News articles
- Diabetes drug could help treat Parkinson's Disease
- Clinical trials are vital tools in stroke research
- New gene identified for Dominant Congenital Spinal Muscular Atrophy and Hereditary Spastic Paraparesis
- Teaching Awards 2013
- 14th Annual Queen Square Symposium
- TRACK-HD study identifies early predictors of disease progression in Huntington’s disease
- The Great Brain Experiment: crowdsourcing data on how we think and act
- Psychogenic diseases linked to abnormal brain activity
- Human Brain Project wins major EU funding
- Gene mutation causes familial form of cranio-cervical dystonia
- Professor Ray Dolan awarded prestigious Klaus Joachim Zülch Prize
- Professor Dimitri Kullmann elected Editor of Brain
- Hereditary Whispering Dystonia gene identified
- Belgian Stroke Council Award to UCL student
- Professor Nicholas Wood appointed as neuroscience programme director for UCLH NIHR Biomedical Research Centre (BRC)
- UCL neuroscientists awarded highly competitive ERC Advanced Grants
- Drugs could provide new treatment for epilepsy
- Breakthrough in the treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy
- UCL Institute of Neurology enters gene-editing research collaboration with Horizon Discovery
- Lifetime achievement award for Professor Thompson’s MS work
- New biography of Gowers released
- Repurposed cardiac sodium channel blocker brings significant benefit for patients with a rare neuromuscular disease
- Toxic protein build-up in blood shines light on fatal brain disease
- Professor Lees receives prestigious German Society of Neurology award
- Cause of Alternating Hemiplegia identified
- Results from stroke treatment study are in top 10 of Lancet’s most highly cited papers
- Skin patch improves attention span in stroke patients
- Genetic study identifies treatable pathway in childhood motor neuron disease
- Awards and congratulations
- Medical Photographer Wins Wellcome Image Awards
- Prestigious Junior Investigator Award for stroke research
- Unlocking the mysteries of the mind
- Professor Simon Shorvon appointed Harveian librarian at the Royal College of Physicians
- Parliamentary Group Visit the Institute
- Cultural Consultation Service website launches
- Clinical Teaching Awards 2011/12
- Prestigious European Science Foundation networking grant awarded to Institute of Neurology professor
- International project to determine vascular contribution to neurodegeneration begins
- Prime Minister visits UCL Institute of Neurology
- Institute scientist takes his research to Parliament
- Professor Ray Dolan gives the prestigious Alan Turing Lecture
- The Performing Brain – A moving story? Friday 16th March
- Are we hard wired to be rebellious?
- Detecting stroke
- Queen Square Clinical Trial Centre launched
- New funding to preserve unique archives
- Major new funding for research into epilepsy is announced
- Professor Ray Dolan elected Fellow of the APS
- New Years Honours
- Brain Implant Cures Woman's Tourette's Tics
- IoN News Archive (2010)
- IoN News Archive (2009)
- IoN launches new website
- Professor Hardy receives IFRAD 2011 European Grand Prize for Alzheimer's Research
- Medical Illustrators presented prestigious Wellcome Image Award
- Neurodegenerative disease research projects secure international collaborative funding
- Novel treatments for epilepsy
- Stem cell study offers hope for Parkinson’s patients
- Professor Alan Thompson appointed as Dean of UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences
- Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging student receives Young Researcher Award
- UCL Alzheimer’s researcher receives lifetime achievement award
- Dr Jonathan Schott receives the US Alzheimer Association 2011 de Leon Prize in Neuroimaging: New Investigator Award
- Study reveals genetic clues underlying progressive supranuclear palsy
- UCL neuroscientists among the most cited in Parkinson’s disease research
- Professor Maguire awarded Kemali prize
- Award for Professor Roger Lemon
- Professor Dimitri Kullmann recognised for his outstanding research
- 'Consciousness connections' revealed in coma brains
- Four UCL neuroscientists elected to the Academy of Medical Sciences
- May 25 Marks World MS Day
- Prion infection begins after one minute of exposure
- Successes of Deep Brain Stimulation for patients with Parkinson's disease
- Professor Hanna invited to give prestigious ANZAN Lecture
- Severe reaction to epilepsy drug linked to genetic variant
- Rhythm and the perception of time
- How prions propagate
- Understanding how the brain determines coincidence
- Lancet papers testament to clinical impact and significance of neuroscience research at UCL
- World’s first blood test for vCJD
- Researchers identify 5 new genetic variations in total of 11 thought to be important in Parkinson’s Disease risk
- IoN scientist receives prize to promote German-Anglo relations
- Epilepsy surgery shows promising results, says study
- Scientists make step towards better understanding of the brain's teaching signals
- UCL scientists get £88k boost to study hearing problems in Alzheimer’s
- Professor Jon Driver
- Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging researcher scoop Lloyd’s 2011 Science of Risk Prizes
- Launch of the UCL Institute of Neurology YouTube channel
- Researchers move closer to finding successful drugs to treat Huntington’s disease
- Imaging the evolution of multiple sclerosis
- Brain changes seen in cabbies who take 'The Knowledge'
- Professor Brown gives Annual Stroke Association Royal Lecture
- New Institute Director
- Wolfson Foundation awards £20million to UCL for experimental neurology centre
- Thinking of studying at UCL next year?
IoN EVENTS
Queen Square Alumnus Association Meeting 2013
Published: Jul 8, 2013 2:00:00 PM
Translational neuromodeling
Published: Jul 5, 2013 5:29:00 PM
Neurodevelopmental, neurodegenerative and neuromuscular disorders associated with defective autophagy
Published: Jun 18, 2013 4:38:00 PM
How do we resist distraction (if we do)?
Published: Jun 10, 2013 4:35:00 PM
Severe reaction to epilepsy drug linked to genetic variant
24 March 2011
Professor Sanjay Sisodiya's webpage
Researchers have discovered a genetic variant
that significantly increases the risk of carriers being allergic to a
common medication for epilepsy. The study, which included support from
the Wellcome Trust, is published in the ‘New England Journal of
Medicine'.
