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Patricia Desmond is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a focus on several subfields including Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Neurology, Epidemiology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

The main research topics of Patricia Desmond include:

  • Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances

Patricia Desmond has published extensively in various scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Stroke
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neurology
  • Brain
  • JAMA Neurology

Among their recent papers are:

  • Effect of Intravenous Tenecteplase Dose on Cerebral Reperfusion Before Thrombectomy in Patients With Large Vessel Occlusion Ischemic Stroke (2020, JAMA)
  • Motor neuroprosthesis implanted with neurointerventional surgery improves capacity for activities of daily living tasks in severe paralysis: first in-human experience (2020, Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery)
  • White matter abnormalities across different epilepsy syndromes in adults: an ENIGMA-Epilepsy study (2020, Brain)
  • Endovascular thrombectomy versus standard bridging thrombolytic with endovascular thrombectomy within 4·5 h of stroke onset: an open-label, blinded-endpoint, randomised non-inferiority trial (2022, The Lancet)
  • Systematic Review: Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM) of Brain Iron Profile in Neurodegenerative Diseases (2021, Frontiers in Neuroscience)

Frequent co-authors in Patricia Desmond's work include:

  • Nawaf Yassi
  • Bruce Campbell
  • Terence J. O'Brien
  • Elaine Lui
  • Peter Mitchell

Best Publications

  • Endovascular Therapy for Ischemic Stroke with Perfusion-Imaging Selection

    B. C. V. Campbell;L. Churilov;N. Yassi;B. Yan

  • Neuroanatomical abnormalities before and after onset of psychosis: a cross-sectional and longitudinal MRI comparison.

    Christos Pantelis;Christos Pantelis;Dennis Velakoulis;Dennis Velakoulis;Patrick D McGorry;Stephen J Wood;Stephen J Wood

  • Effects of alteplase beyond 3 h after stroke in the Echoplanar Imaging Thrombolytic Evaluation Trial (EPITHET): a placebo-controlled randomised trial.

    Stephen M Davis;Geoffrey A Donnan;Mark W Parsons;Christopher Levi

  • Hippocampal and amygdala volumes according to psychosis stage and diagnosis: a magnetic resonance imaging study of chronic schizophrenia, first-episode psychosis, and ultra-high-risk individuals.

    Dennis Velakoulis;Stephen J Wood;Michael T H Wong;Patrick D McGorry

  • Persistent Poststroke Hyperglycemia Is Independently Associated With Infarct Expansion and Worse Clinical Outcome

    Tracey A. Baird;Mark W. Parsons;Thanh Phan;Ken S. Butcher

  • Acute hyperglycemia adversely affects stroke outcome: a magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy study

    Mark W. Parsons;P. Alan Barber;Patricia M. Desmond;Tracey A. Baird;Tracey A. Baird

  • Prediction of stroke outcome with echoplanar perfusion- and diffusion-weighted MRI

    P. A. Barber;D. G. Darby;P. M. Desmond;Q. Yang

  • Tenecteplase versus Alteplase before Thrombectomy for Ischemic Stroke

    Bruce C.V. Campbell;Peter J. Mitchell;Leonid Churilov;Nawaf Yassi

  • Extending thrombolysis to 4·5–9 h and wake-up stroke using perfusion imaging: a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data

    Bruce C V Campbell;Bruce C V Campbell;Henry Ma;Henry Ma;Peter A Ringleb;Mark W Parsons

  • Cerebral Blood Flow Is the Optimal CT Perfusion Parameter for Assessing Infarct Core

    Bruce C.V. Campbell;Søren Christensen;Christopher R. Levi;Patricia M. Desmond

  • Diffusion- and perfusion-weighted MRI response to thrombolysis in stroke.

    Mark W. Parsons;P. Alan Barber;Jonathon Chalk;David G. Darby

  • Hippocampal volume in first-episode psychoses and chronic schizophrenia: a high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging study.

    Dennis Velakoulis;Christos Pantelis;Christos Pantelis;Christos Pantelis;Patrick D. McGorry;Patrick D. McGorry;Paul Dudgeon

  • Pathophysiological Topography of Acute Ischemia by Combined Diffusion-Weighted and Perfusion MRI

    D. G. Darby;P. A. Barber;R. P. Gerraty;P. M. Desmond

  • RAPID Automated Patient Selection for Reperfusion Therapy A Pooled Analysis of the Echoplanar Imaging Thrombolytic Evaluation Trial (EPITHET) and the Diffusion and Perfusion Imaging Evaluation for Understanding Stroke Evolution (DEFUSE) Study

    Maarten G. Lansberg;Jun Lee;Soren Christensen;Matus Straka

  • Neuropsychological and structural brain changes in anorexia nervosa before and after refeeding.

    K Kingston;G Szmukler;D Andrewes;B Tress

  • Failure of Collateral Blood Flow is Associated with Infarct Growth in Ischemic Stroke

    Bruce Cv Campbell;Søren Christensen;Brian M Tress;Leonid Churilov

  • Identification of Major Ischemic Change Diffusion-Weighted Imaging Versus Computed Tomography

    P. A. Barber;D. G. Darby;P. M. Desmond;R. P. Gerraty

  • Severe deep white matter lesions and outcome in elderly patients with major depressive disorder: follow up study

    John O'Brien;David Ames;Edmond Chiu;Isaac Schweitzer

  • A magnetic resonance imaging study of white matter lesions in depression and Alzheimer's disease.

    John O'brien;Patricia Desmond;David Ames;Isaac Schweitzer

  • Serial study of apparent diffusion coefficient and anisotropy in patients with acute stroke.

    Qing Yang;Brian M. Tress;P. Alan Barber;Patricia M. Desmond

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen M. Davis
Stephen M. Davis University of Melbourne
Mark W. Parsons
Mark W. Parsons University of New South Wales
Bruce C.V. Campbell
Bruce C.V. Campbell Royal Melbourne Hospital
Geoffrey A. Donnan
Geoffrey A. Donnan University of Melbourne
Dennis Velakoulis
Dennis Velakoulis University of Melbourne
Christopher R. Levi
Christopher R. Levi John Hunter Hospital
Terence J. O'Brien
Terence J. O'Brien Monash University
David Ames
David Ames University of Melbourne
Cassandra Szoeke
Cassandra Szoeke University of Melbourne
Christos Pantelis
Christos Pantelis University of Melbourne

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