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The Paul-Flechsig-Institute for Brain Research is a neuroscience
research institute of Leipzig University's medical faculty.
Established in 1974 it is tracing back to the founding of the
"hirnanatomisches Laboratorium" by Paul Flechsig in the year 1883.
The institute's scientific emphases lie on cellular and molecular
aspects of neurodegenerative diseases and glial reactions in the brain
and the retina.
Neurowissenschaften
neurosciences Neurobiologie neuroscience neurobiology brain research
Leipzig PFI
Focus points:
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Clarifying
the pathological mechanism of Alzheimer's disease and
thereof developing diagnostic and therapeutical concepts.
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analysing
inflammatory processes related to neurodegeneration, especially in the
cholinergic system -
investigating the role of
extracellular matrix during cell loss -
involvement of glia in CNS
function and pathology
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