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Overview

Horacio Kaufmann is affiliated with New York University in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with specific emphasis on Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Physiology.

The scientist's work addresses multiple topics within neurological and medical research, including:

  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders
  • Hereditary Neurological Disorders
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
  • Neurological diseases and metabolism
  • Neurological disorders and treatments

Frequent coauthors in Kaufmann's research include Jose-Alberto Palma, Lucy Norcliffe-Kaufmann, Italo Biaggioni, Gregor K. Wenning, and Alessandra Fanciulli.

Publications by Kaufmann appear predominantly in journals such as Neurology, Clinical Autonomic Research, Movement Disorders, Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, and Movement Disorders Clinical Practice. These venues reflect a strong focus on neurological disorders and autonomic function.

Among the recent papers associated with Kaufmann are:

  • The Movement Disorder Society Criteria for the Diagnosis of Multiple System Atrophy, 2022, Movement Disorders
  • Genome sequencing analysis identifies new loci associated with Lewy body dementia and provides insights into its genetic architecture, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Baroreflex Dysfunction, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Multiple system atrophy, 2022, Nature Reviews Disease Primers
  • Diagnosis and treatment of orthostatic hypotension, 2022, The Lancet Neurology

Kaufmann's scholarly output includes extensive contributions to understanding autonomic disorders and neurodegenerative diseases with a particular interest in conditions such as orthostatic hypotension, multiple system atrophy, and Lewy body dementia.

Best Publications

  • Second consensus statement on the diagnosis of multiple system atrophy

    S. Gilman;G. K. Wenning;P. A. Low;D. J. Brooks

  • Consensus statement on the definition of orthostatic hypotension, neurally mediated syncope and the postural tachycardia syndrome.

    Roy Freeman;Wouter Wieling;Felicia B. Axelrod;David G. Benditt

  • Consensus statement on the definition of orthostatic hypotension, neurally mediated syncope and the postural tachycardia syndrome

    Roy Freeman;Wouter Wieling;Felicia B. Axelrod;David G. Benditt

  • The Movement Disorder Society Criteria for the Diagnosis of Multiple System Atrophy

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  • Consensus statement on the definition of orthostatic hypotension, pure autonomic failure and multiple system atrophy

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  • Neurogenic orthostatic hypotension: A double-blind, placebo-controlled study with midodrine

    Joseph Jankovic;Janice L. Gilden;Bradley C. Hiner;Horacio Kaufmann

  • The recommendations of a consensus panel for the screening, diagnosis, and treatment of neurogenic orthostatic hypotension and associated supine hypertension

    Christopher H. Gibbons;Peter Schmidt;Italo Biaggioni;Camille Frazier-Mills

  • Genome sequencing analysis identifies new loci associated with Lewy body dementia and provides insights into its genetic architecture

    Ruth Chia;Marya S. Sabir;Sara Bandres-Ciga

  • A double-blind, dose-response study of midodrine in neurogenic orthostatic hypotension

    R. A. Wright;H. C. Kaufmann;R. Perera;T. L. Opfer-Gehrking

  • Droxidopa for neurogenic orthostatic hypotension A randomized, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial

    Horacio Kaufmann;Roy Freeman;Italo Biaggioni;Phillip Low

  • Epidemiology of reflex syncope.

    N. Colman;K. Nahm;K. S. Ganzeboom;W. K. Shen

  • Autonomic failure as the initial presentation of Parkinson disease and dementia with Lewy bodies

    Horacio Kaufmann;Kirsty Nahm;Dushyant Purohit;David Wolfe

  • Assessment: Botulinum neurotoxin in the treatment of autonomic disorders and pain (an evidence-based review): Report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology

    M. Naumann;Y. So;C. E. Argoff;M. K. Childers

  • Baroreflex Dysfunction.

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  • Natural history of pure autonomic failure: A United States prospective cohort.

    Horacio Kaufmann;Lucy Norcliffe-Kaufmann;Jose-Alberto Palma;Italo Biaggioni

  • Consensus statement on the definition of neurogenic supine hypertension in cardiovascular autonomic failure by the American Autonomic Society (AAS) and the European Federation of Autonomic Societies (EFAS) : Endorsed by the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) and the European Society of Hypertension (ESH).

    Alessandra Fanciulli;Jens Jordan;Italo Biaggioni;Giovanna Calandra–Buonaura

  • Norepinephrine deficiency in Parkinson's disease: The case for noradrenergic enhancement

    Alberto J. Espay;Peter A. LeWitt;Horacio Kaufmann

  • The distribution of Lewy bodies in pure autonomic failure: autopsy findings and review of the literature.

    K. Hague;P. Lento;S. Morgello;S. Caro

  • Multiple system atrophy

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  • The Orthostatic Hypotension Questionnaire (OHQ): validation of a novel symptom assessment scale

    Horacio Kaufmann;Richard Malamut;Lucy Norcliffe-Kaufmann;Kathleen Rosa

  • Norepinephrine Precursor Therapy in Neurogenic Orthostatic Hypotension

    Horacio Kaufmann;Daniela Saadia;Andrei Voustianiouk;David S. Goldstein

  • Cognitive impairment in multiple system atrophy: A position statement by the neuropsychology task force of the MDS multiple system atrophy (MODIMSA) study group

    Iva Stankovic;Florian Krismer;Aleksandar Jesic;Angelo Antonini

  • Brain magnetic resonance imaging in multiple-system atrophy and Parkinson disease: a diagnostic algorithm.

    Kirsty Bhattacharya;Daniela Saadia;Barbara Eisenkraft;Melvin Yahr

  • Plasma endothelin during upright tilt: relevance for orthostatic hypotension?

    H. Kaufmann;E. Oribe;J.A. Oliver

  • Orthostatic heart rate changes in patients with autonomic failure caused by neurodegenerative synucleinopathies

    Lucy Norcliffe-Kaufmann;Horacio Kaufmann;Jose-Alberto Palma;Cyndya A Shibao

  • Vestibular control of sympathetic activity. An otolith-sympathetic reflex in humans

    H. Kaufmann;I. Biaggioni;A. Voustianiouk;A. Diedrich

  • Second consensus statement on the diagnosis of multiple system atrophy

    G. K. Wenning;S. Gilman;K. Seppi

Frequent Co-Authors

Italo Biaggioni
Italo Biaggioni Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Roy Freeman
Roy Freeman Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Gregor K. Wenning
Gregor K. Wenning Innsbruck Medical University
Phillip A. Low
Phillip A. Low Mayo Clinic
David Robertson
David Robertson Vanderbilt University
Vaughan G. Macefield
Vaughan G. Macefield Monash University
Klaus Seppi
Klaus Seppi Innsbruck Medical University
Werner Poewe
Werner Poewe Innsbruck Medical University
Jens Jordan
Jens Jordan German Aerospace Center
David S. Goldstein
David S. Goldstein National Institutes of Health

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