Neuroscience, PhD

University of Nottingham, the United Kingdom

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The award	How you will study	Study duration	Course start	Domestic course fees	International course fees
PhD	Full-time	3 - 4 years	Anytime	find out	find out
MPhil	Full-time	2 - 3 years	Anytime	find out	find out
MRes	Full-time	1 year	Anytime	find out	find out

About Neuroscience, PhD - at University of Nottingham

School members form part of the Institute of Neuroscience. The Institute is able to facilitate high-quality, multidisciplinary, clinical and non-clinical neuroscience research. This group has access to a superb range of methodologies, ranging from molecular to whole animal and human studies to investigate:

Animal Models of Mental Disease: early environmental influences on brain neurochemistry and function in relation to mental disorders including Alzheimer's disease, ADHD, schizophrenia and depression, particularly the role of amine, amino acid and neuropeptide neurotransmission; neurogenesis during depression.

Drugs of Abuse: mechanisms of reward and aversive behaviour, with particular reference to cannabinoids. Neurotoxicity and metabolites of ecstasy (MDMA).

Pain Mechanisms: the roles of GABA, vanilloid and cannabinoid receptor systems in models of chronic pain.

Neurodegeneration and Neurotoxicity: molecular mechanisms underlying chronic human neurodegenerative disorders, particularly the role of the ubiquitin/ proteasome pathway; mechanisms of reactive metabolite generation in drug toxicity and validation of alternative methods; neurovascular damage mechanisms; embryotoxicity.

Hypothalamic Control of Puberty and Body Weight: the hypothalamic basis of energy metabolism; mechanisms involved in male reproductive maturation.

Molecular action of neurotoxins: role of astrocytes in maintaining neuronal and vascular function and their involvement in the vulnerability and resistance to natural and chemically-mediated neurodegeneration; effects of hypoglycaemia on brain function.

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