Maura Malpetti


University position

PhD student
Supervised by Prof. James B. Rowe and Prof. John O'Brien

Departments

Department of Clinical Neurosciences

Institutes

Neurology Unit

Email

mm2243@cam.ac.uk

Home page

https://ftd.neurology.cam.ac.uk/

Research Theme

Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience

The Cambridge Neuroscience Community

Interests

I am interested in the study of neuropathology, biomarkers and clinical features of neurodegenerative diseases. My work focuses on the application of neuroimaging techniques, such as PET and MRI, to describe progressive brain changes in dementia and related disorders, in order to identify early diagnostic and prognostic markers.

Research Focus

Keywords

Dementia

Neuroimaging

Neurodegenerative diseases

Clinical conditions

Alzheimer's disease

Dementia

Dementia with Lewy bodies

Frontotemporal dementia

Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

Equipment

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Neuropsychological testing

Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

Collaborators

No collaborators listed

Associated News Items


Key publications

Malpetti M, Kievit RA, Passamonti L, Jones PS, Tsvetanov KA, Rittman T, Mak E, Nicastro N, Bevan-Jones WR, Su L, Hong YT, Fryer TD, Aigbirhio FI, O'Brien JT, Rowe JB (2020), “Microglial activation and tau burden predict cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease” Brain 143(5):1588-1602