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  • New study on balancing synaptic strength in Nature Communications
    New study on balancing synaptic strength in Nature Communications Multidisciplinary work led by Marieke Meijer, team leader at the department of Human Genetics at Amsterdam UMC, shows why synapses are stronger and depress faster in the absence of tomosyns. These results provide new insight into how synapse function is regulated.
  • New therapies against blindness possible with €22 million
    New therapies against blindness possible with €22 million The Lifelong Vision project has been granted €22 million from the NWO Gravity program. Researchers from Amsterdam UMC, within a large Dutch collaborative effort, are set to develop new treatments for blindness.
  • Millions in subsidies for 'brain atlas'
    Millions in subsidies for 'brain atlas' The Institute for Chemical Neuroscience (iCNS) will receive 23.23 million euros from the government as part of the Gravitation program. The money will be used for the development of a 'brain atlas' of psychiatric symptoms. This should pave the way to improving the diagnosis and treatment of brain disorders such as depression, frontotemporal dementia and multiple sclerosis.

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