Research outputs
Selected research outputs
- Para-infectious brain injury in COVID-19 persists at follow-up despite attenuated cytokine and autoantibody responses (Journal article - 2023)
- Pulmonary SARS-CoV-2 infection leads to para-infectious immune activation in the brain (Journal article - 2024)
2025
Viral Infection and the Blood-Brain Barrier: Molecular Research Insights and Therapies
Boardman, S. A., Hetherington, C., Hughes, T., Cook, C., Galea, I., Hilton, O., . . . Michael, B. D. (2025). Viral Infection and the Blood-Brain Barrier: Molecular Research Insights and Therapies. JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 232(6), 1273-1282. doi:10.1093/infdis/jiaf455
International evaluation of the SEIZUre Risk in Encephalitis (SEIZURE) score for predicting acute seizure risk
Hughes, T., Venkatesan, A., Hetherington, C., Egbe, F. N., Netravathi, M., Thakur, K. T., . . . Michael, B. D. (2025). International evaluation of the SEIZUre Risk in Encephalitis (SEIZURE) score for predicting acute seizure risk. BMJ Open, 15(12), e099451. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2025-099451
227 Protein biomarkers of neuroglial injury and inflammation in herpes simplex virus encephalitis
Franklyn, E., Cordelia, D., Claire, H., Sarah, B., Benedict, M., & Mark, E. (2025). 227 Protein biomarkers of neuroglial injury and inflammation in herpes simplex virus encephalitis. In 227 Protein biomarkers of neuroglial injury and inflammation in herpes simplex virus encephalitis (pp. A70.1-A70). BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. doi:10.1136/jnnp-2025-abn.227
Cytokines of the Interleukin-1 superfamily and Interleukin-6 are associated with neuroinflammation and brain injury in Herpes Simplex Virus Encephalitis
The International BNA <i>2025</i> Festival of Neuroscience
The International BNA <i>2025</i> Festival of Neuroscience (2025). In Brain and Neuroscience Advances Vol. 9. SAGE Publications. doi:10.1177/23982128251339668
Post-hospitalisation COVID-19 cognitive deficits at one year are global and associated with elevated brain injury markers and grey matter volume reduction.
Wood, G. K., Sargent, B. F., Ahmad, Z. -U. -A., Tharmaratnam, K., Dunai, C., Egbe, F. N., . . . Leek, E. C. (2024). Post-hospitalisation COVID-19 cognitive deficits at one year are global and associated with elevated brain injury markers and grey matter volume reduction.. Nature medicine. doi:10.1038/s41591-024-03309-8
2024
Pulmonary SARS-CoV-2 infection leads to para-infectious immune activation in the brain
Dunai, C., Hetherington, C., Boardman, S. A., Clark, J. J., Sharma, P., Subramaniam, K., . . . Michael, B. D. (2024). Pulmonary SARS-CoV-2 infection leads to para-infectious immune activation in the brain. Frontiers in Immunology, 15. doi:10.3389/fimmu.2024.1440324
2023
Para-infectious brain injury in COVID-19 persists at follow-up despite attenuated cytokine and autoantibody responses
Michael, B. D., Dunai, C., Needham, E. J., Tharmaratnam, K., Williams, R., Huang, Y., . . . Menon, D. K. (2023). Para-infectious brain injury in COVID-19 persists at follow-up despite attenuated cytokine and autoantibody responses. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 14(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-023-42320-4