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School of the Biological Sciences

 

 

Reader in Nociception, Department of Pharmacology
Theme Lead, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour 

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

 

Research Areas


Pain
Sensory neurophysiology
Ion channel biophysics
 
 

Techniques


Behaviour
Retrograde tracing
Whole-cell patch clamp electrophysiology
Ca2+ imaging 
Molecular biology

 

Research Themes