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Natural Killer cells used to treat chronic pain
Clinical Neurology Research
1 February 2019
Damage to nerves during surgery or after an injury can lead to long-term pain. Scientists have found that specialised cells help to remove damaged nerve fibres, allowing new healthy nerves to re-grow, ameliorating nerve pain.
Discussing autoimmune encephalitis research and treatment
Clinical Neurology Public engagement
19 December 2018
Patients, carers, clinicians and scientists get together to talk about this condition
The role of artificial intelligence in spotting the onset of Parkinson’s disease
Clinical Neurology
29 November 2018
Prestigious Zülch Prize for Angela Vincent
Award Clinical Neurology
17 September 2018
The 2018 Zülch Prize honours research into autoimmunity in neurological diseases. Angela Vincent shares the award with Jerome Posner and Josep Dalmau.
NDCN research underpins new European licence for migraine prevention drug
Clinical Neurology
31 July 2018
Novartis receives European licence for Aimovig® (erenumab), the first treatment designed specifically for the prevention of migraine
Change blindness work presented at Digital Humanities Summer School
Clinical Neurology Research
30 July 2018
Chrystalina Antoniades of the NeuroMetrology Lab delivered a session to these summer school delegates about her work on change blindness with the Ashmolean.
Major new study launched to investigate the link between sleep problems and Parkinson’s
Clinical Neurology Research
2 July 2018
Study identifies biomarker for the diagnosis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Clinical Neurology Research
27 June 2018
Our Department collaborated with Oxford BioDynamics and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School.
Neurology features in BBC programme about the JR Hospital
Clinical Neurology Public engagement
21 June 2018
Aarti Jagannath presents the first in a new series about how the NHS changed our world
Oxford Centre for Neuroinflammation Launched
Clinical Neurology
30 May 2018
We are delighted to announce the launch of the new Oxford Centre for Neuroinflammation (OCNI), which aims to shed light on the causes of neurodegenerative diseases and uncover new treatment pathways.
New Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences
Clinical Neurology Research
10 May 2018
We are delighted to announce that David Beeson, Professor in Molecular Neurosciences, and Robert MacLaren, Professor of Ophthalmology, have been elected Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
Researchers develop a stem cell-based model of mitochondrial disease
Clinical Neurology Publication Research
9 April 2018
Spot the difference
Clinical Neurology Publication Research
9 February 2018
Remember trying to spot the subtle differences between pictures as a child? It kept us quiet for hours! Neuroscientists including Chrystalina Antoniades have been working with staff at Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum on some interesting ‘spot the difference’ experiments, to try and find out more about how we perceive things.
David Bennett appointed to MRC Neurosciences & Mental Health Board
Clinical Neurology
29 January 2018
Encephalitis Research Engagement Day
Clinical Neurology Public engagement
23 November 2017
On 14 November, NDCN's Autoimmune Neurology Group held an event for patients and public, to discuss the research on autoimmune encephalitis at the University of Oxford.
Trench Foot discovery paves way for new treatment
Clinical Neurology Research
10 October 2017
A team including Professor David Bennett has uncovered the physical cause of trench foot more than 100 years after the painful and debilitating condition was first identified in the First World War.
Potential new route to treatment for Cerebellar Ataxia?
Clinical Neurology Research
18 September 2017
Researchers from the teams of Andrea Németh (NDCN) and Esther Becker (DPAG) have published an important paper reporting dominant mutations that cause a new type of cerebellar ataxia, Spinocerebellar Ataxia type 44.
James Parkinson 200th anniversary events
Clinical Neurology Event
14 September 2017
This year marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of the first codified description of the condition that we now know as Parkinson's disease.
New Associate Professors and University Research Lecturers
Clinical Neurology Integrative Neuroimaging Ophthalmology Staff development
8 September 2017
New consortium to investigate Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases
Clinical Neurology Research
10 April 2017
New research project could enable novel therapeutic approaches in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases.