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A new blood-based test to help predict Parkinson’s disease
Clinical Neurology Research
14 April 2020
Research carried out by George Tofaris and his team has led to the development of a new way to test for Parkinson’s disease before the main symptoms occur. This could allow clinicians to identify patients who would benefit from precision therapies that are currently at clinical trial stage.
BRC funds new COVID-19 research projects
Anaesthetics Coronavirus Research
7 April 2020
The NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) has allocated funding to three COVID-19 research projects in an attempt to improve treatment, understand how the virus interacts with chronic diseases, and the longer-term effects of infection on organs.
Seminar Summary: Unravelling the inflammatory neuropathies
Clinical Neurology Event Research
6 April 2020
Dr Alexander Davies summarises a departmental seminar by Dr Simon Rinaldi
NHS staff across England get free access to wellbeing apps
Coronavirus Ophthalmology Research SCNi
6 April 2020
NHS England has announced a programme to provide NHS staff with evidence-based digital programmes to protect their mental health during the COVID-19 response. The apps are designed to help maintain healthy sleep, and reduce anxiety.
NDCN welcomes the MRC Brain Network Dynamics Unit
MRC BNDU Research
1 April 2020
We are pleased to announce that today the University of Oxford MRC Brain Network Dynamics Unit joins the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences (NDCN) as a sixth division.
Wolfson Building housing stroke centre opens
Event Research
6 March 2020
Research into strokes and vascular dementia took a major step forward on Thursday 5 March with the official opening of our Wolfson Centre for the Prevention of Stroke and Dementia (CPSD) based at the new Wolfson Building.
Gene therapy shows promise in tackling common cause of childhood blindness
Ophthalmology Research
27 February 2020
The results of a first-in-human clinical trial of gene therapy to treat a common cause of genetic blindness have shown partial reversal of sight loss in some patients.
Gift boosts research into UK’s biggest cause of sight loss
Ophthalmology Research
18 February 2020
£277,000 from the estate of Jean Williams will support cutting-edge studies into macular disease, which affects nearly 1.5 million people.
Our researchers test ‘Viagra’ drug to prevent recurrent strokes
Research Stroke & Dementia
17 January 2020
Researchers in our Centre for the Prevention of Stroke and Dementia have begun a clinical trial to assess whether the drug sildenafil could improve blood flow to the brain.
Testing epilepsy drug on people with Alzheimer's disease
Clinical Neurology Research
17 January 2020
Dr Arjune Sen is leading a new six-month trial funded by the MRC Confidence in Concept scheme. The study is known as IliAD (Investigation of Levetiracetam in Alzheimer's Disease).
Ground-breaking study for Huntington’s disease under way
Clinical Neurology Research
11 November 2019
NDCN’s Associate Professor Andrea Nemeth is leading the Oxford part of a clinical trial for Hungtinton’s disease.
Advances made in understanding how eye movements are affected by medication in Parkinson's
Clinical Neurology Publication Research
14 October 2019
Our Neurometrology Group has published findings from its OxQUIP study looking at how eye movements are affected by medication in Parkinson's.
Heart rate rise and blood pressure drops during pregnancy are not as dramatic as previously thought
Anaesthetics Research
12 September 2019
New analysis from over 36,000 healthy women in 20 countries suggests that physiological changes during pregnancy may not be as dramatic as traditionally taught. However, blood pressures do appear to be increasing year on year.
Researchers identify genetic regions associated with left-handedness and link them with brain architecture in language regions
Integrative Neuroimaging Research
5 September 2019
A new study has for the first time identified regions of the genome associated with left-handedness in the general population and linked their effects with brain architecture. The study linked these genetic differences with the connections between areas of the brain related to language.
Six New Professors
Award Research
4 September 2019
We are delighted to announce that the University of Oxford has conferred the title of Full Professor on several members of our Department. This demonstrates the breadth and depth of our research.
Ruxandra Dafinca awarded Oxford-Celgene Fellowship
Award Clinical Neurology Research
1 August 2019
This is one of six new Oxford-Celgene Fellowships, which give postdoctoral researchers exposure to the field of commercial drug discovery and development.
New Head for Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences: Professor Kevin Talbot
Research
1 August 2019
Today we formally welcome Professor Kevin Talbot to the Headship of the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences.
Smartphone test predicts how symptoms develop in Parkinson’s
Clinical Neurology Research
31 July 2019
Our researchers have found that a simple test carried out on a smartphone can help to predict future change in people in the early stages of Parkinson’s.
Human brains reorganise experiences while resting to find new solutions
Integrative Neuroimaging Research
9 July 2019
Although computers are making impressive strides in learning, humans still learn orders of magnitude faster.
Wellcome Trust Collaborative Award for integrative imaging of brain structure and function
Award Integrative Neuroimaging Research
17 April 2019
A group of Prinicpal Investigators have been awarded a £4m Wellcome Trust Collaborative Award to image brain structure and function