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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In the final installment of Richard Schweizer’s blog series, he describes his vision for the future and why speaking out about schizophrenia is so important to him. For this, the last section of my blog I would like to convey the ups and downs of my life since being successfully medicated. I would also like to talk about my PhD […]
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In Part Two of Richard Schweizer’s blog, entitled ‘The Road to Wellness’, he takes us into the Sydney Clinic where he was admitted not long after his schizophrenia diagnosis. I spent about 3 months in the Sydney Clinic; a private mental health facility in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs. My time there was not that bad. I have good things to say about the […]
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Richard Schweizer has schizophrenia. In this three part blog series he walks us through his journey from his initial symptoms to how he feels about the future… I want to suggest to you an idea that may be a little confronting. It’s an idea that may take you a while to get your head around. And the idea is this: Schizophrenia […]
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Men… they love their sheds, their garages, their space. They tinker, they build, and they think. Keith was no different. His garage was meticulously organised, with a spot for each tool and projects always on the go. It is those closest to us that notice the subtle changes; the little moments that cause us to furrow our brows and wonder […]
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