STUDY. A theory that has gained considerable attention in international media, including Newsweek and the CBS broadcast 60 minutes, suggest that antidepressant drugs, such as the SSRIs, do not exert any actual antidepressant effect. A research group at the Sahlgrenska Academy has now analyzed data from clinical trials and can rebut this theory. According to the challenged hypothesis, the fact that many people medicating with antidepressants regard themselves as improved…
Horse riding and rhythm-and-music helping stroke recovery
NEW STUDY. Horseback riding and rhythm-and-music therapies may improve stroke survivors’ perception of recovery, gait, balance, grip strength and cognition years after their stroke, according to new research in the prestigious American Heart Association’s journal Stroke. Researchers studied 123 Swedish men and women aged 50-75 who had suffered strokes between 10 months and 5 years earlier. Trial participants were randomly assigned to rhythm-and-music therapy, horse-riding therapy or ordinary care, with…
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…
Newly discovered disease mechanism for type 2 diabetes
NEW STUDY. A newly discovered mechanism behind reduced insulin production in type 2 diabetes is now being presented. In an article in Nature Communications, researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy describe how insulin-producing cells regress in their development, become immature, and do not work properly. A finding that opens the doors to new clinical treatments. “If you can affect things at the cellular level and restore the body’s own rapid regulation, you…
Pam Fredman and Karl Swedberg recipients of the Merit Sign of the City of Gothenburg
AWARDS. Pam Fredman, Vice-Chancellor of University of Gothenburg, and Karl Swedberg, Senior Professor at Sahlgrenska Academy, are two of eleven people who receive the award Merit Sign of the City of Gothenburg 2017. Since 1948, the Merit Sign has been distributed to people who have made a significant contribution to the City of Gothenburg. The recipients of the Merit Sign are appointed by the City Council and it is awarded…