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Clinical Neuroscience

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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 aim to promote the healthy mental and physical development of children and their families in adversity. Our work focuses on elucidating the mechanisms underlying disturbed development and in creating appropriate interventions.
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Psychotropic drug treatment is often prescribed to help people with mental health problems but its use can be controversial. The work of the group aims to understand how psychotropic drugs work from a molecular level through to clinical research in patients.
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
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
Why do some people suffer from depression and memory loss as they age, whereas others stay well for the whole of their lives? We examine the effect of genes and life history on ageing using neuropsychology and neuro-imaging techniques as part of large scale epidemiological and experimental medicine studies.
Neurobiology of Ageing
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
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

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