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Long-Term Connectome Analysis Reveals Reshaping of Visual, Spatial Networks in a Model With Vascular Dementia Features (2022)
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Hall, G. R., Boehm-Sturm, P., Dirnagl, U., Finke, C., Foddis, M., Harms, C., …Farr, T. D. (2022). Long-Term Connectome Analysis Reveals Reshaping of Visual, Spatial Networks in a Model With Vascular Dementia Features. Stroke, 53(5), 1735-1745. https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.121.036997

Background: Connectome analysis of neuroimaging data is a rapidly expanding field that offers the potential to diagnose, characterize, and predict neurological disease. Animal models provide insight into biological mechanisms that underpin disease, b... Read More about Long-Term Connectome Analysis Reveals Reshaping of Visual, Spatial Networks in a Model With Vascular Dementia Features.

Structures of the Human SPAK and OSR1 Conserved C-Terminal (CCT) Domains (2021)
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Elvers, K. T., Lipka-Lloyd, M., Trueman, R. C., Bax, B. D., & Mehellou, Y. (2022). Structures of the Human SPAK and OSR1 Conserved C-Terminal (CCT) Domains. ChemBioChem, 23(1), Article e202100441. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.202100441

STE20/SPS1-related proline/alanine-rich kinase (SPAK) and oxidative stress responsive 1 (OSR1) kinase are two serine/threonine protein kinases that regulate the function of ion co-transporters through phosphorylation. The highly conserved C-terminal... Read More about Structures of the Human SPAK and OSR1 Conserved C-Terminal (CCT) Domains.

A pilot of the feasibility and usefulness of an aged obese model for use in stroke research (2021)
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Learoyd, A. E., Calmus, R., Cunningham, C. N., England, T. J., Farr, T. D., Fone, K. C., …Trueman, R. C. (2021). A pilot of the feasibility and usefulness of an aged obese model for use in stroke research. Wellcome Open Research, 6, Article 104. https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16592.1

Background: Animal models of stroke have been criticised as having poor predictive validity, lacking risk factors prevalent in an aging population. This pilot study examined the development of comorbidities in a combined aged and high-fat diet model,... Read More about A pilot of the feasibility and usefulness of an aged obese model for use in stroke research.

CDK12 inhibition reduces abnormalities in cells from patients with myotonic dystrophy and in a mouse model (2020)
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Ketley, A., Wojciechowska, M., Ghidelli-Disse, S., Bamborough, P., Ghosh, T. K., Morato, M. L., …Brook, J. D. (2020). CDK12 inhibition reduces abnormalities in cells from patients with myotonic dystrophy and in a mouse model. Science Translational Medicine, 12(541), Article eaaz2415. https://doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.aaz2415

Copyright © 2020 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works. Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is an RNA-based disease with no current treatment.... Read More about CDK12 inhibition reduces abnormalities in cells from patients with myotonic dystrophy and in a mouse model.

UK consensus on pre-clinical vascular cognitive impairment functional outcomes assessment: questionnaire and workshop proceedings (2020)
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McColl, B. W., Allan, S. M., McFall, A., Hietamies, T. M., Bernard, A., Aimable, M., …Quinn, T. J. (2020). UK consensus on pre-clinical vascular cognitive impairment functional outcomes assessment: questionnaire and workshop proceedings. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 40(7), 1402-1414. https://doi.org/10.1177/0271678x20910552

© The Author(s) 2020. Assessment of outcome in preclinical studies of vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) is heterogenous. Through an ARUK Scottish Network supported questionnaire and workshop (mostly UK-based researchers), we aimed to determine unde... Read More about UK consensus on pre-clinical vascular cognitive impairment functional outcomes assessment: questionnaire and workshop proceedings.

Recommendations for measuring whisker movements and locomotion in mice with sensory, motor and cognitive deficits (2019)
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Simanaviciute, U., Ahmed, J., Brown, R. E., Connor-Robson, N., Farr, T. D., Fertan, E., …Grant, R. A. (2020). Recommendations for measuring whisker movements and locomotion in mice with sensory, motor and cognitive deficits. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 331, Article 108532. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2019.108532

Background : Previous studies have measured whisker movements and locomotion to characterise mouse models of neurodegenerative disease. However, these studies have always been completed in isolation, and do not involve standardized procedures for com... Read More about Recommendations for measuring whisker movements and locomotion in mice with sensory, motor and cognitive deficits.

Small vessels, dementia and chronic diseases – molecular mechanisms and pathophysiology (2018)
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Horsburgh, K., Wardlaw, J. M., van Agtmael, T., Allan, S. M., Ashford, M. L., Bath, P. M., …Work, L. M. (2018). Small vessels, dementia and chronic diseases – molecular mechanisms and pathophysiology. Clinical Science, 132(8), https://doi.org/10.1042/CS20171620

Cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) is a major contributor to stroke, cognitive impairment and dementia with limited therapeutic interventions. There is a critical need to provide mechanistic insight and improve translation between pre-clinical resea... Read More about Small vessels, dementia and chronic diseases – molecular mechanisms and pathophysiology.

The IMPROVE guidelines (Ischaemia Models: Procedural Refinements Of in Vivo Experiments) (2017)
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Percie du Sert, N., Alfieri, A., Allan, S. M., Carswell, H. V., Deuchar, G. A., Farr, T. D., …Macrae, I. M. (in press). The IMPROVE guidelines (Ischaemia Models: Procedural Refinements Of in Vivo Experiments). Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, https://doi.org/10.1177/0271678X17709185

Most in vivo models of ischaemic stroke target the middle cerebral artery and a spectrum of stroke severities, from mild to substantial, can be achieved. This review describes opportunities to improve the in vivo modelling of ischaemic stroke and ani... Read More about The IMPROVE guidelines (Ischaemia Models: Procedural Refinements Of in Vivo Experiments).

Behavioral outcome measures to improve experimental stroke research (2017)
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Balkaya, M. G., Trueman, R. C., Boltze, J., Corbett, D., & Jolkkonen, J. (in press). Behavioral outcome measures to improve experimental stroke research. Behavioural Brain Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2017.07.039

Functional recovery after an experimental stroke can be assessed by multiple behavioural tests, however, there is no consensus about which test to use in long-term stroke recovery studies or whether the tests are affected by stroke surgery, post-oper... Read More about Behavioral outcome measures to improve experimental stroke research.

Infections up to 76 days after stroke increase disability and death (2017)
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Learoyd, A., Woodhouse, L. J., Shaw, L., Sprigg, N., Bereczki, D., Berge, E., …Trueman, R. C. (in press). Infections up to 76 days after stroke increase disability and death. Translational Stroke Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12975-017-0553-3

Early infection after stroke is associated with a poor outcome. We aimed to determine whether delayed infections (up to 76 days post-stroke) are associated with poor outcome at 90 days. Data came from the international Efficacy of Nitric Oxide Stroke... Read More about Infections up to 76 days after stroke increase disability and death.