Dr Denize Atan
B.M,B.Ch.(Oxon.), M.A.(Cantab.), M.R.C.P., M.R.C.Ophth., PhD, Cert Med Ed, FRCOphth
Current positions
Associate Professor in Neuro-ophthalmology, Neuroscience and Genetics
Bristol Medical School (THS)
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Research interests
Neurodegenerative diseases of the eye and brain, e.g. dementia, glaucoma, memory
Neurodevelopmental diseases of the eye and brain, e.g. inherited retinal diseases, epilepsy, neurogenesis
Neuro-inflammatory diseases of the eye and brain, e.g. MS
Neuro-oncology, e.g. brain tumours
Population and molecular genetics
Projects and supervisions
Thesis supervisions
Genome-wide and candidate gene association studies of visual and cognitive phenotypes and their inter-relationships
Supervisors
How does the neural circuitry of the hippocampal dentate gyrus shape our memories?
Supervisors
An investigation into the roles of puberty, insulin signalling and the interrelationship between education and intelligence on myopia development
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
28/01/2025Improving the diagnostic accuracy of referrals for papilloedema (DIPP) study
BMJ Open
Author Correction
Behavior Research Methods
Defining an Ageing-Related Pathology, Disease or Syndrome
GeroScience
Heparanase inhibition as a systemic approach to protect the endothelial glycocalyx and prevent microvascular complications in diabetes
Cardiovascular Diabetology
Indirect feedback inhibition from hilar mossy cells enhances the sparse activation of dentate granule cells and frequency-dependent pattern separation
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