“Recently I had the privilege of visiting many of our donors that have said they plan to leave a bequest to NeuRA. I have driven to beautiful places such as Berry, the Southern Highlands, Canberra, the Blue Mountains and Orange. I am truly humbled by the generosity of such wonderful people. They are as passionate about finding a cure as […]
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Prof Danny Eckert Things you should know about sleep: 40% of Australians are not getting enough sleep. 2. Young Australian women with poor sleep, but no depression, are 5 times more likely to have depression 9 years later than their peers who sleep well. 3. Children with poor sleep habits are 6 times as likely to be hyperactive than […]
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By Dr Justine Gatt COMPAS-W provides a framework of 6 key principles that you can adopt to build wellbeing and resilience to stress in your life: C = Composure O = Own-worth M = Mastery P = Positivity A = Achievement S = Satisfaction 1. Composure: Adaptive coping strategies (active problem solving, humour, yoga) rather than maladaptive ones (problem […]
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By: George Paxinos, Originally Posted on: SciTech Connnect October 18, 2017 Being an atlas maker, I have an image problem. I recently introduced myself to a lady at a Society for Neuroscience Meeting who had used the first edition of The Rat Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates for her PhD thesis 35 years earlier. With surprise written on her face, she said, “George Paxinos, […]
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PROFESSOR LARS ITTNER NeuRA’s Prof Lars Ittner is a world leader in ageing and neurodegeneration research. Educated in Germany as a medical doctor and later in Switzerland, Prof Ittner combines his medical understanding with his molecular expertise to translate today’s discoveries into tomorrow’s drug treatments for patients suffering from neurodegenerative conditions. CURRENT PROJECTS: Understanding the cause of Alzheimer’s disease. This […]
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In April 2017 NeuRA Senior Principal Research Fellow, George Paxinos received an honorary doctorate from the Ionian University, in Corfu, Greece for his landmark work on ‘Mapping the Brain’. Prof George Paxinos paved the way for future neuroscience research by being the first to produce accurate three-dimensional (stereotaxic) framework for placement of electrodes and injections in the brain of experimental […]
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By Assoc Prof Danny Eckert If you get disruptive or inadequate sleep, or if you suffer from sleep apnoea, it can adversely affect every organ in your body causing anxiety, depression and a range of mental disorders relating to your poor sleep quality. In the workforce, poor sleep habits can also impact on your judgement and decision-making processes. If you […]
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