Contribution of insula or mid-cingulate cortex activity to the control of tic-like movements and other behaviours relevant to Tourette's syndrome: integrative neuroscience studies in rats

Vacancy Reference Number

MRC and BBSRC DTP CASE PhD studentships

Closing Date

31 Jan 2025

Salary

UKRI PhD stipend (£19,237 in 24/25))

Address

School of Psychology University of Nottingham University Park Nottingham NG7 2RD

Duration

4 years

We offer two fully funded PhD studentships as part of the MRC AIM DTP or the BBSRC DTP. These are integrative neuroscience projects in rats to examine the Contribution of insula or mid-cingulate cortex activity to the control of tic-like movements and other behaviours relevant to Tourette's syndrome, with a September 2025 start date. The projects are in partnership with the neurotechnology company Neupulse. Application deadline for the MRC AIM DTP project is 10 January 2025 and for the BBSRC DTP project is 31 January 2025.

Further Information

For more information, including on the projects and how to apply, please see here:

MRC AIM DTP project (scroll down to list of projects and select 'Contribution of insula activity to control of tic-like movements and other behaviours relevant to Tourette's syndrome: integrative neuroscience studies in rats - iCASE project') - deadline 10 January 2025
https://more.bham.ac.uk/mrc-aim/phd-opportunities/

BBSRC DTP project - deadline 31 January 2025
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/insula-and-cingulate-contributions-to-the-control-of-tic-like-movements-and-other-behaviours-relevant-to-tourette-s-syndrome-integrative-neuroscience-studies-in-rats/?p180504

Contact Details

Tobias Bast, tobias.bast@nottingham.ac.uk

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