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Initial results from world’s biggest body scanning project
Integrative Neuroimaging Publication Research
20 September 2016
Data from the first 5,000 UK Biobank participants taking part in the world’s largest health imaging study has been released for health researchers worldwide to use in their own research.
A sixth sense? How we can tell that eyes are watching us
Integrative Neuroimaging Research
20 September 2016
Study of vascular disease welcomes 10,000th participant
Research Stroke & Dementia
2 September 2016
The only project of its kind that studies all acute vascular events, such as strokes and heart attacks, in order to develop better treatments has recruited its 10,000th Oxfordshire participant.
New test for Parkinson’s disease moves a step closer
Clinical Neurology Research
1 September 2016
Scientists from the Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre (OPDC) and the Edinburgh Prion Unit have developed a new diagnostic test for Parkinson’s disease. The test measures the 'stickiness' of a particular protein in the cerebrospinal fluid.
Amputees' brains remember missing hands
Integrative Neuroimaging Research
31 August 2016
Our brains have a detailed picture of our hands and fingers, and that persists even decades after an amputation, our researchers have found. The finding could have implications for the control of next generation prosthetics.
Spinout develops smart glasses
Clinical Neurology Ophthalmology Research
9 August 2016
A spinout company from our Department, OxSight, has reported that in a recent UK-wide trial its smart glasses helped sight impaired and blind people to navigate independently, avoid collisions and see in the dark.
Tackling toxic proteins in dementia and Parkinson's Disease
Clinical Neurology Publication Research
22 July 2016
Lighting colour affects sleep and wakefulness
Ophthalmology Research
15 June 2016
Our researchers have shown how different colours of light could affect our ability to sleep.
Immediate aspirin after mini-stroke substantially reduces risk of major stroke
Publication Research Stroke & Dementia
19 May 2016
Using aspirin urgently could substantially reduce the risk of major strokes in patients who have minor ‘warning’ events, a group of European researchers led by Peter Rothwell has found. Writing in the Lancet, the team say that immediate self-treatment when patients experience stroke-like symptoms would considerably reduce the risk of major stroke over the next few days.
Researchers target intensive care noise problem
Anaesthetics Research
8 April 2016
TV presents one picture of an intensive care unit (ICU) – dimmed lights, hushed voices and softly bleeping machines. The reality is that it's more like a busy restaurant and frequently it's noisy enough to compete with a pneumatic drill. That's why Oxford University researchers have been trying to make intensive care noise less intensive.
Antimatter changed physics, and the discovery of antimemories could revolutionise neuroscience
Integrative Neuroimaging Research
31 March 2016
Scientists pinpoint molecular signal that drives and enables spinal cord repair
Clinical Neurology Research
23 March 2016
Dave Bennett and colleagues from King's College London have identified a molecular signal which drives and enables the spinal cord’s natural capacity for repair after injury. The findings could one day lead to new treatments which enhance this spontaneous repair mechanism..
Electrical brain stimulation could support stroke recovery
Integrative Neuroimaging Research
17 March 2016
Applying an electric current to the brain can help recovery from stroke, Oxford University researchers have found.
Understanding how we perceive the threat of breathlessness
Anaesthetics Integrative Neuroimaging Research
1 March 2016
Researchers find that components of a small group of brain cells in the brainstem are important in how people perceive the threat of breathlessness.
Unravelling the mystery of pain and anaesthesia
Anaesthetics Integrative Neuroimaging Research
15 February 2016
Listen to Irene Tracey discussing her work on pain at the Wellcome Collection/BBC World Service 'Exchanges at the Frontier' series
Omega-3 levels affect whether B vitamins can slow brain’s decline
Research Stroke & Dementia
18 January 2016
While research has already established that B vitamin supplements can help slow mental decline in older people with memory problems, an international team have now found that having higher levels of Omega-3 fatty acids in your body could boost the B vitamins' effect.
Blind woman’s joy as she is able to read the time thanks to 'bionic eye'
Ophthalmology Research
5 January 2016
A patient who is the first in the UK to receive the world’s most advanced 'bionic eye' has been able to read the time for the first time in more than five years.
Teaching old drugs new tricks
Clinical Neurology Research
24 November 2015
Researchers looking at multiple sclerosis investigate using drugs normally prescribed for other diseases.
Brain structure may be root of apathy
Research
13 November 2015
Can't be bothered to read on? It might be due looser connections in your brain