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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.
Cannabinoid biomedicine research programme launched
Clinical Neurology Research
17 March 2017
Oxford University and Kingsley Capital Partners have launched a new research programme to investigate the role of cannabinoids in biology and medicine.
How brain imaging is revealing the complexity of pain
Integrative Neuroimaging Research
16 February 2017
Stroke research featured in Andrew Marr's BBC documentary
Integrative Neuroimaging Research
16 February 2017
Stroke remains the biggest cause of disability in the UK, and completely changed the life of celebrated broadcaster and political journalist Andrew Marr in 2013. The life-threatening stroke resulted in his family being told twice that he was unlikely to survive, and if he did, that he may never regain normal speech, cognitive function or movement.
New Oxford Neurodevelopment Consortium
Clinical Neurology Research
13 January 2017
Professor Andrea Németh has successfully applied to the John Fell Fund to establish the Oxford Neurodevelopment Consortium (OxNDC).
New drug trial for Parkinson's
Clinical Neurology Research
12 December 2016
Our researchers have been granted 600K euros from EU’s Horizon 2020 Framework Programme to join in a multi-centre initiative studying a new drug for Parkinson's disease
Brain activity predicts the force of your actions
Clinical Neurology Research
24 November 2016
A clear link between the activity in nerve clusters in the brain and the amount of force generated in a physical action has been demonstrated by our researchers, opening the way for the development of better devices to assist paralysed patients.
Second phase of gene therapy trial for blindness under way
Ophthalmology Research
10 November 2016
The trial involves injecting a virus into the eye to deliver billions of healthy genes to replace a key missing gene for choroideremia sufferers.
Study paves the way for new autoimmune disease treatments with fewer side effects
Clinical Neurology Research
3 November 2016
New research from our Department has raised the possibility of minimising the side effects of treatment for patients with autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis and inflammatory bowel disease.
Noise, sleep and delerium in intensive care
Anaesthetics Research
31 October 2016
The SILENCE project, funded by the NIHR Research for Patient Benefit stream, featured on BBC Radio 4 Inside Health on 4 October 2016.
Initial results from world’s biggest body scanning project
Integrative Neuroimaging Publication Research
20 September 2016
Data from the first 5,000 UK Biobank participants taking part in the world’s largest health imaging study has been released for health researchers worldwide to use in their own research.
A sixth sense? How we can tell that eyes are watching us
Integrative Neuroimaging Research
20 September 2016
Study of vascular disease welcomes 10,000th participant
Research Stroke & Dementia
2 September 2016
The only project of its kind that studies all acute vascular events, such as strokes and heart attacks, in order to develop better treatments has recruited its 10,000th Oxfordshire participant.
New test for Parkinson’s disease moves a step closer
Clinical Neurology Research
1 September 2016
Scientists from the Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre (OPDC) and the Edinburgh Prion Unit have developed a new diagnostic test for Parkinson’s disease. The test measures the 'stickiness' of a particular protein in the cerebrospinal fluid.
Amputees' brains remember missing hands
Integrative Neuroimaging Research
31 August 2016
Our brains have a detailed picture of our hands and fingers, and that persists even decades after an amputation, our researchers have found. The finding could have implications for the control of next generation prosthetics.
Spinout develops smart glasses
Clinical Neurology Ophthalmology Research
9 August 2016
A spinout company from our Department, OxSight, has reported that in a recent UK-wide trial its smart glasses helped sight impaired and blind people to navigate independently, avoid collisions and see in the dark.
Tackling toxic proteins in dementia and Parkinson's Disease
Clinical Neurology Publication Research
22 July 2016
Lighting colour affects sleep and wakefulness
Ophthalmology Research
15 June 2016
Our researchers have shown how different colours of light could affect our ability to sleep.
Immediate aspirin after mini-stroke substantially reduces risk of major stroke
Publication Research Stroke & Dementia
19 May 2016
Using aspirin urgently could substantially reduce the risk of major strokes in patients who have minor ‘warning’ events, a group of European researchers led by Peter Rothwell has found. Writing in the Lancet, the team say that immediate self-treatment when patients experience stroke-like symptoms would considerably reduce the risk of major stroke over the next few days.