The Department of Neurology at Kuopio Campus is a research center with experience in basic and clinical neurosciences.
Researchers and staff are totaling 60. Our PhD students have produced 99 doctoral dissertations. Annually, we produce about 90 publications in international scientific journals. See more about our research - link also at left.
The research groups in Canthia Building focus on basic mechanisms, prevention, drug and clinical research of degenerative brain diseases, particularly Alzheimer's disease, stroke and epilepsy.
Most population-based surveys and drug trials are run at the Brain Research Unit in Clinical Research Centre.
There are also facilities for genetics and biomarker analysis for searching new risk genes using single nucleotide polymorphism analysis and functional studies.
| NEWS |
| 6th Kuopio Alzheimer Symposium - June 14-16, 2012, Kuopio, Finland |
"...program which will focus on new results concerning early diagnosis; new advances in brain imaging; biomarkers for AD; Search for drug targets; prevention; and treatment and care."
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| New PredictAD Newsletter ! |
"Our key objectives were to find clues to reveal the symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) from very heterogeneous clinical data and to develop software in which these clues could be analysed."
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> Read more about PredictAD |
| Biochemical signature predicts progression to Alzheimer´s disease |
A study carried out by VTT and the University of Eastern Finland suggests that Alzheimer´s disease is preceded by a molecular signature indicative of hypoxia and up-regulated pentose phosphate...
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| Biokemiallinen sormenjälki veressä ennustaa Alzheimerin tautia |
VTT:n ja Itä-Suomen yliopiston tutkijat ovat löytäneet Alzheimerin taudin puhkeamista ennustavan molekyylimerkkiaineen. Se on mahdollista määrittää verinäytteestä yksinkertaisella analyysilla...
> Alkuperäinen julkaisu
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| Our latest theses |
- Timo Sarajärvi: Alzheimer's Disease-Related Genes and Pathways. Special Emphasis on Seladin-1, δ-Opioid Receptor and BACE1. (pdf available soon )
- Allan Seppänen: Collagen XVII in the human brain.
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| Docent in Neurobiology |
Faculty of Health Sciences has appointed PhD, Academy Research Fellow Annakaisa Haapasalo Docent in Neurobiology on November 1st, 2011. |
Interview in Saima/Careers:
Professor Miia Kivipelto: Early detection is key in Alzheimer’s disease |
Today, Professor Miia Kivipelto is an internationally recognised Alzheimer’s researcher working at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm and the University of Eastern Finland in Kuopio. Her research focuses on charting the risk factors and prevention possibilities of Alzheimer’s disease. She also studies the early detection and treatment possibilities of the disease.
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Interview in Saima/Careers:
PhD Jayashree Viswanathan: Taking a leap - from Parkinson's to Alzheimer's |
“The brain is the most fascinating and enigmatic organ, and we know so little about it,” PhD Jayashree Viswanathan says. But she does know something about the topic, having just defended her dissertation on the genetic and functional characterisation of genes associated with Alzheimer’s disease, here at the University of Eastern Finland.
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| Vuoden 2011 Bioanalyytikoksi on valittu Tarja Kauppinen ! |
Tarja Kauppinen työskentelee bioanalyytikkona neurologian Aivotutkimusyksikössä, Kuopion kampuksella. Onnittelumme !
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| AlzPoint-verkkosivut ( "Alzheimer-osaajien" yhteistyöverkosto) on avattu |
Käy katsomassa: http://www.alzpoint.fi !
Kuopion kampuksella nykyisessä Itä-Suomen yliopistossa on Alzheimerin taudin tutkimuksella pitkät perinteet. Itä-Suomen yliopiston Alzheimerin taudin tutkimusryhmien asiantuntijuus, korkeatasoiset tutkimusaineistot ja laaja kansainvälinen verkostoituminen muodostavat AlzPoint-hankkeen perustan.
AlzPoint tarjoaa näillä verkkosivuilla tietoa Alzheimerin taudista ja tutkimuksesta kaikille aiheesta kiinnostuneille. |
| The launch of the International Genomics of Alzheimer’s Project (IGAP) |
It's a collaboration formed to discover and map the genes that contribute to Alzheimer’s disease – was announced today by a multi-national group of researchers, including investigators at the Department of Neurology, University of Eastern Finland. The collaborative effort, spanning universities from both sides of the Atlantic, will combine the knowledge, staff and resources of four consortia that work on Alzheimer’s disease genetics.
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