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Increased brain fluids can cause life-threatening increase of pressure within the brain ... her PhD, she developed a cell culture model of the BBB using cells extracted from pig brains to mimic the human BBB closely. This is one of ... on developing a human BBB model to study viral encephalitis (inflammation and swelling of the brain). Here she worked with containment level ...
Category: Research
... in this group looks at the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord and the nerves connecting these structures to the rest of ... nerves and how they relay information to and from the brain as well as spinal cord connections, research in this group uses ... before this time. So far they have found important tiny hair cells that are able to transmit signals to the brain and back again about our ...
Category: News & Articles
... burden in Australia.
This group of researchers from the Brain and Mental Health Program has, for the first time, shown that a drug that reduces inflammation in the brain also reduces depression-like symptoms. This project ... is severe pain. Pain arises from a class of sensory nerve cells known as “nociceptors” which, in arthritic patients become ...
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... cancer spreads beyond the skin.
The ability of melanoma cells to change and adapt is a major barrier to treatment. Researchers have ... disease
Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive brain disease characterised by memory loss and other cognitive impairments. As ... is a progressive lung disease associated with airway inflammation, chronic cough, and recurring airway infection. It also brings an ...
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... antioxidants, fatty acids, fibre and obesity in modifying inflammation in asthma.
A key example of her significant impact is ... stress, stroke, postnatal depression, prostate cancer and brain tumours.
Awarded to Dr Matt Dun | Food for thought: developing ... brother delta40p53 play a big role in breast cancer stem cells?
Awarded to Dr Severine Roselli | A new approach for treating ...
Category: Research
... in the midbrain). The dopaminergic neurons are nerve cells that make and contain a neurotransmitter known as dopamine. Oxidative ... on the regulation of dopamine synthesis in different brain regions.
2) Investigate the effect of bacterial infection on the ... (immune defence cells) in the different regions of the brain.
3) Investigate whether oxidative stress due to an up-regulation of ...
Category: Research
... in the midbrain). The dopaminergic neurons are nerve cells that make and contain a neurotransmitter known as dopamine. Oxidative ... on the regulation of dopamine synthesis in different brain regions.
2) Investigate the effect of bacterial infection on the ... (immune defence cells) in the different regions of the brain.
3) Investigate whether oxidative stress due to an up-regulation of ...
Category: Research
... in the midbrain). The dopaminergic neurons are nerve cells that make and contain a neurotransmitter known as dopamine. Oxidative ... on the regulation of dopamine synthesis in different brain regions.
2) Investigate the effect of bacterial infection on the ... (immune defence cells) in the different regions of the brain.
3) Investigate whether oxidative stress due to an up-regulation of ...
Category: Research
... in the midbrain). The dopaminergic neurons are nerve cells that make and contain a neurotransmitter known as dopamine. Oxidative ... on the regulation of dopamine synthesis in different brain regions.
2) Investigate the effect of bacterial infection on the ... (immune defence cells) in the different regions of the brain.
3) Investigate whether oxidative stress due to an up-regulation of ...
Category: Research
... in the midbrain). The dopaminergic neurons are nerve cells that make and contain a neurotransmitter known as dopamine. Oxidative ... on the regulation of dopamine synthesis in different brain regions.
2) Investigate the effect of bacterial infection on the ... (immune defence cells) in the different regions of the brain.
3) Investigate whether oxidative stress due to an up-regulation of ...
