List of works by Amy E Taylor

Ablating adult neurogenesis in the rat has no effect on spatial processing: evidence from a novel pharmacogenetic model

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Article does not prove that smoking cessation has an "effect" on mental health

scientific article published on 10 March 2014

Assessing causal relationships using genetic proxies for exposures: an introduction to Mendelian randomization.

scientific article published on 18 September 2017

Association of alcohol consumption with allergic disease and asthma: a multi-centre Mendelian randomization analysis

scientific article published on 30 October 2018

Association studies of up to 1.2 million individuals yield new insights into the genetic etiology of tobacco and alcohol use

scientific article published on 14 January 2019

Associations between diet, physical activity and body fat distribution: a cross sectional study in an Indian population

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Associations between reasons for vaping and current vaping and smoking status: Evidence from a UK based cohort

scientific article published on 19 October 2020

Associations between smoking and caffeine consumption in two European cohorts

scientific article published on 09 January 2016

Associations of coffee genetic risk scores with consumption of coffee, tea and other beverages in the UK Biobank

scientific article published on 9 August 2017

Associations of genetic determinants of serum vitamin B12 and folate concentrations with hay fever and asthma: a Mendelian randomization meta-analysis.

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Body mass index, body dissatisfaction and adolescent smoking initiation.

scientific article published on 8 June 2017

Cardiovascular and neuropsychiatric risks of varenicline: too good to be true?

scientific article published in December 2015

Collider scope: when selection bias can substantially influence observed associations.

scientific article published on 27 September 2017

Comment on the Relationship Between Common Variant Schizophrenia Liability and Number of Offspring in the UK Biobank

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Commentary: Does mortality from smoking have implications for future Mendelian randomization studies?

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Comparison of the associations of body mass index and measures of central adiposity and fat mass with coronary heart disease, diabetes, and all-cause mortality: a study using data from 4 UK cohorts.

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Contribution of hippocampal and extra-hippocampal NR2B-containing NMDA receptors to performance on spatial learning tasks

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Deletion of the GluA1 AMPA receptor subunit impairs recency-dependent object recognition memory

scientific article published on 4 March 2011

Dissecting spatial knowledge from spatial choice by hippocampal NMDA receptor deletion

scientific article published on 15 July 2012

Dissociations within short-term memory in GluA1 AMPA receptor subunit knockout mice

scientific article published on 27 May 2011

Does coffee consumption impact on heaviness of smoking?

scientific article published on 27 May 2017

Does smoking reduction worsen mental health? A comparison of two observational approaches

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Effect of Smoking on Blood Pressure and Resting Heart Rate: A Mendelian Randomization Meta-Analysis in the CARTA Consortium

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Evaluation of the causal effects between subjective wellbeing and cardiometabolic health: mendelian randomisation study

scientific article published in the British Medical Journal

Evidence for Genetic Correlations and Bidirectional, Causal Effects Between Smoking and Sleep Behaviors

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Evidence for genetic correlations and bidirectional, causal effects between smoking and sleep behaviours

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Exploring causal associations of alcohol with cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors in a Chinese population using Mendelian randomization analysis

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Exploring the association of genetic factors with participation in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children

scientific article published on 01 August 2018

Habitual coffee consumption and cognitive function: a Mendelian randomization meta-analysis in up to 415,530 participants.

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Heavier smoking increases coffee consumption: findings from a Mendelian randomization analysis

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Heavier smoking may lead to a relative increase in waist circumference: evidence for a causal relationship from a Mendelian randomisation meta-analysis. The CARTA consortium

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How to compare instrumental variable and conventional regression analyses using negative controls and bias plots.

scientific article published on 7 April 2017

IQ, educational attainment, memory and plasma lipids: associations with apolipoprotein E genotype in 5995 children

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Investigating causality in associations between smoking initiation and schizophrenia using Mendelian randomization

scientific article published on 19 January 2017

Investigating causality in the association between 25(OH)D and schizophrenia

scientific article published on 24 May 2016

Investigating genetic correlations and causal effects between caffeine consumption and sleep behaviours.

scientific article published on 22 April 2018

Investigating the added value of biomarkers compared with self-reported smoking in predicting future e-cigarette use: Evidence from a longitudinal UK cohort study

scientific article published on 14 July 2020

Investigating the causal effect of smoking on hay fever and asthma: a Mendelian randomization meta-analysis in the CARTA consortium

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Investigating the impact of cigarette smoking behaviours on DNA methylation patterns in adolescence

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Investigating the possible causal association of smoking with depression and anxiety using Mendelian randomisation meta-analysis: the CARTA consortium

scientific article published on 7 October 2014

Investigating the possible causal role of coffee consumption with prostate cancer risk and progression using Mendelian randomization analysis

scientific article published on 14 October 2016

Is e-cigarette use in non-smoking young adults associated with later smoking? A systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 10 March 2020

Is smoking heaviness causally associated with alcohol use? A Mendelian randomization study in four European cohorts

article published in 2018

Is the Association between Vitamin D and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Confounded by Obesity? Evidence from the Andhra Pradesh Children and Parents Study (APCAPS).

scientific article published on 16 June 2015

Life-course determinants of bone mass in young adults from a transitional rural community in India: the Andhra Pradesh Children and Parents Study (APCAPS)

scientific article published on 2 April 2014

Long-term effectiveness and safety of varenicline and nicotine replacement therapy in people with neurodevelopmental disorders: A prospective cohort study

scientific article published on 20 December 2019

Maternal Smoking in Pregnancy and Offspring Depression: a cross cohort and negative control study

scientific article published on 3 October 2017

Maternal smoking during pregnancy and autism: using causal inference methods in a birth cohort study

scientific article published on 29 November 2018

Maternal smoking during pregnancy and offspring smoking initiation: assessing the role of intrauterine exposure

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Mendelian randomization in health research: using appropriate genetic variants and avoiding biased estimates

scientific article published on 13 December 2013

Motor skill learning induces changes in white matter microstructure and myelination

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NMDA receptor subunit NR2A is required for rapidly acquired spatial working memory but not incremental spatial reference memory.

scientific article published in April 2008

Partner smoking and maternal cotinine during pregnancy: implications for negative control methods

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Phenotype refinement strengthens the association of AHR and CYP1A1 genotype with caffeine consumption

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Prescribing Prevalence, Effectiveness, and Mental Health Safety of Smoking Cessation Medicines in Patients With Mental Disorders

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Re: "Exposure to maternal smoking during pregnancy as a risk factor for tobacco use in adult offspring".

scientific article published on 7 October 2014

Risk of neuropsychiatric and cardiovascular adverse events following treatment with varenicline and nicotine replacement therapy in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink: a case-crossover study

scientific article published on 16 November 2020

Role of the Metabolic Profile in Mediating the Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Left Ventricular Mass in Adolescents: Analysis of a Prospective Cohort Study

scientific article published on 08 October 2020

Schizophrenia risk and reproductive success: a Mendelian randomization study

scientific article published on 06 March 2019

Smoking and caffeine consumption: a genetic analysis of their association

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Smoking and diabetes risk: building a causal case with clinical implications.

scientific article published on 17 September 2015

Smoking and diabetes: strengthening causal inference

scientific article published on 29 April 2015

Stratification by smoking status reveals an association of CHRNA5-A3-B4 genotype with body mass index in never smokers

scientific article published on 4 December 2014

The Association of Cigarette Smoking With Depression and Anxiety: A Systematic Review

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The CHRNA5-A3-B4 Gene Cluster and Smoking: From Discovery to Therapeutics

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The effect of body mass index on smoking behaviour and nicotine metabolism: a Mendelian randomization study

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

The effect of smoking intensity on all-cause and cause-specific mortality-a Mendelian randomization analysis

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

The effectiveness of varenicline versus nicotine replacement therapy on long-term smoking cessation in primary care: a prospective cohort study of electronic medical records

scientific article published on 26 June 2017

The effects of age at menarche and first sexual intercourse on reproductive and behavioural outcomes: A Mendelian randomization study

scientific article published on 15 June 2020

The effects of prescribing varenicline on two-year health outcomes: an observational cohort study using electronic medical records.

scientific article published on 20 February 2018

The role of group II metabotropic glutamate receptors in cognition and anxiety: comparative studies in GRM2(-/-), GRM3(-/-) and GRM2/3(-/-) knockout mice.

scientific article published on 23 August 2014

Triangulating meta-analyses: the example of the serotonin transporter gene, stressful life events and major depression

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Understanding the consequences of education inequality on cardiovascular disease: mendelian randomisation study.

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Use of varenicline and nicotine replacement therapy in people with and without general practitioner-recorded dementia: retrospective cohort study of routine electronic medical records

scientific article published on 30 August 2019

Using molecular genetic information to infer causality in observational data: Mendelian randomisation

Validation of dual energy X-ray absorptiometry measures of abdominal fat by comparison with magnetic resonance imaging in an Indian population

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Varenicline versus nicotine replacement therapy for long-term smoking cessation: an observational study using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink

scientific article published on 01 February 2020

Vitamin B-12 status during pregnancy and child's IQ at age 8: a Mendelian randomization study in the Avon longitudinal study of parents and children

scientific article published on 5 December 2012

What are the effects of varenicline compared with nicotine replacement therapy on long-term smoking cessation and clinically important outcomes? Protocol for a prospective cohort study

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What explains the effect of education on cardiovascular disease? Applying Mendelian randomization to identify the consequences of education inequality: