Recently I was given the opportunity to do research with the Rusted Lab at Sussex University as a Junior Research Associate. This means I will be continuing the Rusted Lab’s current work measuring the effects of the APOE e4 gene…
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Summer Research…APOE in mid-adulthood
Tagged with: Ageing, Alzheimer's Disease, Cognitive Ageing, Dementia, Psychology, Students, Sussex University, University of Sussex
Posted in Events, Lab Life, Research, Uncategorized
Posted in Events, Lab Life, Research, Uncategorized
Orla Bonnar: Visit to memory clinic 29 March 2017
As part of my Alzheimer’s Society funded PhD, I was afforded the opportunity to attend a multidisciplinary team (MDT) meeting held by the memory assessment service (MAS) team in Brighton. The aim of this service is to ‘provide early detection, diagnosis,…
Tagged with: Ageing, Alzheimer's Disease, Cognitive Ageing, Dementia, Doctoral students, PhD, Psychology, University of Sussex
Posted in Lab Life, Uncategorized
Posted in Lab Life, Uncategorized
Dementia in the clinic
One of my PhD colleagues, Rebecca Atkinson, wrote recently that each student at Sussex funded by the Alzheimer’s Society charity is afforded the opportunity to complete placements in a local Memory Assessment Services (MAS) clinic. I was paired with Consultant…
Tagged with: Ageing, Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimer's Society, clinical research, Cognition, Cognitive Ageing, Dementia, Health, Psychology, reflections, Research, Sussex, Sussex University, University of Sussex
Posted in Lab Life
Posted in Lab Life
The APOE paradox: do attentional control differences in mid-adulthood reflect risk of late-life cognitive decline
Possession of an APOE e4 allele is an established risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease, while the less commonly studied e2 variant is premised to offer some protection. This research explores the purported deleterious-protective dichotomy of APOE variants on attentional control in mid-adulthood. 66 volunteers,…
Tagged with: Ageing, Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimer's Research, APOE, Cognition, Cognitive Ageing, Dementia, genetics, Neurobiology, Psychology, Research, Science, Sussex, University of Sussex
Posted in Publications, Research
Posted in Publications, Research
Ageing Speciality Research Group Meeting
Four members of the lab group attended the regional meeting of the National Institute for Health Research this week. Talks covered a wide range of topics including the importance of involving patients and the general public in the design of clinical…
Tagged with: Ageing, Alzheimer's Disease, Behaviouralgenetics, clinical research, Cognitive Ageing, Dementia, NHS, Psychology, Research, Sussex
Posted in Events, Lab Life, News, Research
Posted in Events, Lab Life, News, Research
Understanding risk factors for dementia across the lifespan
It is inevitable that we all show a slight decline in our cognitive abilities with increasing age, but what causes some of us to ‘drop-off’ to a greater degree than others? This question is a key focus of the Rusted…
Tagged with: Ageing, Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimer's Research, Cognitive Ageing, Dementia, Psychology, Sussex University
Posted in Research
Posted in Research
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