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1778

Overview

Colin Smith is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their academic work primarily focuses on Medicine and Neuroscience, with significant contributions to Neurology, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Genetics. The scientist's research covers a range of topics, including Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research, and Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research.

Colin Smith has published extensively in several venues, with the most frequent being bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) having 21 publications. Other notable recurring venues include Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology, Acta Neuropathologica, The Lancet Neurology, and the Journal of Neurology.

Their recent published papers demonstrate a focus on neurodegenerative diseases and neuropathology. Notable papers include:

  • "Neuroimaging standards for research into small vessel disease-advances since 2013," 2023, The Lancet Neurology
  • "The Boston criteria version 2.0 for cerebral amyloid angiopathy: a multicentre, retrospective, MRI-neuropathology diagnostic accuracy study," 2022, The Lancet Neurology
  • "Neuropathological consensus criteria for the evaluation of Lewy pathology in post-mortem brains: a multi-centre study," 2021, Acta Neuropathologica
  • "Reactive astrocytes acquire neuroprotective as well as deleterious signatures in response to Tau and Aß pathology," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Synaptic oligomeric tau in Alzheimer's disease - A potential culprit in the spread of tau pathology through the brain," 2023, Neuron

Collaborations have been frequent with several researchers who have coauthored multiple publications with Colin Smith. These coauthors include Tara L. Spires-Jones, Jamie Rose, Siddharthan Chandran, Suvankar Pal, and Jane Tulloch.

Best Publications

  • Neuroimaging standards for research into small vessel disease and its contribution to ageing and neurodegeneration

    Joanna M. Wardlaw;Eric E. Smith;Geert J Biessels;Charlotte Cordonnier

  • Mechanisms of sporadic cerebral small vessel disease: insights from neuroimaging

    Joanna M Wardlaw;Colin Smith;Martin Dichgans;Martin Dichgans

  • Small vessel disease: mechanisms and clinical implications

    Joanna M Wardlaw;Colin Smith;Martin Dichgans

  • Common genetic variants influence human subcortical brain structures.

    Derrek P. Hibar;Jason L. Stein;Jason L. Stein;Miguel E. Renteria;Alejandro Arias-Vasquez

  • The ENIGMA Consortium: large-scale collaborative analyses of neuroimaging and genetic data

    Paul M. Thompson;Jason L. Stein;Sarah E. Medland;Derrek P. Hibar

  • The transcriptional landscape of age in human peripheral blood

    Marjolein J. Peters;Roby Joehanes;Luke C. Pilling;Claudia Schurmann;Claudia Schurmann

  • Identification of common variants associated with human hippocampal and intracranial volumes

    Jason L Stein;Sarah E Medland;Sarah E Medland;Alejandro Arias Vasquez;Alejandro Arias Vasquez;Derrek P Hibar

  • Genetic variability in the regulation of gene expression in ten regions of the human brain

    Adaikalavan Ramasamy;Adaikalavan Ramasamy;Daniah Trabzuni;Sebastian Guelfi;Vibin Varghese

  • Orphan CpG islands identify numerous conserved promoters in the mammalian genome

    Robert S. Illingworth;Ulrike Gruenewald-Schneider;Shaun Webb;Alastair R. W. Kerr

  • Rare coding variants in the phospholipase D3 gene confer risk for Alzheimer’s disease

    C Cruchaga;CM Karch;SC Jin;BA Benitez

  • Aging-related tau astrogliopathy (ARTAG): harmonized evaluation strategy

    Gabor G. Kovacs;Isidro Ferrer;Lea T. Grinberg;Lea T. Grinberg;Irina Alafuzoff

  • Hospital admission and emergency care attendance risk for SARS-CoV-2 delta (B.1.617.2) compared with alpha (B.1.1.7) variants of concern: a cohort study.

    Katherine A Twohig;Tommy Nyberg;Asad Zaidi;Simon Thelwall

  • Genome-wide association study of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    S. E. Stewart;D. Yu;J. M. Scharf;B. M. Neale

  • Major Shifts in Glial Regional Identity Are a Transcriptional Hallmark of Human Brain Aging.

    Lilach Soreq;Lilach Soreq;Jamie Rose;Eyal Soreq;John Hardy

  • Widespread sex differences in gene expression and splicing in the adult human brain.

    Daniah Trabzuni;Adaikalavan Ramasamy;Sabaena Imran;Robert Walker

  • Long-term intracerebral inflammatory response after traumatic brain injury.

    S.M. Gentleman;P.D. Leclercq;L. Moyes;D.I. Graham

  • Novel genetic loci underlying human intracranial volume identified through genome-wide association

    Hieab H H Adams;Derrek P. Hibar;Vincent Chouraki;Vincent Chouraki;Vincent Chouraki;Jason L. Stein;Jason L. Stein

  • MAPT expression and splicing is differentially regulated by brain region: relation to genotype and implication for tauopathies

    Daniah Trabzuni;Selina Wray;Jana Vandrovcova;Adaikalavan Ramasamy;Adaikalavan Ramasamy

  • Quality control parameters on a large dataset of regionally dissected human control brains for whole genome expression studies

    Daniah Trabzuni;Mina Ryten;Robert Walker;Colin Smith

  • The accuracy of meningioma grading: a 10‐year retrospective audit

    J. Willis;C. Smith;J. W. Ironside;S. Erridge

Frequent Co-Authors

Adaikalavan Ramasamy
Adaikalavan Ramasamy A*STAR - Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Mina Ryten
Mina Ryten University College London
Joanna M. Wardlaw
Joanna M. Wardlaw University of Edinburgh
John Hardy
John Hardy University College London
Michael E. Weale
Michael E. Weale King's College London
Tara L. Spires-Jones
Tara L. Spires-Jones University of Edinburgh
James W. Ironside
James W. Ironside University of Edinburgh
Dena G. Hernandez
Dena G. Hernandez National Institutes of Health
James A. R. Nicoll
James A. R. Nicoll University of Southampton
Siddharthan Chandran
Siddharthan Chandran University of Edinburgh

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