Ingrid Daae Rasmussen

Avhandlingen er tilgjengelig her! The doctoral thesis! Prøveforelesning over oppgitt emne holdes kl. 0915, samme sted: "Non-pharmacological interventions in dementia". Prøveforelesningen vil også bli strømmet/the trail lecture will also be streamed. Disputasen starter kl. 1115 Disputasen vil bli strømmet her!  The defense will be streamed here! Opptak av disputasen vil være tilgjengelig i et døgn. A recording of the disputation will be available for 24 hours.

Populærvitenskapelig sammendrag av avhandlingen:

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia. There is currently no cure for the disease. tDCS is a non-invasive brain stimulation technique showing promising results for modifying symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. Weak electric current through electrodes placed on the scalp may enhance brain activity and improve memory function. The treatment has few side effects. The apparatus is portable, opening the possibility for home-treatment.
The results of this thesis showed that brain atrophy of patients with Alzheimer’s disease affected how the tDCS induced current was distributed. A high-definition variant of the current was better suited to reach the region of interest, and patients receiving this treatment improved performance in memory tasks. Further, daily home-based treatment sessions were found both feasible and tolerable for patients. This work contributes to designing clinical guidelines for treatment of Alzheimer’s disease with brain stimulation.

Hovedveileder
Professor Per Matti Aslaksen, Institutt for psykologi, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet.

Biveiledere
Førsteamanuensis Ole Kristian Grønli, Institutt for klinisk medisin, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet

Bedømmelseskomité
Professor Anges Flöel, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald - 1. opponent.
Professor Stein Andersson, Institutt for psykologi, UiO – 2. opponent.
Førsteamanuensis Bjørn-Eivind Kirsebom, Institutt for psykologi, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet – leder av komitè. 

Disputasleder: Professor Claudia Rodríguez-Aranda, Institutt for psykologi, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet.