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Full NameProfessor Richard Carson
Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience and School of Psychology
Trinity College Dublin
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- bioengineering/medical devices
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Rehabilitation medicine, stroke
- Medicine
- Sports and Exercise Medicine
- Dementia
- Geriatric Medicine
- Neurology
- Neurophysiology
Professor Carson's research group employs multiple imaging technologies, including resting-state fMRI and diffusion weighted imaging, to examine the relationships between structural and functional brain connectivity that mediate expressions of frailty and cognitive decline. In combination with electrophysiological measures such as transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), these methodologies are also being used to provide prognostic assessment, and tailor programs of rehabilitation for individuals following stroke. His team has developed an upper limb personal trainer: the SMART Arm - a non-robotic device that enables stroke survivors with upper limb weakness to drive recovery of their arm.
In related research - working with colleagues at the University of Alberta, he has been exploring the use of tele-rehabilitation. In this case, the therapy is undertaken in the home while being supervised from a remote location via an internet link. A further specific focus of his work is the adaptive processes that are engaged by some individuals to obviate the behavioural consequences that would otherwise arise from neural degeneration. In this regard, his team are exploring the range of factors, including genetic variations in the pathways that mediate adaptive neural plasticity, that give rise to individual differences in resistance to brain damage and degeneration.