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21 November 2025
SEK 50 million from the Swedish Research Council to LiU
The Swedish Research Council has awarded SEK 50 million to LiU. This is the outcome of six calls for proposals where the allocation of grants was recently decided. The research covers areas such as segregation, youth crime and opioid dependence.
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Alcohol and drug dependency causes enormous suffering for those affected and large costs to society. Markus Heilig investigates methods that can be the key to effective treatment.
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31 August 2016
People with alcohol dependency lack important enzyme
A research group under the leadership of Professor Markus Heilig has identified an enzyme whose production is turned off in nerve cells of the frontal lobe when alcohol dependence develops.
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25 November 2016
Unique Method Tested on Alcohol Addiction
For the first time in the world’s history, people with alcohol addiction will be treated with magnetic stimulation of structures deep within the brain. The study is led by Professor Markus Heilig.
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25 June 2018
Mechanism behind alcohol addiction found
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.
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21 September 2022
How fear memories get stuck in some brains
Researchers at ¸£Àû¼§ 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.
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29 August 2019
New medication may improve effects of treatment for PTSD
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.
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26 March 2019
Markus Heilig appointed Wallenberg Clinical Scholar
Markus Heilig is one of five medical doctors active in research appointed to be Wallenberg Clinical Scholars. He receives a research grant of SEK 15 million to investigate why some, but not all, people become dependent on alcohol.