
Professor David Abbott PhD
Group Head
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The Addiction Neuroscience Group studies how alcohol and other drugs change the brain's chemistry, structure and function.
Learn moreWe use antibody engineering to develop highly specific antibodies against proteins involved in Alzheimer's disease and other dementia related diseases.
Learn moreWe study the ‘housekeeping’ parts of the brain that control the body’s functions, like heart rate and temperature regulation. These control circuits are mostly in the hypothalamus and the brain stem. Autonomic nerves are the unconscious pathways that connect these circuits to every organ in the body, and they’re essential to keeping us healthy. They contain many subtypes, each of which has…
Learn moreThe AVERT group works to develop the most effective treatments and environments to maximise recovery in people after stroke.
Learn moreThe digestive physiology and nutrition laboratory concentrates on digestive physiology and nutrition, and on animal models of digestive diseases, including inflammatory bowel disease.
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