Dr Roxana-Octavia Carare
- Position
- Senior Lecturer
- Institution
- Medicine (FM)
- Webpage
- http://www.southampton.ac.uk/medicine/about/staff/rcn.page
- Mobile
- 07909518498
- rcn@soton.ac.uk
- Contact
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Roxana-Octavia's team members
 Alexandra DiemPostgraduate Research Student, Engineering Sciences (FEE) |
 Roxana AldeaPostgraduate Research Student, Mathematics (FSHS) |
Joint projects with...
 Neil BressloffProfessor, Engineering Sciences (FEE) |
 Giles RichardsonReader, Mathematics (FSHS) |
Projects
A Mathematical Analysis of the Driving Force of Perivascular Drainage in the Brain
With Giles Richardson (Investigator), Alexandra Diem
Preventing Alzheimer's Disease: A Multiphysics Simulation Approach
With Neil Bressloff, Giles Richardson (Investigators), Alexandra Diem
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Our working hypothesis is that with increasing age, genotype and lifestyle, the clearance of Amyloid and soluble metabolites along the basement membranes of capillaries and arteries fails, leading to Alzheimer's disease. We are working on novel biomarkers and efficient therapeutic strategies aimed at enhancing the removal of amyloid from the ageing brain.