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Neurodegenerative Diseases

Understand and investigate the causes, develop novel strategies for prevention, treatment and care

  • Alzheimer's
  • Parkinson's
  • ALS
  • Vascular Dementia
  • Lewy-Body-Disease
  • Huntington's
  • FTD
  • Ataxia
  • Childhood Dementia

News

  • The image shows the interaction between several glioblastoma cells, marked in magenta, and immune cells, marked in green, in the brain of a living mouse.

    Study Reveals Dynamic Interactions between Brain Tumors and Immune Cells

    Acting upon “microglia” could be an approach for new therapies.

    21.04.2026

  • CURE-ND: a European Alliance to Accelerate Research on Neurodegeneration

    Position paper in “The Lancet Neurology”.

    20.04.2026

  • Healthcare professional with a stethoscope touches virtual icons representing health data, diagnostics, and treatment.

    1. DZG Meeting Lower Saxony

    April 17 in Hanover.

    15.04.2026

  • [Translate to Englisch:] Ein Dirigent leitet ein großes Orchester und einen Chor in einem beleuchteten Konzertsaal, darüber ein Schild mit der Aufschrift „Noten und Neuronen“

    A Concert Tour for the Science Year “Medicine of the Future”

    “Notes and Neurons” brings music and brain research to the stage.

    14.04.2026

  • The image shows the BonnBrain logo.

    Neuroscience Meeting with Nobel Laureate

    Around 200 experts at “BonnBrain”.

    13.03.2026

Research Areas

Further news

  • Symbolic image shows two stylized nerve cells with long extensions against a green background.

    Brain Diseases: Certain Neurons Are Especially Susceptible to ALS and FTD

    Molecular fingerprinting identifies five particularly affected cell types in the motor cortex.

    11.03.2026

  • Symbolic image shows blood being drawn from the right elbow.

    Blood Marker for Alzheimer’s May also Be Useful in Heart and Kidney Diseases

    Study in “Nature Medicine”.

    10.03.2026

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    New Assay Helps to Identify Elevated Dementia Risk

    The approach relies on the detection of pathological alpha-synuclein proteins.

    27.02.2026

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    Blood Marker from Dementia Research Could Help Track Aging Across the Animal World

    Levels of the protein NfL were examined in mammals, birds, and reptiles.

    20.02.2026

  • Portrait Mikael Simons

    Mikael Simons New Site Speaker

    Munich: Change of Leadership.

    06.02.2026

Events

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