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Clinical Neuroscience

Woman touching index fingers (neurological test; stock photo)

Clinical Neurosciences, such as neurology and psychiatry, share many methods including methods of research, but the presence of brain disease often also goes with an increased frequency of psychiatric symptoms. There is thus a large overlap of neurology and psychiatry in diseases, such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s disease, and in unexplained neurological symptoms.

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We work to understand the cognitive, biological, emotional and somatic processes underpinning the severe eating disorder Anorexia Nervosa in particular, and Eating Disorders in general. Our trans-disciplinary research, involving clinicians and neuroscientists, aims to translate research findings into novel treatment strategies.

Oxford Brain-Body Research into Eating Disorders

Our research aims to understand how psychotropic drugs work at molecular level. By exploring this through clinical research in patients we contribute to the development of new evidence-based pharmacological treatments for severe mental illness.

Clinical Psychopharmacology

Using computer models of behaviour, we aim to better understand anxiety and depression, and to guide the development of novel treatments.

Computational Psychiatry

Nearly a third of dementia cases can be prevented by modifying our lifestyle, in particular our cardiovascular health. While we know that “what’s good for the heart is good for the brain”, we still don’t entirely know why. Our group investigates this heart-brain link in detail, by studying how the health of our heart and large blood vessels affect the brain and memory as we grow older.

Heart and Brain Research

Our research aims to understand how individual genes contribute to the complex brain functions that are impaired in people with psychiatric disorders. By understanding these links we hope to improve treatments for these disorders.

Neural Correlates of Gene Function

Neuroimaging provides a window into the living brain, and is an increasingly vital experimental medicine tool for neuro-psychiatric disease. With a particular focus on early and pre-clinical disease, we explore how the brain changes before symptoms take hold.

Translational Neuroimaging

Clinical Neuroscience

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