University of Birmingham — Identifying Cochlear Nucleus Drug Targets

UK University. Basically the research team has identified that there is a loss of the inhibitory 5-HT1A receptors in the Cochlear Nucleus in tinnitus and are looking to develop a drug to target this.

→ Identification of a suitable drug target(s) to manipulate dysfunctional neuronal function in the cochlear nucleus to relieve noise-induced tinnitus; further studies following successful identification of the relevant neurones likely to be amenable to drug manipulation

Funding from → the Ministry of Defence.

 

What's interesting about the above research is the UK Government put this out to tender in the summer for £50,000 and it was through the Ministry of Defence department. It was subsequently awarded to Birmingham University.