UWMUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison · Biomedical Engineering
Mcmillan Lab
Alan Blair Mcmillan · Madison, Wisconsin
Research Focus
Dr. Alan Blair McMillan's lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison focuses on understanding how chronic epilepsy affects brain aging and cognitive health in older adults. By using advanced neuroimaging techniques, the lab aims to identify specific biomarkers that indicate accelerated brain aging in individuals with this condition. The research could reveal risk and resilience factors that influence cognitive outcomes, ultimately providing insights into potential protective strategies for aging patients with epilepsy.
chronic epilepsybrain agingPET imagingMR imagingcognitive health
Research Aims
3AIM 01Characterize biomarkers suggestive of accelerated brain aging in chronic epilepsy.
AIM 02Identify risk and resilience factors associated with cognitive aging in patients with epilepsy.
AIM 03Investigate the temporal sequence of aging biomarkers in chronic temporal lobe epilepsy.
Skills the Lab Values
PET imagingMRIdata analysisbiomarker characterizationstatistical modeling
Output against the department
Publications213top 50% of dept.300th of 595
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Citations3.1kbottom 23% of dept.460th of 595
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