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Modelling white matter in gyral blades as a continuous vector field (2020)
Journal Article
Cottaar, M., Bastiani, M., Boddu, N., Glasser, M. F., Haber, S., van Essen, D. C., …Jbabdi, S. (2021). Modelling white matter in gyral blades as a continuous vector field. NeuroImage, 227, Article 117693. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117693

© 2020 Many brain imaging studies aim to measure structural connectivity with diffusion tractography. However, biases in tractography data, particularly near the boundary between white matter and cortical grey matter can limit the accuracy of such st... Read More about Modelling white matter in gyral blades as a continuous vector field.

Prognostication and contemporary management of clinically isolated syndrome (2020)
Journal Article
Allen, C. M., Mowry, E., Tintore, M., & Evangelou, N. (2021). Prognostication and contemporary management of clinically isolated syndrome. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 92(4), 391-397. https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2020-323087

Clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) patients present with a single attack of inflammatory demyelination of the central nervous system. Recent advances in multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnostic criteria have expanded the number of CIS patients eligible for... Read More about Prognostication and contemporary management of clinically isolated syndrome.

MicroRNA: An Emerging Predictive, Diagnostic, Prognostic and Therapeutic Strategy in Ischaemic Stroke (2020)
Journal Article
Kadir, R. R. A., Alwjwaj, M., & Bayraktutan, U. (2020). MicroRNA: An Emerging Predictive, Diagnostic, Prognostic and Therapeutic Strategy in Ischaemic Stroke. Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10571-020-01028-5

Stroke continues to be the third-leading cause of death and disability worldwide. The limited availability of diagnostic tools approved therapeutics and biomarkers that help monitor disease progression or predict future events remain as the major cha... Read More about MicroRNA: An Emerging Predictive, Diagnostic, Prognostic and Therapeutic Strategy in Ischaemic Stroke.

Qualitative and quantitative assessment of magnetic vestibular stimulation in humans (2020)
Journal Article
Dewey, R. S., Gomez, R., Degg, C., Baguley, D. M., & Glover, P. (2020). Qualitative and quantitative assessment of magnetic vestibular stimulation in humans. Journal of Vestibular Research, 30(6), 353-361. https://doi.org/10.3233/VES-201538

The sensation of phantom motion or exhibition of bodily sway is often reported in the proximity of an MR scanner. It is proposed that the magnetic field stimulates the vestibular system. There are a number of possible mechanisms responsible, and the... Read More about Qualitative and quantitative assessment of magnetic vestibular stimulation in humans.

Electronic Health Records As a Platform for Audiological Research: Data Validity, Patient Characteristics, and Hearing-Aid Use Persistence Among 731,213 U.S. Veterans (2020)
Journal Article
Saunders, G. H., Dillard, L. K., Zobay, O., Cannon, J. B., & Naylor, G. (2021). Electronic Health Records As a Platform for Audiological Research: Data Validity, Patient Characteristics, and Hearing-Aid Use Persistence Among 731,213 U.S. Veterans. Ear and Hearing, 42(4), 927-940. https://doi.org/10.1097/AUD.0000000000000980

Objectives:

This article presents a summary of audiological, general health, and hearing aid (HA) outcome data in a large sample of U.S. Veterans receiving HAs. The current article also provides the foundation for a series of papers that will exp... Read More about Electronic Health Records As a Platform for Audiological Research: Data Validity, Patient Characteristics, and Hearing-Aid Use Persistence Among 731,213 U.S. Veterans.

Evaluating cortical responses to speech in children: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) study (2020)
Journal Article
Lawrence, R. J., Wiggins, I. M., Hodgson, J. C., & Hartley, D. E. (2021). Evaluating cortical responses to speech in children: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) study. Hearing Research, 401, Article 108155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heares.2020.108155

Functional neuroimaging of speech processing has both research and clinical potential. This work is facilitating an ever-increasing understanding of the complex neural mechanisms involved in the processing of speech. Neural correlates of speech under... Read More about Evaluating cortical responses to speech in children: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) study.

Blood markers in remote ischaemic conditioning for acute ischaemic stroke: data from the REmote ischaemic Conditioning After Stroke Trial (2020)
Journal Article
Appleton, J. P., O'Sullivan, S. E., Hedstrom, A., May, J. A., Donnelly, R., Sprigg, N., …England, T. J. (2021). Blood markers in remote ischaemic conditioning for acute ischaemic stroke: data from the REmote ischaemic Conditioning After Stroke Trial. European Journal of Neurology, 28(4), 1225-1233. https://doi.org/10.1111/ene.14650

Background and purpose: Remote ischaemic per-conditioning (RIC) is neuroprotective in experimental ischaemic stroke. Several neurohumoral, vascular and inflammatory mediators are implicated. The effect of RIC on plasma biomarkers was assessed using c... Read More about Blood markers in remote ischaemic conditioning for acute ischaemic stroke: data from the REmote ischaemic Conditioning After Stroke Trial.

A Delphi survey to determine a definition and description of hyperacusis by clinician consensus (2020)
Journal Article
Adams, B., Sereda, M., Casey, A., Byrom, P., Stockdale, D., & Hoare, D. J. (2021). A Delphi survey to determine a definition and description of hyperacusis by clinician consensus. International Journal of Audiology, 60(8), 607-613. https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2020.1855370

Objective: There is currently no singularly accepted definition of hyperacusis. The aim of this study was to determine a definition and description of hyperacusis by clinician consensus. Design: A three-round Delphi survey involving hearing healthcar... Read More about A Delphi survey to determine a definition and description of hyperacusis by clinician consensus.

Evaluating cortical responses to speech in children: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) study (2020)
Journal Article
Lawrence, R., Wiggins, I., Hodgson, J., & Hartley, D. (2021). Evaluating cortical responses to speech in children: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) study. Hearing Research, 401, Article 108155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heares.2020.108155

Functional neuroimaging of speech processing has both research and clinical potential. This work is facilitating an ever-increasing understanding of the complex neural mechanisms involved in the processing of speech. Neural correlates of speech under... Read More about Evaluating cortical responses to speech in children: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) study.

Natural history of tinnitus in adults: A cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis (2020)
Journal Article
Dawes, P., Newall, J., Stockdale, D., Baguley, D. M., & Dawes, P. (2020). Natural history of tinnitus in adults: A cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis. BMJ Open, 10(12), Article e041290. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041290

Objective To assess incidence and changes in tinnitus and bothersome tinnitus as well as associated risk factors in a large sample of UK adults. Design Prospective cohort study. Setting UK. Participants For cross-sectional analysis, a group of 168 34... Read More about Natural history of tinnitus in adults: A cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis.

PAF-R on activated T cells: Role in the IL-23/Th17 pathway and relevance to multiple sclerosis (2020)
Journal Article
Midgley, A., Barakat, D., Braitch, M., Nichols, C., Nebozhyn, M., Edwards, L. J., …Constantinescu, C. S. (2021). PAF-R on activated T cells: Role in the IL-23/Th17 pathway and relevance to multiple sclerosis. Immunobiology, 226(1), Article 152023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imbio.2020.152023

© 2020 Elsevier GmbH IL-23 is a potent stimulus for Th17 cells. These cells have a distinct developmental pathway from Th1 cells induced by IL-12 and are implicated in autoimmune and inflammatory disorders including multiple sclerosis (MS). TGF-β, IL... Read More about PAF-R on activated T cells: Role in the IL-23/Th17 pathway and relevance to multiple sclerosis.

Effects of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy on insomnia in adults with tinnitus: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (2020)
Journal Article
Curtis, F., Laparidou, D., Bridle, C., Law, G., Durrant, S., Rodriguez, A., …Siriwardena, A. N. (2021). Effects of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy on insomnia in adults with tinnitus: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 56, Article 101405. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smrv.2020.101405

Insomnia is common in patients with tinnitus and negatively affects tinnitus symptoms and quality of life. This systematic review aimed to synthesise evidence of the effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) based interventions on insomnia... Read More about Effects of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy on insomnia in adults with tinnitus: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Using Gap-Induced Inhibition of the Post-Auricular Muscle Response as an Objective Measure of Tinnitus in Humans (2020)
Journal Article
Wilson, C. A., Berger, J. I., De Boer, J., Sereda, M., Hall, D. A., & Wallace, M. N. (2020). Using Gap-Induced Inhibition of the Post-Auricular Muscle Response as an Objective Measure of Tinnitus in Humans. Acta Scientific Otolaryngology, 2(12), 40-52

A widely used method for detecting tinnitus in rodents is the gap pre-pulse inhibition of the acoustic startle (GPIAS). One variant uses the Preyer reflex to assess the startle response and a component of this can be measured as a small muscle pote... Read More about Using Gap-Induced Inhibition of the Post-Auricular Muscle Response as an Objective Measure of Tinnitus in Humans.

Corrigendum: Intracranial Bleeding After Reperfusion Therapy in Acute Ischaemic Stroke Patients Randomized to Glyceryl Trinitrate vs. Control: An Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis (2020)
Journal Article
Appleton, J. P., Woodhouse, L. J., Sprigg, N., Wardlaw, J. M., & Bath, P. M. (2020). Corrigendum: Intracranial Bleeding After Reperfusion Therapy in Acute Ischaemic Stroke Patients Randomized to Glyceryl Trinitrate vs. Control: An Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis. Frontiers in Neurology, 11, Article 625572. https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2020.625572

Joanna M. Wardlaw was not included as an author in the published article. The corrected Author Contributions and Funding statements appear below. AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS JA performed the literature search, pooled analyses, statistical analysis and inter... Read More about Corrigendum: Intracranial Bleeding After Reperfusion Therapy in Acute Ischaemic Stroke Patients Randomized to Glyceryl Trinitrate vs. Control: An Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis.

An exploration of psychological symptom-based phenotyping of adult cochlear implant users with and without tinnitus using a machine learning approach (2020)
Book Chapter
Smith, S., Kitterick, P., Scutt, P., Baguley, D., & Pierzycki, R. (2021). An exploration of psychological symptom-based phenotyping of adult cochlear implant users with and without tinnitus using a machine learning approach. In Tinnitus - An Interdisciplinary Approach Towards Individualized Treatment: From Heterogeneity to Personalized Medicine (283-300). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.pbr.2020.10.002

The identification of phenotypes within populations with troublesome tinnitus is an important step towards individualizing tinnitus treatments to achieve optimal outcomes. However, previous application of clustering algorithms has called into questio... Read More about An exploration of psychological symptom-based phenotyping of adult cochlear implant users with and without tinnitus using a machine learning approach.

Seasonal patterns of incidence, demographic factors and microbiological profiles of infectious keratitis: the Nottingham Infectious Keratitis Study (2020)
Journal Article
Ting, D. S. J., Ho, C. S., Cairns, J., Gopal, B. P., Elsahn, A., Al-Aqaba, M., …Dua, H. S. (2021). Seasonal patterns of incidence, demographic factors and microbiological profiles of infectious keratitis: the Nottingham Infectious Keratitis Study. Eye, 35(9), 2543-2549. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41433-020-01272-5

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the seasonal patterns of incidence, demographic factors and microbiological profiles of infectious keratitis (IK) in Nottingham, UK. Methods: A retrospective study of all patients who were diagnosed wi... Read More about Seasonal patterns of incidence, demographic factors and microbiological profiles of infectious keratitis: the Nottingham Infectious Keratitis Study.

The perceptual limitations of troubleshooting hearing-aids based on patients’ descriptions (2020)
Journal Article
Caswell-Midwinter, B., & Whitmer, W. M. (2021). The perceptual limitations of troubleshooting hearing-aids based on patients’ descriptions. International Journal of Audiology, 60(6), 427-437. https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2020.1839679

Objectives: Hearing-aid frequency-gain responses are routinely adjusted by clinicians to patient preferences and descriptions. This study measured the minimum gain adjustments required to elicit preferences, and the assignment of descriptors to gain... Read More about The perceptual limitations of troubleshooting hearing-aids based on patients’ descriptions.

Morbidity and complications of diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents in Ghana: study design and rationale (2020)
Preprint / Working Paper
Essuman, V. A., Tagoe, N. N., Akpalu, J., Essuman, A., Sackey, A., Hayfron-Benjamin, C., …Amoaku, W. Morbidity and complications of diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents in Ghana: study design and rationale

Background:
Diabetes is associated with premature morbidity and mortality from its many complications. There is limited data on the chronic complications of diabetes in children and adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa.

Objective:
The study aims t... Read More about Morbidity and complications of diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents in Ghana: study design and rationale.

Desmopressin for reversal of Antiplatelet drugs in Stroke due to Haemorrhage (DASH): protocol for a phase II double blind randomised controlled feasibility trial (2020)
Journal Article
Desborough, M. J., Al-Shahi Salman, R., Stanworth, S. J., Havard, D., Brennan, P. M., Dineen, R. A., …DASH trial investigators. (2020). Desmopressin for reversal of Antiplatelet drugs in Stroke due to Haemorrhage (DASH): protocol for a phase II double blind randomised controlled feasibility trial. BMJ Open, 10(11), Article e037555. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037555

Introduction Intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) can be devastating and is a common cause of death and disability worldwide. Pre-ICH antiplatelet drug use is associated with a 27% relative increase in 1 month case fatality compared with patients not usin... Read More about Desmopressin for reversal of Antiplatelet drugs in Stroke due to Haemorrhage (DASH): protocol for a phase II double blind randomised controlled feasibility trial.

Relationship between nitrate headache and outcome in patients with acute stroke: results from the efficacy of nitric oxide in stroke (ENOS) trial (2020)
Journal Article
Beishon, L., Woodhouse, L. J., Bereczki, D., Christensen, H. K., Collins, R., Gommans, J., …Bath, P. M. (2021). Relationship between nitrate headache and outcome in patients with acute stroke: results from the efficacy of nitric oxide in stroke (ENOS) trial. Stroke and Vascular Neurology, 6(2), 180-186. https://doi.org/10.1136/svn-2020-000498

Introduction Nitrate-induced headache is common and may signify responsive cerebral vasculature. We assessed the relationship between nitrate headache and outcome in patients with acute stroke. Materials and methods Patients were those randomised to... Read More about Relationship between nitrate headache and outcome in patients with acute stroke: results from the efficacy of nitric oxide in stroke (ENOS) trial.