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Overview

Lawrence A. Hansen is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with significant contributions in Neurology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Physiology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Genetics.

The scientist's work advances understanding in several key topics, including:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Spatial Neglect and Hemispheric Dysfunction
  • Ginkgo biloba and Cashew Applications
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications

Recent publications by the scientist include:

  • Cognitive decline profiles differ in Parkinson disease dementia and dementia with Lewy bodies, 2020, Neurology
  • Early Selective Vulnerability of the CA2 Hippocampal Subfield in Primary Age-Related Tauopathy, 2020, Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology
  • Association of Neurofibrillary Tangle Distribution With Age at Onset-Related Clinical Heterogeneity in Alzheimer Disease, 2021, Neurology
  • Digital Histological Study of Neocortical Grey and White Matter Tau Burden Across Tauopathies, 2022, Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology
  • Perception of Fragmented Letters by Patients With Pathologically Confirmed Dementia With Lewy Bodies or Alzheimer Disease, 2022, Neurology

Frequent collaborators in their research include Douglas Galasko, Denis S. Smirnov, David P. Salmon, Donald Pizzo, and Annie Hiniker.

Lawrence A. Hansen's research has appeared in several prominent publication venues, with multiple papers published in the following journals:

  • Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology
  • Neurology
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • PubMed
  • Chiropractic & Manual Therapies

Best Publications

  • Physical basis of cognitive alterations in Alzheimer's disease: synapse loss is the major correlate of cognitive impairment.

    Robert D. Terry;Eliezer Masliah;David P. Salmon;Nelson Butters

  • A phase 1 clinical trial of nerve growth factor gene therapy for Alzheimer disease

    Mark H Tuszynski;Mark H Tuszynski;Leon Thal;Leon Thal;Mary Pay;David P Salmon

  • Neocortical cell counts in normal human adult aging.

    Robert D. Terry;Richard DeTeresa;Lawrence A. Hansen

  • Neuropathology of nondemented aging: Presumptive evidence for preclinical Alzheimer disease

    Joseph L. Price;Daniel W. McKeel;Virginia D. Buckles;Catherine M. Roe

  • Neocortical damage during HIV infection

    Clayton A. Wiley;Eliezer Masliah;Mitchel Morey;Cindy Lemere

  • The importance of neuritic plaques and tangles to the development and evolution of AD.

    P. Tiraboschi;L. A. Hansen;L. J. Thal;Jody Corey-Bloom

  • Clinical-Neuropathological Correlations in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias

    Galasko D;Hansen La;Katzman R;Wiederholt W

  • Mitochondrial DNA variants observed in Alzheimer disease and Parkinson disease patients

    John M. Shoffner;Michael D. Brown;Antonio Torroni;Marie T. Lott

  • Immunohistochemical quantification of the synapse-related protein synaptophysin in Alzheimer disease

    Eliezer Masliah;Robert D. Terry;Richard M. DeTeresa;Lawrence A. Hansen

  • Synaptic and neuritic alterations during the progression of Alzheimer's disease

    E Masliah;M Mallory;L Hansen;R DeTeresa

  • The Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease (CERAD). Part X. Neuropathology Confirmation of the Clinical Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease

    M. Gearing;S. S. Mirra;J. C. Hedreen;S. M. Sumi

  • Aβ vaccination effects on plaque pathology in the absence of encephalitis in Alzheimer disease

    E. Masliah;L. Hansen;A. Adame;L. Crews

  • Senile dementia of the Alzheimer type without neocortical neurofibrillary tangles.

    Robert D. Terry;Lawrence A. Hansen;Richard DeTeresa;Peter Davies

  • Cognitive decline is faster in Lewy body variant than in Alzheimer's disease

    John M Olichney;D. Galasko;D. P. Salmon;C. R. Hofstetter

  • Decreased levels of protein kinase C in Alzheimer brain.

    Gregory Cole;Karen R. Dobkins;Lawrence A. Hansen;Robert D. Terry

  • What best differentiates Lewy body from Alzheimer's disease in early-stage dementia?

    Pietro Tiraboschi;David P. Salmon;Lawrence A. Hansen;Richard C. Hofstetter

  • Plaque-only Alzheimer disease is usually the lewy body variant, and vice versa

    Lawrence A. Hansen;Eliezer Masliah;Douglas Galasko;Robert D. Terry

  • Selective neuronal vulnerability in HIV encephalitis

    E Masliah;N Ge;C L Achim;L A Hansen

  • Impact of APOE genotype on neuropathologic and neurochemical markers of Alzheimer disease.

    P. Tiraboschi;L. A. Hansen;E. Masliah;M. Alford

  • Patterns of aberrant sprouting in alzheimer's disease

    Eliezer Masliah;Margaret Mallory;Lawrence Hansen;Michael Alford

Frequent Co-Authors

Eliezer Masliah
Eliezer Masliah National Institutes of Health
David P. Salmon
David P. Salmon University of California, San Diego
Robert D. Terry
Robert D. Terry University of California, San Diego
Leon J. Thal
Leon J. Thal University of California, San Diego
Margaret Mallory
Margaret Mallory University of California, San Diego
Mark W. Bondi
Mark W. Bondi University of California, San Diego
Jody Corey-Bloom
Jody Corey-Bloom University of California, San Diego
J. Vincent Filoteo
J. Vincent Filoteo University of California, San Diego
Lisa Delano-Wood
Lisa Delano-Wood University of California, San Diego
Nelson Butters
Nelson Butters University of California, San Diego

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