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... biology of schizophrenia and how genetic variation is involved in its development.” Researchers have also confirmed a genetic connection ... and Associate Professor Uli Schall. Schizophrenia is a developmental brain condition that typically occurs in one in 100 people. It is the ...
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... evaluate an advanced video-conferencing telestroke solution and new brain-scanning techniques in regional hospitals to work closely with and ... million NHMRC funding to support 14 Project Grants and one Career Development Fellowship. In addition to this, UON was awarded a further ... Local Health District, researching in conjunction with HMRI’s Brain and Mental Health Program. HMRI is a partnership between the ...
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... A is responsible for good health and is essential for neural development, connectivity and plasticity. Our findings suggest that up ... changes their function in people with the disorder. Regions of the brain altered in people with retinoid receptor variation - top focuses ... and potentially override the genetic variations contributing to the development of schizophrenia. “While it’s still not entirely clear ...
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... local, national and international research leaders to transform the development and delivery of policy, services, resources to assist ... local, national and international research leaders to transform the development and delivery of policy, services, resources to assist ... Medicine Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) PRC for Stroke and Brain Injury Researcher Profiles Alexandra Denham Alexandra's primary ...
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... promising breakthrough might be on the horizon with research into the development of a treatment based on lactoferrin, a protein found in ... The ongoing research seeks to generate evidence to support the development of PUREnFERRIN® for this indication, with hopes that it ...
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... networks and biological functions. “This will be an unprecedented development in schizophrenia research. It will take many years to ... drugs only focus on a particular type of neurochemistry in the brain but there is plenty of scope for other areas. This new sequencing ... Research Institute. He researches in conjunction with HMRI’s Brain and Mental Health research program. HMRI is a partnership between ...
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... the full spectrum of nervous system disorders including the brain and the spinal cord and all peripheral nerves and receptors ... mental health. Improving the lives of people affected by stroke, brain injury, and heart conditions. We’re developing optimal ...
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... some of which are linked to connectivity and interactivity in the brain. Conversely there are certain genes that appear in Body Mass Index ... the genetic influences, this study will help in better understanding brain development and also psychological disorders like bipolar and ...
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... events at conception. Ultimately, these findings will inform the development of therapeutics that address the rising burden of ... pain activate much larger networks to produce signals that reach our brain. This project will decode network-level signalling of touch and ... threat responses (obsessions) and decision making. The striatum is a brain region that is critical for flexible behaviour, and that is also ...
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... magnet and an EEG device to measure electrical activity of the brain. The University of Newcastle purchased the Siemens scanner to join ... School, Professor Mountford and her team have served as a world-wide development unit for Siemens Healthcare. Her ongoing research is delving ... associated with breast disease, through to monitoring changes to brain chemistry resulting from chronic pain, repetitive head injury and ...