This project involves the use of developmental data to decipher the organization of the brainstem.
With support from the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation and from the NSW Office of Science and Medical Research my laboratory is completing atlases of the rat and mouse spinal cord.
With support from the National Institute of Health of the US, we are constructing an atlas of the marmoset brain.
We are studying the hypothalamus of the normal human so that it will provide a baseline for comparisons with pathological tissue.
The mouse is increasingly being used as a model of many human conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's Disease and epilepsy.
Recently, brain atlases are being transformed from passive paper guides to dynamic organising principles at the core of databases.
