The Faculty of Medicine at the University of Tübingen is a world leader in the field of neuroscience, both historically and methodologically.
It significantly advances the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of brain disorders. In addition to the Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research (HIH) and the Hertie Institute for AI in Brain Health (Hertie AI), the Department of Neuroscience has access to a very amazing array of animal models and strong translational ties to university medicine.
In combination with the researchers' many years of expertise, innovative therapeutic approaches are being developed for many neurological and mental illnesses as well as for general diseases of the central nervous system. The close local collaboration with the German Center for Mental Health and the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases promotes intensive interdisciplinary exchange. This contributes significantly to pioneering developments in the fields of neurodegenerative diseases, mental health, neuroimaging and AI in the neurosciences.
The Neuroimaging research area uses magnetic resonance imaging to investigate how brain structure relates to its function in health and disease.Basic research on the in vivo representation of brain functions—such as sensory, motor, aging, decision-making, or emotionality—is closely linked to applied research on the neural mechanisms of disease in neurology and psychiatry.The area is methodologically broad, strongly interdisciplinary, and internationally leading in sequence and tracer development as well as translational research.
Neurodegenerative diseases
There is currently no cure for neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease, dementia, and dystonia.In the Department of Neurology at the Tübingen Medical Faculty, experts research the causes and mechanisms of these diseases at the molecular, genetic, and cellular levels.The goal is to identify risk and protective factors in the genome in order to improve prevention, diagnosis, and therapy.The unique affiliation of the Tübingen Hospital with the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) of the Helmholtz Association promotes the development of new, individually tailored treatments while enabling optimal patient care.
Mental health
Depression, schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, addiction, eating disorders, and obsessive-compulsive disorders: The Mental Health Research Area aims to improve the diagnosis and treatment of mentally ill patients.To this end, medical psychology, psychiatry, psychosomatics, and child and adolescent psychiatry work closely with the local German Center for Mental Health (DZPG).In addition to improving neuromodulation and psychotherapy, large amounts of data are analyzed using artificial intelligence to find the best possible combination of different therapeutic measures for each individual.Furthermore, the DFG-funded International Research Training Group places a special focus on research into women's mental health.
AI in neuroscience
Anyone who wants to understand the brain can't simply analyze artificial neural networks, because AI works fundamentally differently.Our brains can draw logical conclusions about many similar situations based on one observed situation.This is how children learn, for example.So-called artificial intelligence can't do this.It needs to be trained with vast amounts of data to be able to recognize patterns, language, or objects as well as or better than a human.
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