Alison D Murray

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Affiliation: University of Aberdeen
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi Brain white matter hyperintensities: relative importance of vascular risk factors in nondemented elderly people
    Alison D Murray
    Department of Radiology, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, Scotland
    Radiology 237:251-7. 2005
  2. ncbi Depressive symptoms in late life and cerebrovascular disease: the importance of intelligence and lesion location
    Alison D Murray
    Aberdeen Biomedical Imaging Centre, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
    Depress Anxiety 30:77-84. 2013
  3. ncbi Brain lesions, hypertension and cognitive ageing in the 1921 and 1936 Aberdeen birth cohorts
    Alison D Murray
    University of Aberdeen, UK
    Age (Dordr) 34:451-9. 2012
  4. ncbi The balance between cognitive reserve and brain imaging biomarkers of cerebrovascular and Alzheimer's diseases
    Alison D Murray
    Aberdeen Biomedical Imaging Centre, Lilian Sutton Building, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, UK
    Brain 134:3687-96. 2011
  5. ncbi Anticholinergic drugs in late life: adverse effects on cognition but not on progress to dementia
    Lawrence J Whalley
    The Institute of Applied Health Sciences, Foresterhill, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
    J Alzheimers Dis 30:253-61. 2012
  6. ncbi Brain structural complexity and life course cognitive change
    Nazahah Mustafa
    Aberdeen Biomedical Imaging Centre, Lilian Sutton Building, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, AB25 2ZD Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
    Neuroimage 61:694-701. 2012
  7. ncbi Inter-individual differences in fMRI entropy measurements in old age
    Moses O Sokunbi
    Aberdeen Biomedical Imaging Centre, SINAPSE Collaboration, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
    IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 58:3206-14. 2011
  8. ncbi Childhood intelligence and brain white matter hyperintensities predict fluid intelligence age 78-81 years: a 1921 Aberdeen birth cohort study
    Sima Salarirad
    Biomedical Imaging Centre Radiology, University of Aberdeen, Lilian Sutton Building Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, UK
    Age Ageing 40:562-7. 2011
  9. ncbi Is retaining the youthful functional anatomy underlying speed of information processing a signature of successful cognitive ageing? An event-related fMRI study of inspection time performance
    Gordon D Waiter
    Department of Radiology, College of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Aberdeen, UK
    Neuroimage 41:581-95. 2008
  10. ncbi Generality and specificity in cognitive aging: a volumetric brain analysis
    Roger T Staff
    Department of Bio medical Physics, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, UK
    Neuroimage 30:1433-40. 2006

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  1. ncbi Brain white matter hyperintensities: relative importance of vascular risk factors in nondemented elderly people
    Alison D Murray
    Department of Radiology, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, Scotland
    Radiology 237:251-7. 2005
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  2. ncbi Depressive symptoms in late life and cerebrovascular disease: the importance of intelligence and lesion location
    Alison D Murray
    Aberdeen Biomedical Imaging Centre, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
    Depress Anxiety 30:77-84. 2013
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  3. ncbi Brain lesions, hypertension and cognitive ageing in the 1921 and 1936 Aberdeen birth cohorts
    Alison D Murray
    University of Aberdeen, UK
    Age (Dordr) 34:451-9. 2012
    ..The positive relationship between childhood and late-life intelligence decreases with age. The negative relationship between WMH and late-life intelligence is linear and increases with age...
  4. ncbi The balance between cognitive reserve and brain imaging biomarkers of cerebrovascular and Alzheimer's diseases
    Alison D Murray
    Aberdeen Biomedical Imaging Centre, Lilian Sutton Building, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, UK
    Brain 134:3687-96. 2011
    ..20 for hippocampal atrophy. This study illustrates how education counteracts the deleterious effects of cerebrovascular disease and Alzheimer's disease and highlights the importance of quantifying cognitive reserve in dementia research...
  5. ncbi Anticholinergic drugs in late life: adverse effects on cognition but not on progress to dementia
    Lawrence J Whalley
    The Institute of Applied Health Sciences, Foresterhill, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
    J Alzheimers Dis 30:253-61. 2012
    ..We concluded that anticholinergic drug use in this narrow age range sample was linked to cognitive impairment but not to subsequent dementia...
  6. ncbi Brain structural complexity and life course cognitive change
    Nazahah Mustafa
    Aberdeen Biomedical Imaging Centre, Lilian Sutton Building, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, AB25 2ZD Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
    Neuroimage 61:694-701. 2012
    ....
  7. ncbi Inter-individual differences in fMRI entropy measurements in old age
    Moses O Sokunbi
    Aberdeen Biomedical Imaging Centre, SINAPSE Collaboration, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
    IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 58:3206-14. 2011
    ..This finding was independent of ability in childhood but not independent of current cognitive ability. ApEn is used for the first time to identify a potential source of individual differences in cognitive ability using fMRI data...
  8. ncbi Childhood intelligence and brain white matter hyperintensities predict fluid intelligence age 78-81 years: a 1921 Aberdeen birth cohort study
    Sima Salarirad
    Biomedical Imaging Centre Radiology, University of Aberdeen, Lilian Sutton Building Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, UK
    Age Ageing 40:562-7. 2011
    ..to evaluate the role of childhood intelligence and white matter hyperintensities (WMH) in the prediction of the trajectory of fluid intelligence in healthy old people from age 78 to 81...
  9. ncbi Is retaining the youthful functional anatomy underlying speed of information processing a signature of successful cognitive ageing? An event-related fMRI study of inspection time performance
    Gordon D Waiter
    Department of Radiology, College of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Aberdeen, UK
    Neuroimage 41:581-95. 2008
    ..The relative preservation of complex reasoning skills in old age may be associated with the preservation of the neural networks that underpin fundamental information processing in youth...
  10. ncbi Generality and specificity in cognitive aging: a volumetric brain analysis
    Roger T Staff
    Department of Bio medical Physics, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, UK
    Neuroimage 30:1433-40. 2006
    ..To investigate whether, in old age, brain volume differences are associated with age-related change in general mental ability and/or specific cognitive abilities...
  11. ncbi Structural white matter deficits in high-functioning individuals with autistic spectrum disorder: a voxel-based investigation
    Gordon D Waiter
    Department of Radiology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
    Neuroimage 24:455-61. 2005
    ..No significant areas of increased white matter volume were found. Our findings support the hypothesis that reduced white matter volume in the corpus callosum and right hemisphere may play a role in the pathophysiology of ASD...
  12. ncbi What provides cerebral reserve?
    Roger T Staff
    Department of Bio Medical Physics and Bioengineering, University of Aberdeen and Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill, UK
    Brain 127:1191-9. 2004
    ..We conclude that the intellectual challenges experienced during life, such as education and occupation, accumulate reserve and allow cognitive function to be maintained in old age...
  13. ncbi Regional cerebral blood flow and aberrant motor behaviour in Alzheimer's disease
    Thomas J Reilly
    Aberdeen Biomedical Imaging Centre, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Aberdeen, UK
    Behav Brain Res 222:375-9. 2011
    ..These finding indicate that AMB in Alzheimer's disease are brought about by the same mechanistic failure...
  14. ncbi How the 1932 and 1947 mental surveys of Aberdeen schoolchildren provide a framework to explore the childhood origins of late onset disease and disability
    Lawrence J Whalley
    Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
    Maturitas 69:365-72. 2011
    ..To describe the discovery and development of the Aberdeen 1921 and 1936 birth cohort studies...
  15. ncbi Between- and within-scanner variability in the CaliBrain study n-back cognitive task
    Victoria Gradin
    Department of Mental Health, University of Aberdeen, UK
    Psychiatry Res 184:86-95. 2010
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  16. ncbi Genetic and environmental factors in late onset dementia: possible role for early parental death
    Lawrence J Whalley
    Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, UK
    Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 28:75-81. 2013
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  17. ncbi Spatial channels of visual processing in cortical blindness
    Arash Sahraie
    Department of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 2UB, UK
    Eur J Neurosci 18:1189-96. 2003
    ..The findings are discussed in relation to previous reports on the incidence of blindsight and performance on tasks involving spatial processing...
  18. ncbi Neural mechanisms of imitation and 'mirror neuron' functioning in autistic spectrum disorder
    Justin H G Williams
    Department of Child Health, University of Aberdeen Medical School, Royal Aberdeen Children s Hospital, Aberdeen AB25 2ZG, UK
    Neuropsychologia 44:610-21. 2006
    ..Such poor integration is likely to adversely affect the development of ToM through imitation as well as other aspects of social cognitive function in ASD...
  19. ncbi Shape analysis of 123I-N-omega-fluoropropyl-2-beta-carbomethoxy-3beta-(4-iodophenyl) nortropane single-photon emission computed tomography images in the assessment of patients with parkinsonian syndromes
    Roger T Staff
    Medical Physics, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, NHS Grampian, University of Aberdeen, UK
    Nucl Med Commun 30:194-201. 2009
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  20. ncbi Cerebral blood flow and cognitive responses to rivastigmine treatment in Alzheimer's disease
    Annalena Vennerica
    Department of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, UK
    Neuroreport 13:83-7. 2002
    ..Longitudinal assessment with repeated imaging offers a method of better understanding the effects of cholinesterase inhibition on the AD brain...
  21. ncbi Hypoplastic internal carotid artery stenosis with a low-lying carotid bifurcation causing cerebral ischemia
    Alan G Dawson
    Department of Vascular Surgery, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom Electronic address
    J Vasc Surg 56:1416-8. 2012
    ..This patient was commenced on aggressive medical therapy and at 7-month follow-up was symptom-free. This case report highlights the need for a centralized registry with long-term follow-up data in order to identify optimal management...
  22. ncbi A voxel-based investigation of brain structure in male adolescents with autistic spectrum disorder
    Gordon D Waiter
    Department of Radiology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
    Neuroimage 22:619-25. 2004
    ..The picture as a whole may reflect an abnormally functioning social cognitive neural network. We suggest that increased grey matter volume may play a pivotal role in the aetiology of the autistic syndrome...
  23. ncbi Increased sensitivity after repeated stimulation of residual spatial channels in blindsight
    Arash Sahraie
    Vision Research Laboratories, School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 2UB, United Kingdom
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103:14971-6. 2006
    ..The results show that repeated stimulation by appropriate visual stimuli can result in improvements in visual sensitivities in the very depths of the field defect...
  24. ncbi Cerebral white matter abnormalities and lifetime cognitive change: a 67-year follow-up of the Scottish Mental Survey of 1932
    Ian J Deary
    Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
    Psychol Aging 18:140-8. 2003
    ..Some of this effect might be due to hypertension. This contribution is independent of mental function in early life and is associated with general cognitive ability...