Principal Investigators
Professor Joanna Wardlaw, MD, FRCR, FRCP, FMedSci, FRSE
Professor of Applied Neuroimaging and Honorary Consultant Neuroradiologist
Head of Division, Neuroimaging Sciences
Director, Brain Research Imaging Centre, Edinburgh Imaging
Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
Chancellor’s Building
49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4SB, UK
Email: Joanna.Wardlaw@ed.ac.uk
Summary
Country | UK |
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Principal Investigator | Joanna Wardlaw |
Contact person (email) | Joanna.Wardlaw@ed.ac.uk |
Key publication/reference | Heye et al (2015), Heye et al (2016), Valdes Hernanadez et al (2015) |
Years in which study conducted | 2010-2015 |
Sample | |
Size | 264 |
Population: Hospital/community | Hospital |
Selection: consecutive/random | Consecutive |
Admit with previous stroke? | Yes |
Admit with TIA? | No |
Age range | Late 30s to 90s |
Number of centres | 1 |
Control group: number, population, selection | No |
Assessment | |
Initial: Time and data collected/tests administered | <2 weeks of stroke |
Detailed Subsequent (follow-ups) | 1-3 months, 1 yr, 3 yr |
Stroke-related data | YES |
Functional tests/data | MRS |
Other medical tests/data | Medical Testing |
Neuropsychological tests | Yes |
MRI scans, when and how many | Baseline, 1-3months, 1 yr |
PET scans | No |
Psychiatric exams/diagnoses | Beck Depression Index |
Intervention trialled? | Yes / No |
Further Information:
Valdés Hernández MC, Armitage PA, Thrippleton MJ, Chappell F, et al. Rationale, design and methodology of the image analysis protocol for studies of patients with cerebral small vessel disease and mild stroke, Brain and Behavior, 2015; 5(12), e00415, doi: 10.1002/brb3.415 (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/brb3.415/pdf)
Heye AK, Thrippleton MJ, Chappell FM, Valdés Hernández MD, et al. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2015 Apr 22. doi: 10.1038/jcbfm.2015.64. (http://jcb.sagepub.com/content/36/1/264.full.pdf)
Heye AK, Thrippleton MJ, Armitage PA, Valdés Hernández MD C, et al. Neuroimage. 2016 Jan 15;125:446-55. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.10.018. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4692516/)