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2023

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Overview

Bruno Vellas is affiliated with the Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées in France. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a significant focus on subfields such as Physiology, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Economics and Econometrics, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Frailty in Older Adults
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • GDF15 and Related Biomarkers
  • Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases

Bruno Vellas has frequently published in several journals, including:

  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • The Journal of Nutrition Health & Aging
  • The Journal of Frailty & Aging
  • The Journals of Gerontology Series A
  • The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease

Recent key publications by Bruno Vellas include:

  • "Lecanemab in Early Alzheimer's Disease" (2022), published in the New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Two Randomized Phase 3 Studies of Aducanumab in Early Alzheimer's Disease" (2022), published in The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease
  • "International Exercise Recommendations in Older Adults (ICFSR): Expert Consensus Guidelines" (2021), published in The Journal of Nutrition Health & Aging
  • "The diagnostic and prognostic capabilities of plasma biomarkers in Alzheimer's disease" (2021), published in Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • "Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation, Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation, or a Strength-Training Exercise Program on Clinical Outcomes in Older Adults" (2020), published in JAMA

Bruno Vellas collaborates regularly with several researchers, including:

  • Philipe de Souto Barreto
  • Yves Rolland
  • Sophie Guyonnet
  • Sandrine Andrieu
  • Kelly Virecoulon Giudici

Best Publications

  • ESPEN Guidelines for Nutrition Screening 2002

    J Kondrup;S.P Allison;M Elia;B Vellas

  • Frailty Consensus: A Call to Action

    John E. Morley;Bruno Vellas;G. Abellan van Kan;Stefan D. Anker

  • Advancing research diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer's disease: the IWG-2 criteria

    Bruno Dubois;Bruno Dubois;Howard H Feldman;Claudia Jacova;Harald Hampel;Harald Hampel

  • Sarcopenia: an undiagnosed condition in older adults. Current consensus definition: prevalence, etiology, and consequences. International working group on sarcopenia.

    Roger A. Fielding;Bruno Vellas;William J. Evans;Shalender Bhasin

  • A conceptual framework for research on subjective cognitive decline in preclinical Alzheimer's disease

    Frank Jessen;Frank Jessen;Rebecca E. Amariglio;Martin van Boxtel;Monique Breteler

  • Screening for Undernutrition in Geriatric Practice Developing the Short-Form Mini-Nutritional Assessment (MNA-SF)

    Laurence Z. Rubenstein;Judith O. Harker;Antoni Salvà;Yves Guigoz

  • The mini nutritional assessment (MNA) and its use in grading the nutritional state of elderly patients

    Bruno Vellas;Yves Guigoz;Yves Guigoz;Philip J Garry;Fati Nourhashemi

  • Validation of the Mini Nutritional Assessment short-form (MNA-SF): a practical tool for identification of nutritional status

    Matthius Kaiser;J. M. Bauer;C. Ramsch;W. Uter

  • Gait speed at usual pace as a predictor of adverse outcomes in community-dwelling older people an International Academy on Nutrition and Aging (IANA) Task Force

    Gabor Abellan Van Kan;Y. Rolland;S. Andrieu;J. Bauer

  • Assessing the Nutritional Status of the Elderly: the Mini Nutritional Assessment as Part of the Geriatric Evaluation

    Yves Guigoz;Bruno Vellas;Philip J. Garry

  • Prevalence of and interventions for sarcopenia in ageing adults: a systematic review. Report of the International Sarcopenia Initiative (EWGSOP and IWGS)

    Alfonso J. Cruz-Jentoft;Francesco Landi;Stéphane M. Schneider;Clemente Zúñiga

  • Phase 3 Trials of Solanezumab for Mild-to-Moderate Alzheimer's Disease

    RS Rachelle S. Doody;RG Ronald G. Rg Thomas;Martin Farlow;Takeshi Iwatsubo

  • Identifying the elderly at risk for malnutrition. The Mini Nutritional Assessment.

    Yves Guigoz;Sylvie Lauque;Bruno J Vellas

  • A Phase 3 Trial of Semagacestat for Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease

    Rachelle S. Doody;Rema Raman;Martin Farlow;Takeshi Iwatsubo

  • Mini Nutritional Assessment: a practical assessment tool for grading the nutritional state of elderly patients.

    Y Guigoz;B Vellas;P. J Garry

  • Sarcopenia: Its assessment, etiology, pathogenesis, consequences and future perspectives

    Y. Rolland;S. Czerwinski;G. Abellan van Kan;J. E. Morley

  • Fear of falling and restriction of mobility in elderly fallers

    Bruno J. Vellas;Sharon J. Wayne;Linda J. Romero;Richard N. Baumgartner

  • The I.A.N.A. task force on frailty assessment of older people in clinical practice

    G Abellan van Kan;Y Rolland;H Bergman;J E Morley

  • Sarcopenia With Limited Mobility: An International Consensus

    John E. Morley;Angela Marie Abbatecola;Josep M Argiles;Vickie Baracos

  • Overview of the MNA--Its history and challenges.

    Vellas B;Villars H;Abellan G;Soto Me

Frequent Co-Authors

Sandrine Andrieu
Sandrine Andrieu Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Yves Rolland
Yves Rolland Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Matteo Cesari
Matteo Cesari University of Milan
Simon Lovestone
Simon Lovestone University of Oxford
Magda Tsolaki
Magda Tsolaki Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Patrizia Mecocci
Patrizia Mecocci University of Perugia
Hilkka Soininen
Hilkka Soininen University of Eastern Finland
Andrew Simmons
Andrew Simmons King's College London
Eric Westman
Eric Westman Karolinska Institute
John E. Morley
John E. Morley Saint Louis University

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