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World Sleep Day

Clinical Neurology Public engagement SCNi

Friday the 15th March marked World Sleep Day. To celebrate, a team led by Luca Ratti put on a fascinating, interactive public engagement event.

Sir Roger Bannister Prize Winners 2024

Award Clinical Neurology Teaching

Congratulations to Alexandra Knighton and Louisa Webb for their success in this year's competition.

New research shows that online testing is effective in detecting cognitive impairments in complex neurological diseases

Clinical Neurology Publication Research

The Cognitive Neurology Research Group at the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences has shown that remote digital cognitive testing can detect subtle cognitive impairments in chronic autoimmune limbic encephalitis (ALE) patients.

Research into ancient DNA sheds new light on cause of Multiple Sclerosis and other neurodegenerative diseases

Clinical Neurology Research

Research led by scientists at the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Copenhagen, Bristol and California (Berkeley) reveals the evolutionary origins of multiple sclerosis (MS). This new insight into the genetic architecture of this disease changes scientists’ view of its causes and has implications for its treatment, as well as paving the way for further investigations into other diseases.

New research shows that the way the brain learns is different from and better than the way that artificial intelligence systems learn

Clinical Neurology Research

Researchers from the MRC Brain Network Dynamics Unit and Oxford University's Department of Computer Science have set out a new principle to explain how the brain adjusts connections between neurons during learning.

New MRI research reveals more about the effects of two movement disorders on sensorimotor functional connection

Clinical Neurology Integrative Neuroimaging Research

Our researchers have shown for the first time non-invasively in humans a differential, clinically meaningful impact of Huntington’s and Parkinson’s diseases on the sensorimotor functional connection of the subthalamic nucleus and sensorimotor cortex.

Festive Science Image Competition Winner

Clinical Neurology

Winners of the Medical Research Foundation's second Festive Science Image Competition, run in partnership with the Medical Research Council (MRC), have been announced today.

Researchers develop a blood test to identify individuals at risk of developing Parkinson’s disease

Clinical Neurology Research

Research carried out at the University of Oxford has led to the development of a new blood-based test to identify the pathology that triggers Parkinson’s disease before the main symptoms occur. This could allow clinicians to screen for those individuals at high risk of developing the disease and facilitate the timely introduction of precision therapies that are currently at clinical trial stage.

Finnish Ambassador visits our Department

Clinical Neurology Research Teaching

NDCN hosted a networking event with a delegation from the Finnish embassy and a group of University of Oxford students from Finland.

Wearable sensors provide early detection of progression in Parkinson’s Disease

Clinical Neurology Research

A team of researchers from the University of Oxford has shown for the first time that it is possible to track the progression of Parkinson’s Disease accurately using specially trained machine learning algorithms to analyse data derived from sensor devices worn by patients.

Gene therapy opens new possibilities for treating chronic pain

Clinical Neurology Research

Our researchers have shown the potential of a new gene therapy approach to silence human sensory neurons as a means of treating persistent pain. Many current drugs for chronic pain are highly addictive, which makes it important to discover new alternatives.

PAINCAST: A new collaborative podcast exploring the experience of neuropathic pain

Clinical Neurology Research

PAINCAST: Neuropathic Pain Unravelled, a creative podcast about living with long-term pain, is part of a ground-breaking four-year collaborative research project into neuropathic pain.

Understanding the immune response in people with myasthenia gravis

Clinical Neurology Research

Muscular Dystrophy UK has announced that it is investing £1.3 million into 11 new research projects including one at the University of Oxford.

Sir Roger Bannister Prize Winners 2023

Award Clinical Neurology Teaching

Congratulations to Desson Au-Yeung and George Shaw for their success in this year's competition.

Body’s immune response may offer alternative approach to neuropathic pain therapies

Clinical Neurology Research

In the midst of a global opioid epidemic, a team of scientists is exploring natural killer (NK) cells as an alternative treatment for neuropathic pain.

Neuroimmunology at Freeland School Science Day

Clinical Neurology Public engagement

The Davies and Rinaldi laboratories led 'glitter-essence imaging', a craft-based engagement activity at Freeland Primary School Science Day on 17 March 2023 for Brain Awareness Week.

New programme to move potential MND drugs into clinical trials faster

Clinical Neurology Research

A ground-breaking experimental medicine programme that will enable researchers to more rapidly screen potential drugs in people with motor neuron disease (MND, also known as ALS), is announced today on Global MND Awareness Day.

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