Research Operations Office

Neuroscience and Society

A one-day seminar held at the University of Cambridge on Thursday 12 October 2006.

Presentations

Here are the selected podcasts and presentations from the day that we have available for download.

Podcasts
Whole Programme
First Part
Second Part
Presentations
Welcoming remarks
Professor Sir Gabriel Horn, Chair, Cambridge University Government Policy Programme
An Introduction to Cambridge Neuroscience
Professor Alastair Compston and Professor Trevor Robbins
Basic Neuroscience: Pain
Professor Peter McNaughton, Department of Pharmacology
Basic Neuroscience: The Molecular Pathology of Neurodegeneration
Dr Michel Goedert, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Translational Neuroscience: Brain Imaging and Clinical Outcomes in Psychiatry
Professor Ed Bullmore, GlaxoSmithKline & Department of Psychiatry
Public Understanding of Neuroscience: Neuroscience, the Media and the Public
Dr John Cornwell, Jesus College, Cambridge
Clinical Neuroscience: Experimental Treatments for Multiple Sclerosis
Dr Alasdair Coles, Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Clinical Neuroscience: Language Disorders Following Stroke
Professor Lorraine Tyler, Department of Experimental Psychology
Clinical Neuroscience: The Future Treatment of Neurodegenerative Disorders
Dr Roger Barker, Cambridge Centre for Brain Repair
Closing remarks
Professor Sir David King, Chief Scientific Adviser to HM Government