Search results
Found 355 matches for
Advances made in understanding how eye movements are affected by medication in Parkinson's
Clinical Neurology Publication Research
14 October 2019
Our Neurometrology Group has published findings from its OxQUIP study looking at how eye movements are affected by medication in Parkinson's.
Ruxandra Dafinca awarded Oxford-Celgene Fellowship
Award Clinical Neurology Research
1 August 2019
This is one of six new Oxford-Celgene Fellowships, which give postdoctoral researchers exposure to the field of commercial drug discovery and development.
Smartphone test predicts how symptoms develop in Parkinson’s
Clinical Neurology Research
31 July 2019
Our researchers have found that a simple test carried out on a smartphone can help to predict future change in people in the early stages of Parkinson’s.
Oxford partners with Quinnipiac to improve neuro-rehabilitation
Clinical Neurology Teaching
25 July 2019
The delivery of clinical care, research, and education in neuro-rehabilitation in Oxford will be revolutionised by an innovative partnership with Quinnipiac University, Hartford, USA.
Research leads to drug discovery programme for treating pain
Clinical Neurology Research
16 April 2019
LifeArc, one of the UK’s leading medical research charities, has signed a deal to license an ion channel drug discovery programme to Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited.
New insights into how we learn payoffs and costs of actions
Clinical Neurology Research
4 April 2019
How do we decide what to do in any given situation? We need to work out the payoffs and costs of actions – what we will gain and what it might cost us. But what is the exact nature of the mechanism in the brain which weighs up these payoffs and costs?
Professor Tipu Aziz recipient of Britain's highest neurosurgery honour
Award Clinical Neurology
28 March 2019
Professor Tipu Aziz from the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) has been awarded the Medal of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons (SBNS) for his lifetime achievement in neurosurgery.
Brain Awareness Week activities engage the public
Clinical Neurology Integrative Neuroimaging Public engagement
21 March 2019
Brain Awareness Week is an annual global initiative designed to raise awareness among the public about brain-related research and the impact that neuroscientists are having on the world.
More insights gained into the sensory nervous system's response to harmful stimuli
Clinical Neurology Research
8 March 2019
NMDAR-Antibody Encephalitis: A new clinical way to identify patients
Clinical Neurology Research
21 February 2019
Paper published in Lancet Psychiatry may help with the accurate detection of this form of autoimmune encephalitis
New research to investigate role of blood-brain barrier in neurological conditions
Clinical Neurology Research
12 February 2019
A new consortium of 27 partners coordinated by our department will tackle the challenge of discovery and characterisation of blood-brain barrier targets and transport mechanisms for brain delivery of therapeutics to treat neurodegenerative and metabolic diseases.
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