World Alzheimer Day 21.09.2022
About 1.8 million people in Germany suffer from dementia today, and estimates put the number at about 55 million worldwide. Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia, accounting for about 50 to 60 percent of the total. As the disease progresses, patients suffer from increasingly severe loss of memory and other cognitive abilities. The increasing number of people affected, the suffering of patients and their families, and the already enormous economic costs make “Alzheimer’s” one of the most urgent challenges facing health research.
On the occasion of today’s World Alzheimer’s Day, the Research Center has published a website with information on the disease, which affects 1 million people in Germany. From preventive measures and risk factors to research results on the development of Alzheimer’s disease, early detection and treatment options, the new website shows the holistic view of Alzheimer’s dementia that is possible here at the Research Center thanks to many experts.
Alzheimer research at the FZJ
From the field of brain research and medicine, scientists such as Prof. Simon Eickhoff (INM-7) with his video contribution on predicting brain age or Prof. Svenja Caspers (INM-1) and Dr. Nora Bittner (INM-1) with their research on risk factors for brain health can be found on the new website. Dr. Merle König’s (INM-2) research on the influence of sleep disorders on Alzheimer’s disease and Dr. Nils Richter’s (INM-3) video contribution on different faces of Alzheimer’s disease are also presented.
In the area of structural biology, Prof. Dieter Willbold (IBI-7) explains in a video interview the task and behavior of proteins in cells and reports on therapeutic approaches and drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer’s, which are being researched in the spin-off Priavoid.
In addition, an article in the research magazine “effzett” summarizes findings on proteins by Prof. Gunnar Schröder (IBI-7), who deals with protein shapes and their influence on functioning, and Prof. Carsten Sachse (ER-C), who makes molecular structures visible thanks to cryoelectron microscopy.
⇒ FZJ-Webseite: Welt-Alzheimertag 21. September 2022 (only in german)
Localization in the Helmholtz Research Field Information:
Helmholtz Research Field Information, Program 2: Natural, Artificial and Cognitive Information Processing, Topic 5: Decoding Brain Organization and Dysfunction
Contact for this press release:
Anna Maria Geiger
Institute of Neurosciences and Medicine (INM)
Brain and Behaviour (INM-7)
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Phone: +49 2461 61-1410
E-Mail: an.geiger@fz-juelich.de
Dr. Regine Panknin
Press Officer
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Phone: +49 2461 61-9054
E-Mail: r.panknin@fz-juelich.de
