Journal of Alzheimers Disease & Parkinsonism
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David J Burn

Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 5PL, UK

Biography

Professor David Burn has an international reputation for research in dementia associated with Parkinson’s. He is an Emeritus NIHR Senior Investigator, chairs the NIHR Translational Research Collaboration for Dementia and is Chair of the Northern Health Science Alliance Board. He has been President of the Association of British Neurologists since May 2019.

Publications

Compromised Object Pattern Separation Performance in Parkinsons Disease Suggests Dentate Gyrus Neurogenesis may be Compromised in the Condition

Background: Destruction of dopaminergic neurones decreases hippocampal Dentate Gyrus (DG) neurogenesis in rodents and primates. Post-mortem work in Parkinson’s Disease (PD) patients identified evidence of compromised hippocampal neurogenesis. In both animals and man, difficult discriminations in tests which require discrimination between prev... Read More»

Keith A Wesnes and David J Burn

Case Report: J Alzheimers Dis Parkinsonism 2014, 4:131

DOI: 10.4172/2161-0460.1000131

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