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Personal details
Name	Professor Stephen Lisney
Job title	Emeritus Professor
Department	School of Physiology and Pharmacology University of Bristol
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Qualifications	BSc, BDS, MA, PhD(Bristol)
Professional details
Keywords	peripheral nervous system peripheral nerve injury sensory neurones regenerated sensory neurones neurones unmyelinated nerve fibres nervous system
Areas of expertise	My early research interests were into the effects of injury on the peripheral nervous system, with the aim of gaining a better understanding of the mechanisms which contribute to the abnormal sensibility and pain that frequently accompany peripheral nerve injury. This work encompassed several themes including: abnormal properties of injured and regenerated sensory neurones; changes in the patterns of central connectivity of regenerated sensory neurones; the success of regeneration of unmyelinated nerve fibres; the effects of peripheral nerve injury on distant parts of the nervous system, particularly the contralateral (mirror-image) nerve.