Prof Valery Feigin has done it again. After creating his award-winning Stroke Riskometer app in 2013, he has just launched another valuable tool for stroke prevention and recovery: Stroke.net.nz, a website focused on self-managed rehabilitation. Valery, a BRNZ...
Alzheimer’s disease accounts for more than 60% of all dementia cases, and as our population ages it is becoming an even greater societal issue. Huge progress has been made since the identification of Alzheimer’s disease in 1907, however drug trials continue to fail....
Photo Caption: The New Zealand Minister of Health, Hon Dr David Clark, who officially launched Brain Research New Zealand’s Dunedin Dementia Prevention Research Clinic. Dunedin residents now have the opportunity to contribute to potentially ground-breaking discoveries...
Dr Margaret Dudley (Te Rarawa, Te Aupōuri and Ngāti Kahu) is a clinical psychologist and researcher with BRNZ. In 2016 she was awarded over a million dollars by the Health Research Council to undertake a 48 month project to develop a Māori approach to the assessment...
This article was originally published by the BHRC [http://www.otago.ac.nz/bhrc/news/otago648060.html] Stroke is one of the leading cause of death and disability the world over. Every year around fifteen million people worldwide will have a stroke. One third of those...
The article was originally published by the BHRC [http://www.otago.ac.nz/bhrc/news/otago533001.html] Visiting Professor John Rothwell is a world-renowned leader in human movement function and non-invasive brain stimulation techniques for analysing changes in...
This article was originally published by the BHRC [http://www.otago.ac.nz/bhrc/news/otago629705.html] Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability in the developed world. Around 5 million people are permanently disabled by stroke every year and new...
Dr Tracy Melzer is a medical physicist with a sub-speciality in brain imaging techniques. His work involves looking at the brain using imaging technologies like MRI. In 2016 Tracy won the Sir Charles Hercus Health Research Fellowship. The fellowship awarded Tracy a...
Professor Michael Dragunow is a molecular pharmacologist, neuroscientist, and researcher for BRNZ. Mike’s lab is looking into neurodegeneration, specifically how the blood supply system in the brain and inflammatory immune responses could be part of the problem in...
This article was originally published by the BHRC [http://www.otago.ac.nz/bhrc/news/otago651900.html] As a cognitive neuropsychologist Dr Liana Machado is interested in how physical damage to the brain can impact on our functioning. As we age, our brains, like the...
The Ōtepoti (Dunedin) wānanga was held at Puketeraki Marae, Karitāne 21-23 November 2016. This followed on from the successful Tāmaki wānanga at Hoani Waititi marae in Auckland on the 11th of October. At these two wānangas, researchers and clinicians located in Tāmaki...
This article was originally posted by HDYONZ [http://www.hdyo.co.nz/research-1/2016/8/21/deep-inside-the-huntingtons-brain] Movement issues are one of the most commonly known symptoms of Huntington’s disease. If a person is familiar with the condition, they will know...