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Development of cancer surveillance guidelines in ataxia telangiectasia: A Delphi‐based consensus survey of international experts (2023)
Journal Article
Neves, R., DeDiosPerez, B., Panek, R., Jagani, S., Wilne, S., Mahendra Bhatt, J., Caputi, C., Cirillo, E., Coman, D. J., Dückers, G., Gilbert, D. L., Koenig, M. K., Mansour, L., McDermott, E., Pauni, M., Pignata, C., Perlman, S. L., Porras, O., Porto, M. B., Schon, K., …Dineen, R. A. (2023). Development of cancer surveillance guidelines in ataxia telangiectasia: A Delphi‐based consensus survey of international experts. Cancer Medicine, 12(13), 14663-14673. https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.6075

Background/Objectives: Ataxia telangiectasia (A‐T) is a multiorgan disorder with increased vulnerability to cancer. Despite this increased cancer risk, there are no widely accepted guidelines for cancer surveillance in people affected by A‐T. We aime... Read More about Development of cancer surveillance guidelines in ataxia telangiectasia: A Delphi‐based consensus survey of international experts.

Whole-body MRI for cancer surveillance in ataxia–telangiectasia: A qualitative study of the perspectives of people affected by A-T and their families (2023)
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Neves, R., Perez, B. D. D., Tindall, T., Fernandez, N. S., Panek, R., Wilne, S., Suri, M., Whitehouse, W., Jagani, S., Dandapani, M., Dineen, R., & Glazebrook, C. (in press). Whole-body MRI for cancer surveillance in ataxia–telangiectasia: A qualitative study of the perspectives of people affected by A-T and their families. Health Expectations, Article hex.13756. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13756

Background/Objectives
Ataxia–telangiectasia (A-T) is a complex inherited disease associated with an increased risk of malignancy. Surveillance guidelines have demonstrated significant health benefits in other cancer predisposition syndromes. However... Read More about Whole-body MRI for cancer surveillance in ataxia–telangiectasia: A qualitative study of the perspectives of people affected by A-T and their families.

Whole-body MRI for cancer surveillance in ataxia–telangiectasia: A qualitative study of the perspectives of people affected by A-T and their families (2023)
Journal Article
Neves, R., Perez, B. D. D., Tindall, T., Fernandez, N. S., Panek, R., Wilne, S., Suri, M., Whitehouse, W., Jagani, S., Dandapani, M., Dineen, R. A., & Glazebrook, C. (2023). Whole-body MRI for cancer surveillance in ataxia–telangiectasia: A qualitative study of the perspectives of people affected by A-T and their families. Health Expectations, 26(3), 1358-1367. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13756

Background/Objectives: Ataxia–telangiectasia (A-T) is a complex inherited disease associated with an increased risk of malignancy. Surveillance guidelines have demonstrated significant health benefits in other cancer predisposition syndromes. However... Read More about Whole-body MRI for cancer surveillance in ataxia–telangiectasia: A qualitative study of the perspectives of people affected by A-T and their families.

Effect of Tranexamic Acid Administration on Remote Cerebral Ischemic Lesions in Acute Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Substudy of a Randomized Clinical Trial (2022)
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Pszczolkowski, S., Sprigg, N., Woodhouse, L. J., Gallagher, R., Swienton, D., Law, Z. K., Casado, A. M., Roberts, I., Werring, D. J., Al-Shahi Salman, R., England, T. J., Morgan, P. S., Bath, P. M., & Dineen, R. A. (2022). Effect of Tranexamic Acid Administration on Remote Cerebral Ischemic Lesions in Acute Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Substudy of a Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Neurology, 79(5), 468-477. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.0217

Importance: Hyperintense foci on diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) that are spatially remote from the acute hematoma occur in 20% of people with acute spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Tranexamic acid, a hemostatic agent that is under invest... Read More about Effect of Tranexamic Acid Administration on Remote Cerebral Ischemic Lesions in Acute Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Substudy of a Randomized Clinical Trial.

Parametric Assessment of the Effect of Cochlear Implant Positioning on Brain MRI Artefacts at 3 T (2021)
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Dewey, R. S., Dineen, R. A., Clemence, M., Dick, O., Bowtell, R., & Kitterick, P. T. (2021). Parametric Assessment of the Effect of Cochlear Implant Positioning on Brain MRI Artefacts at 3 T. Otology and Neurotology, 42(10), e1449-e1456. https://doi.org/10.1097/MAO.0000000000003281

Background:Brain magnetic resonance imaging in patients with cochlear implants (CIs) is impacted by image artefacts.Hypothesis:The optimal positioning of the CI to minimize artefacts is unknown. This study aimed to characterize the dependence of the... Read More about Parametric Assessment of the Effect of Cochlear Implant Positioning on Brain MRI Artefacts at 3 T.

Accumulation of Brain Hypointense Foci on Susceptibility-Weighted Imaging in Childhood Ataxia Telangiectasia (2021)
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Dineen, R. A., Blanchard, C. C., Pszczolkowski, S., Paine, S., Prasad, M., Chow, G., Whitehouse, W. P., & Auer, D. P. (2021). Accumulation of Brain Hypointense Foci on Susceptibility-Weighted Imaging in Childhood Ataxia Telangiectasia. American Journal of Neuroradiology, 42(6), 1144-1150. https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.a7107

Background and Purpose
Susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) hypointense cerebral lesions have been reported in adults with the inherited cerebellar neurodegenerative disorder ataxia telangiectasia (A-T). This study aims to establish the prevalence... Read More about Accumulation of Brain Hypointense Foci on Susceptibility-Weighted Imaging in Childhood Ataxia Telangiectasia.

Dorsolateral prefrontal circuit effective connectivity mediates the relationship between white matter structure and PASAT‐3 performance in multiple sclerosis (2020)
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Meng, D., Welton, T., Elsarraj, A., Morgan, P. S., das Nair, R., Constantinescu, C. S., Evangelou, N., Auer, D. P., & Dineen, R. A. (2020). Dorsolateral prefrontal circuit effective connectivity mediates the relationship between white matter structure and PASAT‐3 performance in multiple sclerosis. Human Brain Mapping, 42(2), 495-509. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.25239

Three decades ago a series of parallel circuits were described involving the frontal cortex and deep grey matter structures, with putative roles in control of motor and oculomotor function, cognition, behaviour and emotion. The circuit comprising the... Read More about Dorsolateral prefrontal circuit effective connectivity mediates the relationship between white matter structure and PASAT‐3 performance in multiple sclerosis.

Graph Theoretic Analysis of Brain Connectomics in Multiple Sclerosis: Reliability and Relationship to Cognition (2020)
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Welton, T., Constantinescu, C. S., Auer, D. P., & Dineen, R. A. (2020). Graph Theoretic Analysis of Brain Connectomics in Multiple Sclerosis: Reliability and Relationship to Cognition. Brain Connectivity, 10(2), 95-104. https://doi.org/10.1089/brain.2019.0717

Research suggests that disruption of brain networks might explain cognitive deficits in multiple sclerosis (MS). The reliability and effectiveness of graph-theoretic network metrics as measures of cognitive performance were tested in 37 people with M... Read More about Graph Theoretic Analysis of Brain Connectomics in Multiple Sclerosis: Reliability and Relationship to Cognition.

Large‐scale network dysfunction in vascular cognitive disorder supports connectional diaschisis in advanced arteriosclerosis (2019)
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Meng, D., Hosseini, A. A., Simpson, R. J., Welton, T., Dineen, R. A., & Auer, D. P. (2019). Large‐scale network dysfunction in vascular cognitive disorder supports connectional diaschisis in advanced arteriosclerosis. European Journal of Neurology, https://doi.org/10.1111/ene.14084

Background and Purpose
The interrelation of cognitive performance, cerebrovascular damage and brain functional connectivity (FC) in advanced arteriosclerosis remains unclear. Our aim was to investigate the associations between FC, white matter damag... Read More about Large‐scale network dysfunction in vascular cognitive disorder supports connectional diaschisis in advanced arteriosclerosis.

Lifespan pigmentation changes of the substantia nigra detected by neuromelanin-sensitive MRI (2018)
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Xing, Y., Sapuan, A., Dineen, R., & Auer, D. P. (2018). Lifespan pigmentation changes of the substantia nigra detected by neuromelanin-sensitive MRI. Movement Disorders, 33(11), 1792-1799. https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.27502

Background: Neuromelanin is a pigment with strong iron-chelating properties preferentially found in dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra, pars compacta (SNpc). Parkinson's disease is characterized by pronounced, MRI detectable neuromelanin lo... Read More about Lifespan pigmentation changes of the substantia nigra detected by neuromelanin-sensitive MRI.

Does tranexamic acid lead to changes in MRI-measures of brain tissue health in patients with spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage? An MRI sub-study nested within the double-blind randomised controlled TICH-2 trial (2018)
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Dineen, R. A., Pszczolkowski, S., Flaherty, K., Law, Z. K., Morgan, P. S., Roberts, I., Werring, D., Al-Shahi Salman, R., England, T. J., Bath, P. M., & Sprigg, N. (in press). Does tranexamic acid lead to changes in MRI-measures of brain tissue health in patients with spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage? An MRI sub-study nested within the double-blind randomised controlled TICH-2 trial. BMJ Open, 8(2), Article e019930. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019930

Objectives: To test whether administration of the antifibrinolytic drug tranexamic acid (TXA) in patients with spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage (SICH) leads to increased prevalence of diffusion-weighted MRI defined hyperintense ischaemic lesions... Read More about Does tranexamic acid lead to changes in MRI-measures of brain tissue health in patients with spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage? An MRI sub-study nested within the double-blind randomised controlled TICH-2 trial.