Mental illness is by far the largest contributor to chronic illness in Europe, entailing half of all social welfare expenditure (WHO, 2008). However, neuropsychiatry lags behind other fields of medicine, both in the understanding of disease mechanisms and in the prediction of treatment response. This...
Every year, 1 out of 3 people experiences a neuropsychiatric disorder. When these become chronic, they represent the most frequent and debilitating illness type, more than heart disease or cancer. There is a need for their timely and accurate diagnosis such that treatment can start...
Over a third of the European population suffers from brain diseases, with estimated yearly costs of about 800 billion euros, 35% of Europe?s total disease burden (DiLuca & Olesen, 2014). Synaptic networks are a key diagnostic and/or therapeutic target in the vast majority of neurobehavioural disorders across...
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The creation of the Schengen area has been one of the major achievements of the EU. However, this agreement requires countries to cooperate tightly in order to keep a high level of security at their internal borders, as well as to share the responsibility of...
The general aim of this project is to investigate the electric field produced in the brain during the application of tumor treating fields for the treatment of Glioblastoma multiforme. The specific aims are 1) To develop analytical and finite element (FE) mesh models describing the distribution...
The nervous system is constantly changing over the lifespan as a result of development and learning. Such plasticity-related changes occur at multiple levels of neural organization, from molecules and synapses to cortical maps and large-scale networks. Neuroimaging research over the past two decades has already...
This proposal outlines a R&D programme aiming the study of new methodologies for concentrate light inside turbid biological media, one of the last frontiers in laser biomedical applications. The target: phototherapy by thermal activation and destruction of cancer cells. The backbone of the proposed research is...
Positron Emission Tomography is among the best examples of the contribution of medical imaging systems to clinical research. The development of PET systems adequate for small animal imaging has been an active area of research in the last two decades, with important applications in drug...
Distress screening in cancer patients is internationally recommend as good practice in quality cancer care, since high levels of cancer-related distress may negatively impact on their clinical outcomes, such as survival and quality of life. Distress involves a range of feelings from vulnerability and sadness to...
