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Welcome to the Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research (ISD)
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Welcome to the Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research (ISD)
Come to know our Team
Explore our Latest Publications
Welcome to the Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research (ISD)

Welcome to the Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research (ISD) – Director: Prof. Martin Dichgans

Brain network architecture shapes amyloid-driven tau spread in Alzheimer's disease

16 Jul 2026

Amyloid-beta and tau are the two proteins that define Alzheimer's disease. Amyloid-beta accumulates first, and is thought to trigger the spread of tau pathology through connected brain regions over…

Blood biomarkers show Alzheimer’s and vascular damage

19 Jun 2026

Blood-based biomarkers are increasingly used to support Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis, but many patients also have cerebral small vessel disease, a common vascular brain pathology. ISD researchers…

AI atlas reveals systemic-injury caused by obesity

22 May 2026

Ali Erturk and his team have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) framework that maps disease-related changes throughout the entire mouse body at cellular resolution. Using MouseMapper, the…

Diversity at the ISD

ISD’s Diversity Management is interlocked with LMU’s program on Diversity as well as programs installed by the DFG funded Excellence cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy) of which the ISD is part, covering a range of aspects including: Gender equality, Diversity management, Being family friendly, Inclusion and participation, Cultural diversity, Healthy university.

The ISD hosts researchers from 30 countries apart from Germany

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