FRSE
Emeritus Professor
- About
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- Email Address
- alison.murray@abdn.ac.uk
- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Biography
Professor Emerita (Radiology) with expertise in brain MRI correlates of cognitive ageing in the Aberdeen Birth Cohorts and in molecular brain imaging in TauRx clinical trials of novel therapeutics in Alzheimer's disease.
Consultant radiologist then honorary consultant NHS Grampian (1995-2020) with expertise in neuroradiology and molecular imaging.
Qualifications
- MB ChB (Hons) Medicine1985 - University of Aberdeen
- MRCP Medicine1988 - Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow
- FRCR Radiology1992 - Royal College of Radiologists UK
- PhD Medical Sciences2013 - University of Aberdeen
PhD Thesis November 2012 “Brain white matter hyperintensities: Correlates in normal ageing and relevance in Alzheimer’s disease.” Successfully defended January 2013
External Memberships
Fellow and council member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Chairperson Roland Sutton Academic Trust
Treasurer and Trustee Campaign for Evidence Based Healthcare
Trustee TENOVUS Scotland (Grampian Highlands and Islands)
Volunteer North-East Scotland Coastal Trust
Latest Publications
The Influence of Birth Weight, Socio-Economic Status, and Adult Health on Brain Volumes during Ageing
Neuroepidemiology, vol. 59, no. 5, pp. 489-497Contributions to Journals: ArticlesFDG-PET Image Classification in Alzheimer’s Disease: from Traditional Visual Analysis to Advanced Transfer Learning
Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, vol. 59, pp. 201-208Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40385367/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13139-025-00908-2
Myelin mapping in patients with rheumatoid arthritis-related fatigue: a TBSS-MTR study of integrity
BJR Open, vol. 7, no. 1, tzaf014Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/bjro/tzaf014
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Phantom study investigating the repeatability of radiomic features with alteration of image acquisition parameters in magnetic resonance imaging
Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 19-28Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmir.2023.10.003
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The genetic basis of endometriosis and comorbidity with other pain and inflammatory conditions
Nature Genetics, vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 423-436Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-023-01323-z
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Prizes and Awards
FRSE (2017-)
- Research
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Supervision
Dr Sima Salarirad (2011) “The relative contributions of imaging biomarkers of cerebrovascular and Alzheimer’s diseases to cognitive ageing”
Dr Moses Olufemi Sokunbi (2011) “Functional MRI entropy measurements of brain complexity”
Dr Ivan Roijals Miras (2012) “Information processing speed and information flow in the ageing brain”
Dr Dorota Chapko (2016) “Life-course determinants of resilience to cognitive ageing”
Dr Maryam Hashim (2016) 3rd supervisor “Optimisation of MRI for neuroimaging in inflammatory diseases”
Dr Maria Goni (2018) 3rd supervisor “Imaging correlates of fatigue in inflammatory disease”
Dr Clarisse De Vries – (2020) “Early life and life-course predictors of brain entropy and functional connectivity.
Dr Jennifer Waymont (2020) “Automated detection of brain lesions in the Aberdeen Children of the 1950s and analysis of lifecourse determinants”
Dr Shaun Stone (2021) “Prediction models of dementia risk from brain MR images and proxies of cognitive reserve”
Dr Mina Kherzian (2021) “Investigating the role of polypharmacy in brain ageing, and cognitive, physical and emotional impairment in three well characterised cohort studies in Aberdeen”
Dr Shailendra Mohan Tripathi (2021) “Machine learning in classification of Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis and response to treatment”
- Publications
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Picture quiz: The role of neuroimaging in dementia
Imaging, vol. 23, no. 1, 20120012Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1259/img.20120012
What is the role of neuroimaging in dementia
Imaging, vol. 23, no. 1, 20120015Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1259/img.20120015
Variance in brain volume with advancing age: implications for defining the limits of normality
PloS ONE, vol. 8, no. 12, e84093Contributions to Journals: ArticlesClinical relevance and practical implications of trials of perfusion and angiographic imaging in patients with acute ischaemic stroke: a multicentre cohort imaging study
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, vol. 84, no. 9, pp. 1001-1007Contributions to Journals: ArticlesFatigue-related brain white matter changes in granulomatosis with polyangiitis
Rheumatology, vol. 52, no. 8, pp. 1429-1434Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/ket135
Age-, gender-, and socioeconomic status-specific incidence of Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism in North East Scotland: The PINE study
Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 515-521Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parkreldis.2013.01.014
Depressive symptoms in late life and cerebrovascular disease: the importance of intelligence and lesion location
Depression and Anxiety, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 77-84Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/da.22022
Genetic and environmental factors in late onset dementia: possible role for early parental death
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 75-81Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.3792
Interview: Imaging in cognitive aging and dementia
Imaging in Medicine, vol. 4, no. 6, pp. 601-604Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2217/iim.12.64
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Imaging Approaches for Dementia
American Journal of Neuroradiology, vol. 33, no. 11, pp. 1836-1844Contributions to Journals: Literature Reviews- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A2782
Brain structural complexity and life course cognitive change
Neuroimage, vol. 61, no. 3, pp. 694-701Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.03.088
Do brain image databanks support understanding of normal ageing brain structure?: A systematic review
European Radiology, vol. 22, no. 7, pp. 1385-1394Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-012-2392-7
Anticholinergic drugs in late life: adverse effects on cognition but not on progress to dementia
Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 253-261Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-2012-110935
Childhood socioeconomic status and adult brain size: Childhood socioeconomic status influences adult hippocampal size
Annals of Neurology, vol. 71, no. 5, pp. 653-660Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ana.22631
Brain lesions, hypertension and cognitive aging in the 1921 and 1936 Aberdeen birth cohorts
Age, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 451-459Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11357-011-9233-5
Preface to Neuroimaging Clinics of North America: Imaging in Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias
Neuroimaging Clinics of North America, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. xiii-xivContributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nic.2011.12.001
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Imaging in Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias
Vol. 22, ElsevierBooks and Reports: BooksThe balance between cognitive reserve and brain imaging biomarkers of cerebrovascular and Alzheimer's diseases
Brain, vol. 134, no. 12, pp. 3687-3696Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awr259
Inter-individual differences in fMRI entropy measurements in old age
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 58, no. 11, pp. 3206-3214Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TBME.2011.2164793
Partial recovery from amnesia following bilateral surgical fornix transection is correlated with cortical plasticity
British Journal of Neurosurgery, vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 658-661Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/02688697.2011.584982
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3109/02688697.2011.584982
Regional cerebral blood flow and aberrant motor behaviour in Alzheimer's disease
Behavioural Brain Research, vol. 222, no. 2, pp. 375-379Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2011.04.003
Childhood intelligence and brain white matter hyperintensities predict fluid intelligence age 78-81 years: a 1921 Aberdeen birth cohort study
Age and Ageing, vol. 40, no. 5, pp. 562-567Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afr065
How the 1932 and 1947 mental surveys of Aberdeen schoolchildren provide a framework to explore the childhood origins of late onset disease and disability
Maturitas, vol. 69, no. 4, pp. 365-372Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2011.05.010
Cerebellar brain volume accounts for variance in cognitive performance in older adults
Cortex, vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 441-450Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2010.01.001
The cerebral blood flow correlates of emotional facial processing in mild Alzheimer's disease
Neuroscience & Medicine, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 6-13Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.4236/nm.2011.21002
Between- and within-scanner variability in the CaliBrain study n-back cognitive task
Psychiatry Research, vol. 184, no. 2, pp. 86-95Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.08.010
Brain volume and survival from age 78 to 85: the contribution of Alzheimer-type magnetic resonance imaging findings
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol. 58, no. 4, pp. 688-695Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02765.x
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) reproducibility and variance components across visits and scanning sites with a finger tapping task
Neuroimage, vol. 49, no. 1, pp. 552-560Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.07.026
ESMRMB 2009 Congress, Antalya, Turkey, 1–3 October: Abstracts, Friday: Reproducibility of hippocampus and amygdala volume measures using the FSL tool FIRST: a multi centre perspective
Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 157-158Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10334-009-0176-0
Approximate entropy fMRI differences associated with cognitive decline
Neuroimage, vol. 47, no. Supplement 1, pp. S102Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1053-8119(09)70883-3
Shape analysis of 123I-N-ω-fluoropropyl-2-β-carbomethoxy-3β-(4-iodophenyl) nortropane single-photon emission computed tomography images in the assessment of patients with parkinsonian syndromes
Nuclear Medicine Communications, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 194-201Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/MNM.0b013e328314b863
White matter lesions and endothelial dysfunction measured by pulse wave analysis
Geriatrics and Gerontology International, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 209-211Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1447-0594.2008.00472.x
Imaging in Dementia
Imaging, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 133-141Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1259/imaging/28118218
Increased sensitivity after repeated stimulation of residual spatial channels in blindsight
PNAS, vol. 103, no. 40, pp. 14971-14976Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/PNAS.0607073103
- [ONLINE] Link to article in PMC
Identifying observational studies of surgical interventions in MEDLINE and EMBASE
BMC Medical Research Methodology, vol. 6, 41Contributions to Journals: ArticlesGenerality and specificity in cognitive aging: a volumetric brain analysis
Neuroimage, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 1433-1440Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.11.004
Neural mechanisms of imitation and ‘mirror neuron’ functioning in autistic spectrum disorder
Neuropsychologia, vol. 44, no. 4, pp. 610-621Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2005.06.010
The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer: Systematic reviews and economic evaluation
Southampton, United Kingdom: NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme. 162 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsIs chest radiography triage in the investigation of suspected pulmonary embolism helpful?
Nuclear Medicine Communications, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 297Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA55 A rCBF study of hallucinations in dementia.
Nuclear Medicine Communications, vol. 27, no. 3, 295Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/00006231-200603000-00066
Femoral head viability after birmingham resurfacing hip arthroplasty: Assessment with use of [F-18] fluoride positron emission tomography
Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery (US Volume), vol. 88A, no. Suppl 3, pp. 84-89Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.F.00877
Practical Nuclear Medicine
Springer Verlag. 382 pagesBooks and Reports: Books- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b136183
The Brain, Salivary and Lacrimal Glands
Practical Nuclear Medicine. Sharp, P. F., Gemmell, H. G., Murray, A. D. (eds.). 3rd edition. Springer Verlag, pp. 231-244, 15 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersBrain white matter hyperintensities: Relative importance of different vascular risk factors in non-demented elderly people
Radiology, vol. 237, no. 1, pp. 251-257Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2371041496
Isolated sulphite oxidase deficiency mimics the features of hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy
European Journal of Pediatrics, vol. 164, no. 11, pp. 655-669Contributions to Journals: ArticlesStructural white matter deficits in high-functioning individuals with autistic spectrum disorder: a voxel-based investigation
Neuroimage, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 455-461Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2004.08.049
FPCIT.net: a web based archive for use with 123I ioflupane
Nuclear Medicine Communications, vol. 26, P38Contributions to Journals: AbstractsThe Brain
Practical Nuclear Medicine. Gemmell, H., Sharp, P., Murray, A. (eds.). Springer VerlagChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersA voxel-based investigation of brain structure in male adolescents with autistic spectrum disorder
Neuroimage, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 619-625Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2004.02.029
What provides cerebral reserve?
Brain, vol. 127, no. 5, pp. 1191-1199Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awh144
Co-ordinated investigation into the possible long term health effects of diving at work. Examination of the long term health impact of diving: The ELTHI diving study. HSE Books, Research Report 230, ISBN 0717628485
Health and Safety Executive: Unknown Publisher. 91 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsExamination of the long term health impact of diving
European Journal of Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 24-25Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSpatial channels of visual processing in cortical blindness
European Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 1189-1196Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02853.x
Cerebral perfusion imaging using contrast-enhanced MRI
Clinical Radiology, vol. 58, no. 7, pp. 505-513Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0009-9260(03)00130-2
Brain white matter lesions detected by magnetic resonance imaging are associated with balance and gait speed
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, vol. 74, no. 1, pp. 94-98Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.74.1.94
A comparison of white matter hyperintensities in divers and offshore workers using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): The ELTHI Diving Study
Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine, vol. 30, pp. 225Contributions to Journals: AbstractsCerebral white matter abnormalities and lifetime cognitive change: A 67 year follow up of the Scottish Mental Survey of 1932
Psychology and Aging, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 140-148Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/0882-7974.18.1.140
Vascular dementia
The British Journal of Cardiology, vol. 10, pp. 8-14Contributions to Specialist Publications: LettersCerebral blood flow and cognitive responses to rivastigmine treatment in Alzheimer's disease
Neuroreport, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 83-87Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/00001756-200201210-00020
Dynamic contrast enhanced MRI of the axilla in women with breast cancer: comparison with pathology of excised nodes
British Journal of Radiology, vol. 75, no. 891, pp. 220-228Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPsychophysical and pupillometric study of spatial channels of visual processing in blindsight
Experimental Brain Research, vol. 143, no. 2, pp. 249-256Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-001-0989-1
The Axilla
Breast MRI in Practice. Coulthard, A., Warren, R. (eds.). 1 edition. CRC Press, pp. 119-130, 12 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersNeuropsychologic correlates of brain white matter lesions depicted on MR images: 1921 Aberdeen Birth Cohort
Radiology, vol. 221, no. 1, pp. 51-55Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1148/RADIOL.2211010086
Combined risk factors contributing to cerebral venous thrombosis in a young woman
Journal of Laryngology & Otology, vol. 115, no. 4, pp. 307-310Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1258/0022215011907262
The Central Nervous System
Grainger and Allison's Diagnostic Radiology: A Textbook of Medical Imaging. Grainger, R. G., Allison, D. J., Dixon, A. K. (eds.). 4th edition. Churchill LivingstoneChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersHMPAO SPECT imaging of Alzheimer's disease patients with similar content-specific autobiographic delusion: Comparison using statistical parametric mapping
Journal of Nuclear Medicine, vol. 41, no. 9, pp. 1451-1455Contributions to Journals: ArticlesLanguage mapping in a left handed patient with glioma using H215O positron emission tomography
Neuroimage, vol. 11, no. 5 Suppl. , pp. S321Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1053-8119(00)91253-9
Nuclear Medicine in Oncology
Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 110-119Contributions to Journals: ArticlesChanges in the rCBF images of patients with Alzheimer's disease receiving Donepezil therapy
Nuclear Medicine Communications, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 37-41Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAccuracy of T1 measurement in dynamic contrast-enhanced breast MRI using two- and three-dimensional variable flip angle fast low-angle shot
Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 163-171Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMetformin and contrast media - A dangerous combination?
Clinical Radiology, vol. 54, pp. 29-33Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMagnetic Resonance Imaging in patients with breast cancer
Rad: for Radiographers, for Radiologists, for RadiotherapistsContributions to Journals: ArticlesImaging of the axilla in breast cancer
Imaging, vol. 9, pp. 239-246Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMosby's Atlas and Text of Clinical Imaging
Mosby/Elsevier,, London. 256 pagesBooks and Reports: BooksDynamic magnetic resonance mammography of both breasts following local excision and radiotherapy for breast carcinoma
British Journal of Radiology, vol. 69, no. 823, pp. 594-600Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1259/0007-1285-69-823-594
Measurement of spin-lattice relaxation times with FLASH for dynamic MRI of the breast
British Journal of Radiology, vol. 69, no. 819, pp. 206-214Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1259/0007-1285-69-819-206
Choice of contrast enhancement index for dynamic magnetic resonance mammography
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, vol. 14, no. 9, pp. 1023-1031Contributions to Journals: ArticlesClinically suspected scaphoid fracture: a comparison of magnetic resonance imaging and bone scintigraphy
British Journal of Radiology, vol. 69, pp. 109-113Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1259/0007-1285-69-818-109
MRI of Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome: use of the short tau inversion recovery (STIR) sequence
Clinical Radiology, vol. 51, no. 11, pp. 813-815Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDirect puncture coil embolization of iatrogenic pseudoaneurysms
Journal of Interventional Radiology, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 183-186Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSelf-Assessment: Neuroradiology
Imaging, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 201-204Contributions to Journals: Articles