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Search for keywords Condition ConditionAlzheimer's diseaseFrontotemporal dementiaHuntington's diseaseLewy body dementiaMild cognitive impairmentMotor neuron disease/ALSOther conditionsParkinson's diseaseVascular dementia Techniques TechniquesAdvanced microscopy & imagingAdvanced spectroscopyBioinformaticsBiophysical techniquesCRISPRDrug screeningElectrophysiologyEpigenomicsExperimental medicineFlow cytometryFluid biomarkersGenomicsHuman brain imagingLipidomicsMass spec-based proteomicsMetabolomicsMouse behaviourMouse in vivo imagingNext generation sequencingNon-mammalian animal modelsOptogeneticsRobotics & environmental sensingSingle cell / nucleus transcriptomicsSoftware developmentSpatial transcriptomicsStatistical modellingStem cells / iPSCsStructural biologyTranscranial brain stimulationViral-mediated expression Research Division Research Division Prof David Attwell Centre Director & Research Division Lead BHF - UK DRI Centre for Vascular Dementia Research at UCL Investigating how the brain’s energy supply is reduced by a decrease of blood flow in both Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia Learn more Prof David Attwell Prof Siddharthan Chandran Director & CEO UK DRI at Edinburgh & UCL Dissecting a genetic cause of ALS and FTD and identifying ways to help protect neurons Learn more Prof Siddharthan Chandran Dr Blanca Díaz Castro Group Leader UK DRI at Edinburgh Understanding the molecular and cellular mechanisms that link brain blood vessel dysfunction and dementia Learn more Dr Blanca Díaz Castro Prof Catherine Hall Group Leader BHF-UK DRI Centre for Vascular Dementia Research Investigating the role of a disrupted oxygen supply in small vessel disease and dementia Learn more Prof Catherine Hall Prof Giles Hardingham Centre Director & Directors' Counsel UK DRI at Edinburgh Studying astrocytes to better understand their role in helping maintain a healthy brain Learn more Prof Giles Hardingham Dr Philip Hasel Group Leader UK DRI at Edinburgh Deciphering the role of astrocytes at brain borders in neurodegeneration Learn more Dr Philip Hasel Dr Soyon Hong Group Leader UK DRI at UCL Dissecting pathways by which microglia contribute to region-specific synapse dysfunction in neurodegeneration Learn more Dr Soyon Hong Prof David Hunt Group Leader UK DRI at Edinburgh Investigating how innate immune activation causes damage to the microvasculature of the brain Learn more Prof David Hunt Prof Baljit S. Khakh Centre Director & Research Division Lead Unlocking understanding of astrocyte biology and neuronal interactions Learn more Prof Baljit S. Khakh Dr Barry McColl Group Leader UK DRI at Edinburgh Investigating the role of microglia in neurodegenerative disease Learn more Dr Barry McColl Dr Veronique Miron Group Leader UK DRI at Edinburgh Using human brain tissue analysis and experimental modelling to understand how myelin changes with ageing and dementia Learn more Dr Veronique Miron Dr Axel Montagne Group Leader UK DRI at Edinburgh Exploring the link between cerebrovascular and inflamm-ageing to neurodegeneration and dementia Learn more Dr Axel Montagne Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Next page › Last page Last
Prof David Attwell Centre Director & Research Division Lead BHF - UK DRI Centre for Vascular Dementia Research at UCL Investigating how the brain’s energy supply is reduced by a decrease of blood flow in both Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia Learn more Prof David Attwell
Prof Siddharthan Chandran Director & CEO UK DRI at Edinburgh & UCL Dissecting a genetic cause of ALS and FTD and identifying ways to help protect neurons Learn more Prof Siddharthan Chandran
Dr Blanca Díaz Castro Group Leader UK DRI at Edinburgh Understanding the molecular and cellular mechanisms that link brain blood vessel dysfunction and dementia Learn more Dr Blanca Díaz Castro
Prof Catherine Hall Group Leader BHF-UK DRI Centre for Vascular Dementia Research Investigating the role of a disrupted oxygen supply in small vessel disease and dementia Learn more Prof Catherine Hall
Prof Giles Hardingham Centre Director & Directors' Counsel UK DRI at Edinburgh Studying astrocytes to better understand their role in helping maintain a healthy brain Learn more Prof Giles Hardingham
Dr Philip Hasel Group Leader UK DRI at Edinburgh Deciphering the role of astrocytes at brain borders in neurodegeneration Learn more Dr Philip Hasel
Dr Soyon Hong Group Leader UK DRI at UCL Dissecting pathways by which microglia contribute to region-specific synapse dysfunction in neurodegeneration Learn more Dr Soyon Hong
Prof David Hunt Group Leader UK DRI at Edinburgh Investigating how innate immune activation causes damage to the microvasculature of the brain Learn more Prof David Hunt
Prof Baljit S. Khakh Centre Director & Research Division Lead Unlocking understanding of astrocyte biology and neuronal interactions Learn more Prof Baljit S. Khakh
Dr Barry McColl Group Leader UK DRI at Edinburgh Investigating the role of microglia in neurodegenerative disease Learn more Dr Barry McColl
Dr Veronique Miron Group Leader UK DRI at Edinburgh Using human brain tissue analysis and experimental modelling to understand how myelin changes with ageing and dementia Learn more Dr Veronique Miron
Dr Axel Montagne Group Leader UK DRI at Edinburgh Exploring the link between cerebrovascular and inflamm-ageing to neurodegeneration and dementia Learn more Dr Axel Montagne
