Brain
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Influence of thyroid hormones on brain, cognition and behaviour

Institution: Clinic for Neurology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck
Applicant: Dr. med. Anna Göbel
Funding line:
Else Kröner Memorial Fellowships
Changes of brain function, brain structure and brain perfusion in subjects with induced hyperthyroidism

In our project our subjects experience either too much, or too little thyroid hormones in their body for a certain period of time. Before and after this time period, we examine their cognition and perform an extensive neuroimaging. We are thereby able to identify the area in the brain which is altered by changes of thyroid hormone household. Additionally, we examine patients with a variation of thyroid hormone receptors in the brain. We are interested to analyse the areas of the brain causing the symptoms, possibly leading to therapies targeting these receptors. 

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