University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Institute for Ageing and Health, Wolfson Research Centre, Newcastle General Hospital

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Group Description

The Institute for Ageing and Health (IAH), Newcastle represents a key grouping of various departments and groups and was established to promote interdisciplinary research on the major causes of ill health and disability in later life, with the goal of improving diagnosis and treatment and, ultimately, preventing such conditions. A major scientific focus is diagnosis and characterisation of dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB) and vascular dementia, conditions that overlap extensively with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), using a range of different techniques. The Depts of Old Age Psychiatry and Geriatric Medicine are undertaking prospective studies of patients with dementia and stroke with detailed clinical, neuropsychiatric, neurological and computer based psychometric testing to identify regions of the brain which are affected by disease. [read more]