Dr Melanie Cheung (Te Arawa) recently featured on Radio New Zealand's Our Changing World programme, where she talked to Veronika Meduna about her HRC-funded project: Augmenting neuroplasticity in the Huntington's disease brain.
Melanie's project brings together Taranaki Māori whānau, Huntington's disease scientists and clinicians from the Centre for Brain Research (the University of Auckland), and Brain Plasticity Institute (San Francisco) to develop computer-based brain exercises that augment neuroplasticity in the brains of people with Huntington’s disease to ultimately slow the course of the disease. The methods used include kaupapa Māori approaches to brain imaging, neuropsychology, and clinical care (neurology, psychiatry, and nursing).
Hear all about Melanie's research on Our Changing World.