http://news.vanderveer.org.nz Keep up-to-date with brain research and happenings at the Institute Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:20:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en PUBLICATIONS Innes CRH, Poudel GR, Jones RD (2011). A paradoxical relationship between usual sleep efficiency and behavioural microsleep propensity following a single night of sleep restriction [Abstract]. Sleep and Biological Rhythms, 9(4), 238-239. Jones RD (2011). Arousal-related lapse of responsiveness: Characteristics, detection, and underlying mechanisms [Abstract]. Sleep and ... http://news.vanderveer.org.nz/2011/11/news-and-events-%e2%80%93-november-2011/ The Van der Veer Institute, founded in 2004, has grown into a vibrant international team of 50 staff and students, working together in two dedicated facilities, serving hundreds of patients. Well over a thousand people have volunteered to join their research studies. The findings generated are having an ... http://news.vanderveer.org.nz/2011/10/news-and-events-%e2%80%93-october-2011/ PUBLICATIONS Hoggarth P, Innes C, Dalrymple-Alford J, Croucher M, Severinsen J, Gray J, Hampton J, Oxley J, Brook B, Abernethy P, Jones R (2011). Assessment of older drivers in New Zealand: the current system, research, and recommendations. Australasian Journal of Ageing. 30:148-155. Innes CRH, Lee D, Chen C, Ponder-Sutton AM, Melzer ... http://news.vanderveer.org.nz/2011/09/news-and-events-%e2%80%93-september-2011/ PUBLICATIONS Robb MP, Sinton-White H, Kaipa R (in press). Acoustic estimates of respiration in the pain cries of newborns. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. CONFERENCES Saskia van Stockum attended the Gordon Research Conference on Eye Movements at the University of New England, Biddeford, Maine, July 31 – August 5, 2011. ... http://news.vanderveer.org.nz/2011/08/news-and-events-%e2%80%93-august-2011/ PUBLICATIONS Farr H, David T (in press). Models of neurovascular coupling via potassium and EET signalling. Journal of Theoretical Biology. Melzer TR, Watts R, MacAskill MR, Pitcher TL, Livingston L, Keenan R, Dalrymple-Alford JC, Anderson TJ (in press). Grey matter atrophy in cognitively impaired Parkinson's disease. ... http://news.vanderveer.org.nz/2011/07/news-and-events-%e2%80%93-july-2011/ CONFERENCES Tracy Melzer attended the 17th Annual meeting of the organization on Human Brain Mapping in Quebec City, Canada 26–30th June. Tracy presented the following paper: Melzer TR, Watts R, MacAskill1 MR, Pitcher T, Keenan R, Livingston L, Dalrymple-Alford JC, Anderson TJ (2011). ‘White matter tract integrity and cognition in ... http://news.vanderveer.org.nz/2011/06/news-and-events-%e2%80%93-june-2011/ CONFERENCES Tim Anderson attended the Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologists (ANZAN) in Hobart, 16 – 20 May 2011. Tim presented the following paper in the Neuro-Ophthalmology Symposium: Anderson TJ (2011). Supranuclear eye movement disorders. Hannah Farr attended Brain 2011 (25th International Symposium on Cerebral Blood Flow, Metabolism and Function), ... http://news.vanderveer.org.nz/2011/05/news-and-events-%e2%80%93-may-2011/ Multiple Sclerosis Research Assistant (0.5 FTE, Fixed Term 1 year) The Van der Veer Institute is a leader in neurological research. We are dedicated to help in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of neurological disorders, backed up by ongoing neurological research. This is a half-time, one year, fixed term position ... http://news.vanderveer.org.nz/2011/05/vacancy-multiple-sclerosis-research-assistant/ CONFERENCES Professor Tim Anderson attended the 3rd Asian and Oceanian Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Congress (AOPMC) 25–27 March 2011, in Taipei, Taiwan. Tim Chaired the session ‘Modern concepts in non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease. AWARDS Ramesh Kaipa was awarded the annual Research Excellence Award of $500 by the New Zealand Speech-language ... http://news.vanderveer.org.nz/2011/04/news-and-events-%e2%80%93-april-2011/ PUBLICATIONS van Stockum S, MacAskill MR, Myall D, Anderson TJ (in press). A perceptual discrimination task abnormally facilitates reflexive saccades in Parkinson’s disease. European Journal of Neuroscience. Special Issue ‘Saccade, Search and Orient’ to be published in 2011. MacAskill MR, Koga K, Anderson TJ (2011). Japanese street performer ... http://news.vanderveer.org.nz/2011/03/news-and-events-%e2%80%93-march-2011/