A National patient register plays a key role in treatment monitoring and treatment for genetic motor neuron disease
The disease-specific diagnostics for Genetic Motor Neuron diseases (MND) have advanced a lot recently. Researchers Mari Auranen (Ph.D.) and Emil Ylikallio (Ph.D.) from Helsinki University Hospital are working with a patient register to improve research and treatment for these diseases. For rare diseases, the register plays an important role in allowing researchers and doctors to […]
Why under 50-year-olds experience strokes – A study investigates the underlying reasons
Every year, 1.3 million people worldwide suffer a stroke before turning 50 years old. The younger the patient, the more unclear the reasons for the stroke are. The underlying cause is not always identifiable despite extensive diagnostic work-up. Since the 1980s, The the number of young ischemic stroke patients has been rising. Today, in over […]
Measuring brain functions on a bike | Research
The University of Jyväskylä has a solid reputation in, among other fields, education and physical education research. Founded at the University in 2011, the Jyväskylä Centre for Interdisciplinary Brain Research (CIBR) combines different scientific disciplines under a neuroscientific research umbrella. When CIBR’s Director and University Researcher Tiina Parviainen arrived in Jyväskylä in late 2011, one […]