Neuroscience and Behaviour

The nervous system is the most complex and highly organised part of the body and neuroscience seeks to understand how this system is able to generate perception, thoughts and behaviour. This understanding is essential for combating disease and injury of the nervous systems.

To tackle this formidable task, neuroscientists at Leeds employ multiple techniques ranging from traditional electrophysiology, immunohistochemistry and behavioural testing to high-resolution imaging (including CryoEM), high-density recordings, optogenetics and bioelectronics, cutting across various disciplines. They are working, using in-vitro and in-vivo animal models and humans, on aspects of neural influences on body systems from sensory perception to motor output, encompassing neuroplasticity.

The close proximity of our researchers to the extensive facilities and resources available enables productive cross-faculty collaborations. Our research feeds directly into our teaching, in particular our undergraduate degree programme; BSc/MBiol Neuroscience.

Neuroscience is a multi-faculty endeavour with over 44 research labs from the Faculty of Biological Sciences, the Faculty of Medicine and Health and the Faculty of Engineering. Discover more about our interdisciplinary Neuroscience research.