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Pioneering eye research to feature on One Show
Ophthalmology Research
6 July 2015
Pioneering Oxford research to tackle vision loss is set to feature on the BBC’s One Show this week.
Sleep deprivation could reduce intrusive memories of traumatic scenes
Ophthalmology Research
2 July 2015
A good night’s sleep has long been recommended to those who have experienced a traumatic event. But a study led by our Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute provides preliminary experimental work suggesting it could actually be the wrong thing to do.
Research shows possible way to prevent degenerative eye condition
Ophthalmology Research
23 June 2015
An Oxford University study has found that reducing the tendency of vitamin A to form toxic clumps could slow down a condition that leads to blindness in children and young adults.
Aviation study shows lower air pressure leads to higher blood pressure in lungs
Anaesthetics Research
2 June 2015
A study in our Department has found that the lower-pressure environment experienced when flying increases blood pressure in the lungs. With an unknown but significant number of flights diverted each year for medical emergencies, the results could be used to improve health screening before flight as well as care for patients being moved by air.
Babies and adults show similar patterns of pain-related brain activity
Integrative Neuroimaging Research
21 April 2015
The brains of babies 'light up' in a very similar way to adults when exposed to the same painful stimulus, a pioneering Oxford University brain scanning study has discovered. It suggests that babies experience pain much like adults.
'Ouch zone' in the brain identified
Integrative Neuroimaging Research
10 March 2015
Our researchers find that activity in a brain area known as the dorsal posterior insula is directly related to the intensity of pain.
Study shows how human brain learns to handle disability
Integrative Neuroimaging Research
9 January 2015
People born without one hand, who are still able to use both limbs well in otherwise two-handed tasks, are likely to show brain activity which resembles that of people with two hands.
REF 2014: Oxford Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience excels
Research
18 December 2014
Today’s Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014) results highlight the University of Oxford’s world-leading position in Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience.
Linking development, ageing, and disease processes in the brain
Integrative Neuroimaging Research
25 November 2014
Gwenaëlle Douaud and colleagues reveal new evidence that shows how development, ageing, and disease processes are related in the brain.
Significant industry funding for pain research
Research
4 November 2014
San Diego based Abide Therapeutics is collaborating with the University of Oxford and the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust to explore the therapeutic potential of serine hydrolases, a validated but under-explored class of drug targets.
Tom Okell wins Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship
Award Research
28 July 2014
The Royal Academy of Engineering has awarded seven fellowships to engineering researchers whose projects have the potential to bring radical innovation to their fields. Dr Tom Okell is the recipient of one of the fellowships. He will benefit from financial support and mentoring for five years for his research into novel imaging techniques to visualise blood flow in the brain.
Department’s Researchers ‘Highly Cited’
Award Research
27 June 2014
Several researchers in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences appear in the 2014 ‘Highly-Cited Researchers’ list published by Thompson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals.
Smart glasses for people with poor vision being tested in Oxford
Clinical Neurology Research
17 June 2014
Smart glasses for the registered blind, developed in our Department, are being trialled in public spaces for the first time.
MRI brain scans detect people with early Parkinson’s
Clinical Neurology Research
11 June 2014
Oxford University researchers funded by Parkinson’s UK have developed a simple and quick MRI technique that offers promise for early diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease.
Martin Turner writes blog on diagnosing MND earlier
Clinical Neurology Research
11 June 2014
The Motor Neuron Disease Association has published a blog post from Martin Turner about 'BioMOx', the Oxford Study for Biomarkers in MND.
'Arrogance' of ignoring need for sleep
Ophthalmology Research
13 May 2014
Society has become 'supremely arrogant' in ignoring the importance of sleep, Professor Russell Foster has told the BBC's Day of the Body Clock.
Russell Foster on sleep science at the 2014 Wired Health Event
Ophthalmology Research
7 May 2014
'Sleep disruption is so much more than the inconvenience of being able to sleep at the desired time - it is a global health disruption', said Russell Foster, Professor of Circadian Neuroscience at the University of Oxford, speaking at Wired Health in London on 6 May.
First UK study of ketamine for people with severe depression
Anaesthetics Research
3 April 2014
Andrew Farmery of the Nuffield Division of Anaesthetics has co-authored a paper on the first UK study of the use of ketamine intravenous infusions in people with treatment-resistant depression.
Landmark in stroke treatement
Anaesthetics Research
20 January 2014
Staff at the Nuffield Division of Anaesthetics have helped the Acute Vascular Imaging Centre to reach a major landmark that could boost care for stroke patients.
Promising first results in gene therapy trial for inherited blindness
Ophthalmology Research
16 January 2014
The first clinical trial of a gene therapy for an inherited cause of progressive blindness called choroideremia has shown very promising initial results, surpassing the expectations of the researchers involved.