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Overview

Judith Saxton is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with particular attention to psychiatry and mental health, geriatrics and gerontology, cognitive neuroscience, economics and econometrics, and epidemiology.

The scientist's recent work centers on dementia and cognitive impairment research, frailty in older adults, the neurobiology of language and bilingualism, health systems, economic evaluations, quality of life, and chronic disease management strategies.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Judith Saxton include:

  • Measurement and Structure of Cognition in the Longitudinal Aging Study in India-Diagnostic Assessment of Dementia (2020), Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
  • Methodological considerations in designing and implementing the harmonized diagnostic assessment of dementia for longitudinal aging study in India (LASI-DAD) (2020), Biodemography and Social Biology
  • Measurement and Structure of Cognition in the Longitudinal Aging Study in India-Diagnostic Assessment of Dementia (2020), Innovation in Aging

Frequent coauthors of Judith Saxton include:

  • Pranali Khobragade
  • Alden L. Gross
  • Erik Meijer
  • Joyita Banerjee
  • Urvashi Jain

The most common publication venues for Judith Saxton's work are:

  • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
  • Biodemography and Social Biology
  • Innovation in Aging

Best Publications

  • Frequent Amyloid Deposition Without Significant Cognitive Impairment Among the Elderly

    Howard Jay Aizenstein;Robert D. Nebes;Judith A. Saxton;Julie C. Price

  • Ginkgo biloba for prevention of dementia: a randomized controlled trial.

    Steven T. DeKosky;Steven T. DeKosky;Jeff D. Williamson;Annette L. Fitzpatrick;Richard A. Kronmal

  • The natural history of Alzheimer's disease. Description of study cohort and accuracy of diagnosis.

    J T Becker;F Boller;O L Lopez;J Saxton

  • Sex differences in brain aging : A quantitative magnetic resonance imaging study

    C. Edward Coffey;Joseph F. Lucke;Judith A. Saxton;Graham Ratcliff

  • Ginkgo biloba for preventing cognitive decline in older adults: a randomized trial.

    Beth E. Snitz;Ellen S. O’Meara;Michelle C. Carlson;Alice M. Arnold

  • Amyloid Deposition Begins in the Striatum of Presenilin-1 Mutation Carriers from Two Unrelated Pedigrees

    William E. Klunk;Julie C. Price;Chester A. Mathis;Nicholas D. Tsopelas

  • Severe impairment battery. A neuropsychological test for severely demented patients.

    M Panisset;M Roudier;J Saxton;F Boller

  • Amyloid imaging in mild cognitive impairment subtypes

    David A. Wolk;David A. Wolk;Julie C. Price;Judy A. Saxton;Beth E. Snitz

  • Outcomes of Mild Cognitive Impairment by Definition: A Population Study

    Mary Ganguli;Beth E. Snitz;Judith A. Saxton;Chung Chou H. Chang

  • Cholinesterase inhibitor treatment alters the natural history of Alzheimer's disease

    O L Lopez;J T Becker;S Wisniewski;J Saxton

  • Long-term effects of the concomitant use of memantine with cholinesterase inhibition in Alzheimer disease

    Oscar L Lopez;James T Becker;Abdus S Wahed;Judith Saxton

  • Psychiatric symptoms vary with the severity of dementia in probable Alzheimer's disease.

    Oscar L. Lopez;James T. Becker;Robert A. Sweet;William Klunk

  • Relation of education to brain size in normal aging: Implications for the reserve hypothesis

    C.E. Coffey;J.A. Saxton;G. Ratcliff;R.N. Bryan

  • Basal Cerebral Metabolism May Modulate the Cognitive Effects of Aβ in Mild Cognitive Impairment: An Example of Brain Reserve

    Ann D. Cohen;Julie C. Price;Lisa A. Weissfeld;Jeffrey James

  • Assessment of the severely impaired patient: Description and validation of a new neuropsychological test battery.

    Judith Saxton;Karen L. McGonigle-Gibson;Andrew A. Swihart;Vicki J. Miller

  • Preclinical Alzheimer disease Neuropsychological test performance 1.5 to 8 years prior to onset

    Judith Saxton;O. L. Lopez;G. Ratcliff;C. Dulberg

  • Prevalence of mild cognitive impairment by multiple classifications: The Monongahela-Youghiogheny Healthy Aging Team (MYHAT) project.

    Mary Ganguli;Chung-Chou H. Chang;Beth E. Snitz;Judith A. Saxton

  • The Severe Impairment Battery : Concurrent validity and the assessment of longitudinal change in Alzheimer's disease

    Frederick A. Schmitt;Wesson Ashford;Christopher Ernesto;Judith Saxton

  • Computer assessment of mild cognitive impairment.

    Judith Saxton;Lisa Morrow;Amy Eschman;Gretchen Archer

  • The Ginkgo Evaluation of Memory (GEM) study: design and baseline data of a randomized trial of Ginkgo biloba extract in prevention of dementia.

    Steven T. DeKosky;Annette Fitzpatrick;Diane G. Ives;Judith Saxton

  • Research evaluation and diagnosis of possible Alzheimer’s disease over the last two decades: II

    Oscar L. Lopez;J. T. Becker;W. Klunk;J. Saxton

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven T. DeKosky
Steven T. DeKosky University of Florida
Beth E. Snitz
Beth E. Snitz University of Pittsburgh
Howard J. Aizenstein
Howard J. Aizenstein University of Pittsburgh
Julie C. Price
Julie C. Price Harvard University
Robert D. Nebes
Robert D. Nebes University of Pittsburgh
Caterina Rosano
Caterina Rosano University of Pittsburgh
Linda P. Fried
Linda P. Fried Columbia University
Anne B. Newman
Anne B. Newman University of Pittsburgh
François Boller
François Boller National Institutes of Health
David A. Wolk
David A. Wolk University of Pennsylvania

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