BSc Zoology, University of Durham, 1987 PhD Neuroscience, University of Edinburgh, 1990 Lecturer in Anatomy, University of Leeds, 1995 Senior Lecturer in Anatomy, University of Edinburgh, 2006 Professor of Anatomy, University of Aberdeen, 2013

The Neuromuscular Junction Neurodegenerative diseases of the neuromuscular system Spinal Muscular Atrophy

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