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\n \n\n \n \n \nThis new systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials assesses the effects of statins given alone, without concomitant antidepressant treatment, in people with depressive symptoms, but who do not have a formal diagnosis of a depressive disorder.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nResearchers from Oxford\u2019s Department of Paediatrics have discovered that infection can increase a baby\u2019s sensitivity to pain, which may last longer than the infection.
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\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nText by Ian Fyfe for 'Nature Reviews Neurology'
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\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nResearchers in the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG) have found that the auditory system adapts to the changing acoustics of reverberant environments by temporally shifting the inhibitory tuning of cortical neurons to remove reverberation.
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\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nProfessor of Anaesthetic Neuroscience Irene Tracey, former head of the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, has been nominated as the next Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nProfessor Russell Foster has written a new book about circadian neuroscience which is published by Penguin this week. This book review by Jacqueline Pumphrey was first published on the University of Oxford website.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nHundreds of thousands of people suffering from insomnia who would usually be prescribed sleeping pills could be offered an app-based treatment programme instead, NICE has said.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThis new study examines the effects of simvastatin on emotional processing, reward learning, verbal memory, and inflammation.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA new paper from researchers at the Department of Paediatrics and the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences has shown that fibroblasts in the thymus, often considered simply as dull \u201cstructural\u201d cells, are much more complex than previously thought.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nCathy Creswell, Professor of Developmental Clinical Psychology, Departments of Psychiatry and Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, has been elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nOxford pain researchers are playing a major role in a new multi-million pound research programme launched by a consortium of funders, including UKRI, Versus Arthritis, Eli Lilly and the Medical Research Foundation.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe only project of its kind anywhere that studies patients with all types of acute vascular events - including strokes, heart attacks, aneurysms - in order to develop better diagnostic tests and treatments celebrates its 20th anniversary this month.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nResearchers from the Oxford Parkinson\u2019s Disease Centre (OPDC) recently hosted Caroline Rassell, Parkinson\u2019s UK Chief Executive; David Dexter, Associate Research Director; Trustee Board members, Gary Shaughnessy (Chair) and Sally Bromley; together with members of the Parkinson\u2019s UK Oxford Branch committee, for a visit to showcase the research being carried out in Oxford.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe Oxford Book Launch 'Body Brain Behavior - The Need For Conversations' brought together three world leading scientist authors, Professor Zolt\u00e1n Moln\u00e1r and Yale Professors Tamas Horvath and Joy Hirsch, with Oxford's neuroscience community on Thursday 7 April 2022.
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