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Overview

Alan J. Thomas is affiliated with Newcastle University in the United Kingdom and has a research focus primarily in the field of Medicine, with substantial contributions to Psychiatry and Mental Health, Neurology, Physiology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Molecular Biology.

Their recent published papers include:

  • Research criteria for the diagnosis of prodromal dementia with Lewy bodies, 2020, Neurology
  • Diagnosis and management of dementia with Lewy bodies: Fourth consensus report of the DLB Consortium, 2020, Newcastle University ePrints (Newcastle University)
  • Mild Cognitive Impairment: the Manchester consensus, 2020, Age and Ageing
  • Recalibrating the epigenetic clock: implications for assessing biological age in the human cortex, 2020, Brain
  • Differential levels of plasma biomarkers of neurodegeneration in Lewy body dementia, Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal dementia and progressive supranuclear palsy, 2022, Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry

The frequent co-authors working alongside Alan J. Thomas are:

  • John T. O'Brien
  • John-Paul Taylor
  • Paul C. Donaghy
  • Calum A. Hamilton
  • Michael Firbank

The venues where this scientist has most frequently published include:

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
  • Neurology
  • Brain

Alan J. Thomas has authored books in addition to journal articles, with a publication titled Poverty and Development released in 2021 through Channel View Publications eBooks.

The main topics addressed in their work span:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Ginkgo biloba and Cashew Applications
  • Health disparities and outcomes

This profile highlights Alan J. Thomas's interdisciplinary research contributions that bridge clinical and biological studies, particularly focused on neurodegenerative diseases and cognitive impairment.

Best Publications

  • Diagnosis and management of dementia with Lewy bodies Fourth consensus report of the DLB Consortium

    Ian G. McKeith;Bradley F. Boeve;Dennis W. DIckson;Glenda Halliday

  • Research criteria for the diagnosis of prodromal dementia with Lewy bodies

    Ian G. McKeith;Tanis J. Ferman;Alan J. Thomas;Frédéric Blanc

  • Sertraline or mirtazapine for depression in dementia (HTA-SADD): a randomised, multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

    Sube Banerjee;Jennifer Hellier;Michael Dewey;Renee Romeo

  • Common and distinct patterns of grey-matter volume alteration in major depression and bipolar disorder: evidence from voxel-based meta-analysis

    T Wise;J Radua;J Radua;E Via;N Cardoner

  • Depression and dementia: Cause, consequence or coincidence?

    Sophia Bennett;Alan J. Thomas

  • Ischemic basis for deep white matter hyperintensities in major depression: a neuropathological study.

    Alan J. Thomas;John T. O'Brien;Sue Davis;Clive Ballard

  • Genome sequencing analysis identifies new loci associated with Lewy body dementia and provides insights into its genetic architecture

    Ruth Chia;Marya S. Sabir;Sara Bandres-Ciga

  • Frontotemporal dementia and its subtypes: a genome-wide association study

    Raffaele Ferrari;Raffaele Ferrari;Dena G Hernandez;Dena G Hernandez;Michael A Nalls;Jonathan D Rohrer

  • Quetiapine and rivastigmine and cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease: randomised double blind placebo controlled trial

    Clive Ballard;Marisa Margallo-Lana;Edmund Juszczak;Simon Douglas

  • Dementia with Lewy bodies: an update and outlook

    Tiago Fleming Outeiro;Tiago Fleming Outeiro;Tiago Fleming Outeiro;David J. Koss;Daniel Erskine;Lauren Walker

  • Increase in Interleukin-1β in Late-Life Depression

    Alan J. Thomas;Sue Davis;Christopher Morris;Elizabeth Jackson

  • Depression and vascular disease: what is the relationship?

    Alan J Thomas;Rajesh N Kalaria;John T O’Brien

  • Clinical practice with anti-dementia drugs: A revised (third) consensus statement from the British Association for Psychopharmacology

    John T. O'Brien;Clive Holmes;Matthew Jones;Roy Jones

  • Pharmacological Management of Lewy Body Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Chris Stinton;Ian G. McKeith;John-Paul Taylor;Louise Lafortune

  • New evidence on the management of Lewy body dementia.

    John Paul Taylor;Ian G. McKeith;David J. Burn;Brad F. Boeve

  • Long term incidence of dementia, predictors of mortality and pathological diagnosis in older stroke survivors

    Louise M. Allan;Elise N. Rowan;Michael J. Firbank;Alan J. Thomas

  • Parietal white matter lesions in Alzheimer’s disease are associated with cortical neurodegenerative pathology, but not with small vessel disease

    Kirsty E. McAleese;Lauren Walker;Sophie Graham;Elisa L. J. Moya

  • Clinical prevalence of Lewy body dementia

    Joseph P. M. Kane;Ajenthan Surendranathan;Allison Bentley;Sally A. H. Barker

  • Study of the use of antidepressants for depression in dementia: the HTA-SADD trial - a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of sertraline and mirtazapine

    S Banerjee;J Hellier;R Romeo;M Dewey

  • TDP-43 pathology in Alzheimer's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies and ageing.

    Kirsty E. McAleese;Lauren Walker;Daniel Erskine;Alan J. Thomas

  • Neuropathological correlates of late-life depression in older people

    Christos Tsopelas;Robert Stewart;George M. Savva;Carol Brayne

Frequent Co-Authors

John T. O'Brien
John T. O'Brien University of Cambridge
John-Paul Taylor
John-Paul Taylor Newcastle University
Ian G. McKeith
Ian G. McKeith Newcastle University
Johannes Attems
Johannes Attems Newcastle University
Michael J. Firbank
Michael J. Firbank Newcastle University
Christopher Morris
Christopher Morris Newcastle University
Sean J. Colloby
Sean J. Colloby Newcastle University
Clive Ballard
Clive Ballard University of Exeter
David J. Burn
David J. Burn Newcastle University
Paul T. Francis
Paul T. Francis University of Exeter

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