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The neuroscience research institute of @AmsterdamUMC, @VUamsterdam and @UvA_Amsterdam.

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Amsterdam Neuroscience | Amsterdam UMC
6 months
In a groundbreaking treatment, @amsterdamumc became the first in the world to treat a patient with adaptive deep brain stimulation (aDBS) outside a research setting yesterday on January 13:
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Adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation (aDBS) only gives pulses when the patient's brain itself asks for them. Amsterdam UMC neurologist Martijn Beudel has been researching aDBS for over 10 years. On 13...
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Amsterdam Neuroscience | Amsterdam UMC
6 months
More people in the Netherlands affected by MS than previously estimated. Read about the @MScentrum020 research by Cynthia Lemmens and Brigit de Jong on our website: .
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Amsterdam Neuroscience | Amsterdam UMC
7 months
🎤 And we’re off! Kicking off the Amsterdam Neuroscience Annual Meeting 2024 are our directors, Guus Smit, Yolande Pijnenburg and Marten Smidt. With an array of incredible speakers lined up, we are excited to see what the day has in store for us! 🙌
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Amsterdam Neuroscience | Amsterdam UMC
7 months
🎉Congratulations @bettytijms! She has been awarded a @ERC_Research Consolidator Grant. With nearly 3 million euros in funding, she will investigate whether the 5 biological variants of Alzheimer’s disease respond differently to medication: @AlzheimerAms.
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Amsterdam Neuroscience researcher Betty Tijms has been awarded the European Research Council – Consolidator Grant. With nearly 3 million euros in funding, she will investigate whether the five...
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Amsterdam Neuroscience | Amsterdam UMC
8 months
The Amsterdam Neuroscience Annual Meeting 2024 is only 2 weeks away! Neuroscientists and -clinicians at @VUamsterdam, @UvA_Amsterdam or @amsterdamumc, don’t miss this unique chance to connect with your peers - sign up here! ⬇️.
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Amsterdam Neuroscience | Amsterdam UMC
9 months
A large international study led by @amsterdamumc supports new treatment for cerebral venous thrombosis (#CVT), a rare type of #stroke, involving the use of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs). Project lead Jonathan Coutinho tells us more ⬇️. #WorldStrokeDay.
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The DOAC-CVT study, a large international cohort study led by Amsterdam UMC, focuses on the treatment of cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) using direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs). Last week, the...
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Amsterdam Neuroscience | Amsterdam UMC
9 months
Dr. Amélie Fréal, assistant professor at @amsterdamumc, has received a Vidi grant of 850.000 euros from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). Congratulations, Amélie!. Read more ⬇️
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Dr. Amélie Fréal, assistant professor in the Cellular & Molecular Mechanisms research programme at Amsterdam Neuroscience, has received a Vidi grant of 850.000 euros from the Dutch Research Council...
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Amsterdam Neuroscience | Amsterdam UMC
9 months
The existing HIV drug #Efavirenz may also be effective for patients with #Alzheimer's disease. The clinical trial to test this will start this fall at @amsterdamumc, led by dr. @rikvanderkant. The study is still seeking participants. Read more ⬇️.
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The existing HIV drug Efavirenz may also be effective for patients with Alzheimer's disease. The clinical trial to test this will start this fall at Amsterdam UMC. Researcher Rik van der Kant and...
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Amsterdam Neuroscience | Amsterdam UMC
10 months
A number of #vacancies have opened up within the Amsterdam Neuroscience network! With groundbreaking research in both mental and physical health, there is something for everyone. Check them out via our website (make sure to scroll down!) ⬇️.
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Amsterdam Neuroscience | Amsterdam UMC
10 months
Max Koppers was awarded a Starting Grant from the European Research Council! With this, Max will expand his research group to further investigate how specific mRNAs are captured at specific subcellular locations in neurons. Read more ⬇️
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Max Koppers, Assistant Professor at Functional Genomics Department at the Center of Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, was awarded a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for his...
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Amsterdam Neuroscience | Amsterdam UMC
10 months
Today is a milestone for @amsterdamumc. After a construction period of some 2.5 years, the ADORE Research & Diagnostics Center at location VUmc is officially completed: @CancerCenterAms @MScentrum020 @AlzheimerAms.
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After a construction period of some 2.5 years, the Adore Research & Diagnostics Center at location VUmc was officially completed. In this research center, top scientists from Cancer Center Amsterdam...
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Amsterdam Neuroscience | Amsterdam UMC
10 months
.@NWONieuws has awarded nine million euros to ADORE as part of the Long Term Program (KIC 2020-2023) a collaboration between research, industry, and society that focuses on life expectancy, quality of life, and the burden of care.
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NWO has awarded nine million euros to Adore as part of the Long Term Program, a collaboration between research, industry, and society that focuses on life expectancy, quality of life, and the burden...
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Amsterdam Neuroscience | Amsterdam UMC
10 months
👩‍🎓Congrats to Dagmar Verbaan on her inaugural lecture today! Titled "No shine without friction," Dagmar, Professor of Neurosurgery at @UvA_Science and @amsterdamumc , asks how evidence-based medicine fits within neurosurgery, a young and growing field.
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In her oration 'No shine without friction' on September 20, 2024, at the University of Amsterdam, professor Verbaan posed the question: To what extent does evidence-based medicine have a place within...
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Amsterdam Neuroscience | Amsterdam UMC
10 months
We are delighted that Prof. dr. Ingo Willuhn will give his inaugural lecture today. With this, he will be appointed Professor of ‘Behavioural Neuroscience of Psychiatric Disorders’ of @amsterdamumc and the @UvA_Amsterdam. Read more ⬇️
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In his oration on September 12, 2024, at the University of Amsterdam, professor Ingo Willuhn outlines how an ongoing technological revolution, leading to new and powerful methods for recording and...
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Amsterdam Neuroscience | Amsterdam UMC
11 months
🎉Today @amsterdamumc launched a major campaign for ADORE in collaboration with the @VriendenLoterij, @kwf_nl, @hersenstichting and @MS_Research. ADORE will be the largest onco-neuro campus in the world, read about it:
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We spoke with Guus Smit (Chairman of Board of Directors of Amsterdam Neuroscience) and one of the Scientific Directors of ADORE about the recent developments the ADORE concept and developments.
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Amsterdam Neuroscience | Amsterdam UMC
11 months
Hein van Marle & Christa van der Heijden provide first proof of principle that reactivating therapeutically altered traumatic memories during sleep may enhance treatment effects in PTSD. Their study is published in Current Biology. @PsychRes @UvA_Amsterdam
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Amsterdam Neuroscience researchers Hein van Marle and Christa van der Heijden provide the first proof of principle that reactivating therapeutically altered traumatic memories during sleep may...
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Amsterdam Neuroscience | Amsterdam UMC
11 months
As the vacation period nears its end, many teams within the Amsterdam Neuroscience network are looking to expand! Check out our newest vacancies ⬇️. Find the latest information about all vacancies on our website (make sure to scroll down!):
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Amsterdam Neuroscience | Amsterdam UMC
1 year
RT @RikOssenkoppele: The figure we all have to learn by heart: The updated Lancet Commission on potentially modifiable risk factors for dem….
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Amsterdam Neuroscience | Amsterdam UMC
1 year
📰Last week three Amsterdam Neuroscience researchers appeared in Dutch newspapers: Lucres Nauta-Jansen, Damiaan Denys and Philip de Witt Hamer. Read about their interviews: #MediaMentions.
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Last week three researchers affiliated with Amsterdam Neuroscience appeared in Dutch newspapers: Lucres Nauta-Jansen, Damiaan Denys and Philip de Witt Hamer.
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