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Lymph nodes reveal more about mechanisms of autoimmunity
Clinical Neurology Research
13 June 2022
Two recent papers show that studying lymph nodes reveals details of the mechanisms of autoimmunity.
Multiple heart-related conditions linked to triple dementia risk, regardless of genetics
Clinical Neurology Research
9 June 2022
Having multiple conditions that affect the heart is linked to a greater risk of dementia than having high genetic risk, according to a large-scale new study.
NDCN research presented at Myasthenia Gravis conference
Clinical Neurology Research
7 June 2022
The 14th Quinquennial Myasthenia Gravis Federation of America International Conference was recently held in Miami with 450 delegates attending in person, including over 100 from industry.
Magnetic signatures of the brain characterised in UK Biobank imaging study
Integrative Neuroimaging Research
27 May 2022
A study published this week in Nature Neuroscience demonstrates how studying the magnetic properties of tissue may provide a unique window into brain health and disease.
NICE recommends offering app-based treatment for people with insomnia instead of sleeping pills
Ophthalmology Research
24 May 2022
Hundreds of thousands of people suffering from insomnia who would usually be prescribed sleeping pills could be offered an app-based treatment programme instead, NICE has said.
Developmental dynamics of the neural crest–mesenchymal axis in creating the thymic microenvironment
Clinical Neurology Research
16 May 2022
A new paper from researchers at the Department of Paediatrics and the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences has shown that fibroblasts in the thymus, often considered simply as dull “structural” cells, are much more complex than previously thought.
How to use the science of the body clock to improve our sleep and health
Ophthalmology Public engagement Research
16 May 2022
Professor Russell Foster has written a new book about circadian neuroscience which is published by Penguin this week. This book review by Jacqueline Pumphrey was first published on the University of Oxford website.
Funding awarded for autoimmune disease research
Clinical Neurology Research
13 May 2022
Dr Kate Attfield awarded project funding by Connect Immune Research and The Lorna and Yuti Chernajovsky Biomedical Research Foundation.
Oxford researchers part of major UK initiative to understand chronic pain
Clinical Neurology Integrative Neuroimaging Research
10 May 2022
Oxford pain researchers are playing a major role in a new multi-million pound research programme launched by a consortium of funders, including UKRI, Versus Arthritis, Eli Lilly and the Medical Research Foundation.
MRC BNDU receives a Wellcome Collaborative Award for Parkinson’s research
MRC BNDU Research
29 April 2022
We are delighted to announce that the MRC Brain Network Dynamics Unit has received Collaborative Award funding from Wellcome for a substantial multi-year research programme designed to advance the understanding of why dopamine-producing nerve cells are especially vulnerable in Parkinson’s.
Unique study of vascular disease reaches 20th anniversary
Research Stroke & Dementia
19 April 2022
The only project of its kind anywhere that studies patients with all types of acute vascular events - including strokes, heart attacks, aneurysms - in order to develop better diagnostic tests and treatments celebrates its 20th anniversary this month.
Little understood brain region linked to how we perceive pain
Clinical Neurology Integrative Neuroimaging Research
28 March 2022
A new DPAG-led review paper, published in the journal Brain, has shown that a poorly understood region of the brain called the claustrum may play an important role in how we experience pain.
New funding awarded to study persistent pain in inflammatory arthritis
Clinical Neurology Research
7 March 2022
The £3.9M Wellcome Collaborative Award will be used to identify the drivers of pain in people living with rheumatoid arthritis.
Brain regions related to smell show decline following mild COVID-19
Coronavirus Integrative Neuroimaging Research
7 March 2022
Researchers from the University of Oxford have used data from UK Biobank participants to look at changes to the brain on average 4.5 months after mild SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Attention and memory deficits persist for months after recovery from mild COVID
Clinical Neurology Coronavirus Research
19 January 2022
Researchers from Oxford’s Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences and Department of Experimental Psychology have shown that people who have had COVID but don’t complain of long COVID symptoms in daily life nevertheless can show degraded attention and memory for up to six to nine months.
New Academic Visitor from Nigeria
Integrative Neuroimaging Research
19 January 2022
Associate Professor of Radiology, Godwin Ogbole has arrived on a six-month visit to the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, as part of the Africa Oxford Initiative.
New spinout company: Human-Centric Drug Discovery
Clinical Neurology Research
7 January 2022
Human-Centric Drug Discovery is a new Oxford University spinout company from Professor Zameel Cader's lab.
Funding received for research into Motor Neuron Disease
Clinical Neurology Research
5 January 2022
A £210,000 donation from the Alan Davidson Foundation has been made to our Department to advance our world-leading research into Motor Neuron Disease. The funding will support a project manager to deliver an innovative research project using the genetic causes of MND to develop approaches to early diagnosis.
Research finds drug may benefit some patients hospitalised with COVID-19 pneumonia
Anaesthetics Coronavirus Research
17 December 2021
A proof-of-concept trial involving Oxford researchers has identified a drug that may benefit some patients hospitalised with COVID-19 pneumonia.