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John C. van Swieten is affiliated with Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The primary fields of study associated with their research include Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. More specifically, their work encompasses subfields such as Neurology, Physiology, Molecular Biology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Genetics.

The main research topics covered by John C. van Swieten focus on various neurological conditions, including:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding
  • Neurological diseases and metabolism
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

Frequent co-authors collaborating with John C. van Swieten include:

  • Harro Seelaar
  • Daniela Galimberti
  • Barbara Borroni
  • Caroline Graff
  • Lize C. Jiskoot

The scientist has contributed extensively to several publication venues, with the highest number of works appearing in:

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
  • Neurology
  • Brain

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by John C. van Swieten are the following:

  • A multicentre validation study of the diagnostic value of plasma neurofilament light, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Recommendations to distinguish behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia from psychiatric disorders, 2020, Brain
  • Exome sequencing identifies rare damaging variants in ATP8B4 and ABCA1 as risk factors for Alzheimer's disease, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • Age-dependent formation of TMEM106B amyloid filaments in human brains, 2022, Nature
  • Plasma glial fibrillary acidic protein is raised in progranulin-associated frontotemporal dementia, 2020, Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry

Best Publications

  • Interobserver agreement for the assessment of handicap in stroke patients.

    J C van Swieten;P J Koudstaal;M C Visser;H J Schouten

  • Sensitivity of revised diagnostic criteria for the behavioural variant of frontotemporal dementia.

    Katya Rascovsky;John R. Hodges;David Knopman;Mario F. Mendez

  • A hexanucleotide repeat expansion in C9ORF72 is the cause of chromosome 9p21-linked ALS-FTD

    Alan E. Renton;Elisa Majounie;Adrian James Waite;Javier Simón-Sánchez;Javier Simón-Sánchez

  • Mutations in the DJ-1 Gene Associated with Autosomal Recessive Early-Onset Parkinsonism

    Vincenzo Bonifati;Vincenzo Bonifati;Patrizia Rizzu;Marijke J. van Baren;Onno Schaap

  • Clinical diagnosis of progressive supranuclear palsy: The movement disorder society criteria

    Günter U Höglinger;Gesine Respondek;Maria Stamelou;Carolin Kurz

  • Dietary Intake of Antioxidants and Risk of Alzheimer Disease

    Marianne J. Engelhart;Mirjam I. Geerlings;Annemieke Ruitenberg;John C. van Swieten

  • Frequency of the C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia: a cross-sectional study

    Elisa Majounie;Alan E. Renton;Kin Mok;Elise G. P. Dopper;Elise G. P. Dopper

  • Inflammatory proteins in plasma and the risk of dementia: the rotterdam study.

    Marianne J. Engelhart;Mirjam I. Geerlings;John Meijer;Amanda Kiliaan

  • Qualitative Assessment of Verbal Fluency Performance in Frontotemporal Dementia.

    Esther van den Berg;Lize C. Jiskoot;Lize C. Jiskoot;Mariëlle J.H. Grosveld;John C. van Swieten

  • Clinical, genetic and pathological heterogeneity of frontotemporal dementia: a review

    Harro Seelaar;Jonathan D Rohrer;Yolande A L Pijnenburg;Nick C Fox

  • Alcohol consumption and risk of dementia: the Rotterdam Study.

    Annemieke Ruitenberg;John C van Swieten;Jacqueline C M Witteman;Kala M Mehta

  • Diagnostic Value of Cerebrospinal Fluid Neurofilament Light Protein in Neurology: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Bridel C;van Wieringen Wn;Zetterberg H;Tijms Bm

  • Identification of common variants influencing risk of the tauopathy progressive supranuclear palsy

    Günter U. Höglinger;Nadine M. Melhem;Dennis W. Dickson;Patrick M A Sleiman

  • Cerebral hypoperfusion and clinical onset of dementia: the Rotterdam Study.

    Annemieke Ruitenberg;Tom den Heijer;Stef L. M. Bakker;John C. van Swieten

  • Common variants at 7p21 are associated with frontotemporal lobar degeneration with TDP-43 inclusions

    Vivianna M. Van Deerlin;Patrick M A Sleiman;Maria Martinez-Lage;Maria Martinez-Lage;Alice Chen-Plotkin

  • Frontotemporal dementia in The Netherlands: patient characteristics and prevalence estimates from a population-based study.

    Sonia M Rosso;Laura Donker Kaat;Timo Baks;Marijke Joosse

  • Presymptomatic cognitive and neuroanatomical changes in genetic frontotemporal dementia in the Genetic Frontotemporal dementia Initiative (GENFI) study: a cross-sectional analysis

    Jonathan D Rohrer;Jennifer M Nicholas;Jennifer M Nicholas;David M Cash;John van Swieten

  • Incidence of dementia: does gender make a difference?

    Annemieke Ruitenberg;Alewijn Ott;John C. van Swieten;Albert Hofman

  • High Prevalence of Mutations in the Microtubule-Associated Protein Tau in a Population Study of Frontotemporal Dementia in the Netherlands

    Patrizia Rizzu;John C. Van Swieten;Marijke Joosse;Masato Hasegawa

  • Progranulin functions as a neurotrophic factor to regulate neurite outgrowth and enhance neuronal survival

    Philip van Damme;Annelies Van Hoecke;Diether Lambrechts;Peter Vanacker

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan D. Rohrer
Jonathan D. Rohrer University College London
Caroline Graff
Caroline Graff Karolinska University Hospital
Daniela Galimberti
Daniela Galimberti University of Milan
Mario Masellis
Mario Masellis Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
James B. Rowe
James B. Rowe University of Cambridge
Barbara Borroni
Barbara Borroni University of Brescia
Fabrizio Tagliavini
Fabrizio Tagliavini Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Alexandre de Mendonça
Alexandre de Mendonça University of Lisbon
Peter Heutink
Peter Heutink German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases

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