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Overview

Dan M Mungas is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with substantial contributions to psychiatry and mental health, health, cognitive neuroscience, neuropsychology and physiological psychology, and health, toxicology, and mutagenesis.

Their main research topics include:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Aging and Gerontology Research
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Frailty in Older Adults
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments

Dan M Mungas has published in multiple frequent venues, such as:

  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
  • Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders
  • The Journals of Gerontology Series B
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia Diagnosis Assessment & Disease Monitoring

Some notable recent papers include:

  • "Late-Life Physical and Cognitive Activities Independently Contribute to Brain and Cognitive Resilience," 2020, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
  • "Development and validation of the Uniform Data Set (v3.0) executive function composite score (UDS3-EF)," 2020, Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • "Differentiating among stages of cognitive impairment in aging: Version 3 of the Uniform Data Set (UDS) neuropsychological test battery and MoCA index scores," 2020, Alzheimer's & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions
  • "The Measurement of Everyday Cognition (ECog)," 2021, Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders
  • "Association of vascular brain injury, neurodegeneration, amyloid, and cognitive trajectory," 2020, Neurology

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Rachel A. Whitmer
  • Paola Gilsanz
  • M. Maria Glymour
  • Charles DeCarli
  • Elizabeth Rose Mayeda

Best Publications

  • Cognition assessment using the NIH Toolbox

    Sandra Weintraub;Sureyya S. Dikmen;Robert K. Heaton;David S. Tulsky

  • Progression of mild cognitive impairment to dementia in clinic- vs community-based cohorts.

    Sarah E Tomaszewski Farias;Dan M Mungas;Bruce R Reed;Danielle J Harvey

  • Development and assessment of a composite score for memory in the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI)

    Paul K. Crane;Adam Carle;Laura E. Gibbons;Philip Insel

  • White matter lesions impair frontal lobe function regardless of their location

    Mats Tullberg;E. Fletcher;Charles DeCarli;Dan M Mungas

  • The Measurement of Everyday Cognition (ECog): Scale Development and Psychometric Properties

    Sarah E Tomaszewski Farias;Dan M Mungas;Bruce R Reed;Deborah Cahn-Weiner

  • Version 3 of the Alzheimer Disease Centers' Neuropsychological Test Battery in the Uniform Data Set (UDS)

    Sandra Weintraub;Lilah Besser;Hiroko H. Dodge;Merilee Teylan

  • A composite score for executive functioning, validated in Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) participants with baseline mild cognitive impairment

    Laura E. Gibbons;Adam C. Carle;R. Scott Mackin;Danielle J Harvey

  • Prevalence of Dementia in Older Latinos: The Influence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Stroke and Genetic Factors

    Mary N. Haan;Dan M. Mungas;Hector M. Gonzalez;Teresa A. Ortiz

  • Extent and distribution of white matter hyperintensities in normal aging, MCI, and AD

    M. Yoshita;E. Fletcher;Danielle J Harvey;M. Ortega

  • Age and education correction of Mini-Mental State Examination for English- and Spanish-speaking elderly

    Dan M Mungas;S. C. Marshall;M. Weldon;M. Haan

  • Reliability and Validity of Composite Scores from the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery in Adults

    Robert K. Heaton;Natacha Akshoomoff;David Tulsky;Dan M Mungas

  • Longitudinal volumetric MRI change and rate of cognitive decline

    Dan M Mungas;Danielle J Harvey;Bruce R Reed;W. J. Jagust

  • Central obesity and the aging brain.

    William Jagust;Danielle J Harvey;Dan M Mungas;Mary Haan

  • In-office mental status testing: a practical guide.

    Dan M Mungas

  • What does fluorodeoxyglucose PET imaging add to a clinical diagnosis of dementia

    W. Jagust;Bruce R Reed;Dan M Mungas;W. Ellis

  • Executive dysfunction in subcortical ischaemic vascular disease

    J. H. Kramer;Bruce R Reed;Dan M Mungas;M. W. Weiner

  • MRI predictors of cognition in subcortical ischemic vascular disease and Alzheimer’s disease

    Dan M Mungas;W. J. Jagust;W. J. Jagust;Bruce R Reed;J. H. Kramer

  • Clinical Criteria for the Diagnosis of Vascular Dementia: A Multicenter Study of Comparability and Interrater Reliability

    Helena C. Chui;Helena C. Chui;Wendy Mack;J. Edward Jackson;Daniel Mungas

  • Homocysteine, B vitamins, and the incidence of dementia and cognitive impairment: results from the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging

    Mary N Haan;Joshua W Miller;Allison E Aiello;Rachel A Whitmer

  • Profiles of neuropsychological impairment in autopsy-defined Alzheimer's disease and cerebrovascular disease.

    Bruce R. Reed;Dan M. Mungas;Joel H. Kramer;William Ellis

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles DeCarli
Charles DeCarli University of California, Davis
Sarah E Tomaszewski Farias
Sarah E Tomaszewski Farias University of California, Davis
William J. Jagust
William J. Jagust University of California, Berkeley
Joel H. Kramer
Joel H. Kramer University of California, San Francisco
Helena C. Chui
Helena C. Chui University of Southern California
Owen Carmichael
Owen Carmichael Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Jennifer J. Manly
Jennifer J. Manly Columbia University
Michael W. Weiner
Michael W. Weiner University of California, San Francisco
Richard Gershon
Richard Gershon Northwestern University
Robert K. Heaton
Robert K. Heaton University of California, San Diego

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