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Contact Details

Phone
+64 3 479 8460
Email
margaret.ryan@otago.ac.nz
Position
Senior Research Fellow
Department
Department of Anatomy
Qualifications
BSc (Hons) PhD
Research summary
Memory and Alzheimer's disease

Research

Memory loss arising from neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease is devastating both to the individual and to their loved ones, robbing the individual of many of his/her uniquely identifiable characteristics. Dr Ryan's interest is in how memories are formed and stored in the brain at the molecular level and how this may be altered in Alzheimer's disease.

Publications

Cawood, S., Williams, J., Ryan, M., Russell, B., & Harrison, O. (2023, August). The neurobiology of anxiety, depression, and breathing-related catastrophising. Poster session presented at the Brain Health Research Centre (BHRC) Annual Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Mockett, B. G., & Ryan, M. M. (2023). The therapeutic potential of the neuroactive peptides of soluble amyloid precursor protein-alpha in Alzheimer’s disease and related neurological disorders. Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology, 139, 93-101. doi: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2022.05.014 Journal - Research Other

Cawood, S., Neehoff, S., Glue, P., Williams, J., Ryan, M., Russell, B., & Harrison, O. (2022). Investigating the relationship between microRNA expression, brain structure and biochemistry in anxiety disorders and their potential treatment with ketamine. In K. Horne (Ed.), Proceedings of the 38th International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research (AWCBR). (pp. 82). Retrieved from https://www.queenstownresearchweek.org Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Ryan, M., Tan, V. T. Y., Thompson, N., Guévremont, D., Mockett, B. G., Tate, W. P., Abraham, W. C., Hughes, S. M., & Williams, J. (2021). Lentivirus-mediated expression of human secreted amyloid precursor protein-alpha promotes long-term induction of neuroprotective genes and pathways in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 79, 1075-1090. doi: 10.3233/JAD-200757 Journal - Research Article

Sweetman, E., Noble, A., Edgar, C., Mackay, A., Helliwell, A., Vallings, R., Ryan, M., & Tate, W. (2019). Current research provides insight into the biological basis and diagnostic potential for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). Diagnostics, 9(3), 73. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics9030073 Journal - Research Other

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