Miss Alice White![]() University positionPhD student DepartmentsDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences InstitutesCambridge Centre for Brain Repair Home pageResearch ThemesInterestsI am investigating the neural correlates of decision-making in patients with Huntington's Disease (HD). HD is a genetic neurodegenerative disease in which mutant forms of the huntingtin protein accumulate in the brain. Patients have three main types of symptom: cognitive, psychiatric and motor. Patients also report difficulties in decision-making. I am creating and using current cognitive tests to quantify decision-making impairments in HD patients. I am also investigating huntingtin aggregates in brain regions implicated in decision-making, as well as the disease-related changes in these circuits with functional imaging. I am also interested in immune changes in Parkinson's Disease, especially in disease-related thymic and T-cell function. Research Focus
EquipmentConfocal microscopy Cross-sectional and cohort studies Fluorescence microscopy Immunohistochemistry Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) Microscopy Neuropsychological testing Collaborators
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