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Professor Dorothee Auer's Outputs (66)

Primary central nervous system lymphomas: EHA-ESMO Clinical Practice Guideline for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up (2024)
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Ferreri, A., Illerhaus, G., Doorduijn, J., Auer, D., Bromberg, J., Calimeri, T., Cwynarski, K., Fox, C., Hoang-Xuan, K., Malaise, D., Ponzoni, M., Schorb, E., Soussain, C., Specht, L., Zucca, E., Buske, C., Jerkeman, M., & Dreyling, M. (2024). Primary central nervous system lymphomas: EHA-ESMO Clinical Practice Guideline for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up. Annals of Oncology, 35(6), 491-507. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annonc.2023.11.010

Connectivity-guided intermittent theta burst versus repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for treatment-resistant depression: a randomized controlled trial (2024)
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Morriss, R., Briley, P. M., Webster, L., Abdelghani, M., Barber, S., Bates, P., Brookes, C., Hall, B., Ingram, L., Kurkar, M., Lankappa, S., Liddle, P. F., McAllister-Williams, R. H., O’Neil-Kerr, A., Pszczolkowski, S., Suazo Di Paola, A., Walters, Y., & Auer, D. P. (2024). Connectivity-guided intermittent theta burst versus repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for treatment-resistant depression: a randomized controlled trial. Nature Medicine, 30(2), 403–413. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-023-02764-z

Disruption in reciprocal connectivity between the right anterior insula and the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex is associated with depression and may be a target for neuromodulation. In a five-center, parallel, double-blind, randomized controlled... Read More about Connectivity-guided intermittent theta burst versus repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for treatment-resistant depression: a randomized controlled trial.

Medio-dorsal thalamic dysconnectivity in chronic knee pain: A possible mechanism for negative affect and pain comorbidity (2022)
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Iwabuchi, S. J., Drabek, M. M., Cottam, W. J., Tadjibaev, A., Mohammadi-Nejad, A. R., Sotiropoulos, S., Fernandes, G. S., Valdes, A. M., Zhang, W., Doherty, M., Walsh, D. A., & Auer, D. P. (2022). Medio-dorsal thalamic dysconnectivity in chronic knee pain: A possible mechanism for negative affect and pain comorbidity. European Journal of Neuroscience, 57(2), 373-387. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.15880

The reciprocal interaction between pain and negative affect is acknowledged but pain-related alterations in brain circuits involved in this interaction, such as the mediodorsal thalamus (MDThal), still require a better understanding. We sought to inv... Read More about Medio-dorsal thalamic dysconnectivity in chronic knee pain: A possible mechanism for negative affect and pain comorbidity.

Deuterium brain imaging at 7T during D2O dosing (2022)
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Cocking, D., Damion, R. A., Franks, H., Jaconelli, M., Wilkinson, D., Brook, M., Auer, D. P., & Bowtell, R. (2023). Deuterium brain imaging at 7T during D2O dosing. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 89(4), 1514-1521. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.29539

Purpose
To characterize the (2H) deuterium MR signal measured from human brain at 7T in participants loading with D2O to ˜1.5% enrichment over a six-week period.

Methods
2H spectroscopy and imaging measurements were used to track the time-course... Read More about Deuterium brain imaging at 7T during D2O dosing.

Mapping brain endophenotypes associated with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis genetic risk (2022)
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Mohammadi-Nejad, A. R., Allen, R. J., Kraven, L. M., Leavy, O. C., Jenkins, R. G., Wain, L. V., Auer, D. P., & Sotiropoulos, S. N. (2022). Mapping brain endophenotypes associated with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis genetic risk. EBioMedicine, 86, Article 104356. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.104356

Background: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a serious disease of the lung parenchyma. It has a known polygenetic risk, with at least seventeen regions of the genome implicated to date. Growing evidence suggests linked multimorbidity of IPF wit... Read More about Mapping brain endophenotypes associated with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis genetic risk.

Chronic postoperative pain after total knee arthroplasty: The potential contributions of synovitis, pain sensitization and pain catastrophizing—An explorative study (2022)
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Kurien, T., Kerslake, R. W., Graven‐Nielsen, T., Arendt‐Nielsen, L., Auer, D. P., Edwards, K., Scammell, B. E., & Petersen, K. K. (2022). Chronic postoperative pain after total knee arthroplasty: The potential contributions of synovitis, pain sensitization and pain catastrophizing—An explorative study. European Journal of Pain, 26(9), 1979-1989. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.2018

Background: A subset of osteoarthritis patients will experience chronic postoperative pain after total knee arthroplasty (TKA), but the source of pain is unclear. The aim of this exploratory study was to assess patients with and without postoperative... Read More about Chronic postoperative pain after total knee arthroplasty: The potential contributions of synovitis, pain sensitization and pain catastrophizing—An explorative study.

Resting-state functional connectivity correlates of anxiety co-morbidity in major depressive disorder (2022)
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Briley, P. M., Webster, L., Boutry, C., Cottam, W. J., Auer, D. P., Liddle, P. F., & Morriss, R. (2022). Resting-state functional connectivity correlates of anxiety co-morbidity in major depressive disorder. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 138, Article 104701. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104701

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is frequently co-morbid with anxiety disorders. The co-morbid state has poorer functional outcomes and greater resistance to first line treatments, highlighting the need for novel treatment targets. This systematic rev... Read More about Resting-state functional connectivity correlates of anxiety co-morbidity in major depressive disorder.

Language systems from lesion-symptom mapping in aphasia: A meta-analysis of voxel-based lesion mapping studies (2022)
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Na, Y., Jung, J. Y., Tench, C. R., Auer, D. P., & Pyun, S. B. (2022). Language systems from lesion-symptom mapping in aphasia: A meta-analysis of voxel-based lesion mapping studies. NeuroImage: Clinical, 35, Article 103038. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2022.103038

Background: Aphasia is one of the most common causes of post-stroke disabilities. As the symptoms and impact of post-stroke aphasia are heterogeneous, it is important to understand how topographical lesion heterogeneity in patients with aphasia is as... Read More about Language systems from lesion-symptom mapping in aphasia: A meta-analysis of voxel-based lesion mapping studies.

Easy to interpret Coordinate Based Meta-Analysis of neuroimaging studies: Analysis of Brain Coordinates (ABC) (2022)
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Tench, C., Tanasescu, R., Constantinescu, C., Auer, D., & Cottam, W. (2022). Easy to interpret Coordinate Based Meta-Analysis of neuroimaging studies: Analysis of Brain Coordinates (ABC). Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 372, Article 109556. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2022.109556

Background: Functional MRI and voxel-based morphometry are important in neuroscience. They are technically challenging with no globally optimal analysis method, and the multiple approaches have been shown to produce different results. It is useful to... Read More about Easy to interpret Coordinate Based Meta-Analysis of neuroimaging studies: Analysis of Brain Coordinates (ABC).

Neuromelanin-MRI to Quantify and Track Nigral Depigmentation in Parkinson's Disease: A Multicenter Longitudinal Study Using Template-Based Standardized Analysis (2022)
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Xing, Y., Sapuan, A. H., Martín-Bastida, A., Naidu, S., Tench, C., Evans, J., Sare, G., Schwarz, S. T., Al-bachari, S., Parkes, L. M., Kanavou, S., Raw, J., Silverdale, M., Bajaj, N., Pavese, N., Burn, D., Piccini, P., Grosset, D. G., & Auer, D. P. (2022). Neuromelanin-MRI to Quantify and Track Nigral Depigmentation in Parkinson's Disease: A Multicenter Longitudinal Study Using Template-Based Standardized Analysis. Movement Disorders, 37(5), 1028-1039. https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.28934

Background: Clinical diagnosis and monitoring of Parkinson's disease (PD) remain challenging because of the lack of an established biomarker. Neuromelanin-magnetic resonance imaging (NM-MRI) is an emerging biomarker of nigral depigmentation indexing... Read More about Neuromelanin-MRI to Quantify and Track Nigral Depigmentation in Parkinson's Disease: A Multicenter Longitudinal Study Using Template-Based Standardized Analysis.

Anticholinergic drugs and forebrain magnetic resonance imaging changes in cognitively normal people and those with mild cognitive impairment (2022)
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Meng, D., Mohammadi-Nejad, A.-R., Sotiropoulos, S. N., & Auer, D. P. (2022). Anticholinergic drugs and forebrain magnetic resonance imaging changes in cognitively normal people and those with mild cognitive impairment. European Journal of Neurology, 29(5), 1344-1353. https://doi.org/10.1111/ene.15251

Background
Anticholinergic (AC) medication use is associated with cognitive decline and dementia, which may be related to an AC induced central hypocholinergic state, but the exact mechanisms remain to be understood. We aimed to further elucidate th... Read More about Anticholinergic drugs and forebrain magnetic resonance imaging changes in cognitively normal people and those with mild cognitive impairment.

Anticholinergic drugs and forebrain magnetic resonance imaging changes in cognitively normal people and those with mild cognitive impairment (2022)
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Meng, D., Mohammadi-Nejad, A. R., Sotiropoulos, S. N., & Auer, D. P. (2022). Anticholinergic drugs and forebrain magnetic resonance imaging changes in cognitively normal people and those with mild cognitive impairment. European Journal of Neurology, https://doi.org/10.1111/ene.15251

Background and purpose: Anticholinergic (AC) medication use is associated with cognitive decline and dementia, which may be related to an AC-induced central hypocholinergic state, but the exact mechanisms remain to be understood. We aimed to further... Read More about Anticholinergic drugs and forebrain magnetic resonance imaging changes in cognitively normal people and those with mild cognitive impairment.

Automated Detection of Candidate Subjects With Cerebral Microbleeds Using Machine Learning (2022)
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Sundaresan, V., Arthofer, C., Zamboni, G., Dineen, R. A., Rothwell, P. M., Sotiropoulos, S. N., Auer, D. P., Tozer, D. J., Markus, H. S., Miller, K. L., Dragonu, I., Sprigg, N., Alfaro-Almagro, F., Jenkinson, M., & Griffanti, L. (2022). Automated Detection of Candidate Subjects With Cerebral Microbleeds Using Machine Learning. Frontiers in Neuroinformatics, 15, Article 777828. https://doi.org/10.3389/fninf.2021.777828

Cerebral microbleeds (CMBs) appear as small, circular, well defined hypointense lesions of a few mm in size on T2*-weighted gradient recalled echo (T2*-GRE) images and appear enhanced on susceptibility weighted images (SWI). Due to their small size,... Read More about Automated Detection of Candidate Subjects With Cerebral Microbleeds Using Machine Learning.

Connectivity-Guided Theta Burst Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Versus Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Treatment-Resistant Moderate to Severe Depression: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Protocol and SARS-CoV-2–Induced Changes for a Randomized Double-blind Controlled Trial (2022)
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Pszczolkowski, S., Cottam, W. J., Briley, P. M., Iwabuchi, S. J., Kaylor-Hughes, C., Shalabi, A., Babourina-Brooks, B., Berrington, A., Barber, S., Paola, A. S. D., Blamire, A., McAllister-Williams, H., Parikh, J., Abdelghani, M., Matthäus, L., Hauffe, R., Liddle, P., Auer, D. P., & Morriss, R. (2022). Connectivity-Guided Theta Burst Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Versus Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Treatment-Resistant Moderate to Severe Depression: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Protocol and SARS-CoV-2–Induced Changes for a Randomized Double-blind Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 11(1), Article e31925. https://doi.org/10.2196/31925

Background: Depression is a substantial health and economic burden. In approximately one-third of patients, depression is resistant to first-line treatment; therefore, it is essential to find alternative treatments. Transcranial magnetic stimulation... Read More about Connectivity-Guided Theta Burst Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Versus Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Treatment-Resistant Moderate to Severe Depression: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Protocol and SARS-CoV-2–Induced Changes for a Randomized Double-blind Controlled Trial.

Meta-Analysis of Apparent Diffusion Coefficient in Pediatric Medulloblastoma, Ependymoma, and Pilocytic Astrocytoma (2021)
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Dury, R. J., Lourdusamy, A., Macarthur, D. C., Peet, A. C., Auer, D. P., Grundy, R. G., & Dineen, R. A. (2022). Meta-Analysis of Apparent Diffusion Coefficient in Pediatric Medulloblastoma, Ependymoma, and Pilocytic Astrocytoma. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 56(1), 147-157. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmri.28007

Background: Medulloblastoma, ependymoma, and pilocytic astrocytoma are common pediatric posterior fossa tumors. These tumors show overlapping characteristics on conventional MRI scans, making diagnosis difficult. Purpose: To investigate whether appar... Read More about Meta-Analysis of Apparent Diffusion Coefficient in Pediatric Medulloblastoma, Ependymoma, and Pilocytic Astrocytoma.

Diagnostic utility of artificial intelligence for left ventricular scar identification using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging—A systematic review (2021)
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Jathanna, N., Podlasek, A., Sokol, A., Auer, D., Chen, X., & Jamil-Copley, S. (2021). Diagnostic utility of artificial intelligence for left ventricular scar identification using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging—A systematic review. Cardiovascular Digital Health Journal, 2(6), S21-S29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cvdhj.2021.11.005

Background: Accurate, rapid quantification of ventricular scar using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) carries importance in arrhythmia management and patient prognosis. Artificial intelligence (AI) has been applied to other radiological chall... Read More about Diagnostic utility of artificial intelligence for left ventricular scar identification using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging—A systematic review.

A phase 1/2 study of thiotepa-based immunochemotherapy in relapsed/refractory primary CNS lymphoma: the TIER trial (2021)
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Fox, C. P., Ali, A. S., McIlroy, G., Thust, S., Martinez-Calle, N., Jackson, A. E., Hopkins, L. M., Thomas, C. M., Kassam, S., Wright, J., Chaganti, S., Smith, J., Chau, I., Culligan, D., Linton, K. M., Collins, G. P., Ferreri, A. J. M., Lewis, D., Davies, A. J., Johnson, R., …Cwynarski, K. (2021). A phase 1/2 study of thiotepa-based immunochemotherapy in relapsed/refractory primary CNS lymphoma: the TIER trial. Blood Advances, 5(20), 4073-4082. https://doi.org/10.1182/bloodadvances.2021004779

Relapsed or refractory primary central nervous system lymphoma (rrPCNSL) confers a poor prognosis with no accepted standard of care. Very few prospective studies have been conducted in this patient group. This study was a multicenter phase 1/2 study... Read More about A phase 1/2 study of thiotepa-based immunochemotherapy in relapsed/refractory primary CNS lymphoma: the TIER trial.

Improved survival outcomes despite older age at diagnosis: an era‐by‐era analysis of patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma treated at a single referral centre in the United Kingdom (2021)
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Kaji, F. A., Martinez‐Calle, N., Bishton, M. J., Figueroa, R., Adlington, J., O’Donoghue, M., Smith, S., Byrne, P., Paine, S., Sovani, V., Auer, D., James, E., Bessell, E. M., Grainge, M. J., & Fox, C. P. (2021). Improved survival outcomes despite older age at diagnosis: an era‐by‐era analysis of patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma treated at a single referral centre in the United Kingdom. British Journal of Haematology, 195(4), 561-570. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjh.17747

Observational studies with long-term follow-up of patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) are scarce. Patient data over a period of four decades were retrospectively analysed from databases at Not-tingham University Hospitals Tr... Read More about Improved survival outcomes despite older age at diagnosis: an era‐by‐era analysis of patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma treated at a single referral centre in the United Kingdom.

Consensus recommendations for MRI and PET imaging of primary central nervous system lymphoma: guideline statement from the International Primary CNS Lymphoma Collaborative Group (IPCG) (2021)
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Barajas, R. F., Politi, L. S., Anzalone, N., Schöder, H., Fox, C. P., Boxerman, J. L., Kaufmann, T. J., Quarles, C. C., Ellingson, B. M., Auer, D., Andronesi, O. C., Ferreri, A. J. M., Mrugala, M. M., Grommes, C., Neuwelt, E. A., Ambady, P., Rubenstein, J. L., Illerhaus, G., Nagane, M., Batchelor, T. T., & Hu, L. S. (2021). Consensus recommendations for MRI and PET imaging of primary central nervous system lymphoma: guideline statement from the International Primary CNS Lymphoma Collaborative Group (IPCG). Neuro-Oncology, 23(7), 1056-1071. https://doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/noab020

Advanced molecular and pathophysiologic characterization of primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) has revealed insights into promising targeted therapeutic approaches. Medical imaging plays a fundamental role in PCNSL diagnosis, staging, an... Read More about Consensus recommendations for MRI and PET imaging of primary central nervous system lymphoma: guideline statement from the International Primary CNS Lymphoma Collaborative Group (IPCG).

European Society for Paediatric Oncology (SIOPE) MRI guidelines for imaging patients with central nervous system tumours (2021)
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Avula, S., Peet, A., Morana, G., Morgan, P., Warmuth-Metz, M., Jaspan, T., & Auer, D. (2021). European Society for Paediatric Oncology (SIOPE) MRI guidelines for imaging patients with central nervous system tumours. Child's Nervous System, 37(8), 2497-2508. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-021-05199-4

INTRODUCTION: Standardisation of imaging acquisition is essential in facilitating multicentre studies related to childhood CNS tumours. It is important to ensure that theimaging protocol can be adopted by centres with varying imaging capabilities wit... Read More about European Society for Paediatric Oncology (SIOPE) MRI guidelines for imaging patients with central nervous system tumours.