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Christophe Tzourio

Christophe Tzourio

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Medicine
France
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
136
Citations
106435
World Ranking
1935
National Ranking
54

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in France Leader Award

Overview

Christophe Tzourio is affiliated with the University of Bordeaux in France and specializes in Medicine, with a significant focus on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Cognitive Neuroscience. Their research spans across 224 publications in these areas.

The scientist's work is primarily centered on several main topics, including:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet

Frequent co-authors in their collaborative projects include Stéphanie Debette with 44 joint publications, Ilaria Montagni with 30, Mélissa Macalli with 27, Fabrice Crivello with 26, and Bernard Mazoyer with 24. This network reflects interdisciplinary research connections and consistent scholarly cooperation.

Christophe Tzourio's research has appeared repeatedly in several key academic venues. They have contributed to Alzheimer's & Dementia (19 publications), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 14, Research Square (7), Journal of Hypertension (6), and Hypertension (5). These venues indicate a focus on neurological, cardiovascular, and public health-related publications.

Among their notable recent publications are:

  • Acceptance of a Covid-19 vaccine is associated with ability to detect fake news and health literacy, 2021, Journal of Public Health
  • Epidemiology of neurological diseases in older adults, 2020, Revue Neurologique
  • Association Between Blood Pressure Variability With Dementia and Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, 2021, Hypertension
  • Blood pressure lowering and prevention of dementia: an individual patient data meta-analysis, 2022, European Heart Journal
  • Common Genetic Variation Indicates Separate Causes for Periventricular and Deep White Matter Hyperintensities, 2020, Stroke

Best Publications

  • Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

    Leandra Abarca-Gómez;Ziad A Abdeen;Zargar Abdul Hamid;Niveen M Abu-Rmeileh

  • Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: A pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19.2 million participants

    Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;James Bentham;Gretchen A Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Meta-analysis of 74,046 individuals identifies 11 new susceptibility loci for Alzheimer's disease

    Jean-Charles Lambert;Jean-Charles Lambert;Jean-Charles Lambert;Carla A Ibrahim-Verbaas;Denise Harold;Adam C Naj

  • Randomised trial of a perindopril-based blood-pressure-lowering regimen among 6105 individuals with previous stroke or transient ischaemic attack

    S. MacMahon;B. Neal;C. Tzourio;A. Rodgers

  • Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: a pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4.4 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Yuan Lu;Kaveh Hajifathalian;James Bentham

  • Vascular Contributions to Cognitive Impairment and Dementia A Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association

    Philip B. Gorelick;Angelo Scuteri;Sandra E. Black;Charles Decarli

  • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco;Goodarz Danaei;Leanne M Riley

  • Genome-wide association study indentifies variants at CLU and CR1 associated with Alzheimer’s disease

    J Lambert;S Heath;G Even;D Campion

  • Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants

    Bin Zhou;James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Honor Bixby

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

    Paul Hollingworth;Denise Harold;Rebecca Sims;Amy Gerrish

  • Genome-wide analysis of genetic loci associated with Alzheimer disease.

    Sudha Seshadri;Annette L. Fitzpatrick;M Arfan Ikram;Anita L. DeStefano

  • Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits.

    Evangelos Evangelou;Evangelos Evangelou;Helen R. Warren;Helen R. Warren;David Mosen-Ansorena;Borbala Mifsud

  • A century of trends in adult human height

    James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Gretchen A. Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Gene-wide analysis detects two new susceptibility genes for Alzheimer's disease.

    Valentina Escott-Price;Céline Bellenguez;Li-San Wang;Seung-Hoan Choi

  • Effects of blood pressure lowering with perindopril and indapamide therapy on dementia and cognitive decline in patients with cerebrovascular disease.

    Christophe Tzourio;Craig Anderson;Neil Chapman;Mark Woodward

  • Prevalence of parkinsonism and Parkinson's disease in Europe: the EUROPARKINSON Collaborative Study. European Community Concerted Action on the Epidemiology of Parkinson's disease.

    M. C. De Rijk;C. Tzourio;M. M. B. Breteler;J. F. Dartigues

  • Atherosclerotic disease of the aortic arch and the risk of ischemic stroke.

    Pierre Amarenco;Ariel Cohen;Christophe Tzourio;Bernard Bertrand

  • Rare coding variants in PLCG2, ABI3, and TREM2 implicate microglial-mediated innate immunity in Alzheimer's disease

    Rebecca Sims;Sven J. Van Der Lee;Adam C. Naj;Céline Bellenguez;Céline Bellenguez

  • Dietary patterns and risk of dementia The Three-City cohort study

    Pascale Barberger-Gateau;Christelle Raffaitin;Luc Letenneur;Claudine Berr

  • Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits

    Evangelos Evangelou;Helen R. Warren;David Mosen-Ansorena;Borbala Mifsu

Frequent Co-Authors

Carole Dufouil
Carole Dufouil University of Bordeaux
Jean-François Dartigues
Jean-François Dartigues University of Bordeaux
Bernard Mazoyer
Bernard Mazoyer University of Bordeaux
Sudha Seshadri
Sudha Seshadri The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Philippe Amouyel
Philippe Amouyel University of Lille
M. Arfan Ikram
M. Arfan Ikram Erasmus University Rotterdam
Albert Hofman
Albert Hofman Harvard University
Vilmundur Gudnason
Vilmundur Gudnason University of Iceland

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