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David J. Irwin is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research spans several domains within medicine, with a particular focus on neurology. The main fields of study covered by David J. Irwin include Medicine, with substantial contributions to the subfields of Neurology, Physiology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The research topics addressed by David J. Irwin encompass a wide range of neurological and cognitive disorders as well as advanced neuroimaging techniques. Key topics include:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neurological diseases and metabolism

David J. Irwin has an extensive publication record with frequent contributions to prominent venues such as:

  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neurology
  • Acta Neuropathologica
  • Brain

Among recent papers authored by or associated with David J. Irwin, the following publications illustrate the scope and focus of the work:

  • "SpaGCN: Integrating gene expression, spatial location and histology to identify spatial domains and spatially variable genes by graph convolutional network," 2021, Nature Methods
  • "Distribution patterns of tau pathology in progressive supranuclear palsy," 2020, Acta Neuropathologica
  • "Positron Emission Tomography Imaging With [18F]flortaucipir and Postmortem Assessment of Alzheimer Disease Neuropathologic Changes," 2020, JAMA Neurology
  • "Neurofilament Light Chain as a Biomarker for Cognitive Decline in Parkinson Disease," 2021, Movement Disorders
  • "Utility of the global CDR® plus NACC FTLD rating and development of scoring rules: Data from the ARTFL/LEFFTDS Consortium," 2020, Alzheimer's & Dementia

David J. Irwin has collaborated extensively with several frequent coauthors, continuing research partnerships with:

  • Murray Grossman
  • Corey T. McMillan
  • David A. Wolk
  • Edward B. Lee
  • John Q. Trojanowski

Best Publications

  • Clinical diagnosis of progressive supranuclear palsy: The movement disorder society criteria

    Günter U Höglinger;Gesine Respondek;Maria Stamelou;Carolin Kurz

  • Stages of pTDP‐43 pathology in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Johannes Brettschneider;Kelly Del Tredici;Jon B. Toledo;John L. Robinson

  • Parkinson's disease dementia: convergence of α-synuclein, tau and amyloid-β pathologies

    David J. Irwin;Virginia M.-Y. Lee;John Q. Trojanowski

  • Neurodegenerative disease concomitant proteinopathies are prevalent, age-related and APOE4-associated

    John L Robinson;Edward B Lee;Sharon X Xie;Lior Rennert

  • Neuropathologic substrates of Parkinson disease dementia.

    David J. Irwin;Matthew T. White;Jon B. Toledo;Sharon X. Xie

  • Neuropathological and Genetic Correlates of Survival and Dementia Onset in Synucleinopathies: A Retrospective Analysis

    David J Irwin;Murray Grossman;Daniel Weintraub;Daniel Weintraub;Howard I Hurtig

  • APOE ε4 increases risk for dementia in pure synucleinopathies.

    Debby Tsuang;James B. Leverenz;Oscar L. Lopez;Ronald L. Hamilton

  • Distribution patterns of tau pathology in progressive supranuclear palsy

    Gabor G. Kovacs;Gabor G. Kovacs;Gabor G. Kovacs;Milica Jecmenica Lukic;Milica Jecmenica Lukic;David J. Irwin;Thomas Arzberger

  • Positron Emission Tomography Imaging With [18F]flortaucipir and Postmortem Assessment of Alzheimer Disease Neuropathologic Changes

    Adam S Fleisher;Michael J Pontecorvo;Michael D Devous;Ming Lu

  • Association of Cerebrospinal Fluid β-Amyloid 1-42, T-tau, P-tau181, and α-Synuclein Levels With Clinical Features of Drug-Naive Patients With Early Parkinson Disease

    Ju-Hee Kang;Ju-Hee Kang;David J. Irwin;Alice S. Chen-Plotkin;Andrew Siderowf

  • Sequential distribution of pTDP-43 pathology in behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD)

    Johannes Brettschneider;Johannes Brettschneider;Kelly Del Tredici;David J. Irwin;Murray Grossman

  • Acetylated tau, a novel pathological signature in Alzheimer's disease and other tauopathies

    David J. Irwin;Todd J. Cohen;Murray Grossman;Steven E. Arnold

  • Age at symptom onset and death and disease duration in genetic frontotemporal dementia: an international retrospective cohort study.

    Katrina M. Moore;Jennifer Nicholas;Murray Grossman;Corey T. McMillan

  • TDP-43 pathology and neuronal loss in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis spinal cord

    Johannes Brettschneider;Kimihito Arai;Kelly Del Tredici;Jon B. Toledo

  • Frontotemporal lobar degeneration: defining phenotypic diversity through personalized medicine

    David J. Irwin;Nigel J. Cairns;Murray Grossman;Corey T. McMillan

  • Expansion of the classification of FTLD-TDP: distinct pathology associated with rapidly progressive frontotemporal degeneration

    Edward B. Lee;Sílvia Porta;G. Michael Baer;Yan Xu

  • Association of Cerebrospinal Fluid Neurofilament Light Protein Levels With Cognition in Patients With Dementia, Motor Neuron Disease, and Movement Disorders

    Bob Olsson;Bob Olsson;Erik Portelius;Erik Portelius;Nicholas C. Cullen;Nicholas C. Cullen;Åsa Sandelius

  • A platform for discovery: The University of Pennsylvania Integrated Neurodegenerative Disease Biobank

    Jon B. Toledo;Vivianna M. Van Deerlin;Edward B. Lee;EunRan Suh

  • Deep clinical and neuropathological phenotyping of Pick disease.

    David J. Irwin;Johannes Brettschneider;Corey T. McMillan;Felicia Cooper

  • Pattern of ubiquilin pathology in ALS and FTLD indicates presence of C9ORF72 hexanucleotide expansion

    Johannes Brettschneider;Johannes Brettschneider;Vivianna M. Van Deerlin;John L. Robinson;Linda Kwong

  • C9orf72 hypermethylation protects against repeat expansion-associated pathology in ALS/FTD

    Elaine Y. Liu;Jenny Russ;Kathryn Wu;Donald Neal

Frequent Co-Authors

Murray Grossman
Murray Grossman University of Pennsylvania
John Q. Trojanowski
John Q. Trojanowski University of Pennsylvania
Corey T. McMillan
Corey T. McMillan University of Pennsylvania
David A. Wolk
David A. Wolk University of Pennsylvania
Virginia M.-Y. Lee
Virginia M.-Y. Lee University of Pennsylvania
Rosa Rademakers
Rosa Rademakers University of Antwerp
Sandra Weintraub
Sandra Weintraub Northwestern University
Daniel Weintraub
Daniel Weintraub University of Pennsylvania
Jon B. Toledo
Jon B. Toledo Houston Methodist
Bradley F. Boeve
Bradley F. Boeve Mayo Clinic

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