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Steven J. Frucht is affiliated with New York University in the United States and has contributed extensively to neurological research with a focus on Parkinson's disease and related disorders. Their scholarly work spans multiple disciplines, primarily within Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The main subfields of their research include Neurology, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology, and Rheumatology.

Their research topics cover a wide range of neurological issues, including:

  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Parkinson's Disease mechanisms and treatments
  • Botulinum toxin and related neurological disorders
  • Genetic neurodegenerative diseases
  • RNA regulation and disease
  • Glycogen storage diseases and myoclonus
  • Autoimmune neurological disorders and treatments

Steven J. Frucht has published in several frequent venues, highlighting notable contributions especially in the fields of neurology and movement disorders. These venues include:

  • Neurology
  • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
  • Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Movement Disorders Clinical Practice

Their recent papers demonstrate active involvement in Parkinson's disease research and movement disorder studies. Notable recent publications include:

  • "17q21.31 sub-haplotypes underlying H1-associated risk for Parkinson's disease are associated with LRRC37A/2 expression in astrocytes," 2022, Molecular Neurodegeneration
  • "Dysregulation of mitochondrial and proteolysosomal genes in Parkinson's disease myeloid cells," 2021, Nature Aging
  • "Transcriptome deregulation of peripheral monocytes and whole blood in GBA-related Parkinson's disease," 2022, Molecular Neurodegeneration
  • "Tolerability and Efficacy of Customized IncobotulinumtoxinA Injections for Essential Tremor: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study," 2020, Toxins
  • "Alcohol-Responsive Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders-a Mechanistic Hypothesis," 2020, Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements

Collaboration is an important aspect of their work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Giulietta Riboldi
  • John F. Crary
  • Towfique Raj
  • Kurt Farrell
  • Ruth H. Walker

Steven J. Frucht's publication record reflects a sustained focus on the molecular and clinical aspects of neurological disorders, contributing research that intersects genetics, molecular neuroscience, and clinical neurology.

Best Publications

  • Falling asleep at the wheel: motor vehicle mishaps in persons taking pramipexole and ropinirole.

    S. Frucht;J.D. Rogers;P.E. Greene;M.F. Gordon

  • FDG PET in the differential diagnosis of parkinsonian disorders

    Thomas Eckert;Anna Barnes;Vijay Dhawan;Vijay Dhawan;Vijay Dhawan;Steve Frucht

  • Differential diagnosis of parkinsonism: a metabolic imaging study using pattern analysis

    Chris C Tang;Kathleen L Poston;Kathleen L Poston;Kathleen L Poston;Thomas Eckert;Thomas Eckert;Andrew Feigin

  • Exome Sequencing Reveals De Novo WDR45 Mutations Causing a Phenotypically Distinct, X-Linked Dominant Form of NBIA

    Tobias B. Haack;Penelope Hogarth;Michael C. Kruer;Allison Gregory

  • Mutations in the Gene PRRT2 Cause Paroxysmal Kinesigenic Dyskinesia with Infantile Convulsions

    Hsien Yang Lee;Yong Huang;Yong Huang;Nadine Bruneau;Patrice Roll

  • Cognitive performance of GBA mutation carriers with early-onset PD The CORE-PD study

    R. N. Alcalay;E. Caccappolo;H. Mejia-Santana;M. X. Tang

  • Mutations in the glucocerebrosidase gene are associated with early-onset Parkinson disease.

    L. N. Clark;B. M. Ross;Y. Wang;H. Mejia-Santana

  • An international consensus study of neuroleptic malignant syndrome diagnostic criteria using the Delphi method.

    Ronald J. Gurrera;Stanley N. Caroff;Stanley N. Caroff;Abigail Cohen;Brendan T. Carroll;Brendan T. Carroll

  • Beta-propeller protein-associated neurodegeneration: a new X-linked dominant disorder with brain iron accumulation

    Susan J. Hayflick;Michael C. Kruer;Allison Gregory;Tobias B. Haack

  • Risk of tremor and impairment from tremor in relatives of patients with essential tremor: a community-based family study.

    Elan D. Louis;Blair Ford;Steven Frucht;Livia F. Barnes

  • Abnormal metabolic networks in atypical parkinsonism.

    Thomas Eckert;Thomas Eckert;Chengke Tang;Yilong Ma;Yilong Ma;Nathaniel Brown

  • The natural history of embouchure dystonia.

    Steven J. Frucht;Stanley Fahn;Paul E. Greene;Christopher O'Brien

  • Genome-Wide association study identifies candidate genes for Parkinson's disease in an Ashkenazi Jewish population

    Xinmin Liu;Rong Cheng;Miguel Verbitsky;Sergey Kisselev

  • The Unified Myoclonus Rating Scale.

    Steven J Frucht;Sue E Leurgans;Mark Hallett;Stanley Fahn

  • Frequency of LRRK2 mutations in early- and late-onset Parkinson disease

    L. N. Clark;Y. Wang;E. Karlins;L. Saito

  • Frequency of Known Mutations in Early-Onset Parkinson Disease: Implication for Genetic Counseling: The Consortium on Risk for Early Onset Parkinson Disease Study

    Roy N. Alcalay;Elise Caccappolo;Helen Mejia-Santana;Ming Xin Tang

  • Erythropoietin-associated hypertensive posterior leukoencephalopathy

    Norman Delanty;Carl Vaughan;Steven Frucht;Patrick Stubgen

  • The natural history and treatment of acquired hemidystonia: report of 33 cases and review of the literature.

    C Chuang;S Fahn;S J Frucht

  • Subthalamic stimulation for Parkinson disease: determination of electrode location necessary for clinical efficacy.

    Shearwood McClelland;Blair Ford;Patrick B. Senatus;Linda M. Winfield

  • Essential tremor associated with pathologic changes in the cerebellum

    Elan D. Louis;Jean Paul Vonsattel;Lawrence S. Honig;Arlene Lawton

  • Familial aggregation of early- and late-onset Parkinson's disease.

    Karen Marder;Gilberto Levy;Elan D. Louis;Helen Mejia-Santana

  • A pilot tolerability and efficacy study of levetiracetam in patients with chronic myoclonus

    Steven J. Frucht;Elan D. Louis;Cathy Chuang;Stanley Fahn

Frequent Co-Authors

Elan D. Louis
Elan D. Louis The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Karen Marder
Karen Marder Columbia University
David Eidelberg
David Eidelberg Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
William K. Scott
William K. Scott University of Miami
Laura Marsh
Laura Marsh Baylor College of Medicine
Kristina Simonyan
Kristina Simonyan Harvard University
Caroline M. Tanner
Caroline M. Tanner University of California, San Francisco
Laurie J. Ozelius
Laurie J. Ozelius Harvard University
Towfique Raj
Towfique Raj Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Robert R. Goodman
Robert R. Goodman Columbia University

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