Obesity and food addiction in animals and humans: The environment as the primary mediator Summary Obesity and food addiction are current issues in the Western world. While the problem may seem straightforward in terms of energy consumption, the complexity of...
Androgens show sex-dependent differences in myelin regeneration of the central nervous system Summary Multiple sclerosis is an auto-immune, demyelinating and neurodegenerative pathology of the central nervous system (CNS). The early phase of the disease mostly...
Brain mosaicism in epileptogenic cortical malformations Summary Focal Cortical Dysplasia (FCD) is the most common focal cortical malformation leading to childhood focal epilepsy that undergo epilepsy surgery. In recent years, we and others have shown that FCD type II...
The developing post-natal cerebral vasculature Summary The brain is densely perfused by the vascular network, which provides nutrients and oxygen to support neuronal function. The architecture of the cerebral vasculature addresses specific constrains of the neural...
Imaging Mueller polarimetry for probing biological tissue at macro- and microscale Summary It has been proven that polarized light is extremely sensitive to tissue microstructure. Early pathological changes in tissues may not be visible with a naked eye. This...
