CMHS | JCSMR | ANU | Search ANU
The Australian National University
The John Curtin School of Medical Research
ANU COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES

Division of Neuroscience

Research in the Division of Neuroscience 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 Division are studying the neural mechanisms underlying vision, hearing, movement, memory, emotion, higher order cortical processing, development 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.
Dr Amy Bernston

Divisional Staff:

Head of Division:
Professor Greg Stuart


Divisional Administrator:
Marion Eluga

Graduate Student Information

 

Contacts:

T: +61 2 6125 3926
F:
+61 2 6125 2687
E:
Marion.Eluga@anu.edu.au

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

Seminars 2008