Research groups
Dr Sophie Binks
Clinical Fellow, Oxford Autoimmune Neurology Group
Clinical Lecturer | Honorary Neurology SpR
Brief biography
I am a clinical lecturer and honorary neurology registrar in Oxford recently awarded a DPhil in autoimmune neurology, and now establishing myself as a clinician-scientist. My DPhil supervisors and current collaborators are Prof Sarosh Irani, as well as Prof Julian Knight and Dr Kate Elliott from the Knight Group, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford.
My research focuses on clinical and genetic aspects of autoimmune encephalitides. Previously (2016-2017) I was an Academic Clinical Fellow in Neurology in Oxford investigating clinical and HLA associations of LGI1- and CASPR2-antibody encephalitis, and prior to that I completed an Academic Foundation Programme in Neurology in Brighton.
Key publications
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Residual Fatigue and Cognitive Deficits in Patients After Leucine-Rich Glioma-Inactivated 1 Antibody Encephalitis.
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Binks SNM. et al, (2021), JAMA Neurol, 78, 617 - 619
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Distinct HLA associations of LGI1 and CASPR2-antibody diseases
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Binks S. et al, (2018), Brain, 141, 2263 - 2271
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LGI1, CASPR2 and related antibodies: a molecular evolution of the phenotypes
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Binks SNM. et al, (2018), Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 89, 526 - 534
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Effect of high-dose simvastatin on cognitive, neuropsychiatric, and health-related quality-of-life measures in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis: secondary analyses from the MS-STAT randomised, placebo-controlled trial.
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Chan D. et al, (2017), Lancet Neurol, 16, 591 - 600
Recent publications
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Parallel roles of neuroinflammation in feline and human epilepsies.
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Binks S. et al, (2022), Vet J
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Human Leukocyte Antigen Association Study Reveals DRB1*04:02 Effects Additional to DRB1*07:01 in Anti-LGI1 Encephalitis
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Peris Sempere V. et al, (2022), Neurology - Neuroimmunology Neuroinflammation, 9, e1140 - e1140
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Autoimmune encephalitis: clinical spectrum and management.
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Uy CE. et al, (2021), Pract Neurol, 21, 412 - 423
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Leucine‐Rich Glioma‐Inactivated 1 versus Contactin‐Associated Protein‐like 2 Antibody Neuropathic Pain: Clinical and Biological Comparisons
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Ramanathan S. et al, (2021), Annals of Neurology, 90, 683 - 690
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Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes: a practical approach to diagnosis and management.
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Binks S. et al, (2021), Pract Neurol