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Overview

John C.S. Breitner is affiliated with the Douglas Mental Health University Institute in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with significant contributions to Psychiatry and Mental Health, Physiology, and Cognitive Neuroscience. The research also spans specialized areas such as Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, as well as Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

Their main research topics concentrate on Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies. Additional areas of study include Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications, Sleep and related disorders, Sleep and Wakefulness Research, and Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging.

Breitner has published extensively, with frequent contributions to the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia. Other notable publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), JAMA Neurology, Brain Communications, and Neurology.

The scientist regularly collaborates with a number of frequent coauthors, including Sylvia Villeneuve, Judes Poirier, Alexa Pichet Binette, Cynthia Picard, and Pedro Rosa-Neto.

Their recent papers include:

  • Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer disease (2024), published in Nature Reviews. Immunology
  • Association of Elevated Amyloid and Tau Positron Emission Tomography Signal With Near-Term Development of Alzheimer Disease Symptoms in Older Adults Without Cognitive Impairment (2022), published in JAMA Neurology
  • Characterization of Alzheimer Disease Biomarker Discrepancies Using Cerebrospinal Fluid Phosphorylated Tau and AV1451 Positron Emission Tomography (2020), published in JAMA Neurology
  • Open science datasets from PREVENT-AD, a longitudinal cohort of pre-symptomatic Alzheimer's disease (2021), published in NeuroImage Clinical
  • A prognostic risk score for development and spread of chronic pain (2023), published in Nature Medicine

Best Publications

  • Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease

    Michael T Heneka;Monica J Carson;Joseph El Khoury;Gary E Landreth

  • Prevalence of neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia and mild cognitive impairment: results from the cardiovascular health study.

    Constantine G. Lyketsos;Oscar Lopez;Beverly Jones;Annette L. Fitzpatrick

  • Mental and Behavioral Disturbances in Dementia: Findings from the Cache County Study on Memory in Aging

    Constantine G. Lyketsos;Martin Steinberg;Jo Ann T. Tschanz;Maria C. Norton

  • Hormone replacement therapy and incidence of Alzheimer disease in older women: the Cache County Study.

    Peter P. Zandi;Michelle C. Carlson;Brenda L. Plassman;Kathleen A. Welsh-Bohmer

  • Hormone Replacement Therapy and Incidence of Alzheimer Disease in Older Women

    Peter P. Zandi;Michelle C. Carlson;Brenda L. Plassman;Kathleen A. Welsh-Bohmer

  • Documented head injury in early adulthood and risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias

    Brenda L. Plassman;R. J. Havlik;D. C. Steffens;M. J. Helms

  • Reduced risk of Alzheimer disease in users of antioxidant vitamin supplements: The cache county study

    Peter P. Zandi;James C. Anthony;Ara S. Khachaturian;Stephanie V. Stone

  • Intranasal insulin improves cognition and modulates β-amyloid in early AD

    M. A. Reger;G. S. Watson;P. S. Green;C. W. Wilkinson

  • Prevalence and classification of mild cognitive impairment in the Cardiovascular Health Study Cognition Study: part 1.

    Oscar L. Lopez;William J. Jagust;Steven T. DeKosky;James T. Becker

  • Point and 5-year period prevalence of neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia: The Cache county study

    Martin Steinberg;Huibo Shao;Peter Zandi;Constantine G. Lyketsos

  • Inverse association of anti‐inflammatory treatments and Alzheimer's disease: Initial results of a co‐twin control study

    J.C.S. Breitner;B. A. Gau;K. A. Welsh;B. L. Plassman

  • Prevalence of depression and its treatment in an elderly population: the Cache County study.

    David C. Steffens;Ingmar Skoog;Ingmar Skoog;Maria C. Norton;Andrea D. Hart

  • Apolipoprotein E ∈4 allele distributions in late-onset Alzheimer's disease and in other amyloid-forming diseases

    A. M. Saunders;A. D. Roses;M. A. Pericak-Vance;K. C. Dole

  • Risk Factors for Mild Cognitive Impairment in the Cardiovascular Health Study Cognition Study: Part 2

    Oscar L. Lopez;William J. Jagust;Corinne Dulberg;James T. Becker

  • Delayed onset of Alzheimer's disease with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and histamine H2 blocking drugs

    John C.S. Breitner;Kathleen A. Welsh;Michael J. Helms;Perry C. Gaskell

  • Detection of dementia in the elderly using telephone screening of cognitive status

    Kathleen A. Welsh;John C.S. Breitner;Kathryn M. Magruder-Habib;Kathryn M. Magruder-Habib

  • APOE-ε4 count predicts age when prevalence of AD increases, then declines: The Cache County Study

    J. C. S. Breitner;B. W. Wyse;J. C. Anthony;K. A. Welsh-Bohmer

  • Incidence and Prevalence of Dementia in the Cardiovascular Health Study

    Annette L. Fitzpatrick;Lewis H. Kuller;Diane G. Ives;Oscar L. Lopez

  • Cognitive function over time in the Alzheimer's Disease Anti-inflammatory Prevention Trial (ADAPT): results of a randomized, controlled trial of naproxen and celecoxib.

    Barbara K Martin;Christine Szekely;Jason Brandt

  • Neuroinfl ammation in Alzheimer's disease

    Michael T Heneka;Monica J Carson;Joseph El Khoury;Gary E Landreth

Frequent Co-Authors

JoAnn T. Tschanz
JoAnn T. Tschanz Utah State University
Peter P. Zandi
Peter P. Zandi Johns Hopkins University
Constantine G. Lyketsos
Constantine G. Lyketsos Johns Hopkins University
Pedro Rosa-Neto
Pedro Rosa-Neto McGill University
David C. Steffens
David C. Steffens University of Connecticut
Martin H. Steinberg
Martin H. Steinberg Boston University
Pierre Bellec
Pierre Bellec University of Montreal
Paul K. Crane
Paul K. Crane University of Washington
Thomas J. Montine
Thomas J. Montine Stanford University

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