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Overview

Christopher Morris is affiliated with Newcastle University in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine and biological sciences, with a significant focus on neurological disorders.

The main fields of study in Morris's work include Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience. Within these, notable subfields of study are Neurology, Physiology, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

Morris's research covers a range of topics related to neurodegenerative and neurological diseases. The principal topics are Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Parkinson's Disease mechanisms and treatments, dementia and cognitive impairment research, neurological diseases and metabolism, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, nuclear receptors and signaling, and genetic neurodegenerative diseases.

Their recent publications include:

  • Single-cell sequencing of human midbrain reveals glial activation and a Parkinson-specific neuronal state (2021, Brain)
  • Genetic determinants of survival in progressive supranuclear palsy: a genome-wide association study (2020, The Lancet Neurology)
  • Forecasting stroke-like episodes and outcomes in mitochondrial disease (2021, Brain)
  • Genetic evaluation of dementia with Lewy bodies implicates distinct disease subgroups (2021, Brain)
  • Altered ceramide metabolism is a feature in the extracellular vesicle-mediated spread of alpha-synuclein in Lewy body disorders (2021, Acta Neuropathologica)

Morris frequently publishes in academic venues such as Alzheimer's & Dementia, Brain, The Lancet Neurology, Acta Neuropathologica, and Biological Psychiatry.

Collaborative efforts are evident through frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Morris. These include Alan Thomas, Jordi Clarimón, Pau Pástor, Johannes Attems, and Dennis W. Dickson. Each of these co-authors has contributed to a significant number of joint publications, highlighting Morris's active engagement in interdisciplinary research networks.

Best Publications

  • High levels of mitochondrial DNA deletions in substantia nigra neurons in aging and Parkinson disease.

    Andreas Bender;Kim J Krishnan;Christopher M Morris;Geoffrey A Taylor

  • GRIPP2 reporting checklists: tools to improve reporting of patient and public involvement in research

    Sophie Staniszewska;Jo Brett;I. Simera;Kate Seers

  • D2 dopamine receptor gene (DRD2) Taq1 A polymorphism: reduced dopamine D2 receptor binding in the human striatum associated with the A1 allele.

    J Thompson;N Thomas;A Singleton;M Piggott

  • Reducing the risk of major elective surgery: randomised controlled trial of preoperative optimisation of oxygen delivery.

    Jonathan Wilson;Ian Woods;Jayne Fawcett;Rebecca Whall

  • Identification of common variants influencing risk of the tauopathy progressive supranuclear palsy

    Günter U. Höglinger;Nadine M. Melhem;Dennis W. Dickson;Patrick M A Sleiman

  • Mutation in the gene encoding ferritin light polypeptide causes dominant adult-onset basal ganglia disease.

    Andrew R.J. Curtis;Constanze Fey;Christopher M Morris;Laurence A. Bindoff

  • A Multicenter Study of Glucocerebrosidase Mutations in Dementia With Lewy Bodies

    Michael A. Nalls;Raquel Duran;Grisel Lopez;Marzena Kurzawa-Akanbi

  • 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

  • Definition and classification of cerebral palsy: a historical perspective.

    Christopher Morris

  • 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

  • Alteration in nicotine binding sites in Parkinson's disease, Lewy body dementia and Alzheimer's disease: possible index of early neuropathology.

    E.K. Perry;C.M. Morris;J.A. Court;A. Cheng

  • Gross Motor Function Classification System: impact and utility.

    Christopher Morris;Doreen Bartlett

  • Systematic review of tools to measure outcomes for young children with autism spectrum disorder

    Helen McConachie;Jeremy R Parr;Magdalena Glod;Jennifer Hanratty

  • Transplantation of discarded livers following viability testing with normothermic machine perfusion

    Hynek Mergental;Hynek Mergental;Richard W. Laing;Richard W. Laing;Amanda J. Kirkham;M. Thamara P. R. Perera

  • Individual dopaminergic neurons show raised iron levels in Parkinson disease.

    A. E. Oakley;J. F. Collingwood;J. Dobson;G. Love

  • Cholinergic transmitter and neurotrophic activities in Lewy body dementia: similarity to Parkinson's and distinction from Alzheimer disease.

    Elaine K. Perry;Dorothy Irving;Janet M. Kerwin;Ian G. McKeith

  • Linkage disequilibrium fine mapping and haplotype association analysis of the tau gene in progressive supranuclear palsy and corticobasal degeneration

    A. M. Pittman;A. J. Myers;P. Abou-Sleiman;H. C. Fung

  • Common genetic variation within the Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein 6 and late-onset Alzheimer's disease

    Giancarlo V. De Ferrari;Andreas Papassotiropoulos;Andreas Papassotiropoulos;Travis Biechele;Fabienne Wavrant De-Vrieze

  • Development and reliability of a system to classify the eating and drinking ability of people with cerebral palsy

    Diane Sellers;Anne Mandy;Lindsay Pennington;Matthew Hankins

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian G. McKeith
Ian G. McKeith Newcastle University
Robert H. Perry
Robert H. Perry Newcastle University
Patrick F. Chinnery
Patrick F. Chinnery University of Cambridge
Bryony Beresford
Bryony Beresford University of York
Alan J. Thomas
Alan J. Thomas Newcastle University
Johannes Attems
Johannes Attems Newcastle University
Clive Ballard
Clive Ballard University of Exeter
John Hardy
John Hardy University College London
Helen McConachie
Helen McConachie Newcastle University
John T. O'Brien
John T. O'Brien University of Cambridge

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