Undergraduate Student at the University of Florida
Current Research
The Effect of a Keto Diet on Alzheimer's Disease using a Paired-Associates Model and the APOE4 Gene
Principal Investigator: Dr. Sara Burke
Department: Department of Neuroscience, College of Medicine
Spring 2023 - Current
This project aims to investigate the possibility of a keto diet as a metabolic-based therapy for AD in individuals with the APOE4 gene using a transgenic rat in which the rat APOE gene has been replaced by a human APOE3 or APOE4 gene. Cognitive function will be further analyzed via working memory task performance on touchscreen paradigm and Morris water maze activities.
My role in this project involves working with our team to safely and accurately run tasks and manage the diets of the rats involved.
Delotterie, David & Mathis, Chantal & Cassel, Jean-Christophe & Dorner, Cornelia & Marti, Anelise. (2014). Optimization of Touchscreen-Based Behavioral Paradigms in Mice: Implications for Building a Battery of Tasks Taxing Learning and Memory Functions. PloS one. 9. e100817. 10.1371/journal.pone.0100817.