Forskning vid Uppsala universitet

Forskningsprojekt från 2012-01-01 till 2012-12-31

We have two times previously been organizing a biannual conference in Uppsala with support from Vetenskapsrådet. The first conference, ?Neurodegenerative disorders: immunotherapy and biomarkers? was held ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2010-09-01 till 2016-08-31

Anxiety disorders like social anxiety disorder (SAD) are very common. The aim of this project is to examine underlying neurobiological processes in anxiety and its treatment with focus on 1) Women´s increased ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2010-09-01 till 2016-08-31

Ångest och ångestbehandling ur ett neurovetenskapligt perspektiv: Könsskillnader, serotonerga processer och genetiska faktorer ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2016-01-01 till 2018-12-31

Sex and gonadal hormones affect mental health in a profound manner. Their role in modulation of emotional circuits is presumably critical to differences in prevalence, aetiology, course, and treatment ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2012-01-01 till 2015-12-31

The proposed research is a multifaceted investigation centering on problems in homogeneous dynamics and fundamental questions about lattices. We will focus in particular on problems which hold the promise ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2017-01-01 till 2019-12-31

The purpose of this project is to add state-of the-art brain imaging to a double-blind randomized controlled trial of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for the treatment of anhedonia. ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2018-01-01 till 2020-12-31

Svår blyghet, eller social fobi, är ett betydande folkhälsoproblem. Social ångest och undvikande beteende har kunnat knytas till en förhöjd aktivitet i hjärnans rädslonätverk och serotonindysfunktion men ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2014-01-01 till 2017-12-31

An unanswered question is whether a severe and protracted life threatening somatic stress load exposes the brain to an organic impact with an increased vulnerability for psychiatric conditions. This is ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2018-01-01 till 2021-12-31

Anxiety disorders such as panic disorder are common and cause considerable individual suffering and high societal costs. Current treatment options leave a substantial proportion of patients suffering, ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2014-01-01 till 2016-12-31

We aim to study the molecular mechanisms of food intake and reward functions, considering genetic background and cognitive functions. We created a conditional Cre-Lox knock out mice lines of a novel gene ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2021-01-01 till 2023-12-31

Anxiety disorders are disabling conditions, affecting twice as many women as men. In particular, social anxiety disorder (SAD) is highly common and should be regarded as a significant public health concern ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2017-01-01 till 2020-12-31

The research program studies contact and symplectic topology and its relations to other geometric fields, in particular to physics inspired low-dimensional topology and knot theory. The main tool is theories ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2020-01-01 till 2022-12-31

We hypothesize that alterations in the epigenome in response to adverse events and / or alcohol binging in early life may be a critical factor contributing to risk and resilience to alcohol use disorders ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2015-01-01 till 2020-12-31

Protein markörer för peripartumdepression ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2015-01-01 till 2017-12-31

Mental illness has come to constitute a major contributor in the global disease burden, accounting for significant part of disability and costs. Peripartum depression (PPD) affects 12% of newly delivered ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2017-01-01 till 2019-12-31

Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is a serious public health concern and to understand its causes and cures, the underlying brain anomalies need to be examined. Socially anxious and avoidant behavior could ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2012-01-01 till 2017-12-31

Vårt övergripande mål är att förstå epigenetiska mekanismer för psykiska störningar hos barn och ungdomar. Vi tar upp frågan om förändringar i DNA-metylering orsakade av negativa erfarenheter i den unga ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2021-01-01 till 2024-12-31

The framework of string compactifications is of undisputed importance to connect string theory to the physics of our world, and has promoted progress in fields ranging from quantum gravity and cosmology ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2021-01-01 till 2024-12-31

The Fukaya category is a powerful invariant of exact symplectic manifolds in the form of an A-infinity category, the objects of which consist of (a suitable class of) its Lagrangian submanifolds, while ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2013-01-01 till 2016-12-31

This project studies the mathematical models arising from a variety of imaging techniques. These problems are formulated mathematically as "inverse problems" where one deduces information about the differential ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2017-01-01 till 2020-12-31

Conserved quantities are important in various areas of physics, as in many cases they provide an essential characterization of a physical system. However, to define the mass, center of mass, angular and ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2015-01-01 till 2018-12-31

This project is in the area of Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. The main emphasis is on the development of new geometrical ideas and concepts originating from the modern string theory and the quantum ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2012-01-01 till 2014-12-31

This project is in the area of Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. The main emphasis is on the development of new geometrical ideas and concepts originating from the modern string theory and ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2014-01-01 till 2016-12-31

During the past decade there has been an important development of the mathematical tools available for high-energy physics. I have participated in and contributed to this development of Generalized Complex ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2015-01-01 till 2018-12-31

This research project aims to study several related topics in higher dimensional Auslander-Reiten theory. Classical Auslander-Reiten theory is an important tool in representation theory of associative ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2013-01-01 till 2013-12-31

More than thirty years ago a result derived in the context of superspace supergravity indicated that even the most promising supergravity candidate had problems when viewed as a model for quantum gravity ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2016-01-01 till 2019-12-31

Mutations in the genes for the amyloid precursor protein (APP) and the presenilins cause early-onset, inherited forms of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). We have previously identified and characterized two different ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2018-12-01 till 2021-12-31

The main purpose of this project is to further the understanding of exact Lagrangian manifolds in symplectic manifolds, and understand the relations to quantum physics. We propose the following specific ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2021-01-01 till 2023-12-31

Peripartum depression (PPD) is a common, serious and potentially life-threatening disorder with high societal costs. Preventive efforts targeting PPD are cost-effective only among high-risk groups, but ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2015-01-01 till 2017-12-31

Exposure therapy, directly derived from the process of extinction within the fear conditioning paradigm, is the most common psychological treatment of anxiety disorders. According to leading theorists, ...