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Overview

James B. Brewer is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions in Psychiatry and Mental Health, Physiology, Molecular Biology, Neurology, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

Brewer's work focuses on several key topics, including:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
  • Frailty in Older Adults

They have published extensively in prominent journals, with frequent appearances in:

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • Scientific Reports
  • Nature Communications
  • GeroScience
  • British Journal of Surgery

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

  • Safety, Efficacy, and Feasibility of Intranasal Insulin for the Treatment of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer Disease Dementia, 2020, JAMA Neurology
  • Characterizing Heterogeneity in Neuroimaging, Cognition, Clinical Symptoms, and Genetics Among Patients With Late-Life Depression, 2022, JAMA Psychiatry
  • Challenges and Opportunities with Causal Discovery Algorithms: Application to Alzheimer's Pathophysiology, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Amyloid-associated increases in soluble tau relate to tau aggregation rates and cognitive decline in early Alzheimer's disease, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Sex differences in plasma p-tau181 associations with Alzheimer's disease biomarkers, cognitive decline, and clinical progression, 2022, Molecular Psychiatry

Brewer has collaborated frequently with several researchers in the field, including John C. Morris, Michael Donohue, Andrew J. Saykin, Paul Aisen, and Ronald G. Thomas. These collaborations reflect a focus on neurodegenerative diseases and cognitive impairment research.

Best Publications

  • Making memories : Brain activity that predicts how well visual experience will be remembered

    James B. Brewer;Zuo Zhao;John E. Desmond;Gary H. Glover

  • Early role of vascular dysregulation on late-onset Alzheimer’s disease based on multifactorial data-driven analysis

    Y. Iturria-Medina;R. C. Sotero;P. J. Toussaint;J. M. Mateos-Pérez

  • Event-Related Activation in the Human Amygdala Associates with Later Memory for Individual Emotional Experience

    Turhan Canli;Zuo Zhao;James Brewer;John D. E. Gabrieli

  • One-Year Brain Atrophy Evident in Healthy Aging

    Anders M. Fjell;Kristine B. Walhovd;Christine Fennema-Notestine;Linda K. McEvoy

  • Separate Neural Bases of Two Fundamental Memory Processes in the Human Medial Temporal Lobe

    John D. E. Gabrieli;James B. Brewer;John E. Desmond;Gary H. Glover

  • Brain cell type-specific enhancer-promoter interactome maps and disease-risk association.

    Alexi Nott;Inge R. Holtman;Inge R. Holtman;Nicole G. Coufal;Nicole G. Coufal;Johannes C. M. Schlachetzki

  • A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of resveratrol for Alzheimer disease

    R. Scott Turner;Ronald G. Thomas;Suzanne Craft;Christopher H. van Dyck

  • Material-specific lateralization in the medial temporal lobe and prefrontal cortex during memory encoding.

    Alexandra J. Golby;Russell A. Poldrack;James B. Brewer;David Spencer

  • Functional brain architecture is associated with the rate of tau accumulation in Alzheimer’s disease

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  • Genetic assessment of age-associated Alzheimer disease risk: Development and validation of a polygenic hazard score

    Rahul S. Desikan;Chun Chieh Fan;Yunpeng Wang;Yunpeng Wang;Yunpeng Wang;Andrew J. Schork

  • Alzheimer Disease: Quantitative Structural Neuroimaging for Detection and Prediction of Clinical and Structural Changes in Mild Cognitive Impairment

    Linda K. McEvoy;Christine Fennema-Notestine;J. Cooper Roddey;Donald J. Hagler

  • Regional rates of neocortical atrophy from normal aging to early Alzheimer disease

    C R. McDonald;L K. McEvoy;L Gharapetian;C Fennema-Notestine

  • Combining MR Imaging, Positron-Emission Tomography, and CSF Biomarkers in the Diagnosis and Prognosis of Alzheimer Disease

    K.B. Walhovd;A.M. Fjell;J. Brewer;L.K. McEvoy

  • Safety, Efficacy, and Feasibility of Intranasal Insulin for the Treatment of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer Disease Dementia: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Suzanne Craft;Rema Raman;Tiffany W. Chow;Michael S. Rafii

  • Basal forebrain degeneration precedes and predicts the cortical spread of Alzheimer's pathology.

    Taylor W. Schmitz;R. Nathan Spreng;Michael W. Weiner;Paul Aisen

  • NPTX2 and cognitive dysfunction in Alzheimer’s Disease

    Mei Fang Xiao;Desheng Xu;Michael T. Craig;Kenneth A. Pelkey

  • Novel Alzheimer Disease Risk Loci and Pathways in African American Individuals Using the African Genome Resources Panel: A Meta-analysis

    Brian W. Kunkle;Michael Schmidt;Hans Ulrich Klein;Adam C. Naj

  • Subregional neuroanatomical change as a biomarker for Alzheimer's disease

    Dominic Holland;James B. Brewer;Donald J. Hagler;Christine Fennema-Notestine

  • CSF Biomarkers in Prediction of Cerebral and Clinical Change in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease

    Anders M. Fjell;Kristine B. Walhovd;Christine Fennema-Notestine;Linda K. McEvoy

  • Predicting MCI outcome with clinically available MRI and CSF biomarkers

    D. Heister;J.B. Brewer;S. Magda;K. Blennow

  • Magnetic resonance imaging in Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative 2

    Clifford R. Jack;Josephine Barnes;Matt A. Bernstein;Bret J. Borowski

  • Multi-modal imaging predicts memory performance in normal aging and cognitive decline

    K.B. Walhovd;A.M. Fjell;A.M. Dale;L.K. McEvoy

Frequent Co-Authors

Anders M. Dale
Anders M. Dale J. Craig Venter Institute
Linda K. McEvoy
Linda K. McEvoy University of California, San Diego
Christine Fennema-Notestine
Christine Fennema-Notestine University of California, San Diego
Reisa A. Sperling
Reisa A. Sperling Brigham and Women's Hospital
Bradley T. Hyman
Bradley T. Hyman Harvard University
Howard Feldman
Howard Feldman University of California, San Diego
Adam S. Fleisher
Adam S. Fleisher Avid Radiopharmaceuticals
David P. Salmon
David P. Salmon University of California, San Diego
Charles DeCarli
Charles DeCarli University of California, Davis

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