Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health

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Coordinates: 37°47′53″S 144°57′31″E / 37.79806°S 144.95861°E / -37.79806; 144.95861
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Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Victoria
,
Australia
Coordinates37°47′53″S 144°57′31″E / 37.79806°S 144.95861°E / -37.79806; 144.95861
Websitewww.florey.edu.au

The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, more commonly known as The Florey, is an Australian

motor neurone disease, addiction, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, Autism, Huntington's disease, depression, schizophrenia, brain function in health and disease, heart failure, and dementia
.

Affiliated with the

Victoria. It is the largest brain research group in the southern hemisphere and employs approximately 600 staff and students.[1]
The institute is led by its director, Professor Trevor Kilpatrick.

History

The origins of the institute are based on the 1947 work of the founder, Dr. Derek Denton, and the investigation of the team of scientists, Prof R D Wright, Prof J P Coghlan and Prof Marelyn Wintour-Coghlan into the control of salt and water balance in health and disease.

The institute was formally established in 1971 by the

histochemistry; instincts that control ingestion; and the Relaxin hormone
.

Previously known as the Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine, in 1997 the institute's focus broadened to encompass brain disorders. From 1997 to 2007, the neuroscientist Professor Frederick Mendelsohn AO, led the institute.

On 1 July 2007 the legislation that created the Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine was repealed,[2] and the Florey amalgamated with the Brain Research Institute and the National Stroke Research Institute to become collectively known as the Florey Neuroscience Institutes (FNI). As part of the amalgamation process, a new research facility was constructed to house the FNI, the Mental Health Research Institute and researchers from the University of Melbourne. In 2012, with the amalgamation of the Mental Health Research Institute and the Florey Neuroscience Institutes, the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health was formed.[3] Research now includes psychiatric conditions such as depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, and on neurodegenerative illnesses, particularly Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.

See also

References

  1. ^ "About us". Melbourne Brain Centre. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  2. ^ "HOWARD FLOREY INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY AND MEDICINE (REPEAL) ACT 2007".
  3. ^ "History". Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

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