Associate
Professor Louise Nicholson is the principal investigator of the Molecular Neuroanatomy
Laboratory and heads a research team comprised of Research Fellows, PhD, MSc and BSc(Honours) students.
The research programme embraces a number of broad projects investigating the role
of specific receptors in patterning and development, and in the maintenance and modulation
of specific cell types important in diseases of the adult central nervous system.
We are interested in the molecular mechanisms that regulate the processes underlying
neuroinflammation, including receptor-mediated and channel-regulated processes.
This includes the role of the receptor RAGE and its ligands in age-related neurological
disorders, and connexins in legion spread and neuroinflammation and in particular,
epilepsy and spinal cord injury and repair.
This is a vibrant 'team' of capable and enthusiastic researchers who are contributing
significantly to our knowledge and understanding of the processes underlying neuroinflammation
and neurodegeneration.
Our goal is to make a real difference to the lives of those suffering from neurological
disorders, through the translation of our research findings into clinical practice.
Principal investigator
