The University of Oxford has a long and illustrious history of neuroscience research dating back to the 17th Century. Today, Oxford is particularly strong in basic and clinical neuroscience, linking the function of genes and cells to systems and behavior. Clinical research focuses in particular on experimental medicine, imaging and functional neuroscience in the areas of ophthalmology, mental health, neuropsychology and neurology. There is a high degree of collaboration between basic and clinical scientists and a strong emphasis on translational research. Translational research spans the whole arena of neuroscience and includes the use of genetics, stem cells, drug discovery, biomarkers, gene therapy, brain stimulation and visual prostheses. The University has particular strengths in the use of multimodal imaging, coupled with molecular and psychological profiling, to develop biomarkers of disease/treatment efficacy for pain, psychiatry and neurodegenerative disease. 

 Neuroscience research is performed in a number of departments and multidisciplinary centres/units across four University of Oxford campuses, which include the John Radcliffe Hospital (JRH). Departments include, Experimental Psychology, Pharmacology, Physiology Anatomy and Genetics, Psychiatry, the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences and the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics. Centres and units include the MRC Functional Genomics and Anatomical Neuropharmacology Units; the Oxford Centres for Cognitive Neuroscience, Functional Resonance Imaging in the Brain, Human Brain Activity, Parkinson’s Disease and the neuroscience themes of the NIHR funded Biomedical Research Centre at the JRH.

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