Scientific publications: September 2025

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

Title Authors Journal Date
Cognitive and neuropsychiatric profiles distinguish atypical parkinsonian syndromes Hu MT, Coma AQ, Rowe JB, et al. Brain 1-Sep-25
Evaluation of Mitochondrial Complex 1 Density with [18F]BCPP-EF in a Murine Model and Individuals with Friedreich Ataxia Chen L, Rizzo G, Bulawa C, et al. Journal of Nuclear Medicine 1-Sep-25
Seasonal and daily variation in indoor light and temperature are associated with sleep disturbance in dementia Skeldon AC, Rodriguez T, Soreq E, Walsh C, Dijk D-J Sleep 1-Sep-25
Defining treatment-resistant bipolar depression: recommendations from the ISBD Task Force Vieta E, McIntyre RS, Suppes T, et al. Bipolar Disorders 1-Sep-25
Psychological Resilience and Personality in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Healthy Older Adults De Lucia N, Bencivenga L, Di Tella GS, et al. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 1-Sep-25
Retinal thinning in epilepsy: A meta-analysis Chontos T, Nicholas R, Cordeiro MF, Papadopoulos D Seizure 1-Sep-25
Stroke care in the United Kingdom before, during, and after the COVID-19 lockdowns: A retrospective nationwide cohort study Hbid Y, Stanley K, Wolfe CDA, Bhalla A, James M, Douiri A PLoS ONE 2-Sep-25
Cognitive behavioural therapy for sleep problems in psychosis: systematic review of effectiveness and acceptability Wilkinson H, Johns LC, Batchelor R, Lau-Zhu A The British Journal of Psychiatry 4-Sep-25
Phenotypical Differentiation of Tremor Using Time Series Feature Extraction and Machine Learning Haering V, Selzam V, Martin-Rodriguez JF, et al. Movement Disorders 5-Sep-25
Nasogastric tube feeding under physical restraint: understanding the effects on parents and how to support them Fuller S, Thomson S, Nicholls D, Tan J Nursing Children and Young People 5-Sep-25
Blunted psychedelic drug effects in older adults Aday JS, Carhart-Harris R, Boehnke KF Preprint 5-Sep-25
T follicular helper cells (TFH): From physiological to pathological aging de Lisio L, Poto R, Ceparano LA, et al. European Journal of Internal Medicine 6-Sep-25
Public priorities in psychedelics research Balaet M Journal of Psychedelic Studies 8-Sep-25
Short-term Psycho-Education for Carers To Reduce Over Medication of people with intellectual disabilities: Programme Development Project (SPECTROM PDP) Limbu MB, Deb S, Bradshaw J, et al. NIHR Open Research 8-Sep-25
Holistic prevention and management of physical health side-effects of psychotropic medication: second report of the Lancet Psychiatry Physical Health Commission Halstead S, Yap CX, Warren N, et al. The Lancet Psychiatry 9-Sep-25
Mapping the distribution of neurotransmitters to resting-state functional connectivity in Parkinson’s disease Li W, Lao-Kaim NP, Li R, et al. Brain Communications 9-Sep-25
The optimisation of functional brain network dynamics when learning to perform complex tasks Parkin BL, Daws RE, Scott G, et al. Neuropsychologia 9-Sep-25
Quality-of-Life Outcomes in Adults and Children With Chiari 1 Malformation and in Those Managed Without Surgery: A Prospective, Multicenter, Observational Study Piper RJ, Afshari FT, Soon WC, et al. Neurosurgery 9-Sep-25
Prospective electrocardiographic and cardiovascular magnetic resonance alterations in the UK Biobank COVID-19 repeat imaging study Chadalavada S, Salih A, Naderi H, et al. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 10-Sep-25
Impact of Long-Acting Injectable Versus Oral Antipsychotic Treatment on All-Cause Discontinuation Risk in People with Early Phase Schizophrenia and Comorbid Substance Use Disorder Mortazavi M, Aminifarsani Z, Rossum IW-V, et al. CNS Drugs 11-Sep-25
From intuitive guesswork to useful data for better clinical decisions Auger SD, Scott G Brain 13-Sep-25
A universal dynamic routing architecture governs the flow of human cortical activity Vinao-Carl M, Peach R, Gozstolai A, et al. Preprint 13-Sep-25
British academic psychiatry at a crossroads: lessons from the past 20 years and priorities for the next 20 years Shankar R, Bowater L, Laugharne R, et al. International Review of Psychiatry 15-Sep-25
How to put psychiatrists back at the centre of medicine’s innovation Nutt D The British Journal of Psychiatry 15-Sep-25
A novel type of gel-like proteasome condensate induced by toxic protein aggregates Sirvio L, Morten MJ, Burridge M, et al. Preprint 17-Sep-25
Nomogram for estimating the risk of suicide attempts in major depressive disorder: integrating demographic, clinical and biochemical markers Lyu N, Zhao Q, Dutta R, et al. Frontiers in Psychiatry 19-Sep-25
A lexicon for psychedelic research and treatment Nutt DJ, Erritzoe D, Schlag A, et al. Preprint 22-Sep-25
Social function in adolescent eating disorders: lived experience framework for clinical practice Nicholls D, Boules D, Julius N, Sheridan E, Burmester V BJPsych Open 22-Sep-25
Depth-resolved fiber photometry of amyloid plaque signals in freely behaving Alzheimer’s disease mice Byron N, McAlinden N, Pisano F, et al. Neurophotonics 23-Sep-25
Blood and CSF biomarkers for multiple sclerosis: emerging clinical applications Chitnis T, Magliozzi R, Abdelhak A, Kuhle J, Leppert D, Bielekova B Lancet Neurology 25-Sep-25
Directed psychoeducational tool to prevent psychological sequelae following paediatric intensive care admission: a prospective randomised controlled study (the 4PICU study) Bridges K, Vickers B, Mitting R, et al. Archives of Disease in Childhood 27-Sep-25
Impaired axon regeneration and heightened synaptic dynamics in the injured aged mammalian cortex Bass C, Bharath AA, De Paola V iScience 30-Sep-25
Forms of interventions for problematic usage of the internet: A scoping review Carvalho IP, Dores AR, Cataldo I, et al. Journal of Behavioral Addictions 30-Sep-25
Neural effects and phenomenology of nondual meditation and 5-MeO-DMT in an expert meditation practitioner Timmermann C, Barba T, Sanders J, et al. Preprint 30-Sep-25
Integrating Astrocytes in the Sleep–Wake Cycle: The Time Is Now Brancaccio M BioEssays 30-Sep-25
Midlife plasma proteomic profiles indicate altered amyloid and tau processing in former elite rugby players Graham N, Zimmerman K, Hain J, et al. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 5-Oct-25
Falling asleep follows a predictable bifurcation dynamic Junheng Li, Anastasia Ilina, Robert Peach,et al. Nature Neuroscience 28-Oct-25
The brain neurovascular epigenome and its association with dementia Kevin Chris Ziegler, Aydan Askarova, Alexi Nott, et al. Neuron 30-Oct-2025