Rita Krishnamurthi BSc, MApplSc, PhD

10500Current Position:

Senior Lecturer; Deputy Director National Institute for Stroke & Applied Neurosciences

SCOPUS Citation Output:

(h-index 24, number of citations 21,573) as of October 2019

"A" rating in 2018 PBRF assessment round

Twitter: @RitaKrishnamurt

Medical and Research Background:

Rita undertook her undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Sydney, Australia specialising in Biomedical Science. She then started as a research assistant at the Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, working on cardiovascular research.

Rita moved to New Zealand in 1991 and joined the University of Auckland as a Senior Research Technician working on various projects. In 2000, she began her PhD studies in the field of Parkinson's disease supervised by Dr Jian Guan, Professors Richard Faull and Dianne McCarthy. After completing her doctorate, Rita worked as a Research Fellow at the Liggins Institute and the Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, UoA. She joined AUT University in late 2009 as a Senior Research Fellow and Cerebrovascular Research Programme Lead.

Research Projects:

Rita is currently involved in a number of research projects, including:

  • Stroke epidemiology
  • Global Burden of Disease Project Stroke expert panel
  • Named Investigator, Co-director and Coordinatator of HRC-Funded ARCOS V study
  • Associate investigator LiDiA project
  • Principal Investigator of Brain Research New Zealand Long-Term Effectiveness of Health and Wellness Coaching Study
  • Associate Investigator of HRC funded FASTER RCT
  • Associate Investigator of Brain Research New Zealand Feasibility Study of Dementia Prevalence
  • Member of Brain Research New Zealand early career advisory group
  • Associate Investigator and coordinator of NSC-Ageing Well Health and Wellness Coaching RCT
  • Associate Investigator of Brain Research New Zealand (a Centre of Research Excellence)
  • Associate Investigator of MedTech (a Centre of Research Excellence)
  • Associate Investigator of Brain Research New Zealand pilot RCT of Stroke Riskometer App
  • Associate Investigator and coordinator of RIBURST study
  • NISAN Programme Lead, Cerebrovascular Disease Research (Stroke epidemiology, prevention, epidemiology of neurological disorders including stroke, dementia)
  • Member of the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study, on the Stroke Expert panel

Teaching areas:

Rita coordinates and lectures in the postgraduate Stroke Management paper at AUT University, and is a guest lecturer on several papers. She is primary supervisor of 2 PhD students and 2 Masters students and secondary supervisor of 2 additional PhD students and 1 Masters student. Rita also supervises Summer Students and has been a mentor for new supervisors.

Research Interests:

Prevention and treatment of stroke, particularly in high risk groups. Prevention of dementia and raising awareness of dementia in the community.

Areas of particular expertise:
Conducting epidemiological studies in stroke and other neurological conditions. Neurodegenerative diseases including dementia and Parkinson's disease.

Membership of Editorial Boards:

  • Journal of Stroke Medicine
  • Neuroepidemiology
  • European Medical Journal - Neurology (Associate Editor)
  • Frontiers in Neurology (Guest Editor, Special Edition on Stroke Teleneurology in the Era of Smartphones
  • Annals of Neuroscience
  • World Journal of Clinical Cases

(Selected) publications:

2020

Mahon, S., Faulkner, J., Barker-Collo, S., Krishnamurthi, R., Jones, K., & Feigin, V. (2020). Slowed information processing speed at four years poststroke: Evidence and predictors from a population-based follow-up study. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, 29(2). doi:10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2019.104513

Krishnamurthi, R.V., Barker-Collo, S., Barber, P.A., Tippett, L.J., Dalrymple-Alford, J.C., Tunnage, B., Mahon, S., Parmar, P.G., Moylan, M. & Feigin, V.L. (2020). Community knowledge and awareness of stroke in New Zealand. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. doi:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2019.104589

Merkin, A. G., Medvedev, O. N., Sachdev, P. S., Tippett, L., Krishnamurthi, R., Mahon, S., Kasabov, N., Parmar, P., . . . Feigin, V. L. (2020). New avenue for the Geriatric Depression Scale: Rasch transformation enhances reliability of assessment. Journal of Affective Disorders, 264, 7-14. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2019.11.100

2019

Feigin, V. L., Krishnamurthi, R., Barker-Collo, S., Barber, P. A., Rathnasabapathy, Y., Te Ao, B., . . . Douwes, J. (2019). Measuring stroke and transient ischemic attack burden in New Zealand: Protocol for the fifth Auckland Regional Community Stroke Study (ARCOS V). International Journal of Stroke. doi:10.1177/1747493019884528

Barker-Collo, S., Krishnamurthi, R., Theadom, A., Jones, K., Starkey, N., & Feigin, V. (2019). Incidence of stroke and traumatic brain injury in New Zealand: Contrasting the BIONIC and ARCOS-IV studies. New Zealand Medical Journal, 132(1502), 40-54.

Phan, H. T., Blizzard, C. L., Reeves, M. J., Thrift, A. G., Cadilhac, D. A., Sturm, J., . . . Gall, S. (2019). Sex differences in long-term quality of life among survivors after stroke in the INSTRUCT. Stroke. doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.118.024437

Feigin, V., Krishnamurthi, R., Theadom, A. & GBD 2016 Neurology Collaborators. (2019). Global, regional, and national burden of neurological disorders, 1990-2016: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease study 2016. The Lancet Neurology, 18(5), 459-480. doi:10.1016/S1474-4422(18)30499-X

Fan, D., Krishnamurthi, R., Harris, P., Barber, P. A., & Guan, J. (2019). Plasma cyclic glycine proline/IGF‐1 ratio predicts clinical outcome and recovery in stroke patients. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. doi:10.1002/acn3.743

2018

Krishnamurthi, R., Hale, L., Barker-Collo, S., Theadom, A., Bhattacharjee, R., George, A., Parmar, P., . . . Feigin, V. (2018). Mobile technology for primary stroke prevention. Stroke, 50, 196-198. doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.118.023058

Feigin, V.L., Parmar, P., Krishnamurthi, R. et. al. (GBD 2016 Lifetime Risk of Stroke Collaborators) (2018). Global, regional, and country-specific lifetime risks of stroke, 1990 and 2016. New England Journal of Medicine, 379(25), 2429-2437. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1804492

Jones, K. M., O'Grady, G., Rodrigues, M. J., Ranta, A., Roxburgh, R. H., Love, D. R., . . . Krishnamurthi, R. (2018). Impacts for children living with genetic muscle disorders and their parents - Findings from a population-based study. Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases, 5(3), 341-352. doi:10.3233/JND-170287

Jones, K. M., Bhattacharjee, R., Krishnamurthi, R., Blanton, S., Barker-Collo, S., Theadom, A., . . . Feigin, V. L. (2018). Determining the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a stroke instructional and educational DVD in a multinational context: A randomized controlled pilot study. Clinical Rehabilitation, doi:10.1177/0269215518777565

Mahon, S., Theadom, A., Barker-Collo, S., Taylor, S., Krishnamurthi, R., Jones, K., . . . Feigin, V. (2018). The contribution of vascular risk factors in prevalence of fatigue four years following stroke: Results from a population-based study. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. doi:10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2018.03.020

Phan, H. T., Blizzard, C. L., Reeves, M. J., Thrift, A. G., Cadilhac, D. A., Sturm, J., . . . Gall, S. L. (2018). Factors contributing to sex differences in functional outcomes and participation after stroke. Neurology. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000005602

Krishnamurthi, R. V., Barker-Collo, S., Parag, V., Parmar, P., Witt, E., Jones, A., . . . Feigin, V. L. (2018). Stroke incidence by major pathological type and ischemic subtypes in the Auckland Regional Community Stroke Studies. Stroke, 49(1), 3-10. doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.117.019358

Mahon, S., Krishnamurthi, R., Vandal, A., Witt, E., Barker-Collo, S., Parmar, P., . . . Feigin, V. (2018). Primary prevention of stroke and cardiovascular disease in the community (PREVENTS): Methodology of a health wellness coaching intervention to reduce stroke and cardiovascular disease risk, a randomized clinical trial. International Journal of Stroke, 13(2), 223-232. doi:10.1177/1747493017730759

2017

Phan, H. T., Blizzard, C. L., Reeves, M. J., Thrift, A. G., Cadilhac, D., Sturm, J., . . . Gall, S. (2017). Sex differences in long-term mortality after stroke in the INSTRUCT (INternational STRoke oUtComes sTudy): A meta-analysis of individual participant data. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, 10(2). doi:10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.116.003436

Mahon, S., Parmar, P., Barker-Collo, S., Krishnamurthi, R., Jones, K., Theadom, A., & Feigin, V. L. (2017). Determinants, prevalence and trajectory of long-term post stroke cognitive impairment: Results from 4-year follow-up of the ARCOS-IV Study. Neuroepidemiology, 49(3-4), 129-134. doi:10.1159/000484606

Barker-Collo, S., Krishnamurthi, R., Witt, E., Theadom, A., Starkey, N., Barber, P. A., . . . Feigin, V. (2017). Depression and anxiety across the first year after Ischemic stroke: Findings from a population-based New Zealand ARCOS-IV study. Brain Impairment, 18(3), 265-276. doi:10.1017/BrImp.2017.12

2016

Feigin, V., & Krishnamurthi, R. (2016). Stroke is largely preventable across the globe: Where to next? [Comment]. Lancet, 388(10046), 733-734. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(16)39679-1

Barker-Collo, S., Krishnamurthi, R., Feigin, V., Jones, A., Theadom, A., Barber, P. A., . . . Bennett, D. (2016). Neuropsychological outcome and its predictors across the first year after ischaemic stroke. Brain Impairment, 17(2), 111-122.

Barber, P. A., Krishnamurthi, R., Parag, V., Anderson, N. E., Ranta, A., Klifoyle, D., . . . for the ARCOS IV study group. (2016). Incidence of transient ischemic attack in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2011 to 2012. Stroke, 47(9), 2183-2188. doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.014010

Feigin, V., & Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. (2016). Global burden of stroke and risk factors in 188 countries, during 1990–2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet Neurology, 15(9), 913-924. doi:10.1016/S1474-4422(16)30073-4

Feigin, V. L., Mensah, G. A., Norrving, B., Murray, C. J. L., Roth, G. A., & GBD 2013 Stroke Panel Experts Group. (2015). Atlas of the Global Burden of Stroke (1990-2013): The GBD 2013 Study. Neuroepidemiology, 45(3), 230-236. doi:10.1159/000441106

Krishnamurthi, R. V., Moran, A. E., Feigin, V. L., Barker-Collo, S., Norrving, B., Mensah, G. A., . . . Roth, G. A. (2016). Erratum: Stroke prevalence, mortality and disability-adjusted life years in adults aged 20-64 years in 1990-2013: Data from the Global Burden of Disease 2013 Study (Neuroepidemiology (2015) 45 (190-202). Neuroepidemiology, 46(3), 181. doi:10.1159/000444426

Feigin, V. L., Varakin, Y. Y., Kravchenko, M. A., Piradov, M. A., Tanashyan, M. M., Gnedovskaya, E. V., . . . Barker-Collo, S. (2016). A new approach to stroke prevention in Russia. Human Physiology, 42(8), 854-857. doi:10.1134/S0362119716080053

2015

Feigin, V. L., Krishnamurthi, R. V., Barker-Collo, S., McPherson, K. M., Barber, P. A., Parag, V., . . . ARCOS IV Group. (2015). 30-year trends in stroke rates and outcome in Auckland, New Zealand (1981-2012): A multi-ethnic population-based series of studies. PLoS One, 10(8), e0134609. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0134609

Feigin, V., Varakin, Y. Y., Kravchenko, M. A., Piradov, M. A., Tanashayan, M. M., Gnedovskaya, E. V., . . . Barker-Collo, S. (2015). A new approach for stroke prevention in Russia. Annaly-Nevrologii, 9(4), 11-15. Retrieved from http://www.annaly-nevrologii.ru/

Feigin, V., Krishnamurthi, R., Bhattacharjee, R., Parmar, P., Theadom, A., Hussein, P., . . . Tobias, M. (2015). A new strategy to reduce global burden of Stroke. Stroke, 46, 1740-1747.

Feigin, V., Forouzanfar, M. H., Krishnamurthi, R., Mensah, G., Connor, M., Bennett, D. A., . . . Murray, C. (2015). Global burden of stroke - An update. International Journal of Stroke, 9, 5.

Vos, T., Barber, R. M., Bell, B., Bertozzi-Villa, A., Biryukov, S., Bolliger, I., . . . Murray, C. J. L. (2015). Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. The Lancet, 386(9995), 743-800. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60692-4

Jones, A. R., Krishnamurthi, R., Theadom, A., Barker-Collo, S., McPherson, K., & Feigin, V. L. (2015). Health-related quality of life in stroke survivors one year post stroke. International Journal of Stroke, 10, 66.

Barker-Collo, S., Krishnamurthi, R., Witt, E., Feigin, V. L., Jones, A., McPherson, K., . . . Arroll, B. (2015). Improving adherence to secondary stroke prevention strategies through motivational interviewing. Stroke, 46, 3451-3458. doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.011003

Barber, P. A., Krishnamurthi, R., Parag, V., Anderson, N. E., Ranta, A., Kilfoyle, D., . . . Feigin, V. L. (2015). Incidence and attack rates of stroke and transient ischaemic attack in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2011-2012. International Journal of Stroke, 10, 202.

Jones, K. M., Bhattacharjee, R., Krishnamurthi, R., Blanton, S., Theadom, A., Barker-Collo, S., . . . on behalf of the SMART Study Group. (2015). Methodology of the stroke self-management rehabilitation trial: An international, multisite pilot trial. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, 24(2), 297-303. doi:10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2014.08.029

Curran, A., Jones, A. R., Krishnamurthi, R., Barker-Collo, S., McPherson, K., & Feigin, V. L. (2015). Prevalence of smoking in stroke patients and its relationship with stroke severity. International Journal of Stroke, 10, 66.

Feigin, V. L., Wang, W., Fu, H., Liu, L., Krishnamurthi, R., Bhattacharjee, R., . . . Barker-Collo, S. (2015). Primary stroke prevention in China - a new approach. Neurological Research, 37(5). doi:10.1179/1743132815Y.0000000025

Feigin, V. L., Krishnamurthi, R., & Norrving, B. (2015). Response to letter regarding article: New strategy to reduce the global burden of stroke. Stroke, 46, e195. doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.010084

Barker-Collo, S., Bennett, D. A., Krishnamurthi, R. V., Parmar, P., Feigin, V. L., et al GBD 2013 Writing Group., . . . and GBD 2013 Stroke Panel Experts Group. (2015). Sex differences in stroke incidence, prevalence, mortality and Disability-Adjusted Life Years: Results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Neuroepidemiology, 45(3), 203-214. doi:10.1159/000441103

Krishnamurthi, R. V., Moran, A. E., Feigin, V. L., Barker-Collo, S., Norrving, B., Mensah, G. A., . . . Roth, G. A. (2015). Stroke prevalence, mortality and Disability-Adjusted Life Years in adults aged 20-64 years in 1990-2013: Data from the Global Burden of Disease 2013 study. Neuroepidemiology, 45(3), 190-202. doi:10.1159/000441098

Krishnamurthi, R. V., deVeber, G., Feigin, V. L., Barker-Collo, S., Fullerton, H., et al GBD 2013 Writing Group., . . . and GBD 2013 Stroke Panel Experts Group. (2015). Stroke prevalence, mortality and Disability-Adjusted Life Years in children and youth aged 0-19 years: Data from the Global and Regional Burden of Stroke study 2013. Neuroepidemiology, 45(3), 177-189. doi:10.1159/000441087

Feigin, V., Norrving, B., Krishnamurthi, R., Barker-Collo, S., Wang, W., Fu, H. U. A., . . . Mendis, S. (2015). Stroke Riskometer app: A new promising approach for primary stroke prevention and epidemiological research on stroke and other major non-communicable disorders (NCD) across the globe. International Journal of Stroke, 10, 101-102.

Bhattacharjee, R., Jones, K., Krishnamurthi, R., Theadom, A., Barker-Collo, S., Ratnasabapathy, Y., . . . Feigin, V. (2015). Stroke Self-Management Rehabilitation Trial (SMART-DVD): Preliminary findings from an international, multi-site pilot trial. International Journal of Stroke, 10, 55.

Parmar, P., Krishnamurthi, R., Ikram, M. A., Hofman, A., Mirza, S. S., Varakin, Y., . . . Stroke RiskometerTM Collaboration Writing Group. (2015). The Stroke Riskometer(TM) App: Validation of a data collection tool and stroke risk predictor. International Journal of Stroke, 10(2), 231-244. doi:10.1111/ijs.12411

Bhattacharjee, R., Krishnamurthi, R., Hussein, T., Purohit, M., & Feigin, V. (2015). The Stroke Riskometer: A new tool to measure and monitor stroke risk. International Journal of Stroke, 10, 55.

Feigin, V. L., Krishnamurthi, R. V., Parmar, P., Norrving, B., Mensah, G. A., Bennett, D. A., . . . et al and the GBD 2013 Writing Group and GBD 2013 Stroke Panel Experts Group. (2015). Update on the global burden of Ischemic and Hemorrhagic stroke in 1990-2013: The GBD 2013 Study. Neuroepidemiology, 45(3), 161-176. doi:10.1159/000441085

2014

Rutherford, S. J., Theadom, A., Jones, A., Hocking, C., Feigin, V., Krishnamurthi, R., . . . McPherson, K. M. (2014). Capturing the stories behind the numbers: The Auckland Regional Community Stroke study (ARCOS IV), a qualitative study. International Journal of Stroke, 9(1), 64-70. doi:10.1111/ijs.12164

Feigin, V. L., Forouzanfar, M. H., Krishnamurthi, R., & Mensah, G. A. (2014). Care. Data, consent, and confidentiality: Authors' reply. The Lancet, 383(9924), 1205-1206.

Feigin, V. L., Forouzanfar, M. H., & Krishnamurthi, R. (2014). Erratum: Global and regional burden of stroke during 1990-2010: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (Lancet (2014) 383 (245-255)). The Lancet, 383(9913), 218.

Kasabov, N., Feigin, V., Hou, Z. -G., Chen, Y., Liang, L., Krishnamurthi, R., . . . Parmar, P. (2014). Evolving spiking neural networks for personalised modelling, classification and prediction of spatio-temporal patterns with a case study on stroke. Neurocomputing, 134, 269-279. doi:10.1016/j.neucom.2013.09.049

Feigin, V. L., Parmar, P. G., Barker-Collo, S., Bennett, D. A., Anderson, C. S., Thrift, A. G., . . . Kasabov, N. (2014). Geomagnetic storms can trigger stroke: Evidence from 6 large population-based studies in Europe and Australasia. Stroke, 45(6), 1639-1645. doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.004577

Krishnamurthi, R., Feigin, V. L., & On behalf of the Global Burdens of Disease, Injuries and Risk Factors Study 2010 (GBD 2010). (2014). Global and regional burden of first-ever ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke during 1999-2010: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease study 2010. Lancet Global Health, 1(5), e259-e281. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(13)70089-5

Feigin, V. L., Forouzanfar, M. H., Krishnamurthi, R., Mensah, G. A., Connor, M., Bennett, D. A., . . . Naghavi, M. (2014). Global and regional burden of stroke during 1990-2010: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. The Lancet, 383(9913), 245-255. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61953-4

Feigin, V. L., Forouzanfar, M. H., Krishnamurthi, R., & Mensah, G. A. (2014). Global burden of stroke: An underestimate - Authors' reply. Lancet, 383(9924), 1205-1206. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60596-1

Krishnamurthi, R., Barker-Collo, S., McPherson, K., Parag, V., Rush, E., Davis-Martin, K., . . . Feigin, V. (2014). Incidence and outcomes of Stroke: Findings from the population-based Auckland Regional Community Stroke Study (ARCOS IV). International Journal of Stroke, 9(S1), 12.

Feigin, V. L., Krishnamurthi, R., Barker-Collo, S., McPherson, K., Parag, V., Abbott, M., . . . Barber, A. P. (2014). Long-term trends in stroke incidence in New Zealand: 1981-2012. International Journal of Stroke, 9(3), 153.

Feigin, V. L., McPherson, K., Barker-Collo, S., & Krishnamurthi, R. (2014). Measuring and reducing the stroke burden in New Zealand. International Journal of Stroke, 9(1), 5. doi:10.1111/ijs.12122

Krishnamurthi, R., Jones, A., Barber, P. A., Barker-Collo, S., McPherson, K., Bennett, D., . . . ARCOS IV Programme Group. (2014). Methodology of a population-based stroke and TIA incidence and outcomes study: The Auckland Regional Community Stroke Study (ARCOS IV) 2011-2012. International Journal of Stroke, 9(1), 140-147. doi:10.1111/ijs.12108

Theadom, A., Rodrigues, M., Roxburgh, R., Balalla, S., Higgins, C., Bhattacharjee, R., . . . Feigin, V. (2014). Prevalence of muscular dystrophies:  A systematic literature review. Neuroepidemiology, 43(3-4), 259-268. doi:10.1159/000369343

Krishnamurthi, R., Witt, E., Barker-Collo, S., McPherson, K., Davis-Martin, K., Bennett, D., . . . ARCOS IV Programme Group. (2014). Reducing recurrent stroke: Methodology of the motivational interviewing in stroke (MIST) randomized clinical trial. International Journal of Stroke, 9(1), 133-139. doi:10.1111/ijs.12107

Feigin, V. L., Krishnamurthi, R., Barber, P. A., & Arroll, B. (2014). Stroke prevention in New Zealand: Can we do better?. International Journal of Stroke, 9(1), 61-63. doi:10.1111/ijs.12117

Krishnamurthi, R. V., Moran, A. E., Forouzanfar, M. H., Bennett, D. A., Mensah, G. A., Lawes, C. M. M., . . . Feigin, V. L. (2014). The global burden of hemorrhagic stroke: A summary of findings from the GBD 2010 study. Global Heart, 9(1), 101-106. doi:10.1016/j.gheart.2014.01.003

Bennett, D. A., Krishnamurthi, R. V., Barker-Collo, S., Forouzanfar, M. H., Naghavi, M., Connor, M., . . . Feigin, V. L. (2014). The global burden of ischemic stroke: Findings of the GBD 2010 study. Global Heart, 9(1), 107-112. doi:10.1016/j.gheart.2014.01.001

2013

Barker-Collo, S., Feigin, V., & Krishnamurthi, R. (2013). Differences in neuropsychological profiles of long-term intracerebral hemorrhage and subarachnoid hemorrhage survivors. International Journal of Stroke, 8(4), E14. doi:10.1111/j.1747-4949.2012.00959.x

Kasabov, N., Liang, L., Krishnamurthi, R., Feigin, V., Othman, M., Hou, Z., . . . Parmar, P. (2013). Neurocomputing for spatio/spectro-temporal pattern recognition and early event prediction: Methods, systems, applications. Communications in Computer and Information Science, 384.

2012

Murray, C. J., Vos, T., Lozano, R., Naghavi, M., Flaxman, A. D., Michaud, C., . . . Memish, Z. A. (2012). Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet, 380(9859), 2197-2223. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61689-4

Lozano, R., Naghavi, M., Foreman, K., Lim, S., Shibuya, K., Aboyans, V., . . . Memish, Z. A. (2012). Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet, 380(9859), 2095-2128. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61728-0

Vos, T., Flaxman, A. D., Naghavi, M., Lozano, R., Michaud, C., Ezzati, M., . . . Memish, Z. A. (2012). Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990-2010: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet, 380(9859), 2163-2196. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61729-2

Chan, Y. K., Davis, P. F., Poppitt, S. D., Sun, X., Greenhill, N. S., Krishnamurthi, R., . . . Krissansen, G. W. (2012). Influence of tail versus cardiac sampling on blood glucose and lipid profiles in mice. Laboratory Animals, 46(2), 142-147. doi:10.1258/la.2011.011136

Feigin, V. L., Barker-Collo, S., Parag, V., Hackett, M. L., Kerse, N., Barber, P. A., . . . on behalf of the Auckland Regional Community Stroke Study Group. (2012). Prevalence and predictors of 6-month fatigue in patients with ischemic stroke: A population-based stroke incidence study in Auckland, New Zealand, 2002-2003. Stroke, 43(10), 2604-2609. doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.112.660886

2011

Feigin, V. L., & Krishnamurthi, R. (2011). Stroke prevention in the developing world. Stroke, 42, 3655-3658. Retrieved from http://stroke.ahajournals.org/content/42/12/3655.full.pdf+html?sid=1e9dd2b4-c713-4734-9960-58453ebd30e3

2010

Feigin, V. L., Barker Collo, S., Krishnamurthi, R., Theadom, A., & Starkey, N. (2010). Epidemiology of Ischaemic stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury. Best Practice and Research Clinical Anaesthesiology, 24(4), 485-494. doi:10.1016/j.bpa.2010.10.006

Feigin, V. L., & Krishnamurthi, R. (2010). Public health strategies could reduce the global stroke epidemic. The Lancet Neurology, 9(9), 847-848. doi:10.1016/S1474-4422(10)70190-3

2009

Krishnamurthi, R., Mathai, S., Kim, A. H., Zhang, R., & Guan, J. (2009). A novel diketopiperazine improves functional recovery given after the onset of 6-ODHA-induced motor deficit in rats. British Journal of Pharmacology, 156(4), 662-672.

2007

Krishnamurthi, R., Guan, J., Mathai, S., Kim, J., & Zhang, R. (2007). Delayed administration of cyclic G-2allylP reduced the long-term forelimb akinesia independent striatal dopamine depletion in rats. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 27(Issue SUPPL. 1), BP30-01U.

2004

Krishnamurthi, R., Stott, S., Maingay, M., Faull, R. L. M., McCarthy, D., Gluckman, P., . . . Guan, J. (2004). N-terminal tripeptide of IGF-1 improves functional deficits after 6-OHDA lesion in rats. Neuroreport, 15(10), 1601-1604.

2002

Krishnamurthi, R., Waldvogel, H. J., Faull, R. L. M., Gluckman, P., & Guan, J. (2002). N-terminal tripeptide of IGF-1 (GPE) prevents the loss of TH positive neurons after 6-ODHA induced nigral lesion in rats. The basal ganglia VII. Advances in Behavioural Biology, 52, 255-264.

2000

Guan, J., Krishnamurthi, R., Waldvogel, H. J., Faull, R. L. M., Clark, R., & Gluckman, P. (2000). N-terminal tripeptide of IGF-1 (GPE) prevents the loss of TH positive neurons after 6-OHDA induced nigral lesion in rats. Brain Research, 859(2), 286-292.

1997

Krishnamurthi, R. V., Maxwell, L., Bassett, N. S., Gavin, J. B., Gluckman, P. D., & Johnston, B. M. (1997). The spatial and temporal distribution of insulin-like growth factor-1 following experimental myocardial infarction in the rat. Cardiovascular Pathology, 6(4), 197-203. doi:10.1016/S1054-8807(96)00135-4

Book chapters

Krishnamurthi, R., Parmar, P., Hankey, G. J., & Feigin, V. (2017). Global stroke burden and stroke prevention. In S. Mendis (Ed.), Understanding stroke in a global context (Vol. 2, pp. 41-62). United Arab Emirates: Bentham Science Publishers. doi:10.2174/97816810852411170201

Feigin, V. L., & Krishnamurthi, R. V. (2015). Global burden of stroke. In J. C. Grotta, G. W. Albers, J. P. Broderick, S. E. Kasner, H. Lo, A. D. Mendelow, . . . L. K. S. Wong (Eds.), Stroke: Pathophysiology, diagnosis, management, 6th edition (pp. 165-206). United Kingdom: Elsevier Limited.

Barker-Collo, S., Krishnamurthi, R., Suh, F. M., & Feigin, V. (2015). Long-term health outcomes of subarachnoid haemorrhage. In L. Gray (Ed.), Subarachnoid haemorrhage: Epidemiology, management and long-term health effects (pp. 115-142). Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

Feigin, V. L., & Krishnamurthi, R. V. (2014). Epidemiology of stroke. In B. Norrving (Ed.), Oxford textbook of stroke and cerebrovascular disease. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Liang, L., Krishnamurthi, R., Kasabov, N., & Feigin, V. (2014). Information methods for predicting risk and outcome of stroke. In N. Kasabov (Ed.), Springer handbook of bio-neuroinformatics. Berlin: Springer Verlag. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-30574-0

Anderson, A., Owada, K., Saad, A., Feigin, V., Krishnamurthi, R., & Raghavan, P. (2014). Stroke epidemiology: Global burden of first-ever strokes. In J. Stein, R. L. Harvey, C. J. Winstein, R. D. Zorowitz, & G. F. Wittenberg (Eds.), Stroke recovery and rehabilitation (2nd edition) (pp. 33-42). New York, USA: DEMOS Medical Publishing.

Krishnamurthi, R., Jones, K. M., & Feigin, V. L. (2013). Risk factors and primary prevention. In B. Ovbiagele (Ed.), Stroke management and recovery (e-book) (pp. 22-37). London, UK: Future Medicine Ltd. doi:10.2217/9781780841830