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Neurosciences in Finland
The key locations where neuroscience research is carried out in Finland are Oulu, Kuopio, Jyväskylä, Tampere, Espoo, Helsinki and Turku. The universities and university hospitals located in these cities play a key role in neuroscience research. These cities have a wide range of complementary research priorities and expertise in neuroscience.
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Bridging basic, clinical and technology research in neuroscience
The neuroscience network in the Capital region is formed by the multidisciplinary basic research at the University of Helsinki, the technological and neuroscience research at Aalto University, and the clinical research at Helsinki University Hospital (HUS). It is estimated that over half of Finnish neuroscience research takes place in the capital region. In addition, HUS is the largest hospital district in Finland, and the HUS catchment area serves over 1.6 million residents, thus being a major organisation also on a Europe-wide level.
The neuroscience research in the capital region is supported by a strong and versatile research infrastructure, particularly focused on cellular and animal disease modelling, as well as imaging of animals and human subjects. In addition the HUS data lake and Helsinki Biobank offer a significant source of patient data and samples for research.
The aim of the increased collaboration in neuroscience research is to improve our understanding of how the brain and nervous system function in health and disease, as well as to create preventative methods, accurate diagnostics and more effective treatments and rehabilitation for diseases affecting the nervous system.
Lue lisää https://helsinkibrainandmind.fi/
Centre for multidisciplinary brain research in Jyväskylä
In Jyväskylä high-level multidisciplinary Brain Research is carried out in the University of Jyväskylä especially at the Department of Psychology, the Faculty of Sports and Health Sciences, the Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies and the Faculty of Information Technology.
Centre for Interdisciplinary Brain Research (CIBR), established in 2012, develops a regional network of neuroscience researchers, and maintains a diverse international-level brain research infrastructure across faculty and departmental boundaries.
Kuopio Brain & Mind – Neurocenter Finland network in Eastern Finland
Internationally recognized genetic, biomarker and translational research into brain and mental diseases is carried out in Eastern Finland. The unique expertise and competitive infrastructure of basic research can be found both at the University of Eastern Finland (UEF) and companies in the field of biotechnology. Clinical research in neuroscience and psychiatry is carried out at Kuopio University Hospital (KUH), UEF’s clinical brain research unit, central hospitals and primary care using versatilely metabolomics and brain imaging. Forensic psychiatry research is of a high standard and strongly networked internationally.
Tarja Laitinen
Regional Manager, Kuopio Brain & Mind
tarja.laitinen@uef.fi
+358 50 560 6139
Jäsenorganisaatiot
Itä-Suomen yliopisto https://www.uef.fi/fi
Pohjois-Savon hyvinvointialue https://pshyvinvointialue.fi/kys-kuopion-yliopistollinen-sairaala
Ohjausryhmä
A pioneer in the study of rare neurological diseases
Medical expertise in Northern Finland is concentrated at Oulu University Hospital and the University of Oulu, as well as their research organization (Oulu Medical Research Center, MRC). For decades, significant research has been conducted in Oulu in the field of several rare neurological diseases.
In addition, the region’s strengths are multidisciplinary, with specific areas of expertise in neuroscience, diagnostics, ICT and mobile and gaming, a strong health technology sector and research-supporting infrastructures such as biobanks, the underlying genome center, patient registries, population cohorts and cohorts.
Turku Brain & Mind – Neurocenter west
The regional node of Neurocenter Finland in Western Finland operates under Turku Brain and Mind Center . Turku Brain and Mind Center (TBMC) was founded in 2011 and it gathers more than twenty research groups from various fields of Neuroscience in Turku. TBMC researchers work in multi-disciplinary teams to explore the mechanisms underlying brain function in health and disease. TBMC organizes Neuroscience education at the University of Turku, including a Master’s Degree program in Human Neuroscience.
The Neuroscience field in Turku covers a wide range of disciplines, such as clinical neurosciences, psychiatry, nuclear medicine, anesthesiology, clinical pharmacology, clinical neurophysiology, psychology and logopedics. Research topics include brain development, cognitive processes, emotions, consciousness, visual perception, sleep, music in neurology, obesity, psychotic disorders, addictions, neurodegenerative disorders, neuroimmunology, neurotraumatology, neuropathic pain and brain stimulation.
Turku is one of the leading research centers in Biomedical Imaging in Europe. Turku PET Center is a Finnish National Research Institute for PET imaging. Turku PET Center hosts a radiochemistry department dedicated for radiotracer development and production, and several state-of-the-art PET scanners, including a PET-MRI and a whole-body PET scanner (Quadra) which will be installed in 2022. Turku University Hospital and University of Turku host several MRI scanners, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) devices, and the only navigated TMS device with robotic targeting system in the Nordic countries. In addition, a High Intensity Focused Ultrasound device for the brain and Neurological indications (Neuro-HIFU) will be installed in 2022, also first in Scandinavia and Baltic countries.
Forerunner in multidisciplinary research and innovation
Tampere has a unique concentration of wide variety of neuroscience research fields, and plenty of multidisciplinary neuroscience research collaborations over organisational borders. The region is especially known for its research in
- – computational and theoretical neuroscience and body-on-chip-models to study the mechanisms of the nervous system
- – neurogenetics, psychology and child- and adolescent psychiatry
- – neuromodulation-treatments and their effects to the brain, brain health and epilepsy
- – neuromuscular diseases, sleep, and behavioural neurology
- – cerebrovascular diseases, brain tumours and neurotraumatology
- – cognitive, affective and social neurosciences
- – electrophysiological measurements and stimulation methods and imaging
- – human-technology interaction
Such broad knowledge-base coupled with the strong innovation-supporting ecosystem in the Tampere-region ensures new research ideas are readily being transformed into new innovations and start-ups.