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BIOGRAPHY
Chris Butler studied medicine at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (1991-1994) and then at the University of Edinburgh (1994-1997). He conducted his PhD on the syndrome of transient epileptic amnesia under the supervision of Professor Adam Zeman. He worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the Memory and Aging Center, University of California at San Francisco and moved to Oxford in 2009. He was awarded a Clinician Scientist fellowship from the Medical Research Council in 2013.
Training and qualifications
- PhD (Edin) 2009
- MSc (Edin) in Philosophy of Mind 2009
- MRCP (UK) 2001
- MB ChB (Edin) 1997
- MA (Cantab) 1995
Christopher Butler
PhD FRCP Edin
Associate Professor
RESEARCH SUMMARY
Memory loss is a disabling consequence of many common neurological disorders including dementia, stroke, epilepsy and head injury. A central goal of cognitive neuroscience is therefore to understand the relationships between memory and brain function, both in health and disease.
My research focusses on understanding the memory deficits experienced by patients with damage to the medial temporal lobes of the brain due to:
- limbic encephalitis
- epilepsy
- Alzheimer's disease
Sources of funding
- John Fell Fund (2017-2018)
- MRC (2015-2020)
- ARUK (2017-2018)
- MRC (2013-2018)
- NIHR (2009-2013)
- Wellcome Trust (2010-2013)
- Epilepsy Research UK (2010-2013)
Research groups
Recent publications
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Executive Function Deficits in Genetic Frontotemporal Dementia: Results From the GENFI Study.
Journal article
Russell LL. et al, (2025), Neurol Genet, 11
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Accuracy of blood-based neurofilament light to different genetic frontotemporal dementia from primary psychiatric disorders.
Journal article
Liu E. et al, (2025), J Alzheimers Dis
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Structural and functional connectivity in tau mutation carriers: from presymptomatic to symptomatic frontotemporal dementia.
Journal article
Bouzigues A. et al, (2025), Alzheimers Dement, 21
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Design and Development of a mHealth Dementia Screening Tool in Resource-Limited Settings Lessons Learned from Designing for and with Community Health Workers in Peru
Conference paper
Da Re M. et al, (2025), Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Proceedings
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Disease-modifying effects of TMEM106B in genetic frontotemporal dementia: a longitudinal GENFI study.
Journal article
Mirza SS. et al, (2025), Brain
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Sex differences in clinical phenotypes of behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia.
Journal article
Liu X. et al, (2025), Alzheimers Dement, 21
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Assessment of Health System Readiness and Quality of Dementia Services in Peru: Protocol for a Qualitative Study With Stakeholder Interviews and Documentation Review.
Journal article
Lazo-Porras M. et al, (2025), JMIR Res Protoc, 14
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Proteomic analysis reveals distinct cerebrospinal fluid signatures across genetic frontotemporal dementia subtypes.
Journal article
Sogorb-Esteve A. et al, (2025), Sci Transl Med, 17
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Hippocampal damage disrupts the latent decision-making processes underlying approach-avoidance conflict processing in humans
Journal article
Le Duc W. et al, (2025), PLoS Biology, 23
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Performance and validation of a digital memory test across the Alzheimer's disease continuum.
Journal article
Toniolo S. et al, (2025), Brain Commun, 7