Uploaded February 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Dr Sinead Savage investigates Parkinson's disease with rats. One side of the rats brain is altered to simulate Parkinson's disease and then different potential treatments can be given to the rat. How the rat copes with picking up food and other tasks gives an indication of whether they work.
Sinead was one of the scientists and technicians filmed for a Manchester University animal facility 360 tour which you can see here: manchester.ac.uk/research/environment/governance/ethics/animals/virtual-tour
UAR can organise speakers to come to schools to explain their scientific work - see the website for details: understandinganimalresearch.org.uk