Brain Research Institute

Brain Research Institute

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Ruth Handschin, Letters from Nature

The Brain Research Institute (Institut für Hirnforschung, short "Hifo") was founded in 1962 as a neuroscience research center in the medical faculty of the University of Zurich. The four departments - molecular cognition, neuromorphology, neurophysiology, and neurochemistry - focus on basic research topics ranging from molecular and cellular processes to network functions in the nervous system. The main areas of investigation concern the ability of the central nervous system to learn new information and to regenerate after injury, the mechanisms underlying synaptic transmission, plasticity and synapses formation, and the processes that influence behavioral responses.

News

Hifo Post-doc Bechara Saab to represent Switzerland at International Famelab CompetitionMartin Schwab has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant 2011Isabelle Mansuy has been elected "Knight of the National Order of Merit of France"Monday Seminar (Current Topics in Brain Research), Spring 2012News Archive

2012: 50 Years Hifo

The Brain Research Institute will celebrate its 50-year jubilee on 30th Nov/1st Dec 2012

Address

Brain Research Institute
University of Zurich
Winterthurerstrasse 190
CH-8057 Zürich

Phone: +41 44 635 33 01
Fax: +41 44 635 33 03

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