Ear stimulation to treat walking in Parkinson's? Transcutaneous electrostimulation of the auricular branch of the vagal nerve? YES says a new paper. Check out this randomized motion sensor study in Parkinson's by Vesna van Midden and colleagues Movement Disorders Journal Key Points: -

Delighted to get a chance to discuss novel Alzheimer’s investigations and treatments today - an important and fast-changing landscape which Geriatricians are invaluable in 👵🏻 thank you British Geriatrics Society for the invitation #BGSconf

✨ Congratulations Adam Dyer on receiving Faculty of Health Sciences Dean’s Award 🏆 such an exciting project investigating viral exposure 🦠 in Alzheimer’s disease 🧠 Nollaig Bourke TCD Medical Gerontology Sean Kennelly Cliona O'Farrelly Matt McElheron ✨

Thank you DMHG for organising such a stimulating research day today - fascinating projects from all hospitals 💭 delighted to represent TUH & have the opportunity to present my PhD research Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) TCD Medical Gerontology Sean Kennelly Sean Commins NDTP School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin

Ever had a bad gut feeling ? Maybe there was something to it! In our new study, led by the brillant @leahbanellis & Ignacio Rebollo, we combined fMRI & electrogastrographic imaging in 200+ participants to uncover hidden links between the gastric-brain axis & mental health

New paper by Laura Morrison from the ENBIND study in TUH/TCD - Discrete Relationships between Spatiotemporal Gait Characteristics and Domain-Specific Neuropsychological Performance in Midlife mdpi.com/2832124 #mdpisensors via Sensors MDPI TCD Medical Gerontology Sean Kennelly

Congrats to Cathy McHale, Advanced Nurse Practitioner in our Age-Related Healthcare Department who has just won the People Caring For People Award, at our annual staff Hero Awards. Cathy McHale

Lovely piece in today's Examiner about Cathy McHale, an Advanced Nurse Practitioner, in our Institute of Memory and Cognition at the Hospital. Have a read... bit.ly/3XQoG2n

Happy to share Nina Engels (Domínguez) work: #locuscoeruleus integrity predicts elevated entorhinal tau better than amyloid-PET or hippocampal volume in asymptomatic older persons. Low LC integrity was associated with a 2-fold risk of clinical progression @MGH_RI 🔵 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…

Current projections estimate 153 million people will be living with dementia by 2050. Nearly half of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by tackling 14 risk factors starting in childhood, suggests new report from a standing Lancet Commission: buff.ly/46nvoPR

Great to have this published with Adam Dyer Antoinette O Connor Sean Kennelly and Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) colleagues 🤔 interested in new ptau217 🩸 plasma biomarkers? 🧐 wondering how they apply to a real world memory clinic 🧠 cohort? 📄 Read on!

Great to see coverage of our recent plasma p-tau217 paper - exciting times for blood biomarkers of Alzheimer Disease ! ⁦TCD Medical Gerontology⁩ ⁦TTMI - Trinity Translational Medicine Institute⁩ ⁦⁦Tallaght University Hospital⁩ ⁦Irish Gerontological Society⁩ ⁦Sean Kennelly⁩ ⁦Helena Dolphin⁩ independent.ie/irish-news/sim…

Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs eg apixaban, rivaroxaban) & hip fracture • When is it safe do a nerve block? • When should surgery performed? • When should DOACs be restarted? Professor Rebecca Mitchell Hannah Seymour 🔗…-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/an…

👏👏 Massive congratulations to ⁦Adam Dyer⁩ from ⁦Tallaght University Hospital (TUH)⁩ for winning the Stefania Maggi award for best Early career researcher at ⁦EuGMS - European Geriatric Medicine Society⁩ conference yesterday. ⁦Nollaig Bourke⁩ ⁦Cliona O'Farrelly⁩ ⁦TCD Medical Gerontology⁩

Delighted to receive this award from EuGMS - European Geriatric Medicine Society - impossible without support of colleagues at TUH&TCD ! Sean Kennelly Nollaig Bourke Cliona O'Farrelly Helena Dolphin TCD Medical Gerontology Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) ICAT Programme

👏Congratulations Laura Morrison for leading out on this research. Circulating Interleukin-17A is associated with executive cognitive function in middle aged adults with and without T2 diabetes. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Dementia Research Network Ireland Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) TCD Medical Gerontology Nollaig Bourke

Award recognition for research into the use of a blood test to detect early Alzheimer's disease. Dr Adam Dyer, based at Tallaght University Hospital, was recently presented with the Stefania Maggi Award at the European Geriatric Medicine Society Conference.

Thank you - my supervisor Sean Kennelly co-supervisor Dr Ciaran Finucane, collaborators Sean Commins Nollaig Bourke Adam Dyer Viva chair ReillyLab-Neural Eng TCD 🧠🫁, my examiners Alison Yarnall Tomas Welsh and The Meath Foundation Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) for fellowship funding-delighted I’ve passed😊

TCD graduation day 👩‍🎓 PhDs and MDs galore for TCD Medical Gerontology School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin 🎉 thank you to my PI Sean Kennelly, congratulations to all graduates and supervisors Paul Claffey Eoin Duggan Rose Anne Kenny Desmond (Des) O'Neill and those not on twitter ❤️💛