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Overview

Bengt Winblad is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and has made extensive contributions in the field of medicine, with a strong focus on physiology, psychiatry and mental health, molecular biology, economics and econometrics, and neurology.

Their research primarily revolves around Alzheimer's disease and dementia-related topics. Key areas of study include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, dementia and cognitive impairment research, health systems, economic evaluations, quality of life, cholinesterase and neurodegenerative diseases, heat shock proteins research, computational drug discovery methods, and neuroscience and neuropharmacology research.

Winblad's publication record includes numerous papers in prominent venues. Frequent publication venues are:

  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
  • The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease
  • Alzheimer's Research & Therapy
  • Brain Communications

Recent notable papers include:

  • "ADAMANT: a placebo-controlled randomized phase 2 study of AADvac1, an active immunotherapy against pathological tau in Alzheimer's disease" (2021) published in Nature Aging
  • "Recent Advances in the Modeling of Alzheimer's Disease" (2022) published in Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • "An App knock-in rat model for Alzheimer's disease exhibiting Aβ and tau pathologies, neuronal death and cognitive impairments" (2021) published in Cell Research
  • "Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia in Different Dementia Disorders: A Large-Scale Study of 10,000 Individuals" (2022) published in Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
  • "The affordability of lecanemab, an amyloid-targeting therapy for Alzheimer's disease: an EADC-EC viewpoint" (2023) published in The Lancet Regional Health - Europe

Bengt Winblad has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Milica G. Kramberger
  • Anders Wimo
  • Linus Jönsson
  • Lars O. Tjernberg
  • Sophia Schedin-Weiss

Their work spans a significant volume with contributions mainly within the medical sciences, totaling over 200 publications. This body of work crosses multiple interdisciplinary fields relevant to understanding and addressing neurodegenerative diseases, with a particular emphasis on Alzheimer's disease mechanisms and therapeutic approaches.

Best Publications

  • Current concepts in mild cognitive impairment.

    Ronald C. Petersen;Rachelle Doody;Alexander Kurz;Richard C. Mohs

  • Mild cognitive impairment--beyond controversies, towards a consensus: report of the International Working Group on Mild Cognitive Impairment.

    B. Winblad;K. Palmer;Miia Kivipelto;V. Jelic

  • Mild cognitive impairment

    Serge Gauthier;Barry Reisberg;Michael Zaudig;Ronald C. Petersen

  • An active and socially integrated lifestyle in late life might protect against dementia.

    Laura Fratiglioni;Stephanie Paillard-Borg;Bengt Winblad

  • A pathogenic mutation for probable Alzheimer's disease in the APP gene at the N-terminus of beta-amyloid.

    Mike Mullan;Fiona Crawford;Karin Axelman;Henry Houlden

  • Influence of social network on occurrence of dementia: a community-based longitudinal study

    Laura Fratiglioni;Hui-Xin Wang;Kjerstin Ericsson;Margaret Maytan

  • Defeating Alzheimer's disease and other dementias: a priority for European science and society

    Bengt Winblad;Bengt Winblad;Philippe Amouyel;Sandrine Andrieu;Clive Ballard

  • Obesity and vascular risk factors at midlife and the risk of dementia and Alzheimer disease.

    Miia Kivipelto;Tiia Ngandu;Laura Fratiglioni;Matti Viitanen

  • Alzheimer's disease: clinical trials and drug development

    Francesca Mangialasche;Francesca Mangialasche;Alina Solomon;Alina Solomon;Bengt Winblad;Patrizia Mecocci

  • Leisure-time physical activity at midlife and the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease

    Suvi Rovio;Ingemar Kåreholt;Eeva-Liisa Helkala;Matti Viitanen

  • The age-dependent relation of blood pressure to cognitive function and dementia

    Chengxuan Qiu;Bengt Winblad;Laura Fratiglioni

  • CSF biomarkers and incipient Alzheimer disease in patients with mild cognitive impairment.

    Niklas Mattsson;Henrik Zetterberg;Oskar Hansson;Niels Andreasen

  • Late-Life Engagement in Social and Leisure Activities Is Associated with a Decreased Risk of Dementia: A Longitudinal Study from the Kungsholmen Project

    Hui-Xin Wang;Anita Karp;Bengt Winblad;Laura Fratiglioni

  • The worldwide economic impact of dementia 2010

    Anders Wimo;Linus Jönsson;John Bond;Martin Prince

  • Risk score for the prediction of dementia risk in 20 years among middle aged people: a longitudinal, population-based study.

    Miia Kivipelto;Miia Kivipelto;Miia Kivipelto;Tiia Ngandu;Tiia Ngandu;Tiina Laatikainen;Bengt Winblad;Bengt Winblad

  • The worldwide costs of dementia 2015 and comparisons with 2010

    Anders Wimo;Anders Wimo;Maëlenn Guerchet;Gemma-Claire Ali;Yu-Tzu Wu

  • Recommendations for the diagnosis and management of Alzheimer's disease and other disorders associated with dementia: EFNS guideline.

    G. Waldemar;B. Dubois;M. Emre;J. Georges

  • A 1-year, randomized, placebo-controlled study of donepezil in patients with mild to moderate AD

    B. Winblad;K. Engedal;H. Soininen;F. Verhey

  • Consensus report of the working group on: 'Molecular and biochemical markers of Alzheimer's disease'

    Peter Davies;Judith Resnick;Burton Resnick;Sid Gilman

  • Person-centred care of people with severe Alzheimer's disease: current status and ways forward

    David Edvardsson;David Edvardsson;Bengt Winblad;Per-Olof Sandman

Frequent Co-Authors

Laura Fratiglioni
Laura Fratiglioni Karolinska Institute
Matti Viitanen
Matti Viitanen University of Turku
Agneta Nordberg
Agneta Nordberg Karolinska University Hospital
Miia Kivipelto
Miia Kivipelto University of Eastern Finland
Maria Eriksdotter
Maria Eriksdotter Karolinska Institute
Nenad Bogdanovic
Nenad Bogdanovic Karolinska Institute
Vesna Jelic
Vesna Jelic Karolinska University Hospital
Lars Bäckman
Lars Bäckman Karolinska Institute
Kaj Blennow
Kaj Blennow University of Gothenburg
Caroline Graff
Caroline Graff Karolinska University Hospital

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