Dr Kyla-Louise Horne (nee Wood)
PhD, BA (Hons)
Research Fellow
Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch
Background
I hold a PhD in Neuropsychology from the University of Canterbury with clinical experience in Parkinson's disease. I am currently a Brain Research New Zealand Centre of Research Excellence Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the University of Otago, Christchurch and the New Zealand Brain Research Institute. I am actively involved in both local and national health research networks.
Current Research
I am currently developing an advanced MRI-derived model of brain ageing to track disease progression in Parkinson's disease and working with Prof Simon Lewis at the University of Sydney to examine hallucinations in Parkinson’s disease.
Research Interests
- Parkinson's disease
- Huntington's disease
- Ageing
- Cognitive Impairment
- Hallucinations in PD.
Interests
In my spare time I enjoy gardening, cooking, playing with my munchkin cats and spending time with family and friends.
Projects
- Parkinson's disease longitudinal Research Group
- Cognitive and Neuropsychiatric symptoms in PD
- Dementia risk in PD
- Hallucinations in PD
- MRI-derived modelling of ageing in PD
- Speech disfluencies in PD.
Supervisory roles
Associate supervisor - Eloise Gooch, University of Canterbury CMDS490 Honors Project, Project Title: Disentangling the contribution of motor and cognitive factors to the occurrence of speech disfluencies in Parkinson’s disease.
Link to Dr Kyla-Louise Horne's Google Scholar page
Note: Prior to May 2016, I published under my maiden name of 'Wood'.
Publications
Provided on request for non-commercial personal use by researchers.
2021
Blakemore, R. L., Pascoe, M. J., Horne, K. L., Livingston, L., Young, B. N., Elias, B., Goulden, M., Grenfell, S., Myall, D. J., Pitcher, T. L., Dalrymple-Alford, J. C., Le Heron, C. J., Anderson, T. J., MacAskill, M. R. (2021). Higher perceived stress and exacerbated motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease during the COVID-19 lockdown in New Zealand. The New Zealand Medical Journal,
134, .
Horne, K., MacAskill, M. R., Myall, D. J., Livingston, L., Grenfell, S., Pascoe, M. J., Young, B., Shoorangiz, R., Melzer, T. R., Pitcher, T. L., Anderson, T. J., Dalrymple‐Alford, J. C. (2021). Neuropsychiatric symptoms are associated with dementia in Parkinson’s disease but not predictive of it. Movement Disorders Clinical Practice,
8, .
10.1002/mdc3.13151
2020
Myall, D.J., Horne, K., MacAskill, M.R., Livingston, L., Pitcher, T.L., Melzer, T.R., Geurtsen, G.J., Anderson, T.J., Dalrymple-Alford, J.C. (2020). Cognitive tests that identify high risk of conversion to dementia in Parkinson's disease. bioRxiv, .
10.1101/2020.05.31.126870
2019
Melzer, T. R., Stark, M. R., Keenan, R. J., Myall, D. J., MacAskill, M. R., Pitcher, T. L., Livingston, L., Grenfell, S., Horne, K., Young, B., Pascoe, M., Almuqbel, M. A., Wang, J., Marsh, S., Miller, D. H., Dalrymple-Alford, J. C., Anderson, T. J. (2019). Beta amyloid deposition is not associated with cognitive impairment in Parkinson’s disease. Frontiers in Neurology,
10, .
10.3389/fneur.2019.00391
2017
Jones, A. J., Kuijer, R. G., Livingston, L., Myall, D., Horne, K., MacAskill, M., Pitcher, T., Barrett, P. T., Anderson, T. J., Dalrymple-Alford, J. C. (2017). Caregiver burden is increased in Parkinson’s disease with mild cognitive impairment (PD-MCI). Translational Neurodegeneration,
6(17).
10.1186/s40035-017-0085-5
2016
Almuqbel, M., Melzer, T.R., Myall, D.J., MacAskill, M.R., Pitcher, T.L., Livingston, L., Wood, K., Keenan, R.J., Dalrymple-Alford, J.C., Anderson, T.J. (2016). Metabolite ratios in the posterior cingulate cortex do not track cognitive decline in Parkinson's disease in a clinical setting. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders,
22, .
10.1016/j.parkreldis.2015.11.008
Wood, K., Myall, D.J., Livingston, L., Melzer, T.R., Pitcher, T.L., MacAskill, M.R., Geurtsen, G.J., Anderson, T.J., Dalrymple-Alford, J.C. (2016). Different PD-MCI criteria and risk of dementia in Parkinson’s disease: Four year longitudinal study. npj Parkinson's Disease,
2, .
10.1038/npjparkd.2015.27
Abstracts and Short papers
2020
Horne, K.-L., MacAskill, M. R., Myall, D., Livingston, L., Grenfell, S., Pascoe, M. J., Young, B., Shoorangiz, R., Melzer, T. R., Pitcher, T. L., Anderson, T. J., Dalrymple-Alford, J. C. (2020). Neuropsychiatric symptoms are associated with dementia in Parkinson’s disease but not predictive of it. MedRxiv, 2020, 09,
01, .
https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.01.20186312
2018
Horne, K. L., Myall, D. J., MacAskill, M. R., Anderson, T. J., Dalrymple-Alford, J. C. (2018). Response to “Parkinson's disease mild cognitive impairment classifications and neurobehavioral symptoms” [letter]. International Psychogeriatrics.
10.1017/S1041610218000091
2016
Horne, K, Myall, DJ, Livingston, L, Grenfell, SF, Melzer, TR, Pitcher, TL, MacAskill, MR, Anderson, TJ, Dalrymple-Alford, JC (2016). Risk of dementia in Parkinson’s disease: Towards optimal short cognitive testing. Proceedings of the 34th International Winter Conference on Brain Research, .
Melzer, TR, Keenan, RJ, Myall, DJ, Kaur, G, Livingston, L, Horne, K, Marsh, S, MacAskill, MR, Dalrymple-Alford, JC, Anderson, TJ (2016). Amyloid imaging and cognition in Parkinson’s disease: Interim report. Proceedings of the 34th International Winter Conference on Brain Research, .
2014
Almuqbel, M., Melzer, T., Myall, D., MacAskill, M., Livingston, L., Wood, K., Pitcher, T., Dalrymple-Alford, J. , Anderson, T. (2014). Cognitive status in Parkinsons disease characterised by magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Proceedings of the International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research (AWCBR), Queenstown, New Zealand,
32, .
Melzer, T., Myall, D., Livingston L., , Wood, K., Pitcher, T., Keenan, R., MacAskill, M., Dalrymple-Alford, J. , Anderson, T. (2014). White matter lesions - a factor in developing dementia in patients with Parkinsons disease. Proceedings of the International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research (AWCBR), Queenstown, New Zealand,
32, .
Myall, D., Wood, K., Livingston, L., Pitcher, T., Melzer, T., MacAskill, M., Anderson, T. , Dalrymple-Alford, J. (2014). Individualised medicine: Predicting dementia in Parkinsons disease. Proceedings of the International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research (AWCBR), Queenstown, New Zealand,
32, .
Wood, K., Myall, D., Livingston, L., Melzer, T., Pitcher, T., MacAskill, M., Anderson, T. , Dalrymple-Alford, J. (2014). Comparing mild cognitive impairment criteria in Parkinsons disease: influence on dementia onset. Proceedings of the International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research (AWCBR), Queenstown, New Zealand,
32, .
2013
Dalrymple-Alford, J. C., Livingston, L., Melzer, T. R., Wood, K., Goh, T. J., Pitcher, T. L., Graham, C. F., Keenan, R. J., MacAskill, M. R. , Anderson, T.J. (2013). Current perspectives on Parkinsons disease: Cognition to the fore. Proceedings of the 31st Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research 2013, Queenstown, Volume 31,
Abstract 29.
Wood, K., Livingston, L., Melzer, T. R., Pitcher, T. L., MacAskill, M. R., Anderson, T. J. , Dalrymple-Alford, J.C. (2013). Criteria for Parkinson’s disease with mild cognitive impairment associated with increased progression to dementia. Proceedings of the 31st Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research 2013, Queenstown,
Volume 31, .
