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Amos D. Korczyn

Amos D. Korczyn

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Medicine

D-Index
105
Citations
56521
World Ranking
6673
National Ranking
15

Overview

Amos D. Korczyn is affiliated with Tel Aviv University in Israel and focuses on research at the intersection of medicine, neuroscience, and molecular biology. Their main fields of study include medicine with 44 publications, neuroscience with 18, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology with 16. Within these broad areas, they specialize in neurology, psychiatry and mental health, genetics, cognitive neuroscience, and molecular biology.

Their work primarily addresses topics such as dementia and cognitive impairment research, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments, neurological disorders and treatments, genomics and rare diseases, and prion diseases with protein misfolding.

Notable recent publications by Amos D. Korczyn include:

  • Is Alzheimer disease a disease?, 2024, Nature Reviews Neurology
  • Management of mild cognitive impairment (MCI): The need for national and international guidelines, 2020, The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry

They have also contributed to research published in prominent journals such as The American Journal of Human Genetics, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, Stroke, and Frontiers in Neurology. The venues with the highest number of their publications include:

  • The American Journal of Human Genetics (3 publications)
  • Journal of Alzheimer's Disease (2 publications)
  • Stroke (2 publications)
  • Frontiers in Neurology (2 publications)
  • The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry (1 publication)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Amos D. Korczyn include:

  • Sarah Weckhuysen (7 collaborations)
  • Pasquale Striano (5 collaborations)
  • Ingrid E. Scheffer (5 collaborations)
  • Daniel P. Howrigan (5 collaborations)
  • Dennis Lal (5 collaborations)

The topics covered by their research reflect a multidisciplinary approach integrating clinical neurology, genetics, and cognitive sciences. This is evidenced through their extensive work on neurodegenerative diseases, cognitive impairment, and genetic factors influencing neurological conditions.

Overall, Amos D. Korczyn's body of work contributes to understanding neurological and psychiatric disorders with a particular emphasis on molecular and genetic underpinnings as well as clinical implications.

Best Publications

  • Vascular dementia Diagnostic criteria for research studies: Report of the NINDS‐AIREN International Workshop*

    Gustavo C. Roman;T. K. Tatemichi;T. Erkinjuntti;J. L. Cummings

  • Diagnosis and management of dementia with Lewy bodies: Third report of the DLB Consortium

    I. G. McKeith;I. G. McKeith;D. W. Dickson;J. Lowe;M. Emre

  • Clinical diagnostic criteria for dementia associated with Parkinson's disease.

    Murat Emre;Dag Aarsland;Dag Aarsland;Richard Brown;David J. Burn

  • A five-year study of the incidence of dyskinesia in patients with early Parkinson's disease who were treated with ropinirole or levodopa

    O Rascol;D J Brooks;A D Korczyn;P P De Deyn

  • Diagnostic procedures for Parkinson's disease dementia: Recommendations from the movement disorder society task force

    Bruno Dubois;David Burn;Christopher Goetz;Dag Aarsland;Dag Aarsland

  • Short GCG expansions in the PABP2 gene cause oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy

    Brais B;Bouchard Jp;Xie Yg;Rochefort Dl

  • Construction of freezing of gait questionnaire for patients with Parkinsonism.

    N. Giladi;H. Shabtai;E.S. Simon;S. Biran

  • Targeted resequencing in epileptic encephalopathies identifies de novo mutations in CHD2 and SYNGAP1

    Gemma L Carvill;Sinéad B Heavin;Simone C Yendle;Jacinta M McMahon

  • Post-stroke dementia - a comprehensive review

    Milija D. Mijajlović;Aleksandra Pavlović;Michael Brainin;Wolf Dieter Heiss

  • Freezing of gait in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease.

    N. Giladi;T. A. Treves;E. S. Simon;H. Shabtai

  • ApoE4: an emerging therapeutic target for Alzheimer's disease.

    Mirna Safieh;Amos D. Korczyn;Daniel M. Michaelson

  • X-linked protocadherin 19 mutations cause female-limited epilepsy and cognitive impairment.

    Leanne M. Dibbens;Leanne M. Dibbens;Patrick S. Tarpey;Kim Hynes;Kim Hynes;Marta A. Bayly

  • Missense mutations in the sodium-gated potassium channel gene KCNT1 cause severe autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy

    Sarah E Heron;Katherine R Smith;Katherine R Smith;Melanie Bahlo;Melanie Bahlo;Lino Nobili

  • Paroxysmal exercise-induced dyskinesia and epilepsy is due to mutations in SLC2A1, encoding the glucose transporter GLUT1.

    Arvid Suls;Peter Dedeken;Karolien Goffin;Hilde Van Esch

  • The value of muscle exercise in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

    Vivian E. Drory;Evgeny Goltsman;Jacqueline Goldman Reznik;Amnon Mosek

  • Retinal thickness in patients with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease

    Anat Kesler;Veronika Vakhapova;Amos D. Korczyn;Elvira Naftaliev

  • Are dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson’s disease dementia the same disease?

    Kurt A. Jellinger;Amos D. Korczyn

  • Ten-year follow-up of Parkinson's disease patients randomized to initial therapy with ropinirole or levodopa.

    Robert A. Hauser;Olivier Rascol;Amos D. Korczyn;A. Jon Stoessl

  • The amyloid cascade hypothesis

    Amos D. Korczyn

  • Lack of association between angiotensin-converting enzyme and dementia of the Alzheimer’s type in an elderly Arab population in Wadi Ara, Israel

    Abdalla Bowirrat;Jing Cui;Kristin Waraska;Robert P Friedland

Frequent Co-Authors

Joab Chapman
Joab Chapman Tel Aviv University
Nir Giladi
Nir Giladi Tel Aviv University
Samuel F. Berkovic
Samuel F. Berkovic University of Melbourne
Ingrid E. Scheffer
Ingrid E. Scheffer University of Melbourne
Robert P. Friedland
Robert P. Friedland University of Louisville
John C. Mulley
John C. Mulley Bangor University
Daniel M. Michaelson
Daniel M. Michaelson Tel Aviv University
Talma Hendler
Talma Hendler Tel Aviv University
Perla Werner
Perla Werner University of Haifa
Leanne M. Dibbens
Leanne M. Dibbens University of South Australia

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