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Oxford Health plays a leading role in £42.7m research effort to find innovative new treatments for mental illness

Research with the potential to change the lives of millions around the world suffering with mental illness has received a boost with the announcement of £42.7m of government funding. Clinicians…

Westgate Centre visitors learn about Oxford’s ground-breaking research

Hundreds of visitors to Oxford’s Westgate Centre on Wednesday 10 May were able to find out about the world-class healthcare research that is currently taking place in Oxford. The Westgate’s…

£35.4m to transform mental and brain health care across the UK – and the world

Innovative treatments and transformative therapies in brain health are on the horizon thanks to a £35.4 million award to the NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre. The award, announced on…

Investigating Neuronal Oscillations in Ageing and Dementia

Some research studies into dementia are starting to use Magnetoencephalography scans (also known as MEG scans) but what is MEG? What does it measure? And what can it tell us about neurodegeneration?

Blog post by Andrew Quinn, Jemma Pitt, Méadhbh Brosnan, Sarah Clayton, & Kia Nobre from the Brain & Cognition lab & OxDARE team for Dementia Action Week 2021.