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Patrick Cras is affiliated with the University of Antwerp in Belgium and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a primary focus on neurology. They have authored over one hundred publications spanning various subfields including neurology, physiology, cognitive neuroscience, molecular biology, and genetics.

Their research topics cover a diverse range of neurological and auditory conditions. Among the main topics are:

  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Vestibular and auditory disorders
  • Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
  • Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Restless Legs Syndrome Research

Patrick Cras has published frequently in several scientific venues including:

  • Neurology
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • Neurobiology of Aging
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Ear and Hearing

Among their recent papers are:

  • "European white paper: oropharyngeal dysphagia in head and neck cancer" (2020), published in European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
  • "Mutated ATP10B increases Parkinson's disease risk by compromising lysosomal glucosylceramide export" (2020), published in Acta Neuropathologica
  • "Myoclonus and Cerebellar Ataxia Following COVID-19" (2020), published in Movement Disorders Clinical Practice
  • "Predictors of 30-day and 90-day mortality among hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke patients in urban Uganda: a prospective hospital-based cohort study" (2020), published in BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
  • "Contribution of rare homozygous and compound heterozygous VPS13C missense mutations to dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson's disease" (2021), published in Acta Neuropathologica Communications

Collaborations form an important part of Patrick Cras's scientific work. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Sebastiaan Engelborghs
  • Christine Van Broeckhoven
  • Peter Paul De Deyn
  • David Crosiers
  • Rik Vandenberghe

Best Publications

  • Presenile dementia and cerebral haemorrhage linked to a mutation at codon 692 of the β–amyloid precursor protein gene

    Lydia Hendriks;Cornelia M. van Duijn;Patrick Cras;Marc Cruts

  • Updated clinical diagnostic criteria for sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

    I. Zerr;K. Kallenberg;D. M. Summers;C. Romero

  • Fmr1 knockout mice: A model to study fragile X mental retardation

    Cathy E. Bakker;Coleta Verheij;Rob Willemsen

  • Improved discrimination of AD patients using beta-amyloid((1-42)) and tau levels in CSF

    F Hulstaert;K Blennow;A Ivanoiu;HC Schoonderwaldt

  • Abnormal dendritic spine characteristics in the temporal and visual cortices of patients with fragile-X syndrome: a quantitative examination

    Scott A. Irwin;Biraju Patel;Madhuri Idupulapati;Jennifer B. Harris

  • A C9orf72 promoter repeat expansion in a Flanders-Belgian cohort with disorders of the frontotemporal lobar degeneration-amyotrophic lateral sclerosis spectrum: a gene identification study.

    Ilse Gijselinck;Tim Van Langenhove;Julie van der Zee;Kristel Sleegers

  • European Society for Swallowing Disorders - European Union Geriatric Medicine Society white paper: oropharyngeal dysphagia as a geriatric syndrome.

    Laura W J Baijens;Pere Clavé;Patrick Cras;Olle Ekberg

  • Detection of Proteins in Normal and Alzheimer's Disease Cerebrospinal Fluid with a Sensitive Sandwich Enzyme‐Linked Immunosorbent Assay

    Marc Vandermeeren;Marc Vandermeeren;Marc Mercken;Marc Mercken;Eugeen Vanmechelen;Jan Six;Jan Six

  • The abnormal phosphorylation of tau protein at Ser-202 in Alzheimer disease recapitulates phosphorylation during development.

    M. Goedert;R. Jakes;R. A. Crowther;J. Six

  • A Multicenter Study of Glucocerebrosidase Mutations in Dementia With Lewy Bodies

    Michael A. Nalls;Raquel Duran;Grisel Lopez;Marzena Kurzawa-Akanbi

  • Mapping of a gene predisposing to early-onset Alzheimer's disease to chromosome 14q24.3

    C Van Broeckhoven;H Backhovens;H Backhovens;M Cruts;G De Winter;G De Winter

  • Epitope mapping of monoclonal antibodies to the paired helical filaments of Alzheimer's disease : identification of phosphorylation sites in tau-protein

    M Goedert;R Jakes;R A Crowther;P Cohen

  • Senile plaque neurites in Alzheimer disease accumulate amyloid precursor protein.

    Patrick Cras;Mitsuru Kawai;David Lowery;Patty Gonzalez-DeWhitt

  • The genetics and neuropathology of frontotemporal lobar degeneration

    Anne Sieben;Tim Van Langenhove;Sebastiaan Engelborghs;Jean-Jacques Martin

  • Failure of familial Alzheimer's disease to segregate with the A4-amyloid gene in several European families.

    C. Van Broeckhoven;A. M. Genthe;A. Vandenberghe;B. Horsthemke

  • Diagnostic performance of a CSF-biomarker panel in autopsy-confirmed dementia.

    Sebastiaan Engelborghs;Karen De Vreese;Tom Van de Casteele;Hugo Vanderstichele

  • A Pan‐European Study of the C9orf72 Repeat Associated with FTLD: Geographic Prevalence, Genomic Instability, and Intermediate Repeats

    Julie van der Zee;Ilse Gijselinck;Lubina Dillen;Tim Van Langenhove

  • Degeneration of vascular muscle cells in cerebral amyloid angiopathy of Alzheimer disease

    Mitsuru Kawai;Rajesh N. Kalaria;Patrick Cras;Sandra L. Siedlak

  • Early Diagnosis of Cerebral Fat Embolism Syndrome by Diffusion-Weighted MRI (Starfield Pattern)

    P.M. Parizel;H.E. Demey;G. Veeckmans;F. Verstreken

  • A novel presenilin 1 mutation associated with Pick's disease but not beta-amyloid plaques.

    Bart Dermaut;Samir Kumar-Singh;Sebastian Engelborghs;Jessie Theuns

Frequent Co-Authors

Sebastiaan Engelborghs
Sebastiaan Engelborghs University of Antwerp
Peter Paul De Deyn
Peter Paul De Deyn University of Antwerp
Christine Van Broeckhoven
Christine Van Broeckhoven University of Antwerp
Jo Nijs
Jo Nijs Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Marc Cruts
Marc Cruts University of Antwerp
Paul M. Parizel
Paul M. Parizel University of Western Australia
Kristel Sleegers
Kristel Sleegers University of Antwerp
George Perry
George Perry The University of Texas at San Antonio
Peter De Jonghe
Peter De Jonghe University of Antwerp

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