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2nd March 2021 11:23 am 2nd March 2021 11:23 am An international project aims to create new photonic tools that can access the deep brain and provide further understanding of neurological diseases. Image by Colin Behrens from Pixabay Strathclyde University is the UK participant in DEEPER (Deep Brain Photonic Tools for Cell-Type Specific Targeting of Neural Diseases), which is investigating the deep-brain alterations underlying the origin of neurological and psychiatric diseases such as dementia, depression, addiction, schizophrenia and chronic pain. The four-year study involves 12 partner...

 E-Mail Genova/Lecce (Italy), 28th January 2021 - Understanding and treating brain disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease, addiction, chronic pain, depression and schizophrenia, entails the comprehension of the alterations that may occur in the deep regions of the gray matter. Thanks to the European-funded project DEEPER, an international research consortium, coordinated by IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology), will develop new photonic technologies to access those regions and reveal the molecular and cellular dysfunctions underlying the origin of the disorde...