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The breadth and depth of research at BSMS are clearly reflected in our recent publications, spanning disciplines, partnerships, and approaches that advance health and medical understanding. 

Many of these outputs are available in full text via Open Access, reflecting our commitment to sharing knowledge widely. We celebrate and thank all contributors from lead authors to co-authors and collaborators whose collective efforts bring our research to life. The full range of publications, for each of our BSMS staff, can be accessed through their Elements profiles. Please select the member of staff from our staff pages.

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Our collaborative networks where we have published 20+ papers together are shown in the graphics below. Line thickness = number of co-authored publications. Big thanks to Professor Simon Mitchell for designing the graphics. Data source: SciVal

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Clinical and Experimental Medicine

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  • Simoes, F., Scutt, G., Mengozzi, M., Mitchell, S., Keen, J., Staines, K., . . . Mullen, L. (2025). Development of a translational strategy for using TIMP-3 to inhibit aggrecanase activity in osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage,  pages. doi:10.1016/j.joca.2025.09.002 
  • Chevassut, T. (2025). Timing and trajectory of BCR::ABL1 driven chronic myeloid leukaemia. Nature, 640, 982–990 ( pages). doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08817-2 
  • Edmonds, A. K., Balourdas, D. -I., Marsh, G. P., Felix, R., Brasher, B., Cooper, J., . . . al., E. (2025). Structure-guided design of ISOX-DUAL-based degraders targeting BRD4 and CBP/EP300: a case of degrader collapse. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry,  pages. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5c00395 
  • Rodríguez-Molino, P., Tebruegge, M., Noguera-Julian, A., Neth, O., Fidler, K., Brinkmann, F., . . . al., E. (2024). Tuberculosis disease in immunocompromised children and adolescents: a pediatric tuberculosis network European trials group multicenter case-control study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 79(1), 215-222. doi:10.1093/cid/ciae158 
  • Gorman, R., & Woollard, L. (2023). “Reclassifying hemophilia to include the definition of outcomes and phenotype as new targets”: comment. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 21(10), 2977-2979. doi:10.1016/j.jtha.2023.07.026 
  • Fuhrmann, S., Reus, B., Frey, O., Pera, A., Picker, L., & Kern, F. (2023). Marked skewing of entire T-cell memory compartment occurs only in a minority of CMVinfected individuals and is unrelated to the degree of memory subset skewing among CMVspecific T-cells. Frontiers in Immunology, 14,  pages. doi:10.3389/fimmu.2023.1258339
  • Kitt, J., Fox, R., Frost, A., Shanyinde, M., Tucker, K., Bateman, P. A., . . . Leeson, P. (2023). Long-Term Blood Pressure Control After Hypertensive Pregnancy Following Physician-Optimized Self-Management The POP-HT Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA, 330(20), 1991-1999. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.21523 
  • Hobbs, F. D. R., McManus, R., Taylor, C. J., Jones, N. R., Rahman, J. K., Wolstenholme, J., . . . al., E. (2024). Low-dose spironolactone and cardiovascular outcomes in moderate stage chronic kidney disease: a randomized controlled trial. Nature Medicine, 1-12. doi:10.1038/s41591-024-03263-5 
  • Sheppard, J. P., Temple, E., Wang, A., Smith, A., Pollock, S., Ford, G. A., . . . McManus, R. (2024). Effect of antihypertensive deprescribing on hospitalisation and mortality: long-term follow-up of the OPTiMISE randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Healthy Longevity, 5(8), e563-e573. doi:10.1016/S2666-7568(24)00131-4 
  • Norris, R., Jones, J., Mancini, E., Chevassut, T., Simoes, F., Pepper, C., . . . Mitchell, S. (2024). Patient-specific computational models predict prognosis in B cell lymphoma by quantifying pro-proliferative and anti-apoptotic signatures from genetic sequencing data. Blood Cancer Journal, 14(1),  pages. doi:10.1038/s41408-024-01090-y 
  • Vareli, A., Narayanan, H. V., Clark, H., Jayawant, E., Zhou, H., Liu, Y., . . . Mitchell, S. (2025). Systems biology-enabled targeting of NF-κΒ and BCL2 overcomes microenvironment-mediated BH3-mimetic resistance in DLBCL. Cell Death and Disease, 16,  pages. doi:10.1038/s41419-025-07942-0 
  • Mukhopadhyay, S. (2024). Genotype-guided asthma treatment reduces exacerbations in children: meta-analysis of two RCTs. Allergy. European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology,  pages. doi:10.1111/all.16438
  • Unterberger, S., Mullen, L., Flint, M. S., & Sacre, S. (2023). Multiple TLRs elicit alternative NLRP3 inflammasome activation in primary human monocytes independent of RIPK1 kinase activity. Frontiers in Immunology, 14,  pages. doi:10.3389/fimmu.2023.1092799 
  • Patterson, K. (2025). An inventory of clinical sarcoidosis status in the United States. Chest,  pages. doi:10.1016/j.chest.2025.07.4091 
  • Fegan, G., Tod, D., Downing, A., Elmusharaf, N., Pepper, C., & Fegan, C. (2024). Social deprivation independently impacts clinical outcomes in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Haematologica, 109(5), 1566-1569. doi:10.3324/haematol.2023.283527 
  • Al-Ali, H. N., Crichton, S. J., Fabian, C., Pepper, C., Butcher, D. R., Dempsey, F. C., & Parris, C. N. (2024). A therapeutic antibody targeting annexin-A1 inhibits cancer cell growth in vitro and in vivo. Oncogene, 43(8), 608-614. doi:10.1038/s41388-023-02919-9 
  • Seidler, A. L., Aberoumand, M., Hunter, K. E., Barba, A., Libesman, S., Williams, J. G., . . . al., E. (2023). Deferred cord clamping, cord milking, and immediate cord  clamping at preterm birth: a systematic review and  individual participant data meta-analysis. The Lancet, 402(10418), 2209-2222. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(23)02468-6 
  • Ken-Dror, G., Ajami, I., Han, T. S., Aurelius, T., Maheshwari, A., Hail, H. A., . . . al., E. (2023). Diabetes mellitus and obesity among South Asians with ischaemic stroke across three countries. International Journal of Stroke,  pages. doi:10.1177/17474930231203149 
  • Sayec, M. L., Davies, G., Waller, M. D., Davies, J. C., Simmonds, N. J., Jones, A., . . . Bossley, C. J. (2025). A standard operating procedure for reducing risk from medications prohibited during clinical trials in cystic fibrosis. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 24(4), 667-668. doi:10.1016/j.jcf.2025.05.007 
  • Shahvisi, A. (2023). Decommodifying the most important determinant of health. Journal of Medical Ethics,  pages. doi:10.1136/jme-2023-109528 
  • Ibrahim, Y. M., Tapper, E. B., Drenth, J. P., Lantinga, M. A., Asrani, S., Bernardi, M., . . . Wong, F. (2025). Human albumin administration at the time of large volume paracentesis: A modified Delphi study. Journal of Hepatology, 82(6), e326-e327. doi:10.1016/j.jhep.2024.11.027 
  • Verma, S. (2024). A novel multisite model to facilitate hepatitis C virus elimination in people experiencing homelessness. JHEP Reports, 6(11),  pages. doi:10.1016/j.jhepr.2024.101183 
  • Ladikou, E., Sharp, K., Simoes, F. A. L., Jones, J. R., Burley, T., Stott, L., . . . Pepper, A. (2025). A Novel In Vitro Model of the Bone Marrow Microenvironment in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Identifies CD44 and Focal Adhesion Kinase as Therapeutic Targets to Reverse Cell Adhesion-Mediated Drug Resistance. Cancers, 17(1), 135. doi:10.3390/cancers17010135 
  • Efe, C., Lytvyak, E., Eşkazan, T., Liberal, R., Androutsakos, T., Gökçe, D. T., . . . al., E. (2024). Efficacy and safety of infliximab in patients with autoimmune hepatitis. Hepatology,  pages. doi:10.1097/hep.0000000000001089

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Department of Medical Education

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  • Mensah, Ekow; Ali, Khalid; Okorie, Michael; Bremner, Stephen; McAlister, Colin; Perry, Nicky; et al. (2024). Exploring the challenges of recruiting older people for a randomised trial assessing the feasibility of treating white coat hypertension in the UK general practices: a mixed-methods study. University of Sussex. Journal contribution. https://hdl.handle.net/10779/uos.26893117.v1 
  • Makiko, F; Kalungia, AC; Kampamba, M; Mudenda, S; Schellack, N; Meyer, JC; Okorie, Michael et al. (2025). Current status and future direction of antimicrobial stewardship programs and antibiotic prescribing in primary care hospitals in Zambia. University of Sussex. Journal contribution. https://hdl.handle.net/10779/uos.29503838.v1 
  • Clutterbuck, Donna; Ramasawmy, Mel; Pantelic, Marija; Hayer, Jasmine; Begum, Fauzia; Faghy, Mark; et al. (2024). Barriers to healthcare access and experiences of stigma: findings from a co-produced Long Covid case-finding study. University of Sussex. Journal contribution. https://hdl.handle.net/10779/uos.25471144.v1 
  • Daley, Stephanie; Feeney, Yvonne; Hebditch, Molly; Sube, Banerjee (2025). Student satisfaction of a dementia education intervention: a cross-sectional study of the Time for Dementia programme. University of Sussex. Journal contribution. https://hdl.handle.net/10779/uos.28891316.v1 
  • Donetto, Sara; Ortiz Baddan Sochandamandou, S; Garcia Duran, MC; Hessel, P; Zimmerman, A; Araya Baltra, R; et al. (2024). ‘It’s a delicate topic’: Stigma, capabilities and young people’s mental health in post-conflict Colombia. University of Sussex. Journal contribution. https://hdl.handle.net/10779/uos.28016024.v1 
  • Smith, Helen; Shaw, Sebastian; Doherty, Mary; Ives, Jonathan (2025). Reasonable adjustments for autistic clinicians: a qualitative study. University of Sussex. Journal contribution. https://hdl.handle.net/10779/uos.28667591.v1 
  • Abdollahpour, N., Farsi, F., Koochackpoor, G. et al. Association of dietary acid load with abdominal adiposity based on traditional and novel anthropometric indices. J Health Popul Nutr 44, 333 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41043-025-01068-x

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BACKGROUND IMAGE FOR PANEL

Global Health and Infection

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  • Kityo, C., Cresswell, F. V., Orkin, C., Piccolis, M., Gaayeb, L., & Venter, F. (2025). Expanding access to long-acting HIV therapy in low-income and middle-income countries.. The Lancet. Global health, 13(9), e1502-e1503. doi:10.1016/s2214-109x(25)00280-3
  • Hampton, T., Fletcher, M., Sanderson, A., Loureiro, M., Mortimer, K., & Bhutta, M. F. (2025). Improved Speech Recognition in Adults With Conductive or Mixed Hearing Loss Using a Direct-to-Consumer Bone-Conduction Device: A Multiple Methods Intervention Study.. JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies, 12, e66013. doi:10.2196/66013
  • Fonseca, K. L., Lozano, J. J., Despuig, A., Habgood-Coote, D., Sidorova, J., Aznar, D., . . . Vilaplana, C. (2025). Unravelling the transcriptome of the human tuberculosis lesion and its clinical implications. Nature Communications, 16(1),  pages. doi:10.1038/s41467-025-60255-w
  • Ali, O., Mihretu, A., Hounsome, N., Anagnostopoulou, V., Bremner, S. A., Kinfe, M., . . . Davey, G. (2025). Outcomes and cost-effectiveness of an integrated holistic care package on persons affected by podoconiosis, lymphatic filariasis and leprosy and community members in north-western Ethiopia: an implementation research study. BMC Medicine, 23(1),  pages. doi:10.1186/s12916-025-04108-9
  • Leiser, R., McLeod, J., Mapp, F., Stirrup, O., Blackstone, J., Illingworth, C. J. R., . . . Flowers, P. (2025). Insights into the implementation of a whole genome sequencing report form (SRF) to reduce nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 in UK hospitals within an unfolding pandemic: a qualitative process evaluation using normalisation process theory. PLoS ONE, 20(4),  pages. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0321534
  • Wan, Y., Myall, A. C., Boonyasiri, A., Bolt, F., Ledda, A., Mookerjee, S., . . . Davies, F. (2024). Integrated analysis of patient networks and plasmid genomes to investigate a regional, multispecies outbreak of carbapenemase-producing enterobacterales carrying both <i>bla</i>IMP and <i>mcr-9</i> genes. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 230(1), e159-e170. doi:10.1093/infdis/jiae019
  • Krutikov, M., Stirrup, O., Fuller, C., Adams, N., Azmi, B., Irwin-Singer, A., . . . Shallcross, L. (2024). Built environment and SARS-CoV-2 transmission in long-term care facilities: cross-sectional survey and data linkage. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 25(2), 304-313.e11. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2023.10.027
  • Krutikov, M., Bone, D., Stirrup, O., Bruton, R., Azmi, B., Fuller, C., . . . Shallcross, L. (2024). VIVALDI Cohort Profile: Using linked, routinely collected data and longitudinal blood sampling to characterise COVID-19 infections, vaccinations, and related outcomes in care home staff and residents in England. Wellcome Open Research, 8,  pages. doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.20278.2
  • Zaman, Z. (2025). Cultural assumptions and the good death: Rethinking global frameworks. Medical Humanities, 51(2), 296-300. doi:10.1136/medhum-2024-013062
  • Manyazewal, T., Davey, G., Hanlon, C., Newport, M., Hopkins, M., Wilburn, J., . . . Wassie, A. (2024). Innovative technologies to address neglected tropical diseases in African settings with persistent sociopolitical instability. Nature Communications, 15(1),  pages. doi:10.1038/s41467-024-54496-4
  • Nahar, P., Shafiq, S., Satalkar-Götz, P., Sultana, F., & Mburu, G. (2024). Experience, access, and utilisation of fertility care for infertile men within the biomedical sector in urban Bangladesh: protocol for a qualitative study. BMJ Open, 14,  pages. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2024-092365
  • Iwuji, C. C., McMichael, C., Sibanda, E., Orievulu, K. S., Austin, K., & Ebi, K. L. (2024). Extreme weather events and disruptions to HIV services: a systematic review. Lancet HIV, 11(12), e843-e860. doi:10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00186-3
  • Gap-Gaupool, B., Glenn, S. M., Milburn, E., Turapov, O., Crosatti, M., Hincks, J., . . . Mukamolova, G. V. (2024). Nitric oxide induces the distinct invisibility phenotype of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Communications Biology, 7(1),  pages. doi:10.1038/s42003-024-06912-0
  • Schilling, W. H. K., Mukaka, M., Callery, J. J., Llewelyn, M., Cruz, C. V., Dhorda, M., . . . White, N. J. (2024). Evaluation of hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine for the prevention of COVID-19 (COPCOV): A double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial. PLoS Medicine, 21(9 September),  pages. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1004428
  • Engdawork, K., Tadele, G., Anagnostopoulou, V., Nahar, P., Davey, G., & Zaman, S. (2024). Improving health behaviours and attitudes around podoconiosis in Northern Western Ethiopia: Implementation and intervention effectiveness. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 18(9),  pages. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0012507
  • Brown, J. A., Hughes, A., Bhutta, M., Trautrims, A., & Trueba, M. (2024). Synergistic state governance of labour standards in global value chains: forced labour in the Malaysia-Nepal-UK medical gloves supply chain. Competition and Change,  pages. doi:10.1177/10245294241272190
  • Moschopoulos, C. D., Alford, K., Antoniadou, A., & Rojas, J. V. (2024). Cognitive impairment in people living with HIV: mechanisms, controversies, and future perspectives.. Trends in Molecular Medicine,  pages. doi:10.1016/j.molmed.2024.06.005
  • Tomsett, B., Álvarez-Rodríguez, J., Sheriff, N., Edelman, N., & Gatuguta, A. (2024). Tools for the identification of victims of domestic abuse and modern slavery in remote services: a systematic review. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy,  pages. doi:10.1177/13558196241257864
  • Mambule, I., Norcross, C., Ombajo, L. A., Sokhela, S., Odongpiny, E. A. L., Owarwo, N., . . . Cresswell, F. (2024). Two-drug regimens for the treatment of HIV in Africa. The Lancet HIV, 11(6), e419-e426. doi:10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00061-4
  • Osman, E. A., Omer, S. A., Elmubarak, R. M. A., Abdelnabi, M., Abdelgadir, S., Ahmed, D. G., . . . Al-Hassan, L. (2024). Antibiotic resistance in Sudan: assessing the knowledge and practices of healthcare workers in Khartoum. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, 6(2), dlae049 ( pages). doi:10.1093/jacamr/dlae049
  • Tora, A., Bremner, S., Ali, O., Kinfe, M., Mengiste, A., Anagnostopoulou, V., . . . Semrau, M. (2024). The role of a community conversation intervention in reducing stigma related to lower limb lymphoedema in Northern Ethiopia. BMC Health Services Research, 24(353),  pages. doi:10.1186/s12913-024-10864-w
  • Negash, M., Chanyalew, M., Girma, T., Alemu, F., Alcantara, D., Towler, B., . . . Newport, M. (2024). Evidence for immune activation in pathogenesis of the HLA class II associated disease, podoconiosis. Nature Communications, 15,  pages. doi:10.1038/s41467-024-46347-z
  • Gobin, M., Dhillon, S., Kesten, J. M., Horwood, J., Dean, G. L., Stockwell, S., . . . Rojas, J. V. (2024). Acceptability of digital vending machines to access STI and HIV tests in two UK cities.. Sexually Transmitted Infections, sextrans-2023. doi:10.1136/sextrans-2023-055969
  • Sidhu, J. K., Siggins, M. K., Liew, F., Russell, C. D., Uruchurtu, A. S. S., Davis, C., . . . investigators, I. (2023). Delayed mucosal anti-viral responses despite robust peripheral inflammation in fatal COVID-19. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 230(1),  pages. doi:10.1093/infdis/jiad590
  • Cross, E. L. A., Quan, T. P., Hayward, G. N., Walker, A. S., & Llewelyn, M. (2024). Development and validation of the Baseline Recurrence Risk in Cellulitis (BRRISC) score. Journal of Infection, 88(2), 103-111. doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2023.12.007

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Clinical Neuroscience 

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  • Alarcan H, Bruno C, Emond P, Raoul C, Vourc'h P, Corcia P, Camu W, Veyrune JL, Garlanda C, Locati M, Juntas-Morales R, Saker S, Suehs C, Masseguin C, Kirby J, Shaw P, Malaspina A, De Vos J, Al-Chalabi A, Leigh PN, Tree T, Bensimon G, Blasco H. Pharmacometabolomics applied to low-dose interleukin-2 treatment in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2024 Jun;1536(1):82-91. doi: 10.1111/nyas.15147.
  • Alford K, Vera JH, Hammond J, Daley S. Understanding the lived experience research priorities for improving health-related quality of life in people living with HIV with cognitive impairment. HIV Res Clin Pract. 2024 Dec;25(1):2358724. doi.org/10.1080/25787489.2024.2358724
  • Banerjee S, Farina N, Henderson C, High J, Stirling S, Shepstone L, Fountain J, Ballard C, Bentham P, Burns A, Fox C, Francis P, Howard R, Knapp M, Leroi I, Livingston G, Nilforooshan R, Nurock S, O'Brien J, Price A, Thomas AJ, Swart AM, Telling T, Tabet N. A pragmatic, multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled randomised trial to assess the safety, clinical and cost-effectiveness of mirtazapine and carbamazepine in people with Alzheimer's disease and agitated behaviours: the HTA-SYMBAD trial. Health Technol Assess. 2023 Oct;27(23):1-108. doi: 10.3310/VPDT7105
  • Bensimon, G., Leigh, N., Tree, T., Malaspina, A., Payan, C. A. M., Pham, H. -P., . . . Al-Chalabi, A. (2025). Efficacy and safety of low-dose IL-2 as an add-on therapy to riluzole (MIROCALS): a phase 2b, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial. The Lancet,  pages. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(25)00262-4
  • Cleare AJ, Kerr-Gaffney J, Goldsmith K, Zenasni Z, Yaziji N, Jin H, Colasanti A, Geddes JR, Kessler D, McAllister-Williams RH, Young AH, Barrera A, Marwood L, Taylor RW, Tee H; LQD Study Group. Clinical and cost-effectiveness of lithium versus quetiapine augmentation for treatment-resistant depression: a pragmatic, open-label, parallel-group, randomised controlled superiority trial in the UK. Lancet Psychiatry. 2025 Apr;12(4):276-288. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(25)00028-8
  • Eccles JA, Cadar D, Quadt L, Hakim AJ, Gall N; Covid Symptom Survey Biobank Consortium; Bowyer V, Cheetham N, Steves CJ, Critchley HD, Davies KA. Is joint hypermobility linked to self-reported non-recovery from COVID-19? Case-control evidence from the British COVID Symptom Study Biobank. BMJ Public Health. 2024 Feb 20;2(1):e000478. doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2023-000478
  • Fincham GW, Strauss C, Montero-Marin J, Cavanagh K. Effect of breathwork on stress and mental health: A meta-analysis of randomised-controlled trials. Sci Rep. 2023 Jan 9;13(1):432. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-27247-y
  • Fundaun J, Ridehalgh C, Koushesh S, Novak A, Tejos-Bravo M, Bremner S, Baskozos G, Dilley A, Schmid AB. The presence and prognosis of nerve pathology following whiplash injury: a prospective cohort study. Brain. 2025 Sep 3;148(9):3392-3406. doi: 10.1093/brain/awaf088.
  • Gireesh A, Sacker A, McMunn A, Bhatt R, Cadar D. Socioeconomic inequalities linked to the transitioning to neurocognitive disorders and mortality. Sci Rep. 2024 Nov 1;14(1):24690. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-74125-w
  • Jelen LA, Lythgoe DJ, Stone JM, Young AH, Mehta MA. Effect of naltrexone pretreatment on ketamine-induced glutamatergic activity and symptoms of depression: a randomized crossover study. Nat Med. 2025 Sep;31(9):2958-2966. doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-03800-w
  • John A, Desai R, Eshetu A, Willroth E, Marchant N, Woodward-Carlton B, Cadar D, Yin J, Bartres-Faz D, Saunders R, Bell G, Gonzalez AS, Gaysina D, Richards M, Stott J. Wellbeing and memory function: testing bidirectional associations in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA). Aging Ment Health. 2025 Oct;29(10):1807-1813. doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2025.2468408
  • Kampoureli CN, Rae CL, Gould Van Praag C, Harrison NA, Garfinkel SN, Critchley HD, Eccles JA. Neural processes linking joint hypermobility and anxiety: key roles for the amygdala and insular cortex. Br J Psychiatry. 2025 Feb 3:1-7. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2024.259.
  • Kartar AA, Horinouchi T, Örzsik B, Anderson B, Hall L, Bailey D, Samuel S, Beltran N, Bouyagoub S, Racey C, Nagai Y, Asllani I, Critchley H, Colasanti A. Neurobiological substrates of altered states of consciousness induced by high ventilation breathwork accompanied by music. PLoS One. 2025 Aug 27;20(8):e0329411. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0329411
  • Lukashkina VA, Levic S, Simões P, Xu Z, Li Y, Haugen T, Zuo J, Lukashin AN, Russell IJ. Optogenetics Reveals Roles for Supporting Cells in Force Transmission to and From Outer Hair Cells in the Mouse Cochlea. J Neurosci. 2024 Jan 24;44(4):e1179232023. doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1179-23.2023
  • Matos YB, Velichkova N, Kirchknopf Riera M, da Luz MGE, Berni J. Characterizing stage-dependent neuromotor patterns in Drosophila melanogaster larvae through a graph construction approach. Front Neurosci. 2025 Mar 20;19:1557624. doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2025.1557624
  • Mudra Rakshasa-Loots A, Diteko G, Dowell NG, Ronen I, Vera JH. Neuroimmunometabolic alterations and severity of depressive symptoms in people with HIV: An exploratory diffusion-weighted MRS study. Brain Neurosci Adv. 2025 Apr 29;9:23982128251335792. doi: 10.1177/23982128251335792
  • Nikolova VL, Cleare AJ, Young AH, Stone JM. Acceptability, Tolerability, and Estimates of Putative Treatment Effects of Probiotics as Adjunctive Treatment in Patients With Depression: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Psychiatry. 2023 Aug 1;80(8):842-847. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.1817
  • Nikolova VL, Cleare AJ, Young AH, Stone JM. Exploring the mechanisms of action of probiotics in depression: Results from a randomized controlled pilot trial. J Affect Disord. 2025 May 1;376:241-250. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2025.01.153
  • Quadt L, Williams G, Mulcahy J, Larsson DEO, Silva M, Arnold AJ, Critchley HD, Garfinkel SN. "I'm Trying to Reach Out, I'm Trying to Find My People": A Mixed-Methods Investigation of the Link Between Sensory Differences, Loneliness, and Mental Health in Autistic and Nonautistic Adults. Autism Adulthood. 2024 Sep 16;6(3):284-299. doi: 10.1089/aut.2022.0062
  • Ridehalgh C, Fundaun J, Bremner S, Cercignani M, Koushesh S, Schmid AB, Dilley A. Temporal development of peripheral neuroinflammation in whiplash-associated disorder grade II and its role in chronicity. Pain. 2025 Oct 10. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003816.
  • Russo A, Örzsik B, Yalin N, Simpson I, Nwaubani P, Pinna A, De Marco R, Sharp H, Kartar A, Singh N, Blockley N, Stone AJL, Turkheimer FE, Young AH, Cercignani M, Zelaya F, Asllani I, Colasanti A. Altered oxidative neurometabolic response to methylene blue in bipolar disorder revealed by quantitative neuroimaging. J Affect Disord. 2024 Oct 1;362:790-798. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.07.029
  • Sakaniwa R, Shirai K, Cadar D, Saito T, Kondo K, Kawachi I, Steptoe A, Iso H. Socioeconomic Status Transition Throughout Life and Risk of Dementia. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 May 1;7(5):e2412303. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen
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