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Maurice A. Curtis is affiliated with the University of Auckland in New Zealand. The researcher's work spans multiple fields with a primary focus on Medicine, Neuroscience, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The subfields central to their research include Neurology, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology, and Genetics.

The researcher has contributed significantly to the study of various neurological disorders and mechanisms. Their main topics of work are:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neurological disorders and treatments

Maurice A. Curtis has authored and co-authored numerous scientific papers published across several notable venues. Key frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Acta Neuropathologica Communications
  • Neurobiology of Disease
  • Communications Biology
  • Scientific Reports

Some of the recent papers by the researcher are:

  • Applying the Bradford Hill Criteria for Causation to Repetitive Head Impacts and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, 2022, Frontiers in Neurology
  • Neutrophil-vascular interactions drive myeloperoxidase accumulation in the brain in Alzheimer's disease, 2022, Acta Neuropathologica Communications
  • Identification of a dysfunctional microglial population in human Alzheimer's disease cortex using novel single-cell histology image analysis, 2020, Acta Neuropathologica Communications
  • Pyridine alkaloids with activity in the central nervous system, 2020, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry
  • Characterisation of PDGF-BB:PDGFRβ signalling pathways in human brain pericytes: evidence of disruption in Alzheimer's disease, 2022, Communications Biology

Maurice A. Curtis has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Richard L. M. Faull
  • Clinton Turner
  • Helen C. Murray
  • Mike Dragunow
  • Emma L. Scotter

Best Publications

  • Porphyromonas gingivalis in Alzheimer’s disease brains: Evidence for disease causation and treatment with small-molecule inhibitors

    Stephen S. Dominy;Casey Lynch;Florian Ermini;Malgorzata Benedyk

  • Human neuroblasts migrate to the olfactory bulb via a lateral ventricular extension.

    Maurice A. Curtis;Monica Kam;Ulf Nannmark;Michelle F. Anderson

  • Human Adult Neurogenesis: Evidence and Remaining Questions.

    Gerd Kempermann;Fred H. Gage;Ludwig Aigner;Hongjun Song

  • Increased cell proliferation and neurogenesis in the adult human Huntington's disease brain

    Maurice A. Curtis;Ellen B. Penney;Andree G. Pearson;Willeke M. C. van Roon-Mom

  • Neocortical neurogenesis in humans is restricted to development

    Ratan D. Bhardwaj;Maurice A. Curtis;Kirsty L. Spalding;Bruce A. Buchholz

  • Global changes in DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation in Alzheimer's disease human brain

    Natacha Coppieters;Birger V. Dieriks;Claire Lill;Richard L.M. Faull

  • Molecular genetics and nomenclature of proteases of Porphyromonas gingivalis

    M. A. Curtis;H. K. Kuramitsu;M. Lantz;F. L. Macrina

  • Dynamic changes in myelin aberrations and oligodendrocyte generation in chronic amyloidosis in mice and men.

    Gwendolyn Behrendt;Kristin Baer;Annalisa Buffo;Maurice A. Curtis

  • Huntington's disease accelerates epigenetic aging of human brain and disrupts DNA methylation levels.

    Steve Horvath;Peter Langfelder;Seung Kwak;Jeff Aaronson

  • The effect of neurodegenerative diseases on the subventricular zone.

    Maurice A. Curtis;Richard L. M. Faull;Peter S. Eriksson

  • Altered arginine metabolism in Alzheimer's disease brains.

    Ping Liu;Michael S. Fleete;Yu Jing;Nicola D. Collie

  • Immunohistochemical staining of post-mortem adult human brain sections.

    Henry J Waldvogel;Maurice A Curtis;Maurice A Curtis;Kristin Baer;Mark I Rees

  • TGF-beta1 regulates human brain pericyte inflammatory processes involved in neurovasculature function

    Justin Rustenhoven;Miranda Aalderink;Emma L. Scotter;Robyn L. Oldfield

  • Longterm quiescent cells in the aged human subventricular neurogenic system specifically express GFAP-delta.

    Simone A. Van Den Berge;Jinte Middeldorp;C. Eleana Zhang;Maurice A. Curtis

  • Graded perturbations of metabolism in multiple regions of human brain in Alzheimer's disease: Snapshot of a pervasive metabolic disorder.

    Jingshu Xu;Paul Begley;Stephanie J. Church;Stefano Patassini

  • The distribution of progenitor cells in the subependymal layer of the lateral ventricle in the normal and Huntington's disease human brain.

    M.A. Curtis;E.B. Penney;J. Pearson;M. Dragunow

  • PU.1 regulates Alzheimer’s disease-associated genes in primary human microglia

    Justin Rustenhoven;Amy M. Smith;Leon C. Smyth;Deidre Jansson

  • Neurogenesis and progenitor cells in the adult human brain: A comparison between hippocampal and subventricular progenitor proliferation

    Maurice A. Curtis;Victoria F. Low;Richard L.M. Faull

  • α-synuclein transfer through tunneling nanotubes occurs in SH-SY5Y cells and primary brain pericytes from Parkinson's disease patients.

    Birger Victor Dieriks;Thomas I. H. Park;Chantelle Fourie;Richard L. M. Faull

  • Doublecortin expression in the normal and epileptic adult human brain

    Y. W. J. Liu;M. A. Curtis;M. A. Curtis;H. M. Gibbons;E. W. Mee

  • Increased acetyl and total histone levels in post-mortem Alzheimer's disease brain.

    Pritika J. Narayan;Claire Lill;Richard Faull;Maurice A. Curtis

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard L.M. Faull
Richard L.M. Faull University of Auckland
Mike Dragunow
Mike Dragunow University of Auckland
Henry J. Waldvogel
Henry J. Waldvogel University of Auckland
Bronwen Connor
Bronwen Connor University of Auckland
Jan Potempa
Jan Potempa University of Louisville
Lynette J. Tippett
Lynette J. Tippett University of Auckland
Russell G. Snell
Russell G. Snell University of Auckland
Mark I. Rees
Mark I. Rees Swansea University
H. Georg Kuhn
H. Georg Kuhn University of Gothenburg
Gillian P. Bates
Gillian P. Bates University College London

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