Ewan St. John Smith
- Head of Department and Professor of Nociception, Department of Pharmacology
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Ewan St. John Smith studies the molecular mechanisms by which sensory neurones detect noxious stimuli, so-called nociceptors and how the properties of these neurones change from health to disease. Learn more about Ewan's research.
Research Areas
- Pain
- Sensory neurophysiology
- Ion channel biophysics
Techniques
- Behaviour
- Retrograde tracing
- Whole-cell patch clamp electrophysiology
- Ca2+ imaging
- Molecular biology
Research Themes
Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour