Neuroscience
Institute of Neuroscience
We aim to understand the mechanisms underlying normal brain function and organisation of neural systems, and to understand the basis of neurological and psychiatric disorders. These disorders are among the leading causes of disability. Many of our research groups bring together world-leading scientists and clinicians to guide the design of new treatments. Using cutting edge techniques that range from molecular biology to brain imaging, we investigate a wide range of areas, including:
- Systems Neuroscience: in which we seek to understand how the brain processes visual and auditory information in order to carry out basic behaviours, such as viewing our world or understanding language.
- Neural Networks: which uses experimental methods and modelling to examine how neurones communicate, how information is stored, and how activity can become abnormal in disorders such as epilepsy.
- Cognition and Psychobiology: which seeks to understand aspects of perception and memory and how this becomes disordered in psychiatric and degenerative diseases.
- Movement and how this is controlled by the brain: as well as the treatment of movement disorders and the impact of stroke or inherited neurological disorders.
We are also developing new methods for imaging the brain (Neuroimaging) and technology that allows prosthetic devices to restore brain function (Neurotechnology).
