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Rachael I. Scahill is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on neurodegenerative diseases, with a strong emphasis on Huntington's disease and related neurological disorders. The scientist's work encompasses multiple fields including Neuroscience, Medicine, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Their research spans several specialized subfields such as Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology, Molecular Biology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Cognitive Neuroscience, reflecting a broad approach to neurological disease mechanisms and diagnostics.

Key topics addressed in their publications include Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurological disorders and treatments, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders, and Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Rachael I. Scahill include:

  • Potential disease-modifying therapies for Huntington's disease: lessons learned and future opportunities, 2022, The Lancet Neurology
  • Biological and clinical characteristics of gene carriers far from predicted onset in the Huntington's disease Young Adult Study (HD-YAS): a cross-sectional analysis, 2020, The Lancet Neurology
  • Mutant huntingtin and neurofilament light have distinct longitudinal dynamics in Huntington's disease, 2020, Science Translational Medicine
  • The Dementias Platform UK (DPUK) Data Portal, 2020, European Journal of Epidemiology
  • Dynamics of Cortical Degeneration Over a Decade in Huntington's Disease, 2020, Biological Psychiatry

Frequent collaborators include Sarah J. Tabrizi, Eileanoir B. Johnson, Geraint Rees, Edward J. Wild, and Carlos Estevez-Fraga. These co-authorship patterns suggest active involvement in multidisciplinary and collaborative research projects within the field of neurodegeneration.

Rachael I. Scahill's work is often published in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Brain Communications, Journal of Huntington's Disease, Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, and Frontiers in Neurology. The distribution of publications across these journals highlights a focus on both open access preprint dissemination and peer-reviewed clinical and neuroscience domains.

Best Publications

  • Automatic classification of MR scans in Alzheimer's disease

    Stefan Klöppel;Cynthia M. Stonnington;Carlton Chu;Bogdan Draganski

  • A longitudinal study of brain volume changes in normal aging using serial registered magnetic resonance imaging.

    Rachael I. Scahill;Chris Frost;Chris Frost;Rhian Jenkins;Jennifer L. Whitwell

  • Huntington disease: natural history, biomarkers and prospects for therapeutics

    Christopher A Ross;Elizabeth Hoppes Aylward;Edward J Wild;Douglas R Langbehn

  • Biological and clinical manifestations of Huntington's disease in the longitudinal TRACK-HD study: cross-sectional analysis of baseline data.

    Sarah J Tabrizi;Douglas R Langbehn;Blair R Leavitt;Raymund A C Roos

  • Mapping the evolution of regional atrophy in Alzheimer's disease: Unbiased analysis of fluid-registered serial MRI

    Rachael I. Scahill;Jonathan M. Schott;John M. Stevens;Martin N. Rossor

  • Predictors of phenotypic progression and disease onset in premanifest and early-stage Huntington's disease in the TRACK-HD study: analysis of 36-month observational data

    Sarah J Tabrizi;Rachael I Scahill;Gail N Owen;Alexandra Durr

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  • Patterns of temporal lobe atrophy in semantic dementia and Alzheimer's disease

    Dennis Chan;Nick C. Fox;Rachael I. Scahill;William R. Crum

  • Biological and clinical changes in premanifest and early stage Huntington's disease in the TRACK-HD study: the 12-month longitudinal analysis

    Sarah J Tabrizi;Rachael I Scahill;Alexandra Durr;Raymund A C Roos

  • Potential endpoints for clinical trials in premanifest and early Huntington's disease in the TRACK-HD study: analysis of 24 month observational data

    Sarah J Tabrizi;Ralph Reilmann;Raymond A C Roos;Alexandra Durr

  • Imaging of onset and progression of Alzheimer's disease with voxel-compression mapping of serial magnetic resonance images.

    Nick C Fox;William R Crum;Rachael I Scahill;John M Stevens;John M Stevens

  • Using serial registered brain magnetic resonance imaging to measure disease progression in Alzheimer disease - Power calculations and estimates of sample size to detect treatment effects

    Nick C. Fox;Simon Cousens;Rachael Scahill;Richard J. Harvey

  • Automatic differentiation of anatomical patterns in the human brain: validation with studies of degenerative dementias

    Catriona D. Good;Rachael I. Scahill;Nick C. Fox;John Ashburner

  • Correlation between rates of brain atrophy and cognitive decline in AD.

    N C Fox;R I Scahill;William Crum;M N Rossor

  • A meta-analysis of hippocampal atrophy rates in Alzheimer's disease.

    Josephine Barnes;Jonathan W. Bartlett;Laura A. van de Pol;Clement T. Loy

  • The clinical profile of right temporal lobe atrophy

    Dennis Chan;Valerie Anderson;Yolande Pijnenburg;Jennifer Whitwell

  • Neurofilament light protein in blood as a potential biomarker of neurodegeneration in Huntington's disease: a retrospective cohort analysis

    Lauren M Byrne;Filipe B. Rodrigues;Kaj Blennow;Kaj Blennow;Alexandra Durr

  • Potential disease-modifying therapies for Huntington's disease: lessons learned and future opportunities

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  • Identification of genetic variants associated with Huntington's disease progression: a genome-wide association study

    Davina J Hensman Moss;Antonio F Pardiñas;Douglas Langbehn;Kitty Lo

  • An event-based model for disease progression and its application in familial Alzheimer's disease and Huntington's disease

    Hubert M. J. Fonteijn;Hubert M. J. Fonteijn;Marc Modat;Matthew J. Clarkson;Matthew J. Clarkson;Josephine Barnes

  • Ten simple rules for reporting voxel-based morphometry studies.

    Gerard R. Ridgway;Susie M.D. Henley;Jonathan D. Rohrer;Rachael I. Scahill

  • Rates of global and regional cerebral atrophy in AD and frontotemporal dementia

    D. Chan;N. C. Fox;R. Jenkins;R. I. Scahill

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexandra Durr
Alexandra Durr Sorbonne University
Blair R. Leavitt
Blair R. Leavitt University of British Columbia
Martin N. Rossor
Martin N. Rossor University College London
Geraint Rees
Geraint Rees University College London
Julie C. Stout
Julie C. Stout Monash University
Josephine Barnes
Josephine Barnes University College London
Adeel Razi
Adeel Razi Monash University
Jeffrey D. Long
Jeffrey D. Long University of Iowa
Jonathan M. Schott
Jonathan M. Schott University College London
Henrik Zetterberg
Henrik Zetterberg University of Gothenburg

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