Staff Profile

Dr Michael Firbank is an Associate Reseacher at University of Newcastle, with areas of expertise in MRI brain imaging analysis particularly in ageing and dementia.

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Research Interests

Neuroimaging particularly in the aging brain
functional and diffusion MRI

Group website: Lewy Body Lab

• Articles

  • Fernando R, Thomas A, Hamilton C, Durcan R, Barker S, Ciafone J, Barnett N, Olsen K, Firbank M, Roberts G, Lloyd J, Petrides G, Colloby S, Allan L, McKeith I, O'Brien J, Taylor JP, Donaghy PC. Identifying parkinsonism in mild cognitive impairment. Journal of the Neurological Sciences 2024, 458, 122941.
  • Firbank MJ, Collerton D, da Silva Morgan K, Schumacher J, Donaghy PC, O'Brien JT, Thomas A, Taylor JP. Functional connectivity in Lewy body disease with visual hallucinations. European Journal of Neurology 2024, 31(2), e16115.
  • Sigurdsson HP, Alcock L, Firbank M, Wilson R, Brown P, Maxwell R, Bennett E, Pavese N, Brooks DJ, Rochester L. Developing a novel dual-injection FDG-PET imaging methodology to study the functional neuroanatomy of gait. NeuroImage 2024, 288, 120531.
  • Durcan R, Roberts G, Hamilton CA, Donaghy PC, Howe K, Colloby SJ, Allan LM, Firbank M, Lawley S, Petrides GS, Lloyd JJ, Taylor JP, O'Brien JT, Thomas AJ. Serial Nigrostriatal Dopaminergic Imaging in Mild Cognitive Impairment With Lewy Bodies, Alzheimer Disease, and Age-Matched Controls. Neurology 2023, 101(12), e1196-e1205.
  • Wright LM, Donaghy PC, Burn DJ, Taylor JP, O'Brien JT, Yarnall AJ, Matthews FE, Firbank MJ, Thomas AJ, Lawson RA. Predicting cognitive decline using neuropsychiatric symptoms in prodromal Lewy body dementia: A longitudinal study. Parkinsonism and Related Disorders 2023, 113, 105762.
  • Hamilton CA, O'Brien JT, Heslegrave A, Laban R, Donaghy PC, Durcan R, Lawley S, Barnett NA, Roberts G, Firbank M, Taylor JP, Zetterberg H, Thomas AJ. Plasma Biomarkers of Neurodegeneration in Mild Cognitive Impairment with Lewy Bodies. Psychological Medicine 2023, 53(16), 7865-7873.
  • Schumacher J, Ray NJ, Hamilton CA, Bergamino M, Donaghy PC, Firbank M, Watson R, Roberts G, Allan L, Barnett N, O'Brien JT, Thomas AJ, Taylor J-P. Free water imaging of the cholinergic system in dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's and Dementia 2023, 19(10), 4549-4563.
  • Donaghy PC, Hamilton C, Durcan R, Lawley S, Barker S, Ciafone J, Barnett N, Olsen K, Firbank M, Roberts G, Lloyd J, Allan LM, Saha R, McKeith IG, O'Brien JT, Taylor J-P, Thomas AJ. Clinical symptoms in mild cognitive impairment with Lewy bodies: Frequency, time of onset, and discriminant ability. European Journal of Neurology 2023, 30(6), 1585-1593.
  • Donaghy PC, Firbank M, Petrides G, Lloyd J, Barnett N, Olsen K, Heslegrave A, Zetterberg H, Thomas AJ, O'Brien JT. The relationship between plasma biomarkers and amyloid PET in dementia with Lewy bodies. Parkinsonism and Related Disorders 2022, 101, 111-116.
  • Ingram M, Colloby SJ, Firbank MJ, Lloyd JJ, O'Brien JT, Taylor J-P. Spatial covariance analysis of FDG-PET and HMPAO-SPECT for the differential diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease. Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging 2022, 322, 111460.
  • Elder GJ, Colloby SJ, Firbank MJ, Taylor J-P. Quantifying test-retest reliability of repeated objective attentional measures in Lewy body dementia. Journal of Neurology 2022, 269, 3605-3613.
  • Thomas AJ, Hamilton CA, Barker S, Durcan R, Lawley S, Barnett N, Firbank M, Roberts G, Allan L, O'Brien J, Taylor JP, Donaghy PC. Olfactory Impairment in Mild Cognitive Impairment with Lewy Bodies and Alzheimer’s Disease. International Psychogeriatrics 2022, 34(Special Issue 6), 585-592.
  • Donaghy PC, Ciafone J, Durcan R, Hamilton CA, Barker S, Lloyd J, Firbank M, Allan LM, O'Brien JT, Taylor JP, Thomas AJ. Mild cognitive impairment with Lewy bodies: neuropsychiatric supportive symptoms and cognitive profile. Psychological Medicine 2022, 52(6), 1147-1155.
  • Firbank MJ, daSilva Morgan K, Collerton D, Elder GJ, Parikh J, Olsen K, Schumacher J, ffytche D, Taylor JP. Investigation of structural brain changes in Charles Bonnet Syndrome. NeuroImage: Clinical 2022, 35, 103041.
  • Sigurdsson HP, Yarnall AJ, Galna B, Lord S, Alcock L, Lawson RA, Colloby SJ, Firbank MJ, Taylor JP, Pavese N, Brooks DJ, O'Brien JT, Burn DJ, Rochester L. Gait-related metabolic covariance networks at rest in Parkinson’s disease. Movement Disorders 2022, 37(6), 1222-1234.
  • Mehraram R, Peraza LR, Murphy NRE, Cromarty RA, Graziadio S, O’Brien JT, Killen A, Colloby SJ, Firbank M, Su L, Collerton D, Taylor J-P, Kaiser M. Functional and structural brain network correlates of visual hallucinations in Lewy body dementia. Brain 2022, 145(6), 2190-2205.
  • Schumacher J, Ray NJ, Hamilton CA, Donaghy PC, Firbank M, Roberts G, Allan L, Durcan R, Barnett N, O'Brien JT, Taylor JP, Thomas AJ. Cholinergic white matter pathways in dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer’s disease. Brain 2022, 145(5), 1173-1784.
  • Roberts G, Kane JPM, Lloyd J, Firbank M, Donaghy PC, Petrides GS, Taylor J-P, O'Brien J, Thomas AJ. Can early phase cardiac [¹²³I]mIBG images be used to diagnose Lewy body disease?. Nuclear Medicine Communications 2022, 43(7), 770-777.
  • Hamilton CA, Frith J, Donaghy PC, Barker SAH, Durcan R, Lawley S, Barnett NA, Firbank M, Roberts G, Taylor JP, Allan LM, O'Brien J, Yarnall AJ, Thomas AJ. Blood pressure and heart rate responses to orthostatic challenge and Valsalva manoeuvre in mild cognitive impairment with Lewy bodies. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2022, 37(5).
  • Hamilton CA, Frith J, Donaghy PC, Barker SAH, Durcan R, Lawley S, Barnett NA, Firbank M, Roberts G, Taylor JP, Allan LM, O'Brien JT, Yarnall AJ, Thomas AJ. Assessment of autonomic symptoms may assist with early identification of mild cognitive impairment with Lewy bodies. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2022, 37(4).
  • Thomas AJ, Hamilton CA, Heslegrave A, Barker S, Durcan R, Lawley S, Barnett NA, Lett D, Firbank M, Roberts G, Taylor JP, Donaghy PC, Zetterberg H, O'Brien JT. A Longitudinal Study of Plasma pTau181 in Mild Cognitive Impairment with Lewy Bodies and Alzheimer's Disease. Movement Disorders 2022, 37(7), 1495-1504.
  • Hamilton CA, Matthews FE, Allan LM, Barker S, Ciafone J, Donaghy PC, Durcan R, Firbank MJ, Lawley S, O'Brien JT, Roberts G, Taylor JP, Thomas AJ. Utility of the pareidolia test in mild cognitive impairment with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer’s disease. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2021, 36(9), 1407-1414.
  • Hamilton C, Schumacher J, Matthews FE, Taylor JP, Allan L, Barnett N, Cromarty R, Donaghy P, Durcan R, Firbank M, Lawley S, O'Brien JT, Roberts G, Thomas A. Slowing on quantitative EEG is associated with transition to dementia in mild cognitive impairment. International Psychogeriatrics 2021, 33(Special Issue 12), 1321-1325.
  • Hamilton CA, Matthews FE, Donaghy PC, Taylor JP, O'Brien JT, Barnett NA, Olsen K, Durcan R, Roberts G, Ciafone J, Barker S, Firbank MJ, McKeith IG, Thomas AJ. Progression to dementia in mild cognitive impairment with Lewy bodies or Alzheimer’s disease. Neurology 2021, 96(22), e2685-e2693.
  • Ciafone J, Thomas A, Durcan R, Donaghy P, Hamilton CA, Lawley S, Roberts G, Colloby S, Firbank MJ, Allan L, Petrides G, Taylor JP, O'Brien JT, Gallagher P. Neuropsychological Impairments and Their Cognitive Architecture in Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) with Lewy Bodies and MCI-Alzheimer’s Disease. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society 2021, 28(9), 963-973.
  • Pezzoli S, Sánchez-Valle R, Solanes A, Kempton MJ, Bandmann O, Shin JI, Cagnin A, Goldman JG, Merkitch D, Firbank MJ, Taylor JP, Pagonabarraga J, Kulisevsky J, Blanc F, Verdolini N, Venneri A, Radua J. Neuroanatomical and cognitive correlates of visual hallucinations in Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies: Voxel-based morphometry and neuropsychological meta-analysis. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 2021, 128, 367-382.
  • Firbank MJ, O'Brien JT, Durcan R, Allan LM, Barker S, Ciafone J, Donaghy PC, Hamilton CA, Lawley S, Lloyd J, Roberts G, Taylor J-P, Thomas AJ. Mild cognitive impairment with Lewy bodies: blood perfusion with arterial spin labelling. Journal of Neurology 2021, 268, 1284-1294.
  • Schumacher J, Taylor J-P, Hamilton CA, Firbank M, Cromarty RA, Donaghy PC, Roberts G, Allan L, Lloyd J, Durcan R, Barnett N, O'Brien JT, Thomas AJ. In vivo nucleus basalis of Meynert degeneration in mild cognitive impairment with Lewy bodies. NeuroImage: Clinical 2021, 30, 102604.
  • Firbank MJ, Durcan R, O'Brien JT, Allan LM, Barker S, Ciafone J, Donaghy PC, Hamilton CA, Lawley S, Roberts G, Taylor JP, Thomas AJ. Hippocampal and insula volume in mild cognitive impairment with Lewy bodies. Parkinsonism and Related Disorders 2021, 86, 27-33.
  • Schumacher J, Thomas AJ, Peraza LR, Firbank M, O'Brien JT, Taylor J-P. Functional connectivity of the nucleus basalis of Meynert in Lewy body dementia and Alzheimer's disease. International Psychogeriatrics 2021, 33(1), 89-94.
  • Schumacher J, Taylor J-P, Hamilton CA, Firbank M, Donaghy PC, Roberts G, Allan L, Durcan R, Barnett N, O'Brien JT, Thomas AJ. Functional connectivity in mild cognitive impairment with Lewy bodies. Journal of Neurology 2021, 268, 4707-4720.
  • Murphy N, Killen A, Gupta RK, Graziadio S, Rochester L, Firbank M, Baker MR, Allan C, Collerton D, Taylor J-P, Urwyler P. Exploring Bottom-Up Visual Processing and Visual Hallucinations in Parkinson's Disease With Dementia. Frontiers in Neurology 2021, 11, 579113.
  • Roberts G, Donaghy PC, Lloyd J, Durcan R, Petrides G, Colloby SJ, Lawley S, Ciafone J, Hamilton CA, Firbank M, Allan L, Barnett N, Barker S, Olsen K, Howe K, Ali T, Taylor JP, O'Brien J, Thomas AJ. Accuracy of dopaminergic imaging as a biomarker for mild cognitive impairment with Lewy bodies. The British Journal of Psychiatry 2021, 218(5), 276-282.
  • Roberts G, Durcan R, Donaghy PC, Lawley S, Ciafone J, Hamilton CA, Colloby SJ, Firbank MJ, Allan L, Barnett N, Barker S, Howe K, Ali T, Petrides GS, Lloyd J, Taylor J-P, O'Brien J, Thomas AJ. Accuracy of Cardiac Innervation Scintigraphy for Mild Cognitive Impairment With Lewy Bodies. Neurology 2021, 96(23), e2801-e2811.
  • Hase Y, Polvikoski TM, Firbank MJ, Craggs LJL, Hawthorne E, Platten C, Stevenson W, Deramecourt V, Ballard C, Kenny RA, Perry RH, Ince P, Carare RO, Allan LM, Horsburgh K, Kalaria RN. Small vessel disease pathological changes in neurodegenerative and vascular dementias concomitant with autonomic dysfunction. Brain Pathology 2020, 30(1), 191-202.
  • Schumacher J, Taylor J-P, Hamilton CA, Firbank M, Cromarty RA, Donaghy PC, Roberts G, Allan L, Lloyd J, Durcan R, Barnett N, O'Brien JT, Thomas AJ. Quantitative EEG as a biomarker in mild cognitive impairment with Lewy bodies. Alzheimer's Research & Therapy 2020, 12(1), 82.
  • Firbank MJ, O'Brien JT, Ritchie K, Wells K, Williams GW, Su L, Ritchie CW. Midlife alcohol consumption and longitudinal brain atrophy: The PREVENT-Dementia study. Journal of Neurology 2020, 267, 3282-3286.
  • Donaghy PC, Firbank M, Mitra D, Petrides G, Lloyd J, Barnett N, Olsen K, Thomas AJ, O'Brien JT. Microbleeds in dementia with Lewy bodies. Journal of Neurology 2020, 267, 1491-1498.
  • Schumacher J, Thomas AJ, Peraza LR, Firbank M, Cromarty R, Hamilton CA, Donaghy PC, O'Brien JT, Taylor JP. EEG alpha reactivity and cholinergic system integrity in Lewy body dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers' Research & Therapy 2020, 12, 46.
  • Donaghy PC, Firbank M, Petrides G, Lloyd J, Barnett N, Olsen K, Thomas AJ, O'Brien JT. Diffusion imaging in dementia with Lewy bodies: Associations with amyloid burden, atrophy, vascular factors and clinical features. Parkinsonism and Related Disorders 2020, 78, 109-115.
  • O'Brien JT, Firbank MJ, Ritchie K, Wells K, Williams GB, Ritchie CW, Su L. Association between midlife dementia risk factors and longitudinal brain atrophy: the PREVENT-Dementia study. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 2020, 91(2), 158-161.
  • Donaghy PC, Firbank MJ, Thomas AJ, Lloyd J, Petrides G, Barnett N, Olsen K, O'Brien JT. Amyloid imaging and longitudinal clinical progression in dementia with Lewy bodies. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2020, 28(5), 573-577.
  • Schumacher J, Cromarty R, Gallagher P, Firbank MJ, Thomas AJ, Kaiser M, Blamire AM, O'Brien JT, Peraza LR, Taylor JP. Structural correlates of attention dysfunction in Lewy body dementia and Alzheimer's disease: an ex-Gaussian analysis. Journal of Neurology 2019, 266(7), 1716–1726.
  • Patterson L, Firbank MJ, Colloby SJ, Attems J, Thomas AJ, Morris CM. Neuropathological Changes in Dementia With Lewy Bodies and the Cingulate Island Sign. Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology 2019, 78(8), 717–724.
  • Schumacher J, Peraza LR, Firbank M, Thomas AJ, Kaiser M, Gallagher P, OBrien JT, Blamire AM, Taylor JP. Dysfunctional brain dynamics and their origin in Lewy body dementia. Brain 2019, 142(6), 1767-1782.
  • Schumacher J, Peraza LR, Firbank M, Thomas AJ, Kaiser M, Gallagher P, O'Brien JT, Blamire AM, Taylor J-P. Dynamic functional connectivity changes in dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease. NeuroImage: Clinical 2019, 22, 101812.
  • Elder GJ, Colloby SJ, Firbank MJ, McKeith IG, Taylor J-P. Consecutive sessions of transcranial direct current stimulation do not remediate visual hallucinations in Lewy body dementia: a randomised controlled trial. Alzheimer's Research and Therapy 2019, 11(1), 9.
  • Mak E, Donaghy P, McKiernan E, Firbank M, Lloyd J, Petrides G, Thomas A, O'Brien J. Beta-amyloid deposition maps onto hippocampal and subiculum atrophy in dementia with Lewy bodies. Neurobiology of Aging 2019, 73, 74-81.
  • Cromarty RA, Schumacher J, Graziadio S, Gallagher P, Killen A, Firbank MJ, Blamire A, Kaiser M, Thomas AJ, O'Brien JT, Peraza LR, Taylor J-P. Structural Brain Correlates of Attention Dysfunction in Lewy Body Dementias and Alzheimer’s Disease. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience 2018, 10, 347.
  • Firbank MJ, Parikh J, Murphy N, Killen A, Allan CL, Collerton D, Blamire AM, Taylor JP. Reduced occipital GABA in Parkinson disease with visual hallucinations. Neurology 2018, 91(7), e675-e685.
  • Minett T, Su L, Mak E, Williams G, Firbank M, Lawson RA, Yarnall AJ, Duncan GW, Owen AM, Khoo TK, Brooks DJ, Rowe JB, Barker RA, Burn D, O'Brien JT. Longitudinal diffusion tensor imaging changes in early Parkinson’s disease: ICICLE-PD study. Journal of Neurology 2018, 265(7), 1528-1539.
  • Firbank MJ, O'Brien JT, Taylor JP. Long reaction times are associated with delayed brain activity in lewy body dementia. Human Brain Mapping 2018, 39(2), 633–643.
  • Su L, Hayes L, Soteriades S, Williams G, Brain SAE, Firbank MJ, Longoni G, Arnold RJ, Rowe JB, O'Brien JT. Hippocampal stratum radiatum, lacunosum, and moleculare sparing in mild cognitive impairment. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease 2018, 61(1), 415-424.
  • Schumacher J, Peraza LR, Firbank MJ, Thomas AJ, Kaiser M, Gallagher P, O'Brien JT, Blamire AM, Taylor J-T. Functional connectivity in dementia with Lewy bodies: A within- and between-network analysis. Human Brain Mapping 2018, 39(3), 1118-1129.
  • Peraza LR, Cromarty RA, Kobeleva X, Firbank MJ, Killen A, Graziadio S, Thomas AJ, O'Brien JT, Taylor J-P. Electroencephalographic derived network differences in Lewy body dementia compared to Alzheimer’s disease patients. Scientific Reports 2018, 8, 4637.
  • Donaghy PC, Firbank MJ, Thomas AJ, Lloyd J, Petrides G, Barnett N, Olsen K, O'Brien JT. Clinical and imaging correlates of amyloid deposition in dementia with Lewy bodies. Movement Disorders 2018, 33(7), 1130-1138.
  • Vasudev A, Firbank MJ, Gati JS, Ionson E, Thomas AJ. BOLD activation of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex in patients with late life depression and comparison participants. International Psychogeriatrics 2018, 30(5), 629-634.
  • Elder GJ, Ashcroft J, da Silva Morgan K, Kulsum MU, Banerjee R, Chatterjee P, Firbank MJ, McKeith IG, Kumar H, Taylor JP. Transcranial direct current stimulation in Parkinson's disease dementia: A randomised double-blind crossover trial. Brain Stimulation 2017, 10(6), 1150-1151.
  • Mak E, Su L, Williams GB, Firbank MJ, Lawson RA, Yarnall AJ, Duncan GW, Mollenhauer B, Owen AM, Khoo TK, Brooks DJ, Rowe JB, Barker RA, Burn DJ, O'Brien JT. Longitudinal whole-brain atrophy and ventricular enlargement in nondemented Parkinson's disease. Neurobiology of Aging 2017, 55, 78-90.
  • Peraza LR, Nesbitt D, Lawson RA, Duncan GW, Yarnall AJ, Khoo TK, Kaiser M, Firbank MJ, O'Brien JT, Barker RA, Brooks DJ, Burn DJ, Taylor JP. Intra- and inter-network functional alterations in Parkinson's disease with mild cognitive impairment. Human Brain Mapping 2017, 38(3), 1702-1715.
  • Kobeleva X, Firbank M, Peraza L, Gallagher P, Thomas A, Burn DJ, O'Brien J, Taylor JP. Divergent functional connectivity during attentional processing in Lewy body dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Cortex 2017, 92, 8-18.
  • Firbank MJ, Yarnall AJ, Lawson RA, Duncan GW, Khoo TK, Petrides GS, O'Brien JT, Barker RA, Maxwell RJ, Brooks DJ, Burn DJ. Cerebral glucose metabolism and cognition in newly diagnosed Parkinson’s disease: ICICLE-PD study. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry 2017, 88(4), 310-316.
  • O'Brien JT, Gallagher P, Stow D, Hammerla N, Ploetz T, Firbank M, Ladha C, Ladha K, Jackson D, McNaney R, Ferrier IN, Olivier P. A study of wrist-worn activity measurement as a potential real-world biomarker for late-life depression. Psychological Medicine 2017, 47(1), 93-102.
  • Taylor JP, Firbank M, O'Brien JT. Visual cortical excitability in dementia with Lewy bodies. British Journal of Psychiatry 2016, 208(5), 497-498.
  • Firbank MJ, Lloyd J, O'Brien JT. The relationship between hallucinations and FDG-PET in dementia with Lewy bodies. Brain Imaging and Behavior 2016, 10(3), 636-639.
  • Vervoort G, Leunissen I, Firbank M, Heremans E, Nackaerts E, Vandenberghe W, Nieuwboer A. Structural Brain Alterations in Motor Subtypes of Parkinson's Disease: Evidence from Probabilistic Tractography and Shape Analysis. PLOS One 2016, 11, e0157743.
  • Firbank M, Kobeleva X, Cherry G, Killen A, Gallagher P, Burn DJ, Thomas AJ, O'Brien JT, Taylor JP. Neural correlates of attention-executive dysfunction in lewy body dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Human Brain Mapping 2016, 37(3), 1254-1270.
  • Firbank MJ, Watson R, Mak E, Aribisala B, Barber R, Colloby SJ, He J, Blamire AM, O'Brien JT. Longitudinal diffusion tensor imaging in dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer’s disease . Parkinsonism and Related Disorders 2016, 24, 76-80.
  • Bamford C, Olsen K, Davison C, Barnett N, Lloyd J, Williams D, Firbank M, Mason H, Donaldson C, O'Brien J. Is there a preference for PET or SPECT brain imaging in diagnosing dementia? The views of people with dementia, carers, and healthy controls. International Psychogeriatrics 2016, 28(1), 123-131.
  • Duncan GW, Firbank MJ, Yarnall AJ, Khoo TK, Brooks DJ, Barker RA, Burn DJ, O'Brien JT. Gray and white matter imaging: A biomarker for cognitive impairment in early Parkinson's disease?. Movement Disorders 2016, 31(1), 103-110.
  • Chen A, Akinyemi RO, Hase Y, Firbank MJ, Ndung'u MN, Foster V, Craggs LJL, Washida K, Okamoto Y, Thomas AJ, Polvikoski TM, Allan LM, Oakley AE, O'Brien JT, Horsburgh K, Ihara M, Kalaria RN. Frontal white matter hyperintensities, clasmatodendrosis and gliovascular abnormalities in ageing and post-stroke dementia. Brain 2016, 139(1), 242-258.
  • Elder GJ, Firbank MJ, Kumar H, Chatterjee P, Chakraborty T, Dutt A, Taylor J-P. Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation upon attention and visuoperceptual function in Lewy body dementia: a preliminary study. International Psychogeriatrics 2016, 28(02), 341-347.
  • Mak E, Su L, Williams GB, Watson R, Firbank M, Blamire A, O'Brien J. Differential Atrophy of Hippocampal Subfields: A Comparative Study of Dementia with Lewy Bodies and Alzheimer Disease. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2016, 24(2), 136-143.
  • Firbank MJ, Lloyd JJ, Williams ED, Barber R, Colloby SJ, Barnett NA, Olsen K, Davison C, Donaldson C, Herholz K, O'Brien JT. An evidence based algorithm for the utility of FDG-PET for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease according to presence of medial temporal lobe atrophy. British Journal of Psychiatry 2016, 208(5), 491-496.
  • Frisoni GB, Jack CR, Bocchetta M, Bauer C, Frederiksen KS, Liu YW, Preboske G, Swihart T, Blair M, Cavedo E, Grothe MJ, Lanfredi M, Martinez O, Nishikawa M, Portegies M, Stoub T, Ward C, Apostolova LG, Ganzola R, Wolf D, Barkhof F, Bartzokis G, DeCarli C, Csernansky JG, DeToledo-Morrell L, Geerlings MI, Kaye J, Killiany RJ, Lehericy S, Matsuda H, O'Brien J, Silbert LC, Scheltens P, Soininen H, Teipel S, Waldemar G, Fellgiebel A, Barnes J, Firbank M, Gerritsen L, Henneman W, Malykhin N, Pruessner JC, Wang L, Watson C, Wolf H, deLeon M, Pantel J, Ferrari C, Bosco P, Pasqualetti P, Duchesne S, Duvernoy H, Boccardi M, EADC-ADNI Working Grp Harmonized P, Alzheimers Dis Neuroimaging Initia. The EADC-ADNI Harmonized Protocol for manual hippocampal segmentation on magnetic resonance: Evidence of validity. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2015, 11(2), 111-125.
  • Peraza LR, Colloby SJ, Firbank MJ, Greasy SG, McKeith IG, Kaiser M, O'Brien J, Taylor JP. Resting state in Parkinson’s disease dementia and dementia with Lewy bodies: Commonalities and differences. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2015, 30(11), 1135-1146.
  • Mak E, Sua L, Williams GB, Watson R, Firbank MJ, Blamire AM, O'Brien JT. Progressive cortical thinning and subcortical atrophy in dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiology of Aging 2015, 36(4), 1743-1750.
  • Akinyemi RO, Firbank M, Ogbole GI, Allan LM, Owolabi MO, Akinyemi JO, Yusuf BP, Ogunseyinde O, Ogunniyi A, Kalaria RN. Medial temporal lobe atrophy, white matter hyperintensities and cognitive impairment among African stroke survivors. BMC Research Notes 2015, 8, 625.
  • Mak E, Su L, Williams GB, Watson R, Firbank M, Blamire AM, OBrien JT. Longitudinal assessment of global and regional atrophy rates in Alzheimer's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies. NeuroImage: Clinical 2015, 7, 456-462.
  • Bocchetta M, Boccardi M, Ganzola R, Apostolova LG, Preboske G, Wolf D, Ferrari C, Pasqualetti P, Robitaille N, Duchesne S, Jack CR, Frisoni GB, Bartzokis G, Decarli C, Detoledo-Morrell L, Fellgiebel A, Firbank M, Gerritsen L, Henneman W, Killiany RJ, Malykhin N, Pruessner JC, Soininen H, Wang L. Harmonized benchmark labels of the hippocampus on magnetic resonance: The EADC-ADNI project. Alzheimer's and Dementia 2015, 11(2), 151-160.e5.
  • Boccardi M, Bocchetta M, Apostolova LG, Barnes J, Bartzokis G, Corbetta G, DeCarli C, DeToledo-Morrell L, Firbank M, Ganzola R, Gerritsen L, Henneman W, Killiany RJ, Malykhin N, Pasqualetti P, Pruessner JC, Redolfi A, Robitaille N, Soininen H, Tolomeo D, Wang L, Watson C, Wolf H, Duvernoy H, Duchesne S, Jack CR, Frisoni GB, EADC-ADNI Working Grp Harmonized P. Delphi definition of the EADC-ADNI Harmonized Protocol for hippocampal segmentation on magnetic resonance. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2015, 11(2), 126-138.
  • Gillen R, Firbank MJ, Lloyd J, O'Brien JT. CT-based attenuation and scatter correction compared with uniform attenuation correction in brain perfusion SPECT imaging for dementia. Physics in Medicine and Biology 2015, 60(17), 6775-6787.
  • McAleese K, Firbank M, Dey M, Colloby SJ, Walker L, Johnson M, Beverley JR, Taylor JP, Thomas AJ, O'Brien JT, Attems J. Cortical tau load is associated with white matter hyperintensities. Acta Neuropathologica Communications 2015, 3, 60.
  • Erskine D, Taylor JP, Firbank MJ, Patterson L, Onofrj M, O'Brien JT, McKeith IG, Attems J, Thomas AJ, Morris CM, Khundakar AA. Changes to the lateral geniculate nucleus in Alzheimer's disease but not dementia with Lewy bodies. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology 2015, 42(4), 366–376.
  • Mak E, Su L, Williams GB, Firbank MJ, Lawson RA, Yarnall AJ, Duncan GW, Owen AM, Khoo TK, Brooks DJ, Rowe JB, Barker RA, Burn DJ, O'Brien JT. Baseline and longitudinal grey matter changes in newly diagnosed Parkinson's disease: ICICLE-PD study. Brain 2015, 138, 2974-2986.
  • Akinyemi RO, Allan L, Owolabi MO, Akinyemi JO, Ogbole G, Ajani A, Firbank M, Ogunniyi A, Kalaria RN. Profile and determinants of vascular cognitive impairment in African stroke survivors: The CogFAST Nigeria Study. Journal of the Neurological Sciences 2014, 346(1-2), 241-249.
  • Lowther ER, O'Brien JT, Firbank MJ, Blamire AM. Lewy body compared with Alzheimer dementia is associated with decreased functional connectivity in resting state networks. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging 2014, 223(3), 192-201.
  • Nombela C, Rowe JB, Winder-Rhodes SE, Hampshire A, Owen AM, Breen DP, Duncan GW, Khoo TK, Yarnall AJ, Firbank MJ, Chinnery PF, Robbins TW, O'Brien JT, Brooks DJ, Burn DJ, Barker RA, ICICLE-PD Study Grp. Genetic impact on cognition and brain function in newly diagnosed Parkinson's disease: ICICLE-PD study. Brain 2014, 137, 2743-2758.
  • Peraza LR, Kaiser M, Firbank M, Graziadio S, Bonanni L, Onofrj M, Colloby SJ, Blamire A, O'Brien J, Taylor J-P. fMRI resting state networks and their association with cognitive fluctuations in dementia with Lewy bodies. Neuroimage: Clinical 2014, 4, 558-565.
  • Yarnall AJ, Breen DP, Duncan GW, Khoo TK, Coleman SY, Firbank MJ, Nombela C, Winder-Rhodes S, Evans JR, Rowe JB, Mollenhauer B, Kruse N, Hudson G, Chinnery PF, O'Brien JT, Robbins TW, Wesnes K, Brooks DJ, Barker RA, Burn DJ, ICICLE-PD Study Group. Characterizing mild cognitive impairment in incident Parkinson disease The ICICLE-PD Study. Neurology 2014, 82(4), 308-316.
  • O'Brien JT, Firbank MJ, Davison C, Barnett N, Bamford C, Donaldson C, Olsen K, Herholz K, Williams D, Lloyd J. ¹⁸F-FDG PET and Perfusion SPECT in the Diagnosis of Alzheimer and Lewy Body Dementias. Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2014, 55(12), 1959-1965.
  • Killen AJ, Firbank MJ, Collerton D, Clarke MP, Jefferis J, Taylor J-P, McKeith IG, Mosimann U. The assessment of cognition in visually impaired older adults. Age and Ageing 2013, 42(1), 98-102.
  • Wood JS, Firbank MJ, Mosimann UP, Watson R, Barber R, Blamire AM, O'Brien JT. Testing Visual Perception in Dementia with Lewy Bodies and Alzheimer Disease. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2013, 21(6), 501-508.
  • Kenny ER, O'Brien JT, Firbank MJ, Blamire AM. Subcortical connectivity in dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease. British Journal of Psychiatry 2013, 203(3), 209-214.
  • Ford AH, Duncan GW, Firbank MJ, Yarnall AJ, Khoo TK, Burn DJ, O'Brien JT. Rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder in Parkinson's disease: Magnetic resonance imaging study. Movement Disorders 2013, 28(6), 832-836.
  • Colloby SJ, Taylor J-P, Davison CM, Lloyd JJ, Firbank MJ, McKeith IG, O'Brien JT. Multivariate spatial covariance analysis of ^99mTc-exametazime SPECT images in dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer’s disease: utility in differential diagnosis. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism 2013, 33(4), 612-618.
  • McAleese KE, Firbank M, Hunter D, Sun L, Hall R, Neal JW, Mann DM, Esiri M, Jellinger KA, O'Brien JT, Attems J. Magnetic resonance imaging of fixed post mortem brains reliably reflects subcortical vascular pathology of frontal, parietal and occipital white matter. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology 2013, 39(5), 485-497.
  • Wood JS, Watson R, Firbank MJ, Mosimann UP, Barber R, Blamire AM, O'Brien JT. Longitudinal testing of visual perception in dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer’s disease. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2013, 28(6), 567-572.
  • Tryambake D, He JB, Firbank MJ, O'Brien JT, Blamire AM, Ford GA. Intensive Blood Pressure Lowering Increases Cerebral Blood Flow in Older Subjects With Hypertension. Hypertension 2013, 61(6), 1309-1315.
  • Yu-Wai-Man C, Smith FE, Firbank MJ, Guthrie G, Guthrie S, Gorman GS, Taylor RW, Turnbull DM, Griffiths PG, Blamire AM, Chinnery PF, Yu-Wai-Man P. Extraocular Muscle Atrophy and Central Nervous System Involvement in Chronic Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia. PLoS ONE 2013, 8(9), e75048.
  • O'Donovan J, Watson R, Colloby SJ, Firbank MJ, Burton EJ, Barber R, Blamire AM, O'Brien JT. Does posterior cortical atrophy on MRI discriminate between Alzheimer's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, and normal aging?. International Psychogeriatrics 2013, 25(1), 111-119.
  • Taylor JP, Firbank MJ, He JB, Barnett N, Pearce S, Livingstone A, Vuong Q, McKeith IG, O'Brien JT. Visual cortex in dementia with Lewy bodies: magnetic resonance imaging study. British Journal of Psychiatry 2012, 200(6), 491-498.
  • Firbank MJ, Teodorczuk A, van der Flier WM, Gouw AA, Wallin A, Erkinjuntti T, Inzitari D, Wahlund LO, Pantoni L, Poggesi A, Pracucci G, Langhorne P, O'Brien JT, LADIS Grp. Relationship between progression of brain white matter changes and late-life depression: 3-year results from the LADIS study. British Journal of Psychiatry 2012, 201(1), 40-45.
  • Vasudev A, Saxby BK, O'Brien JT, Colloby SJ, Firbank MJ, Brooker H, Wesnes K, Thomas AJ. Relationship Between Cognition, Magnetic Resonance White Matter Hyperintensities, and Cardiovascular Autonomic Changes in Late-Life Depression. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2012, 20(8), 691-699.
  • Colloby SJ, Firbank MJ, He JB, Thomas AJ, Vasudev A, Parry SW, O'Brien JT. Regional cerebral blood flow in late-life depression: arterial spin labelling magnetic resonance study. British Journal of Psychiatry 2012, 200(2), 150-155.
  • Lopes MA, Firbank MJ, Widdrington M, Blamire AM, Kalaria RN, O'Brien JT. Post-stroke dementia: the contribution of thalamus and basal ganglia changes. International Psychogeriatrics 2012, 24(4), 568-576.
  • Firbank MJ, Allan LM, Burton EJ, Barber R, O'Brien JT, Kalaria RN. Neuroimaging predictors of death and dementia in a cohort of older stroke survivors. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 2012, 83(3), 263-267.
  • Colloby SJ, Firbank MJ, Thomas AJ, Vasudev A, Parry SW, O'Brien JT. White matter changes in late-life depression: A diffusion tensor imaging study. Journal of Affective Disorders 2011, 135(1-3), 216-220.
  • Taylor JP, Firbank M, Barnett N, Pearce S, Livingstone A, Mosimann U, Eyre JA, McKeith IG, O'Brien JT. Visual hallucinations in dementia with Lewy bodies: transcranial magnetic stimulation study. British Journal of Psychiatry 2011, 199(6), 492-500.
  • Colloby SJ, Vasudev A, O'Brien JT, Firbank MJ, Parry SW, Thomas AJ. Relationship of orthostatic blood pressure to white matter hyperintensities and subcortical volumes in late-life depression. British Journal of Psychiatry 2011, 199(5), 404-410.
  • Narayan SK, Saxby BK, Firbank MJ, O'Brien JT, Harrington F, McKeith IG, Hansrani M, Stansby G, Ford GA. Plasma homocysteine and cognitive decline in older hypertensive subjects. International Psychogeriatrics 2011, 23(10), 1607-1615.
  • Allan LM, Rowan EN, Firbank MJ, Thomas AJ, Parry SW, Polvikoski TM, O'Brien JT, Kalaria RN. Long term incidence of dementia, predictors of mortality and pathological diagnosis in older stroke survivors. Brain 2011, 134(12), 3716-3727.
  • Harron EC, Firbank MJ, McKenna J, McCallum HM, Mohanraj R. Evaluation of MRI Distortion Correction for Use in Radiotherapy Treatment Planning [abstract]. Clinical Oncology 2011, 23(3), S38.
  • Narayan SK, Firbank MJ, Saxby BK, Stansby G, Hansrani M, O'Brien JT, Ford GA. Elevated plasma homocysteine is associated with increased brain atrophy rates in older subjects with mild hypertension. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders 2011, 31(5), 341-348.
  • Firbank MJ, Blamire AM, Teodorczuk A, Teper E, Mitra D, O'Brien JT. Diffusion tensor imaging in Alzheimer's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging 2011, 194(2), 176-183.
  • Wood JS, Firbank MJ, Mosimann UP, Taylor JP, O'Brien JT. Development of a Novel fMRI Compatible Visual Perception Prototype Battery to Test Older People With and Without Dementia. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology 2011, 24(2), 73-83.
  • Colloby SJ, Firbank MJ, Vasudev A, Parry SW, Thomas AJ, O'Brien JT. Cortical thickness and VBM-DARTEL in late-life depression. Journal of Affective Disorders 2011, 133(1-2), 158-164.
  • Firbank MJ, He J, Blamire AM, Singh B, Danson P, Kalaria RN, O'Brien JT. Cerebral blood flow by arterial spin labeling in poststroke dementia. Neurology 2011, 76(17), 1478-1484.
  • Firbank MJ, Blamire AM, Teodorczuk A, Teper E, Burton EJ, Mitra D, O'Brien JT. High Resolution Imaging of the Medial Temporal Lobe in Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia with Lewy Bodies. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease 2010, 21(4), 1129-1140.
  • Firbank MJ, Barber R, Burton EJ, O'Brien JT. Validation of a fully automated hippocampal segmentation method on patients with dementia. Human Brain Mapping 2008, 29(12), 1442-1449.
  • Teodorczuk A, O'Brien JT, Firbank MJ, Pantoni L, Poggesi A, Erkinjuntti T, Wallin A, Wahlund L-O, Gouw A, Waldemar G, Schmidt R, Ferro JM, Chabriat H, Bazner H, Inzitari D. White matter changes and late-life depressive symptoms: Longitudinal study. British Journal of Psychiatry 2007, 191(3), 212-217.
  • Firbank MJ, Blamire AM, Krishnan MS, Teodorczuk A, English P, Gholkar A, Harrison RM, O'Brien JT. Diffusion tensor imaging in dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging 2007, 155(2), 135-145.
  • Firbank MJ, Blamire AM, Krishnan MS, Teodorczuk A, English P, Gholkar A, Harrison R, O'Brien JT. Atrophy is associated with posterior cingulate white matter disruption in dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease. NeuroImage 2007, 36(1), 1-7.
  • O'Brien JT, Firbank MJ, Krishnan MS, Van Straaten ECW, Van Der Flier WM, Petrovic K, Pantoni L, Simoni M, Erkinjuntti T, Wallin A, Wahlund L-O, Inzitari D. White matter hyperintensities rather than lacunar infarcts are associated with depressive symptoms in older people: The LADIS study. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2006, 14(10), 834-841.
  • Firbank MJ, O'Brien JT, Pakrasi S, Pantoni L, Simoni M, Erkinjuntti T, Wallin A, Wahlund L-O, van Straaten I, Inzitari D, Scheletens P, Barkhof F, Velderman AK, Nagy Z, May Z, Ovary C, Barsi P, Pataky I, Waldermar G, Garde E, Rostrup E, Ryberg C, Vogel A, Paulson O, Hejl AM, Jakobsen O, Klimkowicz A, Bosak M, Szwabowska D, Basile AM, Bartolini L, Salvatori E, Moretti M, Mascalchi M, Pracucci G, Trallori P, Jonsson M, Gustavsson K, Nordlund A, Rolstad S, Edman A, Lind K, Ekholm S, Ribbelin S, Fazekas F, Schmidt R, Trummer U, Ropele S, Petrovic K, Pihanen P, Pohjasvaaran T, Somerkoski M-M, Iiovonen E, Mantyla R, Ylikoski R, Crisby M, Ryden E, Amberla K, Bronge L, Pettersson A, Eidehall A, Bogousslavski J, Ghika J, Ferro J, Madureira S, Verdelho A, Garcia C, Morgado C, Hennerici M, Baezner H-J, Blahak C, Grass A, Fassbender K, Mielke O, Gaa J, Hirsch J, Behrens S, Wiarda Mr, Minnett T, Harrison P, Gholkar A, Chanriat H, Benoist L, Hernandez K. White matter hyperintensities and depression - Preliminary results from the LADIS study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2005, 20(7), 674-679.
  • Firbank MJ, Burn DJ, McKeith IG, O'Brien JT. Longitudinal study of cerebral blood flow SPECT in Parkinson's disease with dementia, and dementia with Lewy bodies. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2005, 20(8), 776-782.
  • Firbank MJ, Molloy S, McKeith IG, Burn DJ, O'Brien JT. Longitudinal change in 99mTcHMPAO cerebral perfusion SPECT in Parkinson's disease over one year. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 2005, 76(10), 1448-1451.
  • O'Brien JT, Firbank MJ, Mosimann UP, Burn DJ, McKeith IG. Change in perfusion, hallucinations and fluctuations in consciousness in dementia with Lewy bodies. Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging 2005, 139(2), 79-88.
  • Firbank MJ, Lloyd AJ, Ferrier N, O'Brien JT. A volumetric study of MRI signal hyperintensities in late-life depression. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2004, 12(6), 606-612.
  • Firbank MJ, Colloby SJ, Burn DJ, McKeith IG, O'Brien JT. Regional cerebral blood flow in Parkinson's disease with and without dementia. NeuroImage 2003, 20(2), 1309-1319.
  • Firbank MJ, Minett T, O'Brien JT. Changes in DWI and MRS associated with white matter hyperintensities in elderly subjects. Neurology 2003, 61(7), 950-954.
  • Firbank MJ, Harrison RM, O'Brien JT. A comprehensive review of proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy studies in dementia and Parkinson's disease. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders 2002, 14(2), 64-76.
  • Firbank MJ, Harrison RM, Williams ED, Coulthard A. Measuring extraocular muscle volume using dynamic contours. Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2001, 19(2), 257-265.
  • Firbank MJ, Harrison RM, Williams ED, Coulthard A. Quality assurance for MRI: practical experience. British Journal of Radiology 2000, 73(868), 376-383.
  • Firbank MJ, Coulthard A. Evaluation of a technique for estimation of extraocular muscle volume using 2D MRI. British Journal of Radiology 2000, 73(876), 1282-1289.
  • Firbank MJ, Coulthard A, Harrison RM, Williams ED. Partial volume effects in MRI studies of multiple sclerosis. Magnetic Resonance Imaging 1999, 17(4), 593-601.
  • Firbank MJ, Coulthard A, Harrison RM, Williams ED. A comparison of two methods for measuring the signal to noise ratio on MR images. Physics in Medicine and Biology 1999, 44(12), N261-N264.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Peraza LR, Lawson RA, Firbank JM, Yarnall A, Duncan GW, Khoo TK, Brooks D, O'Brien JT, Barker RA, Burn D, Taylor JP. Principal component discriminant analysis of mild cognitive impairment in Parkinson’s disease reveals early functional changes in the resting state. In: Neuroinformatics 2016 INCF Conference. 2016, Reading, UK: Frontiers Media S.A.
  • Kobeleva X, Firbank MJ, Peraza LR, Taylor JP. Divergent functional network deficits during an attention-executive task in Lewy body dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. In: Neuroinformatics 2016 INCF Conference. 2016, Reading, UK: Frontiers Media S.A.
  • O'Brien J, Gallagher P, Stow D, Hammerla N, Ploetz T, Firbank M, Ladha C, Ladha K, Jackson D, McNaney R, Ferrier N, Olivier P. A study of wrist-worn activity measurement as a potential real-world biomarker for late life depression. In: 18th Annual Conference of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders & 8th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Affective Disorders. 2016, Amsterdam, Netherlands: Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Chen A, Akinyemi RO, Washida K, Foster V, Firbank MJ, Oakley AE, Okamoto Y, O'Brien JT, Allan LM, Ihara M, Kalaria RN. Frontal white matter clasmatodendrosis and cognitive dysfunction in the elderly. In: 116th Meeting of the British Neuropathological Society Institute of Child Health. 2015, London, UK: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
  • Cromarty R, Graziadio S, Colloby S, Killen A, Peraza LR, Elder G, Firbank M, Thomas A, McKeith I, O'Brien J, Taylor J-P. Electrophysiological Correlates of Attentional Dysfunction in Dementia with Lewy Bodies. In: International Dementia with Lewy Bodies Conference 2015. 2015, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA: American Journal of Neurodegenerative Disease.
  • Murphy N, Killen A, Graziadio S, Peraza LR, Firbank M, Baker M, Elder G, Thomas A, McKeith I, Rochester L, Taylor J-P. Early Bottom-Up Visual Information Processing in Hallucinating Patients with Parkinson’s Disease with Dementia: A Preliminary Visual Evoked Potential Study. In: International Dementia with Lewy Bodies Conference 2015. 2015, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA: American Journal of Neurodegenerative Disease.
  • Peraza LR, Colloby S, Firbank M, McKeith I, O'Brien J, Thomas A, Taylor J-P. Dementia with Lewy Bodies and Parkinson’s Disease Dementia Show No differences in Resting State Functional MRI. In: International Dementia with Lewy Bodies Conference 2015. 2015, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA: American Journal of Neurodegenerative Disease.
  • Mak E, Su L, Williams G, Lawson R, Yarnall A, Gordon D, Adrian O, Tien K, Brooks D, Rowe J, Barker R, Burn D, O'Brien J. Baseline and longitudinal grey matter changes in newly diagnosed Parkinson's disease: ICICLE-PD study. In: 17th IPA International. 2015, Berlin, Germany: Cambridge University Press.
  • Peraza LR, Kaiser M, Firbank M, Graziadio S, O'Brien J, Taylor J-P. Resting state fMRI brain network connectivity in dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease. In: 20th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM 2014). 2014, Hamburg, Germany: Organization for Human Brain Mapping.
  • Nesbitt D, Peraza LR, Lawson R, Yarnall A, Firbank M, Taylor J-P, Burn D. fMRI resting state connectivity in Parkinson's with mild cognitive impairment. In: Parkinson's UK Research Conference. 2014, York, UK.
  • McAleese KE, Dey M, Firbank M, McParland S, O'Brien JT, Attems J. Cortical neurodegenerative pathology has an influence on white matter integrity. In: 115th Meeting of the British Neuropathological Society. 2014, London, UK: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
  • Mactier KE, Firbank M, Kerr SJ, Newton JL, McDonald C. Cerebral Microbleeds are not associated with Physical or Cognitive Fuction in Community Dwelling Older People. In: British Geriatrics Society Communications to the Spring Meeting. 2014, Manchester, UK: Oxford University Press.
  • Duncan GW, Khoo TK, Yarnall AJ, O'Brien JT, Barker RA, Burn DJ. The impact of motor and non-motor symptoms upon health-related quality of life in early Parkinson's disease: the incidence of cognitive impairment in cohorts with longitudinal evaluation: Parkinson's Disease (ICICLE-PD) Study. In: British Geriatrics Society Spring Meeting. 2013, Belfast, Ireland: Oxford University Press.
  • Duncan GW, Firbank MJ, Yarnall AJ, Barker RA, O'Brien JT, Burn DJ. Grey Matter Correlations of Cognitive Impairment in Early Parkinson's Disease: The Incidence of Cognitive Impairment in Cohorts with Longitudinal Evaluation-Parkinson's Disease (ICICLE-PD) Study. In: Association of British Neurologists (ABN) Joint Meeting with the Royal College of Physicians (RCP). 2013, London, UK: BMJ Group.
  • Duncan GW, Firbank MJ, Yarnall AJ, Khoo TK, O'Brien JT, Barker RA, Burn DJ. Grey Matter Correlations of Cognitive Impairment in Early Parkinson's Disease: The Incidence of Cognitive Impairment In Cohorts with Longitudinal Evaluation: Parkinson's Disease (ICICLE-PD) Study. In: Age and Ageing. 2013, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Duncan GW, Firbank MJ, Yarnall AJ, Barker RA, Burn DJ. Grey matter correlations of cognitive impairment in early Parkinson's disease: the incidence of cognitive impairment in cohorts with longitudinal evaluation - Parkinson's disease (ICICLE-PD) study. In: Association of British Neurologists Annual Meeting 2013. 2013, Glasgow: Association of British Neurologists.
  • Duncan GW, Yarnall AJ, Firbank MJ, Barker RA, O'Brien JT, Burn DJ. Grey matter and CSF amyloid in early non-demented Parkinson's disease: the incidence of cognitive impairment in cohorts with longitudinal evaluation - Parkinson's disease (ICICLE-PD) study. In: Association of British Neurologists Annual Meeting 2013. 2013, Glasgow, UK: Association of British Neurologists.
  • Peraza LR, Kaiser M, Firbank M, O'Brien J, Taylor J-P. Functional connectivity in dementia with Lewy bodies: What can the resting state show about visual hallucinations in this disease?. In: BNA Conference 2013. 2013, Barbican Centre, London, UK: BNA.
  • McAleese K, Firbank M, McParland S, Attems J. Axonal degeneration secondary to cortical neurodegeneration; a potential cause for white matter lesions?. In: 114th Meeting of British Neuropathological Society. 2013, London, UK: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
  • Nombela C, Rowe J, Hampshire A, Owen A, Breen D, Khoo T, Firbank M, Yarnall A, Duncan G, O'Brien J, Burn D, Brooks D, Barker R. Spatial planning ability in early stage Parkinson’s disease patients (ICICLE-PD). In: The Movement Disorders Society 16th International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders. 2012, Dublin, Ireland.
  • McAleese KE, Firbank M, Johnson M, Walker L, Hunter D, Sun L, Hall R, O'Brien JT, Attems J. Magnetic resonance imaging detects subcortical vascular pathology in post mortem brains. In: 113th Meeting of the British Neuropathological Society. 2012, London, UK.
  • McAleese KE, Firbank M, Johnson M, Walker L, Hunter D, Sun L, Hall R, O'Brien JT, Attems J. Magnetic resonance imaging detects subcortical vascular pathology in post mortem brains. In: 10th European Congress of Neuropathology. 2012, Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • Kobeleva X, Firbank M, Taylor JP. Localisation of attentional function in Lewy body dementia. In: 16th Congress of the EFNS. 2012, Stockholm, Sweden: Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Watson R, O'Brien J, Blamire A, Barber R, Wood J. White matter changes in dementia with Lewy bodies: A diffusion tensor imaging study. In: International Psychogeriatrics: 15th International Congress on International Psychogeriatric Association Reinventing Aging through Innovation. 2011, The Hague, Netherlands: Cambridge University Press.

• Letters

  • McDonald C, Firbank M, Pearce M, Blamire AM, Newton JL, Kerr S. Symptoms During Carotid Sinus Massage, Not Hemodynamic Change, Are Associated with White Matter Hyperintensity Volume on Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2014, 62(10), 1988-1989.
  • Taylor JP, Firbank M, O'Brien J. Occipital transcranial magnetic stimulation in dementia with Lewy bodies Reply. British Journal of Psychiatry 2012, 200(4), 345-346.

• Note

  • Vignando M, Ffytche D, Lewis SJG, Lee PH, Chung SJ, Weil RS, Hu MT, Mackay CE, Griffanti L, Pins D, Dujardin K, Jardri R, Taylor J-P, Firbank M, McAlonan G, Mak HKF, Ho SL, Mehta MA. Erratum: Author Correction: Mapping brain structural differences and neuroreceptor correlates in Parkinson's disease visual hallucinations (Nature communications (2022) 13 1 (519)). Nature communications 2022, 13, 971.

• Reviews

  • Pasquini J, Firbank MJ, Ceravolo R, Silani V, Pavese N. Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging Microstructural Abnormalities in Multiple System Atrophy: A Comprehensive Review. Movement Disorders 2022, 37(10), 1963-1984.
  • Duncan GW, Firbank MJ, O'Brien JT, Burn DJ. Magnetic resonance imaging: A biomarker for cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease?. Movement Disorders 2013, 28(4), 425-438.
  • Sinha N, Firbank M, O'Brien JT. Biomarkers in dementia with Lewy bodies: a review. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2012, 27(5), 443-453.