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The Naci Lab at Trinity College Dublin researches brain health across the lifespan, focusing on midlife dementia risk and how sport, injury, and lifestyle shape long term brain health.

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thenacilab.bsky.social @thenacilab.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
🎉Congrats @lorinanaci.bsky.social and student Tommy Paltzer on receiving a Trinity Research Doctorate Award! Tommy will join the RESOLVE Study team, Emma Whooley and Fiona Wilson, to investigate “Mid-life Brain Vulnerability and Resilience Following Traumatic Brain Injury" in former soccer players.
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thenacilab.bsky.social @thenacilab.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
📢New publication! We found that daily life, stimulating activities were the most powerful way to boost cognition from 15 modifiable factors studied, and can play a greater role than genetic risk factor for late-onset #Alzheimer's disease, from midlife. @lorinanaci.bsky.social @hrbireland.bsky.social
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Want to reduce your risk of dementia? Pick up an instrument or take a foreign trip
New research from Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience and the Global Brain Health Institute has found that engaging in physically, socially, and intellectually stimulating activities in middle a...
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thenacilab.bsky.social @thenacilab.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
The Naci Lab is proud of @emmawhooley.bsky.social , co-supervised by Fiona Wilson, who presented at #Sportskongres in Copenhagen. 👏 🎉 Her meta-analysis showed that global #cognition is lower in #rugbyplayers than controls. Thank you @researchireland.ie for funding this work. theresolvestudy.org
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thenacilab.bsky.social @thenacilab.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
The Naci Lab was delighted to present at the European Parliament event on Dementia Prevention & Brain Health in Women, hosted by @drni.bsky.social. Thanks to Nina Carberry, MEP @ninacarberrymep.bsky.social, for her commitment to dementia research! Thanks to all attendees! @lorinanaci.bsky.social
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