News about The brain

The brain continues to flush out waste products far into old age

Every day the brain produces around half a litre of fluid, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), which protects the brain from injuries and is responsible for nutrient delivery and waste product removal from the brain cells.

The superpower of sleep

Professor Birgitte Rahbek Kornum talks about vital sleep in “Genstart”, DR's news podcast.

Safety becomes more important than foraging when a specific neuronal circuit in the brain is activated

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have identified a neural circuit in the mouse’s brain which ensures that it prioritises safety over other needs, e.g. food seeking, and that this happens automatically when…

Andy and the STEM-PD journey

Patient Andrew Cassy shares personal story on his participation in the STEM-PD clinical trial.

A better structural understanding of the dopamine transporter

Professor Claus Juul Løland has been named Distinguished Investigator by the Novo Nordisk Foundation, receiving a grant of 11.4 mill DKK to further investigate the human dopamine transporter.

He looks at our noisy world with concern

The newspaper Berlingske has launched a series of articles - Silence in a noisy world - where they take a closer look at how noise affects us. The first article was an interview with neuroscientist Albert Gjedde.

The Department of Neuroscience Hires Two New Associate Professors

The Department of Neuroscience warmly welcomes new associate professors Celia Kjærby and Carmelo Bellardita.

Marco Polimeni receives Marie Curie grant

Postdoc Marco Polimeni has received the EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant of 2 mill DKK for the two-year project ELSa, "Early-stage Liquid-liquid phase separation of alpha-synuclein”.

Neuroscience Academy Denmark Receives Grant of DKK 222 Million to Elevate Danish Neuroscience Research

With the new grant from the Lundbeck Foundation, Neuroscience Academy Denmark can continue the NAD PhD programme and advance new and ongoing projects to encourage collaboration between neuroscience research groups in…

Department of Neuroscience on the radio

Martin Lauritzen and Albert Gjedde visited the Danish radio program "Hjernekassen".

New project will investigate fast processes in protein phase transition connected to Parkinson’s disease

Professor Vito Foderà has received 3.4 mill DKK from the Novo Nordisk Foundation for the project “Unraveling the Connection between Protein Phase Separation and Amyloid Morphology by Modular Microfluidics”.

NanoPANS Consortium Awarded Funding for Parkinson’s Treatment

A pioneering research project aimed at developing innovative treatments and diagnostic tools for Parkinson's disease has received 20 000 000 DKK funding from LundbeckFonden.

AI, schizophrenia and Parkinson’s: Brain research at SUND receives major grants

Two neuroscience research projects at SUND receive grants from the Lundbeck Foundation. A total of nine researchers are a part of four supported projects.

NeuroGrads rock at their yearly winter school

Science is so much more than just diving into one’s studies in a secluded laboratory. Nowadays one must bridge disciplines, collaborate, network, and communicate one’s results to be truly impactful.

Researchers discover the pump for the brain’s ‘washing machine’

When we sleep, waste products are removed from our brain. Now, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have learned what drives the process.

Transferrable skills for PhD students – Invaluable!

In preparation for the yearly winter school for the PhD students within neuroscience at Faculty of Health and Medical Science, UCPH – the NeuroGrads, we hosted three workshops on important transferrable skills.

Electrical stimulation of the nervous system can improve motor learning

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have demonstrated that the brain's ability to learn certain skills can be significantly enhanced if both the brain and nervous system are primed by carefully-calibrated,…

Kamilla Miskowiak receives two grants

Memory and concentration problems in people with bipolar disorder. The role of neuroplasticity in cognitive disorders. Kamilla Miskowiak, professor at the Department of Psychology, will explore these two topics on behal…

Six researchers from SUND receive grants for brain research

The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences receives grants from The Lundbeck Foundation to six projects within neuroscience research.

Exploring our ability to switch between focus and flexibility

How do we maintain focus while constantly navigating flexibly between new information and impressions? The answer is called meta-control, an ability that will be explored in a new project supported by the Independent…

Blanca Aldana receives Alzheimerforeningen’s Forskerprisen 2024

Alzheimerforeningen and Alzheimer-forskningsfonden have given Associate Professor Blanca Aldana Forskerprisen for her major contributions to the field of dementia.

Cognitive problems after stroke to be detected faster

A newly developed test tool is designed to detect cognitive problems in people who have suffered a stroke. But how well does the tool actually work? UCPH researchers are now investigating this in a project supported by …

New knowledge about a fungus that turns 60-80% of the flies in your home into zombies

How can a fungus take over a fly's behavior? An international group of researchers with participation from the University of Copenhagen hopes to find out with the help of a new genetic map of a unique fungus that…

Cocaine discovery could pave way for treatment for substance abuse

University of Copenhagen have studied and described how cocaine binds to a specific transporter in the brain, producing new knowledge that may bring us a step closer to designing a drug for cocaine abuse.