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Overview

David J. Sharp is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of medicine, with a focus on neurology and related subfields. These subfields include epidemiology, cognitive neuroscience, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and emergency medicine.

The main topics of their work center on traumatic brain injury and its associated complexities. Specific areas of interest include:

  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Karl Zimmerman
  • Neil Graham
  • Eyal Soreq
  • Lucia M. Li
  • Magdalena Kolanko

David J. Sharp's publications appear often in a select group of scientific venues. These include:

  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Brain
  • Brain Communications
  • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Traumatic brain injury: progress and challenges in prevention, clinical care, and research" (2022, The Lancet Neurology)
  • "SARS-CoV-2 infection, clinical features and outcome of COVID-19 in United Kingdom nursing homes" (2020, Journal of Infection)
  • "Axonal marker neurofilament light predicts long-term outcomes and progressive neurodegeneration after traumatic brain injury" (2021, Science Translational Medicine)
  • "Diffuse axonal injury predicts neurodegeneration after moderate-severe traumatic brain injury" (2020, Brain)
  • "Multiplexed immunosensors for point-of-care diagnostic applications" (2022, Biosensors and Bioelectronics)

Best Publications

  • The role of the posterior cingulate cortex in cognition and disease.

    Robert Leech;David J. Sharp

  • Inflammation after trauma: Microglial activation and traumatic brain injury

    Anil F. Ramlackhansingh;David J. Brooks;Richard J. Greenwood;Subrata K. Bose

  • Fractionating the Default Mode Network: Distinct Contributions of the Ventral and Dorsal Posterior Cingulate Cortex to Cognitive Control

    Robert Leech;Salwa Kamourieh;Christian F. Beckmann;David J. Sharp

  • Brain age predicts mortality

    J H Cole;S J Ritchie;M E Bastin;M C Valdés Hernández

  • White matter damage and cognitive impairment after traumatic brain injury.

    Kirsi Maria Kinnunen;Richard Greenwood;Jane Hilary Powell;Robert Leech

  • Network dysfunction after traumatic brain injury

    David J. Sharp;Gregory Scott;Robert Leech

  • Echoes of the Brain within the Posterior Cingulate Cortex

    Robert Leech;Rodrigo Braga;David J. Sharp

  • Salience network integrity predicts default mode network function after traumatic brain injury

    Valerie Bonnelle;Timothy E. Ham;Robert Leech;Kirsi M. Kinnunen

  • Distinct frontal systems for response inhibition, attentional capture, and error processing

    D. J. Sharp;V. Bonnelle;X. De Boissezon;C. F. Beckmann

  • Default Mode Network Connectivity Predicts Sustained Attention Deficits after Traumatic Brain Injury

    V Bonnelle;R Leech;K M Kinnunen;T E Ham

  • Default mode network functional and structural connectivity after traumatic brain injury.

    David J. Sharp;Christian F. Beckmann;Richard Greenwood;Kirsi Maria Kinnunen

  • Prediction of brain age suggests accelerated atrophy after traumatic brain injury

    James H. Cole;Robert Leech;David J. Sharp

  • Brain iron chelation by deferiprone in a phase 2 randomised double-blinded placebo controlled clinical trial in Parkinson's disease.

    Antonio Martin-Bastida;Roberta J. Ward;Roberta J. Ward;Rexford Newbould;Paola Piccini

  • Understanding neurodegeneration after traumatic brain injury: from mechanisms to clinical trials in dementia.

    Neil Sn Graham;David J Sharp

  • Cognitive Control and the Salience Network: An Investigation of Error Processing and Effective Connectivity

    Timothy Ham;Alex Leff;Xavier de Boissezon;Xavier de Boissezon;Anna Joffe

  • SARS-CoV-2 infection, clinical features and outcome of COVID-19 in United Kingdom nursing homes.

    Neil Sn Graham;Cornelia Junghans;Rawlda Downes;Catherine Sendall

  • Implications for psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy: functional magnetic resonance imaging study with psilocybin

    R. L. Carhart-Harris;R. Leech;T. M. Williams;D. Erritzoe

  • Computational modelling of traumatic brain injury predicts the location of chronic traumatic encephalopathy pathology

    Mazdak Ghajari;Peter J. Hellyer;David J. Sharp

  • Long-Term Outcomes Associated with Traumatic Brain Injury in Childhood and Adolescence: A Nationwide Swedish Cohort Study of a Wide Range of Medical and Social Outcomes

    Amir Sariaslan;David J. Sharp;Brian M. D’Onofrio;Henrik Larsson;Henrik Larsson

  • Functional Connectivity Measures After Psilocybin Inform a Novel Hypothesis of Early Psychosis

    Robin L Carhart-Harris;Robert Leech;David Erritzoe;Tim M Williams

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Leech
Robert Leech King's College London
James H. Cole
James H. Cole University College London
Adam Hampshire
Adam Hampshire Imperial College London
Richard Greenwood
Richard Greenwood University College London
David W. Carmichael
David W. Carmichael King's College London
Peter Reiss
Peter Reiss University of Amsterdam
Roger N. Gunn
Roger N. Gunn Imperial College London
Richard J. S. Wise
Richard J. S. Wise Imperial College London
Alan Winston
Alan Winston Imperial College London
Sophie K. Scott
Sophie K. Scott University College London

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