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Our scientific output and findings

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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Sleep problems could double risk of dementia in later life

People who experience sleep disorders are at greater risk of developing dementia and other neurodegenerative conditions later in life, new research led by Prof Valentina...

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Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener
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Clinical audit research and evaluation of motor neuron disease (CARE-MND): a national electronic platform for prospective, longitudinal monitoring of MND in Scotland.

Authors
Danielle Leighton, Judith Newton, Shuna Colville, Andrew Bethell, Gillian Craig, Laura Cunningham, Moira Flett, Dianne Fraser, Janice Hatrick, Helen Lennox, Laura Marshall, Dympna McAleer, Alison McEleney, Kitty Millar, Ann Silver, Laura Stephenson, Susan Stewart, Dorothy Storey, Gill Stott, Carol Thornton, Carolyn Webber, Harry Gordon, Giulia Melchiorre, Laura Sherlock, Emily Beswick, David Buchanan, Sharon Abrahams, Anthony Bateman, Jenny Preston, Callum Duncan, Richard Davenport, George Gorrie, Ian Morrison, Robert Swingler, Siddharthan Chandran, Suvankar Pal
Clinical audit research and evaluation of motor neuron disease (CARE-MND): a national electronic platform for prospective, longitudinal monitoring of MND in Scotland.
PLoS One
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Health management and pattern analysis of daily living activities of people with dementia using in-home sensors and machine learning techniques.

Authors
Shirin Enshaeifar, Ahmed Zoha, Andreas Markides, Severin Skillman, Sahr Thomas Acton, Tarek Elsaleh, Masoud Hassanpour, Alireza Ahrabian, Mark Kenny, Stuart Klein, Helen Rostill, Ramin Nilforooshan, Payam Barnaghi
Health management and pattern analysis of daily living activities of people with dementia using in-home sensors and machine learning techniques.
Mol Psychiatry
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Familial Alzheimer's disease patient-derived neurons reveal distinct mutation-specific effects on amyloid beta.

Authors
Charles Arber, Jamie Toombs, Christopher Lovejoy, Natalie S Ryan, Ross W Paterson, Nanet Willumsen, Eleni Gkanatsiou, Erik Portelius, Kaj Blennow, Amanda Heslegrave, Jonathan M Schott, John Hardy, Tammaryn Lashley, Nick C Fox, Henrik Zetterberg, Selina Wray
Familial Alzheimer's disease patient-derived neurons reveal distinct mutation-specific effects on amyloid beta.
Nature
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Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of mouse and human microglia at single-cell resolution.

Authors
Takahiro Masuda, Roman Sankowski, Ori Staszewski, Chotima Böttcher, Lukas Amann, Sagar, Christian Scheiwe, Stefan Nessler, Patrik Kunz, Geert van Loo, Volker Arnd Coenen, Peter Christoph Reinacher, Anna Michel, Ulrich Sure, Ralf Gold, Dominic Grün, Josef Priller, Christine Stadelmann, Marco Prinz
Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of mouse and human microglia at single-cell resolution.
Mol Cell
Published

The Solution Structure of FUS Bound to RNA Reveals a Bipartite Mode of RNA Recognition with Both Sequence and Shape Specificity.

Authors
Fionna E Loughlin, Peter J Lukavsky, Tamara Kazeeva, Stefan Reber, Eva-Maria Hock, Martino Colombo, Christine Von Schroetter, Phillip Pauli, Antoine Cléry, Oliver Mühlemann, Magdalini Polymenidou, Marc-David Ruepp, Frédéric H-T Allain
The Solution Structure of FUS Bound to RNA Reveals a Bipartite Mode of RNA Recognition with Both Sequence and Shape Specificity.
Neurosci Biobehav Rev
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Disturbances of sleep quality, timing and structure and their relationship with other neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia: Insights from studies in patient populations and animal models.

Authors
Raphaelle Winsky-Sommerer, Paula de Oliveira, Sally Loomis, Keith Wafford, Derk-Jan Dijk, Gary Gilmour
Disturbances of sleep quality, timing and structure and their relationship with other neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia: Insights from studies in patient populations and animal models.
Science
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Secreted amyloid-β precursor protein functions as a GABABR1a ligand to modulate synaptic transmission.

Authors
Heather C Rice, Daniel de Malmazet, An Schreurs, Samuel Frere, Inge Van Molle, Alexander N Volkov, Eline Creemers, Irena Vertkin, Julie Nys, Fanomezana M Ranaivoson, Davide Comoletti, Jeffrey N Savas, Han Remaut, Detlef Balschun, Keimpe D Wierda, Inna Slutsky, Karl Farrow, Bart De Strooper, Joris de Wit
Secreted amyloid-β precursor protein functions as a GABABR1a ligand to modulate synaptic transmission.
Nat Commun
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ATM orchestrates the DNA-damage response to counter toxic non-homologous end-joining at broken replication forks.

Authors
Gabriel Balmus, Domenic Pilger, Julia Coates, Mukerrem Demir, Matylda Sczaniecka-Clift, Ana C Barros, Michael Woods, Beiyuan Fu, Fengtang Yang, Elisabeth Chen, Matthias Ostermaier, Tatjana Stankovic, Hannes Ponstingl, Mareike Herzog, Kosuke Yusa, Francisco Munoz Martinez, Stephen T Durant, Yaron Galanty, Petra Beli, David J Adams, Allan Bradley, Emmanouil Metzakopian, Josep V Forment, Stephen P Jackson
ATM orchestrates the DNA-damage response to counter toxic non-homologous end-joining at broken replication forks.
Cell Stem Cell
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Single-Cell Sequencing of iPSC-Dopamine Neurons Reconstructs Disease Progression and Identifies HDAC4 as a Regulator of Parkinson Cell Phenotypes.

Authors
Charmaine Lang, Kieran R Campbell, Brent J Ryan, Phillippa Carling, Moustafa Attar, Jane Vowles, Olga V Perestenko, Rory Bowden, Fahd Baig, Meike Kasten, Michele T Hu, Sally A Cowley, Caleb Webber, Richard Wade-Martins
Single-Cell Sequencing of iPSC-Dopamine Neurons Reconstructs Disease Progression and Identifies HDAC4 as a Regulator of Parkinson Cell Phenotypes.