Neuroscience and Neuropathology

The Neuroscience and Neuropathology program from University of Nottingham allows you to choose your own area of interest to research.

The supervisors in the school are at the forefront of research in their fields. Utilising industry standard facilities, along with cutting edge equipment, and the guidance of the supervisors, you will advance the area of life sciences that interests you.

Here in the School of Life Sciences they’re committed to supporting the students’ wellbeing to ensure that your experience studying here is the best it can be. Whether you’re studying silk-weaving spiders or looking for new ways to fight infection, all the students will feel part of the vibrant and diverse research community.

Careers

83.3% of postgraduates from the School of Life Sciences secured graduate level employment or further study within 15 months of graduation. The average annual salary for these graduates was £31,976.

Research areas include:

• Animal Models of Mental Disease

• Drugs of Abuse

• Neurodegeneration and Neurotoxicity

• Hypothalamic Control of Puberty and Body Weight

• Molecular action of neurotoxins

• How adverse or early life events impact neurochemistry and contribute to cognitive and social dysfunction

• Neurodevelopmental and cognitive disorders

• Neurodegenerative disease

• The genetics and causes of Alzheimer's disease