神经科学的部门研究包括正常大脑发育过程中模式形成的表征
Students may take an MSc degree in Biomedical Sciences with an emphasis on aspects of Reproductive Biology, Developmental, Cell and Tissue Morphology and Biomedical Toxicology/Pharmacology and Neuroscience. A number of choices are available for the thesis research project, these may include molecular, cellular, immunological or developmental aspects of growth and differentiation, physiological, morphological or biomechanical investigations of normal function and disease processes in a variety of organs and tissues, or pharmacological mechanisms related to therapy and drug toxicology. There are two streams: a traditional two-year MSc thesis-based stream, and a one-year MBS stream that consists of course work and a research project.<br><br>Departmental research in the neurosciences includes the characterization of pattern formation during normal brain development, the identification and characterization of novel mechanisms of synaptic plasticity, gene expression patterns and signaling pathways activated in aging and Alzheimer's Disease, the characterization of mutant ion channels in disease and the role of sex hormones in brain function.