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More awareness needed about stroke risk after mini-stroke
Research Stroke & Dementia
3 July 2018
Professor Peter Rothwell says more must be done to raise awareness of the need to take rapid action after a mini-stroke in order to reduce the number of major strokes.
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.
New Yorker discusses Professor Irene Tracey's work
Integrative Neuroimaging Research
26 June 2018
The New Yorker features our Head of Department Professor Irene Tracey, and her research into the neuroscience of pain.
First human test of robotic eye surgery a success
Ophthalmology Research
18 June 2018
The first trial of robot-assisted eye surgery in patients has shown the technique to be both safe and effective.
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.
New Chair in Emerging Technologies
Research
10 April 2018
The Royal Academy of Engineering has announced long-term support to ten engineering global visionaries to develop areas of emerging technology.
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.
Seeing Pain: Irene Tracey on BBC Radio
Integrative Neuroimaging Research
23 January 2018
Our Head of Department Professor Irene Tracey presents a four-part series about pain on the BBC World Service
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.
Gene therapy shows promise for reversing blindness
Ophthalmology Research
3 October 2017
In a laboratory study in Oxford, researchers have shown how it might be possible to reverse blindness using gene therapy to reprogram cells at the back of the eye to become light sensitive.
A new approach to improving hemispatial neglect after stroke
Integrative Neuroimaging Research
3 October 2017
Research by Jacinta O’Shea reveals the striking potential of brain stimulation to cause long-lasting improvements in stroke patients’ attention deficits.
Brain scanning and breathing disorders
Anaesthetics Integrative Neuroimaging Research
20 September 2017
Professor Kyle Pattinson from the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences explains how brain scanning could help doctors to personalise treatment for people with chronic breathing disorders.
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.
From agony to analgesia: two-part radio programme
Anaesthetics Integrative Neuroimaging Public engagement Research
25 August 2017
Irene Tracey presents a programme about pain, and the current work taking place to measure and treat it.
Long-term aspirin use linked to bleeding risk in over 75s
Research Stroke & Dementia
14 June 2017
In people aged 75 or over, long-term daily aspirin use is linked to a higher than expected risk of disabling or fatal bleeding, according to a new study in The Lancet.
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.