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Lars-Olof Wahlund

Lars-Olof Wahlund

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Overview

Lars-Olof Wahlund is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with substantial contributions in Psychiatry and Mental Health, Physiology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Neurology.

Their work covers important topics such as:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
  • Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases

Wahlund's research has been published in several frequent venues including:

  • Alzheimer's & Dementia (6 publications)
  • Journal of Alzheimer's Disease (5 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (5 publications)
  • Neurobiology of Aging (3 publications)
  • Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders (3 publications)

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Wahlund include:

  • "An epigenome-wide association study of Alzheimer's disease blood highlights robust DNA hypermethylation in the HOXB6 gene," 2020, Neurobiology of Aging
  • "Multi-cohort and longitudinal Bayesian clustering study of stage and subtype in Alzheimer's disease," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Predicting Fazekas scores from automatic segmentations of white matter signal abnormalities," 2020, Aging
  • "The cholinergic system in subtypes of Alzheimer's disease: an in vivo longitudinal MRI study," 2020, Alzheimer's Research & Therapy
  • "The Power of EEG to Predict Conversion from Mild Cognitive Impairment and Subjective Cognitive Decline to Dementia," 2020, Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Frequent co-authors of Wahlund include:

  • Eric Westman
  • Daniel Ferreira
  • Silke Kern
  • Joana B. Pereira
  • Ingmar Skoog

In addition to articles, Wahlund has published books, notably with Organic Eprints (International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems, and Research Institute of Organic Agriculture). One such publication is Tierwohl und Umweltwirkungen der biologischen Schweinehaltung, published in 2022.

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 New Rating Scale for Age-Related White Matter Changes Applicable to MRI and CT

    L. O. Wahlund;F. Barkhof;F. Fazekas;L. Bronge

  • Omega-3 fatty acid treatment in 174 patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer disease: OmegAD study: a randomized double-blind trial.

    Yvonne Freund-Levi;Maria Eriksdotter-Jönhagen;Tommy Cederholm;Hans Basun

  • Consensus report of the working group on: 'Molecular and biochemical markers of Alzheimer's disease'

    Peter Davies;Judith Resnick;Burton Resnick;Sid Gilman

  • Prevalence and prognostic value of CSF markers of Alzheimer's disease pathology in patients with subjective cognitive impairment or mild cognitive impairment in the DESCRIPA study: a prospective cohort study

    Pieter Jelle Visser;Pieter Jelle Visser;Frans Verhey;Dirk L Knol;Philip Scheltens

  • Quantitative electroencephalography in mild cognitive impairment: longitudinal changes and possible prediction of Alzheimer's disease

    V Jelic;S E Johansson;O Almkvist;M Shigeta

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

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

  • Tau and Abeta42 in cerebrospinal fluid from healthy adults 21-93 years of age: establishment of reference values.

    Magnus Sjögren;Hugo Vanderstichele;Hans Ågren;Olof Zachrisson

  • Discrimination of Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment by equivalent EEG sources: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study.

    C Huang;L.-O Wahlund;T Dierks;P Julin

  • Association of gait and balance disorders with age-related white matter changes The LADIS Study

    H. Baezner;C. Blahak;A. Poggesi;L. Pantoni

  • Spread of pathological tau proteins through communicating neurons in human Alzheimer's disease

    Jacob W. Vogel;Yasser Iturria-Medina;Olof T. Strandberg;Ruben Smith

  • Impact of Age-Related Cerebral White Matter Changes on the Transition to Disability – The LADIS Study: Rationale, Design and Methodology

    Leonardo Pantoni;Anna Maria Basile;Giovanni Pracucci;Kjell Asplund

  • Association of plasma clusterin concentration with severity, pathology, and progression in Alzheimer disease

    Madhav Thambisetty;Andrew Simmons;Latha Velayudhan;Abdul Hye

  • Changes in white matter as determinant of global functional decline in older independent outpatients: three year follow-up of LADIS (leukoaraiosis and disability) study cohort

    Domenico Inzitari;Giovanni Pracucci;Anna Poggesi;Giovanna Carlucci

  • Progression of white matter hyperintensities and incidence of new lacunes over a 3-year period: the Leukoaraiosis and Disability study.

    A.A. Gouw;W.M. van der Flier;F. Fazekas;E.C.W. van Straaten

  • Medial temporal lobe atrophy on MRI predicts dementia in patients with mild cognitive impairment.

    Esther S.C. Korf;Lars Olof Wahlund;Pieter Jelle Visser;Philip Scheltens

  • The effects of intracranial volume adjustment approaches on multiple regional MRI volumes in healthy aging and Alzheimer's disease.

    Olga Voevodskaya;Andrew Simmons;Andrew Simmons;Richard Nordenskjöld;Joel Kullberg

  • Neurochemical Aftermath of Amateur Boxing

    Henrik Zetterberg;M. Albert Hietala;Michael Jonsson;Niels Andreasen

  • Impact of White Matter Hyperintensities Scoring Method on Correlations With Clinical Data The LADIS Study

    Elisabeth C.W. Van Straaten;Franz Fazekas;Egill Rostrup;Philip Scheltens

  • Application and comparison of classification algorithms for recognition of Alzheimer's disease in electrical brain activity (EEG).

    Christoph Lehmann;Thomas Koenig;Vesna Jelic;Leslie Prichep;Leslie Prichep

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric Westman
Eric Westman Karolinska Institute
Andrew Simmons
Andrew Simmons King's College London
Magda Tsolaki
Magda Tsolaki Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Philip Scheltens
Philip Scheltens Amsterdam UMC
Hilkka Soininen
Hilkka Soininen University of Eastern Finland
Simon Lovestone
Simon Lovestone University of Oxford
Timo Erkinjuntti
Timo Erkinjuntti University of Helsinki
Kaj Blennow
Kaj Blennow University of Gothenburg
Ove Almkvist
Ove Almkvist Karolinska Institute
Christian Spenger
Christian Spenger Karolinska Institute

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