About this episode

Dr Colin Doherty discusses the relationship between concussion, epilepsy, and the blood-brain barrier.

Send us Fan Mail Professor Doherty holds the Ellen Mayston Bates Chair in Neurology at Trinity College Dublin's School of Medicine and serves as a Consultant Neurologist in the Epilepsy Service at St James's Hospital. He is also a Principal Investigator at the Research Ireland FutureNeuro Centre, one of Ireland's flagship national research programmes for neurological disease. His research spans brain imaging in epilepsy, mild traumatic brain injury, and neurological disorders, uniquely positi...

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Host: Dr Reece Granger

Guest: Dr Colin Doherty

Topics covered

• concussion
• epilepsy
• blood-brain barrier
• neurology
• brain imaging
• mild traumatic brain injury

Keywords

• concussion
• epilepsy
• blood-brain barrier
• neurology
• brain imaging
• mild traumatic brain injury
• neurological disorders

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Trinity College Dublin, St James's Hospital, Research Ireland FutureNeuro Centre

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