NEW STUDY. Alzheimer’s disease can lead to several widely divergent symptoms and, so far, its various expressions have mainly been observed through the behaviour and actions of patients. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now produced images showing the changes in the brain associated with these symptoms – a development which increases knowledge and could facilitate future diagnostics and treatment. Symptoms vary in cases of Alzheimer’s disease and often…
Michael Schöll behind Introduction of New Brain Imaging Technology
YOUNG RESEARCHERS. Michael Schöll is the latest researcher to be recruited to the Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine in Gothenburg. He brings with him expertise about an imaging technology for the brain that was not available here before, which will mean new, and more far-reaching opportunities to study the diseases of the brain. This ‘PET’, i.e. positron emission tomography, scanning is a medical imaging technology that uses radioactive…
New Findings from Research into Multiple Concussions in Hockey Players
NEW STUDY. The relationship between head injuries suffered during contact sport and Alzheimer’s disease is now being called into question thanks to research by the Sahlgrenska Academy, which has revealed that hockey players with multiple concussions probably have other injuries in their brains. “There seem to be two separate conditions and pathologies involved here,” says Pashtun Shahim, a doctor and researcher of neurology and physiology. He himself has met the…
Henrik Zetterberg received a Norwegian research grant of NOK ten million
RESEARCH GRANT. Professor Henrik Zetterberg, Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry at Sahlgrenska Academy, is awarded NOK ten million for new brain research for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease from the Olav Thon Foundation in Norway. “This support from the Olav Thon Foundation gives us an opportunity to look at something that has never been done before. We have assembled a brand new and unique team of researchers from Sweden, Norway and…
Ten Gothenburg Researchers Awarded Grants from Alzheimerfonden
GRANTS. Ten Gothenburg researchers are to receive a total of SEK 4,250,000 in funding from Alzheimerfonden. Alzheimerfonden (the Alzheimer’s Foundation) supports projects aimed at stopping the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, diagnosing dementia illnesses at an early stage, and at developing treatment and rehabilitation methods. Of those receiving the grants, it is Gothenburg-based researcher Professor Kaj Blennow who has been awarded most funding. His grant amounts to SEK 1,400,000, for a project…