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Overview

Sergio E. Starkstein is affiliated with the University of Western Australia. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with significant contributions in Psychiatry and Mental Health, Neurology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Rehabilitation.

Their recent publications include works on post-stroke depression, aphasia, and neuropsychiatric symptoms. Notable papers are:

  • Poststroke Depression: An Update, 2023, Journal of Neuropsychiatry
  • Donepezil alone and combined with intensive language-action therapy on depression and apathy in chronic post-stroke aphasia: A feasibility study, 2022, Brain and Language
  • Spectrum of neuropsychiatric symptoms in chronic post-stroke aphasia, 2022, World Journal of Psychiatry
  • Risk factors and outcomes of anxiety symptom trajectories in type 2 diabetes: the Fremantle Diabetes Study Phase II, 2020, Diabetic Medicine
  • Intensive aphasia therapy improves low mood in fluent post-stroke aphasia: Evidence from a case-controlled study, 2020, Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Starkstein include:

  • Marcelo Merello
  • Günther Deuschl
  • Stanley Fahn
  • Mark Hallett
  • Anthony E. Lang

Their research is commonly published in journals such as:

  • Movement Disorders Clinical Practice
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Journal of Neuropsychiatry
  • Brain and Language
  • World Journal of Psychiatry

Key topics within their research portfolio focus on:

  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Diabetes Management and Education
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

Best Publications

  • Reliability, validity, and clinical correlates of apathy in Parkinson's disease.

    Sergio E. Starkstein;Helen S. Mayberg;Thomas J. Preziosi;Paula Andrezejewski

  • Depression Rating Scales in Parkinson’s Disease: Critique and Recommendations

    Anette Schrag;Paolo Barone;Richard G. Brown;Albert F.G. Leentjens

  • The Impact of Poststroke Depression on Recovery in Activities of Daily Living Over a 2-Year Follow-up

    Rajesh M. Parikh;Robert G. Robinson;John R. Lipsey;Sergio E. Starkstein

  • Depression in Parkinson's disease.

    Sergio E. Starkstein;Thomas J. Preziosi;Paula L. Bolduc;Robert G. Robinson

  • Proposed diagnostic criteria for apathy in Alzheimer's disease and other neuropsychiatric disorders.

    Philippe Robert;C. U. Onyike;A. F. G. Leentjens;K. Dujardin

  • Comparison of cortical and subcortical lesions in the production of poststroke mood disorders.

    Sergio E. Starkstein;Robert G. Robinson;Thomas R. Price

  • Asymbolia for pain: a sensory-limbic disconnection syndrome.

    Marchcelo Berthier;Sergio Starkstein;Ramon Leiguarda

  • Selective hypometabolism in the inferior frontal lobe in depressed patients with Parkinson's disease.

    Helen S. Mayberg;Sergio E. Starkstein;Bernard Sadzot;Thomas Preziosi

  • Apathy following cerebrovascular lesions.

    S E Starkstein;J P Fedoroff;T R Price;R Leiguarda

  • Nortriptyline versus fluoxetine in the treatment of depression and in short-term recovery after stroke : A placebo-controlled, double-blind study

    R G Robinson;S K Schultz;C Castillo;T Kopel

  • A prospective longitudinal study of depression, cognitive decline, and physical impairments in patients with Parkinson's disease.

    Sergio E. Starkstein;Helen S. Mayberg;Ramón Leiguarda;Thomas J. Preziosi

  • Syndromic Validity of Apathy in Alzheimer’s Disease

    Sergio E. Starkstein;Gustavo Petracca;Erán Chemerinski;Janus Kremer

  • Affective disorders and cerebral vascular disease.

    Sergio E. Starkstein;Robert G. Robinson

  • The nosological position of apathy in clinical practice

    Sergio E Starkstein;Albert F.G. Leentjens

  • Mortality and poststroke depression: a placebo-controlled trial of antidepressants.

    Ricardo E. Jorge;Robert G. Robinson;Stephan Arndt;Sergio Starkstein

  • Pathological laughing and crying following stroke: validation of a measurement scale and a double-blind treatment study.

    Robert G. Robinson;Rajesh M. Parikh;John R Lipsey;Sergio E. Starkstein

  • Depression in patients with acute traumatic brain injury.

    J P Fedoroff;S E Starkstein;A W Forrester;F H Geisler

  • Prevalence and correlates of dysthymia and major depression among patients with Alzheimer's disease.

    R Migliorelli;A Tesón;L Sabe;M Petracchi

  • A prospective longitudinal study of apathy in Alzheimer's disease

    Sergio Starkstein;R. Jorge;R. Mizrahi;R.G. Robinson

  • Research Articles Depression Rating Scales in Parkinson's Disease: Critique and Recommendations

    Anette Schrag;Paolo Barone;Richard G. Brown;William M. McDonald

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert G. Robinson
Robert G. Robinson University of Iowa
Marcelo L. Berthier
Marcelo L. Berthier University of Malaga
Timothy M. E. Davis
Timothy M. E. Davis University of Western Australia
Albert F.G. Leentjens
Albert F.G. Leentjens Maastricht University
Kathy Dujardin
Kathy Dujardin University of Lille
Pablo Martinez-Martin
Pablo Martinez-Martin Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Thomas R. Price
Thomas R. Price University of Maryland, Baltimore
Laura Marsh
Laura Marsh Baylor College of Medicine
Daniel Weintraub
Daniel Weintraub University of Pennsylvania
Stephan Arndt
Stephan Arndt University of Iowa

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