Ellen van der Plas, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department
Psychiatry
Biography
My research is about brain development in the context of medical illness, particularly childhood cancer. Key neuroscience tools I use include: neuroimaging, neuropsychological testing and experimental cognitive neuroscience tasks. I recently expanded my research to include neurochemical markers of brain damage (e.g., neurofilament light, tau), which are essayed using ultrasensitive single molecule array (Simoa) technology.
Research areas
- Cognitive neuroscience
- Neurodegenerative disorders
- Neuromuscular disorders
- Psychiatric disorders
- Childhood cancer
- Frontal cortex
- Use neuroimaging and generally explore the entire CNS
- Developmental neuroscience
- Neuroimaging
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