Cian McGuire
PhD Student

Cian completed his masters degree in Neuroscience, specialising in neurodegeneration at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London in September 2010. His MSc thesis involved studying the efficacy of stem cell therapy in a group of rare childhood neurodegenerative disorders called the Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses, also known as Batten disease. I graduated from Dublin City University in 2008 with a degree in Sports Science and Health.

Project: A novel pre-clinical human model of visceral pain

Visceral pain represents a considerable healthcare burden and currently has no effective treatments. Due partly to the difference in drug efficacy between small animal models and humans, drug companies have struggled to develop new efficacious treatments despite substantial investment. This project is a continuation of the recent electrophysiological recordings of human visceral afferents and aims to further develop this model for use in drug development.