Department research programs include clinical and basic investigations. A newly consolidated Clinical Neurotrials Unit is actively pursuing the development of experimental neurotherapeutics for a range of neurological disorders including: ALS and Peripheral Neuropathologies, Epilepsy, Migraine and other pain syndromes, Multiple Sclerosis, Neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s, & Parkinson’s Disease, and Cerebellar Ataxias and Stroke. 

Additional research in humans covers a range of areas: biomechanics of acupuncture; genetics and migraine, metabolic and nutritional aspects of neurodegenerative disorders, visual processing in neurodegenerative disorders and preventative strategies in cerebrovascular disease. 

Laboratory neuroscience is integrated with the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology and the Neuroscience Cluster has developed three main themes: developmental and molecular neuroscience; system neuroscience and neuroplasticity; and translational neuroscience-focusing on neurodegenerative and vascular brain disease, including animal models of human neurological diseases and disorders.