{"id":2015,"date":"2024-04-02T07:53:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T05:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/bru\/?page_id=2015"},"modified":"2026-01-09T12:38:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T10:38:59","slug":"front-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/bru\/front-page\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Front page"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The UEF Brain Research Unit offers high-level and high-quality clinical research services related to brain diseases, their risk factors and prevention, and the functioning of a healthy brain to companies, academic operators, and social and health care.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Brain Research Unit is <strong>a service unit<\/strong> belonging to the neurology discipline of the Institute of Clinical Medicine at the University of Eastern Finland, which <strong>offers high-quality clinical research services to academics, healthcare and companies.<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to neurological diseases, our core areas of expertise include various biomarker studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Brain Research Unit is a key part of the research infrastructure of the University of Eastern Finland&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uef.fi\/en\/research-community\/neuroscience-neuro\">neuroscience research community<\/a> (NEURO-RC) and the <a href=\"https:\/\/kuopio.neurocenterfinland.fi\/en\/\">Kuopio Brain &amp; Mind<\/a> regional operations of the Neurocenter Finland. 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