Publications, presentations and abstracts

Papers/book sections:

Brooks, J., Bimson, W., Roberts, N. and Nurmikko, T., Functional magnetic resonance imaging of capsaicin-induced thermal hyperalgesia. In: J. Dostrovsky, D. Carr and M. Koltzenburg (Eds.), Proceedings of the 10th World Congress on Pain, Vol. 24, IASP Press, Seattle, 2003, pp. 295-304 (an internval copy of the paper can be downloaded)

Brooks, J., Nurmikko, T., Bimson, W., Singh, K. and Roberts, N., fMRI of thermal pain: effects of stimulus laterality and attention, Neuroimage, 15 (2002) 293-301. (download)

Brooks, J.C., Roberts, N., Kemp, G.J., Gosney, M.A., Lye, M. and Whitehouse, G.H., A proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study of age-related changes in frontal lobe metabolite concentrations, Cereb Cortex, 11 (2001) 598-605. (download)

Brooks, J.C., Roberts, N., Whitehouse, G. and Majeed, T., Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy and morphometry of the hippocampus in chronic fatigue syndrome, Br J Radiol, 73 (2000) 1206-8.

Brooks, J.C.W., Roberts, N., Kemp, G.J., Martin, P.A. and Whitehouse, G.H., Magnetic resonance imaging based compartmentation and its application to measuring metabolite concentrations in the frontal lobe, Magn. Reson. Med., 41 (1999) 883-888.

Keevil, S.F., Barbiroli, B., Brooks, J.C., Cady, E.B., Canese, R., Carlier, P., Collins, D.J., Gilligan, P., Gobbi, G., Hennig, J., Kügel, H., Leach, M.O., Metzler, D., Mlynárik, V., Moser, E., Newbold, M.C., Payne, G.S., Ring, P., Roberts, J.N., Rowland, I.J., Thiel, T., Tkác, I., Topp, S., Wittsack, H.J., Podo, F. and et, a., Absolute metabolite quantification by in vivo NMR spectroscopy: II. A multicentre trial of protocols for in vivo localised proton studies of human brain, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 16 (1998) 1093-106.


Presentations:

J.C.W. Brooks, W.E. Bimson, N. Roberts, T.J. Nurmikko. Imaging the Human Heat/Capsaicin Model of Neuropathic Pain: An fMRI study. Oral presentation (#651) at 11th Annual Meeting of International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Toronto (July, 2003)

J.C.W. Brooks, T.J. Nurmikko, M. Duncan, W.E. Bimson, N. Roberts. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) of Capsaicin Induced Thermal Hyperalgesia. British Chapter of the Pain Society Meeting, York (April, 2002). (Awarded 3nd prize for best poster/oral presentation)

J.C.W. Brooks, T.J. Nurmikko, K.D. Singh, N. Roberts. Attention to painful thermal stimuli activates specific regions of insular cortex. British Chapter of the Pain Society Meeting, York (March, 2001). (Awarded 2nd prize for best poster/oral presentation)


Selected abstracts:

J.C.W. Brooks, N. Roberts, G.J. Kemp, M.A. Gosney, V. Spark, M. Lye and G.H. Whitehouse. Age-related decrease in NAA concentration and NAA/Creatine ratio revealed by single voxel 1H-MRS and compartmentation analysis in fifty subjects. Abstract #1399 in Proceedings of the 7th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Philadelphia (May 1999)

J.C.W. Brooks, K.D. Singh, T.J. Nurmikko, W.E. Bimson and N. Roberts. Attentional modulation of neuronal activity in response to painful thermal stimuli: an fMRI group study. Abstract #869, 6th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, San Antonio (June, 2000)

J.C.W. Brooks, T.J. Nurmikko, K.D. Singh, N. Roberts. Attention to painful thermal stimuli activates specific regions of insular cortex. Abstract #867, 7th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Brighton (2001)

J.C.W. Brooks, V. Sluming, M.A. Howard, G. Cox, N. Roberts. fMRI reveals differences between musicians and non-musicians during mental rotation and lexical processing tasks. Abstract #386, 7th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Brighton (2001)

J.C.W. Brooks, G.J. Kemp, M.A. Gosney, M. Lye, N. Roberts. An MRS study of age-related changes in the neuronal marker N-acetyl aspartate. Abstract #973, 7th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Brighton (2001)

J.C.W. Brooks, T.J. Nurmikko, W.E. Bimson, N. Roberts. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) Studies of Thermosensation and Nociception Using Graded Thermal Stimuli. Abstract #87, British Chapter of the Pain Society Meeting, York (April, 2002)

V.A. Sluming, J.C.W. Brooks, M.A. Howard, G. Cox, N. Roberts. Broca’s Area is More Efficient during Semantic Processing in Male Symphony Orchestra Musicians than in Non-Musicians: Evidence from fMRI. Abstract #1484, 10th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Honolulu (May 2002)

J.C.W. Brooks, V.A. Sluming, M.A. Howard, G. Cox, N. Roberts. Differences in Cortical Recruitment Between Male Symphony Orchestra Musicians and Non-Musicians During 3D Mental Rotation Task Revealed by fMRI. Abstract #1501 10th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Honolulu (May 2002)

J.C.W. Brooks, T.J. Nurmikko, W.E. Bimson, N. Roberts. fMRI Studies of Thermosensation and Nociception Using Graded Thermal Stimuli. Abstract #1508 10th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Honolulu (May 2002)

T.J. Nurmikko, J.C.W. Brooks, W.E. Bimson, N. Roberts. Functional magnetic resonance imaging of capsaicin induced thermal hyperalgesia. Abstract #1114 10th World Congress on Pain, San Diego (August 2002)

J.C.W. Brooks, T.J. Nurmikko, W.E. Bimson, N. Roberts. fMRI Studies of Thermosensation and Nociception Using Graded Thermal Stimuli. Abstract #1113 10th World Congress on Pain, San Diego (August 2002)

J.C.W. Brooks, W.E. Bimson, N. Roberts, T.J. Nurmikko. Imaging the Human Heat/Capsaicin Model of Neuropathic Pain: An fMRI study. Oral presentation (#651) at 11th Annual Meeting of International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Toronto (July, 2003)