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.
About Neuro
About Neuro
Our core activities are research and education. Our research is at the leading edge both nationally and internationally and is very important in our close collaboration with the healthcare. We have many international and national collaborators and we always welcome new partners. We are active both in Solna and Huddinge.
Research Neuro
Research Neuro
We are 24 research groups conducting high quality research. Our focus is neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis, stroke, brain tumors, epilepsy and Parkinsons disease, brain and spinal cord injuries.
Research Areas A-Ö
Research Areas A-Ö
A list of Research areas and Research group
Research groups & research group leaders A-Ö
Research groups & research group leaders A-Ö
A list of Group leaders, Research groups and Research areas.
Education Neuro
Education Neuro
Teaching is an important part of the activity in the Neuro section. We work together in the education of medical doctors (MD), nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and biomedical scientists.
Activities
Activities
Upcoming activities and dissertations at the Division of Neuro
Core facilities
Core facilities
Core facilities in clinical neuroscience
News
Brain differences in pain modulation in people with self-injury behaviour
Brain differences in pain modulation in people with self-injury behaviour
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden might have found an explanation for why people with self-injury behaviour generally feel less pain than others. The key seems to be a more effective pain-modulation system, a discovery that can benefit people seeking help for their self-harm. The findings are published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry.
Findings open way for personalised MS treatment
Findings open way for personalised MS treatment
Currently available therapies to treat multiple sclerosis (MS) lack precision and can lead to serious side effects. Researchers at KI have now developed a method for identifying the immune cells involved in autoimmune diseases, and have identified four new target molecules of potential significance for future personalised treatment of MS. Working alongside Professor Tomas Olsson’s research group at Karolinska Institutet, Grönlund and his team at the Division of neuro have developed a method that makes it possible to identify the T cells that react to certain target molecules – so called autoantigens.
StratNeuro 2022 Startup Grant to Jeroen Goos
StratNeuro 2022 Startup Grant to Jeroen Goos
StratNeuro has awarded SEK 1,000,000 in start-up grant 2022 to Enric Llorens, Arvid Guterstam and Jeroen Goos. The StratNeuro Start-up Grant is intended to support outstanding Neuroscience researchers at the beginning of their careers, who have received a VR starting grant or a Karolinska Institutet assistant professor grant.
The gut-brain axis in Parkinson’s disease
The gut-brain axis in Parkinson’s disease
Interesting thesis from one of our colleagues at the Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, on the importance of the connection between the brain and the gut for Parkinson´s disease
Celebrating 1 year of NeurotechEU – where are we and where are we going?
Celebrating 1 year of NeurotechEU – where are we and where are we going?
A digital 1-day meeting attended by 300 participants brought neuroscience researchers from across Europe together to reflect on both progress to date and plans for the future for the collaborative European University Initiative (EUI) focusing on neurochallenges.
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.