Neuroscience
Research Themes
Find out more about our neuroscience research theme.
Dr Rene Frank – Ultrastructure of the brain in situ and in situ structures of Alzheimer’s disease
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Jessica Kwok – Extracellular matrix and perineural nets. Enhancing plasticity for recovery in spinal cord injury & neurodegenerative diseases
Dr Ian Wood – The role of HDACs in neurodegenerative conditions
Professor Jim Deuchars – Ion channels and neuronal function. Neural control and modulation of the autonomic system
Dr Sue Deuchars – Ion channels and neuronal function. Spinal circuits, autonomic function and neurogenesis. Regeneration of spinal cord by modulation of endogenous stem cells
Professor Nikita Gamper – Pain: molecules, signalling and circuits. Voltage and ligand-gated ion channels in pain and cell signalling,
Dr Jamie Johnston – Voltage and ligand-gated ion channels in neuronal function. Olfactory, visual and auditory circuits
Dr Hugh Pearson – Voltage-gated ion channels in Alzheimer’s disease. Senses and Computation
Dr Samit Chakrabarty – Sensory-motor neurophysiology. Motor control in spinal cord injury
Dr Beatrice Filippi – Brain Insulin and the control of metabolism and molecular mechanisms of brain-insulin resistance
Dr Viktor Lukacs – Identifying novel receptors and signalling pathways