Kim Jones

Attack, flare-up, or exacerbation? The terminology preferences of patients with severe asthma

Kimberley A Jones, Peter G Gibson, Janelle Yorke, Robert Niven, Amber Smith, Vanessa M McDonald

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Asthma

Background: People with severe asthma experience frequent life-threatening acute asthma events. A Lancet commission recently highl..

Age-dependent Disturbances of Neuronal and Glial Protein Expression Profiles in Areas of Secondary Neurodegeneration Post-stroke

Murielle G Kluge, Kimberley Jones, Lin Kooi Ong, Emma K Gowing, Michael Nilsson, Andrew N Clarkson, Frederick R Walker

Journal article  |  2018  |  Neuroscience

Despite the fact that approximately 80% of strokes occur in those aged over 60 years, many pre-clinical stroke studies have been c..

Health-related quality of life burden in severe asthma

Vanessa M McDonald, Sarah A Hiles, Kimberley A Jones, Vanessa L Clark, Janelte Yorke

Journal article  |  2018  |  Medical Journal of Australia

It is largely unrecognised that the impacts of asthma are different in patients with severe disease compared with patients with mi..

Peripheral immune cells infiltrate into sites of secondary neurodegeneration after ischemic stroke

KA Jones, S Maltby, MW Plank, M Kluge, M Nilsson, PS Foster, FR Walker

Journal article  |  2018  |  Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Experimental stroke leads to microglia activation and progressive neuronal loss at sites of secondary neurodegeneration (SND). The..

Chronic stress exacerbates neuronal loss associated with secondary neurodegeneration and suppresses microglial-like cells following focal motor cortex ischemia in the mouse

Kimberley A Jones, Ihssane Zouikr, Madeleine Patience, Andrew N Clarkson, Jorgen Isgaard, Sarah J Johnson, Neil Spratt, Michael Nilsson, Frederick R Walker

Journal article  |  2015  |  Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Post-stroke patients describe suffering from persistent and unremitting levels of distress. Using an experimental model of focal c..

Photothrombotic Stroke Induces Persistent Ipsilateral and Contralateral Astrogliosis in Key Cognitive Control Nuclei

Madeleine J Patience, Ihssane Zouikr, Kim Jones, Andrew N Clarkson, Joergen Isgaard, Sarah J Johnson, Frederick R Walker, Michael Nilsson

Journal article  |  2015  |  Neurochemical Research

While astrocytes are recognised to play a central role in repair processes following stroke, at this stage we do not have a clear ..

A comparison of a single genetic factor, two stress factors, and one psychosocial coping factor as predictors of depression in an Australian community sample

CF Sharpley, SKA Palanisamy, K Metcalf, KA Jones, B Kelly, JR McFarlane

Journal article  |  2014  |  Archives of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy

Comparison of a single self-assessment item with the PHQ-9 for detecting depression in general practice

Mariko Carey, Kimberley A Jones, Sze Lin Yoong, Catherine D'Este, Allison W Boyes, Christine Paul, Kerry J Inder, Rob Sanson-Fisher

Journal article  |  2014  |  Family Practice

BACKGROUND: Several factors need to be considered when selecting a screening tool for depression including accuracy, level of burd..

Accuracy of general practitioner unassisted detection of depression

Mariko Carey, Kim Jones, Graham Meadows, Rob Sanson-Fisher, Catherine D'Este, Kerry Inder, Sze Lin Yoong, Grant Russell

Journal article  |  2014  |  Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Examining and addressing evidence-practice gaps in cancer care: a systematic review

Jamie Bryant, Allison Boyes, Kimberley Jones, Rob Sanson-Fisher, Mariko Carey, Rae Fry

Journal article  |  2014  |  Implementation Science

BACKGROUND: There is increasing recognition of gaps between best scientific evidence and clinical practice. This systematic review..

Dynamic structural remodelling of microglia in health and disease: A review of the models, the signals and the mechanisms

F Rohan Walker, Sarah B Beynon, Kimberley A Jones, Zidan Zhao, Ratchanipom Kongsui, Murray Cairns, Michael Nilsson

Journal article  |  2014  |  Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Microglia are unique cells within the central nervous system because of their biophysical independence. As a result of this unusua..

Stress as necessary component of realistic recovery in animal models of experimental stroke

Frederick R Walker, Kimberley A Jones, Madeleine J Patience, Zidan Zhao, Michael Nilsson

Journal article  |  2014  |  Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism

Over the last decade there has been a considerable effort directed toward reformulating the standard approach taken to preclinical..

Acute and Chronic Stress-Induced Disturbances of Microglial Plasticity, Phenotype and Function

Frederick Rohan Walker, Michael Nilsson, Kimberley Jones

Journal article  |  2013  |  Current Drug Targets

Traditionally, microglia have been considered to act as macrophages of the central nervous system. While this concept still remain..