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Neuroscience Research Australia (or NeuRA) is an independent medical research institute based in Sydney, Australia. Previously called the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, the institute relaunched as Neuroscience Research Australia on 1 June 2010. NeuRA is accredited by the National Health and Medical Research Council. Neuroscience Research Australia is made up of approximately 260 researchers specialising in research on the brain and nervous system in health and disease. The current executive director is Professor Peter R Schofield.〔see http://www.neura.edu.au/about/people/leadership〕 ==Research activity== NeuRA’s research activity is organised into five themes: * Ageing and neurodegeneration: Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal dementia and other types of dementia, Parkinson's disease, Motor Neurone Disease, ageing research in indigenous populations, stroke rehabilitation * Brain function and imaging: brain mapping for research and clinical use, on-site MRI scanning, autism * Neural injury: spinal cord injury, assessment and prevention of road trauma in children * Mental illness: schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression * Sensation, movement, balance and falls: human movement, fatigue, sleep apnoea, balance and vision, neural control of muscles, falls in older adults, chronic pain NeuRA also houses research centres, including the Sydney Brain Bank〔see http://www.neura.edu.au/research/facilities/brain-bank〕 and Genetic Repositories Australia.〔see http://www.neura.edu.au/GRA〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Neuroscience Research Australia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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