Andrew Evans

Carer burden and behavioral disturbance is similar between younger-onset Alzheimer's disease and behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia

Matthew JY Kang, Sarah Farrand, Andrew Evans, Wei-Hsuan Chiu, Dhamidhu Eratne, Wendy Kelso, Mark Walterfang, Dennis Velakoulis, Samantha M Loi

Journal article  |  2023  |  INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOGERIATRICS

OBJECTIVES: Carer burden is common in younger-onset dementia (YOD), often due to the difficulty of navigating services often desig..

Huntington's disease: Mortality and risk factors in an Australian cohort.

Emily Sun, Matthew Kang, Pierre Wibawa, Vivian Tsoukra, Zhibin Chen, Sarah Farrand, Dhamidhu Eratne, Wendy Kelso, Andrew Evans, Mark Walterfang, Dennis Velakoulis, Samantha M Loi

Journal article  |  2022  |  J Neurol Sci

INTRODUCTION: There has not been any examination of the risk factors associated with mortality in Huntington's Disease (HD) in an ..

Cerebrospinal fluid neurofilament light and cerebral atrophy in younger-onset dementia and primary psychiatric disorders

Nirbaanjot Walia, Dhamidhu Eratne, Samantha M Loi, Sarah Farrand, Qiao-Xin Li, Charles B Malpas, Shiji Varghese, Mark Walterfang, Andrew H Evans, Shaun Parker, Steven J Collins, Colin L Masters, Dennis Velakoulis

Journal article  |  2022  |  INTERNAL MEDICINE JOURNAL

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Neurodegeneration underpins the pathological processes of younger-onset dementia (YOD) and has been implicate..

Efficacy of botulinum toxin type a in the targeted treatment of sleep bruxism: a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, cross-over study

Belinda Cruse, Thanuja Dharmadasa, Elise White, Callum Hollis, Andrew Evans, Sifat Sharmin, Tomas Kalincik, Lynette Kiers

Journal article  |  2022  |  BMJ NEUROLOGY OPEN

BACKGROUND: Intramuscular injections of botulinum toxin A (BTX-A) have been used in the treatment of sleep bruxism (SB) however co..

Clinical correlates of movement disorders in adult Niemann-Pick type C patients measured via a Personal KinetiGraph

Shaddy El-Masri, Charles B Malpas, Andrew Evans, Mark Walterfang

Journal article  |  2022  |  NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES

BACKGROUND: Niemann-Pick type C (NPC) is an autosomal recessive progressive neurodegenerative disorder caused by mutations in the ..

Carer burden and psychological distress in young-onset dementia: An Australian perspective

Matthew Kang, Sarah Farrand, Mark Walterfang, Dennis Velakoulis, Samantha M Loi, Andrew Evans

Journal article  |  2022  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY

OBJECTIVES: Carer burden in dementia is associated with poor outcomes, including early nursing home placement for people with deme..

Dysregulated Gene Expression in Lymphoblasts from Parkinson's Disease.

Sarah Jane Annesley, Claire Yvonne Allan, Oana Sanislav, Andrew Evans, Paul Robert Fisher

Journal article  |  2022  |  Proteomes

Parkinson's disease is the second largest neurodegenerative disease worldwide and is caused by a combination of genetics and envir..

Time to diagnosis in younger-onset dementia and the impact of a specialist diagnostic service

Samantha M Loi, Anita MY Goh, Ramon Mocellin, Charles B Malpas, Shaun Parker, Dhamidhu Eratne, Sarah Farrand, Wendy Kelso, Andrew Evans, Mark Walterfang, Dennis Velakoulis

Journal article  |  2022  |  INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOGERIATRICS

OBJECTIVES: While early diagnosis of younger-onset dementia (YOD) is crucial in terms of accessing appropriate services and future..

Cerebrospinal fluid Alzheimer disease biomarkers for assessing cognitive and neuropsychiatric symptoms: Expanding the 'toolkit' in the psychiatrist's diagnostic armamentarium

Dhamidhu Eratne, Qiao-Xin Li, Samantha M Loi, Mark Walterfang, Sarah Farrand, Andrew Evans, Ramon Mocellin, Colin L Masters, Steven Collins, Dennis Velakoulis

Journal article  |  2022  |  AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY

Autoimmune Encephalitis in Long-Standing Schizophrenia: A Case Report

Amy Vaux, Karen Robinson, Burcu Saglam, Nathan Cheuk, Trevor Kilpatrick, Andrew Evans, Mastura Monif

Journal article  |  2022  |  FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY

Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antibody (anti-NMDAR Ab)-mediated encephalitis is an autoimmune disorder involving the p..