Overview
Background
Prof Nestor joined the Queensland Brain Institute in October/2017 and has a conjoint appointment as a cognitive neurologist at Mater Misericordiae Ltd (Mater Hospital).
His particular interests include understanding the earliest stages of Alzheimer's disease (i.e. before dementia is established); atypical forms of dementia with a particular focus on primary progressive aphasia and dementias related to Parkinson's and Lewy body diseases; and improving differential diagnosis between the major categories of neurodegenerative diseases.
He works on development of neuropsychological tests of cognition, both to accurately track change over time and improve diagnostic accuracy between the major diseases causing dementia. He also uses multi-modal imaging (magnetic resonance imaging [MRI] and positron emission tomography [PET]) to understand the sequence of events occurring in degenerative brain diseases (particularly Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal dementia, Parkinson's disease, motor neuron disease [ALS], progressive supranuclear palsy [PSP] and corticobasal degeneration [CBD]) and identify novel biomarkers. A major focus of his is on developing novel approaches to MR imaging for single subject pathological diagnoses that can be exported into the everyday clinical setting; recent examples include diffusion tensor imaging to identify PSP and CBD (Sajjadi et al, 2013) and quantitative susceptibility mapping in Parkinson's disease (Acosta-Cabornero et al, 2013).
Availability
- Professor Peter Nestor is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery and Medical Science, University of Melbourne
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge
Research interests
-
Cognitive neurology
-
frontotemporal lobar degeneration
-
progressive aphasia
-
Alzheimer's disease
-
Neurodegenerative diseases
Works
Search Professor Peter Nestor’s works on UQ eSpace
2018
Journal Article
Diagnostic utility of FDG-PET in the differential diagnosis between different forms of primary progressive aphasia
Bouwman, Femke, Orini, Stefania, Gandolfo, Federica, Altomare, Daniele, Festari, Cristina, Agosta, Federica, Arbizu, Javier, Drzezga, Alexander, Nestor, Peter, Nobili, Flavio, Walker, Zuzana, Morbelli, Silvia, Boccardi, Marina and EANM-EAN Task Force for the Prescription of FDG-PET for Dementing Neurodegenerative Disorders (2018). Diagnostic utility of FDG-PET in the differential diagnosis between different forms of primary progressive aphasia. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 45 (9), 1526-1533. doi: 10.1007/s00259-018-4034-z
2018
Journal Article
Clinical utility of FDG-PET for the differential diagnosis among the main forms of dementia
Nestor, Peter J., Altomare, Daniele, Festari, Cristina, Drzezga, Alexander, Rivolta, Jasmine, Walker, Zuzana, Bouwman, Femke, Orini, Stefania, Law, Ian, Agosta, Federica, Arbizu, Javier, Boccardi, Marina, Nobili, Flavio, Frisoni, Giovanni Battista and EANM-EAN Task Force for the Prescription of FDG-PET for Dementing Neurodegenerative Disorders (2018). Clinical utility of FDG-PET for the differential diagnosis among the main forms of dementia. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 45 (9), 1509-1525. doi: 10.1007/s00259-018-4035-y
2018
Journal Article
Automated assessment of FDG-PET for differential diagnosis in patients with neurodegenerative disorders
Nobili, Flavio, Festari, Cristina, Altomare, Daniele, Agosta, Federica, Orini, Stefania, Van Laere, Koen, Arbizu, Javier, Bouwman, Femke, Drzezga, Alexander, Nestor, Peter, Walker, Zuzana, Boccardi, Marina and EANM-EAN Task Force for the Prescription of FDG-PET for Dementing Neurodegenerative Disorders (2018). Automated assessment of FDG-PET for differential diagnosis in patients with neurodegenerative disorders. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 45 (9), 1557-1566. doi: 10.1007/s00259-018-4030-3
2018
Journal Article
Clinical utility of FDG-PET in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Huntington's disease
Agosta, Federica, Altomare, Daniele, Festari, Cristina, Orini, Stefania, Gandolfo, Federica, Boccardi, Marina, Arbizu, Javier, Bouwman, Femke, Drzezga, Alexander, Nestor, Peter, Nobili, Flavio, Walker, Zuzana, Pagani, Marco and EANM-EAN Task Force for the Prescription of FDG-PET for Dementing Neurodegenerative Disorders (2018). Clinical utility of FDG-PET in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Huntington's disease. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 45 (9), 1546-1556. doi: 10.1007/s00259-018-4033-0
2018
Journal Article
Clinical utility of FDG-PET for the clinical diagnosis in MCI
Arbizu, Javier, Festari, Cristina, Altomare, Daniele, Walker, Zuzana, Bouwman, Femke, Rivolta, Jasmine, Orini, Stefania, Barthel, Henryk, Agosta, Federica, Drzezga, Alexander, Nestor, Peter, Boccardi, Marina, Frisoni, Giovanni Battista, Nobili, Flavio and EANM-EAN Task Force for the Prescription of FDG-PET for Dementing Neurodegenerative Disorders (2018). Clinical utility of FDG-PET for the clinical diagnosis in MCI. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 45 (9), 1-12. doi: 10.1007/s00259-018-4039-7
2018
Journal Article
Prefrontal cortical thickness in motor neuron disease
Machts, Judith, Cardenas-Blanco, Arturo, Acosta-Cabronero, Julio, Kaufmann, Joern, Loewe, Kristian, Kasper, Elisabeth, Schuster, Christina, Prudlo, Johannes, Vielhaber, Stefan and Nestor, Peter J. (2018). Prefrontal cortical thickness in motor neuron disease. NeuroImage: Clinical, 18, 648-655. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2018.03.002
2018
Journal Article
Left frontal hub connectivity delays cognitive impairment in autosomal-dominant and sporadic Alzheimer's disease
Franzmeier, Nicolai, Düzel, Emrah, Jessen, Frank, Buerger, Katharina, Levin, Johannes, Duering, Marco, Dichgans, Martin, Haass, Christian, Suárez-Calvet, Marc, Fagan, Anne M, Paumier, Katrina, Benzinger, Tammie, Masters, Colin L, Morris, John C, Perneczky, Robert, Janowitz, Daniel, Catak, Cihan, Wolfsgruber, Steffen, Wagner, Michael, Teipel, Stefan, Kilimann, Ingo, Ramirez, Alfredo, Rossor, Martin, Jucker, Mathias, Chhatwal, Jasmeer, Spottke, Annika, Boecker, Henning, Brosseron, Frederic, Falkai, Peter ... Ewers, Michael (2018). Left frontal hub connectivity delays cognitive impairment in autosomal-dominant and sporadic Alzheimer's disease. Brain : A Journal of Neurology, 141 (4), 1186-1200. doi: 10.1093/brain/awy008
2018
Journal Article
Design and first baseline data of the DZNE multicenter observational study on predementia Alzheimer's disease (DELCODE)
Jessen, Frank, Spottke, Annika, Boecker, Henning, Brosseron, Frederic, Buerger, Katharina, Catak, Cihan, Fliessbach, Klaus, Franke, Christiana, Fuentes, Manuel, Heneka, Michael T., Janowitz, Daniel, Kilimann, Ingo, Laske, Christoph, Menne, Felix, Nestor, Peter, Peters, Oliver, Priller, Josef, Pross, Verena, Ramirez, Alfredo, Schneider, Anja, Speck, Oliver, Spruth, Eike Jakob, Teipel, Stefan, Vukovich, Ruth, Westerteicher, Christine, Wiltfang, Jens, Wolfsgruber, Steffen, Wagner, Michael and Düzel, Emrah (2018). Design and first baseline data of the DZNE multicenter observational study on predementia Alzheimer's disease (DELCODE). Alzheimer's Research and Therapy, 10 (1) 15. doi: 10.1186/s13195-017-0314-2
2018
Journal Article
Peripheral nerve atrophy together with higher CSF progranulin indicate axonal damage in ALS
Schreiber, S., Debska-Vielhaber, G., Abdulla, S., Machts, J., Schreiber, F., Kropf, S., KÖrtvelyessy, P., KÖrner, S., Kollewe, K., Petri, S., Dengler, R., Kunz, W. S., Nestor, P. J. and Vielhaber, S. (2018). Peripheral nerve atrophy together with higher CSF progranulin indicate axonal damage in ALS. Muscle and Nerve, 57 (2), 273-278. doi: 10.1002/mus.25682
2018
Journal Article
CSF total tau levels are associated with hippocampal novelty irrespective of hippocampal volume
Düzel, Emrah, Berron, David, Schütze, Hartmut, Cardenas-Blanco, Arturo, Metzger, Coraline, Betts, Matthew, Ziegler, Gabriel, Chen, Yi, Dobisch, Laura, Bittner, Daniel, Glanz, Wenzel, Reuter, Martin, Spottke, Annika, Rudolph, Janna, Brosseron, Frederic, Buerger, Katharina, Janowitz, Daniel, Fliessbach, Klaus, Heneka, Michael, Laske, Christoph, Buchmann, Martina, Nestor, Peter, Peters, Oliver, Diesing, Dominik, Li, Siyao, Priller, Josef, Spruth, Eike Jakob, Altenstein, Slawek, Ramirez, Alfredo ... Jessen, Frank (2018). CSF total tau levels are associated with hippocampal novelty irrespective of hippocampal volume. Alzheimer's and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring, 10 (C), 782-790. doi: 10.1016/j.dadm.2018.10.003
2017
Journal Article
Tau plasma levels in subjective cognitive decline: Results from the DELCODE study
Müller, Stephan, Preische, Oliver, Göpfert, Jens C., Yañez, Viviana A. Carcamo, Joos, Thomas O., Boecker, Henning, Düzel, Emrah, Falkai, Peter, Priller, Josef, Buerger, Katharina, Catak, Cihan, Janowitz, Daniel, Heneka, Michael T., Brosseron, Frederic, Nestor, Peter, Peters, Oliver, Menne, Felix, Schipke, Carola G., Schneider, Anja, Spottke, Annika, Fließbach, Klaus, Kilimann, Ingo, Teipel, Stefan, Wagner, Michael, Wiltfang, Jens, Jessen, Frank and Laske, Christoph (2017). Tau plasma levels in subjective cognitive decline: Results from the DELCODE study. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 9529. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-08779-0
2017
Journal Article
Data-driven classification of patients with primary progressive aphasia
Hoffman, Paul, Sajjadi, Seyed Ahmad, Patterson, Karalyn and Nestor, Peter J. (2017). Data-driven classification of patients with primary progressive aphasia. Brain and Language, 174, 86-93. doi: 10.1016/j.bandl.2017.08.001
2017
Journal Article
Dementia of the personality
Nestor, Peter J. (2017). Dementia of the personality. Medical Journal of Australia, 207 (7), 286-287. doi: 10.5694/mja17.00667
2017
Journal Article
Reply
Sajjadi, S. A. and Nestor, P. J. (2017). Reply. American Journal of Neuroradiology, 38 (9), E64-E64. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A5261
2017
Journal Article
Brain-predicted age in Down syndrome is associated with beta amyloid deposition and cognitive decline
Cole, James H., Annus, Tiina, Wilson, Liam R., Remtulla, Ridhaa, Hong, Young T., Fryer, Tim D., Acosta-Cabronero, Julio, Cardenas-Blanco, Arturo, Smith, Robert, Menon, David K., Zaman, Shahid H., Nestor, Peter J. and Holland, Anthony J. (2017). Brain-predicted age in Down syndrome is associated with beta amyloid deposition and cognitive decline. Neurobiology of Aging, 56, 41-49. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2017.04.006
2017
Journal Article
Consensus classification of posterior cortical atrophy
Crutch, Sebastian J., Schott, Jonathan M., Rabinovici, Gil D., Murray, Melissa, Snowden, Julie S., van der Flier, Wiesje M., Dickerson, Bradford C., Vandenberghe, Rik, Ahmed, Samrah, Bak, Thomas H., Boeve, Bradley F., Butler, Christopher, Cappa, Stefano F., Ceccaldi, Mathieu, de Souza, Leonardo Cruz, Dubois, Bruno, Felician, Olivier, Galasko, Douglas, Graff-Radford, Jonathan, Graff-Radford, Neill R., Hof, Patrick R., Krolak-Salmon, Pierre, Lehmann, Manja, Magnin, Eloi, Mendez, Mario F., Nestor, Peter J., Onyike, Chiadi U., Pelak, Victoria S., Pijnenburg, Yolande ... Fox, Nick C. (2017). Consensus classification of posterior cortical atrophy. Alzheimers & Dementia, 13 (8), 870-884. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2017.01.014
2017
Journal Article
Semantic word category processing in semantic dementia and posterior cortical atrophy
Shebani, Zubaida, Patterson, Karalyn, Nestor, Peter J., Diaz-de-Grenu, Lara Z., Dawson, Kate and Pulvermüller, Friedemann (2017). Semantic word category processing in semantic dementia and posterior cortical atrophy. Cortex, 93, 92-106. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2017.04.016
2017
Journal Article
Which ante mortem clinical features predict progressive supranuclear palsy pathology?
Respondek, Gesine, Kurz, Carolin, Arzberger, Thomas, Compta, Yaroslau, Englund, Elisabet, Ferguson, Leslie W., Gelpi, Ellen, Giese, Armin, Irwin, David J., Meissner, Wassilios G., Nilsson, Christer, Pantelyat, Alexander, Rajput, Alex, van Swieten, John C., Troakes, Claire, Josephs, Keith A., Lang, Anthony E., Mollenhauer, Brit, Mueller, Ulrich, Whitwell, Jennifer L., Antonini, Angelo, Bhatia, Kailash P., Bordelon, Yvette, Corvol, Jean-Christophe, Colosimo, Carlo, Dodel, Richard, Grossman, Murray, Kassubek, Jan, Krismer, Florian ... Hoeglinger, Guenter U. (2017). Which ante mortem clinical features predict progressive supranuclear palsy pathology?. Movement Disorders, 32 (7), 995-1005. doi: 10.1002/mds.27034
2017
Journal Article
Beyond clinical syndromes in primary progressive aphasia
Knopman, David S. and Nestor, Peter J. (2017). Beyond clinical syndromes in primary progressive aphasia. Neurology, 88 (24), 2244-2245. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000004041
2017
Journal Article
Clinical diagnosis of progressive supranuclear palsy: the movement disorder society criteria
Hoeglinger, Guenter U., Respondek, Gesine, Stamelou, Maria, Kurz, Carolin, Josephs, Keith A., Lang, Anthony E., Mollenhauer, Brit, Mueller, Ulrich, Nilsson, Christer, Whitwell, Jennifer L., Arzberger, Thomas, Englund, Elisabet, Gelpi, Ellen, Giese, Armin, Irwin, David J., Meissner, Wassilios G., Pantelyat, Alexander, Rajput, Alex, van Swieten, John C., Troakes, Claire, Antonini, Angelo, Bhatia, Kailash P., Bordelon, Yvette, Compta, Yaroslau, Corvol, Jean-Christophe, Colosimo, Carlo, Dickson, Dennis W., Dodel, Richard, Ferguson, Leslie ... Litvan, Irene (2017). Clinical diagnosis of progressive supranuclear palsy: the movement disorder society criteria. Movement Disorders, 32 (6), 853-864. doi: 10.1002/mds.26987
Supervision
Availability
- Professor Peter Nestor is:
- Available for supervision
Before you email them, read our advice on how to contact a supervisor.
Supervision history
Current supervision
-
Doctor Philosophy
The `What¿ and `Where¿ of Visual Processing in Neurodegeneration: The essential yet overlooked component of diagnostic testing in dementia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jason Mattingley
-
Doctor Philosophy
Diagnostic specificity in frontotemporal dementia
Principal Advisor
-
Doctor Philosophy
The evolution of cognitive deficits in Lewy body disorders and related degenerative diseases.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor John O'Sullivan
-
Doctor Philosophy
Cognitive switching in ageing and preclinical neurodegenerative disorders
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Gail Robinson
Completed supervision
-
2021
Doctor Philosophy
Neuroimaging of Traumatic Brain Injury and Dementia: Bridging the link
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Fatima Nasrallah
Media
Enquiries
For media enquiries about Professor Peter Nestor's areas of expertise, story ideas and help finding experts, contact our Media team: