Central nervous system stability & degeneration

The Group's activities are aimed at gaining a better understanding of the characteristics of the central nervous system (CNS) which make it vulnerable to degeneration. The CNS has the highest metabolic rate of any organ system in the body; yet, functionally, it is remarkably stable. Many CNS diseases, including retinal degenerations (eg retinitis pigmentosa and Age-Related Macular Degeneration, AMD) and cortical degenerations (dimentias) can be linked to instability in CNS metabolism. Studies carried out in CNS Stability and Degeneration use morphometric, genetic, molecular and physiological approaches to investigate several aspects of CNS development, maturation and degeneration.

Semester 1: library project

Semester 2: lab project

Supervisor: Professor Jonathan Stone

Address: Discipline of Physiology, Rm N654 Anderson Stuart Bldg

Phone: 9351 4740

Email: jonstone@physiol.usyd.edu.au