University of Tasmania, Australia

Prof James Vickers

Acting Deputy Dean, Faculty of Health Science
Head, School of Medicine
Professor of Pathology
Co-Director, Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre

BSc(Hons), PhD(Flinders), DSc(UTAS)

Contact Details

Publications

• Blizzard, C. A., Chuckowree, J. A., King, A, E., Hosie, K. A., McCormack, G. H., Chapman, J. A., Vickers, J. C., & Dickson, T. C. (2010). Focal damage to the adult rat neocortex induces wound healing accompanied by axonal sprouting and dendritic structural plasticity. Cerebral Cortex, EJ.
• Mitew, S., Kirkcaldie, M. T. K., Halliday, G. M., Shepherd, C. E., Vickers, J. C., & Dickson, T. C. (2010). Focal demyelination in Alzheimer’s disease and transgenic mouse models. Acta Neuropathologica, 119(5), 567–577.
• Staal, J. A., Dickson, T. C., Gasperini, R, Liu, Y., Foa, L., & Vickers, J. C. (2010). Initial calcium release from intracellular stores followed by calcium dysregulation is linked to secondary axotomy following transient axonal stretch injury. Journal of Neurochemistry. 112, 1147-1155.
• Stirling, C., Andrews, S., Croft, T., Vickers, J., Turner, P., & Robinson, A. (2010). Measuring dementia carers' unmet need for services – an exploratory mixed method study. BMC Health Services Research, 10(122), EJ.
• King, A. E., Dickson, T. C., Blizzard, C. A., Woodhouse, A., Foster, S. S., Chung, R. S., & Vickers, J. C. (2010). Neuron–glia interactions underlie ALS-like axonal cytoskeletal pathology. Neurobiology of Aging: Experimental and Clinical Research, EJ.

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Achievements

Professor Vickers completed a BSc(Hons) at the University of Tasmania, a PhD at the Flinders University of South Australia and was awarded a DSc from the University of Tasmania in 2005.

Professor Vickers is co-Director of the Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre. His research interests include neurodegenerative disease (particularly Alzheimer’s disease), traumatic brain injury, structural brain plasticity, ageing-related changes in cognition and health services in dementia.