Dr Nick Cutfield is a Clinical Senior Lecturer in the Department of Medicine, and Consultant Neurologist and Clinical Lead at Dunedin Hospital. He is also the Clinical Deputy Director of the Brain Health Research Centre. He aims to develop translational neuroscience research at the BHRC by both developing clinical research and strengthening collaborations with laboratory neuroscientists. His research interests include Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis, vestibular disorders and brain imaging.
Find out more about Dr Cutfield's research.
Publications
Cutfield, N. J., Scott, G., Waldman, A. D., Sharp, D. J., & Bronstein, A. M. (2014). Visual and proprioceptive interaction in patients with bilateral vestibular loss. NeuroImage: Clinical, 4, 274-282. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2013.12.013
Cousins, S., Kaski, D., Cutfield, N., Seemungal, B., Golding, J. F., Gresty, M., … Bronstein, A. M. (2013). Vestibular perception following acute unilateral vestibular lesions. PLoS ONE, 8(5), e61862. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061862
Williams, J. M., Guévremont, D., Tsui, H., Logan, B., Knight, R., Abraham, W. C., Tate, W. P., & Cutfield, N. (2013). Altered expression of plasma microRNA in sporadic Alzheimer's disease. In B. Leitch & J. Shemmell (Eds.), Proceedings of the 31st International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research. 31, (pp. 70). AWCBR. Retrieved from http://psy.otago.ac.nz/awcbr/Abstracts/Abstracts2013copy.html
Cutfield, N. J., Cousins, S., Seemungal, B. M., Gresty, M. A., & Bronstein, A. M. (2011). Vestibular perceptual thresholds to angular rotation in acute unilateral vestibular paresis and with galvanic stimulation. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1233, 256-262. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06159.x
Cutfield, N. J., Seemungal, B. M., Millington, H., & Bronstein, A. M. (2011). Diagnosis of acute vertigo in the emergency department [Letter]. Emergency Medicine Journal, 28(6), 538-539. doi: 10.1136/emj.2010.105874
Chapter in Book - Research
Cutfield, N. J., & Bronstein, A. M. (2011). Vestibular and related oculomotor disorders. In A. N. Nicholson (Ed.), The neurosciences and the practice of aviation medicine. (pp. 395-419). Farnham, UK: Ashgate.
Journal - Research Article
Wu, T. Y., Taylor, J. M., Kilfoyle, D. H., Smith, A. D., McGuinness, B. J., Simpson, M. P., … Anderson, T. J., … Cutfield, N. J., … Roxburgh, R. H. (2014). Autonomic dysfunction is a major feature of cerebellar ataxia, neuropathy, vestibular areflexia 'CANVAS' syndrome. Brain, 137(10), 2649-2656. doi: 10.1093/brain/awu196
Knight, R. G., Tsui, H. S. L., Abraham, W. C., Skeaff, C. M., McMahon, J. A., & Cutfield, N. J. (2014). Lack of effect of the apolipoprotein E ε4 genotype on cognition during healthy aging. Journal of Clinical & Experimental Neuropsychology, 36(7), 742-750. doi: 10.1080/13803395.2014.935706
Cutfield, N. J., Scott, G., Waldman, A. D., Sharp, D. J., & Bronstein, A. M. (2014). Visual and proprioceptive interaction in patients with bilateral vestibular loss. NeuroImage: Clinical, 4, 274-282. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2013.12.013
Cousins, S., Kaski, D., Cutfield, N., Seemungal, B., Golding, J. F., Gresty, M., … Bronstein, A. M. (2013). Vestibular perception following acute unilateral vestibular lesions. PLoS ONE, 8(5), e61862. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061862
Cutfield, N. J., Cousins, S., Seemungal, B. M., Gresty, M. A., & Bronstein, A. M. (2011). Vestibular perceptual thresholds to angular rotation in acute unilateral vestibular paresis and with galvanic stimulation. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1233, 256-262. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06159.x
Journal - Research Other
Watson, E., Lewis, J., & Cutfield, N. (2012). "Txt"-induced seizures indicating reading epilepsy in the mobile phone age. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 19(7), 1042-1044. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2011.11.011
Cutfield, N. J., Seemungal, B. M., Millington, H., & Bronstein, A. M. (2011). Diagnosis of acute vertigo in the emergency department [Letter]. Emergency Medicine Journal, 28(6), 538-539. doi: 10.1136/emj.2010.105874
Cutfield, N. J., Steele, H., Wilhelm, T., & Weatherall, M. W. (2009). Successful treatment of HIV associated cerebral vasculopathy with HAART [Letter to the editor]. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 80(8), 936-937. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.2008.165852
Cutfield, N. J., Wilson, J. L., Zwi, L. J., & Snow, B. J. (2008). Internal carotid artery dissection, cerebral aneurysms and thin basement membrane nephropathy. Journal of Neurology, 255(12), 1973-1974. doi: 10.1007/s00415-009-0871-9
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Cutfield, N., Tranter-Entwistle, I., Smith, P., Darlington, C., & Dawes, P. (2014). Video head impulse testing in comparison to caloric testing in pre-surgical vestibular Schwannoma University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Journal of Vestibular Research, 24(2-3 (Special Issue)), (pp. 224-225). doi: 10.3233/VES-140514
Williams, J. M., Guévremont, D., Tsui, H., Logan, B., Knight, R., Abraham, W. C., Tate, W. P., & Cutfield, N. (2013). Altered expression of plasma microRNA in sporadic Alzheimer's disease. In B. Leitch & J. Shemmell (Eds.), Proceedings of the 31st International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research. 31, (pp. 70). AWCBR. Retrieved from http://psy.otago.ac.nz/awcbr/Abstracts/Abstracts2013copy.html
Cousins, S., Cutfield, N., Kaski, D., Seemungal, B., Golding, J., Gresty, M., & Bronstein, A. (2011). Visual dependency after vestibular neuritis. Journal of Neurology, 258(Suppl. 1), (pp. 39-40). doi: 10.1007/s00415-011-6026-9
Seemungal, B., Cousins, S., Cutfield, N., Gresty, M., & Bronstein, A. (2010). Vestibular perception after acute vestibular neuritis. Journal of Vestibular Research, 20(3-4), (pp. 220-221). doi: 10.3233/VES-2010-0373
Cousins, S., Cutfield, N., Seemungal, B., Gresty, M., & Bronstein, A. (2009). Vestibular perception after acute vestibular neuritis. European Journal of Neurology, 16(Suppl. 3), (pp. 36). doi: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2009.02820.x
Cutfield, N. J., Cousins, S. E., Faldon, M. E., Gresty, M. A., & Bronstein, A. M. (2008). Vestibular perceptual thresholds for acceleration are bilaterally increased in acute vestibular neuritis. European Journal of Neurology, 15(Suppl. 3), (pp. 410-411). doi: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2008.02290.x
Cutfield, N., Cooper, P., Snow-Bailey, K., Dick, J., Prosser, D., Clayton-Smith, J., … Roxburgh, R. (2006). A myoclonus-dystonia kindred: Genetic diagnosis and progress in the condition over 10 years. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 77(12), (pp. 1391). [Abstract]
