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  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

David J. Brooks is affiliated with Newcastle University in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple scientific domains, primarily focusing on medicine, physics and astronomy, and neuroscience. Within these fields, they have contributed extensively to subfields such as neurology, astronomy and astrophysics, cellular and molecular neuroscience, physiology, and instrumentation.

Their work addresses a range of main topics including Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, neurological disorders and treatments, galaxies in formation and evolution, astronomy and astrophysical research, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, and neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms.

David J. Brooks has authored or coauthored numerous papers, contributing to the academic dialogue on neurodegenerative diseases and neurological disorders. Recent notable publications include:

  • Brain-first versus body-first Parkinson's disease: a multimodal imaging case-control study (2020, Brain)
  • Amyloid-PET and 18F-FDG-PET in the diagnostic investigation of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias (2020, The Lancet Neurology)
  • Trial of Cinpanemab in Early Parkinson's Disease (2022, New England Journal of Medicine)
  • Prevalence Estimates of Amyloid Abnormality Across the Alzheimer Disease Clinical Spectrum (2022, JAMA Neurology)
  • The relationships between neuroinflammation, beta-amyloid and tau deposition in Alzheimer's disease: a longitudinal PET study (2020, Journal of Neuroinflammation)

Their frequent coauthors include G. Tarlé, E. Sánchez, Axel de la Macorra, Satya Gontcho A Gontcho, and Nicola Pavese, reflecting established collaborations in related research domains.

David J. Brooks publishes regularly in journals and preprint archives known for scientific research, with a notable number of publications in arXiv (Cornell University), Alzheimer's & Dementia, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, and Movement Disorders.

Their academic contributions also extend to book publications, with works published by Sydney University Press eBooks, including the title Animal Dreams (2021).

Recognition of their professional standing includes being named a Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences in the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease

    Michael T Heneka;Monica J Carson;Joseph El Khoury;Gary E Landreth

  • Wattch: a framework for architectural-level power analysis and optimizations

    David Brooks;Vivek Tiwari;Margaret Martonosi

  • Second consensus statement on the diagnosis of multiple system atrophy

    S. Gilman;G. K. Wenning;P. A. Low;D. J. Brooks

  • A five-year study of the incidence of dyskinesia in patients with early Parkinson's disease who were treated with ropinirole or levodopa

    O Rascol;D J Brooks;A D Korczyn;P P De Deyn

  • The Parkinson Progression Marker Initiative (PPMI)

    Kenneth Marek;Danna Jennings;Shirley Lasch;Andrew Siderowf

  • Evidence for striatal dopamine release during a video game

    M. J. Koepp;R. N. Gunn;R. N. Gunn;Andrew David Lawrence;Andrew David Lawrence;V. J. Cunningham;V. J. Cunningham

  • In vivo imaging of microglial activation with [11C](R)-PK11195 PET in idiopathic Parkinson's disease

    Alexander Gerhard;Nicola Pavese;Gary Hotton;Federico Turkheimer

  • Direct brain infusion of glial cell line–derived neurotrophic factor in Parkinson disease

    Steven S Gill;Nikunj K Patel;Gary R Hotton;Karen O'Sullivan

  • Self-initiated versus externally triggered movements. I. An investigation using measurement of regional cerebral blood flow with PET and movement-related potentials in normal and Parkinson's disease subjects

    Marjan Jahanshahi;I. H. Jenkins;R. G. Brown;C. D. Marsden

  • Motor sequence learning: a study with positron emission tomography

    I. H. Jenkins;D. J. Brooks;P. D. Nixon;R. S. J. Frackowiak

  • Three-dimensional maximum probability atlas of the human brain, with particular reference to the temporal lobe

    Alexander Hammers;Richard Allom;Matthias J. Koepp;Samantha L. Free

  • The functional anatomy of motor recovery after stroke in humans: a study with positron emission tomography.

    F. Chollet;V. DiPiero;V. DiPiero;R. J. Wise;D. J. Brooks

  • Cerebral blood flow, blood volume and oxygen utilization. Normal values and effect of age.

    K. L. Leenders;D. Perani;A. A. Lammertsma;J. D. Heather

  • Dark Energy Survey year 1 results: Cosmological constraints from galaxy clustering and weak lensing

    T. M. C. Abbott;F. B. Abdalla;A. Alarcon;J. Aleksić

  • In-vivo measurement of activated microglia in dementia

    Annachiara Cagnin;David J Brooks;Angus M Kennedy;Roger N Gunn

  • Depression in Parkinson's disease: loss of dopamine and noradrenaline innervation in the limbic system.

    Philippe Remy;Miroslava Doder;Andrew Lees;Nora Turjanski

  • Core assessment program for intracerebral transplantations (CAPIT).

    J. William Langston;Hakan Widner;Christopher G. Goetz;David Brooks

  • THE DARK ENERGY CAMERA

    B. Flaugher;H. T. Diehl;K. Honscheid;T. M. C. Abbott

  • A gravitational-wave standard siren measurement of the Hubble constant

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese;F. Acernese

  • Dynamic thermal management for high-performance microprocessors

    D. Brooks;M. Martonosi

  • Randomized controlled trial of intraputamenal glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor infusion in Parkinson disease.

    Anthony E. Lang;Steven Gill;Nik K. Patel;Andres Lozano

  • The DESI Experiment Part I: Science,Targeting, and Survey Design

    Amir Aghamousa;Francisco Prada;Ginevra Favole;Klaus Honscheid

  • Neuroinfl ammation in Alzheimer's disease

    Michael T Heneka;Monica J Carson;Joseph El Khoury;Gary E Landreth

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert A. Gruendl
Robert A. Gruendl University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
K. Honscheid
K. Honscheid The Ohio State University
Joshua A. Frieman
Joshua A. Frieman University of Chicago
Felipe Menanteau
Felipe Menanteau University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
D. L. Burke
D. L. Burke Stanford University
B. Flaugher
B. Flaugher Fermilab
David J. James
David J. James Smithsonian Institution
Jennifer L. Marshall
Jennifer L. Marshall Texas A&M University
A. Roodman
A. Roodman Stanford University
Marcelle Soares-Santos
Marcelle Soares-Santos Brandeis University

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