Dr Laura McWhirter
Baillie Gifford Clinical Research Fellow
- Centre for Dementia Prevention
- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
Contact details
- Email: laura.mcwhirter@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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University of Edinburgh,
Royal Edinburgh Hospital,
Morningside Terrace - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH10 5HF
Background
Laura McWhirter graduated MBChB from the University of Edinburgh in 2008, having taken an unusual route to medicine after a degree in music from the University of York in 2001. Dr McWhirter completed specialist training in General Adult and Liaison Psychiatry in South East Scotland in June 2018.
Qualifications
MBChB - University of Edinburgh, 2008
BA (Hons) in Music - University of York, 2001
Responsibilities & affiliations
Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists - 2012
Member of the Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh) - 2011
Member of the British Neuropsychiatry Association
Research summary
Laura McWhirter's research interests are in cognitive disorders, functional neurological disorders, and brain injury.
Current research interests
Dr McWhirter's current primary research project aims to improve understanding of Functional Cognitive Disorder phenotypes in the differential diagnosis of dementia prodromes.Past research interests
Somatosensory attention in functional neurological disorders, Foreign Accent Syndrome, transcranial magnetic stimulation, the history of physical treatments for functional neurological disorder-
Understanding foreign accent syndrome
In:
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, pp. jnnp-2018-319842
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2018-319842
Contribution to journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Attention and sensation in functional motor disorder
In:
Neuropsychologia, vol. 106, pp. 207-215
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.09.031
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
Chapter 28 – Functional coma
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-801772-2.00028-X
Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Published) -
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation as a treatment for Functional (Psychogenic) Upper Limb Weakness.
In:
Journal of Psychosomatic Research, vol. 89, pp. 102-106
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2016.08.010
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
Functional neurological disorders : mechanisms and treatment
In:
Journal of Neurology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-015-7893-2
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
The body electric : a long view of electrical therapy for functional neurological disorders
(8 pages)
In:
Brain, vol. 138, no. Pt 4, pp. 1113-20
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awv009
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
Hoover's sign for the diagnosis of functional weakness: A prospective unblinded cohort study in patients with suspected stroke
(3 pages)
In:
Journal of Psychosomatic Research, vol. 71, no. 6, pp. 384-386
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2011.09.003
Contribution to journal › Article (Published)