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7 Apr 2011: For example, neuroscience is critical in the understanding of the brain in health and disease and in developing more accurate diagnosis and new treatments across the lifespan. ... However, we need to ensure that these new advances in neuroscience are

8 Nov 2011: Uta Frith, Emeritus Professor of Cognitive Development at UCL’s Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, will speak on the power of belief and authority. ... of Cognitive Neuroscience, will consider authority from a neurobiological dimension.

5 Oct 2011: Dr Jon Simons from the University of Cambridge’s Department of Experimental Psychology and Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute, who led the research. ... Dr Jon Simons from the University of Cambridge’s Department of Experimental

2 Feb 2011: They are ideally placed to make academic research accessible to the public through close links with a network of experts from diverse disciplines including astrophysics, geology, neuroscience, genetics, evolutionary biology, theology

24 Oct 2011: From philosophy to neuroscience, from phonetics to engineering, language researchspans institutions and disciplines right across the University, with over 150 researchers workingwithin the full multidisciplinary spectrum.

28 Nov 2011: This collaborative effort complements our portfolio of programs in neuroscience and supports the process of discovery which we believe may lead to a class of therapeutics that no one has thought

11 Mar 2011: This interdisciplinary public engagement project is a collaboration between Cambridge Neuroscience and the University Communications Office.

4 Jan 2011: Neurosurgeon Professor John Pickard is chairman and clinical director of the centre, which uses state-of-the-art positron emission tomography (PET) and

16 Mar 2011: Two other Cambridge academics will also take part. Dr Sabine Bahn is a lecturer at Cambridge Neuroscience with specialist interests in mental health.

9 Dec 2011: Heard the one about the goldfish with the short memory? It is a commonly held belief that fish are the polar opposites to elephants. They always forget. Alex

7 Mar 2011: It is free of charge and open to all. Given by Martin Johnson, Professor of Reproductive Sciences at the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience and titled “Bob Edwards: the Early

23 May 2011: The team, led by Claire Gillan and Trevor Robbins at the University of Cambridge MRC/Wellcome Trust Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute and Sanne de Wit at the University of Amsterdam,

6 May 2011: The Twitter Brain Team. Conception: Dr. Hannah Critchlow, Cambridge Neuroscience Strategic Manager, working with Mr Nick Saffell, University Communications Office. ... Presenter: Professor Ed Bullmore, Department of Psychiatry, Brain Mapping Unit,

17 Mar 2011: The fact that drugs can produce mind-altering effects through chemical activity has been known for centuries,” explained Professor Robbins, who is Director of the Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute and

29 Nov 2011: A major challenge for the cognitive neurosciences is to understand this relationship: what is the neurobiological context in which human language and communication have emerged, and what are the special human

4 Jan 2011: Movement is the only way we have of interacting with the world, whether foraging for food or attracting a waiter’s attention. All communication, including

12 Jul 2011: Siblings of people with autism show a similar pattern of brain activity to that seen in people with autism when looking at emotional facial expressions. The

21 Oct 2011: models and published in Nature Neuroscience in January 2011. ... An effective treatment for halting the destruction of oligodendrocytes, alemtuzumab (Campath), was developed in Cambridge by Professor Alastair Compston and Dr Alasdair Coles at the

4 Jan 2011: Professor Barry Everitt and Dr Jonathan Lee of the MRC-Wellcome Behaviour and Clinical Neuroscience Institute have shown that they can selectively impair memories associated with drug addiction and PTSD by

4 Jan 2011: Modern medicine and the science of public health have improved the lot of the Common Man and his life expectancy is gradually increasing. While this is to be

21 Oct 2011: Who donates his or her brain to science? Where do these brains go and how are they used? These are just some of the questions a new exhibition, inspired by the

11 Aug 2011: This has important implications for future treatment strategies. Alastair Compston, Professor of Neurology and Head of the Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Cambridge, and co-founder of the

10 Aug 2011: author Professor Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz of The Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute and the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience at Cambridge University.

12 Sep 2011: A gene responsible for regulating chronic pain, called HCN2, has been identified by scientists at the University of Cambridge. The Biotechnology and Biological

13 Dec 2011: The sea squirt, a type of marine filter feeder, swims around looking for somewhere to settle down for the rest of its life. Once parked on a rock in a suitable

1 Nov 2011: Dr Colin Watts, Department of Clinical Neurosciences. A multi-centre phase II clinical trial for a pioneering new surgical technique has started in the UK, jointly funded by Samantha Dickson Brain

16 May 2011: A new study has revealed the possibility of using a simple test for the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease, enabling the condition to be identified before

6 Oct 2011: Treatment for stimulant dependence is difficult and often individuals battling addiction relapse several times,” said Dr Karen Ersche, of the Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute (BCNI) at the University of Cambridge,

15 Sep 2011: Dr Molly Crockett, co-first author who worked on the research while a PhD student at the University of Cambridge’s Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute (and currently based at the ... Dr Molly Crockett, co-first author who worked on the

21 Jun 2011: Dr Ersche, of the Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute (BCNI) at the University of Cambridge, said: “This research gives us important insight into why some people are more vulnerable to drug

22 Dec 2011: Dr Andrew Murray. Andrew is a Lecturer in the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience and a Fellow of Trinity Hall.

21 Oct 2011: Darwin’s pioneering work will be featured alongside the latest research on autism and affective computing in a unique, interdisciplinary collaboration. The

14 Mar 2011: A team from the Universities of Cambridge, Edinburgh and Cardiff has created a range of motor neurons - nerves cells that send messages from the brain and

16 Aug 2011: The award recognizes distinguished theoretical or empirical contributions to basic research in psychology and is being presented to Professor Everitt and Professor Robbins for their research in behavioural and cognitive neuroscience – ... have been

14 Mar 2011: Despite having a comparable brain size to other highly evolved animals, sheep have been historically perceived as unintelligent and were therefore not

4 Jan 2011: The new research is based on a study that the Autism Research Centre lab has been engaged in for the last 10 years. That was when the lab started collecting

22 Jun 2011: Pop into any stationery shop and you will see racks of greetings cards poking fun at human behaviour. Women don’t have a sense of direction and can’t read

7 Sep 2011: Cambridge Cognition, a spin-out of the University, today announced its plans to launch the GP version of their memory test to aid early detection of

20 Jun 2011: A new study from Cambridge University has for the first time found that autism diagnoses are more common in an IT-rich region. The Medical Research Council

1 Apr 2011: Brain scans of aggressive and antisocial teenage boys with conduct disorder (CD) have revealed differences in the structure of the developing brain that could

11 Jan 2011: Physiology, Development and Neuroscience and lead author.

10 Jan 2011: The new unit will synergise with existing research in population health sciences in Cambridge and the region, and will promote research collaborations between world class research programmes spanning neuroscience, epidemiology and

14 Nov 2011: overactive. In 1991, Professor Alastair Compston (current Head of the Department of Clinical Neurosciences) began to explore the use of alemtuzumab as a treatment for the autoimmune disease multiple sclerosis.

26 Dec 2011: Reddy. Ak Reddy is from the University of Cambridge’s Department of Clinical Neurosciences and the Institute of Metabolic Science, and a fellow at St John’s College.

24 Jun 2011: Prof Chris Kennard, chairman of the MRC’s Neuroscience and Mental Health Board, which funded the research, said: “The Medical Research Council invests in cohort studies like CFAS because they provide

5 Apr 2011: Do you know how risky scuba diving is compared to riding a motorbike?  When choosing between a fairly safe option and a slightly riskier one, which do you

26 Jul 2011: (Macro) autophagy is a bulk degradation process that mediates the clearance of long-lived or damaged proteins and organelles in cells. Autophagosomes are

22 Dec 2011: Scientists at the University of Cambridge have made a significant step in the development of a novel therapy that could one day help to slow down, or even