Laboratory for Molecular Neurobiomarker Research KU Leuven
Laboratory of Molecular Neuro Biomarker Research
Laboratory of Molecular Neuro Biomarker Research
The service neurology focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the nervous system (brain, spinal cord, spinal roots, nerves) and muscles.
- Head injury: pharmacological agents. - Lumbardisc herniation: prevention of epidural scan tissue formation. - Hydrodynamic characteristics of the cerebrospinal fluid spaces in normal and hydrocephalic brain. Physiopathology of the Cushing response. - ICP during external vertricular drainage. - Biomechanics of skull- and braininjuries in cyclists. Protection by helmets. - Spinal cord stumulation using a new epidural lead and pulse generator. ...
The research of the Laboratory for Cognitive Neurology focuses on cognitive domains selective attention, language and semantic memory.
Anaesthesiology ensures an extensive range of activities in anaesthetics, postoperative care, postoperative care management and chronic pain management.
The department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Acute and Chronic Pain conducts both experimental and clinical studies with respect to pathophysiology of pain, other inflammatory pathways (induced by ischaemia, infarction, surgery, hypothermia) and pharmacokinetic and –dynamic studies of anaesthetics.