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Overview

Jorge R. Barrio is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the field of Medicine, with significant contributions spanning various subfields such as Physiology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Computational Theory and Mathematics, and Pharmacology.

Their work covers important topics including:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders

Jorge R. Barrio has coauthored multiple publications with frequent collaborators including Poul Flemming Høilund-Carlsen, Abass Alavi, George Perry, Mona-Elisabeth Revheim, and Kasper P. Kepp.

Their recent published papers include:

  • "The Anti-Amyloid Monoclonal Antibody Lecanemab: 16 Cautionary Notes" (2023, Journal of Alzheimer s Disease)
  • "Passive Alzheimer's immunotherapy: A promising or uncertain option?" (2023, Ageing Research Reviews)
  • "Alzheimer's Amyloid Hypothesis and Antibody Therapy: Melting Glaciers?" (2024, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • "Donanemab, another anti-Alzheimer's drug with risk and uncertain benefit" (2024, Ageing Research Reviews)
  • "FDG-PET versus Amyloid-PET Imaging for Diagnosis and Response Evaluation in Alzheimer's Disease: Benefits and Pitfalls" (2023, Diagnostics)

Jorge R. Barrio frequently publishes in venues such as the Journal of Alzheimer s Disease, Ageing Research Reviews, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Diagnostics, and Clinical Nuclear Medicine.

Best Publications

  • Localization of Neurofibrillary Tangles and Beta-Amyloid Plaques in the Brains of Living Patients With Alzheimer Disease

    Kooresh Shoghi-Jadid;Gary W. Small;Eric D. Agdeppa;Vladimir Kepe

  • Cerebral metabolic and cognitive decline in persons at genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease

    Gary W. Small;Linda M. Ercoli;Daniel H. S. Silverman;S.-C. Huang

  • PET of Brain Amyloid and Tau in Mild Cognitive Impairment

    Gary W. Small;Vladimir Kepe;Linda M. Ercoli;Prabha Siddarth

  • A mutant herpes simplex virus type 1 thymidine kinase reporter gene shows improved sensitivity for imaging reporter gene expression with positron emission tomography

    Sanjiv S. Gambhir;Eileen Bauer;Margaret E. Black;Qianwa Liang

  • Quantifying Local Cerebral Blood Flow by N-Isopropyl-p-[123I]Iodoamphetamine (IMP) Tomography

    David E. Kuhl;Jorge R. Barrio;Sung-Cheng Huang;Carl Selin

  • A Transgenic Alzheimer Rat with Plaques, Tau Pathology, Behavioral Impairment, Oligomeric Aβ, and Frank Neuronal Loss

    Robert M. Cohen;Kavon Rezai-Zadeh;Tara M. Weitz;Altan Rentsendorj

  • Imaging Adenoviral-Directed Reporter Gene Expression in Living Animals with Positron Emission Tomography

    Sanjiv S. Gambhir;Jorge R. Barrio;Michael E. Phelps;Meera Iyer

  • Evaluation of the Skeletal Kinetics of Fluorine-18-Fluoride Ion with PET

    Randall A. Hawkins;Yong Choi;Sung-Cheng Huang;Carl K. Hoh

  • Imaging Transgene Expression with Radionuclide Imaging Technologies

    S. S. Gambhir;H. R. Herschman;Simon R Cherry;J. R. Barrio

  • Binding Characteristics of Radiofluorinated 6-Dialkylamino-2-Naphthylethylidene Derivatives as Positron Emission Tomography Imaging Probes for β-Amyloid Plaques in Alzheimer's Disease

    Eric D. Agdeppa;Vladimir Kepe;Jie Liu;Samuel Flores-Torres

  • Repetitive, non-invasive imaging of the dopamine D2 receptor as a reporter gene in living animals.

    D C MacLaren;S S Gambhir;N Satyamurthy;J R Barrio

  • Imaging of adenoviral-directed herpes simplex virus type 1 thymidine kinase reporter gene expression in mice with radiolabeled ganciclovir.

    Sanjiv S. Gambhir;Jorge R. Barrio;Lily Wu;Meera Iyer

  • Human Pharmacokinetic and Dosimetry Studies of [18F]FHBG: A Reporter Probe for Imaging Herpes Simplex Virus Type-1 Thymidine Kinase Reporter Gene Expression

    Shahriar Yaghoubi;Jorge R. Barrio;Magnus Dahlbom;Meera Iyer

  • Sustained regional abnormalities in cardiac metabolism after transient ischemia in the chronic dog model.

    Markus Schwaiger;Heinrich R. Schelbert;Douglas Ellison;Herbert Hansen

  • Memory and Brain Amyloid and Tau Effects of a Bioavailable Form of Curcumin in Non-Demented Adults: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled 18-Month Trial

    Gary W. Small;Prabha Siddarth;Zhaoping Li;Karen J. Miller

  • Functional expression of sodium-glucose transporters in cancer.

    Claudio Scafoglio;Bruce A. Hirayama;Vladimir Kepe;Jie Liu

  • Assays for noninvasive imaging of reporter gene expression.

    S.S Gambhir;J.R Barrio;H.R Herschman;M.E Phelps

  • Regioselective radiofluorodestannylation with [18F]F2 and [18F]CH3COOF: a high yield synthesis of 6-[18F]Fluoro-L-dopa.

    Mohammad Namavari;Allyson Bishop;N. Satyamurthy;Gerald Bida

  • Serotonin 1A receptors in the living brain of Alzheimer's disease patients

    Vladimir Kepe;Jorge R. Barrio;Sung Cheng Huang;Linda Ercoli

  • Quantification of target gene expression by imaging reporter gene expression in living animals.

    Yajing Yu;Alexander J. Annala;Jorge R. Barrio;Tatsushi Toyokuni

  • Quantitative Measurement of Local Cerebral Blood Flow in Humans by Positron Computed Tomography and 15O-Water

    S.-C. Huang;R. E. Carson;E. J. Hoffman;J. Carson

  • Positron emission tomography imaging of adenoviral-mediated transgene expression in liver cancer patients.

    Iván Peñuelas;Guillermo Mazzolini;José F. Boán;Bruno Sangro

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael E. Phelps
Michael E. Phelps University of California, Los Angeles
Gary W. Small
Gary W. Small University of California, Los Angeles
Sung-Cheng Huang
Sung-Cheng Huang University of California, Los Angeles
Prabha Siddarth
Prabha Siddarth University of California, Los Angeles
Linda M. Ercoli
Linda M. Ercoli University of California, Los Angeles
Susan Y. Bookheimer
Susan Y. Bookheimer University of California, Los Angeles
Sanjiv S. Gambhir
Sanjiv S. Gambhir Stanford University
Harvey R. Herschman
Harvey R. Herschman University of California, Los Angeles
Heinrich R. Schelbert
Heinrich R. Schelbert University of California, Los Angeles
Nelson J. Leonard
Nelson J. Leonard University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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