Dr Nicolas Nicastro

University position

Postdoctoral Visiting Researcher

Departments

Department of Psychiatry

Research Theme

Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience

Interests

I am a Swiss board-certified Neurologist with a strong interest in dementia and movement disorders.

My research focuses on molecular PET/SPECT and structural MRI imaging in dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson disease, especially as early diagnostic markers and for differential diagnosis. I also aim at establishing correlation between different imaging techniques (e.g. tau or amyloid PET and diffusion tensor imaging) to better understand the underlying pathophysiology of neurodegenerative disorders.

Research Focus

Keywords

dementia

movement disorders

PET imaging

MRI

diffusion tensor imaging

Clinical conditions

Alzheimer's disease

Dementia

Multiple system atrophy

Parkinson's disease

Progressive supranuclear palsy

Equipment

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

Collaborators

Cambridge

Elijah Mak

John T. O'Brien

James Rowe

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