Life Solved

VITAL CONNECTIONS IN THE BRAIN FT. PROF. ARTHUR BUTT

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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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You can find out more about research taking place at the University of Portsmouth at port.ac.uk/SOLVE.

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