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Helen Petrovitch is affiliated with the Veterans Health Administration in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine and Neuroscience, with a particular emphasis on Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The scientist's work covers major topics including Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments, Neurological disorders and treatments, Nuclear Receptors and Signaling, Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, as well as ECG Monitoring and Analysis.

Frequent publication venues for Helen Petrovitch's work include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • BMC Neuroscience
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Diabetes

The list of prominent coauthors in their recent work includes Kamal Masaki, Oğuz Akbilgiç, Rishikesan Kamaleswaran, Robert L. Davis, and Samuel M. Goldman.

Notable recent papers by Helen Petrovitch are:

  • Genome-wide epigenetic analyses in Japanese immigrant plantation workers with Parkinson's disease and exposure to organochlorines reveal possible involvement of glial genes and pathways involved in neurotoxicity (2020, BMC Neuroscience)
  • Electrocardiographic changes predate Parkinson's disease onset (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Externally validated deep learning model to identify prodromal Parkinson's disease from electrocardiogram (2023, Scientific Reports)
  • Externally Validated Deep Learning Model to Identify Prodromal Parkinson's Disease from Electrocardiogram (2022, Research Square (Research Square))
  • 681-P: Medication Adherence in the Glycemia Reduction Approaches in Diabetes-A Comparative Effectiveness (GRADE) Study (2025, Diabetes)

Best Publications

  • Influence of Estrogen Plus Progestin on Breast Cancer and Mammography in Healthy Postmenopausal Women: The Women’s Health Initiative Randomized Trial

    Rowan T. Chlebowski;Susan L. Hendrix;Robert D. Langer;Marcia L. Stefanick

  • Midlife blood pressure and dementia: the Honolulu–Asia aging study☆

    Lenore J Launer;G.Webster Ross;G.Webster Ross;Helen Petrovitch;Kamal Masaki

  • The Association Between Midlife Blood Pressure Levels and Late-Life Cognitive Function: The Honolulu-Asia Aging Study

    Lenore J. Launer;Kamal Masaki;Helen Petrovitch;Daniel Foley

  • Walking and dementia in physically capable elderly men.

    Robert D. Abbott;Lon R. White;G. Webster Ross;Kamal H. Masaki

  • Frequency of bowel movements and the future risk of Parkinson’s disease

    R. D. Abbott;H. Petrovitch;L. R. White;K. H. Masaki

  • Association of Coffee and Caffeine Intake With the Risk of Parkinson Disease

    Ross Gw;Abbott Rd;Petrovitch H;Morens Dm

  • Association of olfactory dysfunction with risk for future Parkinson's disease.

    G. Webster Ross;Helen Petrovitch;Robert D. Abbott;Caroline M. Tanner

  • Effects of Walking on Mortality among Nonsmoking Retired Men

    Hakim Aa;Petrovitch H;Burchfiel Cm;Ross Gw

  • Midlife blood pressure and neuritic plaques, neurofibrillary tangles, and brain weight at death: the HAAS☆

    H Petrovitch;L.R White;L.R White;L.R White;G Izmirilian;G.W Ross;G.W Ross

  • Prevalence of dementia in older Japanese-American men in Hawaii: The Honolulu-Asia Aging Study.

    White L;Petrovitch H;Ross Gw;Ross Gw;Masaki Kh

  • A 32-year prospective study of change in body weight and incident dementia: the Honolulu-Asia Aging Study.

    Robert Stewart;Kamal Masaki;Qian Li Xue;Rita Peila

  • Excessive daytime sleepiness and subsequent development of Parkinson disease

    R. D. Abbott;G. W. Ross;L. R. White;C. M. Tanner

  • Metabolic cardiovascular syndrome and risk of dementia in Japanese-American elderly men. The Honolulu-Asia aging study.

    S. Kalmijn;D. Foley;L. White;C. M. Burchfiel

  • Association of vitamin E and C supplement use with cognitive function and dementia in elderly men

    K.H. Masaki;K.G. Losonczy;G. Izmirlian;D.J. Foley

  • Cerebrovascular pathology and dementia in autopsied Honolulu-Asia Aging Study participants.

    Lon White;Lon White;Helen Petrovitch;John Hardman;James Nelson

  • Cerebral amyloid angiopathy and cognitive function: the HAAS autopsy study.

    L. A. Pfeifer;L. R. White;G. W. Ross;H. Petrovitch

  • Effects of Walking on Coronary Heart Disease in Elderly Men The Honolulu Heart Program

    A A Hakim;J D Curb;H Petrovitch;B L Rodriguez

  • Parkinsonian signs and substantia nigra neuron density in decendents elders without PD.

    G. Webster Ross;Helen Petrovitch;Robert D. Abbott;James Nelson

  • AD lesions and infarcts in demented and non‐demented Japanese‐American men

    Helen Petrovitch;G. Webster Ross;Sandra C. Steinhorn;Robert D. Abbott;Robert D. Abbott

  • Longitudinal association of vascular and Alzheimer's dementias, diabetes, and glucose tolerance.

    J.D. Curb;B.L. Rodriguez;R.D. Abbott;H. Petrovitch

Frequent Co-Authors

Kamal Masaki
Kamal Masaki University of Hawaii at Manoa
Lon R. White
Lon R. White University of Hawaii at Manoa
Lenore J. Launer
Lenore J. Launer National Institutes of Health
Robert D. Abbott
Robert D. Abbott University of Virginia
Beatriz L. Rodriguez
Beatriz L. Rodriguez University of Hawaii at Manoa
Caroline M. Tanner
Caroline M. Tanner University of California, San Francisco
William R. Markesbery
William R. Markesbery University of Kentucky
Katsuhiko Yano
Katsuhiko Yano Kuakini Medical Center
J. David Curb
J. David Curb University of Hawaii at Manoa
John E. Duda
John E. Duda University of Pennsylvania

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