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  • 1997 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Walter A. Kukull is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions to psychiatry and mental health, physiology, neurology, genetics, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging. These fields underpin much of their work in neurodegenerative diseases and cognitive impairment.

The main topics of Walter A. Kukull's research include:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research

Walter A. Kukull has a substantial publication record in various venues. The most frequent outlets for their work include:

  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neurology
  • Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Walter A. Kukull are:

  • "Exceptionally low likelihood of Alzheimer's dementia in APOE2 homozygotes from a 5,000-person neuropathological study", 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Utility of the global CDR® plus NACC FTLD rating and development of scoring rules: Data from the ARTFL/LEFFTDS Consortium", 2020, Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • "Cognitive domain harmonization and cocalibration in studies of older adults.", 2022, Neuropsychology
  • "The Longitudinal Early-onset Alzheimer's Disease Study (LEADS): Framework and methodology", 2021, Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • "Amyloid and tau-PET in early-onset AD: Baseline data from the Longitudinal Early-onset Alzheimer's Disease Study (LEADS)", 2023, Alzheimer's & Dementia

Walter A. Kukull frequently collaborates with other researchers in their field. Their most common co-authors include:

  • Andrew J. Saykin
  • Timothy J. Hohman
  • Richard Mayeux
  • Paul K. Crane
  • Lisa L. Barnes

In recognition of their contributions to science, Walter A. Kukull was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1997.

Best Publications

  • Effects of Age, Sex, and Ethnicity on the Association Between Apolipoprotein E Genotype and Alzheimer Disease: A Meta-analysis

    Lindsay A. Farrer;L. Adrienne Cupples;Jonathan L. Haines;Bradley T Hyman

  • 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

  • Diagnosis and management of dementia with Lewy bodies Fourth consensus report of the DLB Consortium

    Ian G. McKeith;Bradley F. Boeve;Dennis W. DIckson;Glenda Halliday

  • Secreted amyloid beta-protein similar to that in the senile plaques of Alzheimer's disease is increased in vivo by the presenilin 1 and 2 and APP mutations linked to familial Alzheimer's disease.

    D. Scheuner;C. Eckman;C. Eckman;M. Jensen;X. Song

  • Correlation of Alzheimer Disease Neuropathologic Changes With Cognitive Status: A Review of the Literature

    Peter T Nelson;Irina Alafuzoff;Eileen H Bigio;Constantin Bouras

  • Common variants at MS4A4/MS4A6E, CD2AP, CD33 and EPHA1 are associated with late-onset Alzheimer's disease.

    Adam C. Naj;Gyungah Jun;Gary W. Beecham;Li-San Wang

  • Exercise is associated with reduced risk for incident dementia among persons 65 years of age and older

    E. B. Larson;L. Wang;J. D. Bowen;W. C. McCormick

  • Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

    Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

  • Primary age-related tauopathy (PART): a common pathology associated with human aging

    John F. Crary;John Q. Trojanowski;Julie A. Schneider;Jose F. Abisambra

  • Limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE): consensus working group report.

    Peter T. Nelson;Dennis W. Dickson;John Q. Trojanowski;Clifford R. Jack

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

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

  • Accuracy of the clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer disease at National Institute on Aging Alzheimer Disease Centers, 2005-2010.

    Thomas G. Beach;Sarah E. Monsell;Leslie E. Phillips;Walter Kukull

  • Exercise Plus Behavioral Management in Patients With Alzheimer Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Linda Teri;Laura E. Gibbons;Susan M. McCurry;Rebecca G. Logsdon

  • 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

  • The Uniform Data Set (UDS): clinical and cognitive variables and descriptive data from Alzheimer Disease Centers.

    John C. Morris;Sandra Weintraub;Helena C. Chui;Jeffrey Cummings

  • Dementia and Alzheimer disease incidence: a prospective cohort study.

    Walter A. Kukull;Roger Higdon;James D. Bowen;Wayne C. McCormick

  • The Alzheimer's Disease Centers' Uniform Data Set (UDS): the neuropsychologic test battery.

    Sandra Weintraub;David Salmon;Nathaniel Mercaldo;Steven Ferris

  • Contribution of cerebrovascular disease in autopsy confirmed neurodegenerative disease cases in the National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Centre

    Jon B. Toledo;Steven E. Arnold;Kevin Raible;Johannes Brettschneider

  • Neuropathology of nondemented aging: Presumptive evidence for preclinical Alzheimer disease

    Joseph L. Price;Daniel W. McKeel;Virginia D. Buckles;Catherine M. Roe

  • The Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease (CERAD). Part VI. Family history assessment: A multicenter study of first-degree relatives of Alzheimer's disease probands and nondemented spouse controls

    J. M. Silverman;K. Raiford;S. Edland;G. Fillenbaum

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric B. Larson
Eric B. Larson University of Washington
Gerard D. Schellenberg
Gerard D. Schellenberg University of Pennsylvania
Linda Teri
Linda Teri University of Washington
Tatiana Foroud
Tatiana Foroud Indiana University
Thomas J. Montine
Thomas J. Montine Stanford University
John Q. Trojanowski
John Q. Trojanowski University of Pennsylvania
David A. Bennett
David A. Bennett Rush University Medical Center
James D. Bowen
James D. Bowen University of Washington
Sandra Weintraub
Sandra Weintraub Northwestern University
Lindsay A. Farrer
Lindsay A. Farrer Boston University

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