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News

  • Image shows stained nerve cells under a microscope.

    Inhibitory Brain Cells Help Maintain Emotional Balance

    New insights into processes in the brain’s “emotional hub”.

    28.11.2025

  • Award ceremony in Bonn.

    Award for Lars Lannfelt, Who Paved the Way for the Alzheimer’s Drug “Lecanemab”

    Swedish scientist receives “Hartwig Piepenbrock-DZNE Prize”.

    20.11.2025

  • Highly Cited: DZNE Scientists Among the World’s Most Impactful Researchers

    Highly Cited Researchers 2025.

    12.11.2025

  • Ahmad Aziz Appointed to Joint Professorship at DZNE and University of Bonn

    The appointment was made under the “Jülich Model".

    05.11.2025

  • TV Documentary on Dementia

    Featuring DZNE experts.

    03.11.2025

Further news

  • Symbolic image.

    ALS: Biomarker Couple Improves Accuracy of Diagnosis

    Combining two blood parameters enables better differentiation from other neurological diseases and may help distinguish between ALS subtypes.

    30.10.2025

  • Image shows dementia care manager during a home visit.

    Dementia: New Model of Home Care Proves Effective in Practice

    Findings are published in “Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association”.

    27.10.2025

  • Three of the four award winners can be seen in the picture.

    Breuer-Stiftung honors four young DZNE researchers with "Best Paper Award"

    For the fifth time, the special award for outstanding publications by early-career researchers of the DZNE in the field of dementia research has been presented.

    27.10.2025

  • Image of Cedric Böger.

    Research on the Cytoskeleton

    Interview with PhD Student Cedric Böger about his Award-Winning ALS Research.

    23.10.2025

  • Dr. Anna Aschenbrenner.

    Award for Anna Aschenbrenner

    Effect of dexamethasone in COVID-19 decoded.

    22.10.2025

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