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Overview

Jane S. Paulsen is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a significant focus on Neurology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Other notable subfields include Molecular Biology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Epidemiology.

The main research topics in their work cover Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, Neurological Disorders and Treatments, Cerebrovascular and Genetic Disorders, Traumatic Brain Injury Research, Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research, and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research.

Jane S. Paulsen has published frequently in several venues, including:

  • Neurology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Movement Disorders
  • Neurologic Clinics

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Paulsen include:

  • "Vascular contributions to Alzheimer's disease," 2022, published in Translational Research
  • "Genetic modifiers of Huntington disease differentially influence motor and cognitive domains," 2022, published in The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • "Exome sequencing of individuals with Huntington's disease implicates FAN1 nuclease activity in slowing CAG expansion and disease onset," 2022, published in Nature Neuroscience
  • "Traumatic Brain Injury in Children and Adolescents: Psychiatric Disorders 24 Years Later," 2021, published in Journal of Neuropsychiatry
  • "The Safety of Deutetrabenazine for Chorea in Huntington Disease: An Open-Label Extension Study," 2022, published in CNS Drugs

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including:

  • Jeffrey D. Long
  • Jong-Min Lee
  • Thomas H. Massey
  • G. Bernhard Landwehrmeyer
  • Peter Holmans

Best Publications

  • Unified huntington’s disease rating scale: Reliability and consistency

    Karl Kieburtz;John B. Penney;Peter Corno;Neal Ranen

  • Huntington disease: natural history, biomarkers and prospects for therapeutics

    Christopher A Ross;Elizabeth Hoppes Aylward;Edward J Wild;Douglas R Langbehn

  • Classifying neurocognitive disorders: the DSM-5 approach.

    Perminder S. Sachdev;Deborah Blacker;Dan G. Blazer;Mary Ganguli

  • Venezuelan kindreds reveal that genetic and environmental factors modulate Huntington's disease age of onset

    Nancy S. Wexler;Judith Lorimer;Julie Porter;Fidela Gomez

  • Detection of Huntington’s disease decades before diagnosis: The Predict HD study

    Jane Paulsen;Douglas R Langbehn;Julie C Stout;Elizabeth H Aylward

  • A new model for prediction of the age of onset and penetrance for Huntington's disease based on CAG length.

    Douglas R. Langbehn;Ryan R. Brinkman;Daniel Falush;Jane S. Paulsen

  • Apathy Is Not Depression

    Morgan L. Levy;Jeffrey L. Cummings;Lynn A. Fairbanks;Donna Masterman

  • Diagnostic criteria for vascular cognitive disorders: a VASCOG statement.

    Perminder Sachdev;Raj Kalaria;John O'Brien;Ingmar Skoog

  • Deep learning for neuroimaging: A validation study

    Sergey M. Plis;Devon R. Hjelm;Ruslan Salakhutdinov;Elena A. Allen;Elena A. Allen

  • Is it possible to be schizophrenic yet neuropsychologically normal

    Barton W. Palmer;Robert K. Heaton;Jane S. Paulsen;Julie Kuck

  • Generalized Cognitive Deficits in Schizophrenia: A Study of First-Episode Patients

    Somaia Mohamed;Jane S. Paulsen;Daniel O'Leary;Stephen Arndt

  • Identification of Genetic Factors that Modify Clinical Onset of Huntington’s Disease

    Jong-Min Lee;Vanessa C. Wheeler;Michael J. Chao;Jean Paul G. Vonsattel

  • Neuropsychiatric aspects of Huntington's disease

    J. S. Paulsen;R. E. Ready;J. M. Hamilton;J. M. Hamilton;M. S. Mega

  • Neuropsychological Deficits in Schizophrenics: Relationship to Age, Chronicity, and Dementia

    Robert Heaton;Jane S. Paulsen;Lou Ann McAdams;Julie Kuck

  • Impaired prepulse inhibition of acoustic and tactile startle response in patients with Huntington's disease.

    N R Swerdlow;J Paulsen;D L Braff;N Butters

  • CAG repeat not polyglutamine length determines timing of Huntington’s disease onset

    Jong-Min Lee;Kevin Correia;Jacob Loupe;Kyung-Hee Kim

  • Psychiatric Symptoms in Huntington’s Disease before Diagnosis: The Predict-HD Study

    Kevin Duff;Jane S. Paulsen;Leigh J. Beglinger;Douglas R. Langbehn

  • Rate of functional decline in Huntington’s disease

    K. Marder;H. Zhao;R. H. Myers;M. Cudkowicz

  • CAG repeat expansion in Huntington disease determines age at onset in a fully dominant fashion

    J.-M. Lee;E.M. Ramos;J.-H. Lee;T. Gillis

  • Neurocognitive Signs in Prodromal Huntington Disease

    Julie C. Stout;Jane S. Paulsen;Sarah Queller;Andrea C. Solomon

  • The nature of learning and memory impairments in schizophrenia.

    Jane S. Paulsen;Robert K. Heaton;Joseph R. Sadek;William Perry

  • Risk of Tardive Dyskinesia in Older Patients: A Prospective Longitudinal Study of 266 Outpatients

    D V Jeste;M P Caligiuri;J S Paulsen;R K Heaton

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey D. Long
Jeffrey D. Long University of Iowa
Leigh J. Beglinger
Leigh J. Beglinger University of Iowa
Kevin Duff
Kevin Duff Oregon Health & Science University
Julie C. Stout
Julie C. Stout Monash University
Douglas R. Langbehn
Douglas R. Langbehn University of Iowa
Dilip V. Jeste
Dilip V. Jeste University of California, San Diego
Elizabeth Aylward
Elizabeth Aylward Seattle Children's Hospital
Christopher A. Ross
Christopher A. Ross Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Mark Guttman
Mark Guttman University of Toronto
Noelle E. Carlozzi
Noelle E. Carlozzi University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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