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Clinical Activities

Keywords: Neuropathology, Muscle biopsy

Description of clinical activities: Consultant in Neuropathology of brain tumours, infection, trauma and neurodegenerative, cerebrovascular and neuromuscular diseases. Needle muscle biopsies are performed on inpatients and outpatients by referral only.

Research Interests

Keywords: Cerebrovascular disease, brain development, high field MRI/neuropathology correlates, neuroinflammation, neuromuscular disease, brain tumour biology

Description of research activities: Current projects involve collaborative teams where my role is as a Neuropathologist with an interest in quantitative digital image analysis.

Selected Publications

1. Walsh, K., Megyesi, J., Hammond, R.R. Human central nervous system tissue culture: a historical review and examination of recent advances.  Neurobiol Dis 18(1):2-18, 2005.
2. Clarke, S.E., Beletsky, V., Hammond, R.R., Hegele, R.A., Rutt, B.K. Validation of automatically classified magnetic resonance images for carotid plaque compositional analysis.  Stroke 37(1):93-97, 2006.
3. Strong, M.J., Volkening, K., Hammond, R.R., Yang, W., Strong, W., Leystra-Lantz, C., Shoesmith, C. TDP43 is a human low molecular weight neurofilament (hNFL) mRNA-binding protein, Mol Cell Neurosci, 2007;35(2):320-327.
4. Keith, J.,  Nicolle, M.,  Tugaleva, E.,  Shkrum, M.,  Bilbao, J.,  Hammond, R.R. West Nile Virus Encephalomyelitis, CJNS, 2007;34:92-98
5. Derry, K., Nicolle, M.N., Keith-Rokosh, J.A., Hammond R.R. Percutaneous Muscle Biopsies: Review of 900 consecutive cases at LHSC, CJNS, 2009; 36: 201-206
6. Prout AP, Frasch MG, Veldhuizen R, Hammond R.R., Ross MG, Richardson BS Systemic and cerebral inflammatory response to umbilical cord occlusions with worsening acidosis in the ovine fetus, Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Jan;202(1):82