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Overview

Sue Leurgans is affiliated with Rush University Medical Center in the United States and has an extensive body of research primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work emphasizes areas including Psychiatry and Mental Health, Physiology, Neurology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and general Health studies.

Their research contributions span multiple key topics such as:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments
  • Health Disparities and Outcomes
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Diet and Metabolism Studies
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

Leurgans has published frequently in a range of academic venues, notably:

  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
  • Neurobiology of Aging
  • Neurology
  • PLoS ONE

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Dietary flavonols and risk of Alzheimer dementia," 2020, Neurology
  • "Association of Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay and Mediterranean Diets With Alzheimer Disease Pathology," 2023, Neurology
  • "Apolipoprotein E potently inhibits ferroptosis by blocking ferritinophagy," 2022, Molecular Psychiatry
  • "Arachnoid granulations are lymphatic conduits that communicate with bone marrow and dura-arachnoid stroma," 2022, The Journal of Experimental Medicine
  • "MIND Diet, Common Brain Pathologies, and Cognition in Community-Dwelling Older Adults," 2021, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • David A. Bennett
  • Julie A. Schneider
  • Lisa L. Barnes
  • Konstantinos Arfanakis
  • Melissa Lamar

Best Publications

  • Movement Disorder Society-sponsored revision of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS): scale presentation and clinimetric testing results.

    Christopher G. Goetz;Barbara C. Tilley;Stephanie R. Shaftman;Glenn T. Stebbins

  • Movement Disorder Society-sponsored revision of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS): Process, format, and clinimetric testing plan.

    Christopher G. Goetz;Stanley Fahn;Pablo Martinez-Martin;Werner Poewe

  • The neuropathology of probable Alzheimer disease and mild cognitive impairment.

    Julie A. Schneider;Zoe Arvanitakis;Sue E. Leurgans;David A. Bennett

  • Cox-Type Regression Analysis for Large Numbers of Small Groups of Correlated Failure Time Observations

    Eric W. Lee;L. J. Wei;David A. Amato;Sue Leurgans

  • The role of dynamic three-dimensional trunk motion in occupationally-related low back disorders. The effects of workplace factors, trunk position, and trunk motion characteristics on risk of injury.

    W S Marras;S A Lavender;S E Leurgans;S L Rajulu

  • Three-dimensional locations and boundaries of motor and premotor cortices as defined by functional brain imaging: a meta-analysis.

    Mary A. Mayka;Daniel M. Corcos;Sue E. Leurgans;David E. Vaillancourt

  • Biomechanical risk factors for occupationally related low back disorders

    Marras Ws;Lavender Sa;Leurgans Se;Fathallah Fa

  • A multicenter retrieval study of the taper interfaces of modular hip prostheses.

    Jay R. Goldberg;Jeremy L. Gilbert;Joshua J. Jacobs;Thomas W. Bauer

  • White matter changes in mild cognitive impairment and AD: A diffusion tensor imaging study.

    David Medina;Leyla deToledo-Morrell;Fabio Urresta;John D.E. Gabrieli;John D.E. Gabrieli

  • Physical frailty is associated with incident mild cognitive impairment in community-based older persons.

    Patricia A. Boyle;Aron S. Buchman;Robert S. Wilson;Sue E. Leurgans

  • A Comparison of Osteopathic Spinal Manipulation with Standard Care for Patients with Low Back Pain

    Gunnar B.J. Andersson;Tracy Lucente;Andrew M. Davis;Robert E. Kappler

  • Calcium channel blockers versus other antihypertensive therapies on progression of NIDDM associated nephropathy

    G L Bakris;J B Copley;N Vicknair;R Sadler

  • Relation of cerebral vessel disease to Alzheimer's disease dementia and cognitive function in elderly people: a cross-sectional study

    Zoe Arvanitakis;Ana W Capuano;Sue E Leurgans;David A Bennett

  • Association of Traumatic Brain Injury With Late-Life Neurodegenerative Conditions and Neuropathologic Findings

    Paul K. Crane;Laura E. Gibbons;Kristen Dams-O’Connor;Emily Trittschuh

  • Association of muscle strength with the risk of Alzheimer disease and the rate of cognitive decline in community-dwelling older persons.

    Patricia A. Boyle;Aron S. Buchman;Robert S. Wilson;Sue E. Leurgans

  • Canonical correlation analysis when the data are curves.

    SE Leurgans;RA Moyeed;BW Silverman

  • Person-specific contribution of neuropathologies to cognitive loss in old age

    Patricia A. Boyle;Lei Yu;Robert S. Wilson;Sue E. Leurgans

  • Contribution of Alzheimer disease to mortality in the United States

    Bryan D. James;Sue E. Leurgans;Liesi E. Hebert;Paul A. Scherr

  • Gait Pattern in the Early Recovery Period after Stroke

    Inès A. Kramers De Quervain;Sheldon R. Simon;Sue Leurgans;William S. Pease

  • Microinfarct Pathology, Dementia, and Cognitive Systems

    Zoe Arvanitakis;Sue E. Leurgans;Lisa L. Barnes;David A. Bennett

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Bennett
David A. Bennett Rush University Medical Center
Julie A. Schneider
Julie A. Schneider Rush University Medical Center
Aron S. Buchman
Aron S. Buchman Rush University Medical Center
Robert S. Wilson
Robert S. Wilson Rush University Medical Center
Patricia A. Boyle
Patricia A. Boyle Rush University Medical Center
Christopher G. Goetz
Christopher G. Goetz Rush University Medical Center
Lei Yu
Lei Yu Rush University Medical Center
Konstantinos Arfanakis
Konstantinos Arfanakis Illinois Institute of Technology
Lisa L. Barnes
Lisa L. Barnes Rush University Medical Center
Debra A. Fleischman
Debra A. Fleischman Rush University Medical Center

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