Hometown: Guilderland,
Education:
B.A. Brain and Cognitive Sciences, B.A.
Philosophy, University of Rochester,
2005
Research interests:
I am primarily interested in autonomic
neuropsychology. That is, how things
like heart rate, blood pressure, breathing, and our abilities to regulate these
factors influence cognition and mood. My
current study is called “The Effects of Orthostatic Hypotension on Cognition in
Parkinson’s Disease”, and will look at how low blood pressure in the upright
position decreases cerebral blood flow and affects brain function.
Relevant experience:
I spent two years working for Dr. Roy
Freeman as a clinical research associate at the Center for Autonomic and
Peripheral Nerve Disorders at
Interests: Music.
I like playing guitar and listening to
bands like The Beatles, Umphrey’s McGee,
Moe., The New Deal, Phish… I could go on
all day.
I also like cooking,
running, biking, the occasional video game (Gears of War II is my
favorite), politics, reading philosophy (Aristotle is my favorite),
and basically every TV show on Discovery (Man vs. Wild
is currently my favorite).
I also take Tae
Kwon Do (I’m the one furthest
from camera), Hapkido, Kuk Sool Won from Master (and Dr.) Chris Gibbons (the
one on the right).
Favorite movie – The Godfather II
Favorite T.V. show
of all time – The Sopranos
Favorite Album of
all time – Rift, By Phish
Publications:
QDIRT:
quantitative direct and indirect test of sudomotor
function.
Gibbons CH, Illigens BM, Centi J, Freeman R.
Neurology.
2008 Jun 10;70(24):2299-304.
A
Capsaicin Model of Autonomic Nerve Fiber Degeneration and Regeneration.
Gibbons C, Centi J, Freeman R.
Clinical Autonomic Research. 2006 Oct: 16(5): 305-316
Abstracts and
Presentations:
Relation of
Orthostatic Hypotension to Cognition in Parkinson ’s
Disease.
Centi J, Stavitsky K, Joshi P, Blease S, Bogdanova Y,
Cronin-Golomb, A.
Presented at the Cognitive Aging Conference in
Presented at the
A Capsaicin Model of
Autonomic Nerve Fiber Degeneration and Regeneration.
Gibbons CH, Centi J, and Freeman R.
Abstract/poster presented at the 16th International
Symposium on the Autonomic Nervous System in
Modeling the Role of Peripheral Neuropathy on Wound Healing.
Gibbons C, Centi J, Freeman R
Volume
17, Number 5 / October, 2007
Presented at the European Federation of
Autonomic Societies
Presented at the Peripheral Nerve Society
Annual Meeting
Presented at the
Does Capsaicin Mediated Neurodegeneration Model
Diabetic Autonomic and Small Fiber Neuropathy?
Freeman R, Centi J, DeZure A,
Gibbons C
Presented at the 16th annual Diabetic Neuropathy Study Group
of the EASD