University of Tasmania, Australia

Peer-reviewed Articles

• Amendola J*, Woodhouse A*, Martin-Eauclaire M F, Goaillard J-M (2012) Ca2+/cAMP-Sensitive Covariation of IA and IH Voltage Dependences Tunes Rebound Firing in Dopaminergic Neurons. The Journal of Neuroscience 32(6): 2166-81.
  * Equal contribution
• Andrews S, Lea E, Haines T, Nitz J, Haralambous B, Moore K, Hill K, Robinson A (2012) Reducing Staff Isolation and Developing Evidence-Informed Practice in the Aged Care Environment through an Action Research Approach to Falls Prevention. Advances in Nursing Science 35(1): 3–13.
• Bell E, Robinson A, Barnett T (in press, 2013) Building policy and service theory from nursing home inspection results: Qualitative comparative analysis. International Journal on Disability and Human Development, 12(1).
• Courtney-Pratt H, Cummings L, Turner P, Cameron-Tucker H, Wood-Baker Walters EH, Robinson A (in press) Entering a world of uncertainty: Community nurses' engagement with ICT. Computers, Informatics, Nursing (accepted 26 June 2012).
• Elliot, KE, Scott J, Stirling C, Martin J, Robinson A (2012) Building capacity and resilience in the dementia care workforce: A systematic review of interventions targeting worker, organisational and consumer outcomes. International Psychogeriatrics 24(6): 882-94.
• Fleming R, Fay R, Robinson A (in press). Evidence based facilities design in healthcare: A study of aged care facilities in Australia. Health Services Management Research (accepted 31 July 2012).
• King A, Blizzard C, Southam KA, Vickers J, Dickson T (2012) Degeneration of axons in spinal white matter in G93A mSOD1 mouse characterized by NFL and alpha internexin immunoreactivity. Brain Res. Jul 17(1465): 90-100.
• King A, Hosie KA, Blizzard C, Vickers J, Dickson T (2012) Chronic excitotoxin-induced axon degeneration in a compartmented neuronal culture model. ASN Neuro. 4(1).
• Klekociuk, S Z, Summers, M (2012) Longitudinal profiling of mild cognitive impairment subtypes. Alzheimer’s & Dementia 8(4), Suppl 1: 555.
• Lea E, Andrews S, Hill K, Haines T, Nitz J, Haralambous B, Moore L, Robinson A (2012) Beyond the “tick and flick”: Facilitating best practice falls prevention through an action research approach. Journal of Clinical Nursing 21(13-14): 1896-1905.
• Lenehan M, Klekociuk S, Summers M (2012) Absence of a relationship between subjective memory complaint and objective memory impairment in mild cognitive impairment (MCI): Is it time to abandon subjective memory complaint as an MCI diagnostic criterion? International Psychogeriatrics 24(9): 1505-1514.
• Liu, Y, Staal, JA, Canty, AJ, Kirkcaldie, MTK, King, AE, Bibari, O, Mitew, ST, Dickson, TC and Vickers, JC, (2012) Cytoskeletal changes during development and aging in the cortex of neurofilament light protein knockout mice. The Journal of Comparative Neurology, 521(8): 1817-1827.
• Musgrove R, King A, Dickson T (in press, 2012) α-synuclein protects neurons from apoptosis downstream of free radical production through modulation of the MAPK signalling pathway. Neurotoxicity Research.
• Ng JM, Chen M, Leung JY, Peng ZF, Manikandan J, Qi RZ, Chuah MI, West AK, Vickers J, Lu J, Cheung NS, Chung RS (2012) Transcriptional insights on the regenerative mechanics of axotomized neurons in vitro. Journal of Cellular and Moelcular Medicine 16(4): 789-811.
• Nitz J, Cyarto L, Andrews S, Fearn M, Fu S, Haines T, Haralambous B, Hill K, Hunt S, Lea E, Moore K, Renehan E, Robinson A (2012) Outcomes from the implementation of a facility specific evidence-based falls prevention intervention program in residential aged care. Geriatric Nursing 33(1): 41-50.
• Orpin P, Hetherington S, Stirling C, Robinson A (in press) Rural dementia carers: Formal and informal sources of support. Ageing and Society (accepted 10 July 2012).
• Robinson A, Hemmings L, Lea E, Vosper G, McCann D, Weeding F, Rumble R (2012) Seeking respite: Issues around the use of day respite care for the carers of people with dementia. Ageing and Society 32: 196–218.
• Stirling C, Lloyd B, Scott J, Abbey J, Croft T, Robinson A (2012) A qualitative study of professional and client perspectives on information flows and decision aid use. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 12: 26.
• Stirling C, Leggett S, Lloyd B, Scott J, Blizzard L, Quinn S, Robinson A (2012) Decision aids for respite service choices by carers of people with dementia: development and pilot RCT. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 12: 21.
• Summers M, Saunders N L J (2012) Neuropsychological measures predict decline to Alzheimer’s dementia from mild cognitive impairment. Neuropsychology 26(4): 498-508.
• Summers M, Valenzuela M, Summers J, Ritchie K, Dickson T, Robinson A, Vickers J (2012) The Tasmanian Healthy Brain Study (THBS): Does late-life education prevent age-related cognitive decline and dementia? Alzheimer's & Dementia, 8(4), Suppl 1: 147.
• Toye C, Robinson A, Jiwa M, Andrews S, McInerney F, Horner B, Holloway C, Stratton B (2012) Developing and testing a strategy to enhance a palliative approach and care continuity for people who have dementia: study overview and protocol. BMC Palliative Care 11: 4.
• Walker J, Orpin P, Baynes H, Stratford E, Boyer K, Mahjouri N, Patterson C, Robinson A, Carty J (2012) Insights and principles for supporting social engagement in rural older people. Ageing and Society (accepted 19 March 2012).
• Walters J, Cameron-Tucker H, Courtney-Pratt H, Nelson M, Robinson A, Scott J, Turner P, Walters EH, Wood-Baker R (in press) Supporting health behaviour change in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with telephone health-mentoring: Insights from a qualitative study. BMC Family Practice (accepted 25 May 2012).
• Walters EH, Robinson A, Walters J, Wills K, Wood-Baker R (in press) Clinical diaries in COPD: Compliance and utility in predicting acute exacerbations. International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (accepted 11 May 2012).
• Wolf A, Gomez R, Summers M, Summers J (2012) Verbal memory performance in healthy older adults: Predicting inter-individual differences in cognitive training outcomes. Alzheimer’s & Dementia 8(4), Suppl 1: 385.
• Wood-Baker R, Robinson A, Reid D, Walters EH (in press) A clinical trial of community nurse mentoring to improve self-management in COPD. International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (accepted 11 May 2012).