Year: 2017

Research News

Less sleep, more risk taking

October 1, 2017
Insufficient sleep can lead to increased risk-seeking behavior. These results were published by the group led by Prof. Christian Baumann in Annals of Neurology. The authors warn of the consequences chronic sleep restriction may have […]
Research News

Funding for MRI in spinal cord injuries

October 1, 2017
MRI has greatly improved the visualization of changes in the central nervous system, but how do these changes relate to changes in the underlying tissue microstructure? A European Research Area Network (ERA-NET) funded project coordinated […]
Services

ZNZ Steering Committee in Tweets

October 1, 2017
Who are the people behind the ZNZ? We have asked ZNZ Steering Committee member Prof. Susanne Wegener of the Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich, to answer a few personal questions in tweets. Me: Neurologist, […]
Publications

Recent publications by ZNZ members

October 1, 2017
Read here about recent papers published by members of the Neuroscience Center Zurich. CHIPS: an Extensible Toolbox for Cellular and Hemodynamic Two-Photon Image Analysis. Neuroinformatics. 2017 Oct 04 Authors: Barrett MJP, Ferrari KD, Stobart JL, […]
Services

People behind the Science

October 1, 2017
Who are the scientists at the ZNZ? In this new series initiated by the ZNZ Gender Equality Committee, two scientists talk about their motivation, inspiration and how they manage the “Work / Life balance”. Prof. […]
In the Spotlight

Understanding stress

July 2, 2017
Johannes Bohacek has recently been appointed Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience and has started his new position on July 1 at ETH Zurich. We talked with him about his research on […]
Publications

Recent publications by ZNZ members

July 2, 2017
Read here about recent papers published by members of the Neuroscience Center Zurich. Fully embedded myoelectric control for a wearable robotic hand orthosis. IEEE Int Conf Rehabil Robot. 2017 Jul;2017:615-621 Authors: Ryser F, Butzer T, […]
Events

ZNZ PhD Retreat 2017

July 2, 2017
The 19th ZNZ PhD Retreat at the clinic Valens aimed at stimulating exchange between science and the clinic. Part of the program was dedicated to Prof. Jürg Kesselring’s upcoming retirement on September 1. In his […]
Videos

New Findings on Psilocybin & LSD

July 2, 2017
Dr. Rainer Krähenmann presented new findings on mechanisms of action of psilocybin and LSD at the Psychedelic Science 2017 Conference. Rainer Krähenmann of the Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich discusses neurobiological and psychological mechanisms of action […]
Services

Data Analytics in Neuroscience

July 2, 2017
Many neuroscience laboratories are faced with ever-increasing amounts of experimental data. Processing these large datasets with conventional analysis tools is often inefficient. To address these challenges efficiently, ZNZ researchers can rely on excellent cluster computing […]