Integration, Training, Dissemination
The major long-term goals of the jointly executed research activities of the neuroscience programme within DiMI are:
- to establish a molecular imaging toolbox of new non-invasive diagnostic tests for in vivo phenotyping neurodegenerative diseases;
- to develop molecular imaging approaches for non-invasive monitoring of novel molecular therapies for neurodegenerative diseases;
- to use these molecular imaging tools for translational research from animal models to clinical application for early disease detection, follow-up disease progression and the effectiveness of therapeutic intervention.
Current areas of major development in neuroscience are included in the DiMI programme, and comprise
- phenotyping and early detection of neurodegeneration by multimodal imaging;
- identifying new surrogate (imaging) markers;
- imaging neuroinflammation and the potential of stem cells for activation or transplantation and their specific actions (proliferation, migration, differentiation) in terms of targeted repair.
