Welcome to the Synapse Centre for Neurodevelopment, ESNEFT
The Synapse Centre for Neurodevelopment operates from the Research and Development Department at the UK National Health Service (NHS) East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT). It is a research centre designed to combine expertise from paediatric physicians; allied health professionals; industry and academic institutions.
Our ultimate aim is to research and improve knowledge in this important field and provide much needed support and new evidence-based personalised approaches to therapies, helping those with a range of neurodisabling conditions including Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Cerebral Palsy and genetic syndromes.
The research themes the Centre will be targeting within the field of neurodisability include: the microbiome/gut-brain axis; immunity/metabolism; sleep; behaviour; and excitation-inhibition imbalance in the brain.
Centre of Excellence
We aim to improve knowledge in this important field and so provide much needed support and new evidence based therapies to those with a range of neurodisabling conditions including Autism Spectrum Disorder, Cerebral Palsy and genetic syndromes.
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Patient Recruitment
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LATEST NEWS
Read the latest news from The Synapse Centre.
The Microbiome and Neurodevelopment
Dr Marlow's recent presentation highlighting the impact of the...
Maternal mental health concerns during the Covid-19 pandemic
The Babylab team (University of Essex) give a very informative...
A closer look at vision
Dr Marlow has written an article for the latest edition of...
Epilepsy Research UK
Epilepsy Research UK invites you to the next in our series of...
Synapse Research Fayre
On 8th January the Synapse Centre held a virtual fayre with...
New Synapse lecture presentations available!
Please visit our blog page for our second presentation in the...