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108
Citations
46450
World Ranking
5969
National Ranking
3191

Overview

Kewei Chen is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States and has an extensive publication record primarily within the field of medicine. Their research is focused on topics related to dementia and cognitive impairment, especially Alzheimer's disease and the mechanisms underlying neurological disorders.

The scientist's recent papers include:

  • "Spread of pathological tau proteins through communicating neurons in human Alzheimer's disease," 2020, published in Nature Communications
  • "Functional brain architecture is associated with the rate of tau accumulation in Alzheimer's disease," 2020, published in Nature Communications
  • "In vivo staging of regional amyloid deposition," 2022, published in Columbia Academic Commons (Columbia University)
  • "Longitudinal Associations of Blood Phosphorylated Tau181 and Neurofilament Light Chain With Neurodegeneration in Alzheimer Disease," 2021, published in JAMA Neurology
  • "Prevalence Estimates of Amyloid Abnormality Across the Alzheimer Disease Clinical Spectrum," 2022, published in JAMA Neurology

Kewei Chen collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Eric M. Reiman, John C. Morris, Paul M. Thompson, Yi Su, and Michael Donohue.

The scientist has published frequently in venues such as Alzheimer's & Dementia, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Alzheimer's Research & Therapy, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Their work spans several subfields within medicine, including:

  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Physiology
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Neurology

Main research topics covered by Kewei Chen include:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
  • Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications

Best Publications

  • Prevalence of cerebral amyloid pathology in persons without dementia: a meta-analysis.

    Willemijn J. Jansen;Rik Ossenkoppele;Dirk L. Knol;Betty M. Tijms

  • Preclinical evidence of Alzheimer's disease in persons homozygous for the epsilon 4 allele for apolipoprotein E.

    Eric M. Reiman;Richard J. Caselli;Lang S. Yun;Kewei Chen

  • Thermosensory activation of insular cortex.

    A. D. Craig;K. Chen;D. Bandy;E. M. Reiman

  • Early role of vascular dysregulation on late-onset Alzheimer’s disease based on multifactorial data-driven analysis

    Y. Iturria-Medina;R. C. Sotero;P. J. Toussaint;J. M. Mateos-Pérez

  • Functional brain abnormalities in young adults at genetic risk for late-onset Alzheimer's dementia

    Eric M. Reiman;Kewei Chen;Gene E. Alexander;Gene E. Alexander;Richard J. Caselli;Richard J. Caselli

  • Neuroanatomical correlates of externally and internally generated human emotion

    Eric M. Reiman;Richard D. Lane;Geoffrey L. Ahern;Gary E. Schwartz

  • Fibrillar amyloid-β burden in cognitively normal people at 3 levels of genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease

    Eric M. Reiman;Kewei Chen;Xiaofen Liu;Daniel Bandy

  • Neural correlates of heart rate variability during emotion

    Richard D. Lane;Kateri McRae;Kateri McRae;Eric M. Reiman;Kewei Chen

  • Neuroanatomical correlates of hunger and satiation in humans using positron emission tomography

    P. A. Tataranni;J.-F. Gautier;Kewei Chen;A. Uecker

  • Four distinct trajectories of tau deposition identified in Alzheimer’s disease

    Jacob W Vogel;Alexandra L Young;Neil P Oxtoby;Ruben Smith

  • Declining brain activity in cognitively normal apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 heterozygotes: A foundation for using positron emission tomography to efficiently test treatments to prevent Alzheimer's disease.

    Eric M. Reiman;Richard J. Caselli;Kewei Chen;Gene E. Alexander

  • Brain abnormalities in human obesity: A voxel-based morphometric study

    Nicola Pannacciulli;Angelo Del Parigi;Kewei Chen;Duc Son N.T. Le

  • Brain imaging and fluid biomarker analysis in young adults at genetic risk for autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease in the presenilin 1 E280A kindred: a case-control study

    Eric M Reiman;Yakeel T Quiroz;Yakeel T Quiroz;Adam S Fleisher;Kewei Chen

  • Longitudinal PET Evaluation of Cerebral Metabolic Decline in Dementia: A Potential Outcome Measure in Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment Studies

    Gene E. Alexander;Kewei Chen;Pietro Pietrini;Stanley I. Rapoport

  • The Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative positron emission tomography core

    William J. Jagust;William J. Jagust;Dan Bandy;Kewei Chen;Norman L. Foster

  • Influence of age and hemodynamics on myocardial blood flow and flow reserve.

    J. Czernin;P. Müller;Sammy Chan;R. C. Brunken

  • Resistance to autosomal dominant Alzheimer’s disease in an APOE3 Christchurch homozygote: a case report

    Joseph F. Arboleda-Velasquez;Francisco Lopera;Michael O’Hare;Santiago Delgado-Tirado

  • Arithmetic processing in the brain shaped by cultures.

    Yiyuan Tang;Wutian Zhang;Kewei Chen;Shigang Feng

  • Correlations between apolipoprotein E ε4 gene dose and brain-imaging measurements of regional hypometabolism

    Eric M. Reiman;Kewei Chen;Gene E. Alexander;Richard J. Caselli

  • Using Positron Emission Tomography and Florbetapir F 18 to Image Cortical Amyloid in Patients With Mild Cognitive Impairment or Dementia Due to Alzheimer Disease

    Adam S. Fleisher;Kewei Chen;Xiaofen Liu;Auttawut Roontiva

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric M. Reiman
Eric M. Reiman Arizona State University
Gene E. Alexander
Gene E. Alexander University of Arizona
Adam S. Fleisher
Adam S. Fleisher Avid Radiopharmaceuticals
William J. Jagust
William J. Jagust University of California, Berkeley
Francisco Lopera
Francisco Lopera University of Antioquia
Pierre N. Tariot
Pierre N. Tariot University of Rochester
Michael W. Weiner
Michael W. Weiner University of California, San Francisco
Robert A. Koeppe
Robert A. Koeppe University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Reisa A. Sperling
Reisa A. Sperling Brigham and Women's Hospital

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