Prof. Andrew Sharott

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Andrew Sharrott

Prof. Andrew Sharott

MRC Investigator

Dr. Andrew Sharott graduated in Neuroscience at the University of Nottingham in 2001. He then moved to University College London to study for his Ph.D. in Neurological Studies, with a focus on oscillations in the basal ganglia network, under the supervision of Professor Peter Brown. In 2005, Dr. Sharott moved to the University Medical Centre, Hamburg-Eppendorf (Germany), to undertake postdoctoral work with Professor Andreas Engel. As a Marie Curie Experienced Researcher in Hamburg, Dr. Sharott continued to study oscillations in the basal ganglia, including recordings from patients undergoing the implantation of deep brain stimulation electrodes for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. In summer 2009, Dr. Sharott came to Oxford as an MRC Investigator Scientist to work in the Magill Group, where his research examined the role of striatal neurons in the dopamine-intact and Parkinsonian brain. In 2015, Andrew was promoted to MRC Programme Leader and in 2018 he joined Green Templeton College as a Research Fellow. In 2023, he was conferred the title of Professor of Neuroscience and was awarded a Einstein BUA/Oxford Visiting Fellowship at the Charité University in Berlin. The aim of his research program is to uncover the circuit-level deficits underlying brain disorders and use this knowledge to develop closed-loop stimulation approaches to treatment. 

Key Research Areas
  • Cross-species development of novel deep brain stimulation approaches for brain disorders, including Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease
  • Development of novel closed-loop approaches for large-scale modulation of neural oscillations associated with motor control, memory and sleep.
  • Identifying population-level neural activity supporting motor control and decision making.
  • Network mechanisms underlying pathophysiological activity in brain disorders (Parkinson’s disease, schizophrenia)
Research Techniques
  • High-density electrophysiological recordings during complex behaviour
  • Closed-loop deep brain stimulation 
  • Electrophysiological recordings in people with deep brain electrodes for therapy
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A NOS-expressing striatal interneuron

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Associate Prof. Andrew Sharott

Selected Publications
Unit Publication
McNamara CG
Rothwell M
Sharott A

2022. Cell Rep, 41(6):111616.

Unit Publication
van Rheede JJ
Feldmann LK
Busch JL
Fleming JE
Mathiopoulou V
Denison T
Sharott A
Kühn AA

2022. NPJ Parkinsons Dis, 8(1):88.

Unit Publication
Cagnan H
Mallet N
Moll CK
Gulberti A
Holt AB
Westphal M
Gerloff C
Engel AK
Hamel W
Magill PJ
Brown P
Sharott A
2019. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 116:16095-16104.
Unit Publication
Holt AB
Kormann E
Gulberti A
Pötter-Nerger M
McNamara CG
Cagnan H
Baaske MK
Little S
Köppen JA
Buhmann C
Westphal M
Gerloff C
Engel AK
Brown P
Hamel W
Moll CK
Sharott A
2019. J. Neurosci., 39(6):1119-1134.
Unit Publication
Sharott A
Vinciati F
Nakamura KC
Magill PJ
2017. J. Neurosci., 37(41):9977-9998.