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European Magnetic Resonance Imaging in MS Group celebrates 20 years
Clinical Neurology Event
20 May 2022
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.
Professor Irene Tracey nominated as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford
Anaesthetics Integrative Neuroimaging
10 May 2022
Professor of Anaesthetic Neuroscience Irene Tracey, former head of the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, has been nominated as the next Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford.
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 Public Engagement Ambassadors
Public engagement
10 March 2022
We're delighted to introduce our new cohort of public engagement ambassadors for 2022.
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.
Sir Roger Bannister Prize Winners 2022
Teaching
7 March 2022
Congratulations to Alexander Hayes and Lily Watson for their success in this year's competition.
First-in-human implant of a “closed-loop” bioelectronic research system for investigating treatments for brain disorders
Clinical Neurology
7 February 2022
Researchers at Oxford University have implanted a novel closed-loop research platform for investigating the role of the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) – a brainstem nucleus – in Parkinson’s-like Multiple Systems Atrophy (MSA).
Cristiana Tisca wins award in NeurotechEU 3 Minute Thesis competition
Award Integrative Neuroimaging
1 February 2022
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.