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This public open day will showcase groundbreaking medical research that is taking place in Oxford across a range of conditions
World Sleep Day
Clinical Neurology Public engagement SCNi
15 March 2024
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
7 February 2024
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
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.
Research into ancient DNA sheds new light on cause of Multiple Sclerosis and other neurodegenerative diseases
Clinical Neurology Research
11 January 2024
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
3 January 2024
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
18 December 2023
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
5 December 2023
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
5 December 2023
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
7 November 2023
NDCN hosted a networking event with a delegation from the Finnish embassy and a group of University of Oxford students from Finland.
New fellowships in brain science established with philanthropic support
Clinical Neurology Research
30 October 2023
Wearable sensors provide early detection of progression in Parkinson’s Disease
Clinical Neurology Research
9 October 2023
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
5 October 2023
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
7 September 2023
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
5 September 2023
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
14 July 2023
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
28 June 2023
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
26 June 2023
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
21 June 2023
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.
Researchers discover how cells handle the Parkinson’s disease-causing protein alpha-synuclein
Clinical Neurology Research
15 June 2023