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Overview

Meike W. Vernooij is affiliated with Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the field of medicine, with extensive contributions across several subfields including psychiatry and mental health, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, neurology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and physiology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, notably:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
  • Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

Among their recent publications are:

  • Objectives, design and main findings until 2020 from the Rotterdam Study, 2020, European Journal of Epidemiology
  • Atherosclerotic Carotid Plaque Composition and Incident Stroke and Coronary Events, 2021, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Cerebral small vessel disease genomics and its implications across the lifespan, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Multi-ancestry genome-wide study identifies effector genes and druggable pathways for coronary artery calcification, 2023, Nature Genetics
  • Common Genetic Variation Indicates Separate Causes for Periventricular and Deep White Matter Hyperintensities, 2020, Stroke

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Vernooij include:

  • M. Arfan Ikram
  • Daniël Bos
  • Frank J. Wolters
  • Maryam Kavousi
  • M. Kamran Ikram

Common venues for publishing their findings are:

  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neurology
  • Neuroradiology
  • European Journal of Epidemiology

Best Publications

  • Cerebral microbleeds: a guide to detection and interpretation

    Steven M. Greenberg;Meike W. Vernooij;Charlotte Cordonnier;Anand Viswanathan

  • Incidental findings on brain MRI in the general population.

    Meike W Vernooij;M Arfan Ikram;Hervé L Tanghe;Arnaud J P E Vincent

  • Cortical abnormalities in adults and adolescents with major depression based on brain scans from 20 cohorts worldwide in the ENIGMA Major Depressive Disorder Working Group.

    L Schmaal;D P Hibar;P G Sämann;G B Hall

  • Prevalence and risk factors of cerebral microbleeds The Rotterdam Scan Study

    M. W. Vernooij;A. van der Lugt;M. A. Ikram;P. A. Wielopolski

  • Identification of common variants associated with human hippocampal and intracranial volumes

    Jason L Stein;Sarah E Medland;Sarah E Medland;Alejandro Arias Vasquez;Alejandro Arias Vasquez;Derrek P Hibar

  • Prevalence and Risk Factors of Cerebral Microbleeds An Update of the Rotterdam Scan Study

    Mariëlle M.F. Poels;Meike W. Vernooij;M. Arfan Ikram;Albert Hofman

  • Cerebral Perfusion and the Risk of Dementia: A Population-Based Study

    Frank J. Wolters;Hazel I. Zonneveld;Albert Hofman;Aad van der Lugt

  • Cerebral microbleeds are associated with worse cognitive function: the Rotterdam Scan Study.

    M.M.F. Poels;M.A. Ikram;A. van der Lugt;A. Hofman

  • Fiber density asymmetry of the arcuate fasciculus in relation to functional hemispheric language lateralization in both right- and left-handed healthy subjects: a combined fMRI and DTI study.

    M.W. Vernooij;M. Smits;P.A. Wielopolski;G.C. Houston

  • Association of Cerebral Microbleeds With Cognitive Decline and Dementia

    Saloua Akoudad;Frank J. Wolters;Anand Viswanathan;Renée F. de Bruijn

  • 8-week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction induces brain changes similar to traditional long-term meditation practice – A systematic review

    Rinske A. Gotink;Rozanna Meijboom;Meike W. Vernooij;Marion Smits

  • Kidney Function Is Related to Cerebral Small Vessel Disease

    M. Arfan Ikram;Meike W. Vernooij;Albert Hofman;Wiro J. Niessen

  • Cortical superficial siderosis: detection and clinical significance in cerebral amyloid angiopathy and related conditions.

    Andreas Charidimou;Andreas Charidimou;Jennifer Linn;Meike W. Vernooij;Christian Opherk

  • White Matter Microstructural Integrity and Cognitive Function in a General Elderly Population

    Meike W. Vernooij;M. Arfan Ikram;Henri A. Vrooman;Piotr A. Wielopolski

  • White matter lesion extension to automatic brain tissue segmentation on MRI

    Renske de Boer;Henri A. Vrooman;Fedde van der Lijn;Meike W. Vernooij

  • Incidence of cerebral microbleeds in the general population: the Rotterdam Scan Study.

    Mariëlle M.F. Poels;M. Arfan Ikram;Aad van der Lugt;Albert Hofman

  • Novel genetic loci associated with hippocampal volume

    Derrek Hibar;Hieab H.H. Adams;Neda Jahanshad;Ganesh Chauhan

  • Multi-spectral brain tissue segmentation using automatically trained k-Nearest-Neighbor classification.

    Henri A. Vrooman;Chris A. Cocosco;Fedde van der Lijn;Rik Stokking

  • Subcortical brain alterations in major depressive disorder: findings from the ENIGMA Major Depressive Disorder working group

    L. Schmaal;D.J. Veltman;T.G.M. van Erp;P.G. Sämann

  • Transfer Learning Improves Supervised Image Segmentation Across Imaging Protocols

    Annegreet van Opbroek;M. Arfan Ikram;Meike W. Vernooij;Marleen de Bruijne

  • High Blood Pressure and Cerebral White Matter Lesion Progression in the General Population

    Benjamin F.J. Verhaaren;Meike W. Vernooij;Renske de Boer;Albert Hofman

Frequent Co-Authors

Monique M.B. Breteler
Monique M.B. Breteler German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Sudha Seshadri
Sudha Seshadri The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Albert V. Smith
Albert V. Smith University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Charles DeCarli
Charles DeCarli University of California, Davis
Alexa Beiser
Alexa Beiser Boston University
Tonya White
Tonya White National Institutes of Health
Philip L. De Jager
Philip L. De Jager Columbia University
Vilmundur Gudnason
Vilmundur Gudnason University of Iceland
Myriam Fornage
Myriam Fornage The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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