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Review and consensus recommendations on clinical APT-weighted imaging approaches at 3T: Application to brain tumors (2022)
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Zhou, J., Zaiss, M., Knutsson, L., Sun, P. Z., Ahn, S. S., Aime, S., …Zijl, P. C. M. (2022). Review and consensus recommendations on clinical APT-weighted imaging approaches at 3T: Application to brain tumors. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 88(2), 546-574. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.29241

Amide proton transfer-weighted (APTw) MR imaging shows promise as a biomarker of brain tumor status. Currently used APTw MRI pulse sequences and protocols vary substantially among different institutes, and there are no agreed-on standards in the imag... Read More about Review and consensus recommendations on clinical APT-weighted imaging approaches at 3T: Application to brain tumors.

Perceived Listening Difficulties of Adult Cochlear-Implant Users Under Measures Introduced to Combat the Spread of COVID-19 (2022)
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Perea Pérez, F., Hartley, D. E., Kitterick, P. T., & Wiggins, I. M. (2022). Perceived Listening Difficulties of Adult Cochlear-Implant Users Under Measures Introduced to Combat the Spread of COVID-19. Trends in Hearing, 26, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1177/23312165221087011

Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, public-health measures introduced to stem the spread of the disease caused profound changes to patterns of daily-life communication. This paper presents the results of an online survey conducted to doc... Read More about Perceived Listening Difficulties of Adult Cochlear-Implant Users Under Measures Introduced to Combat the Spread of COVID-19.

Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic about sample access for research in the UK (2022)
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Mai Sims, J., Lawrence, E., Glazer, K., Gander, A., Fuller, B., Garibaldi, J., …Quinlan, P. R. (2022). Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic about sample access for research in the UK. BMJ Open, 12(4), Article e047309. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047309

Objective Annotated clinical samples taken from patients are a foundation of translational medical research and give mechanistic insight into drug trials. Prior research by the Tissue Directory and Coordination Centre (TDCC) indicated that researcher... Read More about Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic about sample access for research in the UK.

MRI and Molecular Characterization of Pediatric High-Grade Midline Thalamic Gliomas: The HERBY Phase II Trial (2022)
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Rodriguez, D., Calmon, R., Aliaga, E. S., Warren, D., Warmuth-Metz, M., Jones, C., …Jaspan, T. (2022). MRI and Molecular Characterization of Pediatric High-Grade Midline Thalamic Gliomas: The HERBY Phase II Trial. Radiology, 304(1), 174-182. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.211464

Background Diffuse midline gliomas (DMG) are characterized by a high incidence of H3 K27 mutations and poorer outcome. The HERBY trial has provided one of the largest cohorts of pediatric DMGs with available radiologic, histologic-genotypic, and surv... Read More about MRI and Molecular Characterization of Pediatric High-Grade Midline Thalamic Gliomas: The HERBY Phase II Trial.

Amide proton transfer imaging in stroke (2022)
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Heo, H. Y., Tee, Y. K., Harston, G., Leigh, R., & Chappell, M. A. (2022). Amide proton transfer imaging in stroke. NMR in Biomedicine, Article e4734. https://doi.org/10.1002/nbm.4734

Amide proton transfer (APT) imaging, a variant of chemical exchange saturation transfer MRI, has shown promise in detecting ischemic tissue acidosis following impaired aerobic metabolism in animal models and in human stroke patients due to the sensit... Read More about Amide proton transfer imaging in stroke.

Determining the Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Tinnitus, Depression, and Anxiety: A Systematic Review (2022)
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Labree, B., Hoare, D. J., Gascoyne, L. E., Scutt, P., Del Giovane, C., & Sereda, M. (2022). Determining the Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Tinnitus, Depression, and Anxiety: A Systematic Review. Brain Sciences, 12(4), Article 484. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12040484

Background: Tinnitus is the awareness of a sound in the absence of an external source. It affects around 10–15% of people, a significant proportion of whom also experience symptoms such as depression or anxiety that negatively affect their quality of... Read More about Determining the Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Tinnitus, Depression, and Anxiety: A Systematic Review.

Application of in vivo imaging techniques and diagnostic tools in oral drug delivery research (2022)
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Senekowitsch, S., Schick, P., Abrahamsson, B., Augustijns, P., Gießmann, T., Lennernäs, H., …Koziolek, M. (2022). Application of in vivo imaging techniques and diagnostic tools in oral drug delivery research. Pharmaceutics, 14(4), Article 801. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics14040801

Drug absorption following oral administration is determined by complex and dynamic interactions between gastrointestinal (GI) physiology, the drug, and its formulation. Since many of these interactions are not fully understood, the COST action on “Un... Read More about Application of in vivo imaging techniques and diagnostic tools in oral drug delivery research.

Host Defence Peptides: A Potent Alternative to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance in the Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022)
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Ali, W., Elsahn, A., Ting, D. S. J., Dua, H. S., & Mohammed, I. (2022). Host Defence Peptides: A Potent Alternative to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance in the Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Antibiotics, 11(4), Article 475. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11040475

One of the greatest challenges facing the medical community today is the ever-increasing trajectory of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which is being compounded by the decrease in our antimicrobial armamentarium. From their initial discovery to the c... Read More about Host Defence Peptides: A Potent Alternative to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance in the Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Right fronto-parietal networks mediate the neurocognitive benefits of enriched environments (2022)
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Brosnan, M. B., Shalev, N., Ramduny, J., Sotiropoulos, S. N., & Chechlacz, M. (2022). Right fronto-parietal networks mediate the neurocognitive benefits of enriched environments. Brain Communications, 4(2), Article fcac080. https://doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcac080

Exposure to enriched environments throughout a lifetime, providing so-called reserve, protects against cognitive decline in later years. It has been hypothesized that high levels of alertness necessitated by enriched environments might strengthen the... Read More about Right fronto-parietal networks mediate the neurocognitive benefits of enriched environments.

The association between inadequate sleep and accelerated brain ageing (2022)
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Ramduny, J., Bastiani, M., Huedepohl, R., Sotiropoulos, S. N., & Chechlacz, M. (2022). The association between inadequate sleep and accelerated brain ageing. Neurobiology of Aging, 114, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2022.02.005

Numerous studies indicate large heterogeneity in brain ageing, which can be attributed to modifiable lifestyle factors, including sleep. Inadequate sleep has been previously linked to gray (GM) and white (WM) matter changes. However, the reported fin... Read More about The association between inadequate sleep and accelerated brain ageing.