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
Brain Perivascular Space Morphometry Reflects Shared Familial Microvascular Architecture and Neuropsychiatric Influences
StrokeContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.126.055378
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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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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Homocysteine, antioxidant micronutrients and late onset dementia
European Journal of Nutrition, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 277-285Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-013-0526-6
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