Fear memories are crucial for the survival of an organism. They trigger appropriate reactions that enable adaptation to the environment. However, traumatic experiences can trigger strong fear memories [...] Therapies to treat these conditions include exposure therapy based on extinction of fear memories, but are often unsuccessful. The research group of Dr. Ana M. M. Oliveira, Head of the Department of Molecular
it is used much less frequently. This could be due to the fact that, in contrast to adults, there are no large studies on the safety and effectiveness of this treatment method in children and adolescents [...] offered ECT as a treatment option for adolescents with severe depressive and psychotic disorders. There are often very long waiting times for ECT and hardly reasonable travel distances for parents and their
psychiatric questions. This includes, for example, the role of certain networks in the brain that are important for human behaviour and learning. However, for ethical reasons, cellular and molecular mechanisms [...] specific network in the mouse in the MRI, in which expectations triggered by environmental stimuli are updated by recent experiences. In this network, the researchers showed for the first time that two
for 50 years. I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to all employees of the CIMH, who are committed to research, teaching and patient care every day. I would like to congratulate them on their [...] Foundation form scientific bridges between Heidelberg University and the CIMH. The scientists involved are investigating the causes of chronic pain, control mechanisms in addictive disorders and the biological [...] ever before, modern technologies such as smartphones, machine learning and artificial intelligence are helping to collect and analyze insightful data. He describes a perspective that gives us hope: “In
Research Center in the field of cellular and molecular biomarker research is also available. All partners are linked by many years of intensive collaboration. Comprehensive involvement of service users The conceptual [...] Meyer-Lindenberg , director and chairman of the board of the CIMH and site coordinator of ZIHUb. „We are very pleased that we now have the opportunity to contribute this expertise to the new German Center
the Supervisory Board of the CIMH. Exciting challenges “At present and in the future, we at the CIMH are facing exciting challenges. I am very much looking forward to tackling these diverse tasks together
analyzing a variety of data to improve clinical care. The HITKIP and the W3 endowed professorship are made possible by a generous grant from the Hector Foundation II. Elucidating disease mechanisms Prof
researchers from neuroscience, psychology, psychiatry, sports science and related disciplines who are working at the intersection of physical activity brain and mental health. While awareness of these
took part in the project. "It's important to us that the objects we make have a practical use and are meaningful," says Peter Volkmar. This was also the case when building the nesting boxes: the children
often target very small areas in the brain, the high-resolution imaging is an important advantage. “We are very grateful to the Klaus Tschira Foundation for its funding, which enables us to continue our ambitious [...] significantly stronger magnetic fields (9.4 Tesla) for imaging. Again, anatomy, function and biochemistry are being studied. For molecular imaging, the CIMH also installed a combined positron emission/magnetic
