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Overview

A. D. Smith is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and specializes in medical research with a focus on multiple subfields. Their work includes contributions to rheumatology, psychiatry and mental health, physiology, molecular biology, and neurology. Over the course of their career, Smith has concentrated primarily on medicine, with a publication record spanning various related disciplines.

Their research covers several main topics, including:

  • Folate and B Vitamins Research
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Fluoride Effects and Removal
  • Alcoholism and Thiamine Deficiency
  • Renal cell carcinoma treatment
  • Fatty Acid Research and Health

Smith has published extensively in journals such as:

  • Annals of Oncology
  • Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • The Journal of Nutrition Health & Aging
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions

Among recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Smith are:

  • "Homocysteine - from disease biomarker to disease prevention," 2021, Journal of Internal Medicine
  • "Expert Opinion on Benefits of Long-Chain Omega-3 Fatty Acids (DHA and EPA) in Aging and Clinical Nutrition," 2020, Nutrients
  • "The importance of vitamin B12 for individuals choosing plant-based diets," 2022, European Journal of Nutrition
  • "Depression, Depression Treatments, and Risk of Incident Dementia: A Prospective Cohort Study of 354,313 Participants," 2022, Biological Psychiatry
  • "Modifiable risk factors for incident dementia and cognitive impairment: An umbrella review of evidence," 2022, Journal of Affective Disorders

Frequent co-authors of Smith include:

  • Helga Refsum
  • Yue-Ting Deng
  • Ya-Ru Zhang
  • Jianfeng Feng
  • Ya-Nan Ou

The body of work reflects a strong emphasis on nutritional biochemistry, cognitive decline, and complex disease mechanisms, particularly regarding folate and B vitamins as well as neurological health issues such as dementia.

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association study identifies variants at CLU and PICALM associated with Alzheimer's disease

    Denise Harold;Richard Abraham;Paul Hollingworth;Rebecca Sims

  • Erratum: Genome-wide association study identifies variants at CLU and PICALM associated with Alzheimer's disease (Nature Genetics (2009) 41 (1088-1093))

    D Harold;R Abraham;P Hollingworth;R Sims

  • Common variants at ABCA7, MS4A6A/MS4A4E, EPHA1, CD33 and CD2AP are associated with Alzheimer's disease.

    Paul Hollingworth;Denise Harold;Rebecca Sims;Amy Gerrish

  • Folate, Vitamin B12, and Serum Total Homocysteine Levels in Confirmed Alzheimer Disease

    R Clarke;A D Smith;K A Jobst;H Refsum

  • Facts and Recommendations about Total Homocysteine Determinations: An Expert Opinion

    Helga Refsum;A. David Smith;Per M. Ueland;Ebba Nexo

  • The neuropsychology of schizophrenia.

    J. A. Gray;J. Feldon;J. N. P. Rawlins;D. R. Hemsley

  • Tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive boutons in synaptic contact with identified striatonigral neurons, with particular reference to dendritic spines

    T.F. Freund;J.F. Powell;A.D. Smith

  • Homocysteine-lowering by B vitamins slows the rate of accelerated brain atrophy in mild cognitive impairment: a randomized controlled trial.

    A. David Smith;Stephen M. Smith;Celeste A. de Jager;Philippa Whitbread

  • Genetic evidence implicates the immune system and cholesterol metabolism in the aetiology of Alzheimer's disease.

    Lesley Jones;Peter A. Holmans;Marian L. Hamshere;Denise Harold

  • An arcuato-paraventricular and -dorsomedial hypothalamic neuropeptide Y-containing system which lacks noradrenaline in the rat.

    F.L. Bai;M. Yamano;Y. Shiotani;P.C. Emson

  • Different populations of GABAergic neurons in the visual cortex and hippocampus of cat contain somatostatin- or cholecystokinin- immunoreactive material

    Somogyi P;Hodgson Aj;Smith Ad;Nunzi Mg

  • Secretion of a Chromaffin Granule Protein, Chromogranin, from the Adrenal Gland after Splanchnic Stimulation

    H. Blaschko;H. Blaschko;R. S. Comline;R. S. Comline;F. H. Schneider;F. H. Schneider;Marian Silver;Marian Silver

  • Immunocytochemical localization of D1 and D2 dopamine receptors in the basal ganglia of the rat: Light and electron microscopy

    K.K.L. Yung;J.P. Bolam;A.D. Smith;S.M. Hersch

  • Characterization of cholinergic neurons in the rat neostriatum. A combination of choline acetyltransferase immunocytochemistry, Golgi-impregnation and electron microscopy.

    J.P. Bolam;B.H. Wainer;A.D. Smith

  • The Hordaland Homocysteine Study: A Community-Based Study of Homocysteine, Its Determinants, and Associations with Disease

    Helga Refsum;Helga Refsum;Helga Refsum;Eha Nurk;A. David Smith;Per M. Ueland

  • Monosynaptic cortical input and local axon collaterals of identified striatonigral neurons. A light and electron microscopic study using the golgi‐peroxidase transport‐degeneration procedure

    P. Somogyi;P. Somogyi;J. P. Bolam;J. P. Bolam;A. D. Smith;A. D. Smith

  • Preventing Alzheimer’s disease-related gray matter atrophy by B-vitamin treatment

    Gwenaëlle Douaud;Gwenaëlle Douaud;Helga Refsum;Helga Refsum;Helga Refsum;Celeste A. de Jager;Robin Jacoby

  • Cerebrovascular disease and threshold for dementia in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease

    Margaret M Esiri;Zsuzsanna Nagy;Maria Z Smith;Lin Barnetson

  • Cognitive and clinical outcomes of homocysteine-lowering B-vitamin treatment in mild cognitive impairment: a randomized controlled trial.

    Celeste A. de Jager;Abderrahim Oulhaj;Robin Jacoby;Helga Refsum;Helga Refsum

  • Genome-wide association study identifies variants at CLU and PICALM associated with Alzheimertextquotesingles disease

    Denise Harold;Richard Abraham;Paul Hollingworth;Rebecca Sims

Frequent Co-Authors

J. P. Bolam
J. P. Bolam University of Oxford
Margaret M. Esiri
Margaret M. Esiri University of Oxford
Peter Somogyi
Peter Somogyi University of Oxford
Helga Refsum
Helga Refsum University of Oslo
John Powell
John Powell King's College London
Gordon K. Wilcock
Gordon K. Wilcock University of Oxford
Hans Winkler
Hans Winkler University of Innsbruck
Kevin Morgan
Kevin Morgan University of Nottingham
Yoshiyuki Kubota
Yoshiyuki Kubota The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
Joram Feldon
Joram Feldon ETH Zurich

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