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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2015 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2002 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Edith G. McGeer is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research spans multiple disciplines, including Medicine, Dentistry, and Neuroscience, with significant contributions to subfields such as Physiology, Periodontics, Neurology, and Biological Psychiatry.

The scientist's work primarily addresses topics related to salivary gland disorders and functions, oral health pathology and treatment, oral microbiology and periodontitis research, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, and the role of tryptophan in brain disorders.

Notable recent publications include:

  • Saliva Diagnosis as a Disease Predictor (2020) published in Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Innate Inflammatory Reaction of the Brain in Alzheimer Disease (2020) published in McGill Journal of Medicine

Frequent collaborators in research include Patrick L. McGeer, Moon-Hee Lee, and Krista Kennedy.

Research findings have been disseminated primarily through the Journal of Clinical Medicine and McGill Journal of Medicine, indicating a focus on clinical and medical audience engagement.

Throughout their career, Edith G. McGeer has been recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, specifically within the Academy of Science, since 2002. They were also named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2015.

Best Publications

  • Reactive microglia are positive for HLA‐DR in the substantia nigra of Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease brains

    P. L. McGeer;S. Itagaki;B. E. Boyes;E. G. McGeer

  • Arthritis and anti-inflammatory agents as possible protective factors for Alzheimer's disease: A review of 17 epidemiologic studies

    Patrick L. McGeer;Michael Schulzer;Edith G. McGeer

  • The inflammatory response system of brain: implications for therapy of Alzheimer and other neurodegenerative diseases.

    Patrick L. McGeer;Edith G. McGeer

  • Reactive microglia in patients with senile dementia of the Alzheimer type are positive for the histocompatibility glycoprotein HLA-DR.

    Patrick L. McGeer;Shigeru Itagaki;Hisao Tago;Edith G. McGeer

  • Demonstration of a Unique Population of Neurons With NADPH-diaphorase Histochemistry

    U. Scherer-Singler;S.R. Vincent;H. Kimura;E.G. McGeer

  • Generation of C-reactive protein and complement components in atherosclerotic plaques.

    Koji Yasojima;Claudia Schwab;Edith G. McGeer;Patrick L. McGeer

  • Duplication of biochemical changes of Huntington's chorea by intrastriatal injections of glutamic and kainic acids

    E. G. Mcgeer;P. L. Mcgeer

  • The central cholinergic system studied by choline acetyltransferase immunohistochemistry in the cat

    H. Kimura;P. L. McGeer;J. H. Peng;E. G. McGeer

  • Glial reactions in Parkinson's disease

    Patrick L. McGeer;Edith G. McGeer

  • Aging and Extrapyramidal Function

    Patrick L. McGeer;Edith G. McGeer;Joane S. Suzuki

  • Kainic acid as a tool in neurobiology

    Edith G. McGeer;John W. Olney;Patrick L. McGeer

  • Inflammation and neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease.

    Patrick L. McGeer;Edith G. McGeer

  • Microglia in degenerative neurological disease

    Patrick L. McGeer;Toshio Kawamata;Douglas G. Walker;Haruhiko Akiyama

  • Molecular Neurobiology of the Mammalian Brain

    Patrick L. McGeer;Eccles, John C. , Sir;Edith G. McGeer

  • Inflammation and the Degenerative Diseases of Aging

    Patrick L. McGEER;Edith G. McGEER

  • Rate of cell death in parkinsonism indicates active neuropathological process.

    Patrick L. McGeer;Shigeru Itagaki;Haruhiko Akiyama;Edith G. McGeer

  • A glutamatergic corticostriatal path

    P.L. McGeer;E.G. McGeer;U. Scherer;K. Singh

  • NSAIDs and Alzheimer disease: Epidemiological, animal model and clinical studies

    Patrick L. McGeer;Edith G. McGeer

  • Inflammation, autotoxicity and Alzheimer disease

    Patrick L. McGeer;Edith G. McGeer

  • Immune system response in Alzheimer's disease.

    P.L. McGeer;H. Akiyama;S. Itagaki;E.G. McGeer

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick L. McGeer
Patrick L. McGeer University of British Columbia
Douglas G. Walker
Douglas G. Walker Arizona State University
Steven R. Vincent
Steven R. Vincent University of British Columbia
John C. Eccles
John C. Eccles Australian National University
Ikuo Tooyama
Ikuo Tooyama Shiga University of Medical Science
Peter B. Reiner
Peter B. Reiner University of British Columbia
Hans C. Fibiger
Hans C. Fibiger University of British Columbia
Michael Schulzer
Michael Schulzer University of British Columbia
Andis Klegeris
Andis Klegeris University of British Columbia
Juhn A. Wada
Juhn A. Wada University of British Columbia

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