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Laura D. Baker is affiliated with Wake Forest University in the United States. The research conducted by this scientist is primarily situated within the field of Medicine, with a focus on specific subfields including Psychiatry and Mental Health, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Geriatrics and Gerontology.

The central themes of Laura D. Baker's work encompass Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Frailty in Older Adults, Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications, Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases, Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, and Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging.

Publications by Laura D. Baker have appeared predominantly in the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia, alongside contributions to The Journals of Gerontology Series A, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimer's & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Laura D. Baker include:

  • "Effects of cocoa extract and a multivitamin on cognitive function: A randomized clinical trial" (2022, Alzheimer's & Dementia)
  • "Study design and methods: U.S. study to protect brain health through lifestyle intervention to reduce risk (U.S. POINTER)" (2023, Alzheimer's & Dementia)
  • "World-Wide FINGERS Network: A global approach to risk reduction and prevention of dementia" (2020, Alzheimer's & Dementia)
  • "Mediterranean and Western diet effects on Alzheimer's disease biomarkers, cerebral perfusion, and cognition in mid-life: A randomized trial" (2021, Alzheimer's & Dementia)
  • "Relationship Between Cerebrovascular Reactivity and Cognition Among People With Risk of Cognitive Decline" (2021, Frontiers in Physiology)

Frequent co-authors of Laura D. Baker include:

  • Samuel N. Lockhart
  • Heather M. Snyder
  • Mark A. Espeland
  • Suzanne Craft
  • Youngkyoo Jung

Best Publications

  • Intranasal Insulin Therapy for Alzheimer Disease and Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment

    Suzanne Craft;Laura D. Baker;Thomas J. Montine;Satoshi Minoshima

  • Effects of aerobic exercise on mild cognitive impairment: a controlled trial.

    Laura D. Baker;Laura L. Frank;Karen Foster-Schubert;Pattie S. Green

  • Intranasal insulin improves cognition and modulates β-amyloid in early AD

    M. A. Reger;G. S. Watson;P. S. Green;C. W. Wilkinson

  • Effects of intranasal insulin on cognition in memory-impaired older adults: modulation by APOE genotype.

    M.A. Reger;M.A. Reger;G.S. Watson;G.S. Watson;W.H. Frey;W.H. Frey;L.D. Baker;L.D. Baker

  • Insulin resistance and Alzheimer-like reductions in regional cerebral glucose metabolism for cognitively normal adults with prediabetes or early type 2 diabetes.

    Laura D. Baker;Donna J. Cross;Satoshi Minoshima;Dana Belongia

  • Preserved Cognition in Patients With Early Alzheimer Disease and Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment During Treatment With Rosiglitazone: A Preliminary Study

    G. Stennis Watson;Brenna A. Cholerton;Mark A. Reger;Laura D. Baker

  • Effects of β-hydroxybutyrate on cognition in memory-impaired adults

    Mark A. Reger;Samuel T. Henderson;Cathy Hale;Brenna Cholerton;Brenna Cholerton

  • Intranasal Insulin Administration Dose-Dependently Modulates Verbal Memory and Plasma Amyloid-β in Memory-Impaired Older Adults

    Mark A. Reger;Mark A. Reger;G. Stennis Watson;G. Stennis Watson;Pattie S. Green;Pattie S. Green;Laura D. Baker;Laura D. Baker

  • Testosterone supplementation improves spatial and verbal memory in healthy older men

    Monique M. Cherrier;S. Asthana;S. Plymate;L. Baker

  • Long Acting Intranasal Insulin Detemir Improves Cognition for Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment or Early-Stage Alzheimer's Disease Dementia

    Amy Claxton;Laura D. Baker;Angela Hanson;Emily H. Trittschuh

  • World-Wide FINGERS Network: A global approach to risk reduction and prevention of dementia

    Miia Kivipelto;Francesca Mangialasche;Francesca Mangialasche;Heather M. Snyder;Ricardo Allegri

  • Extended results of the Alzheimer's disease anti-inflammatory prevention trial.

    John C. Breitner;John C. Breitner;Laura D. Baker;Thomas J. Montine;Curtis L. Meinert

  • Enhancement of memory in Alzheimer disease with insulin and somatostatin, but not glucose.

    Suzanne Craft;Sanjay Asthana;John W. Newcomer;Charles W. Wilkinson

  • The relationship between neuropsychological functioning and driving ability in dementia: a meta-analysis.

    Mark A. Reger;Robert K. Welsh;G. Stennis Watson;Brenna Cholerton

  • Aerobic exercise improves cognition for older adults with glucose intolerance, a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease.

    Laura D. Baker;Laura D. Baker;Laura L. Frank;Laura L. Frank;Karen Foster-Schubert;Karen Foster-Schubert;Pattie S Green;Pattie S Green

  • High-dose estradiol improves cognition for women with AD Results of a randomized study

    S. Asthana;L. D. Baker;S. Craft;F. Z. Stanczyk

  • Effects of Regular and Long-Acting Insulin on Cognition and Alzheimer's Disease Biomarkers: A Pilot Clinical Trial

    Suzanne Craft;Amy Claxton;Laura D. Baker;Angela J. Hanson

  • Insulin dose–response effects on memory and plasma amyloid precursor protein in Alzheimer’s disease: interactions with apolipoprotein E genotype

    Suzanne Craft;Suzanne Craft;Sanjay Asthana;Sanjay Asthana;David G. Cook;David G. Cook;Laura D. Baker;Laura D. Baker

  • Cognitive and neuroendocrine response to transdermal estrogen in postmenopausal women with Alzheimer's disease : results of a placebo-controlled, double-blind, pilot study

    Sanjay Asthana;Suzanne Craft;Laura D Baker;Murray A Raskind

  • Hyperinsulinemia Provokes Synchronous Increases in Central Inflammation and β-Amyloid in Normal Adults

    Mark A. Fishel;G. Stennis Watson;Thomas J. Montine;Qin Wang

  • Preserved Cognition in Patients With Early Alzheimer Disease and Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment During Treatment With Rosiglitazone

    G. Stennis Watson;Brenna A. Cholerton;Mark A. Reger;Laura D. Baker

Frequent Co-Authors

Sanjay Asthana
Sanjay Asthana University of Wisconsin–Madison
Mark A. Reger
Mark A. Reger University of Washington
Charles W. Wilkinson
Charles W. Wilkinson University of Washington
James B. Leverenz
James B. Leverenz Cleveland Clinic
Elaine R. Peskind
Elaine R. Peskind University of Washington
Gerard D. Schellenberg
Gerard D. Schellenberg University of Pennsylvania
Miia Kivipelto
Miia Kivipelto University of Eastern Finland
JoAnn E. Manson
JoAnn E. Manson Harvard Medical School
Howard Feldman
Howard Feldman University of California, San Diego
Carl W. Cotman
Carl W. Cotman University of California, Irvine

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