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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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Parkinson’s drug offers insight into helping cocaine users kick habit

07 Jun 2010

Medication that increases levels of the brain chemical dopamine could open up new ways for helping some heavy users of cocaine and amphetamines kick...

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Parkinson’s drug may help cocaine users kick habit

07 Jun 2010

Medication that increases levels of the brain chemical dopamine could open up new ways for helping some heavy users of cocaine and amphetamines kick...

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Major new study into brain ageing

25 May 2010

Efforts to understand the effects of ageing on the brain have been given a major boost with the announcement of a new £5m grant from the...

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Royal Society announces new Fellows

21 May 2010

Seven Cambridge researchers are among the 44 new Fellows announced by the Royal Society this week.

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Human Enhancement - Threat or Promise

30 Apr 2010

We live in a world where enhancement of abilities, appearance, and health is commonplace. We are familiar for example with the idea of enhancing our...

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God, Brain and Mind

27 Apr 2010

Neuroscience is increasingly finding clear links between neural mechanisms within the brain and human actions, behaviour and thought. This raises...

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̽»¨Ö±²¥master puppeteer: how the brain controls the body

18 Mar 2010

Smiling, speaking, eating, walking – most of us take for granted the effortless ease with which we move. But behind even our simplest actions are...

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Study could help predict suicide in older adults

11 Mar 2010

Focussing too much on the present and not using past experience to make decisions could be linked to suicide in elderly depressed adults, researchers...

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Genzyme enables creation of key clinical academic post

04 Mar 2010

Global biotechnology company Genzyme has made a generous benefaction to endow a key clinical academic post at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge.

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Researchers get serious about kids’ stuff

03 Feb 2010

A new centre for the study of children's literature, which will analyse material ranging from classics such as Alice In Wonderland to Disney films...

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New network for evolutionary genetics

14 Jan 2010

Leading researchers in the field of evolutionary and population genetics from the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge and beyond are meeting today for a special...

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̽»¨Ö±²¥educational neuroscience of dyslexia and dyscalculia

01 Jan 2010

For some children, acquiring the important skills of learning to read or do arithmetic is fraught with difficulty. Educational neuroscience is...

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