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
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Cognitive neurology
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frontotemporal lobar degeneration
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progressive aphasia
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Alzheimer's disease
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Neurodegenerative diseases
Works
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1996
Journal Article
Vitamin B12 myeloneuropathy precipitated by nitrous oxide anaesthesia
Nestor, P J and Stark, R J (1996). Vitamin B12 myeloneuropathy precipitated by nitrous oxide anaesthesia. The Medical journal of Australia, 165 (3), 174. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb124908.x
1996
Journal Article
Hospitalisation for adverse events related to drug therapy: incidence, avoidability and costs
Dartnell, J G, Anderson, R P, Chohan, V, Galbraith, K J, Lyon, M E, Nestor, P J and Moulds, R F (1996). Hospitalisation for adverse events related to drug therapy: incidence, avoidability and costs. The Medical journal of Australia, 164 (11), 659-62.
1996
Journal Article
Hospitalisation for adverse events related to drug therapy: Incidence, avoidability and costs
Dartnell, Jonathan G. A., Anderson, Robert P., Chohan, Veronica, Galbraith, Kirsten J., Lyon, Moira E. H., Nestor, Peter J. and Moulds, Robert F. W. (1996). Hospitalisation for adverse events related to drug therapy: Incidence, avoidability and costs. Medical Journal of Australia, 164 (11), 659-662.
Supervision
Availability
- Professor Peter Nestor is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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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
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Doctor Philosophy
The evolution of cognitive deficits in Lewy body disorders and related degenerative diseases.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor John O'Sullivan
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Doctor Philosophy
Diagnostic specificity in frontotemporal dementia
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Cognitive switching in ageing and preclinical neurodegenerative disorders
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Gail Robinson
Completed supervision
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Neuroimaging of Traumatic Brain Injury and Dementia: Bridging the link
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Fatima Nasrallah
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