Neurosciences Research

The Neurosciences Research Group has contributed a number of significant discoveries in clinical neurosciences, including uncovering changes in brain excitability and receptors in patients with mutations causing epilepsy. The group was the first to use probabilistic atlases in stroke and is currently developing the next generation of brain atlases in the mouse with the Australian Mouse Brain Mapping Consortium.

Researchers are undertaking ground-breaking work in stroke and brain ageing. The functional MRI research program is investigating areas as diverse as stuttering, memory function and the brain's response to blindness.

Projects investigating the effects of foetal exposure to antiepileptic drugs, and the genotype-phenotype relationship in Turner's Syndrome are of national and international significance and keep Australia on the forefront of research in these areas.

The Neurosciences Research laboratory can be contacted on +61 3 9594 5543.