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Igor Yakushev is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their research spans several fields within medicine and neuroscience, focusing on advanced imaging techniques and the study of brain functionality and disorders.

The main fields of study of Igor Yakushev include:

  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience

Within these broad areas, their work is further refined into several subfields:

  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Neurology
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Physiology

Yakushev's research topics also cover diverse aspects of brain science and medical imaging, including:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments
  • Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
  • Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging

The scientist has regularly published in several academic venues, often contributing to:

  • European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
  • Journal of Nuclear Medicine
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • NeuroImage
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Some notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Yakushev include:

  • "Brain connectomics: time for a molecular imaging perspective?" (2023), published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences
  • "An energy costly architecture of neuromodulators for human brain evolution and cognition" (2023), published in Science Advances
  • "Predicting brain age from functional connectivity in symptomatic and preclinical Alzheimer disease" (2022), published in NeuroImage
  • "Imaging glioma biology: spatial comparison of amino acid PET, amide proton transfer, and perfusion-weighted MRI in newly diagnosed gliomas" (2020), published in European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
  • "CXCR4-Targeted PET Imaging of Central Nervous System B-Cell Lymphoma" (2020), published in Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Frequent collaborators in Yakushev's work include:

  • Dennis M. Hedderich
  • Benedikt Wiestler
  • Claire Delbridge
  • Tammie L.S. Benzinger
  • Timo Grimmer

Best Publications

  • Parenchymal border macrophages regulate the flow dynamics of the cerebrospinal fluid

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  • Association of Low Striatal Dopamine D2 Receptor Availability With Nicotine Dependence Similar to That Seen With Other Drugs of Abuse

    Christoph Fehr;Igor Yakushev;Nina Hohmann;Hans-Georg Buchholz

  • White matter diffusion alterations precede symptom onset in autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease.

    Miguel Ángel Araque Caballero;Marc Suárez-Calvet;Marc Suárez-Calvet;Marco Duering;Nicolai Franzmeier

  • SPM-based count normalization provides excellent discrimination of mild Alzheimer's disease and amnestic mild cognitive impairment from healthy aging.

    Igor Yakushev;Alexander Hammers;Andreas Fellgiebel;Irene Schmidtmann

  • Metabolic connectivity: methods and applications

    Igor Yakushev;Alexander Drzezga;Christian Habeck

  • Choice of reference area in studies of Alzheimer's disease using positron emission tomography with fluorodeoxyglucose-F18

    Igor Yakushev;Christian Landvogt;Hans Georg Buchholz;Andreas Fellgiebel

  • Diagnostic utility of different MRI and MR angiography measures in Fabry disease

    A. Fellgiebel;I. Keller;D. Marin;M. J. Müller

  • The lower hippocampus global connectivity, the higher its local metabolism in Alzheimer disease

    Masoud Tahmasian;Lorenzo Pasquini;Martin Scherr;Chun Meng

  • Cognitive reserve impacts on inter-individual variability in resting-state cerebral metabolism in normal aging.

    Christine Bastin;Igor Yakushev;Igor Yakushev;Mohamed Ali Bahri;Andreas Fellgiebel

  • Diffusion tensor imaging of the hippocampus in MCI and early Alzheimer's disease.

    Andreas Fellgiebel;Igor Yakushev

  • Test-retest reproducibility of [(11)C]PBR28 binding to TSPO in healthy control subjects.

    K. Collste;A. Forsberg;A. Varrone;N. Amini

  • Decreased Dopamine D2/D3-receptor Binding in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: An [18F]fallypride PET Study

    Konrad J. Werhahn;Christian Landvogt;Sven Klimpe;Hans‐Georg Buchholz

  • Relationships between brain metabolism decrease in normal aging and changes in structural and functional connectivity.

    Gaël Chételat;Brigitte Landeau;Eric Salmon;Igor Yakushev

  • Brain connectomics: time for a molecular imaging perspective?

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  • Preferential degradation of cognitive networks differentiates Alzheimer's disease from ageing

    Jasmeer P Chhatwal;Jasmeer P Chhatwal;Aaron P Schultz;Keith A Johnson;Trey Hedden

  • Predicting brain age from functional connectivity in symptomatic and preclinical Alzheimer disease

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  • Resting-State Networks as Simultaneously Measured with Functional MRI and PET.

    Alexandre Savio;Sarah Fünger;Masoud Tahmasian;Srinivas Rachakonda

  • The BDNFVal66Met SNP modulates the association between beta-amyloid and hippocampal disconnection in Alzheimer's disease.

    Nicolai Franzmeier;Jinyi Ren;Alexander Damm;Gemma Monté-Rubio

  • Functional Representation of Olfactory Impairment in Early Alzheimer's Disease

    Stefan Förster;Andreas Vaitl;Stefan J. Teipel;Stefan J. Teipel;Igor Yakushev

  • Predicting behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia with pattern classification in multi-center structural MRI data.

    Sebastian Meyer;Karsten Mueller;Katharina Stuke;Sandrine Bisenius

  • Association between cingulum bundle structure and cognitive performance: An observational study in major depression

    I. Schermuly;A. Fellgiebel;S. Wagner;I. Yakushev

  • Limited agreement between biomarkers of neuronal injury at different stages of Alzheimer's disease

    Panagiotis Alexopoulos;Panagiotis Alexopoulos;Laura Kriett;Bernhard Haller;Elisabeth Klupp

  • Basilar artery diameter is a potential screening tool for Fabry disease in young stroke patients.

    Andreas Fellgiebel;Isabel Keller;Peter Martus;Stefan Ropele

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Fellgiebel
Andreas Fellgiebel Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Timo Grimmer
Timo Grimmer Technical University of Munich
Robert Perneczky
Robert Perneczky Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Christian Sorg
Christian Sorg Technical University of Munich
Alexander Drzezga
Alexander Drzezga University of Cologne
Tammie L.S. Benzinger
Tammie L.S. Benzinger Washington University in St. Louis
Peter R. Schofield
Peter R. Schofield Neuroscience Research Australia
John C. Morris
John C. Morris Washington University in St. Louis
Randall J. Bateman
Randall J. Bateman Washington University in St. Louis
Paul Cumming
Paul Cumming Queensland University of Technology

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