About the CNS
The Centre for Neuroscience of the Flinders
University and Flinders
Medical Centre was established in 1977.
It consists of independently-run laboratories with the common aim
of fostering multidisciplinary studies of the nervous system.
The CNS was the first such centre in the neurosciences to be established
in an Australian University and includes research groups in the
Schools of Medicine
and Psychology.
Mission Statement
The Centre is a collective of multidisciplinary researchers and
clinicians with a common goal of understanding the brain, spinal
cord and peripheral nerves in health and disease.
We explore fundamental mechanisms of how nerve cells grow and
form complex networks; how nerves communicate with other nerves
and with their target organs; how the brain generates normal and
abnormal behaviour; how the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerves
respond to damage or disease; and how the nervous system ages.
We are committed to translation of this fundamental knowledge
into clinical practice, and optimisation of commercial development
of materials and procedures, to improve the quality of life for
all members of society.
The Centre provides a dynamic multidisciplinary training environment
for postgraduate research students, and for undergraduate students
in health, science and social sciences.
We study the nervous system from the molecular and cellular level
up to the level of the whole behaving organism.
We use a wide range of state-of-the-art research strategies in
the fields of neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neurochemistry, neuropharmacology,
neuropsychology and neuronal modelling.
Our research provides the foundation for advances in medical specialties
such as neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, radiology, gastroenterology,
cardiology, ophthalmology and speech pathology.
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