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Clinical Neurosciences

Welcome to the Department of Clinical Neurosciences. 

Our mission is to improve the lives of people with neurological illness and injury through discovery, innovative treatments and training the next generation.

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

 


 



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Latest news

The first stem cell model created for MELAS syndrome

25 August 2026

Scientists at the University of Cambridge, alongside international collaborators, have published a paper in Nature Communications revealing the first induced pluripotent stem cell model for MELAS syndrome. MELAS syndrome is a rare mitochondrial disorder that causes stroke-like episodes, dementia and muscle weakness, with...

Cambridge researchers reveal genes that help us to plan daily tasks

14 July 2026

Researchers at the MRC Biostatistics Unit and the Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Cambridge have made an exciting discovery about how our genes affect thinking skills. Published in Nature Communications , the study reveals how our genes influence skills we use every day to plan, organise and make...

Research Impact Report 2025


Download our PDF report showcasing our latest research findings, major discoveries and trials in 2025:
Clinical Neuroscience Research Impacts Report 2025 
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