The
research aims at studying neurodegenerative mechanisms in various
neuropsychiatric diseases such as Parkinson's and Huntington's disease as well
as other movement disorders, Alzheimer's disease, Pick’s disease and other
dementias, multiple sclerosis, psychotic and mood disorders as well as other
neuropsychiatric disorders. The projects are based on collaboration between
research groups from the clinical departments from the First Faculty of
Medicine, Charles University.
Major research topics include:
- Movement disorders and dementia
- Neurodegenerative mechanisms in demyelinating disease
- Biological markers of psychopathology
- Biopsychosocial studies
Research teams from following departments of the First Faculty of Medicine participate in the project:
Project coordinator: prof. MUDr. Evžen Růžička, DrSc.
