One of the biggest challenges facing the biological sciences is to understand how brains can give rise to minds. The goal of the Division is to explore the properties of nerve cells at a fundamental level. What are the mechanisms that determine the special abilities of nerve cells to rapidly transmit and process information? What are the rules by which communication between small numbers of nerve cells in the intact brain gives rise to simple behaviours? What are the molecular processes that lead to common dementias and movement disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease?
Head of Division:
Michel Goedert
Divisional Administrator:
Mary-Ann Starkey
Assistant Divisional Administrator:
Liz Verrinder
Division of Neurobiology,
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology,
Hills Road,
Cambridge CB2 0QH,
UK.
Tel: 01223 402400 (International: +44 1223 402400)
Fax: 01223 402310 (International: +44 1223 402310)
