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Floor pattern as used in one of the virtual reality experiments.
Getting lost: Why older people might lose their way
New clues on why our sense of direction tends to fade with age. DZNE researchers report on this in “Current Biology”.
Protrait Prof. Haass
DZNE researcher receives world’s top Brain Prize
Together with three other neuroscientists Christian Haass, speaker of the DZNE Munich site, receives the world’s most valuable prize for brain research.
Exterior view RKU
New Impetus for Research on Rare Neurological Disorders
The science minister of Baden-Wuerttemberg Theresia Bauer and Bärbel Brumme-Bothe, head of the department for life sciences at the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research have given the start signal for Ulm as a further site of the DZNE.
Laboratory Study Shows that Father’s Age Can Affect Offspring Lifespan
How does the father’s age at conception affect his children? DZNE researchers have studied this question in mice, finding ageing-associated epigenetic changes that seem to be transferable from one generation to the next. Their results are published in the…
Experimental Drug Interferes with Different Mechanisms Associated to Alzheimer’s Disease
The chemical compound “anle138b” eases cognitive deficits and normalizes gene expression in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.
Combating Anxiety with Virtual Reality
Scientists at the DZNE in Magdeburg are developing an innovative therapy based on virtual reality to treat social anxiety disorders. For this purpose, the European Research Council is providing about 150,000 Euro.
Prof. Eicke Latz and Dr. Anette Christ
Fast food makes the immune system more aggressive in the long term
Study led by the University of Bonn, which also involved researchers of the DZNE shows that even after a change to a healthy diet, the body‘s defenses remain hyperactive.
Together against Alzheimer's & Co.
DZNE, ChemDiv and Torrey Pines Investment Launch Inflammasome Discovery Program of Translational Collaboration on Neurodegeneration
Inflammation Drives Progression of Alzheimer’s
According to a study by scientists of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) and the University of Bonn now published in the journal “Nature”, inflammatory mechanisms caused by the brain’s immune system drive the progression of Alzheimer’s…
Bonn: Researchers Meet on Adult and Childhood Dementias
On December 11th and 12th about 40 internationally renowned scientists will be meeting in Bonn to learn about common underlying mechanisms between childhood and adult dementias with a focus on neuroinflammation and biomarkers. The conference is organized by the…