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Roger Kurlan is affiliated with Overlook Medical Center in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in the intersecting fields of psychology, neuroscience, and medicine. Their work frequently addresses developmental and neurological conditions, with a pronounced focus on obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders and autism spectrum disorder research.

The scientist's research spans several key fields of study: psychology, neuroscience, and medicine, with notable subfields including clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, neurology, developmental neuroscience, and genetics. The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Williams Syndrome Research
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling

Roger Kurlan's publication record features papers in a variety of scientific journals, with multiple contributions to Pediatric Neurology and individual works in JAMA, Translational Psychiatry, Biological Psychiatry, and Child Psychiatry & Human Development.

Selected recent papers include:

  • "Effect of Urate-Elevating Inosine on Early Parkinson Disease Progression," 2021, JAMA
  • "Synaptic processes and immune-related pathways implicated in Tourette syndrome," 2021, Translational Psychiatry
  • "Genome-Wide Association Study Points to Novel Locus for Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome," 2023, Biological Psychiatry
  • "Anxiety Symptoms Differ in Youth With and Without Tic Disorders," 2020, Child Psychiatry & Human Development
  • "Elevated common variant genetic risk for tourette syndrome in a densely-affected pedigree," 2021, Molecular Psychiatry

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Cathy L. Budman, Daniëlle C. Cath, Dongmei Yu, Cathy L. Barr, and Gholson J. Lyon, with multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Effects of tocopherol and deprenyl on the progression of disability in early Parkinson's disease

    W. Koller;C. W. Olanow;R. Rodnitzky;J. S. Fink

  • Effects of coenzyme Q10 in early Parkinson disease: evidence of slowing of the functional decline.

    Clifford W. Shults;David Oakes;Karl Kieburtz;M. Flint Beal

  • Pramipexole vs Levodopa as initial treatment for Parkinson disease: A randomized controlled trial

    R. Holloway;I. Shoulson;K. Kieburtz;M. McDermott

  • Sequence variants in SLITRK1 are associated with Tourette's syndrome.

    Jesse F. Abelson;Kenneth Y. Kwan;Brian J. O'Roak;Danielle Y. Baek

  • Effect of deprenyl on the progression of disability in early Parkinson's disease

    I. Shoulson;S. Fahn;D. Oakes;C. Odoroff

  • Lifetime Prevalence, Age of Risk, and Genetic Relationships of Comorbid Psychiatric Disorders in Tourette Syndrome

    Matthew E. Hirschtritt;Paul C. Lee;David L. Pauls;Yves Dion

  • Neuropathology of nondemented aging: Presumptive evidence for preclinical Alzheimer disease

    Joseph L. Price;Daniel W. McKeel;Virginia D. Buckles;Catherine M. Roe

  • AAV2-GAD gene therapy for advanced Parkinson's disease: a double-blind, sham-surgery controlled, randomised trial

    Peter A LeWitt;Ali R Rezai;Maureen A Leehey;Steven G Ojemann

  • Pramipexole vs levodopa as initial treatment for Parkinson disease: a 4-year randomized controlled trial.

    Robert G Holloway;Ira Shoulson;Stanley Fahn;Karl Kieburtz

  • Ziprasidone treatment of children and adolescents with Tourette's syndrome: a pilot study.

    Floyd R. Sallee;Roger Kurlan;Christopher G. Goetz;Harvey Singer

  • Treatment of ADHD in children with tics: A randomized controlled trial

    Roger Kurlan;Christopher G. Goetz;Michael P. McDermott;Sandra Plumb

  • Gabapentin's effects on hot flashes in postmenopausal women: a randomized controlled trial.

    Thomas Guttuso;Roger Kurlan;Michael P McDermott;Karl Kieburtz

  • A focus on the synapse for neuroprotection in Alzheimer disease and other dementias

    Paul Coleman;Howard Federoff;Roger Kurlan

  • A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of antidepressants in Parkinson disease

    I. H. Richard;M. P. McDermott;R. Kurlan;J. M. Lyness

  • The behavioral spectrum of tic disorders: A community-based study

    R. Kurlan;P. G. Como;B. Miller;D. Palumbo

  • Contemporary Assessment and Pharmacotherapy of Tourette Syndrome

    Lawrence Scahill;Gerald Erenberg;Cheston M. Berlin;Cathy Budman

  • A Randomized Clinical Trial of High-Dosage Coenzyme Q10 in Early Parkinson Disease: No Evidence of Benefit

    M Flint Beal;David Oakes;Ira Shoulson

  • Partitioning the heritability of tourette syndrome and obsessive compulsive disorder reveals differences in genetic architecture

    Lea K. Davis;Dongmei Yu;Clare L. Keenan;Eric R. Gamazon

  • The AMPA receptor antagonist NBQX has antiparkinsonian effects in monoamine-depleted rats and MPTP-treated monkeys.

    T Klockgether;L Turski;T Honoré;Z M Zhang

  • Atomoxetine treatment in children and adolescents with ADHD and comorbid tic disorders

    A. J. Allen;R. M. Kurlan;D. L. Gilbert;B. J. Coffey

Frequent Co-Authors

Ira Shoulson
Ira Shoulson Georgetown University
David L. Pauls
David L. Pauls Harvard University
Michael P. McDermott
Michael P. McDermott University of Rochester
James F. Leckman
James F. Leckman Yale University
Joseph Jankovic
Joseph Jankovic Baylor College of Medicine
Harvey S. Singer
Harvey S. Singer Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Mary M. Robertson
Mary M. Robertson University College London
Anthony E. Lang
Anthony E. Lang University of Toronto
Kenneth K. Kidd
Kenneth K. Kidd Yale University
Danielle C. Cath
Danielle C. Cath Utrecht University

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