The Amsterdam Neuroscience research institute performs integrated basic, translational and clinical research in order to improve our understanding of the human brain and nervous system in health and disease. Researchers and clinicians from different institutes in Amsterdam collaborate to strengthen the scientific excellence in this area, making Amsterdam Neuroscience one of the largest neuroscience communities in Europe.
The core of the Amsterdam Neuroscience organisation is the collaboration between relevant departments of Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) and Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA). Amsterdam Neuroscience focuses on a limited number of experimental approaches, brain functions and disease mechanisms in order to exceed. The projects within nine research programmes should strengthen the link between different disciplines and urge for collaboration between different partners.
Website of Amsterdam Neuroscience: Amsterdam Neuroscience | Amsterdam UMC
Research programme Mood, Anxiety, Psychosis, Stress & Sleep
Researchers involved: Christiaan Vinkers, Jurjen Luykx, Lieuwe de Haan, Hein van Marle
The MAPSS (Mood, Anxiety, Psychosis, Stress, and Sleep) research programme takes a cross-disorder approach and uses a translational and transdiagnostic perspective at preclinical and clinical level to enhance our knowledge and treatment possibilities for psychiatric disorders. Furthermore, as mood, anxiety and psychosis are comorbid with other psychiatric diseases and personality traits, we aim to focus on collaborative research projects, internally and externally, to disentangle the underlying brain mechanisms.
Read more about the MAPSS research programme: Mood, Anxiety, Psychosis, Stress & Sleep | Amsterdam UMC
Research programme Compulsivity, Impulsivity & Attention
Researchers involved: Dirk Smit, Odile van den Heuvel
Many psychiatric disorders, especially those characterised by compulsivity, impulsivity and disturbed attention, share common neurobiological characteristics both in their aetiology and clinical symptoms. Through translational cross-disorder research with a life-span perspective, the Compulsivity, Impulsivity & Attention programme aims to establish clear definitions of the concepts of compulsivity, impulsivity and attention; the transitions to pathology and the disorders’ different stages; and the development of new prevention and intervention studies, techniques and treatments.
Read more about the Compulsivity, Impulsivity & Attention research programme: Compulsivity, Impulsivity & Attention | Amsterdam UMC
