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Epilepsy: new approach for causal therapy discovered

(Vienna, 04-06-2025) Epilepsy is primarily treated symptomatically – that is, the majority of the available medications aim to suppress seizures…

Promising new therapeutic approach for paediatric brain tumours

(Vienna, 14 March 2025) Brain tumours remain the most common cause of death from childhood cancer. Paediatric high-grade gliomas (pHGG) in particular…

Connection between the stress hormone cortisol and brain structure in depression Evening cortisol spikes and nocturnal hippocampal changes in different forms of depression

(Vienna, 07 March 2025) A joint study by MedUni Vienna and Stanford University has investigated the relationship between the stress hormone cortisol…

Congratulations to Nicole Amberg on her FWF WissKomm and FWF Elise Richter projects

Nicole Amberg, a researcher in the Division of Neuropathology and Neurochemistry, has been awarded an FWF WissKomm Grant in addition to her FWF Elise…

Call for applications for a §99 (5) professorship in Mental and Brain Health

The call for proposals was issued against the backdrop of the development of a joint research strategy at the center.

Humans store memories differently than mice

(Vienna, 12-12-2024) The black box of the human brain is beginning to open. Although animal models are crucial for our understanding of the mammalian…

AI system finds tumor cells in seconds

(Vienna/Ann Arbor (Michigan), 14-11-2024) An artificial intelligence (AI)-based system called “FastGlioma” makes it possible to analyze the tissue…

FWF funds Cluster of Excellence “Neuronal Circuits in Health and Disease” with 21 million euros MedUni Vienna-led consortium investigates the role of inhibitory neurons in the development of diseases

(Vienna, 04 October 2024) Scientists from MedUni Vienna together with other research institutions from Austria will carry out a large-scale project in…

Alexander Kaltenboeck receives award from the Austrian Society for Social Psychiatry

(Vienna, 30 September 2024) Alexander Kaltenboeck, a doctor in specialist training at the Clinical Division of Social Psychiatry at MedUni Vienna's…

Multiple sclerosis: Clear decision criteria for therapy adaptation for the first time

(Innsbruck, Vienna, Bern, 10-09-2024) The results of a multicentre study on multiple sclerosis recently published in the journal "Neurology" could…