniversary on April 3rd, 2011 - and there's really something to celebrate: in the short period of its existence it has grown rapidly and now numbers ...more
Malaria medication may help against one type of Frontotemporal Dementia
Munich/Bonn, 2md February 2011. Scientists at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) and the Ludwig-Maximilians Universität Munich have found a promising approach for a possible treatment of so-called ...more
A molecular switch for memory and addiction
Scientists from Germany, UK and Italy identify a molecular switch that leads to a sustained increase of calcium in nerve cells and plays a crucial role in the formation of memory and addictive behaviors.more
Diabetes Drug could work against Alzheimer’s
Scientists from Berlin, Bonn and Dundee show in animal models that the diabetes drug Metformin has an effect against one of the main causes of the Alzheimer’s disease.more
Application of abnormal proteins outside the brain induces Alzheimer-like brain pathology in mice
Tübingen, 21.Oktober 2010. Pathological protein deposits linked to Alzheimer's disease and cerebral amyloid angiopathy can be triggered not only by the administration of pathogenic misfolded protein fragments directly into the ...more
Yokogawa and German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases Sign Agreement on Joint Development of Drug Discovery Support System
Bonn/Tokyo, 20. Oktober 2010. Yokogawa Electric Corporation and the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) announce the signing of an agreement to cooperate in research and development activities to enhance the ...more
First Announcement: The Hartwig Piepenbrock-DZNE Prize for exceptional contributions to research on neurodegenerative diseases
Bonn/Osnabrück, 21th September 2010. The Piepenbrock Group and the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) will jointly award a price amounting to 60.000 Euro to an individual whose research has significantly advanced ...more
The DZNE is a "sunny" spot for scientists - an interview with Professor Donato Di Monte
Professor Di Monte, what made a renowned Parkinson’s researcher like you switch from sunny California to Bonn?The definition of a “sunny place” for a scientist is where he/she has an opportunity to pursue research endeavours in ...more
DZNE_MRC_CIHR Cooperation: Milestone for Research on Neurodegenerative Diseases
Press Release of theDeutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen e. V.,Medical Research Council andCanadian Institutes of Health Research International cooperation to establish uniform guidelines and technologies ...more
International Award for Pierluigi Nicotera
The Scientific Director and Chairman of the Board at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Professor Pierluigi Nicotera MD PhD, is awarded this year’s „International Prize Gerolamo Cardano“. The Rotary Club of ...more
"Long Nights of Science" at DZNE in Bonn, Magdeburg and Rostock/Greifswald
At the three DZNE locations Bonn, Rostock/Greifswald and Magdeburg scientists will participate in the so-called “science nights”. They will present their work to the interested public and answer questions about their ...more
Gemeinsam gegen neurodegenerative Erkrankungen
![[Translate to English:] Prof. Dr. Sebastian Schmidt (FZ Jülich) und Prof. Pierluigi Nicotera M.D. Ph.D. (DZNE) bei der Unterzeichnung. Dahinter die beiden Staatssekretäre Dr. Michael Stückradt (Innovationsministerium NRW) und Thomas Rachel (BMBF).](typo3temp/pics/MoU_PK_290410_1_72dpi_2dc27f490a.jpg)
Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen und Forschungszentrum Jülich kooperierenmore
Christian Haass awarded with honorary doctorate by the University of Zurich
The Medical School of the University of Zurich, Switzerland, has awarded Professor Christian Haass a honorary doctorate for his substantial research contributions in the field of intramembrane proteolysis and neurodegeneration. ...more
New Publication in Arch Gen Psychiatry (Jessen, Maier, et al.): Prediction of Dementia by Subjective Memory Impairment
Noradrenalin can regulate progression of Alzheimer`s disease
Bonn, 15th March 2010 Noradrenalin reduces inflammation in the nervous system and regulates the removal of β-Amyloid in microglial cells, this what Professor Michael Heneka and colleagues of the “Deutschen Zentrum für ...more
The Research area at the DZNE is growing: Two new junior group leaders and eight postDocs start at the DZNE Bonn, Magdeburg and Rostock-Greifswald
Bonn, 03.03.2010 The Research area at the DZNE is growing: Two new junior group leaders and eight postDocs start at the DZNE Bonn, Magdeburg and Rostock-Greifswald Contact:Marina Rižovski-JansenDZNE Public Relations+49 228 ...more