Jan-Jun 2016

Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences news from January to June 2016.

News listing

Publication date

Danielle Leighton wins presentation prize

27 November, 2016

Nov 2016: Congratulations to Dr Danielle Leighton, who was awarded prize for best platform…

Functional Disorders: new book, meeting & good news from the team

14 November, 2016

Nov 2016: Congratulations to CCBS researchers Jon Stone and Alan Carson, who have co-edited the…

Euan MacDonald Centre PhD studentship competition now open

09 November, 2016

Nov 2017: Applications for the Euan MacDonald Centre PhD studentship, commencing Sept 2017, are now…

Study of UK patients with growth hormone-associated CJD points to a single prion strain

07 November, 2016

Nov 2016: Researchers from the National CJD Research & Surveillance Unit have studied the…

Dementia study lists everyday risk factors

01 November, 2016

Oct 2016: CCBS researchers have created a shortlist of environmental factors that may contribute to…

How patients get involved with RUSH research

11 October, 2016

Oct 2016: The Research to Understand Stroke due to Haemorrhage (RUSH) team has assembled an active…

Tackling ADHD in young prisoners

10 October, 2016

Oct 2016: Professor Lindsay Thomson is taking part in a study to see whether a drug called…

Parkinson’s study could pave way for early detection test

29 August, 2016

Aug 2016: CCBS researchers have developed a way of detecting a protein linked to Parkinson's…

Chronic pain linked to partners of people with depression

17 August, 2016

Aug 2016: CCBS researchers have published research indicating that the partners of people with…

Study confirms gene link to brain disorders

15 August, 2016

Brain scans carried out by researchers in the Division of Psychiatry have revealed how a genetic…