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Laura
Ekblad
Docent, Department of Clinical Medicine
MD, PhD
Specialist in Geriatrics and Family Medicine. Senior researcher, Turku Alzheimer Imaging Group, Turku PET Centre.

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Areas of expertise

positron emission tomography
Alzheimer´s Disease
Insulin resistance
cognition
memory disorders

Research

My research focuses on early risk factors for memory disorders, especially Alzheimer´s disease. I am particularly interested in the associations between metabolic risk factors (insulin resistance, glucose intolerance, obesity) and cognitive decline.

Our lab uses multimodal neuroimaging (PET-imaging, MRI) combined with blood and CSF biomarkers and cognitive testing to explore the association between different risk factors and early cerebral changes of memory disorders.

I also run a project that examines possible cardiac side effects of anti-dementia agents in elderly memory clinic patients. 

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