Researchers in the field of neuroscience have made many startling discoveries that have transformed our understanding of the healthy brain and helped to deliver treatments for disorders affecting millions. Clinical neuroscientists play a central role in the translation of basic research findings into diagnostic methods and ways to prevent and treat neurological disorders that are leading causes of death and disability.

Neuroscience Trials Australia is structured to reflect the multidisciplinary nature of neuroscience research covering a wide range of specialities, including neurologists, geriatricians, neurosurgeons, anaesthetists, physicians, psychopharmacologists, psychogeriatricians, neurobiologists, imaging and nuclear medicine specialists, and neuropathologists.

NTA is active in a therapeutic domain delimited by the disorder societies and/or clinical trial networks representing the various disease and disorder groupings; the dementias, epilepsy, migraine, movement disorders, multiple sclerosis, neuromuscular disorders, neurosurgery, pain, and stroke.