Protocol for the Tallaght University Hospital Institute for Memory and Cognition-Biobank for Research in Ageing and Neurodegeneration - 1000 individuals over 5 years Tallaght University Hospital Foundation #loveirishresearch HealthResearchBoard Wellcome Irish Society of Physicians in Geriatric Medicine ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

About half of people with Parkinson’s disease develop dementia within 10 yrs post-diagnosis. Kouli et al. show using PET that patients with higher dementia risk have increased neuroinflammation at early disease stages. tinyurl.com/4tzhnbmf

It's brain awareness week! Check out our podcast - with Dr. Helena Dolphin Specialist in Geriatric Medicine who talks about the important things that you can do to bolster the brain's ability to protect a person who has dementia. - bit.ly/48PXVwW Helena Dolphin

Thank you for the opportunity to share some of our recent biobank research 🔬Brain @BrainComms #BrainConf2024 If you would like to know more about an ECL plasma ptau217 assay 🩸 in a memory clinic cohort 🧍‍♂️🧍‍♀️please drop by poster 63 🗒️ Adam Dyer Sean Kennelly Tallaght University Hospital (TUH)

Ear stimulation to treat walking in Parkinson's? Transcutaneous electrostimulation of the auricular branch of the vagal nerve? YES says a new paper. Check out this randomized motion sensor study in Parkinson's by Vesna van Midden and colleagues Movement Disorders Journal Key Points: -

Delighted to get a chance to discuss novel Alzheimer’s investigations and treatments today - an important and fast-changing landscape which Geriatricians are invaluable in 👵🏻 thank you British Geriatrics Society for the invitation #BGSconf

✨ Congratulations Adam Dyer on receiving Faculty of Health Sciences Dean’s Award 🏆 such an exciting project investigating viral exposure 🦠 in Alzheimer’s disease 🧠 Nollaig Bourke TCD Medical Gerontology Sean Kennelly Cliona O'Farrelly Matt McElheron ✨

Thank you DMHG for organising such a stimulating research day today - fascinating projects from all hospitals 💭 delighted to represent TUH & have the opportunity to present my PhD research Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) TCD Medical Gerontology Sean Kennelly Sean Commins NDTP School of Medicine

Ever had a bad gut feeling ? Maybe there was something to it! In our new study, led by the brillant @leahbanellis & Ignacio Rebollo, we combined fMRI & electrogastrographic imaging in 200+ participants to uncover hidden links between the gastric-brain axis & mental health

New paper by Laura Morrison from the ENBIND study in TUH/TCD - Discrete Relationships between Spatiotemporal Gait Characteristics and Domain-Specific Neuropsychological Performance in Midlife mdpi.com/2832124 #mdpisensors via Sensors MDPI TCD Medical Gerontology Sean Kennelly

Congrats to Cathy McHale, Advanced Nurse Practitioner in our Age-Related Healthcare Department who has just won the People Caring For People Award, at our annual staff Hero Awards. Cathy McHale

Lovely piece in today's Examiner about Cathy McHale, an Advanced Nurse Practitioner, in our Institute of Memory and Cognition at the Hospital. Have a read... bit.ly/3XQoG2n

Happy to share Nina Engels (Domínguez) work: #locuscoeruleus integrity predicts elevated entorhinal tau better than amyloid-PET or hippocampal volume in asymptomatic older persons. Low LC integrity was associated with a 2-fold risk of clinical progression Mass General Research Institute 🔵 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…

Current projections estimate 153 million people will be living with dementia by 2050. Nearly half of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by tackling 14 risk factors starting in childhood, suggests new report from a standing Lancet Commission: buff.ly/46nvoPR

Great to have this published with Adam Dyer Antoinette O Connor Sean Kennelly and Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) colleagues 🤔 interested in new ptau217 🩸 plasma biomarkers? 🧐 wondering how they apply to a real world memory clinic 🧠 cohort? 📄 Read on!

Great to see coverage of our recent plasma p-tau217 paper - exciting times for blood biomarkers of Alzheimer Disease ! ⁦TCD Medical Gerontology⁩ ⁦TTMI - Trinity Translational Medicine Institute⁩ ⁦⁦Tallaght University Hospital⁩ ⁦Irish Gerontological Society⁩ ⁦Sean Kennelly⁩ ⁦Helena Dolphin⁩ independent.ie/irish-news/sim…

Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs eg apixaban, rivaroxaban) & hip fracture • When is it safe do a nerve block? • When should surgery performed? • When should DOACs be restarted? Professor Rebecca Mitchell Hannah Seymour 🔗…-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/an…

New ESC guidelines for hypertension also including clinical frailty scale -highlighting tailor made care♥️ European Society of Cardiology #ESCCongress #frailty #geriatricmedicine #cardiology