Procedures
The study outpatient clinic has access to the modern technical equipment of the DZNE and the University Hospital Tübingen, which allows the most important neuroscientific examinations to…
TREM2: A booster against Alzheimer's?
A protein may hold potential starting points for a therapy against Alzheimer's disease. The current finding is that the higher the TREM2 level, the better the…
TDP-43: A key protein in ALS and FTD
Neuropathologists have known for decades that there are similar protein deposits in the nerve cells of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and many…
Tau: When a protein paralyzes the flow of information
In Alzheimer's patients, the protein tau gets out of control. Deposits form in the nerve cells, blocking the exchange of information and…
NLRP3: Alarm bell in the immune system – and trigger for dangerous inflammation
The NLRP3 protein occurs naturally in the body and is an important component of the immune system. It can be thought…
Neurofilament: The traitorous component of nerve cells
Neurofilaments are among the building materials that make up the so-called cytoskeleton—essentially the shell that gives nerve cells their…
miRNA: Conductors of the body's signaling pathways
The term “microRNA” – abbreviated as miRNA – describes a class of RNA molecules (chemically speaking, ribonucleic acids) that influence signaling…
Medin: A key protein in age-related blood vessel changes and dementia
Medin is produced naturally in the human body. However, problems arise when it clumps together: this happens in the arteries,…
LRRK2: A gene behind brain inflammation in Parkinson's disease
For almost twelve years, the researchers searched for the gene mutation that triggered Parkinson's disease in an Asian family in which…
