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New laboratory space for OPDC Researchers
1 March 2021
A major building in the centre of Oxford has been constructed to create a new research centre bringing together cellular neuroscience and physical sciences.
Dopamine neurons need a 'REST' in Parkinson’s Disease
16 February 2021
A study led by University of Oxford researchers, Dr Brent Ryan and Dr Nora Bengoa-Vergniory has shown that the key protein RE1 Silencing Transcription Factor (REST) regulates the health of those neurons critically affected in Parkinson’s Disease.
Tau-proximity ligation assay reveals extensive previously undetected pathology prior to neurofibrillary tangles in preclinical Alzheimer's disease
4 February 2021
A study led by the Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre’s (OPDC) Dr Nora Bengoa-Vergniory has shown that a novel assay termed the tau-proximity ligation assay is able to recognise Alzheimer’s disease before current detection methods.
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