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21 Jan 2019: Now, a team from the Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute at the University of Cambridge, has developed and tested ‘Decoder’, a new game that is aimed at helping users improve their ... Frontiers in Behavioural Neuroscience; 21 Jan 2019;

23 Aug 2019: I first studied neuroscience as an undergraduate at Bristol University and absolutely loved it, and now I’m in my third year of a PhD in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences.

24 Oct 2019: My research explores the neurophysiological bases of cognitive and emotional resilience in children growing up in poverty. It’s part of a large project in our

15 Jan 2019: Prof Mary Fowler. This year's series opens on Friday 18 Jan with a talk from Professor Paul Fletcher from Cambridge Neuroscience and the Department of Psychiatry.

22 Aug 2019: Cambridge is one of a small number of medical schools where anatomy is taught via hands-on cadaveric dissection. As the University Clinical Anatomist, I am

11 Apr 2019: For her undergraduate thesis in neuroscience and neurodegenerative disease, she is using mouse models to research the role of the protease, cathepsin K, in the choroid plexus, a network of cells

6 Dec 2019: Biomedical Research Centres.The Centre will receive substantial new researchand development funding from the NationalInstitute for Health Research and will addressmajor health priorities such as cancer,cardiovascular disease, neurosciences,

26 Jun 2019: Dr Cecilia Brassett, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience. As the University Clinical Anatomist, Dr Brassett has pioneered the innovative use of technology to supplement traditional dissection demonstrations in the teaching

21 May 2019: The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, the Central European University, and Columbia University, found that one of the reasons that successful

3 May 2019: The idea draws from neuroscience - research showing the brain’s ability for neuroplasticity and therefore how our behaviours are to some degree mouldable.

21 Jan 2019: A team from the Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute at the University of Cambridge has developed and tested ‘Decoder’, a new game that is aimed at helping users improve their attention

25 Jan 2019: Discoveries leading to new treatments for dementia (18 March). Professor of Clinical Neurosciences and Associate Director of the UK Dementia Research Institute, Giovanna Mallucci discusses how new research leading to insights

12 Apr 2019: The study’s lead author, Dr Fabian Grabenhorst from the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, says: “We started out looking for neurons that might be involved in social learning.

24 May 2019: For Professor Paul Fletcher, Bernard Wolfe Professor of Health Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge, the answer lies in understanding that our decision-making processes are not entirely rational, or even ... Professor Fletcher will be speaking

21 Feb 2019: The Principal Investigator for RESCUE-RACER is Professor Peter Hutchinson from Cambridge’s Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and a neurosurgeon at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

1 Oct 2019: That initiative will link together a network of researchers – from neuroscience and neurology to genetics and physics; from psychology and psychiatry to computer science and anthropology – to address widespread conditions such

14 Mar 2019: A report published today by the Centre for Neuroscience in Education at the University of Cambridge explores the nature and resolution of so-called ‘mathematics anxiety’.

29 Jul 2019: The discovery adds further evidence to support the prenatal sex steroid theory of autism first proposed 20 years ago. In 2015, a team of scientists at the

3 Sep 2019: It is well known that having a child can put a strain on the parents’ relationship, but whether this then has an impact on the child’s own development in its

22 Jan 2019: The study, led by Professor Dino Giussani from the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience and published today in the journal PLOS Biology, used pregnant sheep to show that maternal treatment

19 Mar 2019: While inflammation is a natural response necessary to fight off infection, chronic inflammation – which may result from psychological stress as well as

5 Jul 2019: These negative life experiences could partially explain higher rates of anxiety and depression symptoms and lower life satisfaction in autistic adults compared

1 Jul 2019: Now, in a series of experiments reported in the Journal of Neuroscience, neuroscientists and psychologists in the UK and Germany have identified mechanisms within the brain that they say help explain ... Journal of Neuroscience; 1 July 2019; DOI:

24 May 2019: In collaboration with Professor Neil Burgess at UCL, a team of scientists at the Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Cambridge led by Dr Dennis Chan, previously Professor

7 Mar 2019: OCD is characterised by unwanted intrusive thoughts and repetitive rituals and causes pronounced impairment in everyday life. In very severe cases, OCD

6 Aug 2019: The team of researchers – from the Universities of Cambridge, Birmingham, New York and Leiden – say their findings highlight a pressing need for greater

14 Aug 2019: The results, published today in Nature, have far-reaching implications for how we understand the ageing process, and how we might develop much-needed

14 Jan 2019: Depression is now the leading cause of disability worldwide, affecting more than 300 million people. The condition often first emerges in adolescence, a

24 Oct 2019: The research was supported by the Bernard Wolfe Health Neuroscience Fund and Wellcome.

1 Jul 2019: life,” says Dr Santangelo from the Department of the Physiology, Development and Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge.

2 Dec 2019: suicide.”. A team of researchers, including Hilary Blumberg, MD, John and Hope Furth Professor of Psychiatric Neuroscience at Yale, carried out a review of two decades’ worth of scientific literature relating

27 Nov 2019: Depression is a major cause of disability around the world, and if left untreated, can lead to substance abuse, anxiety and suicide. Major depressive disorder

7 Nov 2019: The research was based on a trial in Indonesia, where patients often do not get the treatment they need due to a shortage of practitioners. The team at the

4 Mar 2019: Dr Camilla Nord is interested in mental health disorders, and in particular how we translate what we have learnt about the brain from neuroscience into better and more effective treatments.

18 Jun 2019: of higher-order systems in development, cognitive neuroscience and evolution,” says EMBO Director Maria Leptin.

7 Oct 2019: Speaking at the announcement by the Nobel Prize Committee in Stockholm, Professor Randall Johnson, from the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (PDN) at the University of Cambridge, described it as

20 Mar 2019: Without it, preterm babies would mostly die or suffer significantly from conditions associated with prematurity, leaving them with significant disability,” says Professor Dino Giussani from the Department of Physiology, Development & Neuroscience

21 Mar 2019: The research was carried out by an international team of researchers from the University of Cambridge, UK, and the China Disabled Persons’ Federation and

4 Jul 2019: individual’s academic achievement and then on their employment opportunities in later life,” said Professor Jon Grant from the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Chicago.

8 May 2019: Mental health disorders are the leading cause of disability worldwide, accounting for 31% of total years lived with disability. While our understanding of the

29 Oct 2019: Previous studies by the Cambridge team established that autistic individuals experience higher levels of self-harm, including suicidal thoughts and feelings,

23 May 2019: Council (MRC) Mitochondrial Biology Unit and Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Cambridge. ... of the Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Cambridge and Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow.

30 Aug 2019: non-obese mothers,” says Dr Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri, a Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellow from the Centre for Trophoblast Research in the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience at the

28 Nov 2019: Fellow in the Centre for Trophoblast Research at the University of Cambridge’s Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience.

18 Apr 2019: A common feature of these diseases – collectively known as neurodegenerative diseases – is the build-up of misfolded proteins. These proteins, such as

7 May 2019: Myelopathy is caused by arthritic changes affecting the spinal column of the neck. Because of the close proximity, these can exert pressure on the spinal cord