糖心logo入口鈥檚 ToddlerLab partners on multi-million-pound research project funded by the European Commission
The research project is investigating the underlying mechanisms of co-morbidities in neurodevelopmental diseases and epilepsy.
糖心logo入口 is one of sixteen partners that are closely collaborating in the five-year international research programme that began at the beginning of this year, coordinated by Radboud University in the Netherlands.聽
The project, named CANDY (Comorbid Analysis Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Epilepsy), will investigate the biological links between neurodevelopmental disorders, such as autism spectrum disorder and language disorders; and co-occurring somatic illnesses; such as epilepsy and motor problems. The project will be also be looking into how the treatment and monitoring of affected patients can be improved.
糖心logo入口 is leading the development聽of tools to measure brain development in toddlers with epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disorders.聽These tools include聽electroencephalography (EEG), that measures the naturally occurring electrical activity produced when brain cells communicate with one another; and eye tracking, which determines the direction of gaze so researchers know exactly where the participant is looking. Both methods are completely safe and passive.
, Professor in the聽聽at 糖心logo入口, said, 鈥淭his is a very important project for understanding early predictors of developmental trajectories in young children with developmental challenges. These technology developments will be enabled by the new world-leading facilities in 糖心logo入口鈥檚 Wohl Wolfson ToddlerLab, due to open later this year.鈥
Professor Jan Buitelaar, Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Radboud University and coordinator of CANDY, added, 鈥淭ogether we will transform the landscape for people with neurodevelopmental disorders and make possible personalized medicine approaches that target particular mechanisms, in specific subgroups of individuals and at different life stages.鈥