Neurogenetics and Psychiatric Diseases
The focus of this research is to understand what factors (environmental and genetic) and what molecular mechanisms that cause conditions such as depression, alcohol addiction and eating disorders.
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The focus of the group´s research are molecular mechanisms underlying neuropsychiatric disorders and addiction.
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This group is dedicated to studies of mechanisms behind environmental effects such as viral infections, on the genome and epigenome, and how this might lead to disease including cancer.
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The section of Translational Neuropharmacology studies receptor-mediated processes involved in the etiologies of Parkinson´s disease and Depression. Studies are conducted both in preclinical models and in specimens from patients.