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The effect of oral feeding on gastrointestinal function, motility and appetite- regulating hormones, insulin, glucose and satiety in normal weight individuals and those with obesity (2025)
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Simpson, E. J., Althubeati, S., Cordon, S., Hoad, C., Bush, D., Eldeghaidy, S., Gowland, P. A., Macdonald, I. A., & Lobo, D. N. (in press). The effect of oral feeding on gastrointestinal function, motility and appetite- regulating hormones, insulin, glucose and satiety in normal weight individuals and those with obesity. Clinical Nutrition,

T₁-Dark Rim as a Marker of New and Chronic Active Multiple Sclerosis Lesions: A Serial Study With Frequent 7T MRI (2025)
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Marshall, M., Aphiwatthanasumet, K., Mougin, O., Stadelmann, C., Morgan, P. S., Dineen, R. A., Gowland, P., Evangelou, N., & Clarke, M. A. (2025). T₁-Dark Rim as a Marker of New and Chronic Active Multiple Sclerosis Lesions: A Serial Study With Frequent 7T MRI. Journal of Neuroimaging, 35(3), Article e70044. https://doi.org/10.1111/jon.70044

Background and Purpose:
Chronic active multiple sclerosis (MS) lesions represent a particularly destructive subset of lesions on pathology. However, their imaging correlates, including paramagnetic rim lesions (PRLs) detected on susceptibility-weig... Read More about T₁-Dark Rim as a Marker of New and Chronic Active Multiple Sclerosis Lesions: A Serial Study With Frequent 7T MRI.

Assessing Water Content of the Human Colonic Chyme Using the MRI Parameter T1: A Key Biomarker of Colonic Function (2025)
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Dellschaft, N., Murray, K., Ren, Y., Marciani, L., Gowland, P., Spiller, R., & Hoad, C. (2025). Assessing Water Content of the Human Colonic Chyme Using the MRI Parameter T1: A Key Biomarker of Colonic Function. Neurogastroenterology and Motility, 37(4), Article e14999. https://doi.org/10.1111/nmo.14999

Background
The human colon receives 2 L of fluid daily. Small changes in the efficacy of absorption can lead to altered stool consistency with diarrhea or constipation. Drugs and formulations can also alter colonic water, which can be assessed using... Read More about Assessing Water Content of the Human Colonic Chyme Using the MRI Parameter T1: A Key Biomarker of Colonic Function.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Reveals Novel Insights into the Dual Mode of Action of Bisacodyl: A Randomized, Placebo-controlled Trial in Constipation (2024)
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Aliyu, A., Dellschaft, N., Hoad, C., Williams, H., Gaudoin, E., Sulaiman, S., Crooks, C., Gowland, P., Alexia, A., Lange, R., Bois de Fer, B., Corsetti, M., Marciani, L., & Spiller, R. (2025). Magnetic Resonance Imaging Reveals Novel Insights into the Dual Mode of Action of Bisacodyl: A Randomized, Placebo-controlled Trial in Constipation. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 177(5), 1284-1291. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpt.3532

Bisacodyl is a widely used laxative that stimulates both motility and secretion. Our aim was to exploit the unique capabilities of MRI to define bisacodyl's mode of action. Two placebo-controlled cross-over trials were performed, one using a single d... Read More about Magnetic Resonance Imaging Reveals Novel Insights into the Dual Mode of Action of Bisacodyl: A Randomized, Placebo-controlled Trial in Constipation.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Reveals Novel Insights into the Dual Mode of Action of Bisacodyl: A Randomized, Placebo-controlled Trial in Constipation (2024)
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Aliyu, A., Dellschaft, N., Hoad, C., Williams, H., Gaudoin, E., Sulaiman, S., Crooks, C., Gowland, P., Aran, A., Lange, R., Bois De Fer, B., Corsetti, M., Marciani, L., & Spiller, R. (2025). Magnetic Resonance Imaging Reveals Novel Insights into the Dual Mode of Action of Bisacodyl: A Randomized, Placebo-controlled Trial in Constipation. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 117(5), 1284-1291. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpt.3532

Bisacodyl is a widely used laxative that stimulates both motility and secretion. Our aim was to exploit the unique capabilities of MRI to define bisacodyl's mode of action. Two placebo-controlled cross-over trials were performed, one using a single d... Read More about Magnetic Resonance Imaging Reveals Novel Insights into the Dual Mode of Action of Bisacodyl: A Randomized, Placebo-controlled Trial in Constipation.

One Year of Gluten-Free Diet Impacts Gut Function and Microbiome in Celiac Disease (2024)
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Costigan, C. M., Warren, F. J., Duncan, A. P., Hoad, C. L., Lewis, N., Hill, T., Crooks, C. J., Morgan, P. S., Ciacci, C., Iovino, P., Sanders, D. S., Hildebrand, F., Gowland, P. A., Spiller, R. C., & Marciani, L. (2024). One Year of Gluten-Free Diet Impacts Gut Function and Microbiome in Celiac Disease. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2024.11.006

Background & Aims
Currently, the main treatment for celiac disease (CD) is the gluten-free diet (GFD). This observational cohort study investigated the impact of CD and 1 year of GFD on gut function and microbiome.

Methods
A total of 36 newly di... Read More about One Year of Gluten-Free Diet Impacts Gut Function and Microbiome in Celiac Disease.

Novel Use of Manganese Gluconate as a Marker for Visualization of Tablet Dissolution in the Fed Human Stomach Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (2024)
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Akbar, T., Gershkovich, P., Stamatopoulos, K., Gowland, P., Stolnik, S., Butler, J., & Marciani, L. (2025). Novel Use of Manganese Gluconate as a Marker for Visualization of Tablet Dissolution in the Fed Human Stomach Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 22(1), 594-598. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.4c00854

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of dry or solid materials in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract requires the use of contrast agents to enhance visualisation of the dosage forms. In this study, we explore the novel use of manganese gluconate added to ta... Read More about Novel Use of Manganese Gluconate as a Marker for Visualization of Tablet Dissolution in the Fed Human Stomach Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

Association between glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists use and change in alcohol consumption: a systematic review (2024)
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Subhani, M., Dhanda, A., King, J. A., Warren, F. C., Creanor, S., Davies, M. J., Eldeghaidy, S., Bawden, S., Gowland, P. A., Bataller, R., Greenwood, J., Kaar, S., Bhala, N., & Aithal, G. P. (2024). Association between glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists use and change in alcohol consumption: a systematic review. eClinicalMedicine, 78, Article 102920. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102920

Background
Despite the availability of various pharmacological and behavioural interventions, alcohol-related mortality is rising. This systematic review aimed to critically evaluate the existing literature on the association between glucagon-like p... Read More about Association between glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists use and change in alcohol consumption: a systematic review.

Combined MRI, high-resolution manometry and a randomised trial of bisacodyl versus hyoscine show the significance of an enlarged colon in constipation: the RECLAIM study (2024)
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Wilkinson-Smith, V., Scott, M., Menys, A., Wiklendt, L., Marciani, L., Atkinson, D., Sansone, S., Zdanaviciene, A., Coupland, C., Knowles, C. H., Dinning, P., Taylor, S. A., Gowland, P., Hoad, C. L., Corsetti, M., & Spiller, R. C. (2024). Combined MRI, high-resolution manometry and a randomised trial of bisacodyl versus hyoscine show the significance of an enlarged colon in constipation: the RECLAIM study. Gut, 74(1), 35-44. https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2024-332755

Background: Colonic motility in constipation can be assessed non-invasively using MRI.

Objective: To compare MRI with high-resolution colonic manometry (HRCM) for predicting treatment response.

Design: Part 1: 44 healthy volunteers (HVs), 43 pa... Read More about Combined MRI, high-resolution manometry and a randomised trial of bisacodyl versus hyoscine show the significance of an enlarged colon in constipation: the RECLAIM study.

Combined magnetic resonance imaging, high resolution manometry and a randomised trial of bisacodyl versus hyoscine shows the significance of an enlarged colon in constipation: the RECLAIM study (2024)
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Wilkinson-Smith, V., Scott, M., Menys, A., Wiklendt, L., MARCIANI, L., Atkinson, D., Sansone, S., Zdanavciene, A., Coupland, C., Knowles, C., Dinning, P., Taylor, S., Gowland, P., Hoad, C., Corsetti, M., & Spiller, R. (2025). Combined magnetic resonance imaging, high resolution manometry and a randomised trial of bisacodyl versus hyoscine shows the significance of an enlarged colon in constipation: the RECLAIM study. Gut, 74(1), 35-44. https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2024-332755

Background
Colonic motility in constipation can be assessed non-invasively using MRI.

Objective
To compare MRI with high resolution colonic manometry (HRCM) for predicting treatment response.

Design
Part 1: 44 healthy volunteers (HV), 43... Read More about Combined magnetic resonance imaging, high resolution manometry and a randomised trial of bisacodyl versus hyoscine shows the significance of an enlarged colon in constipation: the RECLAIM study.

Structuring white rice with gellan gum reduces the glycemic response in healthy humans (2024)
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Alshammari, N. A., Riches, K., Muttakin, S., Hoad, C. L., Strkalj, L., Gouseti, O., Bakalis, S., Lovegrove, A., Spiller, R. C., Gowland, P. A., Aithal, G. P., Yakubov, G. E., Taylor, M. A., & Marciani, L. (2024). Structuring white rice with gellan gum reduces the glycemic response in healthy humans. Food Research International, 196, Article 115090. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2024.115090

White rice has a high glycemic index and its consumption has been linked to an increased risk of developing type-2 diabetes mellitus, increased diabetes associated complications and obesity. In recent in vitro studies we have shown that addition of f... Read More about Structuring white rice with gellan gum reduces the glycemic response in healthy humans.

A longitudinal study assessing the impact of elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor on gut transit and function in people with cystic fibrosis using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (2024)
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Yule, A., Ng, C., Recto, A., Lockwood, F., Dellschaft, N. S., Hoad, C. L., Zagoya, C., Mainz, J. G., Major, G., Barr, H. L., Gowland, P. A., Stewart, I., Marciani, L., Spiller, R. C., & Smyth, A. R. (2024). A longitudinal study assessing the impact of elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor on gut transit and function in people with cystic fibrosis using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 23(5), 984-990. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcf.2024.08.001

Background

Gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms in cystic fibrosis (CF) are common and disruptive. The effect of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) modulators on the GI tract is not fully understood. The aim was to use magnetic r... Read More about A longitudinal study assessing the impact of elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor on gut transit and function in people with cystic fibrosis using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Greater hepatic lipid saturation is associated with impaired glycaemic regulation in men with metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease but is not altered by 6 weeks of exercise training (2024)
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Willis, S. A., Malaikah, S., Bawden, S. J., Sherry, A. P., Sargeant, J. A., Coull, N. A., Bradley, C. R., Rowlands, A., Naim, I., Ennequin, G., Yates, T., Waheed, G., Gowland, P., Stensel, D. J., Webb, D. R., Davies, M. J., Aithal, G. P., & King, J. A. (2024). Greater hepatic lipid saturation is associated with impaired glycaemic regulation in men with metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease but is not altered by 6 weeks of exercise training. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 26(9), 4030-4042. https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.15755

Aims: To examine the impact of impaired glycaemic regulation (IGR) and exercise training on hepatic lipid composition in men with metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). Materials and Methods: In Part A (cross‐sectional desi... Read More about Greater hepatic lipid saturation is associated with impaired glycaemic regulation in men with metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease but is not altered by 6 weeks of exercise training.

Free-breathing Functional Pulmonary Proton MRI: A Novel Approach Using Voxel-wise Lung Ventilation (VOLVE) Assessment in Healthy Volunteers and Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (2024)
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Peggs, Z. J., Brooke, J. P., Bolton, C. E., Hall, I. P., Francis, S. T., & Gowland, P. A. (2024). Free-breathing Functional Pulmonary Proton MRI: A Novel Approach Using Voxel-wise Lung Ventilation (VOLVE) Assessment in Healthy Volunteers and Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 61(2), 663-675. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmri.29444

Background: In respiratory medicine, there is a need for sensitive measures of regional lung function that can be performed using standard imaging technology, without the need for inhaled or intravenous contrast agents. Purpose: To describe VOxel‐wis... Read More about Free-breathing Functional Pulmonary Proton MRI: A Novel Approach Using Voxel-wise Lung Ventilation (VOLVE) Assessment in Healthy Volunteers and Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Genetics impact risk of Alzheimer’s disease through mechanisms modulating structural brain morphology in late life (2024)
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Korologou-Linden, R., Xu, B., Coulthard, E., Walton, E., Wearn, A., Hemani, G., White, T., Cecil, C., Sharp, T., Tiemeier, H., Banaschewski, T., Bokde, A., Desrivières, S., Flor, H., Grigis, A., Garavan, H., Gowland, P., Heinz, A., Brühl, R., Martinot, J.-L., …Anderson, E. L. (2025). Genetics impact risk of Alzheimer’s disease through mechanisms modulating structural brain morphology in late life. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 96, 350-360. https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2023-332969

Background: Alzheimer’s disease (AD)-related neuropathological changes can occur decades before clinical symptoms. We aimed to investigate whether neurodevelopment and/or neurodegeneration affects the risk of AD, through reducing structural brain res... Read More about Genetics impact risk of Alzheimer’s disease through mechanisms modulating structural brain morphology in late life.

Light Cannabis Use and the Adolescent Brain: An 8-years Longitudinal Assessment of Mental Health, Cognition, and Reward Processing. (2024)
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Macedo, I., Paiva, T. O., Pasion, R., Daedelow, L., Heinz, A., Magalhães, A., Banaschewski, T., Bokde, A. L., Desrivières, S., Flor, H., Grigis, A., Garavan, H., Gowland, P., Brühl, R., Martinot, J.-L., Martinot, M.-L. P., Artiges, E., Nees, F., Orfanos, D. P., Paus, T., …Barbosa, F. (2024). Light Cannabis Use and the Adolescent Brain: An 8-years Longitudinal Assessment of Mental Health, Cognition, and Reward Processing. Psychopharmacology, 241, 1447-1461. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-024-06575-z

Rationale: For decades, cannabis has been the most widely used illicit substance in the world, particularly among youth. Research suggests that mental health problems associated with cannabis use may result from its effect on reward brain circuit, em... Read More about Light Cannabis Use and the Adolescent Brain: An 8-years Longitudinal Assessment of Mental Health, Cognition, and Reward Processing..

A randomised crossover trial of tezacaftor-ivacaftor for gut dysfunction in cystic fibrosis with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) outcomes: a pilot study (2024)
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Ng, C., Dellschaft, N. S., Hoad, C., Marciani, L., Spiller, R., Crooks, C., Hill, T., Menys, A., Mainz, J. G., Barr, H., Gowland, P. A., Major, G., & Smyth, A. R. (2024). A randomised crossover trial of tezacaftor-ivacaftor for gut dysfunction in cystic fibrosis with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) outcomes: a pilot study. NIHR Open Research, 3, Article 65. https://doi.org/10.3310/nihropenres.13510.2

Background
People with cystic fibrosis (CF) can experience recurrent chest infections, pancreatic exocrine insufficiency and gastrointestinal symptoms. New cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) modulator drugs improve lung funct... Read More about A randomised crossover trial of tezacaftor-ivacaftor for gut dysfunction in cystic fibrosis with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) outcomes: a pilot study.

Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Visualization of Oral Dosage Forms in the Human Stomach: A Scoping Review (2024)
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Akbar, T., Gershkovich, P., Stamatopoulos, K., Gowland, P. A., Stolnik, S., Butler, J., & Marciani, L. (2024). Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Visualization of Oral Dosage Forms in the Human Stomach: A Scoping Review. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 21(4), 1553-1562. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.3c01123

Oral dosage forms are the most widely and frequently used formulations to deliver active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), due to their ease of administration and noninvasiveness. Knowledge of intragastric release rates and gastric mixing is crucial... Read More about Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Visualization of Oral Dosage Forms in the Human Stomach: A Scoping Review.

Adolescent to young adult longitudinal development of subcortical volumes in two European sites with four waves (2024)
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Backhausen, L. L., Fröhner, J. H., Lemaître, H., Artiges, E., Martinot, M. P., Herting, M. M., Sticca, F., Banaschewski, T., Barker, G. J., Bokde, A. L. W., Desrivières, S., Flor, H., Grigis, A., Garavan, H., Gowland, P., Heinz, A., Brühl, R., Nees, F., Papadopoulos‐Orfanos, D., Poustka, L., …Vetter, N. C. (2024). Adolescent to young adult longitudinal development of subcortical volumes in two European sites with four waves. Human Brain Mapping, 45(3), Article e26574. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.26574

Adolescent subcortical structural brain development might underlie psychopathological symptoms, which often emerge in adolescence. At the same time, sex differences exist in psychopathology, which might be mirrored in underlying sex differences in st... Read More about Adolescent to young adult longitudinal development of subcortical volumes in two European sites with four waves.