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Tag: Neurology

Projects

24 January 2022

The impact of epilepsy on emotions and social skills

Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological diseases. It often occurs in childhood and adolescence and has psychosocial consequences. A research team in Salzburg led by neurologist Eugen Trinka was the first to prove a connection between deficits in emotion recognition and social cognition. The results will lead to new therapeutic approaches. Continue reading “The impact of epilepsy on emotions and social skills”

Projects

29 November 2021

Stretching – an effective therapy?

Annika Kruse is searching for an effective adjunctive therapy for the most frequent cause of motor disability in children – spastic cerebral palsy. The sports scientist compares two different methods of stretching that are already in use as adjunctive therapies. Initial results suggest that one-time stretching does not reach calf muscles at all. Continue reading “Stretching – an effective therapy?”
Young man studying while reading book at basketball court in university

Projects

31 May 2021

Antidepressants reboot the brain for new experience

Roughly 15 percent of the world’s population suffer from depression at least once in the course of their lives. About a third of patients respond well to antidepressants from the group of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), and another third exhibit significant improvement. A team of researchers from Vienna has explored whether these antidepressants improve […] Continue reading “Antidepressants reboot the brain for new experience”

Projects

3 May 2021

Implant to improve therapy of brain tumours

Despite surgery and subsequent treatment with chemotherapy and radiation, the majority of patients experience recurrence of malignant brain tumours. Research groups from Sweden and Austria have shown in cells in culture that an ion pump can deliver drugs more accurately, which gives less severe adverse effects in chemotherapy. The results have been published in Advanced […] Continue reading “Implant to improve therapy of brain tumours”

Interview & Opinion

23 March 2021

Why social distancing is painful

Interview: Ingrid Ladner

For those affected, loneliness is very stressful and increases the likelihood of an earlier death. A new study on the neuronal bases of isolation proves just how much of a burden loneliness can be. Psychologist and Schrödinger Fellow Livia Tomova was able to show for the first time that social isolation triggers the same feelings […] Continue reading “Why social distancing is painful”

On the road

1 March 2021

Social interaction at MIT

By Livia Tomova

The corona pandemic confronts society with the impact of social isolation. Schrödinger Fellow Livia Tomova explored this topic even before the crisis began. At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, she studied how the brain reacts to loneliness and the craving for social contact. As Tomova reports in this guest contribution to scilog, the results of […] Continue reading “Social interaction at MIT”
Two female students with face masks are chatting on a stone bench at university campus

Projects

22 February 2021

How the eyes assist with hearing

Hearing-impaired people learn to make up for their auditory deficits – for instance by lip-reading. A research group from Salzburg is exploring the manner in which the brain’s processing of visual signals is used to compensate for the hearing dysfunction. The study has been invested with particular topicality, given that the face masks worn because […] Continue reading “How the eyes assist with hearing”
Young woman smelling a bush of lavender, behind her a big lavender field.

Projects

11 January 2021

Training can help recover from lost sense of smell

Research groups in Graz are exploring the effectiveness of daily training for people who have lost their sense of smell. The training is linked to microorganisms in the nose and to brain networks that process the incoming signals. The first positive news: the researchers were able to prove that olfactory training is fundamentally successful. Continue reading “Training can help recover from lost sense of smell”

Woman, lost in thoughts, looking out of a window

Projects

27 October 2020

Thinking about something, darling?

The physicist Thomas Beyer and his research group have been investigating how to measure human brain activity. The low-impact method they developed is fully automatic and should help to improve diagnoses in such areas as the field of neurology. Continue reading “Thinking about something, darling?”

Projects

19 August 2019

How intestinal bacteria can cause depression

A research group from Graz is investigating the complex interaction between the intestine and the brain. In a project funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, the team has gained new insights into how intestinal bacteria, the immune system and obesity can lead to mental illnesses. Continue reading “How intestinal bacteria can cause depression”

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