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7886d8a8c9204366c84d0d91a5a53953 research overview <div>My main research interests are centred&nbsp;in Neuroscience -&nbsp;Plasticity of the vertebrate central nervous system (CNS), and the effects of ageing and&nbsp;neurodegeneration on the CNS.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>To date over&nbsp;<u>180 papers</u>&nbsp;and reviews&nbsp;have been published or are in press, together with<u>200 abstracts</u>from conference papers.&nbsp;&nbsp; In addition I have edited five major texts, ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY (Hodder&amp; Stoughton) (1991); QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN NEUROANATOMY (Wiley)&nbsp;(1992); GROWING AND RESPONDING, Open University Press (1997), MAINTAINING THE WHOLE, Open University Press (1997). DIABETES MELLITUS,<em>Diabetic Association of Bangladesh</em>(2006)</div><div>At the Open University, my research concerns&nbsp; synaptic and neural plasticity.&nbsp; I have been particularly concerned with investigation of problems involving cellular neurobiology especially neurodegeneration and Alzheimers disease (see publication lists for further details).</div><div>I have also been involved in an industrial collaboration with Glaxo-Wellcome and NIMR (MRC- Mill Hill) which has arisen as a result of an MRC foresight link award&nbsp;(&pound;660,000; OU share&nbsp;&pound;330,000). This project involved investigations of the cellular and molecular basis of Alzheimer&#39;s disease, using transgenic mice in which a high risk factor for Alzheimer&#39;s disease (a human allele of a gene called apolipoprotein E -apoE) has been added (knocked-in) to mice lacking the normal apoE gene. More recently I was awarded a BBSRC Neurone grant&nbsp;(&pound;440,000) as lead investigator with collaborators from UCL and NIMR (MRC), followed by an IAAB award from BBSRC with Collaborators at UCL. Additionally, my&nbsp;research has been supported internally via the Open University Research committee, and externally via grants from the Nuffield foundation,&nbsp;N.I.H. (USA), NATO and EC.&nbsp;British Council, Wellcome Trust&nbsp;and Royal Society&nbsp;exchange grants have also been provided&nbsp;to support collaborative projects with laboratories in Germany, Hungary, Poland and the FSSU.</div><div>My most recent awards include a&pound;650K BBSRC grant with Prof Karl Kiese of Kings College London (2012-16) ,&nbsp; and EU FPVI grants (2005)&nbsp;(value&euro;9.5 million) shared with 12 partner EU laboratories and an FP7 Grant (MEMSTICK)&nbsp;&nbsp;(value&euro;3.9 million)&nbsp;. This research on neurodegeneration involves study of the morphological effect of N-cell adhesion molecule (N-CAM) mimetics on structure of the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex of rats and mice, and its ability to alleviate cognitive deficits including those induced by B-amyloid which is prevalent in Alzheimer&#39;s disease.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>RECENT PUBLICATIONS</div><div>Tigaret, C. M. Thalhammer, A. Rast, G. F.. Specht, C.G Auberson, Y. P. Stewart M.G., Schoepfer, R. (2006) Subunit dependencies of NMDA receptor-induced AMPA receptor internalization.<em>Molecular Pharmacology</em>69: 1251-1259</div><div><p>Stewart M.G.&nbsp; Banks, D. (2006) Enhancement of long-term memory retention by Colostrinin in one-day-old chicks trained on a weak passive avoidance learning paradigm.<em>Neurobiol of Learning&amp; Memory</em>86 66&ndash;71</p><p>Donohue H.S., Gabbott P.L.A., Davies H.A., Rodriguez J.J., Cordero M.I.,. Sandi C, Medvedev N.I, Popov V.I.,, Colyer F.M., Peddie C.J., Stewart M.G. (2006). Chronic restraint stress induces changes in synapse morphology in stratum lacunosum-moleculare CA1 rat hippocampus: a stereological and three-dimensional ultrastructural study.<em>Neuroscience</em>140, 597-606</p><p>&nbsp;Lauver, A., Yuan, L-L, Jeromin, A., Stewart M.G., Davies H.A Rodriguez J.J., Pfaffinger. P.,&nbsp; (2006) Manipulating Kv4.2 Expression Identifies a Specific Component of Hippocampal Pyramidal Neuron A Current that Depends Upon Kv4.2 Expression&quot;<em>J. Neurochem</em>99(4):1207-23</p><p>Popov,VI, Medvedev, NI.,&nbsp; Patrushev, I.&nbsp; IIgnat&rsquo;ev, DA,&nbsp; Morenkov,ED., Stewart, MG. (2007). Reversible reduction in dendritic spines in CA1 of rat and ground squirrel subjected to hypothermia-normothermia in vivo: a 3-dimensional electron microscope study<em>Neurosci</em>149. 549&ndash;560</p><p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/action/doSearch?action=runSearch&amp;type=advanced&amp;result=true&amp;prevSearch=%2Bauthorsfield%3A(Rodriguez%2C+J.J.)" rel="nofollow"><u>Rodr&iacute;guez</u></a>, JJ,<a href="http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/action/doSearch?action=runSearch&amp;type=advanced&amp;result=true&amp;prevSearch=%2Bauthorsfield%3A(Davies%2C+H.A.)" rel="nofollow"><u>&nbsp;Davies</u></a>, HA,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/action/doSearch?action=runSearch&amp;type=advanced&amp;result=true&amp;prevSearch=%2Bauthorsfield%3A(Errington%2C+M.L.)" rel="nofollow"><u>&nbsp;Errington</u></a>, M.L.,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/action/doSearch?action=runSearch&amp;type=advanced&amp;result=true&amp;prevSearch=%2Bauthorsfield%3A(Verkhratsky%2C+A.)" rel="nofollow"><u>Verkhratsky</u></a>, A.,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/action/doSearch?action=runSearch&amp;type=advanced&amp;result=true&amp;prevSearch=%2Bauthorsfield%3A(Bliss%2C+T.V.P.)" rel="nofollow"><u>Bliss</u></a>, TVP, Stewart, M.G. (2008)&nbsp;Arg3.1/arc expression in hippocampal dentate gyrus astrocytes: ultrastructural evidence and co-localization with glial fibrillary acidic protein.<em>J. Cell., Molec. Medicine</em>12, (2), 671-678</p><p>&nbsp;Popov,VI, Medvedev, NI.,&nbsp; Kraev, I., Gabbott. P.L. Davies H.A., Lynch, M.A., Cowley, T., Berezin, V., Bock, E.,&nbsp; Stewart, MG. (2008) A cell adhesion molecule mimetic, FGL-peptide, induces alterations in synapse and dendritic spine structure in the dentate gyrus of aged rats: a three-dimensional ultrastructural study<em>Europ.J.Neurosci</em>27,. 301&ndash;314</p><p>Medvdev, N.I.,<a href="http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/action/doSearch?action=runSearch&amp;type=advanced&amp;result=true&amp;prevSearch=%2Bauthorsfield%3A(Rodriguez%2C+J.J.)" rel="nofollow"><u>Rodr&iacute;guez</u></a>, JJ, Popov,VI, Davies H.A., Tigaret, C.M. Schoepfer, R. Stewart M.G. (2008)&nbsp;The GluR2 subunit controls psd complexity and spine shape in the dentate gyrus<em>Europ.J.Neurosci</em>27: 315&ndash;325,</p><p>Stewart, M.G., Popov,VI, Medvedev, NI., Gabbott. P.L., Corbett, N., Kraev, I., Davies H.A (2008) Dendritic spine and synapse morphological alterations induced by a neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) mimetic.<em>Neurochem. Research</em>DOI 10.1007/s11064-008-9607-y</p><p>Peddie, C., Davies, H.A., Colyer F.M; Stewart,&nbsp; M.G., Rodriguez, J. J. (2008) Colocalisation of serotonin 2A receptors with the glutamate receptor subunits NR1 and GluR2 in the dentate gyrus: anultrastructural study of a modulatory role<em>.&nbsp; Experimental Neurology</em>211(2): 561-573.</p><p>&nbsp;Peddie, C., Davies, H.A., Colyer F.M; Stewart,&nbsp; M.G., Rodriguez, J. J.&nbsp; (2008) Dendritic colocalisation of serotonin1B receptors and the glutamate NMDA receptor subunit NR1 within the hippocampal dentate gyrus: an ultrastructural study.<em>Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy</em>36(1): 17-26.</p><p>Stewart M.G. (2008) Colostrinin&trade;- a naturally-occurring compound derived from mammalian colostrum with efficacy in treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer&rsquo;s.<em>Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherap</em>y 9 (14):2553-9.</p><p>Popov V. Stewart M.G. (2009)&nbsp; Complexity of Contacts Between Synaptic Boutons and Dendritic Spines in Adult Mammalian Hippocampus: Three-Dimensional Reconstructions from Serial Ultrathin Sections<em>in vivo</em>&quot;<em>Synapse</em>63: 369&ndash;377</p><p>Dalllarac, G., Doyere, CV., Davies H.A., Rodriguez-Arellano, JJ, Stewart M.G. (2009)&nbsp; NMDA-independent changes in expression of PSA-NCAM after induction of LTP and LTD in the rat dentate gyrus in vivo<em>Neuron Glia Biology,</em>4(3):169-78.</p><p>&nbsp;Kraev, I.V.,&nbsp; Godukhin,O.V., Patrushev<sup>,</sup>I.V., Davies, H.A., Popov, V.I,&nbsp; Stewart.M.G. (2009)&nbsp; Partial kindling induces neurogenesis, activates astrocytes and alters synaptic morphology in the dentate gyrus of freely moving adult rats.&nbsp;<em>Neuroscience</em>162(2):254-67</p><p>Popov, V.I, Kraev, I.V., Banks, D., Morenkov. ED, Davies, H.A., Stewart.M.G.&nbsp; Fesenko, EE.&nbsp;&nbsp;(2009) Three- dimensional ultrastructural and immunohistochemical study of immature neurons in the subgranular zone of the rat dentate gyrus.<em>Biophysics,</em>54 (4), 497&ndash;512<em>.</em></p><p>Popov V. Stewart M.G. (2009)&nbsp; Complexity of Contacts Between Synaptic Boutons and Dendritic Spines in Adult Mammalian Hippocampus: Three-Dimensional Reconstructions from Serial Ultrathin Sections<em>in vivo</em>&quot;<em>Synapse</em>63: 369&ndash;377</p><p>Medvedev N.I., Popov V. I., Rodriguez Arellano, J.J, Dall&eacute;rac, G, Davies H.A., Gabbott, P.L, Laroche S., Kraev, I.V, Doy&egrave;re V., Stewart M.G.(2010). The NMDA receptor antagonist CPP alters synapse and spine structure and impairs LTP and LTD induced morphological plasticity in dentate gyrus of the awake rat<em>Neuroscience</em>, 165(4) 1170-1181</p><p>Kraev, Igor; Henneberger, Christian; Rossetti, Clara; Conboy, Lisa; Kohler, Lene B.; Fantin, Martina; Jennings, Alistair; Venero, Cesar; Popov, Victor; Rusakov, Dmitri; Stewart, Michael; Bock, Elisabeth; Berezin, Vladimir and Sandi, Carmen (2011).<a href="http://oro.open.ac.uk/29390/">A peptide mimetic targeting trans-homophilic NCAM binding sites promotes spatial learning and neural plasticity in the hippocampus.</a><em>PLOS One</em>, 6(8), e23433.</p><p>Michaluk, Piotr; Wawrzyniak, Marcin; Alot, Przemyslaw; Szczot, Marcin; Wyrembek, Paulina; Mercik, Katarzyna; Medvedev, Nikolay; Wilczek, Ewa; De Roo, Mathias; Zuschratter, Werner; Muller, Dominique; Wilczynski, Grzegorz M; Mozrzymas, Jerzy W; Stewart, Michael G.; Kaczmarek, Leszek and Wlodarczyk, Jakub (2011).<a href="http://oro.open.ac.uk/29598/">Influence of matrix metalloproteinase MMP-9 on dendritic spine morphology.</a><em>Journal of cell science</em>, 124(Pt 19), pp.<a href="tel:3369–3380">3369&ndash;3380</a>.</p><p>Ojo, Bunmi; Rezaie, Payam; Gabbott, Paul L.; Cowely, Thelma R.; Medvedev, Nikolay I.; Lynch, Marina A. and Stewart, Michael G. (2011).<a href="http://oro.open.ac.uk/29890/">A neural cell adhesion molecule-derived peptide, FGL, attenuates glial cell activation in the aged hippocampus.</a><em>Experimental Neurology</em>, 323(2), pp. 318&ndash;328.</p><p>Popov, Victor I.; Kleschevnikov, Alexander M.; Klimenko, Oleg A.; Stewart, Michael G. and Belichenko, Pavel V. (2011).<a href="http://oro.open.ac.uk/25883/">Three-dimensional synaptic ultrastructure in the dentate gyrus and hippocampal area CA3 in the Ts65Dn mouse model of down syndrome.</a><em>Journal of Comparative Neurology</em>, 519(7), pp. 1338&ndash;1354.</p><p>Witton, Jonathan; Padmashri, Ragunathan; Zinyuk, Larissa E.;<a href="http://oro.open.ac.uk/view/person/vp88.html">Popov, Victor I.</a>;<a href="http://oro.open.ac.uk/view/person/ik959.html">Kraev, Igor</a>; Line, Samantha J.; Jensen, Thomas P.; Tedoldi, Angelo; Cummings, Damian M.; Tybulewicz, Victor L. J.; Fisher, Elizabeth M. C.; Bannerman, David M.; Randall, Andrew D.; Brown, Jonathan T.; Edwards, Frances A.; Rusakov, Dmitri A.;<a href="http://oro.open.ac.uk/view/person/mgs4.html">Stewart, Michael G.</a>and Jones, Matt W. (2015).<a href="http://oro.open.ac.uk/43947/">Hippocampal circuit dysfunction in the Tc1 mouse model of Down syndrome.</a><em>Nature Neuroscience</em>Early Access.</p><p>Giese, Karl Peter; Aziz, Wajeeha;<a href="http://oro.open.ac.uk/view/person/ik959.html">Kraev, Igor</a>and<a href="http://oro.open.ac.uk/view/person/mgs4.html">Stewart, Michael G.</a>(2015).<a href="http://oro.open.ac.uk/43620/">Generation of multi-innervated dendritic spines as a novel mechanism of long-term memory formation.</a><em>Neurobiology of Learning and Memory</em>(Early view).</p><p>Medvedev, Popov, Henneberger, Rodsakov and Stewart M.G.&nbsp;et al 2014 Glia selectively approach synapses on thin dendritic spines<em>Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B</em>2014 369, 20140047</p><p>Rusakov, DA, Bard, L, Stewart MG&amp; Henneberger C, (2014) Diversity of astroglial functions alludes to subcellular specialization.<em>TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCE</em>37(4):228-42. doi: 10.101/j.tins.2014.02.008</p><p>Kraev, IV., Doyere, V., Stewart, M.G. (2014) Multiple spine boutons are formed after long-lasting LTP&nbsp; in the awake rat.<em>Brain Struct Funct</em>219, (1) ,&nbsp; 407-414; DOI 10.1007/s00429-012-0488-0</p><p>Maurin, H, Chong, SA, Kraev,I., Davies, , Kremer, A., Seymour,C.M, Lechat, B., Jaworski, T., Borghgraef, P., Devijver, H.,&nbsp; Callewaert, G., Stewart, M.G., Van Leuven, F. (2014) Early Structural and Functional Defects in Synapses and Myelinated Axons in Stratum Lacunosum Moleculare in Two Preclinical Models for Tauopathy.<em>PLOS One</em>DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087605</p><p><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=van%20der%20Kooij%20MA%255BAuthor%255D&amp;cauthor=true&amp;cauthor_uid=24213355" rel="nofollow">Van der Kooij MA</a>,<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Fantin%20M%255BAuthor%255D&amp;cauthor=true&amp;cauthor_uid=24213355" rel="nofollow">Fantin M</a>,<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Kraev%20I%255BAuthor%255D&amp;cauthor=true&amp;cauthor_uid=24213355" rel="nofollow">Kraev I</a>,<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Korshunova%20I%255BAuthor%255D&amp;cauthor=true&amp;cauthor_uid=24213355" rel="nofollow">Korshunova I</a>,<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Grosse%20J%255BAuthor%255D&amp;cauthor=true&amp;cauthor_uid=24213355" rel="nofollow">Grosse J</a>,<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Zanoletti%20O%255BAuthor%255D&amp;cauthor=true&amp;cauthor_uid=24213355" rel="nofollow">Zanoletti O</a>,<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Guirado%20R%255BAuthor%255D&amp;cauthor=true&amp;cauthor_uid=24213355" rel="nofollow">Guirado R</a>,<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Garcia-Momp%25C3%25B3%20C%255BAuthor%255D&amp;cauthor=true&amp;cauthor_uid=24213355" rel="nofollow">Garcia-Momp&oacute; C</a>,<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Nacher%20J%255BAuthor%255D&amp;cauthor=true&amp;cauthor_uid=24213355" rel="nofollow">Nacher J</a>,<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Stewart%20MG%255BAuthor%255D&amp;cauthor=true&amp;cauthor_uid=24213355" rel="nofollow">Stewart MG</a>,<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Berezin%20V%255BAuthor%255D&amp;cauthor=true&amp;cauthor_uid=24213355" rel="nofollow">Berezin V</a>,<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Sandi%20C%255BAuthor%255D&amp;cauthor=true&amp;cauthor_uid=24213355" rel="nofollow">Sandi C</a>. (2013) Impaired Hippocampal Neuroligin-2 Function by Chronic Stress or Synthetic Peptide Treatment is Linked to Social Deficits and Increased Aggression.<em>Neuropsychopharmacology.</em>2013 Nov 11. doi: 10.1038/npp.2013.315.</p><table><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table></div>
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7886d8a8c9204366c84d0d91a5a53953 biography <p><strong>Prof. Mike Stewart</strong>&nbsp; is a Professor of Neuroscience in the Department of Life, Health and Chemical&nbsp; Sciences at the Open University. His group&#39;s recent research activities have been concerned with&nbsp;neurodegenerative changes in the brain in ageing,&nbsp; and in conditions such as Alzheimer&#39;s Disease.</p><p>Mike&nbsp; is involved with a number&nbsp; of external bodies, both nationally and internationally. He is a member of the<strong>EDAB</strong>(European Dana Alliance) and was&nbsp; a member of<strong>FENS</strong>&nbsp; (Federation of European Neuroscience Societies) executive&nbsp; committee from 2010-2015 and&nbsp; treasurer from 2012-2015. He has been a reviewer for biomedical research funding bodies in&nbsp; several&nbsp; countries, including France, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Portugal, Poland,&nbsp; Romania, Australia and Hong Kong.&nbsp; During his career he has given lectures on his research and participated in conferences in&nbsp; over 20 countries world wide.</p><p>In the UK Mike&nbsp; has reviewed grants for a number of Research Councils, and the Wellcome trust; he was a member of the<strong>Motor Neurone Disease Research Association</strong>committee from 2010-2015, and chaired the committee from 2012-2015.</p><div>He has also led external<strong>medical education&nbsp;</strong>programmes doing<strong>Pro Bono work in Bangladesh</strong>in Dhaka,(2001-2006)&nbsp; based at<strong>BIRDEM</strong>(Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation in Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders) where he and his colleague Prof Janet Grant developed a distance learning course in Diabetology, which has been taken by over 1000 medical staff.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>In<strong>Ethiopia</strong>he and Prof Grant also carried out<strong>Pro Bono work</strong>from 2007-2013 training&nbsp; lecturers in a new medical school,<strong>St Paul&#39;s Hospital Millennium Medical College</strong>in Addis Ababa<strong>.</strong></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>His current research interest involves investigations of the morphological basis of synaptic plasticity&nbsp; in neural circuits in the mammalian brain. State of the art technologies are used in order to examine changes that occur at hippocampal synapses following&nbsp; learning paradigms, and in neurodegeneratve conditions.&nbsp; This research involves&nbsp; analysis of synaptic changes and of dendritic spine populations,&nbsp; as well as quantification of immediate early gene expression in order to determine the precise localisation of synaptic change in the hippocampus following learning,&nbsp; and in ageing and neurodegenerative conditions.</div><p>He held major grants from the EU FP6 programme<a href="http://ica.cordis.lu/search/index.cfm?fuseaction=proj.simpledocument&amp;PJ_RCN=7956518&amp;CFID=7041736&amp;CFTOKEN=88026855" rel="nofollow">PROMEMORIA</a>&nbsp; which involves 14 other research groups and more recently an EU FP7 award,&nbsp; value 3.9 million Euros MEMSTICK, with 6 partner laboratories. Mike also has held a number of&nbsp; BBSRC grants, most recently an award to develop novel methods of 3D reconstrcution of neural circuitry</p>
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7886d8a8c9204366c84d0d91a5a53953 Description <p><strong>Prof. Mike Stewart</strong>&nbsp; is a Professor of Neuroscience in the Department of Life, Health and Chemical&nbsp; Sciences at the Open University. His group&#39;s recent research activities have been concerned with&nbsp;neurodegenerative changes in the brain in ageing,&nbsp; and in conditions such as Alzheimer&#39;s Disease.</p><p>Mike&nbsp; is involved with a number&nbsp; of external bodies, both nationally and internationally. He is a member of the<strong>EDAB</strong>(European Dana Alliance) and was&nbsp; a member of<strong>FENS</strong>&nbsp; (Federation of European Neuroscience Societies) executive&nbsp; committee from 2010-2015 and&nbsp; treasurer from 2012-2015. He has been a reviewer for biomedical research funding bodies in&nbsp; several&nbsp; countries, including France, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Portugal, Poland,&nbsp; Romania, Australia and Hong Kong.&nbsp; During his career he has given lectures on his research and participated in conferences in&nbsp; over 20 countries world wide.</p><p>In the UK Mike&nbsp; has reviewed grants for a number of Research Councils, and the Wellcome trust; he was a member of the<strong>Motor Neurone Disease Research Association</strong>committee from 2010-2015, and chaired the committee from 2012-2015.</p><div>He has also led external<strong>medical education&nbsp;</strong>programmes doing<strong>Pro Bono work in Bangladesh</strong>in Dhaka,(2001-2006)&nbsp; based at<strong>BIRDEM</strong>(Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation in Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders) where he and his colleague Prof Janet Grant developed a distance learning course in Diabetology, which has been taken by over 1000 medical staff.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>In<strong>Ethiopia</strong>he and Prof Grant also carried out<strong>Pro Bono work</strong>from 2007-2013 training&nbsp; lecturers in a new medical school,<strong>St Paul&#39;s Hospital Millennium Medical College</strong>in Addis Ababa<strong>.</strong></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>His current research interest involves investigations of the morphological basis of synaptic plasticity&nbsp; in neural circuits in the mammalian brain. State of the art technologies are used in order to examine changes that occur at hippocampal synapses following&nbsp; learning paradigms, and in neurodegeneratve conditions.&nbsp; This research involves&nbsp; analysis of synaptic changes and of dendritic spine populations,&nbsp; as well as quantification of immediate early gene expression in order to determine the precise localisation of synaptic change in the hippocampus following learning,&nbsp; and in ageing and neurodegenerative conditions.</div><p>He held major grants from the EU FP6 programme<a href="http://ica.cordis.lu/search/index.cfm?fuseaction=proj.simpledocument&amp;PJ_RCN=7956518&amp;CFID=7041736&amp;CFTOKEN=88026855" rel="nofollow">PROMEMORIA</a>&nbsp; which involves 14 other research groups and more recently an EU FP7 award,&nbsp; value 3.9 million Euros MEMSTICK, with 6 partner laboratories. Mike also has held a number of&nbsp; BBSRC grants, most recently an award to develop novel methods of 3D reconstrcution of neural circuitry</p>
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