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Neuroscience has transformed our understanding of the brain and promises treatments for devastating disorders that affect millions.

Charts map rapid growth and slow decline of brains

06 April 2022

An international team of researchers has created a series of brain charts spanning our entire lifespan – from a 15 week old fetus to 100 year old adult – that show how our brains expand rapidly in early life and slowly shrink as we age. 

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̽»¨Ö±²¥swing

A move towards understanding

04 Jan 2011

Professor Daniel Wolpert at Cambridge’s Department of Engineering has been awarded a Wellcome Trust Programme Grant to study the computations the...

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Forget your previous conceptions about memory

07 Dec 2010

Research may shed light on why dementia sufferers have memory difficulties.

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Study reveals new possibility of reversing damage caused by MS

06 Dec 2010

Damage caused by multiple sclerosis could be reversed by activating stem cells that can repair injury in the central nervous system, a study has...

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Origin of cells associated with nerve repair discovered

16 Nov 2010

Scientists have discovered the origin of a unique type of cell known for its ability to support regeneration in the central nervous system.

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Department of Neuroscience

Insight into links between obesity and activity in the brain

26 Oct 2010

Study on effects of anti-obesity drug on the brain paves way for more effective treatments.

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Simón Bolívar Chair appointed

25 Oct 2010

Professor Fabián Michelangeli, from the Venezuelan Institute of Scientific Research (IVIC), has taken up the Simón Bolívar Chair at the Centre of...

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Enter the world of the brain through music, art and science

22 Oct 2010

A multi-sensory arts installation bringing together artists, musicians and scientists will be shown to the public on Friday 29 and Saturday 30...

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Antidepressants

Antidepressants can alter peoples’ moral judgement

28 Sep 2010

̽»¨Ö±²¥most common type of antidepressants, serotonin enhancers, alters peoples moral judgement and leads to a reduction in aggressive behaviour, a...

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Cambridge neurologist honoured for his work on multiple sclerosis

09 Sep 2010

Professor Alastair Compston, Head of the Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge, was today awarded the K.J. Zulch Prize...

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Twilight literature

̽»¨Ö±²¥Twilight Zone?

03 Sep 2010

̽»¨Ö±²¥effect on the teenage brain of books like Twilight and the Harry Potter series is to be examined at Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥.

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Commonwealth Games call-up for Cambridge squash Blue

24 Aug 2010

Fitzwilliam College postgraduate student Harry Leitch has been named as one of the six players to represent Team Scotland at squash at the...

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Eight Cambridge academics to join British Academy Fellowship

23 Jul 2010

̽»¨Ö±²¥British Academy has today announced the scholars elected for this year’s Fellowships in recognition of their contribution to the humanities and...

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