Samrah Ahmed
BSc PhD (Cantab)
Honorary Senior Research Associate
My research focuses on detailed clinical and cognitive phenotyping in the dementias. Careful cataloguing of characteristic disturbances in dementia syndromes allows for the identification of disease subtypes, inform sensitive and specific clinical diagnosis, identify robust markers of clinical progression and outcomes for intervention studies. I am particularly interested in impairments of memory and language in these conditions.
Research Interests
- Focal cortical presentations in Alzheimer’s disease
- Primary progressive aphasia
- Neuropsychiatric and behavioural features of dementia syndromes
- Mild cognitive impairment
- Cross-cultural neuropsychology
Collaborators
- Professor Linda Clare (University of Exeter)
- Professor John R. Hodges (University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia)
- Professor Michael Hornberger (University of East Anglia)
- Professor Eneida Mioshi (University of East Anglia)
Recent publications
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Attention network dysfunction underlies memory impairment in posterior cortical atrophy.
Journal article
Veldsman M. et al, (2019), Neuroimage Clin, 22
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Consensus classification of posterior cortical atrophy.
Journal article
Crutch SJ. et al, (2017), Alzheimers Dement, 13, 870 - 884
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Utility of testing for apraxia and associated features in dementia.
Journal article
Ahmed S. et al, (2016), J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 87, 1158 - 1162
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Diagnosing young onset dementia can be challenging.
Journal article
Ahmed S. et al, (2016), Practitioner, 260, 11 - 2
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Memory Impairment at Initial Clinical Presentation in Posterior Cortical Atrophy.
Journal article
Ahmed S. et al, (2016), J Alzheimers Dis, 52, 1245 - 1250