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Jan 24, 2025
Category: Funding, Research, Translational Engagement
Image for Cambridge researchers are developing implants that could help repair the brain pathways damaged by Parkinson’s disease.

Cambridge researchers are developing implants that could help repair the brain pathways damaged by Parkinson’s disease.

Cambridge researchers are developing implants that could help repair the brain pathways damaged by Parkinson’s disease. “Our ultimate goal is to create precise brain therapies that

Jan 15, 2025
Category: Research
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Boost your life in 2025: Top tips for a healthier body and mind from Cambridge experts

Five Cambridge experts share their top tips on ways to boost your body and mind, backed up by their own research

Jan 15, 2025
Category: Archive, Research
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Final call for poster abstracts for the BNA2025 International Festival of Neuroscience

  Submit your abstract today! Submit your poster abstract by 31st January 2025   Why

Jan 7, 2025
Category: Research
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Sex differences in brain structure present at birth

Sex differences in brain structure are present from birth, research from the Autism Research Centre at the University of Cambridge has shown. “We know there are differences in

Dec 4, 2024
Category: Research
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3D human brain organoid neuronal network analysis strategies

A collaborative work between Harvard University and Cambridge Neuroscience PIs, including Andras Lakatos, Madeline Lancaster, Stephen Eglen, and Ole Paulsen, was published in

Nov 20, 2024
Category: Professional Development, Research, Training
Image for Labs wanted – University of Texas at Dallas – Summer studentship scheme

Labs wanted – University of Texas at Dallas – Summer studentship scheme

The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) Honors College is looking to send an annual small cohort of 3-5 undergraduate students to Cambridge for 10-week summer research placements, approximately 2nd June

Nov 5, 2024
Category: Research
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Glaucoma drug shows promise against neurodegenerative diseases, animal studies suggest

A drug commonly used to treat glaucoma has been shown in zebrafish and mice to protect against the build-up in the brain of the protein tau, which causes various forms

Oct 30, 2024
Category: Research
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Magnetic field applied to both sides of brain shows rapid improvement for depression

A type of therapy that involves applying a magnetic field to both sides of the brain has been shown to be effective at rapidly treating depression in patients for whom

Oct 30, 2024
Category: Archive, Awards & External Networks, Research
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FENS Regional Meeting – Oslo – Call for Symposia

On behalf of the Norwegian Neuroscience Society and Nordic Neuroscience, we are thrilled to invite

Oct 9, 2024
Category: Research
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Ultra-powered MRI scans show damage to brain’s ‘control centre’ is behind long-lasting Covid-19 symptoms

Damage to the brainstem – the brain’s ‘control centre’ – is behind long-lasting physical and psychiatric effects of severe Covid-19 infection, a study suggests. Using ultra-high-resolution scanners that can see