Brain Awareness Week – VASCage interview series – Interview with Benjamin Dejakum, PhD Student at VASCage

It’s brain awareness week, the global campaign to foster public enthusiasm and support for brain science! VASCage runs a series of interviews with some of our researchers.

-WHAT FASCINATES YOU ABOUT THE BRAIN?
The capability to process such a lot of inputs and the plasticity to perform at a high level even if a part of the brain fails.

-HOW DOES YOUR RESEARCH CONTRIBUTE TO A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE BRAIN?
Through the understanding of an interaction between a brain dysfunction and a systemic metabolic processes.

-WHAT DO YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE FOR PEOPLE WITH YOUR RESEARCH?
Prevent patients from post-stroke complications like fractures and falls.