New photonic tools will delve deeper into the brain
An international project aims to create new photonic tools that can access the deep brain and provide further understanding of neurological diseases.
Strathclyde University is the UK participant in DEEPER (Deep Brain Photonic Tools for Cell-Type Specific Targeting of Neural Diseases), which is investigating the deep-brain alterations underlying the origin of neurological and psychiatric diseases such as dementia, depression, addiction, schizophrenia and chronic pain.
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The four-year study involves 12 partners in eight countries, coordinated by Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), and has received funding of approximately €5.7m from the European Union via the Horizon 2020 programme.
Professor Keith Mathieson, director of Strathclyde's Institute of Photonics and Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies, is a partner in the project. He said: "This project is making a big push to develop photonic technology for the benefit of neuroscience, in particular looking beyond cortical structures. You can already image the brain down to a depth of a few hundred microns; we want to go deeper than that.
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