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From groundbreaking discoveries in basic science to innovative clinical insights, our publications showcase the breadth and depth of research taking place at the UK DRI. 

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Genetic changes in brain cells link ageing and Alzheimer’s

Genetic differences that contribute to how long a person will live and their risk of Alzheimer’s disease have been identified in a new study led...

Learn more Genetic changes in brain cells link ageing and Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association
Published

Clinical Manifestations

Authors
David López-Martos, Anna Brugulat-Serrat, Alba Cañas-Martínez, Lidia Canals-Gispert, Paula Marne, Nina Gramunt, Marc Suárez-Calvet, Marta Milà-Alomà, Carolina Minguillon, Karine Fauria, Henrik Zetterberg, Kaj Blennow, Jose Luis Molinuevo, Juan Domingo Gispert, Oriol Grau-Rivera, Gonzalo Sánchez-Benavides, ALFA study
Clinical Manifestations
Neurobiology of aging
Published

Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-1 (FLT1) interactions with amyloid-beta in Alzheimer's disease: A putative biomarker of amyloid-induced vascular damage

Authors
Rebecca L Winfree, Emma Nolan, Kaj Blennow, Henrik Zetterberg, Katherine A Gifford, Kimberly R Pechman, Julie Schneider, David A Bennett, Vladislav A Petyuk, Angela L Jefferson, Timothy J Hohman
Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-1 (FLT1) interactions with amyloid-beta in Alzheimer's disease: A putative biomarker of amyloid-induced vascular damage
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association
Published

Basic Science and Pathogenesis

Authors
Regina T Vontell, Ayled Barreda, Kaj Blennow, Henrik Zetterberg, Juan Pablo de Rivero Vaccari, Helen M Bramlett, W Dalton Dietrich, Robert W Keane, David A Davis, Tatjana Rundek, Xiaoyan Sun
Basic Science and Pathogenesis
Nature communications
Published

On the longevity and inherent hermeticity of silicon-ICs: evaluation of bare-die and PDMS-coated ICs after accelerated aging and implantation studies

Authors
Kambiz Nanbakhsh, Ahmad Shah Idil, Callum Lamont, Csaba Dücső, Ömer Can Akgun, Domonkos Horváth, Kinga Tóth, Domokos Meszéna, István Ulbert, Federico Mazza, Timothy G Constandinou, Wouter Serdijn, Anne Vanhoestenberghe, Nick Donaldson, Vasiliki Giagka
On the longevity and inherent hermeticity of silicon-ICs: evaluation of bare-die and PDMS-coated ICs after accelerated aging and implantation studies
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association
Published

Non-APOE variants predominately expressed in smooth muscle cells contribute to the influence of Alzheimer's disease genetic risk on white matter hyperintensities

Authors
Hannah Louise Chandler, Joshua Wheeler, Valentina Escott-Price, Kevin Murphy, Thomas Matthew Lancaster
Non-APOE variants predominately expressed in smooth muscle cells contribute to the influence of Alzheimer's disease genetic risk on white matter hyperintensities
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association
Published

Guidelines for the standardization of pre-analytical variables for salivary biomarker studies in Alzheimer's disease research: An updated review and consensus of the Salivary Biomarkers for Dementia Research Working Group

Authors
Ted K S Ng, Chinedu Udeh-Momoh, Mei-Ann Lim, Helena Sophia Gleerup, Wayne Leifert, Catherine Ajalo, Nicholas Ashton, Henrik Zetterberg, Robert A Rissman, Charisse N Winston, Sid O' Bryant, Robert Jenkins, Eva Carro, Gorka Orive, Stefano Tamburin, Marcos Olvera-Rojas, Patricio Solis-Urra, Irene Esteban-Cornejo, Gustavo Alves Andrade Dos Santos, Kumar B Rajan, David Koh, Anja Hviid Simonsen, Paul D Slowey, Alzheimer's Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment: Biofluid Based Biomarkers Professional Interest Area Salivary Biomarkers for Dementia Research Working Group (ISTAART‐BBB‐PIA‐SWG)
Guidelines for the standardization of pre-analytical variables for salivary biomarker studies in Alzheimer's disease research: An updated review and consensus of the Salivary Biomarkers for Dementia Research Working Group
Neurobiology of aging
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Subtypes of brain change in aging and their associations with cognition and Alzheimer's disease biomarkers

Authors
Elettra Capogna, Øystein Sørensen, Leiv Otto Watne, James Roe, Marie Strømstad, Ane Victoria Idland, Nathalie Bodd Halaas, Kaj Blennow, Henrik Zetterberg, Kristine Beate Walhovd, Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, Australian Imaging Biomarkers and Lifestyle flagship study of ageing, Anders Martin Fjell, Didac Vidal-Piñeiro
Subtypes of brain change in aging and their associations with cognition and Alzheimer's disease biomarkers
BMJ neurology open
Published

Climate change and neurological diseases: report from the Hot Brain 2: Climate Change and Brain Health meeting, 2024

Authors
James D Mills, Medine I Gulcebi, Jo Allatt, Action Amos, Jack Atkinson, Jason Berwick, Susan Clayton, Derk-Jan Dijk, Kimberly C Doell, Kristie Ebi, Candace C Fleischer, Shakoor Hajat, Candice Howarth, Oliver Jones, Mark Maslin, Lisa Page, Marina Romanello, Lisa Vanhala, Sanjay M Sisodiya
Climate change and neurological diseases: report from the Hot Brain 2: Climate Change and Brain Health meeting, 2024
Brain communications
Published

Increased cell-free DNA in CSF and serum of hip fracture patients with delirium

Authors
Vibeke Bratseth, Leiv Otto Watne, Bjørn Erik Neerland, Nathalie Bodd Halaas, Christian Thomas Pollmann, Adi Karabeg, Olav Tobias Odegaard, Kristian Sydnes, Henrik Zetterberg, Ingebjørg Seljeflot, Ragnhild Helseth
Increased cell-free DNA in CSF and serum of hip fracture patients with delirium
Molecular neurodegeneration
Published

Distinct regulation of Tau Monomer and aggregate uptake and intracellular accumulation in human neurons

Authors
Amir T Marvian, Tabea Strauss, Qilin Tang, Benjamin J Tuck, Sophie Keeling, Daniel Rüdiger, Negar Mirzazadeh Dizaji, Hossein Mohammad-Beigi, Brigitte Nuscher, Pijush Chakraborty, Duncan S Sutherland, William A McEwan, Thomas Köglsperger, Stefan Zahler, Markus Zweckstetter, Stefan F Lichtenthaler, Wolfgang Wurst, Sigrid Schwarz, Günter Höglinger
Distinct regulation of Tau Monomer and aggregate uptake and intracellular accumulation in human neurons
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association
Published

Plasma phosphorylated tau and neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia with Lewy bodies

Authors
Lucy L Gibson, Maria C Gonzalez, Nicholas J Ashton, Diego Tovar-Rios, Frédéric Blanc, Andrea Pilotto, Afina Lemstra, Claire Paquet, Clive Ballard, Henrik Zetterberg, Dag Aarsland, European–Dementia With Lewy Bodies (E‐DLB) Consortium
Plasma phosphorylated tau and neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia with Lewy bodies
Brain communications
Published

The CSF p-tau/β-amyloid 42 ratio correlates with brain structure and fibrillary β-amyloid deposition in cognitively unimpaired individuals at the earliest stages of pre-clinical Alzheimer's disease

Authors
Raffaele Cacciaglia, Mahnaz Shekari, Gemma Salvadó, Marta Milà-Alomà, Carles Falcon, Gonzalo Sánchez-Benavides, Carolina Minguillón, Karine Fauria, Oriol Grau-Rivera, José Luis Molinuevo, Kaj Blennow, Henrik Zetterberg, Frances-Catherine Quevenco, Marc Suárez-Calvet, Juan Domingo Gispert, ALFA Study
The CSF p-tau/β-amyloid 42 ratio correlates with brain structure and fibrillary β-amyloid deposition in cognitively unimpaired individuals at the earliest stages of pre-clinical Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's research & therapy
Published

Data-driven CSF biomarker profiling: imaging and clinical outcomes in a cohort at risk of Alzheimer's disease

Authors
Georgette Argiris, Muge Akinci, Cleofé Peña-Gómez, Eleni Palpatzis, Marina Garcia-Prat, Mahnaz Shekari, Kaj Blennow, Henrik Zetterberg, Gwendlyn Kollmorgen, Clara Quijano-Rubio, Nicholas J Ashton, Thomas K Karikari, Ann Brinkmalm-Westman, Juan Lantero-Rodriguez, Karine Fauria, Gonzalo Sánchez-Benavides, Oriol Grau-Rivera, Marc Suárez-Calvet, Eider M Arenaza-Urquijo, For The Alfa Study
Data-driven CSF biomarker profiling: imaging and clinical outcomes in a cohort at risk of Alzheimer's disease