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Overview

Nicola R. Sibson is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and has a research focus primarily in the field of Medicine, with numerous publications related to radiology, nuclear medicine, imaging, and neurology. Their work often intersects with advanced neuroimaging techniques and cancer research.

Their recent published papers include:

  • Brain Metastasis Cell Lines Panel: A Public Resource of Organotropic Cell Lines (2020, Cancer Research)
  • Metabolomic Biomarkers in Blood Samples Identify Cancers in a Mixed Population of Patients with Nonspecific Symptoms (2022, Clinical Cancer Research)
  • An open resource combining multi-contrast MRI and microscopy in the macaque brain (2023, Nature Communications)
  • White matter structure and myelin-related gene expression alterations with experience in adult rats (2020, Progress in Neurobiology)
  • STAT3-Mediated Astrocyte Reactivity Associated with Brain Metastasis Contributes to Neurovascular Dysfunction (2020, Cancer Research)

The frequent coauthors they collaborate with include James R. Larkin, Vanessa A. Johanssen, Alexandre A. Khrapitchev, Manuel Sarmiento Soto, and Niloufar Zarghami.

Their publications are often found in venues such as:

  • Frontiers in Oncology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cancer Research
  • Clinical Cancer Research
  • Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Nicola R. Sibson's research covers several main topics including:

  • Brain Metastases and Treatment
  • Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Lung Cancer Research Studies
  • Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications

Their subfields of study encompass:

  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Genetics
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Neurology

The body of work produced by Sibson illustrates an integration of imaging technologies with cancer and neurological research, contributing to both diagnostic and therapeutic approaches in these areas.

Best Publications

  • Stoichiometric coupling of brain glucose metabolism and glutamatergic neuronal activity

    Nicola R. Sibson;Ajay Dhankhar;Graeme F. Mason;Douglas L. Rothman

  • Motor Skill Learning Induces Changes in White Matter Microstructure and Myelination

    Cassandra Sampaio-Baptista;Alexandre A. Khrapitchev;Sean Foxley;Theresa Schlagheck

  • The Vascular Basement Membrane as “Soil” in Brain Metastasis

    W. Shawn Carbonell;Olaf Ansorge;Nicola Sibson;Ruth Muschel

  • In vivo 13C NMR measurements of cerebral glutamine synthesis as evidence for glutamate-glutamine cycling.

    N. R. Sibson;A. Dhankhar;G. F. Mason;K. L. Behar

  • In vivo magnetic resonance imaging of acute brain inflammation using microparticles of iron oxide

    M A McAteer;N R Sibson;C von Zur Muhlen;J E Schneider

  • In vivo (13)C NMR measurement of neurotransmitter glutamate cycling, anaplerosis and TCA cycle flux in rat brain during

    N R Sibson;G F Mason;J Shen;G W Cline

  • Interleukin-1beta -induced changes in blood-brain barrier permeability, apparent diffusion coefficient, and cerebral blood volume in the rat brain: a magnetic resonance study.

    A M Blamire;D C Anthony;B Rajagopalan;N R Sibson

  • Glyconanoparticles allow pre-symptomatic in vivo imaging of brain disease

    S I van Kasteren;S J Campbell;S Serres;D C Anthony

  • In vivo nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy studies of the relationship between the glutamate-glutamine neurotransmitter cycle and functional neuroenergetics.

    Douglas L. Rothman;Nicola R. Sibson;Fahmeed Hyder;Jun Shen

  • Inflammation and neurovascular changes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    M C Evans;Y Couch;N Sibson;M R Turner

  • Whole brain comparative anatomy using connectivity blueprints.

    Rogier B Mars;Rogier B Mars;Stamatios N Sotiropoulos;Stamatios N Sotiropoulos;Richard E Passingham;Jerome Sallet

  • T-cell- and macrophage-mediated axon damage in the absence of a CNS-specific immune response: involvement of metalloproteinases.

    T A Newman;Woolley;P M Hughes;N R Sibson

  • Confounding effects of anesthesia on functional activation in rodent brain: a study of halothane and alpha-chloralose anesthesia.

    V. C. Austin;A. M. Blamire;K. A. Allers;Trevor Sharp

  • Molecular MRI enables early and sensitive detection of brain metastases

    S Serres;M S Soto;A Hamilton;M A McAteer

  • The acute inflammatory response to intranigral α-synuclein differs significantly from intranigral lipopolysaccharide and is exacerbated by peripheral inflammation

    Yvonne Couch;Lydia Alvarez-Erviti;Nicola R Sibson;Matthew J A Wood

  • Does glutamate image your thoughts

    Gilles Bonvento;Nicola Sibson;Luc Pellerin

  • Expression of Idh1R132H in the Murine Subventricular Zone Stem Cell Niche Recapitulates Features of Early Gliomagenesis

    Chiara Bardella;Osama Al-Dalahmah;Daniel Krell;Pijus Brazauskas

  • Functional role of endothelial adhesion molecules in the early stages of brain metastasis.

    Manuel Sarmiento Soto;Sébastien Serres;Daniel C. Anthony;Nicola R. Sibson

  • MRI detection of early endothelial activation in brain inflammation.

    Nicola R Sibson;Andrew M Blamire;Martine Bernades-Silva;Sophie Laurent

  • Systemic Inflammatory Response Reactivates Immune-Mediated Lesions in Rat Brain

    S Serres;D C Anthony;Y Jiang;K A Broom

  • What is special about the human arcuate fasciculus? Lateralization, projections, and expansion

    Nicole Eichert;Lennart Verhagen;Davide Folloni;Saad Jbabdi

  • Glyconanoparticles allow pre-symptomatic in vivo imaging of brain disease (Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2009) 106, 1, (18-23) doi: 10.1073/pnas.0806787106)

    S I Van Kasteren;S J Campbell;S Serres;D C Anthony

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel C. Anthony
Daniel C. Anthony University of Oxford
Andrew M. Blamire
Andrew M. Blamire Newcastle University
Rogier B. Mars
Rogier B. Mars University of Oxford
Lennart Verhagen
Lennart Verhagen Radboud University
Jerome Sallet
Jerome Sallet University of Oxford
Kevin L. Behar
Kevin L. Behar Yale University
Karla L. Miller
Karla L. Miller University of Oxford
Saad Jbabdi
Saad Jbabdi University of Oxford
Trevor Sharp
Trevor Sharp University of Oxford
Peter Jezzard
Peter Jezzard University of Oxford

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