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Alistair Burns

Researcher at University of Manchester

Publications -  463
Citations -  43914

Alistair Burns is an academic researcher from University of Manchester. The author has contributed to research in topics: Dementia & Randomized controlled trial. The author has an hindex of 88, co-authored 457 publications receiving 38035 citations. Previous affiliations of Alistair Burns include University of Texas Medical Branch & Johns Hopkins University.

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Consensus guidelines for the clinical and pathologic diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) Report of the consortium on DLB international workshop

TL;DR: This work identified progressive disabling mental impairment progressing to dementia as the central feature of DLB, and identified optimal staining methods for each of these and devised a protocol for the evaluation of cortical LB frequency based on a brain sampling procedure consistent with CERAD.
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Correlation of cholinergic abnormalities with senilee plaques and mental test scores in senile dementia

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined brain tissue from normal (control) patients and patients with depression and dementia for activities of various cholinergic components, and these related to the degree of senile plaque formation and extent of intellectual impairment.
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Observations on the brains of demented old people. B.E. Tomlinson, G. Blessed and M. Roth, Journal of the Neurological Sciences (1970) 11, 205–242; (1968) 7, 331–356

TL;DR: This is a series in which key papers in old age psychiatry are presented with an introduction, commentary by the original author and current update by someone working in the field.