Dr Cook’s Publications

PUBLICATIONS

  1. COOK, R.J.AND BESSER, M
    A 16 year old boy with poor vision and nasal obstruction.
    ANZ J. Surg (1987) 55:485-488
    A review of the current management of invasive pituitary prolactinomas.
  2. COOK, R.J., FEARNSIDE, M.R., DORSCH, N.W. AND CHASELING, R
    Outcome Prediction in Extradural Haematoma
    Acta Neurochir, (1988)95:90-94
    A review of 100 consecutive extradural haematomas managed at Westmead Hospital with formulation of a score, tabulated on initial assessment of the patients, which accurately predicts outcome.
  3. COOK, R.J. AND FEARNSIDE, M.R
    Cervical Cord Extradural Haematomas with Familial Cutaneous Haemangiomas
    J.Neurosurg. (1988) (2):265-268.
    A case report confirming the link between cutaneous haemangiomas and haemangiomas of the extradural space: a review of the management of spontaneous spinal cervical extradural haematoma.
  4. DEANE, S.A., GAUNDRY,P.L., WOODS, P., CASS,D., HOLLANDS, M. AND COOK, R.J.
    The Management of Injuries – A Review of Deaths in Hospital
    ANZ J. Surg. (1988)58:463-469.
    A comprehensive review of the problems with trauma management based on the analysis of more than 100 consecutive deaths in hospital from trauma managed at Westmead Hospital from 1985-1987.
  5. FEARNSIDE,M.R. AND COOK,R.J.
    The Westmead Head Injury Project: “Outcome of Severe Head Injury. A Comparative Analysis of Pre-Hospital, Clinical and CT Variables”
    J.Neurosurgery 1993 7,267-279.
    A paper on head injury from the Westmead Coma Data Base.
  6. FEARNSIDE,M.R., COOK,R.J., MCDOWGALL, P. AND LEWIS, W.A.
    The Westmead Head Injury Project: “Physical and Social Outcomes Following Severe Head Injury”
    J. Neurosurgery. (1993) 7.643-650.
    A paper on head injury from the Westmead Coma Data Base.
  7. COOK, R.J. AND FEARNSIDE, M.R.
    The Westmead Head Injury Project: “Outcome Prediction in Acute Subdural Haematoma”
    Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. Vol 3 No.2 April 1996 143-148.
    A paper on head injury from the Westmead Coma Data Base.
  8. COOK, R.J., UTTLEY, D., ARCHER, D. AND BELL, D
    Surgical Management of Giant Invasive Prolactinoma Presenting as Skull Base Tumours
    British Journal Neurosurgery, Vol 8 No.1 1994 51-55.
  9. FUNG, V., HELY, M., COOK, R.J. ET AL.
    A prospective study of posteroveterbral pallidotomy in the treatment of Parkinson’s Disease
    Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 1996 3:395 Abstract.
  10. BEITH J, COOK R.J, ROBINSON B, LEVI J, BELL D, WHEELER H, ET AL
    Modulation of 06-Methylguanine Methyltransferase Mediated Resistance to BCNU in Recurrent High Grade Gliomas
    Annu. Meet. Am. Soc. Clin. Oncology; 16:A1375 1997 Abstract
  11. SLANCAR M, WHEELER H, COOK R, LEVI J, BELL D, BEITH J.
    Increased pulmonary toxicity with scheduling procarbazine prior to BCNU in patients with high-grade gliomas
    (Abstract) American Society of Cancer and Oncology p. 409a Vol 16 1997
  12. COOK, R.J.
    Stereotactic Neurosurgery: an update.
    Modern Medicine of Australia February 1998, pp 52-58.
  13. COOK RJ, FRACCHIA G, HOBAN P, FUNG V, JOFFE R, MORRIS J, O’SULLIVAN, ET AL
    Evolution of a Surgical Technique for Posteroventral Pallidotomy. Using CT/MRI Fusion with Intraoperative Macrostimulation.”
    Journal of Clinical Neuroscience Vol. 5 No. 1. January 1998.
  14. MARX, G., PAVLAKIS, N., MCCOWATT, S., BOYLE, F., LEVI, J., BELL, D., COOK, R.J., BIGGS, M., LITTLE, NICK., WHEELER, H.
    Phase II study of thalidomide in the treatment of Glioblastoma Multiforme
    Journal of Neuro-Oncology, 54(1) 31-38.August 2001.
  15. COOK RJ, BIANCHI R, MORRIS JGL, NGUYEN T.
    Long term Outcome in Parkinsons Disease after Bilateral Pallidotomy. Proceedings of the Twelfth World Congress of Neurosurgery.
    Editors Reilly and McCulloch pp333-338, September 2001.
  16. TURNER KR, REID WG, COOK RJ.
    Neuropsychological sequelae of bilateral posteroventral pallidotomy
    Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 2002:73:444-446
  17. J.S.CAIRNS, FINFER SR, HARRINGTON TJ, COOK RJ.
    Papaverine Angioplasty to treat Cerebral Vasospasm following traumatic Subarachnoid haemorrhage
    Anaethesia and Intensive Care Vol 312:87-89,2003
  18. McKENZIE CA, COOK R, BRAZIER D, FRYER J.
    Malignant Transformation of a Dysembyoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumour: Pathology International Vol 53, issue 12, December 2003
  19. COUSINS M, BRAZIER D, COOK R.
    Intracranial hypotension due to cervical CSF leak treated with epidural blood patch.
    Anaesthesia/Analgesia, Vol 98: 1794-1797, 2004
  20. HUANG Y,MORRIS J,GARRICK R, O’SULLIVAN D HALLIDAY G, COOK R.
    Pallidal stimulation reduces treatment induced dyskinesia in minimal change multisystem atrophy.
    Movement Disorders: Volume 20,Issue 8,1042-1047,April 2005.
  21. YUILE P, DENT O, COOK R, BIGGS M, LITTLE N.
    Survival of Glioblastoma patients related to presenting symptoms, brain site and treatment variable
    Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. Vol 13, issue 7, August 2006
  22. MAROULIS H, HALMALGYI MG, HEARD R, COOK RJ.
    Sylvian Aqueduct Syndrome with slit ventricles and overdrainage in shunted adult hydrocephalus due to aqueduct
    J. Neurosurgery 109(5):939-43, 2008
  23. MEAGHER l, SILBERSTEIN P, COOK RJ
    Psychiatric Morbidity in Patients with Parkinsons Disease
    Acta Neuropsychiatrica August, 2008
  24. Payne CA, Maleki S, Messina M, O’Sullivan MG, Stone G, Hall N, Parkinson JF, Wheeler HR, Cook RJ, Biggs MT, Little NS,Teo C, Robinson BG, McDonald KL.
    Loss of Prostaglandin D2 Synthase: A key molecular event in the transition of a low grade astrocytoma to an anaplastic astrocytoma.
    Molecular Cancer Therapies. Oct:7(10) :3420-8, 2008
  25. Fowler AR, Cook RJ, Biggs M, Little N, Assad N, McDonald KL.
    Neurosurgical Colonic Adenocarcinoma Metastasis in Northern Sydney/ Central Coast Area Health Service: A Review.
    J Clinical Neuroscience. Vol 15 (9) : 998-1004 , September 2008
  26. ELSTON MS,GILL AJ,CONAGLEN J,CLARKSON A, SHAW JM, LAW AJ, COOK RJ, LITTLEN, CLIFTON BLIGH R, ROBINSON B, McDONALD KL.
    Wnt pathway inhibitors are strongly down-regulated in pituitary tumours.
    Endocrinolgy March:149(3) : 1235-42 , .2008
  27. Parkinson JF, Wheeler HR, Clarkson A, McKenzie CA, Biggs MT, Little NS, Cook RJ, Messina M, Robinson BG, McDonald KL.
    Variation of 06-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) promoter methylation in serial samples in glioblastoma.
    J Neuroncol. 87:71-8, 2008.
  28. McDonald KL, O’Sullivan MG, Parkinson JF, Shaw JM, Payne CA, Brewer JM, Young L, Reader DJ, Wheeler HT, Cook RJ, Biggs MT, Little NS, Teo C, Stone G, Robinson BG.
    IQGAP1 and IGFBP2: Valuable biomarkers for determining prognosis in glioma patients.
    J Neuropath Exp Neurol 2007; 66:405-17
  29. McCORMACK AI, McDONALD KL, GILL AJ, CLARKS J, BURT MJ, CAMPBELL KA, BRAUND WJ, LITTLE NS, COOK RJ, GROSSMAN AB, ROBINSON BG, CLIFTON-BLIGH RG
    Low MGMT expression and response to temozolomide In aggressive pituitary tumours.
    Clinical Endocrinology : 71(2) :226-233,2009.
  30. MEAGHER LJ, ILCHEF R, SILBERSTEIN P, COOK RJ, WASSON D, MALHI GS.
    Psychiatric morbidity in patients with parkinsons disease following bilateral subthalamic deep brain stimulation: literature review.
    Acta neuropsychiatri 20 : (192), 2008
  31. McCORMACK AL, McDONALD KL, GILL AJ, CLARK SJ, BURT MG, CAMPBELL KA, BRAUND WJ, LITTLE N, COOK RJ, GROSSMAN AB, ROBINSON BG, CLIFTON-BLIGH RJ.
    Low 06-methylguanine transferase (MGMT) expression and response to temozolomide in aggressive pituitary tumours.
    Endocrinol (Oxf) Aug:71(2):226-33 2009
  32. ELSTON MS, GILLAJ, CONAGLENJV, CLARKSON A, COOK RJ, LITTLE N,ROBINSON BG, CLIFTON-BLIGH RJ,McDONALD KL.
    Nuclear accumulation of e-cadherin correlates with loss of cytoplasmic membrane staining and invasion of pituitary adenomas.
    J Clinic Endocrinol Metab. April:94(4) :1436-42 ,2009.
  33. NIELSSEN OB, COOK RJ, JOFFE R,MEAGHER LJ, SILBERSTEIN P. Paraphilia and other disturbed behaviour associated with dopamimetic treatment for Parkinson’s disease.
    Mov Disord, May 15:24(7) :1091-2 2009
  34. SILBERSTEIN P, BITTAR R, BOYLE R, COOK RJ, COYNE T, O’SULLIVAN D, PELL M, PEPPARD R, RODRIGUES J, SILBURN P, STELL R, WATSON P.
    Deep brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s disease: Australian referral guidelines.
    J Clinic Neuroscience August :16(8) :1001-8, 200
  35. MATER E, COOK RJ, FOWLER AR, BIGGS MT, LITTLE N, WHEELER H, ROBINSON B, McDONALD K.
    Post Contrast enhancement as a clinical indicator of prognosis in patients with anaplastic astrocytoma.
    J Clin. Neuroscience Aug:17(8) 993-6, 2010.
  36. McDONALD K. McDONNELL J, MUNTONI A, HENSON JD, HEGI M, von DIEMLING A, WHEELER H, COOK RJ, BIGGS MT, LITTLE N, ROBINSON BG, REDDEL RR, ROYDS JA.
    Presence of alternative lengthening of telomeres mechanism in patients with glioblastoma identifies a less aggressive tumour type with longer survival.
    J Neuropathol Exp Neurol Jul:69(7) 729-36 2010
  37. GONZALVO A, FOWLER A, COOK RJ, LITTLE NS, WHEELER H, MCDONALDK, BIGGS MT.
    Schwannomatosis, sporadic schwannomatosis and familial schwannomatosis: a surgical series with long term follow up. Clinical article.
    J Neurosurg Mar:114(3):756-62, 2011
  38. FOWLER A, THOMSON D, GILES K, MALEKIS M, REICH E, WHEELER H, LEEDMAN P, BIGGS M, LITTLE N, WHEELER H, COOK RJ, MCDONALD KL.
    miR-124a is frequently downregulated in glioblastoma and is involved in migration and invasion.
    Eur J Cancer April: 47(6) 953-63 2011
  39. PARKINSON JF, AFAGHI V, PAYNE CA, BUCKLAND ME, BREWER M, BIGGS M, LITTLE N, WHEELER H, COOK RJ, MCDONALD KL.
    The impact of molecular and clinical factors on patient outcome with oligodendroglioma from 20 years experience at a single centre.
    J Clinic Neuroscience March,18(3) :329-33, 2011
  40. DOBES M, KHURANA V, SHADBOLT B, JAIN S, SMITH SF, SMEE R, DEXTER M, COOK RJ.
    A multicentre study of primary brain tumour incidence in Australia (2000-2008)
    Neuro Oncol. July:13(7) :783-90 ,2011
  41. DOBES M,KHURANA V,SHADBOLT B,JAIN S, SMITH SF, SMEE R, DEXTER M, COOK RJ.
    Increasing incidence of glioblastoma multiforme and meningioma and decreasing incidence of schwannoma (2000-2008): Findings of a multicentre Australian study.
    Surg Neurolog Int. 2;176, 2011.
  42. TATTERSALL T, STRATTON P,COYNE T, COOK RJ, SILBERSTEIN P, WINDELS F, SAH P
    Imagined gait modulates neuronal dynamics in the human pedunculopontine nucleus
    Nature Neuroscience 17,449-454 January (2014)
  43. SACHDEV P, MOHAN A,CANNON E, CRAWFORD J, SILBERSTEIN P, COOK RJ, COYNE T, SILBURN P.
    Deep Brain Stimulation of the anteromedial Globus Pallidus Interna for Tourette Syndrome
    PLOS ONE vol 9 issue 8 August (2014)
  44. COOK RJ, JONESL, FRACCHIA G, ANDERSON N, MIU J, MEAGHER L, SILBURN P, SILBERSTEIN P.
    Globus Pallidus Internus Deep Brain Stimulation as Rescue Therapy for Refractory Dyskinesias following Effective Subthalamic Nucleus Stimulation
    Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 93:25-29 (2015)