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Overview

Nikolaos Scarmeas is affiliated with the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in Greece. Their research primarily focuses on the medical field, with significant work spanning psychiatry and mental health, physiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, neurology, and cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist's work extensively addresses topics including dementia and cognitive impairment research, nutritional studies and diet, diet and metabolism studies, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments, health disparities and outcomes, and health systems, economic evaluations, and quality of life.

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Nikolaos Scarmeas include:

  • "The affordability of lecanemab, an amyloid-targeting therapy for Alzheimer's disease: an EADC-EC viewpoint" (2023, The Lancet Regional Health - Europe)
  • "Nutrition state of science and dementia prevention: recommendations of the Nutrition for Dementia Prevention Working Group" (2022, The Lancet Healthy Longevity)
  • "Associations between social connections and cognition: a global collaborative individual participant data meta-analysis" (2022, The Lancet Healthy Longevity)
  • "Sex differences in dementia risk and risk factors: Individual-participant data analysis using 21 cohorts across six continents from the COSMIC consortium" (2023, Alzheimer's & Dementia)
  • "Diet Inflammatory Index and Dementia Incidence" (2021, Neurology)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Nikolaos Scarmeas include Mary Yannakoulia, Mary H. Kosmidis, Efthimios Dardiotis, Eva Ntanasi, and Paraskevi Sakka.

The scientist has contributed substantially to several publication venues, among the most frequent are Alzheimer's & Dementia, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Neurology, Nutrients, and the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.

Best Publications

  • Whitepaper: Defining and investigating cognitive reserve, brain reserve, and brain maintenance

    Yaakov Stern;Eider M. Arenaza-Urquijo;David Bartrés-Faz;Sylvie Belleville

  • Mediterranean diet and risk for Alzheimer's disease.

    Nikolaos Scarmeas;Yaakov Stern;Mingxin Tang;Richard Paul Mayeux

  • Physical Activity, Diet, and Risk of Alzheimer Disease

    Nikolaos Scarmeas;Jose A. Luchsinger;Nicole Schupf;Adam M. Brickman

  • Cognitive Reserve and Lifestyle

    Nikolaos Scarmeas;Yaakov Stern

  • Influence of leisure activity on the incidence of Alzheimer's disease.

    Nikolaos Scarmeas;Gilberto Levy;Mingxin Tang;Jennifer J. Manly

  • Mediterranean diet and mild cognitive impairment.

    Nikolaos Scarmeas;Yaakov Stern;Richard Paul Mayeux;Jennifer J. Manly

  • Mediterranean diet, stroke, cognitive impairment, and depression: A meta‐analysis

    Theodora Psaltopoulou;Theodoros N. Sergentanis;Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos;Ioannis N. Sergentanis

  • Adherence to a Mediterranean Diet, Cognitive Decline, and Risk of Dementia

    Catherine Feart;Cécilia Samieri;Virginie Rondeau;Hélène Amieva

  • Mediterranean Diet, Alzheimer Disease, and Vascular Mediation

    Nikolaos Scarmeas;Yaakov Stern;Richard Paul Mayeux;Jose A. Luchsinger

  • Brain Networks Associated with Cognitive Reserve in Healthy Young and Old Adults

    Yaakov Stern;Christian G. Habeck;James R. Moeller;Nikolaos Scarmeas

  • Perspectives on ethnic and racial disparities in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias: Update and areas of immediate need

    Ganesh M. Babulal;Yakeel T. Quiroz;Benedict C. Albensi;Eider Arenaza-Urquijo

  • Food Combination and Alzheimer Disease Risk: A Protective Diet

    Yian Gu;Jeri W. Nieves;Yaakov Stern;Jose A. Luchsinger

  • Nutrition and prevention of cognitive impairment.

    Nikolaos Scarmeas;Nikolaos Scarmeas;Costas A Anastasiou;Mary Yannakoulia

  • Education and rates of cognitive decline in incident Alzheimer’s disease

    N Scarmeas;S M Albert;J J Manly;Y Stern

  • Contribution of vascular risk factors to the progression in Alzheimer disease.

    Elizabeth P. Helzner;José A. Luchsinger;Nikolaos Scarmeas;Stephanie Cosentino

  • Delusions and Hallucinations Are Associated With Worse Outcome in Alzheimer Disease

    Nikolaos Scarmeas;Jason Brandt;Marilyn Albert;Georgios Hadjigeorgiou

  • Association of Life Activities With Cerebral Blood Flow in Alzheimer Disease: Implications for the Cognitive Reserve Hypothesis

    Nikolaos Scarmeas;Eric Zarahn;Karen E. Anderson;Christian G. Habeck

  • Mediterranean diet and Alzheimer disease mortality

    Nikolaos Scarmeas;Jose A. Luchsinger;Richard Paul Mayeux;Yaakov Stern

  • Periodontitis is associated with cognitive impairment among older adults: analysis of NHANES-III

    James M Noble;Luisa N Borrell;Panos N Papapanou;Mitchell Elkind

  • The good, bad, and ugly? How blood nutrient concentrations may reflect cognitive performance.

    Christy C. Tangney;Nikolaos Scarmeas

Frequent Co-Authors

Yaakov Stern
Yaakov Stern Columbia University
Jose A. Luchsinger
Jose A. Luchsinger Columbia University
Mary H. Kosmidis
Mary H. Kosmidis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Nicole Schupf
Nicole Schupf Columbia University
Richard Mayeux
Richard Mayeux Columbia University
Deborah Blacker
Deborah Blacker Harvard University
Marilyn S. Albert
Marilyn S. Albert Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Adam M. Brickman
Adam M. Brickman Columbia University
Jennifer J. Manly
Jennifer J. Manly Columbia University
Jason Brandt
Jason Brandt Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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