Welcome // Mission Statement

The Medical Neuroscience Cluster bundles the clinically relevant research activities in all areas of neuroscience and psychosocial sciences at the Medical University of Vienna. The research groups forming the cluster cover a broad spectrum of disciplines including anatomy, physiology, immunology, cell biology, pathology and pharmacology of the nervous system, neuroimaging, molecular genetics as well as clinical neurology, pediatric neurology, neuroradiology, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, psychiatry and psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, child- and adolescent psychiatry.

The overall aim of all members in the MNC is to provide a better understanding of disease mechanisms in the nervous system and the psyche, to improve prevention, diagnosis and therapy and to communicate this knowledge to patients and the public.

Another important goal of the MNC is also to provide a high-level, systematic training for doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows and clinical scientists in basic neuroscience as well as in neurological, psychiatric and psychosocial research.

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Events

16.1.2019 - 12:00 | JOUR FIXE - Cognivite Neurobiology, Center for Brain Research

Center for Brain Research, Large Seminar Room, 1st floor, Spitalgasse 4, A-1090 Vienna, Austria

17.1.2019 - 5:00 pm | Meeting of the Interest Group "AddRess" & Lecture Markus Heilig

Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacology, Großer Hörsaal Waehringerstrasse 13a, A-1090 Vienna,

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Dr. Hugo MALAGON-VINA, Center for Brain Research - MedUni Wien RESEARCHER OF THE MONTH - January 2019

The prefrontal cortex and adaptive behaviour

Risk or safety: Neuronal activity in the brain permits prediction of intuitive decisions

Full risk or preferably the safe option? Based on the neuronal activity in the prefrontal cortex of the brain, it is possible to predict what action will be chosen next: If the activity of specific neurons remains low, a risk will be taken again at..

Mira Kronschläger receives Award of Excellence

Mira Kronschläger from the Division of Neurophysiology at MedUni Vienna's Center for Brain Research was presented with the "Award of Excellence 2018" from the Ministry of Science for her dissertation.

Brain tumours: specialised molecular profiling could allow more accurate prognosis and treatment

Meningiomas, a type of brain tumour, are usually easy to treat. However, there are a few subtypes that follow a very aggressive course and have high recurrence rates, i.e. there is a high risk of them coming back after treatment. These subtypes need..

Olfactory dysfunction as a biomarker for Alzheimer's disease - A decline in the sense of smell can indicate incipient dementia

During the course of a medical dissertation being prepared at MedUni Vienna, the relationship was investigated between olfactory dysfunction and the development of Alzheimer's disease. Olfactory performance proved to be a better predictor of..

Children’s brains reorganize their language centres after lesions

Children with brain injuries are able to reorganize their language relevant areas into other, healthy brain areas and thus maintain their ability to speak. However, this is only possible to a certain extent, they still often have poorer language..

Basophils - underestimated players in lung development

The adult lung consists of different, highly specialized cell types that are protected by a variety of immune cells. How these immune cells migrate to the lungs during development and after birth, and how these cells influence each other, is poorly..

New cause of chronic stress identified in the brain

In an international collaboration between MedUni Vienna, Semmelweis University in Budapest, the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm and Yale University in the USA, researchers have identified a new process in the brain that is responsible for the..

Alzheimer's disease: amyloid β protein once again in the spotlight as a therapeutic target - World Alzheimer's Day on 21 September 2018

For many years amyloid β protein was considered to be a promising therapeutic target in Alzheimer's disease but, for a long time, research results were very disappointing. The protein, which, together with tau protein, is regarded as a significant..

Many brain disorders are genetically linked

A global study conducted by the international "Brainstorm Consortium" has, for the first time, analysed the genome of 1.1 million patients with psychiatric and neurological disorders and has shown that certain brain disorders are genetically..

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