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'Allergy' chemical shapes memory and how we learn from setbacks – Oxford study

The chemical histamine – widely associated with the body's allergy response – shapes how the brain forms memories and handles negative experiences, according to a new University of Oxford study.

Warneford Park: Mental health and medical research campus development gets green light from Oxford City Council

Plans to create a £750m mental health and medical research campus in Oxford have been given the go-ahead by Oxford City Council.

New Oxford Centre for Women’s Mental Health established

The University of Oxford is set to launch a new research centre dedicated to women’s mental health, bringing together expertise from medical and biological sciences with humanities for the first time.

Beginnings

Listen to the late Professor Michael Gelder on how he founded the Department of Psychiatry at Oxford, 1969.