Characterising the Muscarinic Receptor Deficit in Schizophrenia [ 1/1/2021 - 12/31/2024 ]

Research Grant

Brief description Post-mortem examination of the brains of schizophrenia patients reveals a substantial loss of muscarinic receptors. This is likely to be clinically very important if it can also be confirmed in living patients. Having developed a new scanning technique that shows muscarinic receptors in the living brain, we will now scan patients with schizophrenia to see if they also show this receptor loss, and see how it affects them. This could open new doors to understanding and treating the disease.

Funding Amount $476,543

Funding Scheme Ideas Grants

Chief Investigator Prof Richard Kanaan

Notes Ideas Grants