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Clinical Neuroscience
|MPhil/PhD
|Part Time, Full Time
RESEARCH PROFILE
- Current number of academic staff: Approximately 60.
- Current number of research students: Approximately 15.
- 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;
- Identification of brain networks in epilepsy and how seizure activity emerges dynamically;
- Optimising approaches to management of epilepsy in primary care.
KEY FACTS
Head of group/division
Professor Mark P Richardson
Awarding institution
King's College London
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
Denmark Hill Campus
Student destinations
Students have become senior lecturers, postdoctorate researchers and have gained various positions within the NHS.
Year of entry 2013
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