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Clinical Neuroscience
|MPhil/PhD
|Part Time, Full Time
RESEARCH PROFILE
- Research income: Approximately £40m.
- Current number of academic staff: Approximately 160.
- Current number of research students: Approximately 20.
- Some current research projects: Genetic linkage and association studies on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Biomarkers in the blood and CSF in ALS. Cellular and transgenic models of ALS. The functional anatomy of apathy: a functional MRI study in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Alzheimer's Disease; Is cortical excitability abnormal in Motor Neuron Disease (MND)?; Studies using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) and functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI); Neural control of breathing and voluntary movements in Motor Neuron Disease (MND) patients; The role of plasticity of excitatory connections between pyramidal neurons and cortical map reorganisation.
KEY FACTS
Head of group/division
Professor Mark P Richardson
Duration
Three years FT; six years PT. Accelerated PT rates available - email iop.educationsupport@kcl.ac.uk for further information. Registration is carried out at four points in the year: October, January, April and July.
Location
King's Denmark Hill Campus
Student destinations
Students have become senior lecturers; postdoctorate researchers and have gained various positions within the NHS.
Year of entry 2012
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