Maternal anxiety and language delays in children – both outcomes of the same epigenetic alteration?

Project Code MRCNMH24Ca John Research Theme Neuroscience and Mental Health Full Project Description Please download the below document for a full project description and to see the full supervisory team. Summary Maternal depression and anxiety are highly common in pregnancy…

How does the schizophrenia candidate gene Sp4 influences transcription during neurodevelopment?

Project Code MRCNMH24Ca Isles Research Theme Neuroscience and Mental Health Full Project Description Please download the below document for a full project description and to see the full supervisory team. Summary Both common and rare variants in the gene encoding…

Untangling neurodegeneration and ageing components of neuroinflammatory disorders

Project Code MRCNMH24Ca Escott-Price Research Theme Neuroscience and Mental Health Full Project Description Please download the below document for a full project description and to see the full supervisory team. Summary Numerous genome-wide association studies (GWAS) show a strong, but…

Physical fatigue and the neural control of muscle activity in health and disease: Unravelling mechanisms and implications

Project Code MRCNMH24Ca DaviesJ Research Theme Neuroscience and Mental Health Full Project Description Please download the below document for a full project description and to see the full supervisory team. Summary Fatigue can be explained as the feeling that we…

Using a new translational in vivo model to understand the neurobiology underlying ADHD subtypes

Project Code MRCNMH24Ca Davies Research Theme Neuroscience and Mental Health Full Project Description Please download the below document for a full project description and to see the full supervisory team. Summary In mice and humans loss-of-function of the steroid sulfatase…

Investigating the neurobiological mechanisms underlying apathy in Parkinson’s disease

Project Code MRCNMH24Br Robinson Research Theme Neuroscience and Mental Health Full Project Description Please download the below document for a full project description and to see the full supervisory team. Summary Apathy is a debilitating and highly prevalent symptom in…

Linking neuronal function to mental health: How genetic risk factors impair cognitive flexibility and neural plasticity in psychiatric disorders

Project Code MRCNMH24Br Mellor Research Theme Neuroscience and Mental Health Full Project Description Please download the below document for a full project description and to see the full supervisory team. Summary Genetic risk factors for psychiatric disorders are clustered around…

Intergenerational transmission of self-harm thoughts and behaviors

Project Code MRCNMH24Br Mars Research Theme Neuroscience and Mental Health Full Project Description Please download the below document for a full project description and to see the full supervisory team. Summary This interdisciplinary PhD project will provide training in epidemiology,…