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Overview

Young T. Hong is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research spans a range of topics within medicine and neuroscience, particularly focusing on neurodegenerative diseases and neuroinflammation.

Their work addresses main fields such as Medicine and Neuroscience, with extensive research in the following subfields:

  • Neurology
  • Physiology
  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

Themes central to their research include:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Down syndrome and intellectual disability research
  • Epilepsy research and treatment

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Young T. Hong include:

  • Tim D. Fryer
  • Franklin I. Aigbirhio
  • John T. O'Brien
  • James B. Rowe
  • Maura Malpetti

Young T. Hong has contributed articles in various academic venues, with notable frequent publication sources as:

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Brain
  • Neurobiology of Aging
  • Movement Disorders

Representative recent papers include:

  • "Microglial activation and tau burden predict cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease," published in 2020 in Brain
  • "Microglial activation and blood-brain barrier permeability in cerebral small vessel disease," published in 2021 in Brain
  • "Neuroinflammation and protein aggregation co-localize across the frontotemporal dementia spectrum," published in 2020 in Brain
  • "Over-activation of primate subgenual cingulate cortex enhances the cardiovascular, behavioral and neural responses to threat," published in 2020 in Nature Communications
  • "Synaptic Loss in Primary Tauopathies Revealed by [ 11 C ] UCB-J Positron Emission Tomography," published in 2020 in Movement Disorders

Best Publications

  • Nucleus accumbens D2/3 receptors predict trait impulsivity and cocaine reinforcement.

    Jeffrey W. Dalley;Tim D. Fryer;Laurent Brichard;Emma S. J. Robinson

  • What the left and right anterior fusiform gyri tell us about semantic memory

    Marco Mion;Karalyn Patterson;Julio Acosta-Cabronero;George Pengas

  • Dopamine Release in Dissociable Striatal Subregions Predicts the Different Effects of Oral Methylphenidate on Reversal Learning and Spatial Working Memory

    Philip L Clatworthy;Simon J G Lewis;Laurent Brichard;Young T Hong

  • 18F-AV-1451 positron emission tomography in Alzheimer's disease and progressive supranuclear palsy.

    Luca Passamonti;Patricia Vázquez Rodríguez;Young T Hong;Kieren S J Allinson

  • The pattern of amyloid accumulation in the brains of adults with Down syndrome

    Tiina Annus;Liam R. Wilson;Young T. Hong;Julio Acosta–Cabronero

  • Microglial activation and tau burden predict cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease.

    Maura Malpetti;Rogier A Kievit;Luca Passamonti;Luca Passamonti;P Simon Jones

  • Amyloid Imaging With Carbon 11–Labeled Pittsburgh Compound B for Traumatic Brain Injury

    Young T. Hong;Tonny Veenith;Deborah Dewar;Joanne G. Outtrim

  • Pathophysiologic Mechanisms of Cerebral Ischemia and Diffusion Hypoxia in Traumatic Brain Injury

    Tonny V. Veenith;Tonny V. Veenith;Eleanor L. Carter;Thomas Geeraerts;Julia Grossac

  • Microglial activation and blood-brain barrier permeability in cerebral small vessel disease.

    Jessica Walsh;Dan J Tozer;Hasan Sari;Young T Hong

  • A positron emission tomography study of nigro-striatal dopaminergic mechanisms underlying attention: implications for ADHD and its treatment

    Natalia del Campo;Tim D. Fryer;Young T. Hong;Rob Smith

  • Early microglial activation and peripheral inflammation in dementia with Lewy bodies.

    Ajenthan Surendranathan;Li Su;Li Su;Elijah Mak;Luca Passamonti

  • Brain-predicted age in Down syndrome is associated with beta amyloid deposition and cognitive decline.

    James H Cole;Tiina Annus;Liam R Wilson;Ridhaa Remtulla

  • Fractionating Blunted Reward Processing Characteristic of Anhedonia by Over-Activating Primate Subgenual Anterior Cingulate Cortex.

    Laith Alexander;Philip L.R. Gaskin;Stephen J. Sawiak;Tim D. Fryer

  • [11C]PK11195 binding in Alzheimer disease and progressive supranuclear palsy

    Luca Passamonti;Patricia Vázquez Rodríguez;Young T. Hong;Kieren S.J. Allinson

  • White Matter Perivascular Spaces on Magnetic Resonance Imaging Marker of Cerebrovascular Amyloid Burden

    Andreas Charidimou;Young T. Hong;Hans R. Jäger;Zoe Fox

  • Neuroimaging of Inflammation in Memory and Related Other Disorders (NIMROD) study protocol: a deep phenotyping cohort study of the role of brain inflammation in dementia, depression and other neurological illnesses

    W Richard Bevan-Jones;Ajenthan Surendranathan;Luca Passamonti;Patricia Vázquez Rodríguez

  • Neuroinflammation and protein aggregation co-localize across the frontotemporal dementia spectrum.

    W Richard Bevan-Jones;Thomas E Cope;Thomas E Cope;P Simon Jones;Sanne S Kaalund

  • [18F]AV-1451 binding in vivo mirrors the expected distribution of TDP-43 pathology in the semantic variant of primary progressive aphasia.

    W R Bevan-Jones;Thomas E Cope;P Simon Jones;Luca Passamonti

  • Over-activation of primate subgenual cingulate cortex enhances the cardiovascular, behavioral and neural responses to threat.

    Laith Alexander;Laith Alexander;Christian M. Wood;Philip L. R. Gaskin;Stephen J. Sawiak

  • Imaging of brain hypoxia in permanent and temporary middle cerebral artery occlusion in the rat using 18F-fluoromisonidazole and positron emission tomography: a pilot study.

    Masashi Takasawa;John S Beech;Tim D Fryer;Young T Hong

  • Using positron emission tomography and Carbon 11-labeled Pittsburgh Compound B to image Brain Fibrillar β-amyloid in adults with down syndrome: safety, acceptability, and feasibility.

    Jennifer Landt;J. Carlos D'Abrera;Anthony J. Holland;Franklin I. Aigbirhio

Frequent Co-Authors

Tim D. Fryer
Tim D. Fryer University of Cambridge
Franklin I. Aigbirhio
Franklin I. Aigbirhio University of Cambridge
James B. Rowe
James B. Rowe University of Cambridge
John T. O'Brien
John T. O'Brien University of Cambridge
Luca Passamonti
Luca Passamonti University of Cambridge
Jean-Claude Baron
Jean-Claude Baron University of Cambridge
Anthony J. Holland
Anthony J. Holland University of Cambridge
Peter J. Nestor
Peter J. Nestor University of Queensland
Guy B. Williams
Guy B. Williams University of Cambridge
Karalyn Patterson
Karalyn Patterson MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit

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