Peter Brown has recently been appointed as Professor of Experimental Neurology, Department of Clinical Neurology and as an Honorary Consultant Neurologist within the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust. Professor Brown was attracted from UCL in London to Oxford by the range and volume of ... READ MORE
News for Preventive Neurology
Preventing strokes research
Two projects led by Professor Peter Rothwell, from the Department of Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford, are leading to major improvements in the effectiveness of stroke prevention. Results from the study (named EXPRESS) indicated that urgent use of existing treatments (including ... READ MORE
Scientists look for examples of people’s writing for new Alzheimer’s study
Scientists at the Universities of Oxford, Southampton and St George’s, University of London are asking people with and without Alzheimer’s disease to come forward with examples of their writing as part of a study to identify changes in language use that occur with the condition. ‘We’re ... READ MORE
Variable blood pressure a new stroke risk factor?
Three recent papers recently published in The Lancet, and a further study in The Lancet Neurology, show that it is variability in patients’ blood pressure that is more likely to predict the risk of a stroke than a high average or usual blood pressure level. The results of the studies, led by ... READ MORE
Oxford Ataxia Centre launch
Patients with neurological disorders affecting speech, balance and coordination will get greater access to specialist services and research. The new Oxford Ataxia Centre, launched at the John Radcliffe Hospital in December 2009, is one of only three specialist centres in the UK. It has been ... READ MORE
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