The Southampton Clinical and Experimental Neurology Team is developing new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and diagnostic technologies and they are looking for healthy individuals to have a brain scan and/or blood test.
You should be aged 35 or above and in good health.
Our University is a world-leader in the field of immune-brain communication. In the normal healthy brain, signals from the immune system cross the blood-brain barrier and communicate with the brain. This effect is more marked in people with inflammatory brain diseases, such as multiple sclerosis.
We have developed advanced MRI techniques which can measure blood-brain barrier function, as well as blood and urine tests which capture activation of the immune system. By better understanding immune-brain communication, we can develop new ways to treat brain diseases.
For more information, please contact [email protected], MRC Clinical Research Training Fellow.
