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Non-tech. summaries 2014: projects on nervous/mental disorders

Projects granted during 2014 that have a primary purpose of translational and applied research: human nervous and mental disorders.

• From: Home Office
• Published: 14 April 2016

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Non-technical summaries: projects granted in 2014, volume 2

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This document outlines the projects granted under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 during 2014 with a primary purpose of translational and applied research: human nervous and mental disorders.

The following projects were granted:

• microdialysis to profile novel drugs (drugs, CNS, mode of action)
• schwann cell development and function (schwann, regeneration, myelination, schwannoma, nervous system)
• novel treatments for CNS disorders (neuropsychiatric; neurodegeneration; models; treatment; neurochemistry)
• modelling and therapeutics for neurodegeneration (motor neurone disease, gene therapy)
• investigations into disorders of movement (Parkinson’s, dystonia, neurodegeneration, movement, dyskinesia)
• development of novel analgesics (analgesia, inflammatory pain, neuropathic pain)
• understanding cerebral folate metabolism (hydrocephalus, brain development, folate)
• mechanisms and treatments for neuropsychiatric diseases (schizophrenia, cognition, brain imaging, pharmacology)

Published 14 April 2016