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Long-overlooked cerebral cortical cell layer may hold key to attention
2 Feb, 2026
Berlin and Oxford collaborative researchers funded by Einstein Foundation propose a new circuit theory linking a little-known cortical layer to attention and brain disorders.
Molnár, Mann, Bannerman and Lak Groups publish collaborative research on anxiety
28 Apr, 2025
New Research Uncovers Key Brain Cells Behind Anxiety and Stress Responses
New Paper on Layer 6b published by Professor Zoltan Molnar and colleagues in Neuron
15 Dec, 2023
Professor Zoltan Molnar has collaborated with colleagues on a new paper in Neuron.
Brain Health Innovation Summit
29 Nov, 2023
Where expertise meets innovation: a taskforce driving brain health research
First digital atlas of human fetal brain development published
1 Nov, 2023
The first digital atlas showing how the human brain develops in the womb has been published by a global research team led by the University of Oxford.
Oxford researchers make first step in engineering human cortical columns for brain repair
25 Oct, 2023
A collaborative team of DPAG, Chemistry and Oxford Martin School (OMS) researchers have achieved the first step to printing the 6 distinct layers of the cerebral cortex as part of a landmark project seeking to repair brain damage by transplanting replicated ‘pre-organised’ printed neural tissue.
Exploring the importance of early brain development
12 Jul, 2023
Mental health is not written in the stars – but some conditions can be determined even before birth and the origins of some vulnerabilities may lie in the first few months of life, says Professor Zoltán Molnár. Part of the University of Oxford's 'Brain and mental health' campaign.
Auguste Vadisiute returns to DPAG to shed light on how immune cells interact with the developing neuronal network
5 Apr, 2023
Dr Auguste Vadisiute has been awarded a St John’s College Research Centre Grant to study the 'Cellular and Molecular Interactions between Neurons and Microglia in Normal and Altered Cerebral Cortical Development'.
New BBSRC grant to further our insights into how the cortex controls sleep
15 Dec, 2022
Professor of Sleep Physiology Vladyslav Vyazovskiy and Professor of Developmental Neuroscience Zoltán Molnár have been awarded a Project Grant from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) for “Brain mechanisms of sleep: top-down or bottom-up?”