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Debra A. Fleischman is affiliated with Rush University Medical Center in the United States. Their main field of study is Medicine, with a focus on subfields including Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cognitive Neuroscience, Genetics, Health, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

Their research work covers a variety of topics that relate primarily to brain health and cognitive function. Main topics include:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases

Fleischman has published in several frequently appearing academic venues such as:

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • Neurobiology of Aging
  • Communications Medicine
  • Nature Genetics
  • Human Brain Mapping

Among notable recent papers, the following stand out:

  • Safety and efficacy of pioglitazone for the delay of cognitive impairment in people at risk of Alzheimer's disease (TOMMORROW): a prognostic biomarker study and a phase 3, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, 2021, The Lancet Neurology
  • Acculturation in Context: The Relationship Between Acculturation and Socioenvironmental Factors With Level of and Change in Cognition in Older Latinos, 2020, The Journals of Gerontology Series B
  • Self-reported experiences of discrimination in older black adults are associated with insula functional connectivity, 2020, Brain Imaging and Behavior
  • A predictive model using the mesoscopic architecture of the living brain to detect Alzheimer's disease, 2022, Communications Medicine
  • Acute versus chronic inflammatory markers and cognition in older black adults: Results from the Minority Aging Research Study, 2022, Brain Behavior and Immunity

Fleischman frequently collaborates with other researchers. Some of the most frequent co-authors include:

  • Melissa Lamar
  • Konstantinos Arfanakis
  • Lisa L. Barnes
  • Sue E. Leurgans
  • David A. Bennett

Best Publications

  • Early role of vascular dysregulation on late-onset Alzheimer’s disease based on multifactorial data-driven analysis

    Y. Iturria-Medina;R. C. Sotero;P. J. Toussaint;J. M. Mateos-Pérez

  • White matter changes in mild cognitive impairment and AD: A diffusion tensor imaging study.

    David Medina;Leyla deToledo-Morrell;Fabio Urresta;John D.E. Gabrieli;John D.E. Gabrieli

  • Double Dissociation Between Memory Systems Underlying Explicit and Implicit Memory in the Human Brain

    John D.E. Gabrieli;John D.E. Gabrieli;John D.E. Gabrieli;Debra A. Fleischman;Margaret M. Keane;Sheryl L. Reminger

  • Repetition priming in normal aging and Alzheimer's disease: a review of findings and theories.

    Debra A. Fleischman;John D. E. Gabrieli

  • Novel genetic loci associated with hippocampal volume

    Derrek Hibar;Hieab H.H. Adams;Neda Jahanshad;Ganesh Chauhan

  • Association Between Late-Life Social Activity and Motor Decline in Older Adults

    Aron S. Buchman;Patricia A. Boyle;Robert S. Wilson;Debra A. Fleischman

  • Basal forebrain degeneration precedes and predicts the cortical spread of Alzheimer's pathology.

    Taylor W. Schmitz;R. Nathan Spreng;Michael W. Weiner;Paul Aisen

  • Ferritin levels in the cerebrospinal fluid predict Alzheimer's disease outcomes and are regulated by APOE

    Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

  • Common variants at 12q14 and 12q24 are associated with hippocampal volume

    Joshua C Bis;Charles DeCarli;Albert Vernon Smith;Fedde van der Lijn

  • Genetic architecture of subcortical brain structures in 38,851 individuals

    Claudia L. Satizabal;Claudia L. Satizabal;Claudia L. Satizabal;Hieab H.H. Adams;Derrek Hibar;Charles C. White;Charles C. White

  • Novel genetic loci underlying human intracranial volume identified through genome-wide association

    Hieab H H Adams;Derrek P. Hibar;Vincent Chouraki;Vincent Chouraki;Vincent Chouraki;Jason L. Stein;Jason L. Stein

  • MRI predictors of risk of incident Alzheimer disease: a longitudinal study.

    T. R. Stoub;M. Bulgakova;S. Leurgans;D. A. Bennett

  • A longitudinal study of implicit and explicit memory in old persons.

    Debra A. Fleischman;Robert S. Wilson;John D. E. Gabrieli;Julia L. Bienias

  • Convergent behavioral and neuropsychological evidence for a distinction between identification and production forms of repetition priming

    John D. E. Gabrieli;Chandan J. Vaidya;Maria Stone;Wendy S. Francis

  • Implicit memory and Alzheimer's disease neuropathology

    Debra A. Fleischman;Robert S. Wilson;John D. E. Gabrieli;Julie A. Schneider

  • Repetition priming in aging and Alzheimer's disease: an integrative review and future directions.

    Debra A. Fleischman

  • Differential effects of aging and Alzheimer's disease on conceptual implicit and explicit memory.

    Laura A. Monti;John D. E. Gabrieli;Sheryl L. Reminger;Julie A. Rinaldi

  • White matter hyperintensities, incident mild cognitive impairment, and cognitive decline in old age.

    Patricia A. Boyle;Lei Yu;Debra A. Fleischman;Sue Leurgans

  • Association of white matter hyperintensities and gray matter volume with cognition in older individuals without cognitive impairment

    Zoe Arvanitakis;Debra A. Fleischman;Konstantinos Arfanakis;Sue E. Leurgans

  • Physical Activity and Leg Strength Predict Decline in Mobility Performance in Older Persons

    Aron S. Buchman;Robert S. Wilson;Patricia A. Boyle;Yuxiao Tang

Frequent Co-Authors

Konstantinos Arfanakis
Konstantinos Arfanakis Illinois Institute of Technology
David A. Bennett
David A. Bennett Rush University Medical Center
Philip L. De Jager
Philip L. De Jager Columbia University
Sue Leurgans
Sue Leurgans Rush University Medical Center
Robert S. Wilson
Robert S. Wilson Rush University Medical Center
Sudha Seshadri
Sudha Seshadri The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Alexa Beiser
Alexa Beiser Boston University
Charles DeCarli
Charles DeCarli University of California, Davis
Albert V. Smith
Albert V. Smith University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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