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Publications: DR Alex Zirra

Azoidou V, Zirra A, Boyle T, Gallagher D, Noyce AJ, Simonet C ( 2025 ) . Usability, safety and tolerability of CUE1 vibrotactile device as promising therapeutic approach in orthostatic tremor . Clinical Parkinsonism & Related Disorders vol. 13 ,
Coleman A, Touzé A, Farag M, Pengo M, Murphy MJ, Hassan Y, Thackeray O, Fayer K et al. ( 2025 ) . Evaluating finger-prick blood collection for remote quantification of neurofilament light in neurological diseases . Journal of Neurology vol. 272 , ( 8 )
Zirra A, Dey KC, Camboe E, Waters S, Haque T, Huxford B, Chohan H, Donkor N et al. ( 2025 ) . The East London Parkinson’s disease project – a case-control study of Parkinson’s Disease in a diverse population . npj Parkinson's Disease vol. 11 , ( 1 )
Azoidou V, Bhadra E, Rowsell K, Camboe E, Dey K, Zirra A, Quah C, Budu C et al. ( 2025 ) . Non-invasive device to alleviate symptoms in people living with Parkinson’s: study protocol for a multicentre phase II double-blind randomised controlled trial . BMJ Open vol. 15 , ( 4 )
Azoidou V, Rowsell K, Camboe E, Dey KC, Zirra A, Quah C, Boyle T, Gallagher D et al. ( 2025 ) . A pilot interventional study on feasibility and effectiveness of the CUE1 device in Parkinson's disease . Parkinsonism & Related Disorders vol. 133 ,
Francis M, Zirra A, Haque T, Gallagher D, Budu C ( 2024 ) . Rapid Voluntary Blinking as a Clinical Marker of Parkinson’s Disease . Journal of Parkinson’s Disease vol. 14 , ( 5 ) 993 - 997 .
Zirra A, Rao SC, Bestwick J, Marras C, Blauwendraat C ( 2022 ) . Gender Differences in the Prevalence of Parkinson's Disease . Movement Disorders Clinical Practice vol. 10 , ( 1 ) 86 - 93 .
Zirra A, Ben-Joseph A, Haque T, Gallagher D, Budu C, Frances B, Noyce A ( 2022 ) . 091 The East London Parkinson’s disease project – engaging a diverse population in research . Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry vol. 93 , ( 9 )
Zirra A, Huxford B ( 2022 ) . CD4+ T Cells Contribute to Neurodegeneration in Lewy Body Dementia . vol. 37 , is. 2 , pp. 268 - 268 . Wiley
Huxford B, Simonet C, Carbonell L, Zirra A, Vickaryous N, Gill A, Dobson R ( 2022 ) . Dried blood and plasma spots for the measurement of neurofilament light chain and inflammatory cytokines in patients with REM sleep behaviour disorder . MOVEMENT DISORDERS . vol. 37 , S653 - S653 .
Zirra A, Rao S, Bestwick J, Rajalingam R, Blauwendraat C, Mata I ( 2022 ) . Examining the sex differences in the prevalence and incidence of Parkinson disease . MOVEMENT DISORDERS . vol. 37 , S30 - S30 .
Zirra A, Ben-Joseph A, Haque T, Simonet C, Noyce A ( 2022 ) . The East London Parkinson Disease Project - engaging a diverse population in research . MOVEMENT DISORDERS . vol. 37 , S29 - S30 .
Azoidou V, Rowsell K, Camboe E, Dey KC, Zirra A, Quah C, Boyle T, Gallagher D et al. . A Pilot Interventional Study on Feasibility and Effectiveness of the CUE1 device in Parkinson’s disease .
Azoidou V, Bhadra E, Camboe E, Dey KC, Zirra A, Quah C, Budu C, Boyle T et al. . A Sternum-Worn, Non-Invasive Vibrotactile Device to Alleviate Symptoms in Parkinson’s: a Multi-Site Double-Blind Randomised Controlled Trial .
Shahid AJ, Waters S, Singh M, Zirra A, Haque T, Bhadra E, Camboe E, Huxford B et al. . Evaluating the Cultural Validity of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment: A Comparison of Performance in Bengali and English tests in Bangladeshi adults with Parkinson’s disease in East London .
Zirra A, Rao SC, Bestwick J, Rajalingam R, Marras C, Blauwendraat C, Mata I, Noyce AJ . Gender differences in the prevalence of Parkinson’s disease .
. Genome-wide assessment identifies novel runs of homozygosity linked to Parkinson’s disease etiology across diverse ancestral populations .
Zirra A, Dey KC, Camboe E, Waters S, Haque T, Huxford B, Chohan H, Donkor N et al. . The East London Parkinson’s Disease Project – A case-control study in a diverse population .
. Usability, Safety and Tolerability of CUE1 Vibrotactile Device as Promising Therapeutic Approach in Orthostatic Tremor .
Coleman A, Touzé A, Farag M, Pengo M, Murphy MJ, Hassan Y, Thackeray O, Fayer K et al. . Validation of remote collection and quantification of blood Neurofilament light in neurological diseases .