title: The cost of brain diseases: a burden or a challenge?
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Milan, 20133 Milano, Italy. Electronic address: monica.diluca@unimi.it.
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: DiLuca
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology N39, University of Copenhagen, Glostrup, 2600, Denmark. Electronic address: jeol@glo.regionh.dk.
authors.forename: Jes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Olesen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D017281:Cost of Illness; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans