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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in Sweden Leader Award
  • 1999 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Lars Bäckman is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, where their research spans several areas within neuroscience and medicine. Their body of work includes a strong focus on cognitive neuroscience and dementia, with significant contributions toward understanding brain function and cognitive decline through various longitudinal and imaging studies.

Their research covers a range of main fields including:

  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine

Bäckman has engaged extensively with subfields such as:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Their work frequently addresses research topics including:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications

Recent publications reflect a focus on cognition, cerebral arterial functions, and neurodegeneration. Selected papers include:

  • "The effect of adherence on cognition in a multidomain lifestyle intervention (FINGER)" (2021), Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • "Cerebral arterial pulsatility is linked to hippocampal microvascular function and episodic memory in healthy older adults" (2021), Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism
  • "Trajectories of cognitive decline and dementia development: A 12-year longitudinal study" (2022), Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • "Longitudinal Dopamine D2 Receptor Changes and Cerebrovascular Health in Aging" (2022), Neurology
  • "5-Year Associations among Cerebral Arterial Pulsatility, Perivascular Space Dilation, and White Matter Lesions" (2022), Annals of Neurology

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Lars Nyberg
  • Erika J. Laukka
  • Alireza Salami
  • Katrine Riklund
  • Jarkko Johansson

Bäckman commonly publishes in venues such as:

  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Neurobiology of Aging
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cerebral Cortex
  • NeuroImage

In 1999, Bäckman was recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea.

Best Publications

  • Mild cognitive impairment--beyond controversies, towards a consensus: report of the International Working Group on Mild Cognitive Impairment.

    B. Winblad;K. Palmer;Miia Kivipelto;V. Jelic

  • A 2 year multidomain intervention of diet, exercise, cognitive training, and vascular risk monitoring versus control to prevent cognitive decline in at-risk elderly people (FINGER): a randomised controlled trial

    Tiia Ngandu;Tiia Ngandu;Jenni Lehtisalo;Alina Solomon;Alina Solomon;Esko Levälahti

  • Memory aging and brain maintenance

    Lars Nyberg;Martin Lövdén;Martin Lövdén;Martin Lövdén;Katrine Riklund;Ulman Lindenberger

  • Transfer of Learning After Updating Training Mediated by the Striatum

    Erika Dahlin;Anna Stigsdotter Neely;Anne Larsson;Lars Bäckman

  • Stability, growth, and decline in adult life span development of declarative memory: cross-sectional and longitudinal data from a population-based study.

    Michael Rönnlund;Lars Nyberg;Lars Bäckman;Lars-Göran Nilsson

  • Cognitive impairment in preclinical Alzheimer's disease: a meta-analysis.

    Lars Bäckman;Sari Jones;Anna-Karin Berger;Erika Jonsson Laukka

  • The correlative triad among aging, dopamine, and cognition: current status and future prospects.

    Lars Bäckman;Lars Nyberg;Ulman Lindenberger;Shu-Chen Li

  • A theoretical framework for the study of adult cognitive plasticity.

    Martin Lövdén;Lars Bäckman;Ulman Lindenberger;Sabine Schaefer

  • Gender differences in episodic memory

    Agneta Herlitz;Lars-Göran Nilsson;Lars Bäckman;Lars Bäckman

  • Prevalence of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias in an elderly urban population: relationship with age, sex, and education.

    Laura Fratiglioni;M. Grut;Y. Forsell;M. Viitanen

  • Intra-individual variability in behavior: links to brain structure, neurotransmission and neuronal activity.

    Stuart W.S. MacDonald;Lars Nyberg;Lars Bäckman

  • The betula prospective cohort study: Memory, health, and aging

    Lars-GÖRan Nilsson;Lars BÄCkman;Karin Erngrund;Lars Nyberg

  • Plasticity of executive functioning in young and older adults: immediate training gains, transfer, and long-term maintenance.

    Erika Dahlin;Lars Nyberg;Lars Bäckman;Anna Stigsdotter Neely

  • Age-related cognitive deficits mediated by changes in the striatal dopamine system.

    Lars Bäckman;Nathalie Ginovart;Roger A. Dixon;Tarja-Brita Robins Wahlin

  • Working-memory training in younger and older adults: training gains, transfer, and maintenance

    Yvonne Brehmer;Helena Westerberg;Lars Bäckman

  • Stability of the preclinical episodic memory deficit in Alzheimer's disease

    Lars Bäckman;Brent J. Small;Laura Fratiglioni

  • The Finnish Geriatric Intervention Study to Prevent Cognitive Impairment and Disability (FINGER): Study design and progress

    Miia Kivipelto;Alina Solomon;Alina Solomon;Satu Ahtiluoto;Tiia Ngandu;Tiia Ngandu

  • Psychological compensation: a theoretical framework.

    Lars Bäckman;Roger A. Dixon

  • Swedish obese subjects (SoS) - an intervention study of obesity. Baseline evaluation of health and psychosocial functioning in the first 1743 subjects examined

    Sullivan M;Karlsson J;Sjöström L;Backman L

  • Apolipoprotein E and cognitive performance: a meta-analysis.

    Brent J. Small;Christopher B. Rosnick;Laura Fratiglioni;Lars Bäckman

  • Intracerebroventricular Infusion of Nerve Growth Factor in Three Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease

    Maria Eriksdotter Jönhagen;Agneta Nordberg;Kaarina Amberla;Lars Bäckman

Frequent Co-Authors

Laura Fratiglioni
Laura Fratiglioni Karolinska Institute
Lars Nyberg
Lars Nyberg Umeå University
Ulman Lindenberger
Ulman Lindenberger Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Martin Lövdén
Martin Lövdén University of Gothenburg
Brent J. Small
Brent J. Small University of South Florida
Lars-Göran Nilsson
Lars-Göran Nilsson Stockholm University
Miia Kivipelto
Miia Kivipelto University of Eastern Finland
Agneta Herlitz
Agneta Herlitz Karolinska Institute
Åke Wahlin
Åke Wahlin Jönköping University
Stuart W. S. MacDonald
Stuart W. S. MacDonald University of Victoria

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