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Neuroscience Program

Research in the Neuroscience Program is aimed at understanding the fundamental cellular and molecular mechanisms of the nervous system. It is only through such knowledge that disorders of the nervous system will be properly understood. The nervous system must be investigated at all levels, from the most basic molecular interactions occurring inside nerve cells, to the complex behaviour of vast networks of thousands or millions of interconnected neurons.

Research Groups in the Program are studying the neural mechanisms underlying vision, hearing, memory, higher order cortical processing, olfaction and cardiovascular control.

Our two-photon/confocal microscope facility allows individual nerve cells to be visualized and sub-cellular processes to be observed by injecting special fluorescent dyes into neurons. Molecular and transgenic techniques are increasingly used to identify important receptors and investigate the role of particular proteins in neuronal processes.

Head of Program:
Professor Greg Stuart

Program Administrator:
Danielle Khalidi

Graduate Student Information

Neuroscience Program Friday Meetings

Eccles Institute of Neuroscience

Contacts:

T: +61 2 6125 3926
F: +61 2 6125 2687
E: Danielle.Khalidi@anu.edu.au

Mail Address:
Neuroscience Program
The John Curtin School of Medical Research
GPO Box 334
Canberra City ACT 2601 Australia

Seminars 2009

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