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Sharon Abrahams is a researcher affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom, primarily focused on Medicine with a specialization in Neurology. Their scholarly work spans a significant body of research related to neurodegenerative diseases, particularly amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal spectrum disorders.

Their recent publications include:

  • Neuropsychological impairment in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-frontotemporal spectrum disorder, 2023, Nature Reviews Neurology
  • Preventing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: insights from pre-symptomatic neurodegenerative diseases, 2021, Brain
  • A systematic review of non-motor symptom evaluation in clinical trials for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 2021, Journal of Neurology
  • Multidimensional Apathy in Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia, Primary Progressive Aphasia, and Alzheimer Disease, 2020, Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology
  • A systematic review of neuropsychiatric and cognitive assessments used in clinical trials for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 2020, Journal of Neurology

Their research is published frequently in venues such as:

  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration
  • Journal of Neurology
  • Nature Reviews Neurology
  • Brain Communications
  • Brain

Sharon Abrahams collaborates regularly with a number of coauthors, including:

  • Siddharthan Chandran
  • Suvankar Pal
  • Judith Newton
  • Emily Beswick
  • Caroline McHutchison

Their main fields of study encompass 97 publications in Medicine, with subfields heavily weighted toward Neurology (56 publications), Psychiatry and Mental health (12), Genetics (11), Physiology (8), and Molecular Biology (5).

The primary topics explored in their work include:

  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research
  • Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders

The combination of these research topics, publication venues, and partnerships outlines a focus on understanding neurodegenerative disorders from multiple angles, including clinical trials, neuropsychological impairment, and neuropsychiatric assessments within the framework of progressive neurological diseases.

Best Publications

  • EFNS guidelines on the Clinical Management of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (MALS) : revised report of an EFNS task force

    Peter M. Andersen;Sharon Abrahams;Gian D. Borasio;Mamede de Carvalho

  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - frontotemporal spectrum disorder (ALS-FTSD): Revised diagnostic criteria

    Michael J. Strong;Sharon Abrahams;Laura H. Goldstein;Susan Woolley

  • Screening for cognition and behaviour changes in ALS

    Sharon Abrahams;Judith Newton;Elaine Niven;Jennifer Foley

  • Verbal fluency and executive dysfunction in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

    S Abrahams;Peter Leigh;A Harvey;G N Vythelingum

  • Changes in cognition and behaviour in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: nature of impairment and implications for assessment

    Laura H Goldstein;Sharon Abrahams

  • Spatial memory deficits in patients with unilateral damage to the right hippocampal formation

    S Abrahams;Alan Pickering;CE Polkey;RG Morris

  • Visual short-term memory binding deficits in familial Alzheimer's disease

    Mario A. Parra;Mario A. Parra;Sharon Abrahams;Robert H. Logie;Luis G. Méndez

  • Frontal lobe dysfunction in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. A PET study

    S. Abrahams;L. H. Goldstein;J. J. M. Kew;D. J. Brooks

  • The management of motor neurone disease

    PN Leigh;S Abrahams;A Al-Chalabi;MA Ampong

  • Word retrieval in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study

    Sharon Abrahams;Laura Goldstein;Andy Simmons;Michael Brammer

  • Relation between cognitive dysfunction and pseudobulbar palsy in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

    Sharon Abrahams;L H Goldstein;A AlChalabi;A Pickering

  • Functional magnetic resonance imaging of verbal fluency and confrontation naming using compressed image acquisition to permit overt responses.

    Sharon Abrahams;Laura H. Goldstein;Andy Simmons;Michael J. Brammer

  • The relationship between abnormalities of cognitive function and cerebral activation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. A neuropsychological and positron emission tomography study.

    J. J. M. Kew;L. H. Goldstein;P. N. Leigh;S. Abrahams

  • Frontotemporal white matter changes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

    Sharon Abrahams;Laura H. Goldstein;John Suckling;Virginia Ng

  • Cognitive change in ALS: a prospective study

    Sharon Abrahams;Peter Leigh;Laura Goldstein

  • Short-term memory binding deficits in Alzheimer's disease

    Mario A Parra;Sharon Abrahams;Katia Fabi;Robert Logie

  • ALS-specific cognitive and behavior changes associated with advancing disease stage in ALS

    Christopher Crockford;Judith Newton;Katie Lonergan;Theresa Chiwera

  • Hippocampal Involvement in Spatial and Working Memory: A Structural MRI Analysis of Patients with Unilateral Mesial Temporal Lobe Sclerosis☆

    Sharon Abrahams;RG Morris;CE Polkey;JM Jarosz

  • Developing a new apathy measurement scale: Dimensional Apathy Scale

    Ratko Radakovic;Sharon Abrahams

  • Validation of the Edinburgh Cognitive and Behavioural Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Screen (ECAS): A cognitive tool for motor disorders

    Elaine Niven;Judith Newton;Jennifer Foley;Shuna Colville

  • Deficits in emotional and social cognition in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Alessandra Girardi;Sarah E. MacPherson;Sharon Abrahams

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas H. Bak
Thomas H. Bak University of Edinburgh
Sergio Della Sala
Sergio Della Sala University of Edinburgh
Mario A. Parra
Mario A. Parra University of Strathclyde
Sarah E. MacPherson
Sarah E. MacPherson University of Edinburgh
John M. Starr
John M. Starr University of Edinburgh
Qazi Rahman
Qazi Rahman King's College London
Bonnie Auyeung
Bonnie Auyeung University of Edinburgh
Glenn D. Wilson
Glenn D. Wilson King's College London
Alan Pickering
Alan Pickering Goldsmiths University of London
Robert H. Logie
Robert H. Logie University of Edinburgh

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