A new feature explores the Parkinsons UK Brain Bank at Imperial, and why brain tissue donation remains vital to the advancement of research into the condition.

Speaking to the Alumni Brains blog, alumna Ana Morello Megias shares her experience of our MRes Experimental Neuroscience programme.

Psilocybin, the psychedelic compound found in magic mushrooms, helps to “open up” depressed people’s brains, even weeks after use, according to a study by the Centre for Psychedelic Research.