The Division of Neuro
Our focus is neurological diseases, brain and spinal cord injuries. The aim of our research is to better understand the cause of disease in the nervous system with the perspective of revealing new and better treatments, such as for multiple sclerosis, stroke, brain tumors, epilepsy and Parkinson's disease. We conduct both research and teaching in close collaboration with the clinics.
When the pain itself is the illness
When the pain itself is the illness
Eva Kosek has been researching pain mechanisms for many years. Now she and her colleagues have developed criteria for calling in so-called nociplastic pain. It is a condition in which pain is not just a symptom but a disease in itself.
New findings on how ketamine acts against depression
New findings on how ketamine acts against depression
The discovery that the anaesthetic ketamine can help people with severe depression has raised hopes of finding new treatment options for the disease. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have now identified novel mechanistic insights of how the drug exerts its antidepressant effect. The findings have been published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry.