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Dr Cristian Leyton Moscoso

BMed USACH, GradDip Neuro PUC, PhD UNSW.
University Postdoctoral Fellow

C43S - S Block Cumberland Campus
The University of Sydney

Biographical details

Dr Cristian Leyton completed his undergraduate degree of Medical Doctor at the University of Santiago of Chile in 2000 and worked as a clinical neurologist between 2005 and 2008. In 2009 he moved to Australia, completing his PhD at UNSW in 2012. In 2013, he was appointed as a research officer at Neuroscience Research Australia to conduct research on the logopenic variant of primary progressive aphasia.

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Research interests

  • Neurocognition of language
  • Dementia
  • Logopenic aphasia
  • Primary Progressive Aphasia
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Current projects

​Differentiation and treatment of non-semantic variants of Primary Progressive Aphasia.

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Associations

  • International Society for Frontotemporal Dementia
  • ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders. Sydney, Australia.
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Selected grants

2014

  • Differentiation and treatment for nonfluent variants of Primary Progressive Aphasia; Leyton C, Ballard K; DVC Research/Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Scheme.
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Selected publications

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Journals

  • Leyton, C., Hodges, J. (2014). Clinical perspectives on Primary Progressive Aphasia. Aphasiology.
  • Leyton, C., Hodges, J. (2014). Differential diagnosis of primary progressive aphasia variants using the international criteria. Aphasiology. [More Information]
  • Ballard, K., Savage, S., Leyton, C., Vogel, A., Hornberger, M., Hodges, J. (2014). Logopenic and nonfluent variants of primary progressive aphasia are differentiated by acoustic measures of speech production. PloS One, 9(2), 1-14. [More Information]
  • Chare, L., Hodges, J., Leyton, C., McGinley, C., Tan, R., Kril, J., Halliday, G. (2014). New criteria for frontotemporal dementia syndromes: clinical and pathological diagnostic implications. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 85(8), 866-871. [More Information]
  • Leyton, C., Ballard, K., Piguet, O., Hodges, J. (2014). Phonologic errors as a clinical marker of the logopenic variant of PPA. American Academy of Neurology.
  • Kumfor, F., Irish, M., Leyton, C., Miller, L., Luh, S., Devenney, E., Hodges, J., Piguet, O. (2014). Tracking the progression of social cognition emotional disturbance in neurodegenerative disorders. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. [More Information]
  • Kumfor, F., Irish, M., Leyton, C., Miller, L., Lah, S., Devenney, E., Hodges, J., Piguet, O. (2014). Tracking the progression of social cognition in neurodegenerative disorders. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 85(10), 1076-1083. [More Information]
  • Leyton, C., Savage, S., Irish, M., Schubert, S., Piguet, O., Ballard, K., Hodges, J. (2014). Verbal Repetition in Primary Progressive Aphasia and Alzheimer’s Disease. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 41(2), 575-585. [More Information]
  • Leyton, C., Hsieh, S., Mioshi, E., Hodges, J. (2013). Cognitive decline in logopenic aphasia: More then losing words. Neurology, 80(10), 897-903. [More Information]
  • Leyton, C., Hodges, J. (2013). Towards a clearer definition of logopenic progressive aphasia. Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports, 13(11). [More Information]
  • Croot, K., Ballard, K., Leyton, C., Hodges, J. (2012). Apraxia of Speech and Phonological Errors in the Diagnosis of Nonfluent/Agrammatic and Logopenic Variants of Primary Progressive Aphasia. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 55(5), S1562-S1572. [More Information]
  • Hsieh, S., Hodges, J., Leyton, C., Mioshi, E. (2012). Longitudinal Changes in Primary Progressive Aphasias: Differences in Cognitive and Dementia Staging Measures. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 34(1), 135-141. [More Information]
  • Leyton, C., Piguet, O., Savage, S., Burrell, J., Hodges, J. (2012). The Neural Basis of Logopenic Progressive Aphasia. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 32, 1051-1059. [More Information]
  • Jimenez-Cohl, P., Grekin, C., Leyton, C., Vargas, C., Villaseca, R. (2012). Thermal threshold: research study on small fiber dysfunction in distal diabetic polyneuropathy. Journal of diabetes science and technology, 6(1), 177-183. [More Information]
  • Leyton, C., Villemagne, V., Savage, S., Pike, K., Ballard, K., Piguet, O., Burrell, J., Rowe, C., Hodges, J. (2011). Subtypes of progressive aphasia: Application of the international consensus criteria and validation using b-amyloid imaging. Brain: a journal of neurology, 134(10), 3030-3043. [More Information]
  • Leyton, C., Hornberger, M., Mioshi, E., Hodges, J. (2010). Application of Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination to Diagnosis and Monitoring of Progressive Primary Aphasia. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 29(6), 504-509. [More Information]
  • Leyton, C., Hodges, J. (2010). Frontotemporal dementias: recent advances and current controversies. Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 13(2), S74-S80. [More Information]

Conferences

  • Leyton, C., Ballard, K., Piguet, O., Hodges, J. (2013). A specific clinical marker of logopenic aphasia. 41st Annual Tow Research Meeting, Sydney, Australia.
  • Ballard, K., Leyton, C., Vogel, A., Savage, S., Hodges, J. (2013). Logopenic & nonfluent primary progressive aphasia are reliably differentiated by acoustic measures of speech production. 2013 ASHA Convention.
  • Leyton, C., Piguet, O., Savage, S., Burrell, J., Hodges, J. (2012). Neural correlates of impaired naming and repetition in Logopenic Progressive Aphasia. 8th International Conference on Frontotemporal Dementia, Manchester, UK.
  • Leyton, C., Savage, S., Piguet, O., Ballard, K., Pike, K., Villemagne, V., Jones, G., Rowe, C., Lillo, P., Hodges, J. (2010). Applicability and Predictability of the New PPA Consensus Criteria. 7th International Conference on Frontotemporal Dementia 2010, Indianapolis, USA: Karger.

2014

  • Leyton, C., Hodges, J. (2014). Clinical perspectives on Primary Progressive Aphasia. Aphasiology.
  • Leyton, C., Hodges, J. (2014). Differential diagnosis of primary progressive aphasia variants using the international criteria. Aphasiology. [More Information]
  • Ballard, K., Savage, S., Leyton, C., Vogel, A., Hornberger, M., Hodges, J. (2014). Logopenic and nonfluent variants of primary progressive aphasia are differentiated by acoustic measures of speech production. PloS One, 9(2), 1-14. [More Information]
  • Chare, L., Hodges, J., Leyton, C., McGinley, C., Tan, R., Kril, J., Halliday, G. (2014). New criteria for frontotemporal dementia syndromes: clinical and pathological diagnostic implications. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 85(8), 866-871. [More Information]
  • Leyton, C., Ballard, K., Piguet, O., Hodges, J. (2014). Phonologic errors as a clinical marker of the logopenic variant of PPA. American Academy of Neurology.
  • Kumfor, F., Irish, M., Leyton, C., Miller, L., Luh, S., Devenney, E., Hodges, J., Piguet, O. (2014). Tracking the progression of social cognition emotional disturbance in neurodegenerative disorders. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. [More Information]
  • Kumfor, F., Irish, M., Leyton, C., Miller, L., Lah, S., Devenney, E., Hodges, J., Piguet, O. (2014). Tracking the progression of social cognition in neurodegenerative disorders. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 85(10), 1076-1083. [More Information]
  • Leyton, C., Savage, S., Irish, M., Schubert, S., Piguet, O., Ballard, K., Hodges, J. (2014). Verbal Repetition in Primary Progressive Aphasia and Alzheimer’s Disease. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 41(2), 575-585. [More Information]

2013

  • Leyton, C., Ballard, K., Piguet, O., Hodges, J. (2013). A specific clinical marker of logopenic aphasia. 41st Annual Tow Research Meeting, Sydney, Australia.
  • Leyton, C., Hsieh, S., Mioshi, E., Hodges, J. (2013). Cognitive decline in logopenic aphasia: More then losing words. Neurology, 80(10), 897-903. [More Information]
  • Ballard, K., Leyton, C., Vogel, A., Savage, S., Hodges, J. (2013). Logopenic & nonfluent primary progressive aphasia are reliably differentiated by acoustic measures of speech production. 2013 ASHA Convention.
  • Leyton, C., Hodges, J. (2013). Towards a clearer definition of logopenic progressive aphasia. Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports, 13(11). [More Information]

2012

  • Croot, K., Ballard, K., Leyton, C., Hodges, J. (2012). Apraxia of Speech and Phonological Errors in the Diagnosis of Nonfluent/Agrammatic and Logopenic Variants of Primary Progressive Aphasia. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 55(5), S1562-S1572. [More Information]
  • Hsieh, S., Hodges, J., Leyton, C., Mioshi, E. (2012). Longitudinal Changes in Primary Progressive Aphasias: Differences in Cognitive and Dementia Staging Measures. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 34(1), 135-141. [More Information]
  • Leyton, C., Piguet, O., Savage, S., Burrell, J., Hodges, J. (2012). Neural correlates of impaired naming and repetition in Logopenic Progressive Aphasia. 8th International Conference on Frontotemporal Dementia, Manchester, UK.
  • Leyton, C., Piguet, O., Savage, S., Burrell, J., Hodges, J. (2012). The Neural Basis of Logopenic Progressive Aphasia. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 32, 1051-1059. [More Information]
  • Jimenez-Cohl, P., Grekin, C., Leyton, C., Vargas, C., Villaseca, R. (2012). Thermal threshold: research study on small fiber dysfunction in distal diabetic polyneuropathy. Journal of diabetes science and technology, 6(1), 177-183. [More Information]

2011

  • Leyton, C., Villemagne, V., Savage, S., Pike, K., Ballard, K., Piguet, O., Burrell, J., Rowe, C., Hodges, J. (2011). Subtypes of progressive aphasia: Application of the international consensus criteria and validation using b-amyloid imaging. Brain: a journal of neurology, 134(10), 3030-3043. [More Information]

2010

  • Leyton, C., Savage, S., Piguet, O., Ballard, K., Pike, K., Villemagne, V., Jones, G., Rowe, C., Lillo, P., Hodges, J. (2010). Applicability and Predictability of the New PPA Consensus Criteria. 7th International Conference on Frontotemporal Dementia 2010, Indianapolis, USA: Karger.
  • Leyton, C., Hornberger, M., Mioshi, E., Hodges, J. (2010). Application of Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination to Diagnosis and Monitoring of Progressive Primary Aphasia. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 29(6), 504-509. [More Information]
  • Leyton, C., Hodges, J. (2010). Frontotemporal dementias: recent advances and current controversies. Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 13(2), S74-S80. [More Information]
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