Current projects include:

• Preoperative prediction of neuropsychological change across surgery for Parkinson's disease.
• Neuropsychological consequences of deep brain stimulation of the zona-incerta for Parkinson's disease.
• Neuropsychological consequences of deep brain stimulation of the CMPF for Parkinson's disease.
• Validity of the Brixton Spatial Anticipation test as a putative measure of executive function.

Possible future projects and direction of research:

• Neuropsychology of late stage Parkinson's disease with a particular emphasis on predicting dementia.
• Further work examining the validity of clinical methods for evaluating executive function.

Diseases related to this field of research
Movement disorders including Parkinson's disease, Traumatic Brain Injury, Cerebro-Vascular disorders, Dementia, Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, Somatisation disorder

Processes and functions relevant to this work
All aspects of human clinical neuropsychology but with a particular focus on assessment, validity, and evaluating neuropsychological outcome of neurosurgical intervention.

Techniques in routine use
Clinical neuropsychological assessment

Equipment in routine use
A variety of standardised psychometric tests

Teaching

• Visiting lecturer for the undergraduate Clinical Neuropsychology course, Department of Experimental Psychology.
• Visiting lecturer for the Postgraduate MSc Neuropsychology course, Department of Experimental Psychology.
• Lecturer in Neuropsychology for the MRPsych exam.

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Publications, recommended reading and further information

Gill, S.S., Patel, N.K., Hotton, G.R., O'Sullivan, K., McCarter, R., Bunnage, M., Brooks, D.J., Svendsen, C.N., and Heywood, P. (2003).
Direct brain infusion of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) in Parkinson's disease.
Nature Medicine, 9, 589-595.

Patel NK, Bunnage M, Plaha P, Svendsen CN, Heywood P, Gill SS. (2005).
Intraputamenal infusion of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor in PD: A two-year outcome study.
Annals of Neurology, Feb;57(2):298-302.

R.J. Edwards, M.Bunnage, M.Luciano, I.K., Pople. (2003).
Protocol for a prospective, randomised, controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of endoscopic choroids plexus coagulation with third ventriculostomy in the treatment of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (ISRCTN29863839).
Proceeding of the 2nd international choroids plexus workshop, London, U.K., Pages 17-18.

Walton, N.H. and Bunnage, M.P. (2000).
Material specific memory and performance and the 'aphasia hypothesis' during the intracarotid amobarbital procedure.
Poster presented at the European Epilepsy Congress.

Further information our work can be found at www.clinicalneuropsychology.co.uk