Contact Details
- Phone
- +64 3 479 8460
- margaret.ryan@otago.ac.nz
University Links
- 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.