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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 small bore MRI scanner
Integrative Neuroimaging
4 April 2019
The new small-animal scanner for our Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging is lifted into place at the Biomedical Services Building
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?
Queen of Pain on her Life Scientific
Integrative Neuroimaging
2 April 2019
Our Head of Department Professor Irene Tracey talks to Radio 4's Jim Al-Khalili about imaging pain in the brain
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.
Professor Tipu Aziz recipient of Britain's highest neurosurgery honour
Award Clinical Neurology
28 March 2019
Professor Tipu Aziz from the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) has been awarded the Medal of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons (SBNS) for his lifetime achievement in neurosurgery.
Brain Awareness Week activities engage the public
Clinical Neurology Integrative Neuroimaging Public engagement
21 March 2019
Brain Awareness Week is an annual global initiative designed to raise awareness among the public about brain-related research and the impact that neuroscientists are having on the world.
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.
Award success for MSc in Sleep Medicine student
Award Ophthalmology SCNi
28 January 2019
Priya Maharaj has won the Archibald Jackson Prize from Somerville College for achieving a Distinction in the MSc in Sleep Medicine.
Tim Behrens honoured in Blavatnik Awards
Award Integrative Neuroimaging
9 January 2019
Tim Behrens is among the laureates and finalists of the 2019 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the United Kingdom, announced today by the Blavatnik Family Foundation and the New York Academy of Sciences.
Solving Phantom Limb Pain - Science is Getting Closer
Integrative Neuroimaging Research
7 January 2019
Discussing autoimmune encephalitis research and treatment
Clinical Neurology Public engagement
19 December 2018
Patients, carers, clinicians and scientists get together to talk about this condition
Irene Tracey receives BNA Outstanding Contribution to Neuroscience Award
Award
18 December 2018
The British Neuroscience Association (BNA) has awarded Irene Tracey, head of the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences (NDCN) the 2018 Outstanding Contribution to British Neuroscience Award.
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.