User profiles for E. Beard

Emma Beard

Senior Research Fellow, UCL
Verified email at ucl.ac.uk
Cited by 5094

[HTML][HTML] Astrocytes as key regulators of brain energy metabolism: new therapeutic perspectives

E Beard, S Lengacher, S Dias, PJ Magistretti… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Astrocytes play key roles in the regulation of brain energy metabolism, which has a major
impact on brain functions, including memory, neuroprotection, resistance to oxidative stress …

Synthesis and transport of creatine in the CNS: importance for cerebral functions

E Béard, O Braissant - Journal of neurochemistry, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
J. Neurochem. (2010) 115, 297–313. Abstract Apart of its well known function of ‘energetic
buffer’ through the creatine/phosphocreatine/creatine kinase system allowing the …

[HTML][HTML] Sample size calculation for a stepped wedge trial

G Baio, A Copas, G Ambler, J Hargreaves, E Beard… - Trials, 2015 - Springer
… formulation, the observed continuous response is then modelled as Y ijk =μ ij +e ijk , where
… ^{2}_{e}}\). The mean of the outcome is described by a linear predictor, on a suitable scale: …

Wireless, closed-loop, smart bandage with integrated sensors and stimulators for advanced wound care and accelerated healing

…, S Mittal, JC Lai, A Saberi, E Beard… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
… d,e, Photographs showing flexibility of the FPCB (d) and adhesion of the hydrogel interface
and thin layout of the board (e, lower). f, Block diagram illustrating the key components of the …

Association between electronic cigarette use and changes in quit attempts, success of quit attempts, use of smoking cessation pharmacotherapy, and use of stop …

E Beard, R West, S Michie, J Brown - bmj, 2016 - bmj.com
… This may be a result of smokers using e-cigarettes instead.However, the decrease could …
the rise in e-cigarette use. In a related study, we found that the increase in population rates of e-…

Changes in aerobic power of men, ages 25-70 yr.

AS JackSon, EF Beard, LT Wier, RM Ross… - Medicine and science …, 1995 - europepmc.org
This study quantified and compared the cross-sectional and longitudinal influence of age,
self-report physical activity (SR-PA), and body composition (% fat) on the decline of maximal …

Real‐world effectiveness of e‐cigarettes when used to aid smoking cessation: a cross‐sectional population study

J Brown, E Beard, D Kotz, S Michie, R West - Addiction, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Electronic cigarettes (e‐cigarettes) are rapidly increasing in popularity. Two randomized
controlled trials have suggested that e… methodology, the effectiveness of e‐cigarettes when used …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence and characteristics of e-cigarette users in Great Britain: findings from a general population survey of smokers

J Brown, R West, E Beard, S Michie, L Shahab… - Addictive …, 2014 - Elsevier
E-cigarettes may be effective smoking cessation aids and their use by smokers has been …
of e-cigarettes whilst experimental data accumulates. This paper reports the prevalence of e-…

Creatine deficiency syndromes and the importance of creatine synthesis in the brain

O Braissant, H Henry, E Béard, J Uldry - Amino acids, 2011 - Springer
Creatine deficiency syndromes, due to deficiencies in AGAT, GAMT (creatine synthesis
pathway) or SLC6A8 (creatine transporter), lead to complete absence or very strong decrease of …

UK Biobank release and systematic evaluation of optimised polygenic risk scores for 53 diseases and quantitative traits

…, I Peneva, R Moore, K Sharp, WA Tarran, EJ Beard… - MedRxiv, 2022 - medrxiv.org
We present and assess the UK Biobank (UKB) Polygenic Risk Score (PRS) Release, a set
of PRSs for 28 diseases and 25 quantitative traits being made available on the individuals in …