Christopher J. McNeil

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

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Christopher J. McNeil is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher J. McNeil has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 9 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Christopher J. McNeil's work include Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (9 papers), Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (8 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (7 papers). Christopher J. McNeil is often cited by papers focused on Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (9 papers), Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (8 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (7 papers). Christopher J. McNeil collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Christopher J. McNeil's co-authors include Alison D. Murray, Phyo Kyaw Myint, Mina Khezrian, Roger T. Staff, Lawrence J. Whalley, Gordon D. Waiter, G. E. Lobley, Chris Maloney, Simone O. Hoskin and William D. Rees and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, NeuroImage and Brain.

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Christopher J. McNeil

53 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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An overview of prevalence, determinants and health outcomes of polypharmacy

2020 244 citations Mina Khezrian, Christopher J. McNeil et al. Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	FDG-PET Image Classification in Alzheimer’s Disease: from Traditional Visual Analysis to Advanced Transfer Learning 2025 ·Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging ·(unknown), Christopher J. McNeil, Roger T. Staff, Alison D. Murray, Claude M. Wischik, B. Schelter, Gordon D. Waiter	1
2	Associations between sex, systemic iron and inflammatory status and subcortical brain iron 2024 ·European Journal of Neuroscience ·(unknown), (unknown), Alan A. Sneddon, Christopher J. McNeil, Gordon D. Waiter	2
3	Disrupted limbic-prefrontal effective connectivity in response to fearful faces in lifetime depression 2024 ·Journal of Affective Disorders ·Aleks Stolicyn, Mathew A. Harris, Laura de Nooij, Xueyi Shen, Jennifer A. Macfarlane, Archie Campbell, Christopher J. McNeil, Anca‐Larisa Sandu, Alison D. Murray, Gordon D. Waiter, Stephen M. Lawrie, J. Douglas Steele, Andrew M. McIntosh, Liana Romaniuk, Heather C. Whalley	3
4	Structural brain correlates of childhood trauma with replication across two large, independent community-based samples 2023 ·European Psychiatry ·(unknown), (unknown), Xueyi Shen, Claire Green, Robert F. Hillary, Emma L. Hawkins, (unknown), Anca‐Larisa Sandu, Gordon D. Waiter, Christopher J. McNeil, Mathew A. Harris, Archie Campbell, David J. Porteous, Jennifer A. Macfarlane, Alison D. Murray, J. Douglas Steele, Liana Romaniuk, Stephen M. Lawrie, Andrew M. McIntosh, Heather C. Whalley	9
5	Cognition and brain iron deposition in whole grey matter regions and hippocampal subfields 2022 ·European Journal of Neuroscience ·(unknown), Christopher J. McNeil, Gordon D. Waiter	9
6	Spectral clustering based on structural magnetic resonance imaging and its relationship with major depressive disorder and cognitive ability 2021 ·European Journal of Neuroscience ·(unknown), Xueyi Shen, Aleks Stolicyn, Laura de Nooij, Mathew A. Harris, Liana Romaniuk, Colin R. Buchanan, Gordon D. Waiter, Anca‐Larisa Sandu, Christopher J. McNeil, Alison D. Murray, J. Douglas Steele, Archie Campbell, David J. Porteous, Stephen M. Lawrie, Andrew M. McIntosh, Simon R. Cox, Keith Smith, Heather C. Whalley	5
7	Epigenome-wide association study of global cortical volumes in generation Scotland: Scottish family health study 2021 ·Epigenetics ·Miruna C. Barbu, Mathew A. Harris, Xueyi Shen, Aleks Stolicyn, Claire Green, Carmen Amador, Rosie M. Walker, Stewart W. Morris, Mark J. Adams, Anca‐Larisa Sandu, Christopher J. McNeil, Gordon D. Waiter, Kathryn L. Evans, Archie Campbell, Joanna M. Wardlaw, J. Douglas Steele, Alison D. Murray, David J. Porteous, Andrew M. McIntosh, Heather C. Whalley	3
8	Imprinting methylation predicts hippocampal volumes and hyperintensities and the change with age in later life 2021 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), Alison D. Murray, Roger T. Staff, Anne C. Ferguson‐Smith, Marcus Richards, Graham Horgan, Louise H. Phillips, G. Hoad, Christopher J. McNeil, (unknown), Paul Haggarty	11
9	An overview of prevalence, determinants and health outcomes of polypharmacy breakdown → 2020 ·Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety ·Mina Khezrian, Christopher J. McNeil, Alison D. Murray, Phyo Kyaw Myint	244
10	Aspirin moderates the association between cardiovascular risk, brain white matter hyperintensity total lesion volume and processing speed in normal ageing 2020 ·Maturitas ·Mina Khezrian, (unknown), Phyo Kyaw Myint, Christopher J. McNeil, Lawrence J. Whalley, Roger T. Staff, Alison D. Murray	5
11	Chemical, Sensory, and Consumer Evaluations of ‘DaisySL’ Mandarins Grafted onto Three Different Rootstocks 2019 ·HortScience ·(unknown), Christopher J. McNeil, (unknown), Carolyn M. Slupsky, Mikeal L. Roose, Jean‐Xavier Guinard	3
12	The Neurobiology of Personal Control During Reward Learning and Its Relationship to Mood 2018 ·Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging ·Liana Romaniuk, Anca‐Larisa Sandu, Gordon D. Waiter, Christopher J. McNeil, Xueyi Shen, Matthew A. Harris, Jennifer A. Macfarlane, Stephen M. Lawrie, Ian J. Deary, Alison D. Murray, Mauricio R. Delgado, J. Douglas Steele, Andrew M. McIntosh, Heather C. Whalley	17
13	The association between polypharmacy and late life deficits in cognitive, physical and emotional capability: a cohort study 2018 ·International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy ·Mina Khezrian, Christopher J. McNeil, Phyo Kyaw Myint, Alison D. Murray	29
14	Klotho, APOEε4, cognitive ability, brain size, atrophy, and survival: a study in the Aberdeen Birth Cohort of 1936 2017 ·Neurobiology of Aging ·(unknown), Roger T. Staff, Sarah E. Harris, Dorota Chapko, (unknown), (unknown), Trevor Ahearn, Christopher J. McNeil, Lawrence J. Whalley, Alison D. Murray	16
15	Increased diastolic blood pressure is associated with MRI biomarkers of dementia-related brain pathology in normative ageing 2017 ·Age and Ageing ·Christopher J. McNeil, Phyo Kyaw Myint, Anca‐Larisa Sandu, John F. Potter, Roger T. Staff, Lawrence J. Whalley, Alison D. Murray	24
16	Late-life deficits in cognitive, physical and emotional functions, childhood intelligence and occupational profile: a life-course examination of the Aberdeen 1936 Birth Cohort (ABC1936) 2016 ·Age and Ageing ·Dorota Chapko, Roger T. Staff, Christopher J. McNeil, Lawrence J. Whalley, Corri Black, Alison D. Murray	12
17	Early Life Socioeconomic Circumstance and Late Life Brain Hyperintensities – A Population Based Cohort Study 2014 ·PLoS ONE ·Alison D. Murray, Christopher J. McNeil, (unknown), Lawrence J. Whalley, Roger T. Staff	26
18	The balance between cognitive reserve and brain imaging biomarkers of cerebrovascular and Alzheimer's diseases 2011 ·Brain ·Alison D. Murray, Roger T. Staff, Christopher J. McNeil, (unknown), Trevor Ahearn, Nur Badariah Ahmad Mustafa, Lawrence J. Whalley	84
19	Brain lesions, hypertension and cognitive ageing in the 1921 and 1936 Aberdeen birth cohorts 2011 ·AGE ·Alison D. Murray, Roger T. Staff, Christopher J. McNeil, (unknown), John M. Starr, Ian J. Deary, Lawrence J. Whalley	27
20	Gene and protein expression profiles in the foetal liver of the pregnant rat fed a low protein diet 2009 ·Genes & Nutrition ·Christopher J. McNeil, Susan M. Hay, Garry J. Rucklidge, Martin Reid, Gary Duncan, William D. Rees	14

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