Dr. Charles J Duffy MD, PHD
Neurologist | Neurology
601 Elmwood Ave Box 656 Rochester NY, 14642About
Dr. Duffy joined the University of Rochester faculty in 1993. He is nationally recognized for his work in dementia, has several grants and is active in researching visual changes in Alzheimer's Diseas ...
Education and Training
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 1984
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN- 1989
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Cortical neurons encoding path and place: where you go is where you are.
- A visuospatial variant of mild cognitive impairment: getting lost between aging and AD.
- Heading representation in MST: sensory interactions and population encoding.
- Attentional dynamics and visual perception: mechanisms of spatial disorientation in Alzheimer's disease.
- Pursuit neurons encode 3D space: is the cortex nervous and tensor?
- Spatial disorientation in Alzheimer's disease: the remembrance of things passed.
- Posterior cortical dementia: lost but not forgetting.
- Cortical area MSTd combines visual cues to represent 3-D self-movement.
- Neurophysiological and perceptual correlates of navigational impairment in Alzheimer's disease.
- Behavioral influences on cortical neuronal responses to optic flow.
- Cue integration for the perception and control of self-movement in ageing and Alzheimer's disease.
- The sex specificity of navigational strategies in Alzheimer disease.
- Neurophysiologic analyses of low- and high-level visual processing in Alzheimer disease.
- Cortical neuronal responses to optic flow are shaped by visual strategies for steering.
- Distinct mechanisms of impairment in cognitive ageing and Alzheimer's disease.
Awards
- Sloan Foundation Fellowship, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. 1995
- William Martin Cabot Honorary Scholarship, Harvard College, Cambridge 1974
- Roland P. MacKay Award, 22nd Essay Contest, American Academy of Neuro 1983
Treatments
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Dementia
Fellowships
- National Institute of Health 1988
Dr. Charles J Duffy MD, PHD's Practice location
University of Rochester Medical Center
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