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Shannon L. Risacher

Shannon L. Risacher

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Neuroscience

D-Index
67
Citations
18520
World Ranking
2862
National Ranking
1328

Overview

Shannon L. Risacher is affiliated with Indiana University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with a considerable number of publications related to Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging; Physiology; Psychiatry and Mental Health; Molecular Biology; and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The main topics covered by Risacher include:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications

Recent published papers by Risacher include:

  • Bundle analytics, a computational framework for investigating the shapes and profiles of brain pathways across populations, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Serum triglycerides in Alzheimer disease, 2020, Neurology
  • Deep learning detection of informative features in tau PET for Alzheimer's disease classification, 2020, BMC Bioinformatics
  • Detecting genetic associations with brain imaging phenotypes in Alzheimer's disease via a novel structured SCCA approach, 2020, Medical Image Analysis
  • Deep Fusion of Brain Structure-Function in Mild Cognitive Impairment, 2021, Medical Image Analysis

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Risacher include:

  • Andrew J. Saykin
  • Liana G. Apostolova
  • Kwangsik Nho
  • Sujuan Gao
  • Yu-Chien Wu

Their contributions have been regularly published in key venues such as:

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia Diagnosis Assessment & Disease Monitoring
  • Proceedings of IMPRS
  • Journal of Alzheimer s Disease

Best Publications

  • Common genetic variants influence human subcortical brain structures.

    Derrek P. Hibar;Jason L. Stein;Jason L. Stein;Miguel E. Renteria;Alejandro Arias-Vasquez

  • The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex

    Katrina L. Grasby;Neda Jahanshad;Jodie N. Painter;Lucía Colodro-Conde

  • The ENIGMA Consortium: large-scale collaborative analyses of neuroimaging and genetic data

    Paul M. Thompson;Jason L. Stein;Sarah E. Medland;Derrek P. Hibar

  • Identification of common variants associated with human hippocampal and intracranial volumes

    Jason L Stein;Sarah E Medland;Sarah E Medland;Alejandro Arias Vasquez;Alejandro Arias Vasquez;Derrek P Hibar

  • Altered bile acid profile associates with cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease-An emerging role for gut microbiome.

    Siamak MahmoudianDehkordi;Matthias Arnold;Kwangsik Nho;Shahzad Ahmad

  • Baseline MRI predictors of conversion from MCI to probable AD in the ADNI cohort.

    Shannon L. Risacher;Andrew J. Saykin;John D. Wes;Li Shen

  • Subjective Cognitive Decline in Older Adults: An Overview of Self-Report Measures Used Across 19 International Research Studies

    Laura A. Rabin;Laura A. Rabin;Laura A. Rabin;Colette M. Smart;Paul K. Crane;Rebecca E. Amariglio

  • Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative biomarkers as quantitative phenotypes: Genetics core aims, progress, and plans.

    Andrew J. Saykin;Li Shen;Tatiana M. Foroud;Steven G. Potkin

  • Metabolic network failures in Alzheimer's disease: A biochemical road map

    Jon B. Toledo;Jon B. Toledo;Matthias Arnold;Gabi Kastenmüller;Rui Chang

  • Whole genome association study of brain-wide imaging phenotypes for identifying quantitative trait loci in MCI and AD: A study of the ADNI cohort

    Li Shen;Sungeun Kim;Shannon L. Risacher;Kwangsik Nho

  • Novel genetic loci associated with hippocampal volume

    Derrek Hibar;Hieab H.H. Adams;Neda Jahanshad;Ganesh Chauhan

  • Longitudinal MRI atrophy biomarkers: Relationship to conversion in the ADNI cohort

    Shannon L. Risacher;Li Shen;John D. West;Sungeun Kim

  • Genetic architecture of subcortical brain structures in 38,851 individuals

    Claudia L. Satizabal;Claudia L. Satizabal;Claudia L. Satizabal;Hieab H.H. Adams;Derrek Hibar;Charles C. White;Charles C. White

  • Novel genetic loci underlying human intracranial volume identified through genome-wide association

    Hieab H H Adams;Derrek P. Hibar;Vincent Chouraki;Vincent Chouraki;Vincent Chouraki;Jason L. Stein;Jason L. Stein

  • Genome-wide association study of CSF biomarkers Aβ1-42, t-tau, and p-tau181p in the ADNI cohort

    S. Kim;S. Kim;S. Swaminathan;Li Shen;Li Shen;S. L. Risacher

  • APOE and BCHE as modulators of cerebral amyloid deposition: a florbetapir PET genome-wide association study.

    Vijay K. Ramanan;Shannon L. Risacher;Kwangsik Nho;Sungeun Kim

  • Association of Altered Liver Enzymes With Alzheimer Disease Diagnosis, Cognition, Neuroimaging Measures, and Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers.

    Kwangsik Nho;Alexandra Kueider-Paisley;Shahzad Ahmad;Siamak MahmoudianDehkordi

  • Altered default mode network connectivity in older adults with cognitive complaints and amnestic mild cognitive impairment.

    Yang Wang;Shannon L Risacher;John D West;Brenna C McDonald

  • Genetic Analysis of Quantitative Phenotypes in AD and MCI: Imaging, Cognition and Biomarkers

    Li Shen;Paul M. Thompson;Steven G. Potkin;Lars Bertram

  • Multi-modal Neuroimaging Feature Selection with Consistent Metric Constraint for Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease

    Xiaoke Hao;Yongjin Bao;Yingchun Guo;Ming Yu

  • Association Between Anticholinergic Medication Use and Cognition, Brain Metabolism, and Brain Atrophy in Cognitively Normal Older Adults

    Shannon Leigh Risacher;Brenna C. McDonald;Eileen F. Tallman;John D. West

  • Genetic studies of quantitative MCI and AD phenotypes in ADNI: Progress, opportunities, and plans

    Andrew J. Saykin;Li Shen;Xiaohui Yao;Sungeun Kim

Frequent Co-Authors

Kwangsik Nho
Kwangsik Nho Indiana University
Liana G. Apostolova
Liana G. Apostolova Indiana University
Tatiana Foroud
Tatiana Foroud Indiana University
Martin R. Farlow
Martin R. Farlow Indiana University
Michael W. Weiner
Michael W. Weiner University of California, San Francisco
John Q. Trojanowski
John Q. Trojanowski University of Pennsylvania
Clifford R. Jack
Clifford R. Jack Mayo Clinic
Arthur W. Toga
Arthur W. Toga University of Southern California
William J. Jagust
William J. Jagust University of California, Berkeley
Paul M. Thompson
Paul M. Thompson University of Southern California

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