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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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Gabriele Fischer nominated again for Scientific Advisory Board of the EU Drugs Monitoring Centre

   

The internationally renowned addiction expert Gabriele Fischer from the University Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy and the Centre for Public Health at MedUni Vienna has been nominated once again for the Scientific Advisory Board of the..

 

Lukas Haider awarded with the Karl-Vass-Multiple-Sclerosis research prize - Radiologist of MedUni Wien was honoured for research in the field of multiple sclerosis

 
 

The Karl Vass Multiple Sclerosis Research Award was presented to Lukas Haider from the Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at MedUni Vienna. Haider was honoured for outstanding research work by young Austrian scientists in the field of..

 

Tweets regarding suicide prevention might prevent suicide

 
 

A scientific team led by Thomas Niederkrotenthaler and Hannah Metzler from MedUni Vienna and Complexity Science Hub Vienna analysed approximately seven million postings on the topic of suicide and suicide prevention on Twitter. In the process, it..

 

Light therapy relieves fatigue syndrome in Multiple Sclerosis

 
 

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is almost always accompanied by fatigue, a massive tiredness that is described by the vast majority of patients as the most distressing symptom. In a recent scientific study, a research group led by Stefan Seidel from the..

 

Potential new lead compounds for the treatment of depression and anxiety disorders

 
 

Currently, various classes of drugs are available for the treatment of mental illnesses - such as depression and anxiety disorders. However, although these drugs confer benefits, they are also associated with adverse side-effects. Conseqeuntly,..

 

Neuronal mechanism involved in the learning of maternal behaviour discovered

 
 

Various conditions such as postpartum depression or postpartum psychosis can lead to an alteration in maternal behaviour and disrupt the mother-child bonding process. A research team led by Daniela Pollak from MedUni Vienna's Center for Physiology..

 

Depression manifests differently in men than in women

 
 

Fewer men than women are diagnosed as having depression. One possible reason for this is that there is still a lack of awareness that this mental illness is characterised by different symptoms in men than in women. Johannes Wancata from MedUni..

 

Brain cells identified for regulation of sleep-wake rhythm

 
 

A research team of the Center for Brain Research at the Medical University of Vienna has identified a specific cell group in the brain responsible for shifts in the sleep-wake rhythm caused by psychostimulants. A molecularly-defined cell population..

 

Alzheimer's: up to 40% of cases are preventable

 
 

Early detection of Alzheimer's disease is critical if patients are to receive timely and appropriate care and potential treatments and preventive measures are to be used to the best possible effect. Scientists have so far identified several..

 

Neuronal back-up system discovered - Study shows how neurons compensate for energy supply failures

 
 

Researchers at MedUni Vienna have discovered that neurons have an emergency back-up system to enable them to remain functional even when their energy supply is disrupted. As in many areas of technology, an emergency back-up serves to compensate for..

 
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