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Clinical Neurosciences

Welcome to the Department of Clinical Neurosciences. 

Our mission is to improve the lives of people with neurological disorders. 

We are embedded within Cambridge University Hospitals, allowing our research questions to stem from problems we have encountered in the clinic, and to directly address the needs of patients and families. We work in partnership with the Departments of Psychiatry, Genetics and Paediatrics, to improve Brain and Mind Health, through life, together.

We investigate the mechanisms of brain disease and injury, to devise new diagnostics and treatments, as well as using large data to improve the way we deliver current treatments. Our work has already led to new treatments in use world-wide.

Professor Alasdair Coles
Head of Department

 


 



Latest news

News - The Times: Tim Rittman features in UK Biobank project

16 July 2025

Dr Timothy Rittman was featured in the Times on the coverage of the 100,000th person scanned for the whole body scanning project by UK Biobank. His lab have been using some of the first tranches of scanning data for research on Alzheimer's disease and rarer neurodegenerative disorders. Read the article mentioning Dr...

Outlook for people with rare stroke condition has improved with the help of specialist care in Cambridge

15 July 2025

Greater awareness and the availability of specialist care has helped to delay the average onset of symptoms caused by a rare genetic condition by around five years, according to a recent study. The condition causes early-onset strokes and increases risk of dementia, often affecting multiple members of the same family...

Cambridge study shows stem cell grafts can restore myelin in MS lesions in mice

7 July 2025

A study led by Cambridge researchers has shed light on how neural stem cell grafts could help restore myelin in the central nervous system. The findings suggest that neural stem cell-based therapies hold promise as a potential treatment for chronic demyelinating disorders, particularly progressive multiple sclerosis...