Neuronal Coordination
4 million Euro awarded to the research consortium “Neuronal Coordination” headed by Prof. Ulf Ziemann
Prof. Horst-Werner Korf
is the director of the newly founded Dr. Senckenbergisches Chronomedizinisches Institut SCI
Prof. Thomas Deller
vize-speaker of the DFG-Forschergruppe 1332 “Physiological functions of the APP-Gene Family in the central nervous system”
Prof. Dr. Dr. Gerd Geisslinger
member of EuroPain, the european network against chronic pain
Founding of the Interdisciplinary Brain Vascular Center at the Frankfurt University Clinic
The new center combines strengths to offer patients with brain vascular diseases the most up to date treatment. The cause of strokes is disrupted blood supply to the brain and hemorrhaging inside the cranium, which can result in permanent disability or even death.Thanks to modern diagnostics and imaging techniques it is possible to recognize earlier, and effectively treat stoke-causing diseases affecting blood vessels supplying the brain, and thus prevent a stroke. This requires close collaboration between the specialist areas of neurology, neurosurgery, neuroradiology and vascular surgery.
The Neuroradiological Institute has the most modern magnetic resonance tomagraph in the world for investigating neurological diseases and neurosurgical disorders
The new instrument is located in the Institute for Neuroradiology, led by Prof. Dr. Friedhelm Zanella, and for the first time combines an magnetic field of 3 Tesla with a particularly large magnet opening of 70 centimeters – both marked improvements for the patient, since they decrease examinations times, improve image quality and increase the comfort of the instrument.
The Adolf Messer Foundation is funding a study at the Institute for Cellular and Molecular Anatomy
Prof. Dr. Abdelhaq Rami, a scientist working at the Institute for Cellular and Molecular Anatomy, is investigating the molecular mechanisms that can lead to the destruction of nerve cells following a stroke or other form of brain damage. The aim is to elucidate the cell death machinery in order to develop new possibilities for therapeutic intervention in stroke cases. The study is being funded by 81,000 Euro from the Adolf Messer Foundation.