Ageing brain

A very successful line of research by Aberdeen scientists has been the study of the ageing brain; not a disease but a process of inevitable deterioration that we all must bear. A combination of brain imaging, genetic, molecular and pathological studies aim to provide a complete neurobiological description of the events that lead to the progressive failure of the brain with age. These studies will show how this decline may be slowed.

A SPECT scan of blood flow (A) and positron emission tomorgraphy (B) in Alzheimer's disease and a T2 axial MRI scan of a normal brain (C) (Murray)

For the latest in brain imaging in Aberdeen see the "SINAPSE" brain imaging consortium page  

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RESEARCHERS IN THIS FIELD

• Carl Counsell
• Alison Murray
• David Pearson
• Louise Phillips
• Bettina Platt
• Christian Schwarzbauer 
• Colin Selman
• Roy Soiza 
• Roger Staff
• Peter Teismann
• Andy Welch