Claire Cadwallader, PhD

Postdoctoral Scholar
[email protected]
Fields of Interest: 
Neuropsychology

Claire is a postdoctoral fellow in neuropsychology at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center under the mentorship of Associate Professor Kaitlin Casaletto. Her research interests involve the role of lifestyle factors, such as physical activity, in supporting healthy brain aging and protecting against neurodegenerative disease.
 
Originally from New Zealand, she completed her PhD degree in Clinical Neuropsychology at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. Her PhD work investigated acute exercise as a modifier of neuroplasticity in healthy young and older adults using non-invasive brain stimulation and EEG techniques.

Publications: 

A mixed methods evaluation of the music and psychology and social connections (MAPS) pilot - A dyadic intervention for couples affected by young-onset dementia.

Dementia (London, England)

Loi Franzcp PhD Mbbs SM, Cadwallader CJ, Stretton-Smith PA, Flynn L, Wand AP, Bryant C, Baker FA

Exercise-induced cortical disinhibition mediates the relationship between fitness and memory in older adults.

The Journal of physiology

Cadwallader CJ, Curtin D, Taylor EM, de Moel T, Jarvis H, Hutchison C, Hendrikse J, Chong TT, Coxon JP

High-intensity acute exercise impacts motor learning in healthy older adults.

NPJ science of learning

Taylor EM, Cadwallader CJ, Curtin D, Chong TT, Hendrikse JJ, Coxon JP

Ageing attenuates exercise-enhanced motor cortical plasticity.

The Journal of physiology

Curtin D, Cadwallader CJ, Taylor EM, Andrews SC, Stout JC, Hendrikse JJ, Chong TT, Coxon JP

Acute exercise as a modifier of neocortical plasticity and aperiodic activity in the visual cortex.

Scientific reports

Cadwallader CJ, Steiniger J, Cooper PS, Zhou SH, Hendrikse J, Sumner RL, Kirk IJ, Chong TT, Coxon JP

Cerebrospinal fluid neurofilament light chain differentiates behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia progressors from non-progressors.

Journal of the neurological sciences

Eratne D, Keem M, Lewis C, Kang M, Walterfang M, Farrand S, Loi S, Kelso W, Cadwallader C, Berkovic SF, Li QX, Masters CL, Collins S, Santillo A, Velakoulis D, MiND Study Group

Cerebrospinal fluid neurofilament light chain differentiates primary psychiatric disorders from rapidly progressive, Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal disorders in clinical settings.

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association

Eratne D, Loi SM, Li QX, Stehmann C, Malpas CB, Santillo A, Janelidze S, Cadwallader C, Walia N, Ney B, Lewis V, Senesi M, Fowler C, McGlade A, Varghese S, Ravanfar P, Kelso W, Farrand S, Keem M, Kang M, Goh AMY, Dhiman K, Gupta V, Watson R, Yassi N, Kaylor-Hughes C, Kanaan R, Perucca P, Dobson H, Vivash L, Ali R, O'Brien TJ, Hansson O, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Walterfang M, Masters CL, Berkovic SF, Collins S, Velakoulis D, MiND Study Group

What's off-key in the brain of musicians with focal task-specific dystonia?

The Journal of physiology

Cadwallader CJ, Curtin D, Taylor EM, Coxon JP