10 September 2025
The investment in four prominent research environments, Centres of Excellence, will ensure long-term development, improved quality and deeper collaboration for LiU.
13 February 2025
Can a garment made from smart textiles relieve long-term pain? This is what researchers in neuroscience, materials science, pain research, textile science and biomechanics are seeking to find out in a new interdisciplinary research project.
05 December 2024
Two types of neurons in the skin may be particularly important for how the brain interprets social contact between people. Knowledge of how the nervous system processes social touch is important in order to develop ways to restore sensation.
05 November 2024
No less than 16 different types of nerve cells have been identified by scientists in a new study on the human sense of touch. Comparisons between humans, mice and macaques show both similarities and significant differences.
31 October 2023
Elisabeth Paul, PhD student at Linköping University, received a stipend of SEK 100 000 during Mental Health Evening 2023, organized by Fonden för Psykisk Hälsa. “To be recognized by such an important organization is a great honor,” she says.
05 September 2023
Three researchers at LiU have received European Research Council Starting grants awarded to promising researchers. Their research areas are new cancer treatment, materials development and how people are affected by grief.
09 May 2023
The touch of another person may increase levels of the “feelgood” hormone oxytocin. But the context really matters. The situation impacts oxytocin levels not only in the moment, but also later, as is shown in a new study.
12 April 2023
High levels of the body’s own cannabinoid substances protect against developing addiction in individuals previously exposed to childhood maltreatment, according to a new study from Linköping University.
21 September 2022
Researchers at Linköping University have discovered a biological mechanism that increases the strength with which fear memories are stored in the brain. The study identifies shared mechanisms behind anxiety and alcohol dependence.
05 April 2022
Linköping University has received its first international donation. Ingrid Bock, resident in the US, has donated to Professor Markus Heilig’s internationally renowned research on new ways to treat addiction.
25 January 2022
Society for Social Neuroscience recently organized its 12th annual meeting. CSAN was well-represented at this year’s meeting, with individuals from several groups being recognized. One of them was Leah Mayo who was awarded the Early Career Award.
03 December 2021
Research on the social aspect of touch has received a great deal of attention during the COVID-19 pandemic. Rebecca Böhme, researcher at CSAN, focuses on this sense which is considered to be the first we use, already as a fetus inside the womb.
25 November 2021
Discussions with his daughters inspired him to write a book in popular science: Hon, han och hjärnan. And last autumn he played a major role in a series on Swedish TV: Från savannen till Tinder. “I love telling stories”, says Markus Heilig.
19 August 2021
A small group of nerve cells in the brain determines whether an individual continues to consume alcohol even when it has negative consequences. The scientists have identified a mechanism that may be a suitable target for treatment by medication.
25 January 2021
The findings from a new study on mice suggest that special immune cells found in the brain, microglial cells, contribute to the negative mood experienced during several neurological diseases, and maybe also depression.
10 December 2020
The Joanna Cocozza Foundation has announced the recipients of research grants for 2020. Funding has been awarded in the form of establishment and consolidation grants, support for visiting researchers, and a further seven project grants.
06 October 2020
Leah Mayo, researcher at CSAN, has received this year’s Young Investigator Award from the European Behavioral Pharmacology Society (EBPS). - It is really encouraging to be recognized by many of the scientists who have inspired a lot of my research.
24 June 2020
Håkan Olausson’s breakthrough research has partially upset the textbook description of the nervous system. His research group recently discovered a previously unknown component of the human pain-signalling system.
17 June 2020
Juulia Suvilehto receives 2.3 million in funding from Forte for her research project "Social adjustments in early adulthood". In the project, she will inspect loneliness and social adjustments - current issues in our modern society.
29 August 2019
A medication that boosts the body’s own cannabis-like substances, shows promise to help the brain un-learn fear memories when these are no longer meaningful. This according to an early-stage, experimental study on healthy volunteers at LiU.
07 February 2019
Selling sex or putting oneself in other risky sexual situations can be a way for an adolescent to self-injure, comparable to cutting or burning oneself. This is according to a doctoral thesis from Linköping University.
25 June 2018
Changes in a brain signalling system contribute to the development of alcohol addiction-like behaviour in rats, according to a new study led by researchers at LiU. The findings are published in Science and indicate a similar mechanism in humans.