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Morris Freedman

Morris Freedman

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Psychology

D-Index
57
Citations
25980
World Ranking
3948
National Ranking
259

Overview

Morris Freedman is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and has conducted extensive research in the field of medicine, contributing a total of 193 publications. Their work is notably concentrated on psychiatry and mental health, neurology, physiology, cognitive neuroscience, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

The primary focus of Freedman's research covers key topics such as dementia and cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, functional brain connectivity studies, Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments, advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, and cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus.

Freedman has published several papers in prominent scientific venues. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Progression of Behavioral Disturbances and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Patients With Genetic Frontotemporal Dementia" (2021) in JAMA Network Open
  • "Network structure and transcriptomic vulnerability shape atrophy in frontotemporal dementia" (2022) in Brain
  • "Differential early subcortical involvement in genetic FTD within the GENFI cohort" (2021) in NeuroImage Clinical
  • "Characterizing the Clinical Features and Atrophy Patterns of MAPT-Related Frontotemporal Dementia With Disease Progression Modeling" (2021) in Neurology
  • "A data-driven disease progression model of fluid biomarkers in genetic frontotemporal dementia" (2021) in Brain

Freedman frequently publishes in several core academic journals, including:

  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Journal of the Neurological Sciences
  • Brain
  • Brain Communications
  • Alzheimer's Research & Therapy

Collaborative efforts have involved numerous frequent co-authors, with significant partnerships with researchers such as:

  • Maria Carmela Tartaglia
  • Sandra E. Black
  • Mario Masellis
  • Elizabeth Finger
  • David F. Tang-Wai

The scientific portfolio of Morris Freedman exemplifies strong engagement with neurodegenerative disease research through multidisciplinary approaches, spanning molecular, clinical, and imaging studies aimed at understanding progression and mechanisms underlying complex neurological disorders.

Best Publications

  • Frontotemporal lobar degeneration A consensus on clinical diagnostic criteria

    D. Neary;J. S. Snowden;L. Gustafson;U. Passant

  • Sensitivity of revised diagnostic criteria for the behavioural variant of frontotemporal dementia.

    Katya Rascovsky;John R. Hodges;David Knopman;Mario F. Mendez

  • Bilingualism as a protection against the onset of symptoms of dementia.

    Ellen Bialystok;Fergus I.M. Craik;Morris Freedman

  • Clock Drawing: A Neuropsychological Analysis

    Morris Freedman;Larry Leach;Edith Kaplan;Gordon Winocur

  • Delaying the onset of Alzheimer disease Bilingualism as a form of cognitive reserve

    Fergus I.M. Craik;Ellen Bialystok;Morris Freedman

  • Consensus criteria for the diagnosis of frontotemporal cognitive and behavioural syndromes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Michael J. Strong;Gloria M. Grace;Morris Freedman;Cathy Lomen-Hoerth

  • Presymptomatic cognitive and neuroanatomical changes in genetic frontotemporal dementia in the Genetic Frontotemporal dementia Initiative (GENFI) study: a cross-sectional analysis

    Jonathan D Rohrer;Jennifer M Nicholas;Jennifer M Nicholas;David M Cash;John van Swieten

  • Clustering and switching on verbal fluency tests in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease

    Angela K. Troyer;Morris Moscovitch;Gordon Winocur;Larry Leach

  • Clinical, imaging, and pathological heterogeneity of the Alzheimer's disease syndrome

    Benjamin Lam;Mario Masellis;Morris Freedman;Donald T Stuss

  • Bilateral frontal lobe disease and selective delayed response deficits in humans.

    Morris Freedman;Marlene Oscar-Berman

  • Anatomic basis of transcortical motor aphasia

    Morris Freedman;Michael P. Alexander;Margaret A. Naeser

  • Atypical antipsychotic drugs in the treatment of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia: systematic review

    Philip E Lee;Sudeep S Gill;Morris Freedman;Susan E Bronskill

  • 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

  • Diagnosis and treatment of dementia: 3. Mild cognitive impairment and cognitive impairment without dementia

    Howard Chertkow;Fadi Massoud;Ziad Nasreddine;Sylvie Belleville

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  • Orbitofrontal function, object alternation and perseveration.

    Morris Freedman;Sandra Black;Patricia Ebert;Malcolm Binns

  • Functional retrograde amnesia: A quantitative case study.

    Daniel L. Schacter;Paul L. Wang;Endel Tulving;Morris Freedman

  • Abnormal network connectivity in frontotemporal dementia: Evidence for prefrontal isolation

    Norman A.S. Farb;Cheryl L. Grady;Stephen Strother;David F. Tang-Wai;David F. Tang-Wai

  • Different patterns of autobiographical memory loss in semantic dementia and medial temporal lobe amnesia: a challenge to consolidation theory.

    Robyn Westmacott;Larry Leach;Morris Freedman;Morris Moscovitch

  • The contribution of autobiographical significance to semantic memory: evidence from Alzheimer's disease, semantic dementia, and amnesia.

    Robyn Westmacott;Sandra E Black;Morris Freedman;Morris Moscovitch

  • Cognitive deficits in olivopontocerebellar atrophy: implications for the cholinergic hypothesis of Alzheimer's dementia.

    Stephen J. Kish;Munir El‐Awar;Lawrence Schut;Larry Leach

Frequent Co-Authors

Sandra E. Black
Sandra E. Black University of Toronto
Ekaterina Rogaeva
Ekaterina Rogaeva University of Toronto
Caroline Graff
Caroline Graff Karolinska University Hospital
Jason D. Warren
Jason D. Warren University College London
Donald T. Stuss
Donald T. Stuss University of Toronto
Corinne E. Fischer
Corinne E. Fischer St. Michael's Hospital
Morris Moscovitch
Morris Moscovitch University of Toronto
Florence Pasquier
Florence Pasquier University of Lille
Rosa Rademakers
Rosa Rademakers University of Antwerp
Tarek K. Rajji
Tarek K. Rajji Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

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