Newcastle Magnetic Resonance Centre

Projects

Projects list here with keywords "Current"

Current Research Projects

  • An international natural history study of dysferlinopathy
    Project Leader(s): Professor Kate Bushby/Professor Volker Straub
    Project Dates: From September 2012 to August 2017
  • An open-label multicenter, multinational extension study of the long-term safety and pharmacokinetics of repeated biweekly infusions of neoGAA in patients with Pompe disease
    Project Leader(s): Professor Volker Straub
    Project Dates: From February 2014
  • BLISS – Bipolar Lithium Imaging Structure and Spectroscopy
    Project Leader(s): Dr David Cousins
    Project Dates: From May 2015
  • Comparative Neuroimaging of Auditory and Cross-sensory Perception
    Project Leader(s): Dr. Christopher Petkov and Dr. Quoc Vuong
  • Effect of aerobic exercise on cardiac function and movement in people with mitochondrial disease- Project Summary
    Project Leader(s): Dr M I Trenell, Professor Doug Turnbull, Dr Grainne Gorman and Jane Newman
    Project Dates: to November 2012
  • fMRI Study of Category-Based Inductive Reasoning
    Project Leader(s): Dr Amy Crisp
  • Highly accelerated quantitative MRI of skeletal and cardiac muscle
    Project Leader(s): Dr Kieren Hollingsworth
  • Improving the effectiveness of exercise in clinical care; a randomised trial of goal orientated vs standard care advice on exercise in sedentary people
    Project Leader(s): Dr Mike Trenell
  • Increased physical activity and glucose control: Developing a framework for clinical application in Type 2 diabetes.
    Project Leader(s): Dr Mike Trenell and Professor Roy Taylor
  • Investigating the effects of amphetamine on neuropsychological and neuroimaging parameters in the normal human brain and the interaction with Lithium
    Project Leader(s): Dr David Cousins
  • New MR Techniques for the detection of CNS and Repair
    Project Leader(s): Professor Andrew Blamire
  • Paried VNS for upper limb function after stroke
    Project Leader(s): Dr Anand Dixit
  • Remission of type 2 diabetes with Total Diet Replacement and long-term maintenance, within routine NHS care (DiRECT – Diabetes REmission Clinical Trial).
    Project Leader(s): Professor Roy Taylor
    Project Dates: From April 2014
  • Targeting the Rheumatoid Arthritis synovial fibroblast via cyclin dependent kinase inhibition - an early phase trial (TRAFIC)
    Project Leader(s): Professor John Isaacs
  • The dynamics of postprandial lipid and carbohydrate interaction in liver and muscle of normal and diabetic subjects
    Project Leader(s): Professor Roy Taylor
  • The Nature of Brain Changes in the Progression of Bipolar Disorder
    Project Leader(s): Dr Pablo Najt
  • Reducing pathology in Alzheimers Disease through Angiotensin TaRgeting (RADAR)
    Project Leader(s): Professor Alan Thomas
  • Imaging lung ventilation by MRI of fluorocarbon gases
    Project Leader(s): Dr Peter Thelwall
  • Bipolar Lithium Imaging Structure and Spectroscopy (BLISS)
    Project Leader(s): Dr David Cousins
  • MR Imaging in genetic muscle disease
    Project Leader(s): Professor Volker Straub
  • Early Valve Replacement guided by Biomarkers of Left Ventricular Decompensation in Asymptomatic Patients with Advanced Aortic Stenosis (EvoLVed)
    Project Leader(s): Dr Vijay Kunadian
  • Non-invasive quantitative ventilation imaging by MRI of fluorocarbon gases-gas imaging (LIFT)
    Project Leader(s): Dr Pete Thelwall
  • A Phase 2a, Double Blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, 28 day, Two-arm, Parallel Group Study of A0001 in Patients with the A3243G Mitochondrial DNA Point Mutation and Evidence of Impaired Mitochondrial Function
    Project Leader(s): Professor Patrick Chinnery
  • Neuroimaging of evolutionary precursors to language
    Project Leader(s): Dr Chris Petkov
  • The impact of attention on the neuronal mechanisms of adaptation
    Project Leader(s): Dr Chris Petkov
    Project Dates: From July 2012 to June 2015
  • Exploring how sight and sound interact in recognition
    Project Leader(s): Dr Quoc Vuong
    Project Dates: From November 2011