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Nicholas Firth

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[HTML][HTML] Uncovering the heterogeneity and temporal complexity of neurodegenerative diseases with Subtype and Stage Inference

…, NP Oxtoby, M Bocchetta, K Yong, NC Firth… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The heterogeneity of neurodegenerative diseases is a key confound to disease understanding
and treatment development, as study cohorts typically include multiple phenotypes on …

Progression of regional grey matter atrophy in multiple sclerosis

A Eshaghi, RV Marinescu, AL Young, NC Firth… - Brain, 2018 - academic.oup.com
See Stankoff and Louapre (doi: 10.1093/brain/awy114 ) for a scientific commentary on this
article. Grey matter atrophy is present from the earliest stages of multiple sclerosis, but its …

Plane of best fit: a novel method to characterize the three-dimensionality of molecules

NC Firth, N Brown, J Blagg - Journal of chemical information and …, 2012 - ACS Publications
We describe a computational method, plane of best fit (PBF), to quantify and characterize the
3D character of molecules. This method is rapid and amenable to analysis of large diverse …

Longitudinal neuroanatomical and cognitive progression of posterior cortical atrophy

NC Firth, S Primativo, RV Marinescu, TJ Shakespeare… - Brain, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Posterior cortical atrophy is a clinico-radiological syndrome characterized by progressive
decline in visual processing and atrophy of posterior brain regions. With the majority of cases …

Aging related cognitive changes associated with Alzheimer's disease in Down syndrome

NC Firth, CM Startin, R Hithersay… - Annals of Clinical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Individuals with Down syndrome ( DS ) have an extremely high genetic risk for
Alzheimer's disease ( AD ), however, the course of cognitive decline associated with …

[HTML][HTML] Eyetracking metrics in young onset Alzheimer's disease: a window into cognitive visual functions

IM Pavisic, NC Firth, S Parsons, DM Rego… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Young onset Alzheimer’s disease (YOAD) is defined as symptom onset before the age of 65
years and is particularly associated with phenotypic heterogeneity. Atypical presentations, …

An image‐based model of brain volume biomarker changes in Huntington's disease

…, NP Oxtoby, RV Marinescu, NC Firth… - Annals of clinical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Determining the sequence in which Huntington's disease biomarkers become
abnormal can provide important insights into the disease progression and a quantitative tool for …

MOARF, an integrated workflow for multiobjective optimization: implementation, synthesis, and biological evaluation

NC Firth, B Atrash, N Brown, J Blagg - Journal of chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
We describe the development and application of an integrated, multiobjective optimization
workflow (MOARF) for directed medicinal chemistry design. This workflow couples a rule-…

Sequences of cognitive decline in typical Alzheimer's disease and posterior cortical atrophy estimated using a novel event‐based model of disease progression

NC Firth, S Primativo, E Brotherhood… - Alzheimer's & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction This work aims to characterize the sequence in which cognitive deficits appear
in two dementia syndromes. Methods Event‐based modeling estimated fine‐grained …

[HTML][HTML] Conceptualising and understanding artistic creativity in the dementias: Interdisciplinary approaches to research and practise

PM Camic, SJ Crutch, C Murphy, NC Firth… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Creativity research has a substantial history in psychology and related disciplines; one
component of this research tradition has specifically examined artistic creativity. Creativity …