Galway Neuroscience Centre
Neuroscience is the study of the central nervous system, namely the brain and the spinal cord. Our knowledge of Neuroscience is continually being extended and revised by new experimental findings, arising from both clinical and preclinical investigations. A major purpose that such Neuroscience research is put to is in the generation of hypotheses about the origins and progression of CNS disease. Armed with such knowledge, attempts are then made to treat CNS disease, either to treat symptoms, or to slow down or reverse the processes responsible for the disease.
The mission of the NCBES Galway Neuroscience Centre is to develop Neuroscience in Galway through research, education and community initiatives. The Cluster is truly multidisciplinary in membership, bringing together researchers from a range of clinical and preclinical disciplines, which enable the investigation of CNS disease to be explored at a number of levels.
In recent years, the Centre has benefited enormously from the recruitment of a number of research-active academic positions within the Neuroscience area. This has provided opportunities for a range of research areas and approaches to be established within the Centre, with ongoing research projects in the areas of Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, depression, schizophrenia and pain.