Projects

Current high impact projects include:

• Psychostimulants and the developing brain
• Antidepressant drugs and neuronal adaptation
• The gastrointestinal system and brain function (gut-brain axis)
• Cerebellar mechanisms of Schizophrenia
• Potassium channel mechanisms in neuropathology
• Function of Niemann-Pick Disease Protein in lipid transport
• Compartmental Stress Signalling in Age-Related Neurodegeneration
• Mitochondria Quality Control and Parkinson’s Disease
• New generation allosteric modulators of purinergic signalling for anti-tumour therapy
• Autophagy signalling mechanisms
• Evaluation and development of the patient-centred approach to teaching pharmacology