Favourite music sets the brain's opioids in motion
A new imaging study by the Turku PET Centre in Finland showed that listening to favorite music affects the function of the brain’s opioid system.
A new imaging study by the Turku PET Centre in Finland showed that listening to favorite music affects the function of the brain’s opioid system.
This year, BioCity Symposium is arranged on-site in Mauno Koivisto Centre, BioCity in 28–29 August 2025, with the title Transforming Drug Development for Tomorrow. Registration is open until Friday, 15 August 2025.
A study conducted at Turku PET Centre in Finland showed that changes in the functioning of opioid neurotransmitters in the brain may underlie anorexia.
The joint PET Centre of the University of Turku, Åbo Akademi, and Turku University Hospital (Tyks) will receive a €300,000 donation from the Signe and Ane Gyllenberg Foundation to celebrate the foundation's 75th anniversary. The donation will support a project investigating the effects of connections between the brain and the rest of the body on mental and physical health. The aim is to uncover the biological mechanisms through which mental functions can influence bodily processes and disease susceptibility, and vice versa.