Dr. David Cechetto
Professor and Director of Rebuilding Health in Rwa
Department of Medicine
University of Western Ontario
Canada
Biography
Dr. David Cechetto is a Professor and Director of Rebuilding Health in Rwanda in Department of Medicine at University of Western Ontario, Canada. Ph.D. University of Western Ontario
Research Interest
Research encompasses 3 areas of Neuroscience. Firstly, mechanisms and animal models of co-morbid conditions of the aging brain, including vascular risk factors and Alzheimer’s disease of the aging. Vascular cognitive impairment due to risk factors such as stroke, hypertension, atherosclerosis and diabetes combined with early stage Alzheimer’s disease leads to enhanced neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation.
Publications
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Cechetto DF, Shoemaker JK. Functional neuroanatomy of autonomic regulation. Neuroimage. 2009 Sep 30;47(3):795-803.
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Cechetto DF, Hachinski V, Whitehead SN. Vascular risk factors and Alzheimer’s disease. Expert review of neurotherapeutics. 2008 May 1;8(5):743-50.
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Whitehead SN, Cheng G, Hachinski VC, Cechetto DF. Progressive increase in infarct size, neuroinflammation, and cognitive deficits in the presence of high levels of amyloid. Stroke. 2007 Dec 1;38(12):3245-50.
