Playing the piano

How Gillian ended up doing her PhD with Michael Hornberger in Norwich

How to find a good mentor

Sea Hero Quest

Diagnosing Alzheimer's disease

The role of Beta-Amyloid and tau in dementia

Spatial navigation, the entorhinal cortex, and dementia

Does menopause affect spatial navigation and risk of dementia?

Book or paper more people should read

Something Gillain wishes she'd learnt sooner

Advice for PhD students and postdocs

Gillian Coughlan is a postdoc whose work focuses on the role of spatial navigation in dementia. In this conversation, we talk about how Gillian went from Ireland to doing a PhD in the UK, different ways for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease, what beta-amyloid and tau are, what spatial navigation has to do with dementia, and whether early menopause can affect women's spatial navigation performance and risk of getting dementia. BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. Support the show: <a href="https://geni.us/bjks-patreon">https://geni.us/bjks-patreon</a> Timestamps 00:00: Playing the piano 07:13: How Gillian ended up doing her PhD with Michael Hornberger in Norwich 14:02: How to find a good mentor 16:48: Sea Hero Quest 22:28: Diagnosing Alzheimer's disease 32:37: The role of Beta-Amyloid and tau in dementia 34:41: Spatial navigation, the entorhinal cortex, and dementia 44:14: Does menopause affect spatial navigation and risk of dementia? 50:31: Book or paper more people should read 52:37: Something Gillain wishes she'd learnt sooner 55:31: Advice for PhD students and postdocs Podcast links<ul><li>Website: <a href="https://geni.us/bjks-pod">https://geni.us/bjks-pod</a></li><li>Twitter: <a href="https://geni.us/bjks-pod-twt">https://geni.us/bjks-pod-twt</a></li></ul>Gillian's links<ul><li>Google Scholar: <a href="https://geni.us/coughlan-scholar">https://geni.us/coughlan-scholar</a></li><li>Twitter: <a href="https://geni.us/coughlan-twt">https://geni.us/coughlan-twt</a></li></ul>Ben's links<ul><li>Website: <a href="https://geni.us/bjks-web">https://geni.us/bjks-web</a></li><li>Google Scholar: <a href="https://geni.us/bjks-scholar">https://geni.us/bjks-scholar</a></li><li>Twitter: <a href="https://geni.us/bjks-twt">https://geni.us/bjks-twt</a></li></ul> References and links Episodes with Michael Hornberger and Hugo Spiers <a href="https://geni.us/bjks-hornberger">https://geni.us/bjks-hornberger</a> <a href="https://geni.us/bjks-spiers">https://geni.us/bjks-spiers</a>   Coughlan, DeSouza, Zhukovsky, Hornberger, Grady &amp; Buckley (2023). Spatial cognition is associated with levels of phosphorylated-tau and β-amyloid in clinically normal older adults. Neurobiology of Aging. Coughlan, ... Buckley (2023). Association of age at menopause and hormone therapy use with tau and β-amyloid positron emission tomography. JAMA Neurology. Coughlan, Coutrot, Khondoker, Minihane, Spiers &amp; Hornberger (2019). Toward personalized cognitive diagnostics of at-genetic-risk Alzheimer’s disease. PNAS. Coughlan, Laczó, Hort, Minihane &amp; Hornberger (2018). Spatial navigation deficits—overlooked cognitive marker for preclinical Alzheimer disease?. Nature Reviews Neurology. Eger (2017). The Choice. Pertesi, Coughlan, Puthusseryppady, Morris &amp; Hornberger (2019). Menopause, cognition and dementia–A review. Post reproductive health.

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