Latest publications: January 2025

Congratulations to members of the Department who have recently had their research findings published. Here’s our round-up of the latest publication successes.


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Title Canonical journal title Publication type Authors OR Authors/Contributors Publication date
A method for mimicking tumour tissue in brain ex-vivo ultrasound for research application and clinical training Acta Neurochirurgica: the European journal of neurosurgery Journal article Weld A, Dixon L, Anichini G, Faoro G, Menciassi A, Camp S, Giannarou S 14/01/2025
An early economic analysis of medical cannabis for the treatment of chronic pain Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research: informing decision-making in the delivery of cost-effective healthcare Journal article Marrinan S, Schlag AK, Lynskey M, Seaman C, Barnes MP, Morgan-Giles M, Nutt D 01/01/2025
Autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation for treatment of multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder — recommendations from ECTRIMS and the EBMT Nature Reviews Neurology Journal article Muraro PA, Mariottini A, Greco R, Burman J, Iacobaeus E, Inglese M, Snowden JA, Alexander T, Amato MP, Bø L, Boffa G, Ciccarelli O, Cohen JA, Derfuss T, Farge D, Freedman MS, Gaughan M, Heesen C, Kazmi M, Kirzigov K, Ljungman P, Mancardi G, Martin R, Mehra V, Moiola L, Saccardi R, Tintoré M, Stankoff B, Sharrack B, Blanco Y, Di Pauli F, Giovannoni G, Hemingway C, Izmail A, Jelcic I, Kappos L, Klotz L, Lehmann AK, Mycko M, Saiz A, Smolders J, Vukusic S, Willekens B, Zephir H 15/01/2025
Balance recovery and its link to vestibular agnosia in traumatic brain injury: a longitudinal behavioural and neuro-imaging study Journal of Neurology Journal article Hadi Z, Mahmud M, Calzolari E, Chepisheva M, Zimmerman KA, Tahtis V, Smith RM, Rust HM, Sharp DJ, Seemungal BM 15/01/2025
Brain Imaging and Phenotyping for the China Phenobank Project Phenomics Journal article Bai W 01/01/2025
Cell state-dependent allelic effects and contextual Mendelian randomization analysis for human brain phenotypes Nature Genetics Journal article Haglund A, Zuber V, Abouzeid M, Yang Y, Ko JH, Wiemann L, Otero-Jimenez M, Muhammed L, Feleke R, Nott A, Mills JD, Laaniste L, Gveric DO, Clode D, Babtie AC, Pagni S, Bellampalli R, Somani A, McDade K, Anink JJ, Mesarosova L, Fancy N, Willumsen N, Smith A, Jackson J, Alegre-Abarrategui J, Aronica E, Matthews PM, Thom M, Sisodiya SM, Srivastava PK, Malhotra D, Bryois J, Bottolo L, Johnson MR 01/01/2025
Cerebral vasculitis related to neurosarcoidosis: a case series and systematic literature review Journal of Neurology Journal article Focke JK, Brokbals M, Becker J, Veltkamp R, van de Beek D, Brouwer MC, Westendorp WF, Kraemer M 01/02/2025
Clonally expanded, targetable, natural killer-like NKG7 T cells seed the aged spinal cord to disrupt myeloid-dependent wound healing Neuron Journal article Kong G, Song Y, Yan Y, Calderazzo SM, Saddala MS, De Labastida Rivera F, Cherry JD, Eckman N, Appel EA, Velenosi A, Swarup V, Kawaguchi R, Ng SS, Kwon BK, Gate D, Engwerda CR, Zhou L, Di Giovanni S 01/01/2025
CMRxRecon2024: A Multimodality, Multiview k-Space Dataset Boosting                     Universal Machine Learning for Accelerated Cardiac MRI Radiology: Artificial Intelligence Journal article Wang Z, Wang F, Qin C, Lyu J, Cheng O, Wang S, Li Y, Yu M, Zhang H, Guo K, Shi Z, Li Q, Xu Z, Zhang Y, Li H, Hua S, Chen B, Sun L, Sun M, Li Q, Chu Y-H, Bai W, Qin J, Zhuang X, Prieto C, Young A, Markl M, Wang H, Wu L-M, Yang G, Qu X, Wang C 01/01/2025
Cognitive domains affected <scp>post‐COVID</scp>‐19; a systematic review and <scp>meta‐analysis</scp> European Journal of Neurology Journal article Fanshawe JB, Sargent BF, Badenoch JB, Saini A, Watson CJ, Pokrovskaya A, Aniwattanapong D, Conti I, Nye C, Burchill E, Hussain ZU, Said K, Kuhoga E, Tharmaratnam K, Pendered S, Mbwele B, Taquet M, Wood GK, Rogers JP, Hampshire A, Carson A, David AS, Michael BD, Nicholson TR, Paddick S, Leek CE 01/01/2025
Comparison of clinical presentation and management of children and adolescents with ARFID between paediatrics and child and adolescent psychiatry: a prospective surveillance study Archives of Disease in Childhood Journal article Haidar E, Sanchez-Cerezo J, Neale J, Julius N, Lynn R, Hudson LD, Nicholls D 01/01/2025
Cuneus atrophy and Parkinsonian phenoconversion in cognitively unimpaired patients with isolated REM sleep behavior disorder Journal of Neurology Journal article Baun AM, Iranzo A, Terkelsen MH, Stokholm MG, Stær K, Serradell M, Otto M, Svendsen KB, Garrido A, Vilas D, Santamaria J, Møller A, Gaig C, Brooks DJ, Borghammer P, Tolosa E, Eskildsen SF, Pavese N 01/01/2025
Deep Learning-Based Glioma Segmentation of 2D Intraoperative Ultrasound Images: A Multicenter Study Using the Brain Tumor Intraoperative Ultrasound Database (BraTioUS) Cancers Journal article Cepeda S, Esteban-Sinovas O, Singh V, Shetty P, Moiyadi A, Dixon L, Weld A, Anichini G, Giannarou S, Camp S, Zemmoura I, Giammalva GR, Del Bene M, Barbotti A, DiMeco F, West TR, Nahed BV, Romero R, Arrese I, Hornero R, Sarabia R 01/01/2025
Defining Hyperphagia for Improved Diagnosis and Management of MC4R Pathway–Associated Disease: A Roundtable Summary Current Obesity Reports Journal article Heymsfield SB, Clément K, Dubern B, Goldstone AP, Haqq AM, Kühnen P, Richards J, Roth CL, Akker ELTVD, Wabitsch M, Yanovski JA 01/01/2025
Design and conduct of global health research in low- and middle-income countries Journal of Pediatrics Journal article Thayyil S, Bauserman M, Valentine G, Patterson JK, Hoffman M, Aagaard K, Ramji S, Lokangaka A, Mhango J, Bhutta ZA, Shankaran S 01/01/2025
Discovering patient groups in sequential electronic healthcare data using unsupervised representation learning BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making Journal article Li J, Zakka KR, Booth J, Rigny L, Ray S, Cortina-Borja M, Barnaghi P, Sebire N 01/01/2025
Early neurological deterioration in acute lacunar ischemic stroke: Systematic review of incidence, mechanisms, and prospects for treatment International Journal of Stroke Journal article Werring DJ, Ozkan H, Doubal F, Dawson J, Freemantle N, Hassan A, Le STN, Mallon D, Mendel R, Markus HS, Minhas JS, Webb AJS 01/01/2025
Excessive Supraventricular Ectopic Activity in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke Is Associated With Atrial Fibrillation Detection Within 24 Months After Stroke: A Predefined Analysis of the MonDAFIS Study Journal of the American Heart Association Journal article Haeusler KG, Tütüncü S, Fiessler C, Jawad‐Ul‐Qamar M, Kunze C, Schurig J, Dietzel J, Krämer M, Petzold GC, Royl G, Helberg T, Thomalla G, Nabavi DG, Röther J, Laufs U, Veltkamp R, Heuschmann PU, Kirchhof P, Olma MC, Endres M 21/01/2025
Experiences of eating disorder services for people caring for a loved one with an eating disorder in the UK: national survey BJPsych Open Journal article Cribben H, Batchelor R, Macdonald P, Treasure J, Cini E, Nicholls D, Kan C 01/01/2025
Finding Neural Biomarkers for Motor Learning and Rehabilitation Using an Explainable Graph Neural Network IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering Journal article Han J, Embs A, Nardi F, Haar S, Faisal A 01/01/2025
From Relaxed Beliefs Under Psychedelics (REBUS) to Revised Beliefs After Psychedelics (REBAS) Scientific Reports Journal article Zeifman R, Spriggs M, Kettner H, Lyons T, Rosas F, Mediano P, Erritzoe D, Carhart-Harris R 01/01/2025
Genetic coupling of enhancer activity and connectivity in gene expression control Nature Communications Journal article Ray-Jones H, Sung CK, Chan LT, Haglund A, Artemov P, Della Rosa M, Ruje L, Burden F, Kreuzhuber R, Litovskikh A, Weyenbergh E, Brusselaers Z, Tan VXH, Frontini M, Wallace C, Malysheva V, Bottolo L, Vigorito E, Spivakov M 01/01/2025
Hyperspectral and multispectral imaging in neurosurgery: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis European Journal of Surgical Oncology Journal article Anichini G, Leiloglou M, Hu Z, O’Neill K, Daniel Elson 01/01/2025
IMITATE: Clinical Prior Guided Hierarchical Vision-Language Pre-Training IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging Journal article Liu C, Cheng S, Shi M, Shah A, Bai W, Arcucci R 01/01/2025
Impact of out-of-home nutrition labelling on people with eating disorders: a systematic review and meta-synthesis BMJ Public Health Journal article Trompeter N, Duffy F, Peebles I, Wadhera E, Chambers K, Sharpe H, Maloney E, Nicholls D, Schmidt U, Serpell L, Jewell T 01/01/2025
Impact of Sex on Clinical Outcomes of Tandem Occlusion in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients Treated With Mechanical Thrombectomy. A Propensity‐Matched Analysis European Journal of Neurology Journal article D’Anna L, Foschi M, Valente M, Zhang L, Sacco S, Ornello R, Mansoor N, Fallon M, Jaramillo AG, Sponza M, Gavrilovic V, Lobotesis K, Gigli GL, Banerjee S, Merlino G 01/01/2025
Improving Prescribing Outcomes in Undergraduate Medical Training British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology Journal article Fung CY, Coulson A, Brown C, Amin A, Halse O, Owen D, Sam AH 01/01/2025
Interplay of force and local mechanisms in axonal plasticity and beyond BBA: Molecular Cell Research Journal article Falconieri A 01/01/2025
Longitudinal study of care needs and behavioural changes in people living with dementia using in-home assessment data Communications Medicine Journal article Walsh C, Capstick A, Fletcher-Lloyd N, True J, Sharp D, Wilson D, Daniels S, Wingfield D, Harrison M, Haar S, Golemme M, Del Giovanne M, Malhotra P, Graham N, Mallas EJ, Hassim N, Scott G, Kolanko M, Serban A-I, Lai H, Soreq E, Li LM, Wu T, Parker T, Constandinou T, Bannon A, Mandic D, Charalambos, Rapeaux A, Hammour G, Williams I, Hsieh B, Yin M, Yogendran N, Vaidyanathan R, Su T, Lima M, Martineau T, Shi M, Jouaiti M, Xu T, Wairagkar M, Xiao B, Castillo CS, Valdunciel A, Wattansiri P, Seeamber R, Guez A, Liu Z, Dhawan S, Barnaghi P, Fletcher-Lloyd N, Marzuki A, Haddadi H, Palermo F, Woodbridge M, Joffe A, Zhao Y, Kouchaki S, Capstick A, Chen Y, Cui T, Walsh C, Freemont P, Cameron L, Adam T, Crone M, Jackson R, Jensen K, Tran M, Dijk DJ, Skeldon A, Revell V, Wells K, Atzori G, Bartsch U, Grainge L, Della Monica C, Hassanin H, Kumar KGR, Woolley J, Lambert D, Wood-Campar I, Mahvash SM, Rexha J, Garcia TR, Abulikemu S, Jacob JJ, Graef C, Steadman N, Kutuzova A, Nardi F, Touboul A, Naar L, Horrocks S, Quan B, Nilforooshan R, True J, Balazikova O, Beal E, Whitethread N, Purnell M, Zarombaite V, Copps L, Knight O, Bangar G, Dey S, Mukonda C, Hine J, Mallon L, Norman C, Patel A, Lyall R, Razall S, Kirby P, Patterson J, Law M, Kenny A, Nilforooshan R, Barnaghi P 10/01/2025
Macrophages excite muscle spindles with glutamate to bolster locomotion Nature Journal article Yan Y, Antolin N, Zhou L, Xu L, Vargas IL, Gomez CD, Kong G, Palmisano I, Yang Y, Chadwick J, Müller F, Bull AMJ, Lo Celso C, Primiano G, Servidei S, Perrier JF, Bellardita C, Di Giovanni S 16/01/2025
Neurophysiological correlates of ketamine-induced dissociative state in bipolar disorder: insights from real-world clinical settings Molecular Psychiatry Journal article Agnorelli C, Cinti A, Barillà G, Lomi F, Scoccia A, Benelli A, Neri F, Smeralda CL, Cuomo A, Santarnecchi E, Tatti E, Godfrey K, Tarantino F, Fagiolini A, Rossi S 01/01/2025
Non-conventional deep brain stimulation in a network model of movement disorders Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express Journal article Yousif N, Bain PG, Nandi D, Borisyuk R 31/01/2025
Oxytocin Amplifies Negative Response to Ambiguity in Adolescent Females With and Without Eating Disorders European Eating Disorders Review Journal article Burmester V, Sheridan E, Julius NC, Elliott J, Thackeray O, Nicholls D 01/01/2025
Plasma proteomic evidence for increased β-amyloid pathology after SARS-CoV-2 infection Nature Medicine Journal article Duff EP, Zetterberg H, Heslegrave A, Dehghan A, Elliott P, Allen N, Runz H, Laban R, Veleva E, Whelan CD, Sun BB, Matthews PM 01/01/2025
Prognostic serum biomarkers of synaptic, neuronal and glial injury in patients with acute ischemic stroke of the anterior circulation European Journal of Neurology Journal article Barba L, Vollmuth C, Halbgebauer S, Ungethuem K, Hametner C, Essig F, Kollikowski AM, Pham M, Schuhmann MK, Heuschmann PU, Oeckl P, Steinacker P, Romoli M, D’Anna L, Abu-Rumeileh S, Haeusler KG, Stoll G, Neugebauer H, Otto M 01/01/2025
Psilocybin-assisted massed cognitive processing therapy for chronic posttraumatic stress disorder: Protocol for an open-label pilot feasibility trial PLoS One Journal article Meshkat S, J. Zeifman R, Stewart K, Janssen-Aguilar R, Lou W, Jetly R, Monson CM, Bhat V 01/01/2025
Quantification of T-Cell Receptor Excision Circles (TRECs) Methods in Molecular Biology Journal article Suwan K, Cencioni MT 01/01/2025
Quantifying VMAT2 target occupancy at effective valbenazine doses and comparing to a novel VMAT2 inhibitor: a translational PET study Neuropsychopharmacology Journal article Terry-Lorenzo R, Albrecht D, Crouch S, Wong R, Loewen G, Giri N, Skor H, Lin K, Sandiego CM, Pajonas M, Rabiner EA, Gunn RN, Russell DS, Haubenberger D 01/01/2025
Reply to Letter to the Editor: “Psychedelics in Older Adults: Difficulties of a Clear Therapeutic Evidence” American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry Journal article Kettner H, Roseman L, Gazzaley A, Carhart-Harris RL, Pasquini L 01/01/2025
Roles for the long non-coding RNA Pax6os1/PAX6-AS1 in pancreatic beta-cell function iScience Journal article Lopez-Noriega L, Callingham R, Martinez-Sánchez A, Nawaz S, Pizza G, Haberman N, Cvetesic N, Nguyen-Tu MS, Lenhard B, Marchetti P, Piemonti L, de Koning E, Shapiro AMJ, Johnson PR, Leclerc I, Hastoy B, Gauthier BR, Pullen TJ, Rutter GA 17/01/2025
SMARCA4 regulates the NK-mediated killing of senescent cells Science Advances Journal article Reen V, D’Ambrosio M, Søgaard PP, Tyson K, Leeke BJ, Clément I, Dye ICA, Pombo J, Kuba A, Lan Y, Burr J, Bomann IC, Kalyva M, Birch J, Khadayate S, Young G, Provencher D, Mes-Masson A-M, Vernia S, McGranahan N, Brady HJM, Rodier F, Nativio R, Percharde M, McNeish IA, Gil J 01/01/2025
Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Signalling Inhibition Suppresses Th1-Like Treg Generation by Reversing Mitochondrial Uncoupling Immunology Journal article Coulombeau R, Selck C, Giang N, Al-Mohammad A, Ng N, Maher AK, Argueello R, Scalfari A, Varley J, Nicholas R, Dominguez-Villar M 01/01/2025
The relationship between leisure time physical activity patterns, Alzheimer’s disease markers and cognition. Brain Communications Journal article James S-N, Sudre CH, Barnes J, Cash DM, Chiou Y-J, Coath W, Keshavan A, Lu K, Malone I, Murray-Smith H, Nicholas JM, Orini M, Parker T, Almeida-Meza P, Fox NC, Richards M, Schott JM 01/01/2025
Ultra sensitive and low detection limitation non-enzymatic glucose biosensor based on heterojunction NiO@In2O3 hollow nanofibers Microchemical Journal Journal article Zhang C, Xu X, Li B, Li H, Tan X, Justin Jesuraj P, Xie W 01/01/2025
Ultra‐Low‐Field Paediatric MRI in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries: Super‐Resolution Using a Multi‐Orientation U‐Net Human Brain Mapping Journal article Baljer L, Zhang Y, Bourke NJ, Donald KA, Bradford LE, Ringshaw JE, Williams SR, Deoni SCL, Williams SCR, Váša F, Moran RJ 01/01/2025
Using disease-modifying treatments in multiple sclerosis: Association of British Neurologists (ABN) 2024 guidance Practical Neurology Journal article Rashid W, Ciccarelli O, Leary SM, Arun T, Doshi A, Evangelou N, Ford HL, Hobart J, Jacob S, Muraro PA, Murray K, Palace J, Dobson R 01/01/2025
Vestibular schwannoma causing normal pressure hydrocephalus Practical Neurology Journal article Hayes A, Wilson M, Gontsarova A, Carswell C 01/01/2025
White matter hyperintensities are independently associated with systemic vascular aging and cerebrovascular dysfunction International Journal of Stroke Journal article Webb AJS, Feakins K, Lawson A, Stewart C, Thomas J, Llwyd O 01/01/2025