Recent publications on Aging & Brain Health

Naumann RB, Dellinger AM, Anderson ML, Bonomi AE, Rivara FP, Thompson RS. Preferred modes of travel among older adults: what factors affect the choice to walk instead of drive? J Safety Res. 2009;40(5):395-8. Epub 2009 Sep 19. PubMed

Longstreth WT, Sonnen JA, Koepsell TD, Kukull WA, Larson EB, Montine TJ. Associations between micro-infarcts and macroscopic vascular findings on neuropathologic examination in 2 databases. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2009;23(3):291-4. PubMed

Vitiello MV, Rybarczyk BD, Von Korff M, Stepanski EJ. Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia improves sleep and decreases pain in older adults with co-morbid insomnia and osteoarthritis. J Clin Sleep Med. 2009;5(4):355-62. PubMed

Sonnen JA, Larson EB, Haneuse S, Woltjer R, Li G, Crane PK, Craft S, Montine TJ. Neuropathology in the Adult Changes in Thought Study: a review. J Alzheimers Dis. 2009;18(3):703-11. Epub 2009 Aug 3. PubMed

Larson EB. Population-based neuropathology: the best of times.  J Alzheimers Dis 2009;18:643-44. Epub July 20 2009. PubMed

Khachaturian ZS, Cami J, Andrieu S, Avila J, Boada Rovira M, Breteler M, Froelich L, Gauthier S, Gomez-Isla T, Khachaturian AS, Kuller LH, Larson EB, Lopez OL, Martinez-Lage JM, Petersen RC, Schellenberg GD, Sunyer J, Vellas B, Bain LJ. Creating a transatlantic research enterprise for preventing Alzheimer's disease.  Alzheimers Dement. 2009;5(4):361-6. PubMed

Haneuse S, Larson E, Walker R, Montine T, Sonnen J. Neuropathology-based risk scoring for dementia diagnosis in the elderly.  J Alzheimers Dis. 2009;17(4):875-85. Epub 2009 Jun 19. PubMed

Tsuang D, Larson EB, Li G, Shofer JB, Montine KS, Thompson ML, Sonnen JA, Crane PK, Leverenz JB, Montine TJ. Association between lifetime cigarette smoking and Lewy body accumulation. Brain Pathol. 2010 Mar;20(2):412-8. Epub 2009 Jun 15. PubMed

Hughes TF, Borenstein AR, Schofield E, Wu Y, Larson EB. Association between late-life body mass index and dementia: the Kame Project. Neurology. 2009;72(20):1741-6. PubMed

O'Hare AM, Kaufman JS, Covinsky KE, Landefeld CS, McFarland LV, Larson EB. Current guidelines for using angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin II-receptor antagonists in chronic kidney disease: is the evidence base relevant to older adults?  Ann Intern Med. 2009;150(10):717-24. PubMed

Wang LY, Leverenze JB, Larson EB, Vavrek DA, Kukull WA, McCormick W, Bowen JD, Teri L, Montine T, Tsuang DW. Cognitive impairment in older adults without dementia: clinical and pathologic outcomes in a community-based sample.  J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 2009;22(4):256-65. Epub 2009 May 11. PubMed

Breitner JC, Haneuse SJ, Walker R, Dublin S, Crane PK, Gray SL, Larson EB. Risk of dementia and AD with prior exposure to NSAIDs in an elderly community-based cohort.  Neurology. 2009;72(22):1899-905. Epub 2009 Apr 22. PubMed

Zabetian CP, Yamamoto M, Lopez A, Ujike H, Mata IF, Izumi Y, Kaji R, Maruyama H, Morino H, Oda M, Hutter CM, Edwards K, Schellenberg GD, Tsuang D, Yearout D, Larson EB, Kawakami H. LRRK2 mutations and risk variants in Japanese patients with Parkinson’s disease. Mov Disord. 2009;24(7):1034-1041. PubMed

Tsuang D, Larson EB, Bolen E, Thompson ML, Peskind E, Bowen J, McCormick W, Teri L, Kukull W, Vavrek D, Montine T, Leverenz JB. Visual hallucinations in dementia: a prospective community-based study with autopsy.  Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2009;17(4):317-23. PubMed

Walston JD, Matteini AM, Nievergelt C, Lange LA, Fallin DM, Barzilai N, Ziv E, Pawlikowska L, Kwok P, Cummings SR, Kooperberg C, Lacroix A, Tracy RP, Atzmon G, Lange EM, Reiner AP. Inflammation and stress-related candidate genes, plasma interleukin-6 levels, and longevity in older adults.  Exp Gerontol. 2009;44(5):350-5. Epub 2009 Feb 26. PubMed

Sonnen JA, Larson EB, Gray SL, Wilson A, Kohama SG, Crane PK, Breitner JC, Montine TJ. Free radical damage to cerebral cortex in Alzheimer's disease, microvascular brain injury, and smoking.  Ann Neurol. 2009;65(2):226-9. PubMed

Larson EB. Evidence, guidelines, performance incentives, complexity, and old people: a clinician's dilemma.  J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009;57(2):353-4. PubMed

Sonnen JA, Larson EB, Brickell K, Crane PK, Woltjer R, Montine TJ, Craft S. Different patterns of cerebral injury in dementia with or without diabetes.  Arch Neurol. 2009;66(3):315-22. Epub 2009 Jan 12. PubMed

Muus KJ, Baker-Demaray T, McDonald LR, Ludtke RL, Allery AJ, Bogart TA, Goldberg J, Ramsey SD, Buchwald DS. Body mass index and cancer screening in older American Indian and Alaska Native Men. J Rural Health. 2009;25(1):104-8. PubMed

Gibbons LE, McCurry S, Rhoads K, Masaki K, White L, Borenstein AR, Larson EB, Crane PK. Japanese-English language equivalence of the Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument among Japanese-Americans. Int Psychogeriatr. 2009 Feb;21(1):129-37. Epub 2008 Oct 24. PubMed