Nestor publications
A preliminary investigation of a Geriatric Depression Scale, Dementia version (GDS-D)
Flavell, Joshua, Roberts, Kailas, Morris, Philip L.P., Mosley, Philip E., Ahern, Emily G.M., Logan, Benignus, Adam, Robert J., McElligott, Caitlin A.T., Shaw, Thomas B., and Nestor, Peter J. (2026). A preliminary investigation of a Geriatric Depression Scale, Dementia version (GDS-D). Journal of Affective Disorders 399 121056 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2025.121056
Differentiating behavioural presentations of biomarker-confirmed Alzheimer’s disease from frontotemporal lobar degeneration using the Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination-III
Flavell, Joshua, Ahern, Emily G. M., Logan, Benignus, Shaw, Thomas B., Adam, Robert J., McElligott, Caitlin A. T., and Nestor, Peter J. (2026). Differentiating behavioural presentations of biomarker-confirmed Alzheimer’s disease from frontotemporal lobar degeneration using the Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination-III. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1159/000551258
A pilot safety and tolerability study of scanning ultrasound as a neuromodulation therapy in Alzheimer’s disease
Nestor, Peter J., Pelekanos, Matthew, Leinenga, Gerhard, Song, Jae, Lee, Wendy, Richter-Stretton, Gina, McElligott, Caitlin, Fazlollahi, Amir, Mattingley, Jason B., Harris, Anthony, Beale, Henry, Roberts, Jennie, de las Heras, Rachel, and Götz, Jürgen (2025). A pilot safety and tolerability study of scanning ultrasound as a neuromodulation therapy in Alzheimer’s disease. Brain Communications 7 (6) fcaf445 fcaf445. https://doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcaf445
Epigenetic profiles of tissue informative CpGs inform ALS disease status and progression
Caggiano, Christa, Morselli, Marco, Qian, Xiaoyu, Celona, Barbara, Thompson, Michael J., Wani, Shivangi, Tosevska, Anela, Taraszka, Kodi, Heuer, Galen, Ngo, Shyuan T., Steyn, Frederick J., Nestor, Peter J., Wallace, Leanne, Mccombe, Pamela, Heggie, Susan, Thorpe, Kathryn, Mcelligott, Caitlin, English, Gemyka, Henders, Anjali, Henderson, Robert, Lomen-Hoerth, Catherine, Wray, Naomi R., Mcrae, Allan F., Pellegrini, Matteo, Garton, Fleur C., and Zaitlen, Noah (2025). Epigenetic profiles of tissue informative CpGs inform ALS disease status and progression. Genome Medicine 17 (1) 115 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13073-025-01542-5
Visual processing impairments are predictive of dementia in Lewy Body disease
McCann, Emily, Coleman, Felicia, Fazlollahi, Amir, Lee, Soohyun, O'Sullivan, John, and Nestor, Peter J. (2025). Visual processing impairments are predictive of dementia in Lewy Body disease. Movement Disorders International Congress, Honolulu, HI, United States, 5-9 October 2025.
Improving diagnosis of dementia in Parkinson’s disease: PDCogniCare Australian Program
Dissanayaka, Nadeeka, Pourzinal, Dana, McCann, Emily, Lobo, Elton Henry Savio, Brooks, Deborah, Sriram, Deepa, Au, Tiffany, Mitchell, Leander K., Pachana, Nancy, Naismith, Sharon, Broome, Annette, Lehn, Alexander, Kelder, Anna, Liddle, Jacki, King, James, Marsh, Rodney, Robertson, Stuart, Shrubsole, Kirstine, Tinson, Helen, Verreynne, Martie-Louise, Wood, Brian, Worthy, Peter, Yang, Julia, Nestor, Peter J., Chatfield, Mark, Keramat, Syed Afroz, Tan, Edwin, Piccinini, Tomas, Beattie, Elizabeth and 3 more (2025). Improving diagnosis of dementia in Parkinson’s disease: PDCogniCare Australian Program. Movement Disorders International Congress, Honolulu, HI United States, 5-9 October 2025.
Dissanayaka, Nadeeka, Pourzinal, Dana, McCann, Emily, Lobo, Elton Henry Savio, Brooks, Deborah, Sriram, Deepa, Au, Tiffany, Mitchell, Leander K., O'Sullivan, John, Naismith, Sharon, Broome, Annette, Lehn, Alexander, Kelder, Anna, Liddle, Jacki, King, James, Robertson, Stuart, Shrubsole, Kirstine, Tinson, Helen, Verreynne, Martie-Louise, Wood, Brian, Worthy, Peter, Yang, Jihuyn, Nestor, Peter, Chatfield, Mark, Keramat, Syed Afroz, Tan, Edwin, Piccinini, Tomas, Beattie, Elizabeth, Marsh, Rodney and 3 more (2025). Critical steps to enhance identification of mild cognitive impairment and dementia in Parkinson’s disease: PDCogniCare Australian Program. International Psychogeriatric Association Congress, Kanazawa, Japan, 25-27 September 2025. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER.
Enhancing utility of neuropsychological evaluation for earlier and effective diagnosis of dementia in Parkinson’s disease: PDCogniCare Project
Dissanayaka, Nadeeka, Au, Tiffany, Beattie, Elizabeth, Brooks, Deborah, Broome, Annette, Byrne, Gerard, Chatfield, Mark, Lehn, Alexander, Kelderm, Anna, Liddle, Jacki, Keramat, Syed Afroz, King, James, Lobo, Elton Henry Savio, Marsh, Rodney, McCann, Emily, Naismith, Sharon, Nestor, Peter, O'Sullivan, John, Pachana, Nancy, Piccinini, Tomas, Pourzinal, Dana, Robertson, Stuart, Shrubsole, Kirstine, Spooner, Donna, Sriram, Deepa, Tan, Edwin, Tinson, Helen, Verreynne, Martie-Louise, Wood, Brian and 3 more (2025). Enhancing utility of neuropsychological evaluation for earlier and effective diagnosis of dementia in Parkinson’s disease: PDCogniCare Project. 7th Pacific Rim Conference, Brisbane, Qld Australia, 2-5 July 2025.
Factors associated with true-positive and false-positive diagnoses of behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia in 100 consecutive referrals from specialist physicians
Flavell, Joshua, Ahern, Emily G. M., Logan, Benignus, Shaw, Thomas B., Adam, Robert J., McElligott, Caitlin A. T., and Nestor, Peter J. (2025). Factors associated with true-positive and false-positive diagnoses of behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia in 100 consecutive referrals from specialist physicians. European Journal of Neurology 32 (1) e70036 e70036-1. https://doi.org/10.1111/ene.70036
Using cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease: an Australian perspective
Eratne, Dhamidhu, Collins, Steven, Nestor, Peter J., Pond, Dimity, Velakoulis, Dennis, Yates, Mark, and Masters, Colin L. (2024). Using cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease: an Australian perspective. Frontiers in Psychiatry 15 1488494 1-7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1488494
Resolving the problem of surface dyslexia in Italian through inflection of irregular verbs
Licciardo, Daniele, Isella, Valeria, Canu, Elisa, Forestiero, Marta, Castelnovo, Veronica, Valsecchi, Stefania, Agosta, Federica, Filippi, Massimo, Appollonio, Ildebrando, and Nestor, Peter J. (2024). Resolving the problem of surface dyslexia in Italian through inflection of irregular verbs. Journal of Neuropsychology 19 (2) 234-246. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnp.12400
Deciphering white-matter changes in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy using free-water diffusion MRI
Fazlollahi, Amir, Oestreich, Lena, and Nestor, Peter (2024). Deciphering white-matter changes in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy using free-water diffusion MRI. Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Seoul, South Korea, 23-27 June 2024.https://doi.org/10.52294/001c.120379
Plasma extracellular vesicle tau and TDP-43 as diagnostic biomarkers in FTD and ALS
Chatterjee, Madhurima, Özdemir, Selcuk, Fritz, Christian, Möbius, Wiebke, Kleineidam, Luca, Mandelkow, Eckhard, Biernat, Jacek, Doğdu, Cem, Peters, Oliver, Cosma, Nicoleta Carmen, Wang, Xiao, Schneider, Luisa-Sophia, Priller, Josef, Spruth, Eike, Kühn, Andrea A., Krause, Patricia, Klockgether, Thomas, Vogt, Ina R., Kimmich, Okka, Spottke, Annika, Hoffmann, Daniel C., Fliessbach, Klaus, Miklitz, Carolin, McCormick, Cornelia, Weydt, Patrick, Falkenburger, Björn, Brandt, Moritz, Guenther, René, Dinter, Elisabeth and 56 more (2024). Plasma extracellular vesicle tau and TDP-43 as diagnostic biomarkers in FTD and ALS. Nature Medicine 30 (6) 1771-1783. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-024-02937-4
A systematic review of cognitive and behavioral tools to differentiate behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia from other conditions
Flavell, Joshua and Nestor, Peter John (2024). A systematic review of cognitive and behavioral tools to differentiate behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia from other conditions. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences Reports 3 (2) e210 e210. https://doi.org/10.1002/pcn5.210