[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Diana Prata and Gonçalo Cosme, researchers from the IBEB, have recently published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research a review article on the genetic causes of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, together with other researchers from ULisboa Medical School and King's College London. The full paper can...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Nuno Silva, a master's student in Biomedical Engineering and Biophysics of FCUL, studying at the Translational Medical Device Lab of the National University of Ireland in Galway under an Erasmus + fellowship, won together with colleague Eoghan Dunne the Innovation Award of Explore Competition. The awarded project allows...
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...