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Olivier Piguet is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia and has a research focus centered primarily on dementia and related neurological disorders. Their academic work spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a significant emphasis on Psychiatry and Mental Health, Neurology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Physiology, and Molecular Biology.

Their research topics include Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research, Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism, Mental Health and Psychiatry, Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments, and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies.

Olivier Piguet's recent publications reflect a concentrated interest in frontotemporal dementia and neurodegenerative diseases. Notable papers include:

  • Recommendations to distinguish behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia from psychiatric disorders (2020, Brain)
  • Dementia in Latin America: Paving the way toward a regional action plan (2020, Alzheimer's & Dementia)
  • Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (2023, Nature Reviews Disease Primers)
  • CYLD is a causative gene for frontotemporal dementia - amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (2020, Brain)
  • Altered serum protein levels in frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis indicate calcium and immunity dysregulation (2020, Scientific Reports)

Frequent collaborators in their research include John R. Hodges, Muireann Irish, Rebekah M. Ahmed, Glenda M. Halliday, and Fiona Kumfor. This network of coauthors indicates active involvement in multidisciplinary studies related to neurodegenerative conditions.

The venues where Olivier Piguet most often publishes highlight their engagement with respected journals in neurology and neuroscience. These venues include Alzheimer's & Dementia, Cortex, Journal of Neurology, Brain Communications, and Scientific Reports.

Best Publications

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

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

  • Behavioural-variant frontotemporal dementia: diagnosis, clinical staging, and management

    Olivier Piguet;Michael Hornberger;Eneida Mioshi;John R Hodges

  • Considering the role of semantic memory in episodic future thinking: evidence from semantic dementia

    Muireann Irish;Muireann Irish;Muireann Irish;Donna Rose Addis;Donna Rose Addis;John R. Hodges;John R. Hodges;John R. Hodges;Olivier Piguet;Olivier Piguet;Olivier Piguet

  • The Pivotal Role of Semantic Memory in Remembering the Past and Imagining the Future

    Muireann Irish;Muireann Irish;Muireann Irish;Olivier Piguet;Olivier Piguet;Olivier Piguet

  • Frontotemporal dementia and its subtypes: a genome-wide association study

    Raffaele Ferrari;Raffaele Ferrari;Dena G Hernandez;Dena G Hernandez;Michael A Nalls;Jonathan D Rohrer

  • Subtypes of progressive aphasia: application of the International Consensus Criteria and validation using β-amyloid imaging.

    Cristian E. Leyton;Victor L. Villemagne;Sharon Savage;Kerryn E. Pike;Kerryn E. Pike

  • Gait slowing as a predictor of incident dementia: 6-year longitudinal data from the Sydney Older Persons Study.

    L.M. Waite;D.A. Grayson;O. Piguet;H. Creasey

  • Recommendations to distinguish behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia from psychiatric disorders

    Simon Ducharme;Annemiek Dols;Robert Laforce;Emma Devenney

  • Recent Developments in TSPO PET Imaging as A Biomarker of Neuroinflammation in Neurodegenerative Disorders.

    Eryn L. Werry;Fiona M. Bright;Olivier Piguet;Lars M. Ittner

  • Neuroinflammation in frontotemporal dementia.

    Fiona Bright;Eryn L. Werry;Carol Dobson-Stone;Carol Dobson-Stone;Olivier Piguet;Olivier Piguet

  • Profiles of recent autobiographical memory retrieval in semantic dementia, behavioural-variant frontotemporal dementia, and Alzheimer's disease.

    M. Irish;M. Hornberger;M. Hornberger;S. Lah;L. Miller;L. Miller

  • Episodic memory in frontotemporal dementia: a critical review

    Michael Hornberger;Olivier Piguet;Olivier Piguet

  • How preserved is episodic memory in behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia

    M. Hornberger;O. Piguet;O. Piguet;O. Piguet;A. J. Graham;A. J. Graham;P. J. Nestor;P. J. Nestor

  • Cognition in healthy aging is related to regional white matter integrity, but not cortical thickness

    David A. Ziegler;Olivier Piguet;David H. Salat;Keyma Prince

  • On the right side? A longitudinal study of left- versus right-lateralized semantic dementia

    Fiona Kumfor;Fiona Kumfor;Ramon Landin-Romero;Emma Devenney;Emma Devenney;Rosalind Hutchings;Rosalind Hutchings

  • Dementia in Latin America: Assessing the present and envisioning the future

    Mario A. Parra;Sandra Baez;Ricardo Allegri;Ricardo Nitrini

  • Eating and hypothalamus changes in behavioral-variant frontotemporal dementia

    Olivier Piguet;Olivier Piguet;Åsa Petersén;Bonnie Yin Ka Lam;Bonnie Yin Ka Lam;Sanaz Gabery

  • Distinguishing subtypes in primary progressive aphasia: application of the Sydney language battery

    Sharon A Savage;Sharpley Hsieh;Sharpley Hsieh;Felicity V C Leslie;Felicity V C Leslie;David Foxe;David Foxe

  • Lost in spatial translation - A novel tool to objectively assess spatial disorientation in Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia.

    Sicong Tu;Sicong Tu;Sicong Tu;Stephanie Wong;Stephanie Wong;Stephanie Wong;John R. Hodges;John R. Hodges;John R. Hodges;Muireann Irish;Muireann Irish;Muireann Irish

  • Right anterior temporal lobe dysfunction underlies theory of mind impairments in semantic dementia.

    Muireann Irish;Muireann Irish;Muireann Irish;John R. Hodges;John R. Hodges;John R. Hodges;Olivier Piguet;Olivier Piguet;Olivier Piguet

  • The impact of dementia severity on caregiver burden in frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer disease.

    Eneida Mioshi;David Foxe;Felicity Leslie;Sharon Savage

  • Association of alleles carried at TNFA -850 and BAT1 -22 with Alzheimer's disease.

    Anastazija Gnjec;Anastazija Gnjec;Katarzyna J D'Costa;Katarzyna J D'Costa;Simon M Laws;Simon M Laws;Ross Hedley;Ross Hedley

Frequent Co-Authors

John R. Hodges
John R. Hodges University of Sydney
Muireann Irish
Muireann Irish University of Sydney
Glenda M. Halliday
Glenda M. Halliday University of Sydney
Fiona Kumfor
Fiona Kumfor University of Sydney
Michael Hornberger
Michael Hornberger University of East Anglia
Matthew C. Kiernan
Matthew C. Kiernan Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
John B.J. Kwok
John B.J. Kwok University of Sydney
Carol Dobson-Stone
Carol Dobson-Stone University of Sydney
Jillian J. Kril
Jillian J. Kril University of Sydney
Kirrie J. Ballard
Kirrie J. Ballard University of Sydney

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