Heel wat mensen krijgen te kampen met een beroerte. Binnenkort organiseert de dienst Neurologie opnieuw een symposium over stroke gericht op patiënten en mantelzorgers. Meer info 👉bit.ly/3LWbkeh

The laureates of the KVAB Annual Science Communication Prize are known. From VUB, a total of four projects have been selected. Now they need your vote. Choose your favourite via the link below. lnkd.in/eKBMpGMh

We are happy and excited to be in Lisbon this week for #ADPD2024! Come check out these posters by our great team Gonzalo Celeste Laureyssen [email protected] about their latest results on genetic and transcriptomic analyses of Alzheimer's disease. #ADPD2024 AD/PD - Advances in Science & Therapy VIB Center for Molecular Neurology

Neuroloog over de belangrijkste doodsoorzaak in ons land: “Dementie is niet alleen een kwestie van ouder worden en pech hebben” nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf2024030…

Zeer waardevol initiatief, waarvoor dank! #BruBRAIN UZ Brussel VUB

Wauw! @vubrussel Ann Masie ontdekte dat het geheugen van muizen wordt beschermd tijdens het verouderingsproces als je een specifiek eiwit (systeem xc) uitschakelt. Dat zou zomaar eens onze kijk op ouder worden en geheugenverlies kunnen veranderen! #trots hln.be/binnenland/de-…

Alzheimer Europe regrets that negative European Medicines Agency EU Medicines Agency opinion on #lecanemab may deprive Europeans with #Alzheimer’s disease from medicines available in the US and elsewhere alzheimer-europe.org/news/26-july-a…

Dank aan @Innoviris !

Leqembi recommended for treatment of early Alzheimer’s disease | European Medicines Agency (EMA) ema.europa.eu/en/news/leqemb… #EADC

Bij Alzheimer Liga Vlaanderen houden ze de vinger aan de pols: 45% gevallen dementie kunnen voorkomen worden door in te zetten op 14 risicofactoren. Dat kan volgens Sebastiaan Engelborghs best door 5 "vingers" samen ik 1 programma op te nemen.

Preventie met méér impact: Naast health for all policies, gezondheidsvaardigheden & een doelgericht beleid, is een businessmodel nodig. Geef 5% zorgbudget aan preventie & betaal burgers, zorginstellingen & professionals om zorg te voorkomen. voka.be/publicaties/he…

Wrapping up the 1st year of PREDICTOM - IHI project's activities, we introduce our leaders with their work, ambitions & vision. Interview with Dag Aarsland , Professor of Old Age Psychiatry Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience and research lead at Stavanger University Hospital. predictom.eu/news/transform…

Very interesting discussions! Thank you for paying attention to brain health and Alzheimer’s, stressing the importance of sustained investment in Alzheimer research in the EU. European Academy of Neurology NEUR Research group VUB UZ Brussel

📢 Look back at the Rethinking #Alzheimer's Disease event at the European Parliament on Dec 3! 🗪 In partnership with EFPIA, we engaged key stakeholders to discuss how we approach AD treatment and care management. Revisit this event 👉 braincouncil.eu/rethinking_ad_…

🎥 Prof. Sebastiaan Engelborghs, Co-Chair of the EAN Scientific Panel on Dementia & Cognitive Disorders, shares his views on the implications of the EMA’s approval of lecanemab for Alzheimer’s disease treatment. ➡️Watch the full interview here: ow.ly/oMiJ50UGRs2

🧠 New Research Alert! [1/2] NEUR researchers Sebastiaan Engelborghs & @CBaeken contributed to a global study on depressive symptoms & amyloid pathology, a key Alzheimer’s marker.

🧠 New Research Alert! [1/3] NEUR researchers Sara De Witte @CBaeken have recently published in Brain Stimulation the results of the first phase of their new trial with a stepped-care treatment approach for patients with treatment-resistant melancholic depression.

Scientia vincere tenebras!

Biotechexpertise van Innogenetics leidt tot doorbraak in alzheimer-test tijd.be/ondernemen/far…

Our European Parliament lunch debate today focused on preparing for new Alzheimer’s treatments in Europe. Thank you to co-hosts Sirpa Pietikäinen🇫🇮🇪🇺 Romana Jerković Kraljić MEP & Hilde Vautmans and to speakers Sebastiaan Engelborghs @Linus Jönsson and Miia Kivipelto #AELunchDebate alzheimer-europe.org/news/alzheimer…