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Mathieu Vandenbulcke

Mathieu Vandenbulcke

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Neuroscience

D-Index
60
Citations
11576
World Ranking
3872
National Ranking
44

Mathieu Vandenbulcke publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mathieu Vandenbulcke sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 309 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Mathieu Vandenbulcke D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mathieu Vandenbulcke sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Mathieu Vandenbulcke is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium. Their research contributions primarily span the fields of medicine and neuroscience, with a focus on psychiatry and mental health, cognitive neuroscience, radiology including nuclear medicine and imaging, neurology, and physiology.

The scientist has published frequently on topics related to dementia and cognitive impairment, functional brain connectivity, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, as well as advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications. Additional research interests include electroconvulsive therapy studies and the treatment of major depression.

Examples of their recent publications include:

  • Recommendations to distinguish behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia from psychiatric disorders, 2020, Brain
  • European intersocietal recommendations for the biomarker-based diagnosis of neurocognitive disorders, 2024, The Lancet Neurology
  • A European Academy of Neurology guideline on medical management issues in dementia, 2020, European Journal of Neurology
  • In vivo synaptic density loss is related to tau deposition in amnestic mild cognitive impairment, 2020, Neurology
  • An atlas of white matter anatomy, its variability, and reproducibility based on constrained spherical deconvolution of diffusion MRI, 2022, NeuroImage

Mathieu Vandenbulcke frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Louise Emsell
  • Jan Van den Stock
  • Filip Bouckaert
  • Koen Van Laere
  • Rik Vandenberghe

The majority of their work is published in venues such as Alzheimer's & Dementia, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Brain Stimulation, Brain, and Brain Communications.

Best Publications

  • Longitudinal Assessment of Chemotherapy-Induced Structural Changes in Cerebral White Matter and Its Correlation With Impaired Cognitive Functioning

    Sabine Deprez;Frederic Amant;Ann Smeets;Ronald Peeters

  • Phase 1 Study of the Pittsburgh Compound B Derivative 18F-Flutemetamol in Healthy Volunteers and Patients with Probable Alzheimer Disease

    Natalie Nelissen;Koen Van Laere;Lennart Thurfjell;Rikard Owenius

  • Chemotherapy-induced structural changes in cerebral white matter and its correlation with impaired cognitive functioning in breast cancer patients

    Sabine Deprez;Frederic Amant;Refika Yigit;Kathleen Porke

  • A Pan‐European Study of the C9orf72 Repeat Associated with FTLD: Geographic Prevalence, Genomic Instability, and Intermediate Repeats

    Julie van der Zee;Ilse Gijselinck;Lubina Dillen;Tim Van Langenhove

  • Age at symptom onset and death and disease duration in genetic frontotemporal dementia: an international retrospective cohort study.

    Katrina M. Moore;Jennifer Nicholas;Murray Grossman;Corey T. McMillan

  • Recommendations to distinguish behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia from psychiatric disorders

    Simon Ducharme;Annemiek Dols;Robert Laforce;Emma Devenney

  • Investigating the role of rare heterozygous TREM2 variants in Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia

    Elise Cuyvers;Elise Cuyvers;Karolien Bettens;Karolien Bettens;Stephanie Philtjens;Stephanie Philtjens;Tim Van Langenhove

  • Whole-Body Biodistribution and Radiation Dosimetry of 18F-GE067: A Radioligand for In Vivo Brain Amyloid Imaging

    Michel Koole;Dewi M. Lewis;Christopher Buckley;Natalie Nelissen

  • Age-related microstructural differences quantified using myelin water imaging and advanced diffusion MRI

    Thibo Billiet;Mathieu Vandenbulcke;Burkhard Mädler;Burkhard Mädler;Ronald Peeters

  • A European multicentre PET study of fibrillar amyloid in Alzheimer's disease

    Agneta Nordberg;Agneta Nordberg;Stephen F. Carter;Stephen F. Carter;Juha Rinne;Juha Rinne;Alexander Drzezga

  • ECT: its brain enabling effects: a review of electroconvulsive therapy-induced structural brain plasticity.

    Filip Bouckaert;Pascal Sienaert;Jasmien Obbels;Annemieke Dols

  • Volume of the human Hippocampus and clinical response following Electroconvulsive Therapy

    Leif Oltedal;Katherine L. Narr;Christopher Abbott;Amit Anand

  • Loss of TBK1 is a frequent cause of frontotemporal dementia in a Belgian cohort

    Ilse Gijselinck;Ilse Gijselinck;Sara Van Mossevelde;Sara Van Mossevelde;Julie van der Zee;Julie van der Zee;Anne Sieben

  • Serum neurofilament light chain in genetic frontotemporal dementia: a longitudinal, multicentre cohort study

    Emma L van der Ende;Lieke H Meeter;Jackie M Poos;Jessica L Panman

  • Mutations in ABCA7 in a Belgian cohort of Alzheimer's disease patients: a targeted resequencing study

    Elise Cuyvers;Arne De Roeck;Tobi Van den Bossche;Caroline Van Cauwenberghe

  • Necrosome complex detected in granulovacuolar degeneration is associated with neuronal loss in Alzheimer’s disease

    Marta J Koper;Evelien Van Schoor;Simona Ospitalieri;Rik Vandenberghe

  • Rare mutations in SQSTM1 modify susceptibility to frontotemporal lobar degeneration.

    Julie Van Der Zee;Tim Van Langenhove;Gabor G. Kovacs;Lubina Dillen

  • Grey matter volume increase following electroconvulsive therapy in patients with late life depression: a longitudinal MRI study.

    Filip Bouckaert;François-Laurent De Winter;Louise Emsell;Annemieke Dols

  • Knowledge of visual attributes in the right hemisphere

    Mathieu Vandenbulcke;Ronald Peeters;Katrien Fannes;Rik Vandenberghe

  • Distinct Clinical Characteristics of C9orf72 Expansion Carriers Compared With GRN, MAPT, and Nonmutation Carriers in a Flanders-Belgian FTLD Cohort

    Tim Van Langenhove;Tim Van Langenhove;Julie van der Zee;Julie van der Zee;Ilse Gijselinck;Ilse Gijselinck;Sebastiaan Engelborghs

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Paul De Deyn
Peter Paul De Deyn University of Antwerp
Sebastiaan Engelborghs
Sebastiaan Engelborghs Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Caroline Graff
Caroline Graff Karolinska University Hospital

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