Research interests in healthy ageing:

Dr Dev Banerjee

My specific interest in sleep includes the neuroscience and metabolic aspects of sleep.

Ageing naturally has many facets to this – from adolescents ie narcolepsy, middle aged ie obstructive sleep apnoea and the effect on cognition, and the elderly ie Parkinsons and sleep disordered behaviour, Dementia and sleep patterns as a result of neurodegeneration particularly the impact of sleep reversal which lacks any effective treatment. With the ABC plans particularly with sleep assessment facilities, I am sure collaboration with the Aging Minds cluster will improve our understanding of the pathophysiology of sleep disorders in the ageing population.