By Dr Nicole Anita Kochan

Journal articles

Lazarus J; Mather KA; Armstrong NJ; Song F; Poljak A; Thalamuthu A; Lee T; Kochan NA; Brodaty H; Wright MJ; Ames D; Sachdev PS; Kwok JBJ, 2015, 'DNA methylation in the apolipoprotein-A1 gene is associated with episodic memory performance in healthy older individuals', Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 44, pp. 175 - 182, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAD-141314

Debette S; Ibrahim Verbaas CA; Bressler J; Schuur M; Smith A; Bis JC; Davies G; Wolf C; Gudnason V; Chibnik LB; Yang Q; DeStefano AL; De Quervain DJF; Srikanth V; Lahti J; Grabe HJ; Smith JA; Priebe L; Yu L; Karbalai N; Hayward C; Wilson JF; Campbell H; Petrovic K; Fornage M; Chauhan G; Yeo R; Boxall R; Becker J; Stegle O; Mather KA; Chouraki V; Sun Q; Rose LM; Resnick S; Oldmeadow C; Kirin M; Wright AF; Jonsdottir MK; Au R; Becker A; Amin N; Nalls MA; Turner ST; Kardia SLR; Oostra B; Windham G; Coker LH; Zhao W; Knopman DS; Heiss G; Griswold ME; Gottesman RF; Vitart V; Hastie ND; Zgaga L; Rudan I; Polasek O; Holliday EG; Schofield P; Choi SH; Tanaka T; An Y; Perry RT; Kennedy RE; Sale MM; Wang J; Wadley VG; Liewald DC; Ridker PM; Gow AJ; Pattie A; Starr JM; Porteous D; Liu X; Thomson R; Armstrong NJ; Eiriksdottir G; Assareh AA; Kochan NA; Widen E; Palotie A; Hsieh YC; Eriksson JG; Vogler C; Van Swieten JC; Shulman JM; Beiser A; Rotter J; Schmidt CO; Hoffmann W; Nöthen MM; Ferrucci L; Attia J; Uitterlinden AG; Amouyel P; Dartigues JF; Amieva H; Räikkönen K; Garcia M, 2015, 'Genome-wide studies of verbal declarative memory in nondemented older people: The Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology Consortium', Biological Psychiatry, 77, pp. 749 - 763, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2014.08.027

Slavin MJ; Sachdev PS; Kochan NA; Woolf C; Crawford JD; Giskes K; Reppermund S; Trollor JN; Draper B; Delbaere K; Brodaty H, 2015, 'Predicting cognitive, functional, and diagnostic change over 4 years using baseline subjective cognitive complaints in the Sydney Memory and Ageing Study', American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 23, pp. 906 - 914, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2014.09.001

Smith E; Bailey PE; Crawford J; Samaras K; Baune BT; Campbell L; Kochan N; Menant J; Sturnieks DL; Brodaty H; Sachdev P; Trollor JN, 2014, 'Adiposity estimated using dual energy x-ray absorptiometry and body mass index and its association with cognition in elderly adults', Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 62, pp. 2311 - 2318, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jgs.13157

Blanchard E; Kochan N; Crawford JD; Reppermund S; Slavin MJ; Campbell LV; Brodaty H; Sachdev P; Samaras K; Trollor JN, 2014, 'Serum Insulin and Two-Year Changes in Global Cognition, Memory and Total Brain Volume in the Elderly: The Sydney Memory and Ageing Study', ENDOCRINE REVIEWS, 35, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000209805107161&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Samaras K; Crawford JD; Blanchard E; Kochan N; Trollor JN; Brodaty H; Sachdev P, 2014, 'Statin Use but Not Metabolic Syndrome Is Associated with Cognitive Decline in the Elderly: The Sydney Memory and Ageing Study', ENDOCRINE REVIEWS, 35, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000209805106017&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Seeher ; Low LF; Reppermund S; Slavin M; Draper BM; Kang K; Kochan N; Trollor JN; Sachdev PS; Brodaty H, 2014, 'Correlates of psychological distress in study partners of older people with and without mild cognitive impairment (MCI) – the Sydney Memory and Ageing Study', Aging and Mental Health, 18, pp. 694 - 705, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2013.875123

Song F; Poljak A; Kochan N; Raftery M; Brodaty H; Smythe GA; Sachdev PS, 2014, 'Plasma protein profiling of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s disease using iTRAQ quantitative proteomics', Proteome Science, 12, pp. 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-5956-12-5

Brodaty H; Mothakunnel A; de Vel-Palumbo M; Ames D; Ellis KA; Reppermund S; Kochan NA; Savage G; Trollor JN; Crawford J; Sachdev PS, 2014, 'Influence of population versus convenience sampling on sample characteristics in studies of cognitive aging', Annals of Epidemiology, 24, pp. 63 - 71, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2013.10.005

Raamana PR; Wen W; Kochan NA; Brodaty H; Sachdev PS; Wang L; Beg MF, 2014, 'Novel ThickNet features for the discrimination of amnestic MCI subtypes', NeuroImage: Clinical, 6, pp. 284 - 295, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2014.09.005

Raamana PR; Wen W; Kochan NA; Brodaty H; Sachdev PS; Wang L; Beg MF, 2014, 'The sub-classification of amnestic mild cognitive impairment using MRI-based cortical thickness measures', Frontiers in Neurology, 5 MAY, pp. 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2014.00076

Samaras K; Lutgers HL; Kochan NA; Crawford JD; Campbell LV; Wen W; Slavin MJ; Baune BT; Lipnicki DM; Brodaty H; Trollor JN; Sachdev PS, 2014, 'The impact of glucose disorders on cognition and brain volumes in the elderly: the Sydney Memory and Ageing Study', AGE, 36, pp. 977 - 993, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11357-013-9613-0

Sachdev PS; Lipnicki DM; Kochan NA; Crawford JD; Reppermund S; Brodaty H; Rockwood K; Xiao S; Li X; Li J; Brayne C; Matthews FE; Stephan BCM; Lipton RB; Katz MJ; Ritchie K; Carrière I; Ancelin M-L; Seshadri S; Au R; Beiser AS; Lam LCW; Fung AWT; Wong CHY; Kim KW; Han JW; Kim TH; Petersen RC; Roberts RO; Mielke MM; Ganguli M; Hughes T; Dodge HH; Anstey KJ; Cherbuin N; Butterworth P; Ng TP; Gao Q; Meguro K; Schupf N; Manly J; Stern Y; Lobo A; Lopez-Anton R; Santabárbara J, 2013, 'COSMIC (Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium): An international consortium to identify risk and protective factors and biomarkers of cognitive ageing and dementia in diverse ethnic and sociocultural groups', BMC Neurology, 13, pp. 165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-13-165

Valenzuela MJ; Leon I; Piamba DM; Kochan N; Brodaty H; Sachdev PS; Suo C, 2013, 'Cognitive lifestyle in older persons: the population-based Sydney Memory and Ageing Study', Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 36, pp. 87 - 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAD-130143

Mothakunnel A; Ames D; Brodaty H; de vel Palumbo M; Ellis KA; Kang K; Kochan N; Macaulay L; Maruff P; Smith SR; Reppermund S; Sachdev P; Savage G; Trollor J, 2013, 'Convenience sample versus epidemiological sample for the study of mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer'/INS;s disease — /INS;Fewer differences than expected', Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 333, pp. e304 - e304, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2013.07.1141

Sachdev P; Lipnicki D; Crawford J; Reppermund S; Kochan N; Trollor J; Wen W; Draper B; Slavin M; Kang K; Lux O; Mather K; Brodaty H, 2013, 'Factors predicting reversion from mild cognitive impairment to normal cognition: a population-based study.', PLoS One, 8, pp. e59649, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0059649

Zhang H; Sachdev PS; Wen W; Kochan NA; Crawford JD; Brodaty H; Slavin MJ; Reppermund S; Kang K; Trollor JN, 2013, 'Grey matter correlates of three language tests in non-demented older adults', PLoS One, 8, pp. e80215 - e80215, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0080215

Zhuang L; Sachdev PS; Trollor JN; Reppermund S; Kochan NA; Brodaty H; Wen W, 2013, 'Microstructural white matter changes, not hippocampal atrophy, detect early amnestic mild cognitive impairment', PLoS ONE, 8, pp. e58887, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0058887

Lipnicki D; Sachdev PS; Crawford J; Reppermund S; Kochan NA; Trollor JN; Draper B; Slavin MJ; Kang K; Lux O; Mather KA; Brodaty H, 2013, 'Risk Factors for Late-Life Cognitive Decline and Variation with Age and Sex in the Sydney Memory and Ageing Study', PLoS ONE, 8, pp. e65841, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065841

Tsang R; Sachdev P; Reppermund S; Kochan N; Kang K; Crawford J; Wen W; Draper B; Trollor J; Slavin M; Mather K; Assareh A; Seeher K; Brodaty H, 2013, 'Sydney Memory and Ageing Study: an epidemiological cohort study of brain ageing and dementia', International Review of Psychiatry, 25, pp. 711 - 725, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09540261.2013.860890

Sachdev PS; Brodaty H; Levitan C; Slavin MJ; Richmond RL; Kochan NA; Wen W; Kang K; Mather KA; Crawford J, 2013, 'The Sydney Centenarian Study: methodology and profile of centenarians and near-centenarians', International Psychogeriatrics, 25, pp. 993 - 1005, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1041610213000197

Delbaere K; Kochan NA; Close J; Menant J; Sturnieks DL; Brodaty H; Sachdev PS; Lord SR, 2012, 'Mild Cognitive impairment as a predictor of falls in community-dwelling older people', American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 20, pp. 845 - 853, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JGP.0b013e31824afbc4

Sachdev P; Brodaty H; Trollor J; Reppermund S; Kochan N; Lipnicki D; Crawford J; Draper B; Slavin M; Kang K; Lux O; Mather K; Wen W, 2012, 'P2‐168: Recent findings from the Sydney Memory and Ageing Study (Sydney MAS)', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2012.05.874

Mather K; Armstrong N; Assareh A; Kwok J; Crawford J; Reppermund S; Trollor J; Kochan N; Kang K; Slavin M; Draper B; Brodaty H; Schofield P; Sachdev P, 2012, 'P4‐111: Olfaction identification in older adults: A genome‐wide association study', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2012.05.1814

Song F; Poljak A; Crawford J; Kochan NA; Wen W; Cameron B; Lux O; Brodaty H; Mather K; Smythe GA; Sachdev PS, 2012, 'Plasma apolipoprotein levels are associated with cognitive status and decline in a community cohort of older individuals', PLoS One, 7, pp. e34078 - e34078, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0034078

Sachdev PS; Lipnicki D; Crawford J; Reppermund S; Kochan NA; Trollor JN; Draper B; Slavin MJ; Kang K; Lux O; Mather K; Brodaty H; Bowman A; Burns K; Broe T; Dekker J; De permentier M; Fairjones S; Fletcher JP; French T; FOster C; Nugnt-cleary-fox E; Gooi C; Harvey E; Helyer R; Hsieh S; Hughes L; Jacek S; JOhnston M; McCade D; Meeth S; Milne E; Moir A; O''Grady R; Pfaeffli K; Pose C; Reuser L; Rose A; Schofield PR; Shahnawaz Z; Sharpley A; THompson C; Queisser W; Wong S, 2012, 'Risk Profiles of Subtypes of Mild Cognitive Impairment: The Sydney Memory and Ageing Study', Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 60, pp. 24 - 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03774.x

Kochan NA; Breakspear M; Slavin MJ; Valenzuela M; McCraw S; Brodaty H; Sachdev PS, 2011, 'Functional alterations in brain activation and deactivation in mild cognitive impairment in response to a graded working memory challenge', Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 30, pp. 553 - 568, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000322112

Kochan NA; Breakspear MJ; Valenzuela MJ; Slavin MJ; Brodaty H; Wen W; Trollor JN; Turner A; Crawford J; Sachdev PS, 2011, 'Cortical Responses to a Graded Working Memory Challenge Predict Functional Decline in Mild Cognitive Impairment', Biological Psychiatry, 70, pp. 123 - 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.03.006

Kochan NA; Valenzuela MJ; Slavin MJ; McCraw S; Sachdev PS; Breakspear MJ, 2011, 'Impact of Load-Related Neural Processes on Feature Binding in Visuospatial Working Memory', PLoS ONE, 6, pp. e23960, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0023960

Song F; Poljak A; Jayasena T; Smythe G; Brodaty H; Kochan N; Sachdev P; Crawford J, 2011, 'P1‐115: Plasma apolipoproteins as biomarkers of mild cognitive impairment in a community‐based sample', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2011.05.394

Kochan N; Breakspear M; Valenzuela M; Slavin M; Brodaty H; Wen W; Trollor J; Turner A; Crawford J; Sachdev P, 2011, 'P1‐319: Neural response to a graded working memory challenge predicts decline in everyday function in mild cognitive impairment', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2011.05.598

Harrison F; Low L; Kochan N; Draper B; Slavin M; Reppermund S; Troller J; Sachdev P; Brodaty H, 2011, 'P3‐075: Mild cognitive impairment in older Australians from non‐English speaking backgrounds', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2011.05.1515

Reppermund S; Brodaty H; Crawford J; Kochan NA; Slavin MJ; Trollor JN; Draper B; Sachdev PS, 2011, 'The relationship of current depressive symptoms and past depression with cognitive impairment and instrumental activities of daily living in an elderly population: The Sydney Memory and Ageing Study', Journal of Psychiatric Research, 45, pp. 1600 - 1607, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2011.08.001

Kochan NA; Slavin MJ; Brodaty H; Crawford J; Trollor JN; Draper B; Sachdev P, 2010, 'Effect of Different Impairment Criteria on Prevalence of "Objective" Mild Cognitive Impairment in a Community Sample', American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 18, pp. 711 - 722, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JGP.0b013e3181d6b6a9

Slavin MJ; Brodaty H; Kochan NA; Trollor JN; Draper B; Sachdev PS; Crawford J, 2010, 'Prevalence and predictors of 'subjective cognitive complaints' in The Sydney Memory and Ageing Study', American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 18, pp. 701 - 710, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JGP.0b013e3181df49fb

Trollor JN; Smith E; Baune B; Kochan NA; Campbell LV; Samaras K; Crawford J; Brodaty H; Sachdev PS, 2010, 'Systemic inflammation is associated with MCI and its subtypes: The Sydney Memory and Aging Study', Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 30, pp. 569 - 578, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000322092

Chua TC; Wen W; Chen X; Kochan NA; Slavin MJ; Trollor JN; Brodaty H; Sachdev PS, 2009, 'Diffusion tensor imaging of the posterior cingulate is a useful biomarker of mild cognitive impairment', American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 17, pp. 602 - 613, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JGP.0b013e3181a76e0b

BAKER A; KOCHAN N; DIXON J; WODAK A; HEATHER N, 2006, 'HIV risk-taking behaviour among injecting drug users currently, previously and never enrolled in methadone treatment', Addiction, 90, pp. 545 - 554, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1360-0443.1995.9045458.x

BAKER A; KOCHAN N; DIXON J; WODAK A; HEATHER N, 1995, 'HIV risk‐taking behaviour among injecting drug users currently, previously and never enrolled in methadone treatment', Addiction, 90, pp. 545 - 554, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1360-0443.1995.9045458.x

Baker A; Dixon J; Kochan N; Heather N; Wodak A, 1994, '', AIDS Care, 6, pp. 559 - 570, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540129408258670

Baker A; Kochan N; Dixon J; Wodak A; Heather N, 1994, 'Drug use and HIV risk-taking behaviour among injecting drug users not currently in treatment in Sydney, Australia', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 34, pp. 155 - 160, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0376-8716(94)90136-8

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