Project Code MRCNMH24Ex Witton 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 Microglia are brain-resident immune cells. Alongside conventional molecular signals,…
Can nutritional intervention unlock better outcomes after traumatic brain injuries? Investigating brain blood flow and cellular metabolism regulation by ketones following head impacts
Project Code MRCNMH24Ex Weightman Potter 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 project will investigate the efficacy of ketogenic…
Metabolic psychiatry – Understanding ethnic and global differences in the inter-relationships between obesity and mental health
Project Code MRCNMH24Ex Tyrrell 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 Many people live with multiple health conditions, but research…
Developing computational models of psychosis to explore the impact of schizophrenia-associated CNVs on cortical microcircuitry
Project Code MRCNMH24Ex Shaw 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 Breakthroughs in genetics have identified specific CNVs that substantially…
“You must be on your period”: using smartphones and wearables to study changes in mental wellbeing throughout the menstrual cycle
Project Code MRCNMH24Ex Sharp 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 The menstrual cycle can influence mental wellbeing for a…
Exploiting lipid binding proteins to tackle neurological disorders
Project Code MRCNMH24Ex Schrader 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 multi-disciplinary project combines cutting-edge molecular cell biology, neurobiological,…
In vivo analysis of stress system dynamics
Project Code MRCNMH24Ex Ryu 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 Dysregulated activity in the stress system is linked to…
Assuming associations from old data- the case of ADHD and drug use
Project Code MRCNMH24Ex Russell 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 Many research papers about ADHD include the sentence “ADHD…
Effect of Alzheimer’s disease risk variants on microglial cell state transitions in response to pathology
Project Code MRCNMH24Ex Piers 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 Microglia are strongly linked to Alzheimer’s disease (AD), supported…
Epigenetic profiling in Parkinson’s disease: novel mechanisms and drug targets
Project Code MRCNMH24Ex Migdalska-Richards 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 During this PhD, you will be one of the…