FACILITATING RESEARCH FUNDING. As head of the Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Agneta Holmäng has worked resolutely to make it easier for private foundations to donate funds to the institute’s research programs. She is convinced that by taking a number of relatively simple measures, both the University of Gothenburg and the Swedish state could increase the incentive to make private donations. Agneta Holmäng’s track record as a facilitator of private…
Hearing and touch mediate sensations via osseointegrated prostheses
RESEARCH. A new study has found that people with a prosthesis attached directly to their skeleton can hear by means of vibrations in their implant. This sound transmission through bones is an important part of osseoperception – sensory awareness of the patient’s surroundings provided by their prosthesis. This discovery sheds new light on the tactile and auditory perception of humans and can be used to develop improved prostheses. How can…
A new center for spinal cord injuries established in Gothenburg
DONATION. The new center for spinal cord injuries in Gothenburg will focus on a group of patients with considerable healthcare and rehabilitation needs. The initiative covers research and education for patients, relatives and medical professionals aimed at giving those affected by such injuries more independence. “It’s all about improving basic skills – to create a sort of certification process for people interested in working with individuals with spinal cord injuries and…
Christopher Gillberg on the importance of being earnest in research
“If there’s one thing I want to recommend to younger researchers, it is to always also stay clinically involved. I have never ever been entirely out of the clinic.” So says Christopher Gillberg, as he walks up and down the stairs of the central Gothenburg building, where both the Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre – belonging to the Sahlgrenska Academy and the University – and parts of the University Hospital’s pediatric psychiatry…
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…