Research projects
Moving into a care home is a significant and often life changing transition. Everyday objects can make this easier. Whilst it is widely believed that care homes encourage new residents to bring personal possessions with …
Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Parkinson’s disease dementia (PDD) are two neurodegenerative cause of dementia, in which patients are generally treated with Cholinesterase inhibitors. This is an NIHR Health Technology Assessment funded international multi-centre …
Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is the second most common neurodegenerative cause of dementia. However, people with DLB often experience missed or delayed diagnosis. The Clinical Record Interactive Search (CRIS) system allows research and service …
Funded by a recent Transformative Healthcare 2050 award from the EPSRC an interdisciplinary team of Southampton based scientists and researchers are developing new fibre lasers and novel methodologies that will allow early detection, imaging and …
As an interdisciplinary team from University Hospital Southampton & University of Southampton comprising specialists in cardiothoracic surgery, ophthalmology, cardiac perfusion, imaging, mathematics and neuroanatomy we are in the optimal position to conduct a study in …
Computational modelling shows that innervation of vascular smooth muscle cells provides the motive force for IPAD, which has led us to hypothesize that 1) failure of elimination of Aβ along IPAD pathways could be a …
Our lab is focused to studying the population of microglial cells from development to ageing, as well as chronic neurodegenerative disease such as Alzheimer’s. We have ongoing projects studying both rodent and human microglia, characterising …
We have developed and piloted a programme called Creating Learning Environments for Compassionate Care (CLECC), and this project pilots its use in mental health settings. In CLECC, all registered nurses and health care assistants from …