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Researchers develop a stem cell-based model of mitochondrial disease
Clinical Neurology Publication Research
9 April 2018
Spot the difference
Clinical Neurology Publication Research
9 February 2018
Remember trying to spot the subtle differences between pictures as a child? It kept us quiet for hours! Neuroscientists including Chrystalina Antoniades have been working with staff at Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum on some interesting ‘spot the difference’ experiments, to try and find out more about how we perceive things.
Seeing Pain: Irene Tracey on BBC Radio
Integrative Neuroimaging Research
23 January 2018
Our Head of Department Professor Irene Tracey presents a four-part series about pain on the BBC World Service
Trench Foot discovery paves way for new treatment
Clinical Neurology Research
10 October 2017
A team including Professor David Bennett has uncovered the physical cause of trench foot more than 100 years after the painful and debilitating condition was first identified in the First World War.
Gene therapy shows promise for reversing blindness
Ophthalmology Research
3 October 2017
In a laboratory study in Oxford, researchers have shown how it might be possible to reverse blindness using gene therapy to reprogram cells at the back of the eye to become light sensitive.
A new approach to improving hemispatial neglect after stroke
Integrative Neuroimaging Research
3 October 2017
Research by Jacinta O’Shea reveals the striking potential of brain stimulation to cause long-lasting improvements in stroke patients’ attention deficits.
Brain scanning and breathing disorders
Anaesthetics Integrative Neuroimaging Research
20 September 2017
Professor Kyle Pattinson from the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences explains how brain scanning could help doctors to personalise treatment for people with chronic breathing disorders.
Potential new route to treatment for Cerebellar Ataxia?
Clinical Neurology Research
18 September 2017
Researchers from the teams of Andrea Németh (NDCN) and Esther Becker (DPAG) have published an important paper reporting dominant mutations that cause a new type of cerebellar ataxia, Spinocerebellar Ataxia type 44.
From agony to analgesia: two-part radio programme
Anaesthetics Integrative Neuroimaging Public engagement Research
25 August 2017
Irene Tracey presents a programme about pain, and the current work taking place to measure and treat it.
Long-term aspirin use linked to bleeding risk in over 75s
Research Stroke & Dementia
14 June 2017
In people aged 75 or over, long-term daily aspirin use is linked to a higher than expected risk of disabling or fatal bleeding, according to a new study in The Lancet.
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.