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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?
Senior pain researcher to move to Oxford
Integrative Neuroimaging Research
1 April 2019
We are looking forward to welcoming Dr Ben Seymour to our Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging.
Later school start time trialled in Teensleep Project
Ophthalmology Public engagement Research
21 March 2019
Researchers in our Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute are working with Havant & South Downs College on a teenage sleep study.
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
World’s first gene therapy operation for common cause of sight loss carried out
Ophthalmology Research
19 February 2019
Researchers in Oxford have carried out the world’s first gene therapy operation to tackle the root cause of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the UK’s most common cause of sight loss.
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.
MRI scans reveal how brain protects memories
Integrative Neuroimaging Research
31 January 2019
Two distinct parts of the human brain - the neocortex and the hippocampus (a part of the brain involved in higher-order brain functions) - have been shown to help protect our memories from interfering with one another.
Solving Phantom Limb Pain - Science is Getting Closer
Integrative Neuroimaging Research
7 January 2019
Lee Hysan Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Neurosciences
Research
10 December 2018
Our Head of Department, and Fellow of Pembroke College, Professor Irene Tracey, has negotiated along with Pembroke College an exciting and innovative clinical neurosciences fellowship scheme in partnership with the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), funded by the Lee Hysan Foundation.
Over half of former intensive care patients in the UK report symptoms of psychological disorders
Anaesthetics Research
23 November 2018
First genetic analysis of brain function and structure using UK Biobank imaging data yields exciting results
Integrative Neuroimaging Research
10 October 2018
Oxford scientists report exciting new insights into the structure and function of the brain using genetic information and detailed brain images from UK Biobank
Gene therapy breakthrough in treating a rare form of blindness
Ophthalmology Research
8 October 2018
The positive results of the world’s first gene therapy trial for a genetic cause of blindness known as choroideremia have been reported in this week’s edition of Nature Medicine.
Digital insomnia medicine rolled out as major study links sleep to better health
Ophthalmology Research
30 September 2018
Millions of people are to be given access to digital treatment for insomnia as an alternative to sleeping pills. Study by Colin Espie et al shows that Sleepio improves wellbeing in nearly three quarters of participants.
New research on recovery following intensive care treatment
Anaesthetics Research
13 August 2018
Out-of-hours discharge from intensive care is strongly associated with both in-hospital death and ICU readmission.
High instance of shoulder impairment in patients discharged from intensive care
Anaesthetics Research
9 August 2018
A team involving our Critical Care Research Group have discovered that patients with severe illnesses treated on intensive care units often have problems with their movement and mobility long after they are discharged from hospital.
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.
One dose of aspirin doesn't fit all
Research Stroke & Dementia
27 July 2018
About one billion people worldwide take regular aspirin, usually to prevent heart attacks or strokes. But a new study suggests a more tailored strategy is required.