Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society
NVS’s vision is to significantly improve human health through excellent research and education within the department´s profile areas. NVS is one of the largest departments within Karolinska Institutet with more than 500 employees, several hundred affiliated researchers and 1 600 full-year students.
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Currently at the department
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New thesis investigates the potential relationship between indicators of chronic stress and Alzheimer's disease
Photo: Liza Simonsson
New thesis investigates the relationship between autophagy and amyloid-β and tau proteins in Alzheimer's disease
Photo: N/A och Ulf Sirborn.
Robots' sense of touch could be as fast as humans – Lisha Wang and Bengt Winblad co-authors of publication in Science.
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Symposium: ”Astrocytes in Brain Function and Disease” June, 10-11
Photo: Annika Clemes
KI management visit NVS
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Nordic Congress of Gerontology at KI, Stockholm, June 12-14
Photo: Martin Stenmark
New thesis studies changes in the life situation of younger persons with dementia and their family members
Photo: Malin Jochumsen.
A patient-centred Karolinska CCC Day
Photo: Annika Clemes
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Publications at NVS
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For NVS staff
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Research from cell to society – the story behind the Department of NVS
Photo: Selma Wolofsky