Perry Barrett (P.Barrett@rowett.ac.uk)
Mechanism of seasonal body weight regulation and genes and signalling pathways in the brain regulating appetite and energy balance
Guy Bewick (g.s.bewick@abdn.ac.uk)
How appropriate synaptic connections are made and maintained, particularly using the neuromuscular junction as a model synapse
Alan Bowman (a.bowman@abdn.ac.uk)
The physiology of arthropods, including ticks and drug targets in the tick synganglia
Susanne Boyle (RGU) (s.boyle@rgu.ac.uk)
Antioxidants and biomarkers of oxidative stress in clinical disease states, particularly neurodegenerative diseases such as schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease
David Carey (d.carey@abdn.ac.uk)
The neuropsychology of vision
Martin Collinson (m.collinson@abdn.ac.uk)
Pax6 in eye development and disease
Mary Cotter (m.cotter@abdn.ac.uk)
Polyneuropathy and autonomic neuropathy resulting from diabetes
Carl Counsell (carl.counsell@abdn.ac.uk)
Epidemiology, prognosis and management of parkinsonian and other movement disorders
John Crawford (j.crawford@abdn.ac.uk)
(i) Measurement issues and evidence-based practice in clinical neuropsychology (ii) Estimation and implications of premorbid ability, executive functioning, cognitive ageing and neuropsychological deficits following head-injury
Stephen Davies (s.n.davies@abdn.ac.uk)
Mechanisms of synaptic transmission and synaptic plasticity
Lisa DeBruine (l.debruine@abdn.ac.uk)
Face processing, facial resemblance and kin recognition
Mirela Delibegovic (m.delibegovic@abdn.ac.uk)
Obesity, diabetes and the regulation of whole body metabolism by insulin and leptin signalling pathways acting in the body and brain and modulated by protein-tyrosine phosphatases
Lynda Erskine (l.erskine@abdn.ac.uk)
Cellular and molecular mechanisms that guide retinal axons from the eye to their targets in the brain
Peter Fraser (p.fraser@abdn.ac.uk)
The neuroscience of depth regulation and balance in marine animals and its applicability to such questions as compensation for the effects of microgravity during manned space flights
Celso Grebogi (grebogi@abdn.ac.uk)
Dynamics of nonlinear and complex systems
Iain Greig (i.greig@abdn.ac.uk)
Cannabinoid receptor agonists and antagonists
Frank Guerin (f.guerin@abdn.ac.uk)
The study of artificial Intelligence, especially machine learning and software agents
Tibor Harkany (t.harkany@abdn.ac.uk)
Endocannabinoid function in the developing and mature CNS in health and disease
Charles Harrington (c.harrington@abdn.ac.uk)
Molecular neuropathology of diseases of protein aggregation e.g. tauopathies such as Alzheimer's disease and synucleinopathies such as Parkinson's disease.
David Hazlerigg (d.hazlerigg@abdn.ac.uk)
The rhythmic production of melatonin as a neuroendocrine output of the biological clock
Ben Jones (ben.jones@abdn.ac.uk)
Face processing, facial resemblance and kin recognition
Gareth Jones (gareth.jones@abdn.ac.uk)
The epidemiology and outcome of musculoskeletal pain disorders
Gary Macfarlane (g.j.macfarlane@abdn.ac.uk)
The epidemiology and outcome of musculoskeletal pain disorders
Alasdair MacKenzie (alasdair.mackenzie@abdn.ac.uk)
Regulatory polymorphisms and control of CNS development
Colin McCaig (c.mccaig@abdn.ac.uk)
Control of directed cell motility and directed cell division
Peter McCaffery (p.j.mccaffery@abdn.ac.uk)
Regulation by vitamin A and retinoic acid of the mature and developing CNS
Julian Mercer (j.mercer@rowett.ac.uk)
Neural mechanisms of control of body mass
Maarten Milders (m.milders@rowett.ac.uk)
Neuropsychology of emotion, attention and awareness
Nimesh Mody (n.mody@rowett.ac.uk)
Genetic and environmental influences on peripheral insulin-sensitive tissues and the brain that promote obesity and type 2 diabetes
Alessandro Moura (a.moura@abdn.ac.uk)
Modelling the dynamics of biological processes at the cellular level
Peter Morgan (P.Morgan@rowett.ac.uk)
Hypothalamic regulation of food intake and energy expenditure
Alison Murray (a.d.murray@abdn.ac.uk)
Structural and functional brain imaging using MRI, SPECT and PET with a particular focus on normal brain ageing and dementia
Masaru Nakamoto (m.nakamoto@abdn.ac.uk)
Function of Eph receptors and ephrins in the development of visual, olfactory and cerebellar projections
Peter Neri (peter.neri@abdn.ac.uk)
Visual psychophysics in human and animal models
David Pearson (d.g.pearson@abdn.ac.uk)
Visuo-spatial working memory, mental imagery and creative thinking
Roger Pertwee (rgp@abdn.ac.uk)
Pharmacology and therapeutic potential of compounds that target the endogenous cannabinoid system
Jonathan Pettitt (j.pettitt@abdn.ac.uk)
Molecular basis of cadherin-catenin complex function during epithelial development
Louise Phillips (louise.phillips@abdn.ac.uk)
The effects of ageing on both cognitive and emotional function
Bettina Platt (b.platt@abdn.ac.uk)
(i) Neuronal plasticity and maturation in the developing superior colliculus (ii) Use of hippocampal slice and cell culture preparations to study general mechanisms of signalling and plasticity and also to assess the toxic potency of Alzheimer's disease-related compounds
Ann Rajnicek (a.m.rajnicek@abdn.ac.uk)
The processes by which cells use environmental conditions as guidance cues during development, wound healing and regeneration
Ian Reid (i.reid@abdn.ac.uk)
The pharmacology of antidepressants and the treatment of depressive disorders
Gernot Reidel (g.riedel@abdn.ac.uk)
Behavioral neuroscience, with an emphasis on spatial learning, hippocampal signalling and synaptic plasticity
Mamen Romano (m.romano@abdn.ac.uk)
Computational and systems neuroscience
Ruth Ross (r.ross@abdn.ac.uk)
The molecular pharmacology of the endocannabinoids and phytocannabinoids with the ultimate goal of developing novel therapeutics
Sandy Ross (A.Ross@rowett.ac.uk)
Identification of neuropeptides and receptors involved in the development of obesity and related disorders
Arash Sahraie (a.sahraie@abdn.ac.uk)
Psychophysical investigation of normal and abnormal visual function
Christian Schwarzbauer (c.schwarzbauer@abdn.ac.uk)
Development of novel MR Neuroimaging techniques with a specific focus on normal brain ageing and dementia
Rod Scott (rod.scott@abdn.ac.uk)
The properties of neuronal voltage-activated calcium channels
Colin Selman (c.selman@abdn.ac.uk)
Mechanisms that underlie the ageing process in mammals including the impact of caloric restriction and possible involvement of the CNS
Kath Shennan (k.i.shennan@abdn.ac.uk)
The mechanisms neuroendocrine cells use to direct proteins into the regulated secretory pathway
Derryck Shewan (d.shewan@abdn.ac.uk)
The intracellular signalling mechanisms that regulate the growth and regenerative capacities of embryonic and adult neurons
Roy Soiza (roy.soiza@nhs.net)
Endothelial function and vascular disease of the heart and brain in older people
John Speakman (j.speakman@abdn.ac.uk)
Animal energetics and its relationship to physiological function
Roger Staff (r.staff@abdn.ac.uk)
The use of imaging in translational research with a focus on the ageing and dementing brain
David St Clair (d.stclair@abdn.ac.uk)
Psychiatric genetics with a particular focus on dementias and schizophrenia
Rachel Swainson (r.swainson@abdn.ac.uk)
The electrophysiology of cognitive control and the role of dopamine in cognition
Peter Teismann (p.teismann@abdn.ac.uk)
The role of COX-2 in Parkinson's disease neurodegeneration
Marco Thiel (m.thiel@abdn.ac.uk)
The application of nonlinear dynamics, mathematical modelling and nonlinear time series analysis in the modelling of large scale brain networks, heartbeat interactions of mother and foetus, eye movements, and EEGs
David Turk (david.j.turk@abdn.ac.uk)
Understanding the neural correlates of person perception
Andy Welch (a.welch@abdn.ac.uk)
Translational imaging, with a particular emphasis on applications of Positron Emission Tomography and development of molecular imaging biomarkers
Justin Williams (justin.williams@abdn.ac.uk)
Social cognition and the neuroscience of developmental disorders such as autism analysed at behavioural and neuroimaging levels
Lynda Williams (L.Williams@rri.sari.ac.uk)
The responses of peripheral and hypothalamic systems to variable adiposity
Peer Wulff (p.wulff@abdn.ac.uk)
The role of synaptic inhibition in circuits of the hippocampus and the cerebellum
CONTACT
For further information, please contact:
School of Medical Sciences
Institute of Medical Sciences
Foresterhill
Aberdeen
AB25 2ZD
Tel: +44 (0)1224 437362
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