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Marcel G. M. Olde Rikkert

Marcel G. M. Olde Rikkert

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38421
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National Ranking
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Overview

Marcel G. M. Olde Rikkert is affiliated with Radboud University in the Netherlands. Their research spans primarily within the field of Environmental Science, with a significant focus on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, General Health Professions, Political Science and International Relations, Global and Planetary Change, and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality.

Their work often intersects with major global challenges, especially in the areas of Climate Change and Health Impacts, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Nuclear Issues and Defense, and Global Health Care Issues. Other topics of investigation include Radioactive contamination and transfer, Nuclear and radioactivity studies, and Health and Conflict Studies.

Some recent publications by Marcel G. M. Olde Rikkert include:

  • Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity, and protect health (2021, BMJ)
  • Call for Emergency Action to Limit Global Temperature Increases, Restore Biodiversity, and Protect Health (2021, New England Journal of Medicine)
  • A complex systems approach to aging biology (2022, Nature Aging)
  • COVID-19: immunopathology, pathophysiological mechanisms, and treatment options (2021, The Journal of Pathology)
  • Lack of consensus on an aging biology paradigm? A global survey reveals an agreement to disagree, and the need for an interdisciplinary framework (2020, Mechanisms of Ageing and Development)

Marcel frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Eric J. Rubin
  • Peush Sahni
  • Carlos Augusto Monteiro
  • Richard Horton
  • Thomas Benfield

Their works have been published in multiple venues repeatedly, such as:

  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • International Journal of Integrated Care
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)
  • PubMed
  • International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Best Publications

  • Frailty in elderly people

    Andrew Clegg;John Young;Steve Iliffe;Marcel Olde Rikkert

  • Defeating Alzheimer's disease and other dementias: a priority for European science and society

    Bengt Winblad;Bengt Winblad;Philippe Amouyel;Sandrine Andrieu;Clive Ballard

  • 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

  • Community based occupational therapy for patients with dementia and their care givers: randomised controlled trial

    Maud J L Graff;Myrra J M Vernooij-Dassen;Marjolein Thijssen;Joost Dekker

  • Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity and protect health.

    Lukoye Atwoli;Abdullah H Baqui;Thomas Benfield;Raffaella Bosurgi

  • Cerebral Autoregulation: An Overview of Current Concepts and Methodology with Special Focus on the Elderly:

    Arenda H. E. A. Van Beek;Jurgen A. H. R. Claassen;Marcel G. M. Olde Rikkert;René W. M. M. Jansen

  • Duration of preclinical, prodromal, and dementia stages of Alzheimer's disease in relation to age, sex, and APOE genotype

    Lisa Vermunt;Sietske A. M. Sikkes;Ardo van den Hout;Ron Handels

  • Positive effects of combined cognitive and physical exercise training on cognitive function in older adults with mild cognitive impairment or dementia: A meta-analysis.

    Esther G. A. Karssemeijer;Justine A. Aaronson;Willem J. Bossers;Tara Smits

  • Addition of a non-immersive virtual reality component to treadmill training to reduce fall risk in older adults (V-TIME): a randomised controlled trial

    Anat Mirelman;Anat Mirelman;Lynn Rochester;Inbal Maidan;Silvia Del Din

  • Subjective cognitive decline and rates of incident Alzheimer's disease and non–Alzheimer's disease dementia

    Rosalinde E.R. Slot;Sietske A.M. Sikkes;Johannes Berkhof;Henry Brodaty

  • Effect of 1 night of total sleep deprivation on cerebrospinal fluid β-amyloid 42 in healthy middle-aged men: a randomized clinical trial

    Sharon Ooms;Sebastiaan Overeem;Kees Besse;Marcel Olde Rikkert

  • Community occupational therapy for older patients with dementia and their care givers: cost effectiveness study

    Maud J L Graff;Eddy M M Adang;Myrra J M Vernooij-Dassen;Joost Dekker

  • The influence of fear of falling on gait and balance in older people

    Miriam F. Reelick;Marianne B. van Iersel;Roy P. C. Kessels;Marcel G. M. Olde Rikkert

  • Efficacy of a medical food in mild Alzheimer's disease: A randomized, controlled trial

    Philip Scheltens;Patrick J.G.H. Kamphuis;Frans R.J. Verhey;Marcel G.M. Olde Rikkert

  • The cerebrospinal fluid “Alzheimer profile”: Easily said, but what does it mean?

    Flora H. Duits;Charlotte E. Teunissen;Femke H. Bouwman;Pieter-Jelle Visser;Pieter-Jelle Visser

  • Executive Functions Are Associated With Gait and Balance in Community-Living Elderly People

    Marianne B van Iersel;Roy P C Kessels;Bastiaan R Bloem;André L M Verbeek

  • Comprehensive geriatric assessment and its clinical impact in oncology.

    Huub A.A.M. Maas;Maryska L.G. Janssen-Heijnen;Marcel G.M. Olde Rikkert;A.N. Machteld Wymenga

  • Access to diagnostic evaluation and treatment for dementia in Europe.

    Gunhild Waldemar;Kieu T T Phung;Alistair Burns;Jean Georges

  • Gait velocity and the Timed-Up-and-Go test were sensitive to changes in mobility in frail elderly patients.

    Marianne B. van Iersel;Marten Munneke;Rianne A.J. Esselink;Carolien E.M. Benraad

  • Cerebrospinal fluid amyloid beta(40) is decreased in cerebral amyloid angiopathy.

    Marcel M Verbeek;Berry P H Kremer;Marcel Olde Rikkert;Peter H M F Van Domburg

Frequent Co-Authors

Frans R.J. Verhey
Frans R.J. Verhey Maastricht University
Philip Scheltens
Philip Scheltens Amsterdam UMC
Pieter Jelle Visser
Pieter Jelle Visser Amsterdam University Medical Centers
Roy P.C. Kessels
Roy P.C. Kessels Radboud University
Brian A. Lawlor
Brian A. Lawlor Trinity College Dublin
Wiesje M. van der Flier
Wiesje M. van der Flier Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Magda Tsolaki
Magda Tsolaki Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Pauline Aalten
Pauline Aalten Maastricht University
Nicholas J. Talley
Nicholas J. Talley University of Newcastle Australia
Eric J. Rubin
Eric J. Rubin Harvard University

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