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172
Citations
126210
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804
National Ranking
485

Neuroscience

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173
Citations
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64
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Overview

Yaakov Stern is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields, primarily focused on medicine and neuroscience. The main fields of study include Medicine with 294 publications and Neuroscience with 170 publications. Subfields of interest encompass Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Physiology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, as well as Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

Stern's research topics cover a range of critical areas related to brain health and cognitive function. The main topics include Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, and Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments. Further topics studied include Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, Health Disparities and Outcomes, Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging, and Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications.

The most frequent journals and venues where Stern's work appears are:

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Alzheimer s Disease
  • Neurobiology of Aging
  • Nature Communications

Some of the recent published papers include:

  • Clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: recommendations of the International Working Group (2021, The Lancet Neurology)
  • Spread of pathological tau proteins through communicating neurons in human Alzheimer's disease (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Plasma p-tau181, p-tau217, and other blood-based Alzheimer's disease biomarkers in a multi-ethnic, community study (2021, Alzheimer s & Dementia)
  • Functional brain architecture is associated with the rate of tau accumulation in Alzheimer's disease (2020, Nature Communications)
  • In vivo staging of regional amyloid deposition (2022, Columbia Academic Commons - Columbia University)

Frequent collaborators in Stern's work include Christian Habeck, Seonjoo Lee, Yian Gu, John C. Morris, and Stephanie Cosentino. These co-authors have contributed to numerous joint publications, reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Toward defining the preclinical stages of Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease

    Reisa A. Sperling;Paul S. Aisen;Laurel A. Beckett;David A. Bennett

  • Research criteria for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: revising the NINCDS–ADRDA criteria

    Bruno Dubois;Howard H. Feldman;Claudia Jacova;Steven T. DeKosky

  • What is cognitive reserve? Theory and research application of the reserve concept.

    Yaakov Stern

  • Cognitive reserve in ageing and Alzheimer's disease

    Yaakov Stern

  • Advancing research diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer's disease: the IWG-2 criteria

    Bruno Dubois;Bruno Dubois;Howard H Feldman;Claudia Jacova;Harald Hampel;Harald Hampel

  • Revising the definition of Alzheimer's disease: a new lexicon.

    Bruno Dubois;Howard H. Feldman;Howard H. Feldman;Howard H. Feldman;Claudia Jacova;Jeffrey L. Cummings

  • EFFECT OF OESTROGEN DURING MENOPAUSE ON RISK AND AGE AT ONSET OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

    Ming-Xin Tang;Diane Jacobs;Yaakov Stern;Karen Marder

  • Influence of Education and Occupation on the Incidence of Alzheimer's Disease

    Yaakov Stern;Barry J. Gurland;Thomas K. Tatemichi;Mingxin Tang

  • Whitepaper: Defining and investigating cognitive reserve, brain reserve, and brain maintenance

    Yaakov Stern;Eider M. Arenaza-Urquijo;David Bartrés-Faz;Sylvie Belleville

  • Mediterranean diet and risk for Alzheimer's disease.

    Nikolaos Scarmeas;Yaakov Stern;Mingxin Tang;Richard Paul Mayeux

  • Physical Activity, Diet, and Risk of Alzheimer Disease

    Nikolaos Scarmeas;Jose A. Luchsinger;Nicole Schupf;Adam M. Brickman

  • Cognitive reserve and Alzheimer disease.

    Yaakov Stern

  • Cognitive impairment after stroke: frequency, patterns, and relationship to functional abilities.

    T K Tatemichi;D W Desmond;Y Stern;M Paik

  • Epidemiology of Alzheimer Disease

    Richard Paul Mayeux;Yaakov Stern

  • Cognitive Reserve and Lifestyle

    Nikolaos Scarmeas;Yaakov Stern

  • Influence of leisure activity on the incidence of Alzheimer's disease.

    Nikolaos Scarmeas;Gilberto Levy;Mingxin Tang;Jennifer J. Manly

  • Efficiency, capacity, compensation, maintenance, plasticity: emerging concepts in cognitive reserve

    Daniel James Barulli;Yaakov Stern

  • Diabetes Mellitus and Risk of Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia with Stroke in a Multiethnic Cohort

    Jose A. Luchsinger;Ming-Xin Tang;Yaakov Stern;Steven Shea

  • The Apoe-Epsilon4 Allele and the Risk of Alzheimer Disease among African Americans, Whites, and Hispanics

    Mingxin Tang;Yaakov Stern;Karen Marder;Karen L. Bell

  • Clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: recommendations of the International Working Group.

    Bruno Dubois;Nicolas Villain;Giovanni B. Frisoni;Gil D. Rabinovici

  • Cognitive Reserve: Implications for Assessment and Intervention

    Yaakov Stern

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Mayeux
Richard Mayeux Columbia University
Nikolaos Scarmeas
Nikolaos Scarmeas National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Christian G. Habeck
Christian G. Habeck Columbia University
Karen Marder
Karen Marder Columbia University
Mary Sano
Mary Sano Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Jennifer J. Manly
Jennifer J. Manly Columbia University
Nicole Schupf
Nicole Schupf Columbia University
Adam M. Brickman
Adam M. Brickman Columbia University
Marilyn S. Albert
Marilyn S. Albert Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Ming-Xin Tang
Ming-Xin Tang Columbia University

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