Gothenburg stem cell researcher Charlotta Lindwall has received a research grant for 280,000 kronor from the Swedish Brain Foundation (Hjärnfonden).
"I want to study whether we can improve the replacement of nerve cells damaged during different illnesses and injuries to the brain by studying the mechanisms involved in nerve cell migration in both healthy and unwell brains," says Charlotta Lindwall from the University of Gothenburg in a statement (cited in GöteborgsBIO)
The Swedish Brain Foundation collects donations and distributes more than six million kronor each year to young researchers studying the brain and nervous system.
Autism, dyslexia, Alzheimer's disease, brain tumors, eating disorders, depression, Parkinson's disease, stroke, MS, traumatic brain injuries and epilepsy are all examples of brain-related diagnoses.
"The Hjärnfonden (Swedish Brain Foundation) grants are significant in that more than one third of all Swedes suffer a brain illness at some time during their lives. The more scientific breakthroughs we make, the earlier proper diagnoses can be made and the more brain diseases can be prevented, treated or cured. We set great hopes on our grant recipients," says Hjärnfonden General Secretary Gunilla Steinwall in a statement (cited in GöteborgsBIO).
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