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Overview

Howard J. Aizenstein is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on subfields including Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cognitive Neuroscience, Physiology, and Neurology.

Their work covers a range of main topics such as Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments, Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications, Mental Health Research Topics, and Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments.

Recent publications by Howard J. Aizenstein include:

  • "Astrocyte reactivity influences amyloid-β effects on tau pathology in preclinical Alzheimer's disease" (2023), published in Nature Medicine
  • "Late-life depression and increased risk of dementia: a longitudinal cohort study" (2021), published in Translational Psychiatry
  • "Aging faster: worry and rumination in late life are associated with greater brain age" (2021), published in Neurobiology of Aging
  • "A multi-scanner neuroimaging data harmonization using RAVEL and ComBat" (2021), published in NeuroImage
  • "Comparison of amyloid burden in individuals with Down syndrome versus autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease: a cross-sectional study" (2022), published in The Lancet Neurology

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Minjie Wu
  • William E. Klunk
  • Ann D. Cohen
  • Beth E. Snitz
  • Dana Tudorascu

Howard J. Aizenstein has published extensively in specific venues such as:

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia (44 publications)
  • American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry (20 publications)
  • Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition/Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition (16 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (15 publications)
  • Biological Psychiatry (7 publications)

Best Publications

  • Frequent Amyloid Deposition Without Significant Cognitive Impairment Among the Elderly

    Howard Jay Aizenstein;Robert D. Nebes;Judith A. Saxton;Julie C. Price

  • Fibrillar amyloid-β burden in cognitively normal people at 3 levels of genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease

    Eric M. Reiman;Kewei Chen;Xiaofen Liu;Daniel Bandy

  • The vascular depression hypothesis: mechanisms linking vascular disease with depression.

    Warren D. Taylor;Howard J. Aizenstein;George S. Alexopoulos

  • Pathways linking late-life depression to persistent cognitive impairment and dementia

    Meryl A Butters;Jeffrey B. Young;Oscar Ramos Lopez;Howard J. Aizenstein

  • Amyloid Deposition Begins in the Striatum of Presenilin-1 Mutation Carriers from Two Unrelated Pedigrees

    William E. Klunk;Julie C. Price;Chester A. Mathis;Nicholas D. Tsopelas

  • Altered Reward Processing in Women Recovered From Anorexia Nervosa

    Angela Wagner;Howard Aizenstein;Vijay K Venkatraman;Julie Fudge

  • Thinning of the cerebral cortex visualized in HIV/AIDS reflects CD4+ T lymphocyte decline

    Paul M. Thompson;Rebecca A. Dutton;Kiralee M. Hayashi;Arthur W. Toga

  • Amyloid imaging in mild cognitive impairment subtypes

    David A. Wolk;David A. Wolk;Julie C. Price;Judy A. Saxton;Beth E. Snitz

  • Decreased Conflict- and Error-Related Activity in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex in Subjects With Schizophrenia

    John G. Kerns;Jonathan D. Cohen;Angus W. MacDonald;Melissa K. Johnson

  • Exercise effects on depression: Possible neural mechanisms.

    Swathi Gujral;Swathi Gujral;Howard Aizenstein;Charles F. Reynolds;Meryl A. Butters

  • Aging, the Central Nervous System, and Mobility

    Andrea L. Rosso;Stephanie A. Studenski;Wen G. Chen;Howard J. Aizenstein

  • Astrocyte reactivity influences amyloid-β effects on tau pathology in preclinical Alzheimer’s disease

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  • Altered Insula Response to Taste Stimuli in Individuals Recovered from Restricting-Type Anorexia Nervosa

    Angela Wagner;Angela Wagner;Howard Aizenstein;Laura Mazurkewicz;Julie Fudge

  • Tracking Alzheimer's Disease

    Paul M. Thompson;Kiralee M. Hayashi;Rebecca A. Dutton;Ming Chang Chiang

  • Special Article Gait Measures Indicate Underlying Focal Gray Matter Atrophy in the Brain of Older Adults

    Caterina Rosano;Howard Aizenstein;Jennifer Brach;Allison Longenberger

  • Atlas-based hippocampus segmentation in Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment.

    Owen T. Carmichael;Howard A. Aizenstein;Simon W. Davis;James T. Becker

  • Prevalence of cognitive disorders differs as a function of age in HIV virus infection.

    James T Becker;Oscar L Lopez;Mary Amanda Dew;Howard J Aizenstein

  • A Regions-of-Interest Volumetric Analysis of Mobility Limitations in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

    Caterina Rosano;Howard J. Aizenstein;Stephanie Studenski;Anne B. Newman

  • Slower gait, slower information processing and smaller prefrontal area in older adults.

    Caterina Rosano;Stephanie A. Studenski;Howard J. Aizenstein;Robert M. Boudreau

  • 3D pattern of brain atrophy in HIV/AIDS visualized using tensor-based morphometry

    Ming Chang Chiang;Rebecca A. Dutton;Kiralee M. Hayashi;Oscar L. Lopez

  • Generalized Tensor-Based Morphometry of HIV/AIDS Using Multivariate Statistics on Deformation Tensors

    N. Lepore;C. Brun;Yi-Yu Chou;Ming-Chang Chiang

  • Vascular depression consensus report - a critical update.

    Howard J. Aizenstein;Andrius Baskys;Maura Boldrini;Meryl A. Butters

  • Tracking Alzheimer's disease

    P. M. Thompson;K. M. Hayashi;R. A. Dutton;M. C. Chiang

Frequent Co-Authors

Oscar L. Lopez
Oscar L. Lopez University of Pittsburgh
Caterina Rosano
Caterina Rosano University of Pittsburgh
William E. Klunk
William E. Klunk University of Pittsburgh
Beth E. Snitz
Beth E. Snitz University of Pittsburgh
Charles F. Reynolds
Charles F. Reynolds University of Pittsburgh
Chester A. Mathis
Chester A. Mathis University of Pittsburgh
Meryl A. Butters
Meryl A. Butters University of Pittsburgh
Julie C. Price
Julie C. Price Harvard University
James T. Becker
James T. Becker University of Pittsburgh
Anne B. Newman
Anne B. Newman University of Pittsburgh

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