VITAL CONNECTIONS IN THE BRAIN FT. PROF. ARTHUR BUTT

Professor Arthur Butt and his research team are obsessed with a little known type of cell in our nervous system. He explains why deeper research into glia could hold the key to treating some of our biggest illnesses, and ponders what other mysteries are yet to be discovered in our own bodies.

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Points of Interest: 

Professor Arthur Butt - Professor of Cellular Neurophysiology, School of Pharmacy & Biomedical Sciences- https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/arthur-butt(499f247e-36d0-4480-891f-c84d8af49915).html 

‘The GLIA Research Group’ - https://www.port.ac.uk/research/research-centres-and-groups/neurochemical-anatomy-and-psychopharmacology-research-group/cellular-neurophysiology-group 

An overview of Myelin - https://www.brainfacts.org/brain-anatomy-and-function/anatomy/2015/myelin 

Mulitlpe Sclerosis - https://www.mssociety.org.uk/about-ms/what-is-ms?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI-uHRqePy6gIVn4BQBh0GKwztEAAYASAAEgJmj_D_BwE 

Alzheimer's and Dementia - https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/about-dementia/types-dementia/alzheimers-disease 

BBRSC - https://bbsrc.ukri.org/ 

MRC - https://mrc.ukri.org/ 

Physiology at King's College London - https://www.kcl.ac.uk/lsm/physiology 

Lithium - https://www.drugs.com/lithium.html 

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