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Risk factors for faster aging in the brain revealed in new study
Clinical Neurology Publication Research
25 April 2024
Researchers from the NDCN have used data from UK Biobank participants to reveal that diabetes, traffic-related air pollution and alcohol intake are the most harmful out of 15 modifiable risk factors for dementia.
New research shows that online testing is effective in detecting cognitive impairments in complex neurological diseases
Clinical Neurology Publication Research
5 February 2024
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.
Oxford Epilepsy Research Group Papers Highlighted
Clinical Neurology Publication Research
2 May 2023
Two papers by early career researchers in our Oxford Epilepsy Research Group have been highlighted recently.
Highly Cited Researchers
Publication
27 November 2019
Eight NDCN academics have been named in the 2019 list from Web of Science
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.
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.
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.
Tackling toxic proteins in dementia and Parkinson's Disease
Clinical Neurology Publication Research
22 July 2016
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.
New insight into light detection in vertebrates
Ophthalmology Publication Research
19 October 2015
Research carried out in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences is paving the way for a better understanding of how light detection works in vertebrates.