Renewed hope for treatment of pain and depression
The role of perineural nets in the completion of vocal learning in canaries
A GIGA team has just highlighted the role of perineural nets in controlling the end of the sensorimotor vocal learning in canaries.
Great mobilization of GIGA researchers! Well done !
Identification of a new mode of regulation of axonal transport
Laurent Nguyen's laboratory (GIGA-Stem Cells and GIGA-Neurosciences, University of Liège) continues to make progress in understanding the axonal transport process, which is lacking in many neurodegenerative diseases.
Better regulation of the wakefulness period in the elderly can improve cognition and perhaps delay the onset of degenerative diseases
GIGA researchers demonstrate that regulation of the sleep-wake cycle can have a significant impact on cognitive aging.
PRESBYDX, a project to develop a new preclinical model of age-related deafness
This research project conducted at the Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology (B. Malgrange), selected during the call Win2Wal (Walloon region), will allow the start-up Dendrogenix to open the market for presbycusis of age-related deafness.
Environmental toxins can impair sexual development and fertility of future generations
Results on mouse models presented by Anne-Simone Parent (ULiège, University Hospital of Liège) at the annual conference of the European Society of Endocrinology invite to respect the precautionary principle against endocrine disrupters.
Back to the sources of neural diversity
Swiss and Belgian researchers (Gulistan Agirman, Laboratory of Laurent Nguyen) unravel the mechanisms controlling the genesis of cells in one of the most essential parts of our brain.
Therapeutic interventions in post-coma patients with prolonged consciousness disorders
A study conducted by researchers from the COMA Science group questions the rarity of treatment options for this type of patients.
Cell migration promotes dynamic cellular interactions to control cerebral cortex morphogenesis
The team of Laurent Nguyen (Laboratory of Molecular Regulation of Neurogenesis) has just published an article in the journal Nature Reviews - Neurosciences.
The International "Brain week" - 11-16 March 2019
3 days (14-16 March) of activities are organized by the GIGA-Neurosciences, the Department of Neurology of the University Hospital and the Belgian Brain Council, as part of the International Brain Awareness Week 2019.