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23 Jun 2017: Schools, Faculties and Departments The University of Cambridge consists of over 100 Departments, Faculties, Schools and institutes, most of which have their

24 May 2017: Research links between the University of Cambridge and the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) were deepened following the award of the inaugural CUHK Autism Research Fellowship in Neuroscience to Cambridge ... Prof Patrick Leung, Chair of CUHK’s

12 May 2017: Wolf Reik, Professor of Epigenetics at the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge and Oliver Stegle, Research Group Leader of Statistical Genomics, European Bioinformatics Institute.

5 Jun 2017: We’re all fascinated by the brain – its complexity is what makes us so unique as a species,” says Dr Dervila Glynn, coordinator of Cambridge Neuroscience, who is organising the event. ... Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, looking at the ongoing

4 Aug 2017: Walk into Professor Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz’s laboratory and it is her sofa that catches your eye. A gaudy pink-purple, it is easily visible through the glass

6 Mar 2017: Search. Search. Cambridge scientist shares world’s largest neuroscience prize for research on the brain’s reward system. ... News. Cambridge scientist shares world’s largest neuroscience prize for research on the brain’s reward system..

4 Jul 2017: Professor Alasdair Coles from Cambridge’s Department of Clinical Neurosciences is working with Lennox on a trial to identify patients with this particular antibody and reverse its effects.

25 Oct 2017: Sarah Harrison, final year PhD student. Second in the series is Sarah Harrison, a final year PhD student in the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, whose research highlights the importance

25 Jan 2017: In a study published today in the journal Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, an international team of researchers from the UK, US, and Italy have analysed a brain imaging dataset from ... Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience; 25 Jan 2016;

12 Oct 2017: Isla Fay, the Human Anatomy Technical Coordinator in the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience who was previously a historical researcher, says this may also have coincided with the publication of

26 Jan 2017: The research adds to increasing evidence that household pets may have a major influence on child development, and could have a positive impact on children’s

18 Dec 2017: While the prevalence of anxiety and depression among first year undergraduates is lower than the general population, it increases to overtake this during their

8 May 2017: Professor Giovanna Mallucci, van Geest Professor of Clinical Neurosciences, Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge; Associate Director UK Dementia Research Institute at University of Cambridge; Programme Leader and Head of Neurobiology, MRC

20 Jun 2017: For Professor Randall Johnson, Apollo funds have meant that his research in Cambridge’s Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience has continued seamlessly through to a drug development programme without the

20 Apr 2017: The UK DRI is a joint £250 million investment into dementia research led by the Medical Research Council (MRC) alongside founding charity partners Alzheimer’s

21 Feb 2017: This work was funded by the Medical Research Council and was conducted at the NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre and the Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute.

23 Jun 2017: We’re really excited by the opportunity to share the cutting-edge brain research taking place at Cambridge with the public,” says Dr Dervila Glynn, coordinator of Cambridge Neuroscience, who is ... and look at how we can bridge the existing gap

8 Nov 2017: Researchers from Cambridge’s Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience trained eight sheep to recognise the faces of four celebrities (Fiona Bruce, Jake Gyllenhaal, Barack Obama and Emma Watson) from photographic

25 Oct 2017: Nine of ten cases of high blood pressure appear to occur spontaneously, with no known cause,” says Professor Randall Johnson from the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience at the University

8 Mar 2017: Around one in 20 teenagers suffers from depression. Episodes can last for several months. Unfortunately, about 50% of teenagers who have a depressive episode

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

12 Apr 2017: Self-awareness in both animals and young children is usually tested using the ‘mirror self-recognition test’ to see if they understand that the reflection in

16 Jan 2017: Profanity is obscene language which, in some social settings is considered inappropriate and unacceptable. It often refers to language that contains sexual

7 Dec 2017: Hugh Markus from the Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Cambridge.

17 Jan 2017: In a study funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and Wellcome, researchers from the Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute at the University of Cambridge investigated ... Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive

23 Jan 2017: Self-righteousness, gratitude, sympathy, sincerity, and guilt – what if these social behaviours are biologically influenced, encoded within our genes and

2 Jun 2017: Now, in a commentary published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, a group of researchers from the UK, Europe and the United States have argued that the sharing of code should be ... The Nature Neuroscience pilot focuses on three elements: whether the

23 Oct 2017: When we are performing tasks, specific regions of the brain become more active – for example, if we are moving, the motor cortex is engaged, while if we are

3 Jul 2017: To overcome this problem, researchers from the Departments of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences and the Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute at the University of Cambridge developed ‘Game Show’, a memory game

8 May 2017: Changes in heart rate and blood pressure such as the ‘fight or flight’ response are a normal part of our emotional reactions. However, it is well known that

18 Jan 2017: The study, published in Lancet Psychiatry, found that 14-year-old adolescents who had contact with mental health services had a greater decrease in depressive