The cost of brain diseases: a burden or a challenge?

Monica DiLuca; Jes Olesen

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2014.05.044

The cost of brain diseases: a burden or a challenge?

Neuron. 2014 Jun 18;82(6):1205-8. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.05.044.

Authors

Monica DiLuca¹, Jes Olesen²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Milan, 20133 Milano, Italy. Electronic address: monica.diluca@unimi.it.
² Department of Neurology N39, University of Copenhagen, Glostrup, 2600, Denmark. Electronic address: jeol@glo.regionh.dk.

PMID: 24945765
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.05.044

Abstract

Brain diseases represent a considerable social and economic burden in Europe. With yearly costs of about 800 billion euros and an estimated 179 million people afflicted in 2010, brain diseases are an unquestionable emergency and a grand challenge for neuroscientists.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Brain Diseases / economics*
Brain Diseases / epidemiology*
Brain Diseases / therapy
Cost of Illness*
Europe / epidemiology
Humans