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4 Oct 2017: Professor Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz, from the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, said: “I think it is wonderful.

9 Jul 2017: The Cambridge research will be led by Professor Jenny Morton from the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience.

11 Oct 2017: The consensus statement, published in the journal Attachment & Human Development, highlights the appropriate use and current limitations of a classification

29 Nov 2017: Dr Leong says she is passionate about “real-world neuroscience”. In other words, “understanding and not ignoring the very real – and often very messy – human social contexts that infiltrate brain processes”. ... They received £3,995 with the

23 Aug 2017: Leprosy is an infectious disease that affects the skin and peripheral nerves and is caused by Mycobacterium leprae and, less commonly, Mycobacterium

7 Jun 2017: This is an important step forward for the field of social neuroscience and adds one more piece to the puzzle of what may cause variation in cognitive empathy.”.

6 Mar 2017: In this study, researchers at Cambridge’s Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute tested 43 OCD patients and 35 matched healthy volunteers to see how well those people with OCD were able

13 Jun 2017: Gavin Jarvis. Dr Gavin Jarvis from Cambridge’s Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience re-examined data going back to the 1940’s and concluded that previous claims about natural embryo

23 Feb 2017: Researchers from the University of Cambridge and University of Surrey have identified early biomarkers of disease during examinations of Huntington’s disease

9 Mar 2017: The robber fly Holcocephala is a relatively small fly – at 6mm in length, it is similar in size of the average mosquito. Yet it has the ability to spot and

19 Sep 2017: This study was conducted at the University of Cambridge’s Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute, funded by Medical Research Council and Wellcome Trust.

1 Jun 2017: A study published today in Science shows that the Zika virus hijacks a human protein called Musashi-1 (MSI1) to allow it to replicate in, and kill, neural stem

3 Nov 2017: We are sometimes confronted with reminders of unwanted thoughts — thoughts about unpleasant memories, images or worries. When this happens, the thought may be

23 May 2017: “Weight loss strategies are often inefficient because the body works like a thermostat and couples the amount of calories we burn to the amount of calories we

20 Apr 2017: Misfolded proteins build up in the brain in several neurodegenerative diseases and are a major factor in dementias such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s as well

2 Mar 2017: Goetz from the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, who led the research.

28 Mar 2017: When David Adam was just 18, a teasing comment from a university friend triggered a series of thoughts that he had contracted HIV and would die of AIDS. This

22 May 2017: The findings could help scientists develop new ways of treating hypoxia – lack of oxygen – in patients. A significant proportion of patients in intensive care

15 Sep 2017: In an article published today in the Journal of Public Mental Health, the team discuss the policy implications of their study published earlier in the year,

22 Jun 2017: The researchers used computer-based methods to develop antibodies – the star players of the body’s natural defence system – to target the deposits of misfolded