Neurodegenerative disorders
Neurodegeneration is the overarching term for conditions with progressive loss of function and eventually death of neurons participating in motor, sensory or cognitive functions.
Neurodegenerative disorders include for example Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Huntington's diseases and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Scientists in the field cover all areas of research from basic experimental studies, cell/stem cell and animal models to clinical studies using an array of methods with the aims to understand the disease mechanisms, develop tools for early diagnosis and to find strategies for treatment and prevention.
Group leaders and research areas
Maria Ankarcrona, Cell degeneration mechanisms in Alzheimer's disease
Ernest Arenas, Development and generation of dopamine neurons
Homira Behbahani, Alzheimer's disease mechanisms
Ingemar Björkhem, Oxysterols in health and disease
Klas Blomgren, Injury and repair in the developing brain
Lennart Brodin, Presynaptic mechanisms
Andrea Carmine Belin, Parkinson's disease: genetic factors
Gonçalo Castelo-Branco, Epigenetic states during oligodendrocyte development
Sandra Ceccatelli, Developmental neurotoxicology
Angel Cedazo-Minguez, Neurodegenerative disease mechanisms
Ulf Diczfalusy, Oxysterols in health and disease
Henrik Druid, Forensic medicine
Maria Eriksdotter, Alzheimer's disease: diagnostics and therapy
Dagmar Galter, Neurodegeneration, Parkinson's disease
Caroline Graff, Genetics of neurodegenerative diseases
Eva Hedlund, Molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration and repair
Agneta Herlitz, Geriatric psychology
Staffan Holmin, Neuroimaging and image-guided vascular interventions
Janne Johansson, Biological dementia research
Helena Karlström, Alzheimer's disease: focus on gamma-secretase
Krister Kristensson, Neurodegenerative disease mechanisms
Johan Lundberg, Pathophysiology and pharmacology of mood and anxiety disorders
Johan Lökk, Stroke, Parkinson's disease, and dementia
Abdul Mohammed, Behavior and environment in dementia
Agneta Nordberg, Alzheimer's disease, PET imaging, neuroplasticity
Lars Olson, Regeneration, transplantation, Parkinson's disease
Thomas Perlmann, Molecular developmental biology and stem cells
Marianne Schultzberg, Inflammatory mechanisms in neurodegeneration
Åke Seiger, Transplantation and repair
Thomas Sejersen, Neuropediatrics
Oleg Shupliakov, Neuronal membrane trafficking
Erik Sundström, Transplantation and repair
Lars Tjernberg, Gamma-secretase and the amyloid beta-peptide
Brun Ulfhake, Mechanisms in aging
Andrea Varrone, Molecular imaging markers for neurodegenerative disorders
Matti Viitanen, Geriatrics
Lars-Olof Wahlund, Alzheimer's disease: diagnostics and therapy
Eric Westman, Biomarkers in neurodegenerative disorders
Bengt Winblad, Alzheimer's disease, geriatrics