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Johannes Algermissen @johalgermissen.bsky.social · Aug 20

Very happy to share my first preprint from @oxexppsy.bsky.social @oxneuro.bsky.social ! We (me + co-first authors @lilweb.bsky.social @mirunarascu.bsky.social + PI @mkflugge.bsky.social + many others) used transcranial focused ultrasound stimulation (TUS/tFUS/LIFU) of the human amygdala ... (1/15)

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Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery, University of Oxford @kavlioxford.bsky.social · Aug 12

#TuesdayReads:
Becky Carlyle et al develop and validate an ELISA to measure PKM in cerebrospinal fluid—linking elevated levels to accelerated cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s and highlighting PKM as a potential early biomarker.
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Immunoassay for pyruvate kinase M1/2 as an Alzheimer’s biomarker in CSF

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is characterized by amyloid-beta plaques and tau tangles in the brain, but these markers alone do not predict disease progression. The intersection of these pathologies with o...

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NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre @oxhealthbrc.bsky.social · Aug 20

🗨️ "One of the brilliant things about Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre is that it helps to bridge the gap between academia and the clinical world."

In this new interview, Dr Howard Ryland discusses his career and what has led him into his current roles.

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Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences @ndcnoxford.bsky.social · Jul 30

New study mapping infectious diseases, co-led by
@akiversen.bsky.social, provides new insights into zoonoses - diseases transmitted from animals to humans ⬇️

University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · Jul 29

NEW: A research project led by Oxford University, Copenhagen University and @cam.ac.uk shows that large-scale mapping of prehistoric teeth and bones can reveal new insights into present-day infectious diseases.

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Prehistoric teeth used to create historic map of infectious diseases

A research project led jointly by researchers from the University of Oxford, the University of Copenhagen and University of Cambridge shows that large-scale mapping of prehistoric teeth and bones

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Department of Experimental Psychology @oxexppsy.bsky.social · Aug 6

Oxford University will create a pioneering mental health research centre for children and families, thanks to a £27 million gift from The Paul Foundation @cathycreswell.bsky.social @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social

www.psy.ox.ac.uk/news/ps27-mi...

£27 million gift funds new Oxford Centre for Emerging Minds Research focused on young people’s mental health

Oxford University will create a pioneering mental health research centre for children and families with £27 million from The Paul Foundation.

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Department of Experimental Psychology @oxexppsy.bsky.social · Jan 3

An exciting year ahead for EP...

We look forward to moving into the new Life and Mind Building with Biology! 🎉

#HappyNewYear #LifeandMindBuilding

Oxford Biology @biology.ox.ac.uk · Jan 3

Happy new year🎉

2025 marks an exciting chapter for Oxford Biology as we move into our new home - the Life and Mind Building.

While its design earns global recognition, it’s the research inside that will leave a lasting impact well beyond this year.

edition.cnn.com/2025/01/01/s...

11 architecture projects set to shape the world in 2025 | CNN

From innovative timber buildings to one of Asia’s largest new airports, here are 11 projects opening in the next 12 months.

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@OxNeuro @oxneuro.bsky.social · Jul 29

Our Dementia Research Oxford Seminar series recommences on Sept 11th with Prof Martin Turner on 'Advancing therapy development in ALS'. 12 Noon on Zoom us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@masudhusain.bsky.social @ndcnoxford.bsky.social

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@OxNeuro @oxneuro.bsky.social · Mar 28

Enjoyed the 1st International Feline Encephalitis Owners Day which focused on researching autoimmune encephalitis in cats, particularly those with acute-onset seizures and limbic encephalitis, with a goal of improving diagnosis and treatment. @royalvetcollege.bsky.social @ndcnoxford.bsky.social

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Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social · Mar 19

It’s the Oxford Neuroscience Symposium today and Psychiatry’s Michael Colwell just presented on direct serotonin release in humans and how it shapes aversive learning and inhibition.

You can read more about Michael’s paper on this here: www.psych.ox.ac.uk/news/seroton... @oxneuro.bsky.social

Michael Colwell presenting in lecture theatre

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Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences @ndcnoxford.bsky.social · Mar 19

We’re at the #OxfordNeuroscienceSymposium today. Dr Ashwini Oswal is now presenting on the network mechanisms of motor impairment in Parkinson’s disease @oxneuro.bsky.social @ashwinioswal.bsky.social @mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk

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@OxNeuro @oxneuro.bsky.social · Mar 14

Looking forward to the inaugural International Feline Encephalitis Group Owners Day @encephalitisint.bsky.social @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @britishneuro.bsky.social www.rvc.ac.uk/research/fel...

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@OxNeuro @oxneuro.bsky.social · Mar 14

Increasing sleep awareness on #WorldSleepDay @oxfordbrc.bsky.social @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @neuroplastics.bsky.social

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@OxNeuro @oxneuro.bsky.social · Mar 14

Good turnout for our public activies at the John Radcliffe Hospital on #WorldSleepDay @oxfordbrc.bsky.social @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @neuroplastics.bsky.social

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@OxNeuro @oxneuro.bsky.social · Mar 14

Looking for ward to our public activies at the John Radcliffe Hospital for #WorldSleepDay @oxfordbrc.bsky.social @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @britishneuro.bsky.social

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@OxNeuro @oxneuro.bsky.social · Mar 12

New reserarch by Yan et al., will simplify the assessment of extracellular vesicle membrane proteins and facilitate their application as diagnostic biomarkers across diverse clinical indications. www.cell.com/cell-reports... @ndcnoxford.bsky.social
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Sana Suri @sanasuri.bsky.social · Dec 3

New 🫀🧠 paper in eBiomedicine: we show that BMI, blood pressure, and physical activity in childhood and adolescence are linked with early structural differences in brain regions that are known to be affected in dementia.

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Association of early life cardiovascular risk factors with grey matter structure in young adults in the United Kingdom: the ALSPAC study

Cumulative exposures to obesity, hypertension, and physical inactivity from midlife (40–65 years) onwards are three known cardiovascular risk factors …

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OxfordDPAG @oxforddpag.bsky.social · Nov 21

Congratulations to Lukas Krone, new Staines Medical Research Fellow @exetercollegeox.bsky.social

www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/news/lukas-k...

Lukas Krone sworn in as Staines Medical Research Fellow at Exeter College

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@OxNeuro @oxneuro.bsky.social · Nov 21

Celebrating our highly cited researchers www.neuroscience.ox.ac.uk/news/leading... @saadjbabdi.bsky.social @oxexppsy.bsky.social

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · Nov 19

Bluesky now has over 20M people!! 🎉

We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:

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Steph Cragg @stephcragg.bsky.social · Nov 19

Excited to share our new publication out today in Nature Communications! Congrats to the team! @craggasap.bsky.social
#dopamine #astrocytes #acetylcholine #openscience Supported by @ukri.org and @asapresearch.bsky.social
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Rapid modulation of striatal cholinergic interneurons and dopamine release by satellite astrocytes

Nature Communications - Astrocytes perform intriguing roles in neural circuits. Here, the authors show that in striatum, astrocytes adopt a satellite-like proximity to cholinergic interneurons,...

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Dr Matthew Nour @mattnour.bsky.social · Nov 19

I'm happy to share our Review article, "Cognitive Maps and Schizophrenia", synthesising evidence for representation-level abnormalities in the condition, and proposing directions for future work. Out now in Trends in Cognitive Science.

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NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre @oxhealthbrc.bsky.social · Nov 20

👏Congratulations to colleagues from our BRC and the University of Oxford, Department of Psychiatry who have been named on the Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers List 2024.
Read more: oxfordhealthbrc.nihr.ac.uk/2024-highly-...

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Zoltan Molnar @zoltan-molnar.bsky.social · Nov 17

Please keep the date for HUMAN CEREBRAL CORTEX DEVELOPMENT III - Anatomical Society Meeting 14-16th July 2025, St John’s College, Oxford
Follow up to two meetings in 2010 and in 2018 issues of the Journal of Anatomy onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... and onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14697580...

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Tim Viney @vineytj.bsky.social · Nov 9

Pleased to share our #neuroscience preprint on how tau pathology affects head direction cells of the anterodorsal thalamus and induces disorientation, an early sign of #dementia

bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · Nov 9

Pathological tau alters head direction signaling and induces spatial disorientation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.07.622548v1

Disorientation is an early symptom of dementia, suggesting impairments in neural circuits responsibl

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