Newcastle University

Projects

• Cognitive Function After Stroke (COGFAST) study
  Project Leader(s): Professor Raj N Kalaria

• Bates T, DuPlessis D, Polvikoski T, Sloan P, McQueen A, Meikle D, Kelly C, Robinson M. Ganglioneuroblastic transformation in olfactory neuroblastoma. Head and Neck Pathology 2012, 6(1), 150-155.
• Gemmell E, Bosomworth H, Allan L, Hall R, Khundakar A, Oakley AE, Deramecourt V, Polvikoski TM, O'Brien JT, Kalaria RN. Hippocampal Neuronal Atrophy and Cognitive Function in Delayed Poststroke and Aging-Related Dementias. Stroke 2012, 43(3), 808-814.
• Sarkozy A, Polvikoski T, Eagle M, Lochmuller H, Bushby K, Straub V. Progressive core myopathy with dilated cardiomyopathy, respiratory failure and severe scoliosis caused by a novel mutation in the MYH7 gene. In: 17th International Congress of the World Muscle Society (WMS). 2012, Perth, Australia: Elsevier Ltd.
• 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), 3713-3724.
• Wilson BT, Douglas SF, Polvikoski T. Astrocytoma in a Breast Cancer Lineage: Part of the BRCA2 Phenotype?. Journal of Clinical Oncology 2010, 28(30), E596-E598.
• Mäkitie L, Kanerva K, Polvikoski T, Paetau A, Andersson L. Brain neurons express ornithine decarboxylase-activating antizyme inhibitor 2 with accumulation in Alzheimer's disease. Brain Pathology 2010, 20(3), 571-580.
• Ahtiluoto S, Polvikoski T, Peltonen M, Solomon A, Tuomilehto J, Winblad B, Sulkava R, Kivipelto M. Diabetes, Alzheimer disease, and vascular dementia: A population-based neuropathologic study. Neurology 2010, 75(13), 1195-1202.
• Kalaria RN, Kenny RA, Ballard CG, Perry R, Ince P, Polvikoski T. Towards defining the neuropathological substrates of vascular dementia. In: 1st Congress of the International Society for Vascular Behavioural and Cognitive Disorders (VAS-COG 2003). 2004, Goteborg, Sweden: Journal of the Neurological Sciences: Elsevier.
• Myllykangas L, Polvikoski T, Reunanen K, Wavrant-de Vrieze F, Ellis C, Hernandez D, Sulkava R, Kontula K, Verkkoniemi A, Notkola I-L, Hardy J, Pérez-Tur J, Haltia M, Tienari PJ. ApoE ε3-Haplotype Modulates Alzheimer's Beta-Amyloid Deposition in the Brain. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics 2002, 114(3), 288-291.
• Myllykangas L, Polvikoski T, Sulkava R, Notkola I-L, Rastas S, Verkkoniemi A, Tienari PJ, Niinistö L, Hardy J, Pérez-Tur J, Kontula K, Haltia M. Association of lipoprotein lipase Ser447Ter polymorphism with brain infarction: a population-based neuropathological study. Annals of Medicine 2001, 33(7), 486-492.
• Polvikoski T, Sulkava R, Myllykangas L, Notkola IL, Niinisto L, Verkkoniemi A, Kainulainen K, Kontula K, Pérez-Tur J, Hardy J, Haltia M. Prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease in very elderly people: a prospective neuropathological study. Neurology 2001, 56(12), 1690-1696.