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Professor Clare Rusbridge
Chief of Neurology / BVMS (Hons) PhD DECVN FRCVS
EBVS® European Specialist in Veterinary Neurology
RCVS Recognised Specialist in Veterinary Neurology
Clare Rusbridge graduated from the University of Glasgow in 1991 and following an internship at the University of Pennsylvania and general practice in Cambridgeshire, she completed a BSAVA/Petsavers Residency and was Staff Clinician in Neurology at the Royal Veterinary College. She became a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Neurology in 1996 and a RCVS Specialist in 1999. In 2007 she was awarded a PhD from Utrecht University for her thesis on Chiari-like malformation and Syringomyelia – a painful disease occurring in some toy breed dogs.
For 16 years she operated a neurology and neurosurgery referral service at the Stone Lion Veterinary Hospital in Wimbledon. Her professional interests include neuropathic pain, inherited diseases, epilepsy and rehabilitation following spinal injury. She treats many animals with painful and/or distressing inherited disease which motivates her research aiming to find a better way of diagnosing, treating and preventing these conditions.
In 2011 she was awarded the J. A. Wight (a.k.a. James Herriot) Memorial Award by The Blue Cross Animal Welfare Charity for her work with the Cavalier King Charles spaniel society with regard to syringomyelia. In 2014 Clare received the FECVA award for best original paper also on syringomyelia and in 2016 she was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons for meritorious contribution to knowledge. She has authored or co-authored over 90 scientific articles and papers, contributed to several veterinary textbooks and has co-edited a medical textbook on syringomyelia.
In July 2018, Clare was awarded her professorship from The University of Surrey, in recognition for her postdoctoral research and teaching at the School of Veterinary Medicine.
See Clare’s full list of publications on her Google Scholar’s page.
Publications
The Need for Head Space: Brachycephaly and Cerebrospinal Fluid Disorders
Clare Rusbridge, Penny Knowler
:New considerations about Chiari-like malformation, syringomyelia and their management
Clare Rusbridge
:Facial changes related to brachycephaly in Cavalier King Charles Spaniels with Chiari‐like malformation associated pain and secondary syringomyelia
S P Knowler, E Dumas, M. Spiteri, A K McFadyen, F Stringer, K Wells, Clare Rusbridge
:Using machine learning to understand neuromorphological change and image‐based biomarker identification in Cavalier King Charles Spaniels with Chiari‐like malformation‐associated pain and syringomyelia
M. Spiteri, S P Knowler, Clare Rusbridge, K Wells
:Behavioural changes in dogs with idiopathic epilepsy
F Watson, R M A Packer, Clare Rusbridge, H A Volk
:MRI findings in two West Highland White Terrier dogs with hepatic encephalopathy secondary to portosystemic shunt
R Fernandes, C Driver, J H Rose, Clare Rusbridge
:Behavioral and clinical signs of Chiari‐like malformation‐associated pain and syringomyelia in Cavalier King Charles spaniels
Clare Rusbridge, Angus K. McFadyen, Susan P Knowler
:Chiari‐like malformation and Syringomyelia in American Brussels Griffon dogs
AC Freeman, SR Platt, M Kent, E Huguet, Clare Rusbridge, S Holmes
:Feline hyperaesthesia syndrome with self-trauma to the tail: retrospective study of seven cases and proposal for integrated multidisciplinary diagnostic approach
PA Batle, Clare Rusbridge, T Nuttall, S Heath, K Marioni-Henry
:Pilot study of head conformation changes over time in the Cavalier King Charles spaniel breed
SP Knowler, L Gillstedt, TJ Mitchell, J Jovanovik, HA Volk, Clare Rusbridge
:Metronidazole-induced neurotoxicity in 26 dogs
A Tauro, E Beltran, GB Cherubini, AT Coelho, A Wessmann, CJ Driver, Clare Rusbridge
:Clinical Application of Diagnostic Imaging of Chiari-Like Malformation and Syringomyelia
Clare Rusbridge, F Stringer, S P Knowler
:Two mixed breed dogs with sensory neuropathy are homozygous for an inversion disrupting FAM134B previously identified in Border Collies
P Amengual-Battle, Clare Rusbridge, R José-López, L Golini, G Diane Shelton, C S Mellersh, R Gutierrez-Quintana
:A review of treatment options for behavioural manifestations of clinical anxiety as a comorbidity in dogs with idiopathic epilepsy
F Watson, Clare Rusbridge, RMA Packer, RA Casey, S Heath, HA Volk
:C7 vertebra homeotic transformation in domestic dogs – are Pug dogs breaking mammalian evolutionary constraints?
J Brocal, S De Decker, R José-López, EG Manzanilla, J Penderis, C Stalin, S Bertram, JJ Shoenebeck, Clare Rusbridge, Noel Fitzpatrick, R Quintana
:Morphogenesis of Canine Chiari Malformation and Secondary Syringomyelia: Disorders of Cerebrospinal Fluid Circulation
SP Knowler, GL Galea, Clare Rusbridge
:Scaling of the corpus callosum in wild and domestic canids: Insights into the domesticated brain
MA Spocter, A Uddin, JC Ng, E Wong, VX Wang, C Tang, B Wicinski, J Haas, K Bitterman, MA Raghanti, R Dunn, PR Hof, CC Sherwood, J Jovanovik, Clare Rusbridge, PR Manger
:Applications and efficiencies of the first cat 63K DNA array
B Gandolfi, H Alhaddad, B Abdi, LH Bach, EK Creighton, BW Davis, JE Decker, NH Dodman, JC Grahn, RA Grahn, B Haase, J Haggstrom, MJ Hamilton, CR Helps, JD Kurushima, H Lohi, M Longeri, R Malik, KM Meurs, MJ Montague, JV Mullikin, WJ Murphy, SM Nilson, NC Pedersen, CB Peterson, C. Rusbridge, R Saif, DG Shelton, WC Warren, M Wasim, LA Lyons
:Nationwide genetic testing towards eliminating Lafora disease from Miniature Wirehaired Dachshunds in the United Kingdom
S Ahonen, I Seath, Clare Rusbridge, S Holt, G Key, T Wang, P Wang, BA Minassian
:Evidence of negative affective state in Cavalier King Charles Spaniels with syringomyelia
A Cockburn, M Smith, Clare Rusbridge, C Fowler, E S Paul, J C Murrell, E J Blackwell, R A Casey, H R Whay, M Mendl
:An aged canid with behavioural deficits exhibits blood and cerebrospinal fluid amyloid beta oligomers
Clare Rusbridge, F J Salguero, M A David, K M E Faller, J T Brass, R J Guerreiro, A C Richard-Londt, D Grainger, E Head, S G P Brandner, B Summers, J Hardy, M Tayebi
:Clinical Application of 3D-CISS MRI Sequences for Diagnosis and Surgical Planning of Spinal Arachnoid Diverticula and Adhesions in Dogs
A Tauro, J Jovanovik, CJ Driver, Clare Rusbridge
:Computer simulation of syringomyelia in dogs
S Cirovic, R Lloyd, J Jovanovik, HA Volk, Clare Rusbridge
:A genome-wide association study identifies candidate loci associated to syringomyelia secondary to Chiari-like malformation in Cavalier King Charles Spaniels
F Ancot, P Lemay, S P Knowler, K Kennedy, S Griffiths, G B Cherubini, J Sykes, P J J Mandigers, G A Rouleau, Clare Rusbridge, Z Kibar
:MRI characteristics for “phantom” scratching in canine syringomyelia
ZR Nalborczyk, AK McFadyen, J Jovanovik, A Tauro, CJ Driver, Noel Fitzpatrick, SP Knower, C. Rusbridge
:Syringomyelia: A Disorder of CSF Circulation: Current Understanding, Best Clinical Practice and Research Perspectives. 2014. Springer
Clare Rusbridge, Graham Flint
:Pain Management. Syringomyelia: A Disorder of CSF. 2014 Springer
Clare Rusbridge, Jan Keppel Hesselink
:Historical Vingnettes
Clare Rusbridge, Graham Flint
:Veterinary Aspects. Syringomyelia: Springer A Disorder of CSF Circulation. 2014 Springer
Clare Rusbridge
:Nomenclature. Syringomyelia: A Disorder of CSF Circulation. 2014 Springer
Clare Rusbridge, Graham Flint
:Treatment of Chiari malformation and Syringomyelia. Kirk’s Current Veterinary Therapy XIV 2015. Saunders Elsevier
Clare Rusbridge
:Syringomyelia and Chiari malformation. 5 Minute Veterinary Consult Canine and Feline: 6th (2015), 5th (2011), 4th (2007 pp1321) Editions. Blackwell Publishing
Clare Rusbridge
:Feline Orofacial Pain. Feline Behavioral Health and Welfare. 2015. Elsevier
Clare Rusbridge, Sarah Heath
:Tremors. Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine – 2016 8th edition. Elsevier
Clare Rusbridge
:Clinical Features in Border Terrier Dogs with Paroxysmal Involuntary Movements
K Henry-Marioni, Clare Rusbridge, HA Volk
:Inheritance of Chiari-Like Malformation: Can a Mixed Breeding Reduce the Risk of Syringomyelia?
A McFadyen, Clare Rusbridge, H v/d Berg, RM La Ragione, SP Knowler
:Neurological signs in 23 dogs with suspected rostral cerebellar ischaemic stroke
BB Thomsen, C. Rusbridge, G Skerritt, H Gredal, L Garosi, M Berendt, T Sparrow
:NHLRC1 repeat expansion in two beagles with Lafora disease
V Simerdova, C. Rusbridge, P Wang, BA Minassian, V Palus
:Interleukin-6 is increased in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid of community-dwelling domestic dogs with acute ischaemic stroke
A Boza-Serrano, A Møller, B Finsen, BB Thomsen, C. Rusbridge, D Anthony, H Gredal, KL Lambertsen, L Garosi, M Berendt, T Deierborg
:Craniometric Analysis of the Hindbrain and Craniocervical Junction of Chihuahua, Affenpinscher and Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Dogs With and Without Syringomyelia Secondary to Chiari-Like Malformation
AK McFadyen, AM Kiviranta, C. Rusbridge, RM La Ragione, SP Knowler, TS Jokinen
:Use of Morphometric Mapping to Characterise Symptomatic Chiari-Like Malformation, Secondary Syringomyelia and Associated Brachycephaly in the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
A Tauro, AK McFadyen, C Cross, C. Rusbridge, CJ Driver, J Jovanovik, RM La Ragione, S Griffiths, SP Knowler, Z Kibar
:Clinical Features, Imaging Characteristics and Long-term Outcome of Dogs with Cranial Meningocele or Meningoencephalocele
A Bruehschwein, A Fischer, A Tauro, C de la Fuente, C Loeffler, C Muir, Clare Rusbridge, F McConnell, F Stabile, J Guevar, J McMurrough, J Penderis, K Lazzerini, L De Risio, L Mari, R Gonçalves, R Gutierrez-Quintana, R José-López, S Añor, S De Decker, S Rodenas, SL Priestnall
:Lafora disease in Miniature Wirehaired Dachshunds
A Tauro, BA Minassian, C Ackerley, Clare Rusbridge, G Key, L Swain, P Wang, S Ahonen
:Syringomyelia and Craniocervical Junction Abnormalities in Chihuahuas
AK Lappalainen, A Hielm-Björkman, AM Kiviranta, O Laitinen-Vapaavuori, TS Jokinen, SP Knowler, C. Rusbridge
:Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) Study Identifies Novel Genomic Regions Associated to Chiari-Like Malformation in Griffon Bruxellois Dogs
C Freeman, Clare Rusbridge, Dogs P Lemay, G A Rouleau, G. Child, L. B Barreiro, S Bouasker, S Platt, SP Knowler, Y Nedelec, Z Kibar
:Quantitative Analysis of Chiari-Like Malformation and Syringomyelia in the Griffon Bruxellois Dog
AK McFadyen, C Freeman, M Kent, SP Knowler, SR Platt, Z Kibar, Clare Rusbridge
:Syringomyelia: determining risk and protective factors in the conformation of the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel dog
Clare Rusbridge, H van den Berg, J Sykes, SP Knowler, TJ Mitchell
:Inter-observer agreement of canine and feline paroxysmal event semiology and classification by veterinary neurology specialists and non-specialists
RMA Packer, M Berendt, S Bhatti, M Charalambous, S Cizinauskas, L De Risio, R Farquhar, R Hampel, M Hill, PJJ Mandigers, A Pakozdy, SM Preston, C. Rusbridge, VM Stein, FTaylor-Brown, ATipold, HA Volk
:Clinical features of idiopathic inflammatory polymyopathy in the Hungarian Vizsla
. Tauro A, Addicott D, Foale RD, Bowman C, Hahn C, Long S, Massey J, Haley AC, Knowler SP, Day MJ, Kennedy LJ, Rusbridge C
:International veterinary epilepsy task force consensus proposal: outcome of therapeutic interventions in canine and feline epilepsy
Potschka H, Fischer A, Löscher W, Patterson N, Bhatti S, Berendt M, De Risio L, Farquhar R, Long S, Mandigers P, Matiasek K, Muñana K, Pakozdy A, Penderis J, Platt S, Podell M, Rusbridge C, Stein V, Tipold A, Volk HA
:International veterinary epilepsy task force consensus report on epilepsy definition, classification and terminology in companion animals
Berendt M, Farquhar RG, Mandigers PJ, Pakozdy A, Bhatti SF, De Risio L, Fischer A, Long S, Matiasek K, Muñana K, Patterson EE, Penderis J, Platt S, Podell M, Potschka H, Pumarola MB, Rusbridge C, Stein VM, Tipold A, Volk HA
:International veterinary epilepsy task force consensus proposal: diagnostic approach to epilepsy in dogs.
De Risio L, Bhatti S, Muñana K, Penderis J, Stein V, Tipold A, Berendt M, Farqhuar R, Fischer A, Long S, Mandigers PJ, Matiasek K, Packer RM, Pakozdy A, Patterson N, Platt S, Podell M, Potschka H, Batlle MP, Rusbridge C, Volk HA
:International Veterinary Epilepsy Task Force’s current understanding of idiopathic epilepsy of genetic or suspected genetic origin in purebred dogs
Hülsmeyer VI, Fischer A, Mandigers PJ, DeRisio L, Berendt M, Rusbridge C, Bhatti SF, Pakozdy A, Patterson EE, Platt S, Packer RM, Volk HA
:International Veterinary Epilepsy Task Force consensus proposal: medical treatment of canine epilepsy in Europe
Bhatti SF, De Risio L, Muñana K, Penderis J, Stein VM, Tipold A, Berendt M, Farquhar RG, Fischer A, Long S, Löscher W, Mandigers PJ, Matiasek K, Pakozdy A, Patterson EE, Platt S, Podell M, Potschka H, Rusbridge C, Volk HA
:International veterinary epilepsy task force recommendations for systematic sampling and processing of brains from epileptic dogs and cats.
Matiasek K, Pumarola I Batlle M, Rosati M, Fernández-Flores F, Fischer A, Wagner E, Berendt M, Bhatti SF, De Risio L, Farquhar RG, Long S, Muñana K, Patterson EE, Pakozdy A, Penderis J, Platt S, Podell M, Potschka H, Rusbridge C, Stein VM, Tipold A, Volk HA
:International Veterinary Epilepsy Task Force recommendations for a veterinary epilepsy-specific MRI protocol
Rusbridge C, Long S, Jovanovik J, Milne M, Berendt M, Bhatti SF, De Risio L, Farqhuar RG, Fischer A, Matiasek K, Muñana K, Patterson EE, Pakozdy A, Penderis J, Platt S, Podell M, Potschka H, Stein VM, Tipold A
:Prevalence of pancreatic, hepatic and renal microscopic lesions in post-mortem samples from cavalier King Charles spaniels.
. Kent AC, Constantino-Casas F, Rusbridge C, Corcoran BM, Carter M, Ledger T, Watson PJ
:Comparison of gabapentin versus topiramate on clinically affected dogs with Chiari-like malformation and syringomyelia.
Plessas IN, Volk HA, Rusbridge C, Vanhaesebrouck AE, Jeffery ND
:Topiramate in the management of feline idiopathic ulcerative dermatitis in a two year old cat
D. Grant, Clare Rusbridge
:Histopathological Investigation of Syringomyelia in the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
HZ Hu, Clare Rusbridge, F Constantino-Casas, Nick Jeffery
:Distribution of substance P and calcitonin gene-related peptide in the spinal cord of Cavalier King Charles Spaniels affected by symptomatic syringomyelia
HZ Hu, Clare Rusbridge, F Constantino-Casas, Nick Jeffery
:Effectiveness of breeding guidelines for reducing the prevalence of syringomyelia.
Susan P Knowler, Angus K. McFadyen, Clare Rusbridge
:Choosing the right drug 1. Anticonvulsants used for first-line therapy
Clare Rusbridge
:Choosing the right drug 2. Anticonvulsants used for second- line therapy, other anticonvulsants and alternative therapies
Clare Rusbridge
:Canine idiopathic epilepsy
Clare Rusbridge
:Chiari–like malformation and syringomyelia
Clare Rusbridge
:Caudal cranial fossa partitioning in Cavalier King Charles spaniels
TA Shaw, IM McGonnell, Colin Driver, Clare Rusbridge, HA Volk
:An update on the pathogenesis of syringomyelia secondary to Chiari-like malformations in dogs
Colin Driver, HA Volk, Clare Rusbridge, LM Van Ham
:Inter-observer agreement of canine and feline paroxysmal event semiology and classification by veterinary neurology specialists and non-specialists
Rowena MA Packer, Mette Berendt, Sofie Bhatti, Marios Charalambous, Sigitas Cizinauskas, Luisa De Risio, Robyn Farquhar, Rachel Hampel, Myfanwy Hill, Paul JJ Mandigers, Akos Pakozdy, Stephanie M Preston, Clare Rusbridge, Veronika M Stein, Fran Taylor-Brown, Andrea Tipold, Holger A Volk
:Changes over time in craniocerebral morphology and syringomyelia in cavalier King Charles spaniels with Chiari-like malformation
Colin J Driver, Luisa De Risio, Sarah Hamilton, Clare Rusbridge, Ruth Dennis, Imelda M McGonnell, Holger A Volk
:Increase in cerebellar volume in Cavalier King Charles Spaniels with Chiari-like malformation and its role in the development of syringomyelia
Thomas A. Shaw, Imelda M McGonnell, Colin Driver, Clare Rusbridge, HA Volk
:Long-term outcome of Cavalier King Charles spaniel dogs with clinical signs associated with Chiari-like malformation and syringomyelia
I. N. Plessas, Clare Rusbridge, Colin J Driver, K. E. Chandler, A Craig, I. M. McGonnell, D. C. Brodbelt
:Morphometric assessment of cranial volumes in age-matched Cavalier King Charles spaniels with and without syringomyelia
Colin Driver, Clare Rusbridge, IM McGonnell, HA Volk
:Relationship of brain parenchyma within the caudal cranial fossa and ventricle size to syringomyelia in cavalier King Charles spaniels
Colin Driver, Clare Rusbridge, HR Cross, IM McGonnell, HA Volk
:Characteristics of magnetic resonance images of granulomatous meningoencephalomyelitis in 11 dogs.
GB Cherubini, SR Platt, TJ Anderson, Clare Rusbridge, P Mantis, R Cappello
:Inheritance of occipital bone hypoplasia (Chiari type I malformation) in Cavalier King Charles Spaniels
Clare Rusbridge, Susan P Knowler
:Syringomyelia: current concepts in pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment
Clare Rusbridge, Dan Greitz, Bermans J Iskandar
:Syringohydromyelia in cavalier King Charles spaniels
Clare Rusbridge, JE MacSweeny, JV Davies, K Chandler, Susan N Fitzmaurice, R Dennis, R Cappello, SJ Wheeler
:Expanded repeat in canine epilepsy
Hannes Lohi, Edwin J Young, Susan N Fitzmaurice, Clare Rusbridge, Elaine M Chan, Mike Vervoort, Julie Turnball, Xiao-Chu Zhao, Leonarda Ianzano, Andrew D Paterson, Nathan B Sutter, Elaine A. Ostrander, Catherine André, Diane Shelton, Cameron A. Ackerley, Stephen W. Scherer, Berge A. Minassian
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