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Nicola J. Armstrong

Nicola J. Armstrong

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
60
Citations
16629
World Ranking
11777
National Ranking
323

Overview

Nicola J. Armstrong is affiliated with Murdoch University in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine, with a significant focus on Molecular Biology and Genetics.

Their work includes numerous publications concentrating on topics such as Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Birth, Development, and Health, Genomic Variations and Chromosomal Abnormalities, and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.

Armstrong has contributed to research that has appeared frequently in venues including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • UNC Libraries
  • Nature Genetics
  • Nature Communications

Recent papers authored by or co-authored with Armstrong include:

  • New insights into the genetic etiology of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex, 2020, Science
  • Risk prediction of late-onset Alzheimer's disease implies an oligogenic architecture, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Genetic variants associated with longitudinal changes in brain structure across the lifespan, 2022, Nature Neuroscience
  • Diagnostic and prognostic plasma biomarkers for preclinical Alzheimer's disease, 2021, Alzheimer s & Dementia

They have collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Karen A. Mather
  • Perminder S. Sachdev
  • Anbupalam Thalamuthu
  • Henry Brodaty
  • Joshua C. Bis

Best Publications

  • Common genetic variants influence human subcortical brain structures.

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

  • The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex

    Katrina L. Grasby;Neda Jahanshad;Jodie N. Painter;Lucía Colodro-Conde

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

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

  • Study of 300,486 individuals identifies 148 independent genetic loci influencing general cognitive function

    Gail Davies;Max Lam;Sarah E. Harris;Joey W. Trampush

  • Haemolysis during sample preparation alters microRNA content of plasma.

    Michaela B. Kirschner;Steven C H Kao;Steven C H Kao;J. James B. Edelman;Nicola J. Armstrong

  • Genetic contributions to variation in general cognitive function: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies in the CHARGE consortium (N=53 949)

    G. Davies;N. Armstrong;J. C. Bis;J. Bressler

  • Novel genetic loci associated with hippocampal volume

    Derrek Hibar;Hieab H.H. Adams;Neda Jahanshad;Ganesh Chauhan

  • Common variants in Alzheimer's disease and risk stratification by polygenic risk scores

    Itziar de Rojas;Itziar de Rojas;Sonia Moreno-Grau;Sonia Moreno-Grau;Niccolo Tesi;Benjamin Grenier-Boley

  • One naive T cell, multiple fates in CD8+ T cell differentiation

    Carmen Gerlach;Jeroen W.J. van Heijst;Erwin Swart;Daoud Sie

  • Genetic architecture of subcortical brain structures in 38,851 individuals

    Claudia L. Satizabal;Claudia L. Satizabal;Claudia L. Satizabal;Hieab H.H. Adams;Derrek Hibar;Charles C. White;Charles C. White

  • Risk prediction of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease implies an oligogenic architecture

    Qian Zhang;Julia Sidorenko;Baptiste Couvy-Duchesne;Riccardo E. Marioni

  • 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

  • Human subcortical brain asymmetries in 15,847 people worldwide reveal effects of age and sex

    Tulio Guadalupe;Samuel R. Mathias;Theo G.M. vanErp;Christopher D. Whelan;Christopher D. Whelan

  • Calibration and discriminatory accuracy of prognosis calculation for breast cancer with the online Adjuvant! program: a hospital-based retrospective cohort study

    Stella Mook;Marjanka K Schmidt;Emiel J Rutgers;Anthonie O van de Velde

  • IL28B, HLA-C and KIR variants additively predict response to therapy in chronic hepatitis C virus infection in a european cohort: A cross-sectional study

    Vijayaprakash Suppiah;Silvana Gaudieri;Nicola J. Armstrong;Kate S. O'Connor

  • Interferon-λ rs12979860 genotype and liver fibrosis in viral and non-viral chronic liver disease

    Mohammed Eslam;Ahmed M Hashem;Reynold Leung;Manuel Romero-Gomez

  • GWAS for executive function and processing speed suggests involvement of the CADM2 gene

    C. A. Ibrahim-Verbaas;Jan Bressler;S. Debette;M. Schuur

  • A comprehensive analysis of prognostic signatures reveals the high predictive capacity of the Proliferation, Immune response and RNA splicing modules in breast cancer

    Fabien Reyal;Fabien Reyal;Martin H. van Vliet;Martin H. van Vliet;Nicola J. Armstrong;Hugo M. Horlings

  • The multiple sclerosis whole blood mRNA transcriptome and genetic associations indicate dysregulation of specific T cell pathways in pathogenesis

    Kaushal S. Gandhi;Fiona C. McKay;Mathew Cox;Carlos Riveros

  • Identification of candidate transcriptional modulators involved in successful regeneration after nerve injury

    Floor J. Stam;Floor J. Stam;Harold D. MacGillavry;Nicola J. Armstrong;Mathisca C. M. De Gunst

Frequent Co-Authors

Perminder S. Sachdev
Perminder S. Sachdev University of New South Wales
John B.J. Kwok
John B.J. Kwok University of Sydney
Peter R. Schofield
Peter R. Schofield Neuroscience Research Australia
Henry Brodaty
Henry Brodaty University of New South Wales
Margaret J. Wright
Margaret J. Wright University of Queensland
David Ames
David Ames University of Melbourne
Sudha Seshadri
Sudha Seshadri The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Ian J. Deary
Ian J. Deary University of Edinburgh
Srdjan Djurovic
Srdjan Djurovic Oslo University Hospital
Wei Wen
Wei Wen University of New South Wales

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