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Sandro Sorbi is affiliated with the University of Florence in Italy and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their work spans several subfields, including Neurology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Physiology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist has a significant body of research focusing on neurodegenerative diseases and brain disorders. Their main topics of work include:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments

Sandro Sorbi has published in prominent venues, frequently contributing to:

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • Neurology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neurological Sciences
  • Journal of the Neurological Sciences

The scientist's recent papers reflect a focus on Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia, including:

  • "The complexity of Alzheimer's disease: an evolving puzzle," 2021, Physiological Reviews
  • "Exome sequencing identifies rare damaging variants in ATP8B4 and ABCA1 as risk factors for Alzheimer's disease," 2022, Nature Genetics
  • "Plasma glial fibrillary acidic protein is raised in progranulin-associated frontotemporal dementia," 2020, Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
  • "Temporal order of clinical and biomarker changes in familial frontotemporal dementia," 2022, Nature Medicine
  • "Plasma neurofilament light chain as a biomarker of Alzheimer's disease in Subjective Cognitive Decline and Mild Cognitive Impairment," 2022, Journal of Neurology

Collaborations are an important aspect of their research output, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Benedetta Nacmias
  • Daniela Galimberti
  • Valentina Bessi
  • Barbara Borroni
  • Raquel Sánchez-Valle

Best Publications

  • Cloning of a gene bearing missense mutations in early-onset familial Alzheimer's disease

    R. Sherrington;E. I. Rogaev;Y. Liang;E. A. Rogaeva

  • Meta-analysis of 74,046 individuals identifies 11 new susceptibility loci for Alzheimer's disease

    Jean-Charles Lambert;Jean-Charles Lambert;Jean-Charles Lambert;Carla A Ibrahim-Verbaas;Denise Harold;Adam C Naj

  • Familial Alzheimer's disease in kindreds with missense mutations in a gene on chromosome 1 related to the Alzheimer's disease type 3 gene

    E. I. Rogaev;R. Sherrington;E. A. Rogaeva;G. Levesque

  • Common variants at ABCA7, MS4A6A/MS4A4E, EPHA1, CD33 and CD2AP are associated with Alzheimer's disease.

    Paul Hollingworth;Denise Harold;Rebecca Sims;Amy Gerrish

  • The genetic defect causing familial Alzheimer's disease maps on chromosome 21

    Peter H. St George-Hyslop;Rudolph E. Tanzi;Ronald J. Polinsky;Jonathan L. Haines

  • The neuronal sortilin-related receptor SORL1 is genetically associated with Alzheimer disease

    Ekaterina Rogaeva;Ekaterina Rogaeva;Yan Meng;Joseph H. Lee;Yongjun Gu;Yongjun Gu

  • Gene-wide analysis detects two new susceptibility genes for Alzheimer's disease.

    Valentina Escott-Price;Céline Bellenguez;Li-San Wang;Seung-Hoan Choi

  • Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

    Phil H. Lee;Verneri Anttila;Hyejung Won;Yen-Chen A. Feng

  • Nicastrin modulates presenilin-mediated notch/glp-1 signal transduction and βAPP processing

    Gang Yu;Masaki Nishimura;Shigeki Arawaka;Shigeki Arawaka;Diane Levitan

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa

    Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Zeynep Yilmaz;Laura M. Thornton;Christopher Hübel;Christopher Hübel

  • Rare coding variants in PLCG2, ABI3, and TREM2 implicate microglial-mediated innate immunity in Alzheimer's disease

    Rebecca Sims;Sven J. Van Der Lee;Adam C. Naj;Céline Bellenguez;Céline Bellenguez

  • Cognitive dysfunction in early-onset multiple sclerosis: a reappraisal after 10 years.

    Maria Pia Amato;Giuseppina Ponziani;Gianfranco Siracusa;Sandro Sorbi

  • Multicenter Standardized 18F-FDG PET Diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer's Disease, and Other Dementias

    Lisa Mosconi;Wai H. Tsui;Wai H. Tsui;Karl Herholz;Alberto Pupi

  • APOE and Alzheimer disease: a major gene with semi-dominant inheritance

    E Genin;D Hannequin;D Wallon;K Sleegers

  • EFNS guidelines for the diagnosis and management of Alzheimer's disease

    J. Hort;J.T. O'Brien;G. Gainotti;T. Pirttila

  • Genetic evidence for a novel familial Alzheimer's disease locus on chromosome 14

    P. St George-Hyslop;J. Haines;E. Rogaev;E. Rogaev;M. Mortilla;M. Mortilla

  • Presymptomatic cognitive and neuroanatomical changes in genetic frontotemporal dementia in the Genetic Frontotemporal dementia Initiative (GENFI) study: a cross-sectional analysis

    Jonathan D Rohrer;Jennifer M Nicholas;Jennifer M Nicholas;David M Cash;John van Swieten

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa

    H. J. Watson;Z. Yilmaz;L. M. Thornton;C. Hubel

  • Genetic linkage studies suggest that Alzheimer's disease is not a single homogeneous disorder

    P. H. St George-Hyslop;J. L. Haines;L. A. Farrer;R. Polinsky

  • Genome wide meta-analysis identifies genomic relationships, novel loci, and pleiotropic mechanisms across eight psychiatric disorders

    Lee Ph;Anttila;Won H

Frequent Co-Authors

Caroline Graff
Caroline Graff Karolinska University Hospital
Daniela Galimberti
Daniela Galimberti University of Milan
Barbara Borroni
Barbara Borroni University of Brescia
Fabrizio Tagliavini
Fabrizio Tagliavini Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Giovanni B. Frisoni
Giovanni B. Frisoni University of Geneva
James B. Rowe
James B. Rowe University of Cambridge
Alexandre de Mendonça
Alexandre de Mendonça University of Lisbon
Mario Masellis
Mario Masellis Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
Jonathan D. Rohrer
Jonathan D. Rohrer University College London
John C. van Swieten
John C. van Swieten Erasmus University Rotterdam

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