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Welcome to the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences (NDCN), one of the World's leading centres for research and treatment in disorders of the nervous system.
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Repurposed drug could help patients with motor neuron disease
11 August 2022
A drug typically used to treat enlarged prostates and high blood pressure has shown promise as a potential new therapy for motor neuron disease (MND), according to a new study.
Finding out more about Parkinson’s by monitoring symptoms at home
8 August 2022
Professor Chrystalina Antoniades explains how the COVID pandemic accelerated an innovation in one research project into Parkinson's Disease.
Insights into the molecular pathways of progressive multiple sclerosis
24 June 2022
Text by Ian Fyfe for 'Nature Reviews Neurology'
Discovery of gene involved in chronic pain creates new treatment target
15 June 2022
Our researchers have discovered a gene that regulates pain sensitisation by amplifying pain signals within the spinal cord. This is helping them to understand an important mechanism underlying chronic pain in humans, and provides a new treatment target.