Prof Jennifer Rusted

Biography

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PhD Birkbeck College, London University, 1980

Jenny joined the Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, Sussex University in 1988 after a series of postdoctoral position in the UK and in the USA.  Current administrative roles: Senate Member; Head of the Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Research Group, Member of the advisory group for Mind and Brain theme; joint lead for Sussex Partnership Trust's Older People theme.

Role

Professor of Experimental Psychology

Psychopharmacology of human memory:

• The neurochemical bases of memory: the role of the cholinergic neurotransmitter system in human information processing, with particular emphasis on nicotinic receptors
• The neurochemical and behavioural effects of nicotine in adolescents, younger and older adults
• The behavioural and neural impact of the APOE e4 polymorphism across the lifespan

(work supported by grants from the BBSRC, MRC and the Wellcome Trust)

Memory decline in Alzheimer's Disease and other functional brain disorders:

• Longitudinal study of behavioural change in activities of daily living in people with DAT
• Non-pharmacological interventions (eg Art Therapy) for older people with dementia
• Eye movements in everyday memory
• Cognitive deficits associated with heart disease in the over 60s
• The effects of exercise and diet on age-related cognitive change and on rate of decline in people with dementia
• A Pocket Book of Memories A memory aid for people with dementia., developed and published with Linda Sheppard. (Hawker Publications, 1999)

(work supported by grants from the Wellcome Trust, BBSRC, Brritish Academy, PPP Foundation, Brighton Heart Support Trust)

Course coordinator and lecturer on Abnormal and Clinical Psychology (Year 2); Course coordinator and lecturer on Psychobiology of Cognitive Ageing and Dementia (3rd Year Option).

Student Consultation

Office hours: 9.30-10.30 Mondays and Fridays

Dowell, Nicholas G, Ruest, Torsten, Evans, Simon L, King, Sarah L, Tabet, Naji, Tofts, Paul S and Rusted, Jennifer M (2013) MRI of carriers of the apolipoprotein E e4 allele-evidence for structural differences in normal-appearing brain tissue in e4+ relative to e4- young adults. NMR in Biomedicine, 26 (6). pp. 674-682. ISSN 0952-3480

Rusted, J M, Evans, S L, King, S L, Dowell, N G, Tabet, N and Tofts, P S (2013) APOE e4 polymorphism in young adults is associated with improved attention and indexed by distinct neural signatures. NeuroImage, 65 (1). pp. 364-373. ISSN 1053-8119

Evans, Simon, Gray, Marcus A, Dowell, Nicholas, Tabet, Naji, Tofts, Paul S, King, Sarah and Rusted, Jennifer M (2012) APOE E4 carriers show prospective memory enhancement under nicotine, and evidence for specialisation within medial BA10. Neuropsychopharmacology. ISSN 0893-133X (In Press)

Marchant, Natalie L, King, Sarah L, Tabet, Naji and Rusted, Jennifer M (2010) Positive effects of cholinergic stimulation favor young APOE epsilon4 carriers. Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 35 (5). pp. 1090-6. ISSN 1740-634X

Gard, Paul R and Rusted, Jennifer M (2004) Angiotensin and Alzheimer's disease: therapeutic prospects. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 4 (1). pp. 87-96. ISSN 1473-7175

Tatler, Ben, Gilchrist, ID and Rusted, Jennifer (2003) The time course of abstract visual representation. Perception, 32. pp. 579-592.

Stafford , Lorenzo D, Rusted, Jennifer and Yeomans, Martin R (2002) Caffeine, mood and performance: a selective review. Pharmacopsychoecologia, 15. pp. 179-199.

Rusted, Jennifer and Sheppard, Linda (2002) Action-based memory in Alzheimer's disease: a longitudinal look at tea making. Neurocase, 8 (1-2). pp. 111-126. ISSN 1355-4794

Grinstead, K and Rusted, Jennifer (2001) Do people with Alzheimer's Disease have a disproportionate deficit in functional knowledge? Verbal vs Motoric Access to Semantic Memory. Ageing and Mental Health, 5. pp. 295-300.

Pompeia, S, Rusted, Jennifer and Curran, HV (2001) Verbal fluency facilitated by the cholinergic blocker. Human Psychopharmacology, 17. pp. 51-59.

Rusted, J M, Cauldfield, D, King, L and Goode, A (2000) Moving out of the laboratory: does nicotine improve everyday attention? Behavioural Pharmacology, 11. pp. 350-356.