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Brain & the senses

The brain is the most complex and least understood organ in the human body. It controls all of its activities, from breathing and listening to thinking and moving. MRC researchers are working to understand more about how the normal brain and the senses work, as well as what goes wrong and why.

Download our new publication on the brain (PDF).

Alzheimer's  Alzheimer’s, dementia & Parkinson’s
 Topics: Alzheimer's and other dementias,
 Parkinson's Disease
 Features: Centre for Regenerative Medicine,
 Getting into the brain,
 Trials of life (MRC Clinical Trials Unit)
 Publication: The Brain Booklet

Hearing and seeing  Hearing and seeing
 Features: The story of the screen ,
  The hearing scientists  (Institute of
 Hearing Research)
 Scientist profiles: Robert MacLaren and Robin Ali
 – the eye scientists

Memory, cognition and psychiatry Memory, cognition & psychiatry
 Topics: Addiction and Depression
 Features: Genes and society (Social, Genetic
 and Developmental Psychiatry)
 Understanding the brain (Cognition and Brain
 Science Unit)
 Podcast: Females vs Males: Memory (11 mins)

Schizophrenia Schizophrenia
 Feature: The schizophrenia story
 Scientist profile: Dr Eve Johnstone
 – psychiatrist
 Publication: The Brain Booklet

Studying the brain Studying the brain
 Topic: Looking into the brain
 Scientist profile: Prof Jeanne Bell
 – pathologist
 Publication: The Brain Booklet

CJD  CJD
 Topic: All about CJD
 Scientist profile: Dr Giovanna Mallucci
 – prion researcher
 Publication: The Brain Booklet

Autism  Autism
 Topic: All about Autism
 Publication: The Brain Booklet