PRIZE. Associate Professor Karolina Skibicka from the Department of Physiology has been chosen as this year’s recipient of the Young Fernström Prize at Sahlgrenska Academy. Skibicka received the prize for her pioneering studies on the nervous system’s reward mechanisms. “I’m really grateful—and surprised—to have received this prize. I recognize most of the names of former recipients, and they’re all eminent researchers. I realize I’m in very exclusive company,” says Skibicka…
Calcium Supplements Linked to Dementia Risk in Women
NEW STUDY. A new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, shows that calcium supplements may be associated with an increased risk of dementia in older women who have had a stroke or other signs of cerebrovascular disease. The research is published in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Cerebrovascular disease is a group of disorders that affect blood flow in the brain. These diseases, including…
Louise Adermark is one of nine Gothenburg researchers who received grants from the Brain Foundation
GRANTS. Researchers from the University of Gothenburg have shown that repeated use of nicotine leads to changes in the neural circuitry of the brain that remain even several months after quitting smoking. Now Louise Adermark, one of the nine Gothenburg researchers who is now receiving support from the Brain Foundation, hopes to find a completely new type of treatment to reduce the risk of relapse of nicotine addiction. Nine researchers…
Higher doses of antidepressants are associated with better treatment response
NEW STUDY. In contrast to what has previously been claimed, low doses of antidepressants are clearly less effective than higher ones. This is the principal finding of a new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. The authors also suggest that antidepressants, when used at an optimal dose, are considerably more effective than usually assumed. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, are antidepressants influencing the…
Future Faculty: Young researchers, where are you?
YOUNG RESEARCHERS. You have received your PhD but you don’t have a permanent position as a researcher yet – join Future Faculty. It is completely free and there are no requirements for membership, and at the same time Future Faculty can do a lot for you and other young researchers. Future Faculty has been at Sahlgrenska Academy since 2006. Although the organization has approximately 250 members, they know there are…