Education [MSc/MD/PhD neuroscience] Promotion of young researchers Flow cytometry Brain imaging [from cell to system] Proteomik,Genomik, Genetik Research area A: Mechanisms of damage Research Area B: Endogenous brain protection Research area C: Regeneration Research area D: Crosstalk between nervous and immune system Research area E: Developmental disturbances Research area F: Plasticity Disorders of network formation Neuroinflammation Cerebro-vascular diseases (CVD) Research unit for long-term outcome and behavioral analysis Research unit for long-term outcome and behavioral analysis NeuroCure Clinical Research Center


Introduction

Neurological disorders contribute to more than 35% of the overall disease burden in Germany, and with an aging population, this number will increase. Treatments currently available offer at best relief, but no cure. Advances in our understanding of the pathophysiologicial processes underlying such disorders have opened up promising new avenues of intervention that could eventually lead to cure, but much basic research and clinical investigation remains to be done.

NeuroCure is an interdisciplinary consortium uniting neuroscientists, basic researchers, and clinicians on one campus, independent of their institutional affiliations. Building on the strength of the Berlin neuroscience community in the areas of cerebrovascular diseases, neuroinflammation, and disorders of network formation, NeuroCure’s initial focus will be on stroke, multiple sclerosis, focal epilepsies, and developmental disturbances. These neurological disorders are known to have overlapping pathophysiological cascades. NeuroCure aims to unravel the underlying mechanisms.

NeuroCure aims to create new research structures by

  • attracting new faculty to broaden and deepen expertise in the Berlin neuroscience community
  • allocating flexible intramural funds to start up interactive and innovative projects
  • setting up an animal research unit for long-term outcome and behavioral analysis
  • establishing the NeuroCure Clinical Research Center (NCRC)