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Ralph N. Martins is affiliated with Edith Cowan University in Australia and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a focus on neurodegenerative diseases and aging. Their research covers a range of topics within this domain, including Alzheimer's disease, dementia, diet, metabolism, and brain connectivity.

The scientist's work spans several subfields of study, notably physiology, psychiatry and mental health, molecular biology, neurology, and cognitive neuroscience. This multidisciplinary approach reflects in their publications which address complex interactions between biological, cognitive, and environmental factors influencing neurodegenerative disorders.

Among recent papers, Ralph N. Martins has contributed to:

  • "A soluble phosphorylated tau signature links tau, amyloid and the evolution of stages of dominantly inherited Alzheimer's disease" (2020, Nature Medicine)
  • "World-Wide FINGERS Network: A global approach to risk reduction and prevention of dementia" (2020, Alzheimer s & Dementia)
  • "Plasma glial fibrillary acidic protein is elevated in cognitively normal older adults at risk of Alzheimer's disease" (2021, Translational Psychiatry)
  • "Risk prediction of late-onset Alzheimer's disease implies an oligogenic architecture" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "Plasma Aβ42/40 ratio, p-tau181, GFAP, and NfL across the Alzheimer's disease continuum: A cross-sectional and longitudinal study in the AIBL cohort" (2022, Alzheimer s & Dementia)

Ralph N. Martins has frequently collaborated with several coauthors, including Colin L. Masters, Hamid R. Sohrabi, Stephanie R. Rainey-Smith, Victor L. Villemagne, and Christopher C. Rowe. These collaborations illustrate a network of research partnerships within the field of neurodegeneration and cognitive decline studies.

Their research outputs have been published predominantly in the following venues:

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • Journal of Alzheimer s Disease
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Nutrients

The main topics of their work include:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Frailty in Older Adults
  • Fatty Acid Research and Health

Best Publications

  • Clinical and Biomarker Changes in Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer’s Disease

    Randall J. Bateman;Chengjie Xiong;Tammie L.S. Benzinger;Anne M. Fagan

  • Amyloid β deposition, neurodegeneration, and cognitive decline in sporadic Alzheimer's disease: a prospective cohort study.

    Victor L. Villemagne;Samantha Burnham;Pierrick Bourgeat;Belinda M. Brown

  • High performance plasma amyloid-β biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease

    Akinori Nakamura;Naoki Kaneko;Victor L Villemagne;Takashi Kato

  • Neuronal origin of a cerebral amyloid: neurofibrillary tangles of Alzheimer's disease contain the same protein as the amyloid of plaque cores and blood vessels.

    C L Masters;G Multhaup;G Simms;J Pottgiesser

  • The Australian Imaging, Biomarkers and Lifestyle (AIBL) study of aging: Methodology and baseline characteristics of 1112 individuals recruited for a longitudinal study of Alzheimer's disease

    Kathryn A Ellis;Ashley I Bush;David Darby;Daniela De Fazio

  • Amyloid imaging results from the Australian Imaging, Biomarkers and Lifestyle (AIBL) study of aging

    Christopher C Rowe;Kathryn A Ellis;Kathryn A Ellis;Miroslava Rimajova;Pierrick Bourgeat

  • Longitudinal Assessment of Aβ and Cognition in Aging and Alzheimer Disease

    Victor L Villemagne;Kerryn E Pike;Gaël Chételat;Kathryn A Ellis

  • Serum neurofilament dynamics predicts neurodegeneration and clinical progression in presymptomatic Alzheimer’s disease

    Oliver Preische;Oliver Preische;Stephanie A. Schultz;Anja Apel;Anja Apel;Jens Kuhle

  • Amyloid A4 protein and its precursor in Down's syndrome and Alzheimer's disease.

    Baden Rumble;Robert Retallack;Caroline Hilbich;Gail Simms

  • A soluble phosphorylated tau signature links tau, amyloid and the evolution of stages of dominantly inherited Alzheimer's disease.

    Nicolas R Barthélemy;Yan Li;Nelly Joseph-Mathurin;Brian A Gordon

  • White Matter Hyperintensities Are a Core Feature of Alzheimer's Disease: Evidence from the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network

    Seonjoo Lee;Fawad Viqar;Fawad Viqar;Molly E. Zimmerman;Molly E. Zimmerman;Atul Narkhede

  • Symptom onset in autosomal dominant Alzheimer disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Davis C. Ryman;Natalia Acosta-Baena;Paul S. Aisen;Thomas Bird

  • Alzheimer's beta-amyloid peptides compete for insulin binding to the insulin receptor

    Ling Xie;Erik Helmerhorst;Kevin Taddei;Brian Plewright

  • Relationship between atrophy and beta-amyloid deposition in Alzheimer disease.

    Gaël Chételat;Victor L. Villemagne;Pierrick Bourgeat;Kerryn E. Pike

  • A4 amyloid protein deposition and the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease Prevalence in aged brains determined by immunocytochemistry compared with conventional neuropathologic techniques

    L. Davies;B. Wolska;B. Wolska;C. Hilbich;G. Multhaup

  • CLINICAL AND BIOMARKER CHANGES IN DOMINANTLY INHERITED ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

    PR Schofield;RJ Bateman;C Xiong;Tls Benzinger

  • Apolipoprotein E, cholesterol metabolism, diabetes, and the convergence of risk factors for Alzheimer's disease and cardiovascular disease

    Ian Martins;Eugene Hone;Eugene Hone;Jonathan Foster;Jonathan Foster;Susanna Sunram-Lea

  • Increased risk of cognitive impairment in patients with diabetes is associated with metformin

    Eileen Moore;Eileen Moore;Alastair Mander;David Ames;Mark A. Kotowicz;Mark A. Kotowicz;Mark A. Kotowicz

  • Blood-Based Protein Biomarkers for Diagnosis of Alzheimer Disease

    James D. Doecke;James D. Doecke;Simon M. Laws;Simon M. Laws;Noel G. Faux;Noel G. Faux;William Wilson

  • White matter hyperintensities are a core feature of Alzheimer's disease: Evidence from the dominantly inherited Alzheimer network

    Seonjoo Lee;Fawad Viqar;Molly E. Zimmerman;Atul Narkhede

Frequent Co-Authors

David Ames
David Ames University of Melbourne
Christopher C. Rowe
Christopher C. Rowe University of Melbourne
Victor L. Villemagne
Victor L. Villemagne University of Pittsburgh
Kathryn A. Ellis
Kathryn A. Ellis University of Melbourne
Colin L. Masters
Colin L. Masters University of Melbourne
Kevin Taddei
Kevin Taddei Edith Cowan University
Hamid R. Sohrabi
Hamid R. Sohrabi Murdoch University
Paul Maruff
Paul Maruff University of Melbourne
Olivier Salvado
Olivier Salvado Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Cassandra Szoeke
Cassandra Szoeke University of Melbourne

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