Professor William Gray
Professor of Functional Neurosurgery, Neuroscience and Mental Health Innovation Institute
- graywp@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2068 8491
- 3.33, Main Hospital Building, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XN
Overview
I am the director of Health and Care Research Wales funded BRAIN Unit and Professor of Neurosurgery. I undertake clinical research in epilepsy, the hippocampus, learning and memory.
My research involves imaging of epilepsy patients to understand seizure origins and cognitive dysfunction, intracranial EEG recordings, imaging white matter fibre streams, imaging grey matter structure, microstructure and fMRI.
Biography
Publications
We are currently unable to retrieve the list of publications. Visit our institutional repository.Human Brain Tissue & CSF for Translational Research
Tissue obtained from Brain Surgery- Excess tissue removed is used for research
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Tumour Surgery
- Head injury surgery
Culturing Human Brain tissue in 3D
- Ex vivo human tissue
- 3D culture
- Heterogeneity
- High Density
- Air-liquid interface
- Semi-permeable membrane insert
We use cultures of human brain to study how the brain works and what goes wrong in disease
Collaboration with Dr F Siebzehnrubl, Dr M Zaben & Prof W Gray
We are using brain tissue to assess the effectiveness of cell transplantation for brain repair
Collaboration with Dr Y Zhu, Dr A Errington, Prof Meng Li & Prof W Gray.
Early Diagnoses of Brain Infection
Using Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) samples from patients with suspected infection we are examining the use of immune markers to accurately diagnose infection much earlier than with standard micriobiology cultures and so treat patients earlier.
Collab with Prof M Ebryl, Dr S Cuff, Dr J Merola & Prof W Gray.
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