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Overview

Neil W. Kowall is affiliated with Boston University in the United States, focusing primarily on medical research. Their scholarly contributions span a range of studies within medicine, with an emphasis on neurology, epidemiology, psychiatry and mental health, physiology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

Their research extensively covers topics such as traumatic brain injury research, traumatic brain injury and neurovascular disturbances, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, dementia and cognitive impairment research, cardiac arrest and resuscitation, cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research.

Recent publications by Kowall include:

  • Leveraging football accelerometer data to quantify associations between repetitive head impacts and chronic traumatic encephalopathy in males, 2023, published in Nature Communications
  • Aberrant Tonic Inhibition of Dopaminergic Neuronal Activity Causes Motor Symptoms in Animal Models of Parkinson's Disease, 2020, published in Current Biology
  • Characterizing tau deposition in chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE): utility of the McKee CTE staging scheme, 2020, published in Acta Neuropathologica
  • Neuropathologic and Clinical Findings in Young Contact Sport Athletes Exposed to Repetitive Head Impacts, 2023, published in JAMA Neurology
  • Validity of the 2014 traumatic encephalopathy syndrome criteria for CTE pathology, 2021, published in Alzheimer s & Dementia

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kowall include:

  • Michael L. Alosco
  • Yorghos Tripodis
  • Jesse Mez
  • Ann C. McKee
  • Robert A. Stern

Kowall's work is regularly published in venues such as Alzheimer s & Dementia, Alzheimer s Research & Therapy, Acta Neuropathologica, Neurology, and Neurobiology of Aging.

Best Publications

  • The spectrum of disease in chronic traumatic encephalopathy

    Ann C. McKee;Thor D. Stein;Thor D. Stein;Christopher J. Nowinski;Robert A. Stern

  • Common variants at MS4A4/MS4A6E, CD2AP, CD33 and EPHA1 are associated with late-onset Alzheimer's disease.

    Adam C. Naj;Gyungah Jun;Gary W. Beecham;Li-San Wang

  • Motor neurons in Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase-deficient mice develop normally but exhibit enhanced cell death after axonal injury.

    Andrew. G. Reaume;Jeffrey L. Elliott;Eric K. Hoffman;Neil W. Kowall;Neil W. Kowall

  • Replication of the neurochemical characteristics of Huntington's disease by quinolinic acid

    M F Beal;N W Kowall;D W Ellison;M F Mazurek

  • Oxidative damage in Alzheimer's

    M A Smith;G Perry;P L Richey;L M Sayre

  • Neurochemical and histologic characterization of striatal excitotoxic lesions produced by the mitochondrial toxin 3-nitropropionic acid

    MF Beal;E Brouillet;BG Jenkins;RJ Ferrante

  • Early role of vascular dysregulation on late-onset Alzheimer’s disease based on multifactorial data-driven analysis

    Y. Iturria-Medina;R. C. Sotero;P. J. Toussaint;J. M. Mateos-Pérez

  • Chronic traumatic encephalopathy in blast-exposed military veterans and a blast neurotrauma mouse model.

    Lee E. Goldstein;Andrew M. Fisher;Chad A. Tagge;Xiao-Lei Zhang

  • Clinicopathological Evaluation of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in Players of American Football

    Jesse Mez;Daniel H. Daneshvar;Patrick T. Kiernan;Bobak Abdolmohammadi

  • Rare coding variants in PLCG2, ABI3, and TREM2 implicate microglial-mediated innate immunity in Alzheimer's disease

    Rebecca Sims;Sven J. Van Der Lee;Adam C. Naj;Céline Bellenguez;Céline Bellenguez

  • Mitochondrial DNA deletions are abundant and cause functional impairment in aged human substantia nigra neurons

    Yevgenya Kraytsberg;Elena Kudryavtseva;Ann C McKee;Ann C McKee;Changiz Geula

  • Evidence of increased oxidative damage in both sporadic and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

    Ferrante Rj;Browne Se;Shinobu La;Bowling Ac

  • Selective sparing of a class of striatal neurons in Huntington's disease

    RJ Ferrante;NW Kowall;MF Beal;EP Richardson

  • The National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center (NACC) database: the Uniform Data Set.

    Duane L. Beekly;Erin M. Ramos;William W. Lee;Woodrow D. Deitrich

  • Histone Deacetylase Inhibition by Sodium Butyrate Chemotherapy Ameliorates the Neurodegenerative Phenotype in Huntington's Disease Mice

    Robert J. Ferrante;James K. Kubilus;Junghee Lee;Hoon Ryu

  • GABA from reactive astrocytes impairs memory in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease

    Seonmi Jo;Seonmi Jo;Oleg Yarishkin;Yu Jin Hwang;Ye Eun Chun

  • Increased 3-nitrotyrosine in both sporadic and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

    Beal Mf;Ferrante Rj;Browne Se;Matthews Rt

  • TDP-43 Proteinopathy and Motor Neuron Disease in Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

    Ann C. McKee;Brandon E. Gavett;Robert A. Stern;Christopher J. Nowinski

  • Effect of Vitamin E and Memantine on Functional Decline in Alzheimer Disease The TEAM-AD VA Cooperative Randomized Trial

    Maurice W. Dysken;Mary Sano;Sanjay Asthana;Julia E. Vertrees

  • An in vivo model for the neurodegenerative effects of beta amyloid and protection by substance P.

    N W Kowall;M F Beal;J Busciglio;L K Duffy

Frequent Co-Authors

Ann C. McKee
Ann C. McKee Boston University
Hoon Ryu
Hoon Ryu Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Junghee Lee
Junghee Lee University of California, Los Angeles
Robert J. Ferrante
Robert J. Ferrante Boston University
M. Flint Beal
M. Flint Beal Cornell University
Robert C. Cantu
Robert C. Cantu Boston University
Andrew E. Budson
Andrew E. Budson Boston University
Michael L. Alosco
Michael L. Alosco Boston University
Charles DeCarli
Charles DeCarli University of California, Davis
John C. Morris
John C. Morris Washington University in St. Louis

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