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Alexander Kurz is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions to psychiatry and mental health, general health professions, neurology, physiology, and molecular biology.

Their work covers multiple topics related to neurological conditions, including:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neurological diseases and metabolism
  • Technology Use by Older Adults
  • Cognitive Functions and Memory
  • Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding

Alexander Kurz has published several papers in various scientific journals, some of the recent notable publications include:

  • "Prioritization of Drug Targets for Neurodegenerative Diseases by Integrating Genetic and Proteomic Data From Brain and Blood," 2022, Biological Psychiatry
  • "Perceived Need and Acceptability of an App to Support Activities of Daily Living in People With Cognitive Impairment and Their Carers: Pilot Survey Study," 2020, JMIR mhealth and uhealth
  • "Gene Expression Imputation Across Multiple Tissue Types Provides Insight Into the Genetic Architecture of Frontotemporal Dementia and Its Clinical Subtypes," 2021, Biological Psychiatry
  • "Mendelian randomization implies no direct causal association between leukocyte telomere length and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "The overnight reduction of amyloid β 1-42 plasma levels is diminished by the extent of sleep fragmentation, sAPP-β, and APOE ε4 in psychiatrists on call," 2020, Alzheimer s & Dementia

The frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Alexander Kurz include:

  • Janine Diehl-Schmid
  • Panagiotis Alexopoulos
  • Raffaele Ferrari
  • Jonathan D. Rohrer
  • Adaikalavan Ramasamy

Alexander Kurz's publications are often found in journals such as:

  • Biological Psychiatry
  • JMIR mhealth and uhealth
  • Scientific Reports
  • Digital Health
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia

Best Publications

  • Selective changes of resting-state networks in individuals at risk for Alzheimer's disease

    Christian Sorg;Valentin Riedl;Valentin Riedl;Mark Mühlau;Vince D. Calhoun

  • Efficacy of galantamine in probable vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease combined with cerebrovascular disease: a randomised trial

    Timo Erkinjuntti;Alexander Kurz;Serge Gauthier;Roger Bullock

  • Multicenter Standardized 18F-FDG PET Diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer's Disease, and Other Dementias

    Lisa Mosconi;Wai H. Tsui;Wai H. Tsui;Karl Herholz;Alberto Pupi

  • Mapping scores onto stages: mini-mental state examination and clinical dementia rating.

    Robert Perneczky;Stefan Wagenpfeil;Katja Komossa;Timo Grimmer

  • Depression as a risk factor for Alzheimer disease: the MIRAGE Study.

    Robert C. Green;L. Adrienne Cupples;Alex Kurz;Sanford Auerbach

  • Cerebral metabolic changes accompanying conversion of mild cognitive impairment into Alzheimer's disease: a PET follow-up study.

    Alexander Drzezga;Nicola Lautenschlager;Hartwig Siebner;Matthias Riemenschneider

  • Clinical features of Alzheimer's disease.

    H. Förstl;A. Kurz

  • Frontotemporal lobar degeneration: demographic characteristics of 353 patients.

    Julene K. Johnson;Janine Diehl;Mario F. Mendez;John Neuhaus

  • Parkinson phenotype in aged PINK1-deficient mice is accompanied by progressive mitochondrial dysfunction in absence of neurodegeneration.

    Suzana Gispert;Filomena Ricciardi;Alexander Kurz;Mekhman Azizov

  • Frontotemporal dementia and its subtypes: a genome-wide association study

    Raffaele Ferrari;Raffaele Ferrari;Dena G Hernandez;Dena G Hernandez;Michael A Nalls;Jonathan D Rohrer

  • Lithium trial in Alzheimer's disease: a randomized, single-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter 10-week study.

    Harald Hampel;Michael Ewers;Katharina Bürger;Peter Annas

  • Prediction of individual clinical outcome in MCI by means of genetic assessment and (18)F-FDG PET.

    Alexander Drzezga;Timo Grimmer;Matthias Riemenschneider;Nicola Lautenschlager

  • Technologies to support community-dwelling persons with dementia: A position paper on issues regarding development, usability, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, deployment, and ethics

    Franka Meiland;Anthea Innes;Gail Mountain;Louise Robinson

  • Complex activities of daily living in mild cognitive impairment: conceptual and diagnostic issues

    Robert Perneczky;Corina Pohl;Christian Sorg;Julia Hartmann

  • Efficacy of a medical food in mild Alzheimer's disease: A randomized, controlled trial

    Philip Scheltens;Patrick J.G.H. Kamphuis;Frans R.J. Verhey;Marcel G.M. Olde Rikkert

  • Cerebrospinal fluid tau and beta-amyloid 42 proteins identify Alzheimer disease in subjects with mild cognitive impairment.

    M. Riemenschneider;Nicola Lautenschlager;S. Wagenpfeil;J. Diehl

  • Beta Amyloid in Alzheimer's Disease: Increased Deposition in Brain Is Reflected in Reduced Concentration in Cerebrospinal Fluid

    Timo Grimmer;Matthias Riemenschneider;Hans Förstl;Gjermund Henriksen

  • Impairment of activities of daily living requiring memory or complex reasoning as part of the MCI syndrome

    Robert Perneczky;Corina Pohl;Christian Sorg;Julia Hartmann

  • Effect of APOE genotype on amyloid plaque load and gray matter volume in Alzheimer disease

    A. Drzezga;T. Grimmer;G. Henriksen;M. Mühlau

  • Association of an interleukin 1α polymorphism with Alzheimer’s disease

    Yansheng Du;R. C. Dodel;B. J. Eastwood;K. R. Bales

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans Förstl
Hans Förstl Technical University of Munich
Robert Perneczky
Robert Perneczky Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Timo Grimmer
Timo Grimmer Technical University of Munich
Alexander Drzezga
Alexander Drzezga University of Cologne
Nicola T. Lautenschlager
Nicola T. Lautenschlager University of Melbourne
Konrad Beyreuther
Konrad Beyreuther Heidelberg University
Christian Sorg
Christian Sorg Technical University of Munich
Hans-Jürgen Möller
Hans-Jürgen Möller Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Stefan Pollmann
Stefan Pollmann Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Ulrich Müller
Ulrich Müller Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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