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Prevalence of optic disc haemorrhages in an elderly UK Caucasian population and possible association with reticular pseudodrusen—the Bridlington Eye Assessment Project (BEAP): a cross-sectional study (2002–2006) (2018)
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Wilde, C., Poostchi, A., Narendran, R., MacNab, H. K., Hillman, J. G., Alexander, P., …Vernon, S. A. (2019). Prevalence of optic disc haemorrhages in an elderly UK Caucasian population and possible association with reticular pseudodrusen—the Bridlington Eye Assessment Project (BEAP): a cross-sectional study (2002–2006). Eye, 33(4), 580-586. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41433-018-0263-4

Aims: To determine disc haemorrhages (DH) prevalence in an elderly UK population-the Bridlington Eye Assessment Project (BEAP). Methods: Thirty-degree (30°) fundus photographs (3549 participants ≥65 years) were graded for DH/macula changes. Glaucoma... Read More about Prevalence of optic disc haemorrhages in an elderly UK Caucasian population and possible association with reticular pseudodrusen—the Bridlington Eye Assessment Project (BEAP): a cross-sectional study (2002–2006).

Listening in naturalistic scenes: what can functional near-infrared spectroscopy and intersubject correlation analysis tell us about the underlying brain activity? (2018)
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Rowland, S. C., Hartley, D. E. H., & Wiggins, I. M. (2018). Listening in naturalistic scenes: what can functional near-infrared spectroscopy and intersubject correlation analysis tell us about the underlying brain activity?. Trends in Hearing, 22, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1177/2331216518804116

Listening to speech in the noisy conditions of everyday life can be effortful, reflecting the increased cognitive workload involved in extracting meaning from a degraded acoustic signal. Studying the underlying neural processes has the potential to p... Read More about Listening in naturalistic scenes: what can functional near-infrared spectroscopy and intersubject correlation analysis tell us about the underlying brain activity?.

Early discharge and rehabilitation in paediatric acquired brain and neurological injury: a transferable model (2018)
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Keetley, R., Kelly, L., Whitehouse, W. P., Thomas, S., Bennett, E., Chow, G., …Williams, J. (2018). Early discharge and rehabilitation in paediatric acquired brain and neurological injury: a transferable model. Archives of Disease in Childhood.education and Practice Edition, https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2018-315096

Children and young people who require rehabilitation following sustaining an acquired brain injury often experience long lengths of stay (LOS) and potentially poorer recovery outcomes due to limited access to therapy and little proactive discharge pl... Read More about Early discharge and rehabilitation in paediatric acquired brain and neurological injury: a transferable model.

Prevalence of peripapillary choroidal neovascular membranes (PPCNV) in an elderly UK population—the Bridlington eye assessment project (BEAP): a cross-sectional study (2002–2006) (2018)
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Wilde, C., Poostchi, A., Mehta, R. L., Hillman, J. G., MacNab, H. K., Messina, M., …Amoaku, W. M. (2019). Prevalence of peripapillary choroidal neovascular membranes (PPCNV) in an elderly UK population—the Bridlington eye assessment project (BEAP): a cross-sectional study (2002–2006). Eye, 33(3), 451-458. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41433-018-0232-y

© 2018, The Royal College of Ophthalmologists. Purpose: There is paucity of data on the epidemiology of peripapillary choroidal neovascularisartion (PPCNV). Our aim was to determine prevalence of PPCNV in the elderly UK population of Bridlington res... Read More about Prevalence of peripapillary choroidal neovascular membranes (PPCNV) in an elderly UK population—the Bridlington eye assessment project (BEAP): a cross-sectional study (2002–2006).

MRI assessment of altered dynamic changes in liver haemodynamics following a meal challenge in compensated cirrhosis (2018)
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Cox, E. F., Palaniyappan, N., Aithal, G. P., Guha, I. N., & Francis, S. T. (2018). MRI assessment of altered dynamic changes in liver haemodynamics following a meal challenge in compensated cirrhosis. European Radiology Experimental, 2, Article 26. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41747-018-0056-3

Background: To use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to dynamically assess postprandial changes in hepatic and collateral blood flow, liver perfusion and oxygenation in healthy participants and patients with liver disease with compensated cirrhosis (C... Read More about MRI assessment of altered dynamic changes in liver haemodynamics following a meal challenge in compensated cirrhosis.

Extending the Human Connectome Project across ages: imaging protocols for the Lifespan Development and Aging projects (2018)
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Harms, M. P., Somerville, L. H., Ances, B. M., Andersson, J., Barch, D. M., Bastiani, M., …Yacoub, E. (2018). Extending the Human Connectome Project across ages: imaging protocols for the Lifespan Development and Aging projects. NeuroImage, 183, 972-984. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.09.060

The Human Connectome Projects in Development (HCP-D) and Aging (HCP-A) are two large-scale brain imaging studies that will extend the recently completed HCP Young-Adult (HCP-YA) project to nearly the full lifespan, collecting structural, resting-sta... Read More about Extending the Human Connectome Project across ages: imaging protocols for the Lifespan Development and Aging projects.

Chemical modulation of autophagy as an adjunct to chemotherapy in childhood and adolescent brain tumors (2018)
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Servante, J., Estranero, J., Meijer, L., Layfield, R., & Grundy, R. (2018). Chemical modulation of autophagy as an adjunct to chemotherapy in childhood and adolescent brain tumors. Oncotarget, 9(81), 35266-35277. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.26186

Brain tumors are the leading cause of cancer-related death in children and are the most challenging childhood cancer in relation to diagnosis, treatment, and outcome. One potential novel strategy to improve outcomes in cancer involves the manipulati... Read More about Chemical modulation of autophagy as an adjunct to chemotherapy in childhood and adolescent brain tumors.

Tobacco smoke and nicotine suppress expression of activating signaling molecules in human dendritic cells (2018)
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Alkhattabi, N., Todd, I., Negm, O., Tighe, P. J., & Fairclough, L. C. (2018). Tobacco smoke and nicotine suppress expression of activating signaling molecules in human dendritic cells. Toxicology Letters, 299, 40-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2018.09.002

Cigarette smoke has significant toxic effects on the immune system, and increases the risk of developing autoimmune diseases; one immunosuppressive effect of cigarette smoke is that it inhibits the T cell-stimulating, immunogenic properties of myeloi... Read More about Tobacco smoke and nicotine suppress expression of activating signaling molecules in human dendritic cells.

The loss of α- and β-tubulin proteins are a pathological hallmark of chronic alcohol consumption and natural brain ageing (2018)
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Labisso, W., Raulin, A.-C., Nwidu, L., Kocon, A., Wayne, D., Erdozain, A., …Carter, W. (2018). The loss of α- and β-tubulin proteins are a pathological hallmark of chronic alcohol consumption and natural brain ageing. Brain Sciences, 8(9), Article 175. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci8090175

Repetitive excessive alcohol intoxication leads to neuronal damage and brain shrinkage. We examined cytoskeletal protein expression in human post-mortem tissue from Brodmann’s area 9 of the prefrontal cortex (PFC). Brain samples from 44 individuals w... Read More about The loss of α- and β-tubulin proteins are a pathological hallmark of chronic alcohol consumption and natural brain ageing.

Altered nucleus basalis connectivity predicts treatment response in mild cognitive impairment (2018)
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Meng, D., Li, X., Bauer, M., Taylor, J., Auer, D. P., & Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. (2018). Altered nucleus basalis connectivity predicts treatment response in mild cognitive impairment. Radiology, 289(3), 775-785. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2018180092

Purpose: To determine whether functional connectivity (FC) mapping of nucleus basalis of Meynert (NBM) cholinergic network (hereafter, NBM FC) could provide a biomarker of central cholinergic deficits with predictive potential for response to choline... Read More about Altered nucleus basalis connectivity predicts treatment response in mild cognitive impairment.