National Antivisection Society
The Lord Dowding Fund
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2004-05 Brain Research - MEG brain imaging to study visual attention
We provided a research grant to Dr Kristin Pammer and Dr Piers Cornelissen at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne using magnetoencephalography (MEG) brain imaging in human volunteers as an alternative...
2004-05 Brain Research - MEG and auditory processing
Drs Caroline Witton and Paul Furlong at the Neurosciences Research Institute, Aston University, have been funded by the LDF to conduct experiments expected to highlight the redundancy of animal models...
2004-05 Brain Research - Central nervous system processing of human gut sensation
Lord Dowding Fund scientists have developed a brain imaging technique to non-invasively record nerve cell activity in the human brain without the limitations encountered with previous techniques. The technique...
2004-05 Brain Research - Design of neurotoxicity assays using human tissues
The study of substances which are poisonous to human nerves presents a challenge because of the complexity of the central nervous system (CNS), consisting of the brain and spinal cord. The distinct areas...
2004-05 Brain Research - LDF neuroscience facility
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) is important in the development of research into mental health disorders. The technique enables visualisation of brain cortex function, in response to physical...
LDF funded research - 2002
Every year millions of animals die in experiments. It doesn't have to be like this. There are better ways. Through sponsorship, publicity and promotion of cutting edge non-animal research, the Lord Dowding...
Research projects 2002 - Hepatitis B
Analysis of cytokine-induced, non-cytotoxic inactivation of hepatitis B virus replication in human hepatocytes. Dr Nikolai Naoumov from the Institute of Hepatology, University College London has developed...
Research projects 2002 - Toxicity
Detection and identification of shellfish toxins by pattern recognition and analysis The current test for the detection of certain marine poisons is a mouse test classified by the Home Office as...
