Projects
Beyond multiple sclerosis susceptibility: disentangling heterogeneity of disease. KU Leuven
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the most common neurological disorders in young adults, affecting around 10,000 people in Belgium and 2.5 million worldwide. The disease can lead to important physical as well as cognitive disability at a time that is crucial in the personal and professional development of patients. MS is characterized by three hallmarks: inflammation, demyelination or destruction of the protective myelin sheath surrounding ...
Multiplicity of interaction: cause and effect of multiple interaction streams on interaction modelling and event handling Hasselt University
Somatic mutations explain missing risk of multiple sclerosis. KU Leuven
Somatic mutations explain missing risk in multiple sclerosis
An Goris, Laboratory for Neuroimmunology, KU Leuven
1. State of the art
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system, affecting 2.5 million
people worldwide and leading to important physical and cognitive disability with typical onset during
young adulthood. A genetic component has long been demonstrated and through ...
Unraveling the role of alpha-synuclein strains in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease and Multiple System Atrophy KU Leuven
For better and for worse: Examining Environmental Sensitivity in adolescence at multiple levels of analysis and across development. KU Leuven
Children and adolescents differ in their ability to perceive and process information about their environment, that is in their environmental sensitivity (Pluess et al., 2018). Approximately 20 to 30% of individuals appear generally more sensitive than others, which means that they are more susceptible to characteristics of their developmental context (Pluess, 2015), such as the quality of parenting (Slagt et al., 2016). The overarching aim of ...
Quality education for pupils with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities. University of Antwerp
Immune regulation by dimethylfumarate (DMF) in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis Hasselt University
Remembering trauma in between disclosure and silencing: A multiple case study with Kurdish refugee families in Belgium KU Leuven
Research on the psychosocial sequelae of collective violence and forced displacement increasingly investigates the potentially harmful impact of these disruptive life experiences on relational dynamics within refugee families. Meanwhile, studies explore how intra-family processes may constitute protective sources in reversing the adverse impact of traumatization and reconstructing life in exile. In this regard, trauma communication has been ...