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Overview

Margaret M. Esiri is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on neurology.

Their research spans a number of specific topics, including:

  • Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
  • Cerebrovascular and genetic disorders
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules Research
  • Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
  • Nuclear Receptors and Signaling

Esiri's main fields of study highlight their emphasis on:

  • Medicine

Within medicine, their subfields of study include:

  • Neurology
  • Physiology
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Immunology

Recent publications document the scope of Esiri's research interests and their dissemination in scientific venues. These include:

  • "Vascular disease and multiple sclerosis: a post-mortem study exploring their relationships," 2020, Brain
  • "Anterior optic pathway pathology in CNS demyelinating diseases," 2022, Brain
  • "Main Role of Antibodies in Demyelination and Axonal Damage in Multiple Sclerosis," 2021, Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology
  • "Vascular Collagen Type-IV in Hypertension and Cerebral Small Vessel Disease," 2022, Stroke
  • "The influence of HLA-DRB1*15 on the relationship between microglia and neurons in multiple sclerosis normal appearing cortical grey matter," 2021, Brain Pathology

The frequent publication venues where Esiri's work appears include:

  • Brain
  • Brain Pathology
  • Neurology
  • Journal of Neurology
  • Nature Medicine

Collaboration forms an important part of Esiri's research output. Their most frequent co-authors are:

  • Gabriele C. DeLuca
  • Jonathan Pansieri
  • Marco Pisa
  • Sydney Yee
  • Jacqueline Palace

Best Publications

  • Axonal damage in acute multiple sclerosis lesions.

    B Ferguson;M K Matyszak;M M Esiri;V H Perry

  • Interleukin-17 production in central nervous system-infiltrating T cells and glial cells is associated with active disease in multiple sclerosis.

    John S. Tzartos;Manuel A. Friese;Matthew J. Craner;Jackie Palace

  • Anatomical correlates of the distribution of the pathological changes in the neocortex in Alzheimer disease

    R. C. A. Pearson;M. M. Esiri;R. W. Hiorns;G. K. Wilcock

  • Plaques, tangles and dementia. A quantitative study.

    G.K. Wilcock;M.M. Esiri

  • Alzheimer's disease. Correlation of cortical choline acetyltransferase activity with the severity of dementia and histological abnormalities.

    G.K. Wilcock;M.M. Esiri;D.M. Bowen;C.C.T. Smith

  • Classical pituitary apoplexy: clinical features, management and outcome

    Harpal S. Randeva;Jorg Schoebel;James Byrne;Margaret Esiri

  • The pattern of acquisition of plaques and tangles in the brains of patients under 50 years of age with Down's syndrome.

    David M.A. Mann;Margaret M. Esiri

  • Cerebrovascular disease and threshold for dementia in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease

    Margaret M Esiri;Zsuzsanna Nagy;Maria Z Smith;Lin Barnetson

  • Axonal damage: a key predictor of outcome in human CNS diseases.

    I M Medana;M M Esiri

  • Alpha‐synuclein RT‐QuIC in the CSF of patients with alpha‐synucleinopathies

    Graham Fairfoul;Lynne I McGuire;Suvankar Pal;James W Ironside

  • Thalamic neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis

    Alberto Cifelli;Marzena Arridge;Peter Jezzard;Margaret M. Esiri

  • Quantitative pathological evidence for axonal loss in normal appearing white matter in multiple sclerosis

    Nikos Evangelou;Margaret M. Esiri;Steve Smith;Jackie Palace

  • Biochemical assessment of serotonergic and cholinergic dysfunction and cerebral atrophy in Alzheimer's disease.

    D. M. Bowen;S. J. Allen;J. S. Benton;M. J. Goodhardt

  • Neocortical neuronal, synaptic, and glial loss in multiple sclerosis

    C. Wegner;M. M. Esiri;S. A. Chance;J. Palace

  • Association of interleukin-1 gene polymorphisms with Alzheimer's disease.

    James A. R. Nicoll;Robert E. Mrak;Robert E. Mrak;David I. Graham;Janice Stewart

  • Persistence of cholinergic neurons in the basal nucleus in a brain with senile dementia of the Alzheimer's type demonstrated by immunohistochemical staining for choline acetyltransferase

    R.C.A. Pearson;M.V. Sofroniew;A.C. Cuello;T.P.S. Powell

  • Neuropathological assessment of the lesions of significance in vascular dementia.

    M M Esiri;G K Wilcock;J H Morris

  • Regional axonal loss in the corpus callosum correlates with cerebral white matter lesion volume and distribution in multiple sclerosis.

    N Evangelou;D Konz;M M Esiri;S Smith

  • Neurochemical studies of early-onset Alzheimer's disease. Possible influence on treatment.

    Paul T. Francis;Alan M. Palmer;Neil R. Sims;David M. Bowen

  • HIV-associated disease of the nervous system: review of nomenclature and proposal for neuropathology-based terminology.

    Herbert Budka;Clayton A. Wiley;Paul Kleihues;Juan Artigas

Frequent Co-Authors

Mitchell K.P. Lai
Mitchell K.P. Lai National University of Singapore
Paul T. Francis
Paul T. Francis University of Exeter
Paul M. Matthews
Paul M. Matthews Imperial College London
Seth Love
Seth Love University of Bristol
David M. Bowen
David M. Bowen University of Oxford
Carol Brayne
Carol Brayne University of Cambridge
John Q. Trojanowski
John Q. Trojanowski University of Pennsylvania
Raj N. Kalaria
Raj N. Kalaria Newcastle University
Andrew J. King
Andrew J. King University of Leicester
Julie S. Snowden
Julie S. Snowden University of Manchester

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