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Ashford JW, Tatem SB. Michelangelo's Presentations in the Sistine Chapel: Brain Evolution and the Relationship of the Brain to Specific Cognitive Functions. Neuroscientist. 2024 Oct;30(5):520-524. doi: 10.1177/10738584221136091. Epub 2022 Nov 19. PubMed PMID: 36408533.
Liu W, Yu L, Deng Q, Li Y, Lu P, Yang J, Chen F, Li F, Zhou X, Bergeron MF, Ashford JW, Xu Q. Toward digitally screening and profiling AD: A GAMLSS approach of MemTrax in China. Alzheimers Dement. 2024 Jan;20(1):399-409. doi: 10.1002/alz.13430. Epub 2023 Aug 31. PubMed PMID: 37654085; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10916970.
Blum K, Ashford JW, Kateb B, Sipple D, Braverman E, Dennen CA, Baron D, Badgaiyan R, Elman I, Cadet JL, Thanos PK, Hanna C, Bowirrat A, Modestino EJ, Yamamoto V, Gupta A, McLaughlin T, Makale M, Gold MS. Dopaminergic dysfunction: Role for genetic & epigenetic testing in the new psychiatry. J Neurol Sci. 2023 Oct 15;453:120809. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2023.120809. Epub 2023 Sep 23. PubMed PMID: 37774561.
Ashford JW. Neuroplasticity: The Critical Issue for Alzheimer's Disease and Links to Obesity and Depression. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2023 Oct;31(10):867-875. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2023.07.007. Epub 2023 Jul 15. PubMed PMID: 37481402.
Zhao X, Dai S, Zhang R, Chen X, Zhao M, Bergeron MF, Zhou X, Zhang J, Zhong L, Ashford JW, Liu X. Using MemTrax memory test to screen for post-stroke cognitive impairment after ischemic stroke: a cross-sectional study. Front Hum Neurosci. 2023;17:1195220. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2023.1195220. eCollection 2023. PubMed PMID: 37529406; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10387538.
Ashford JW, Clifford JO, Bergeron MF. Advancing screening for cognitive impairment: the memtrax continuous recognition test. Aging (Albany NY). 2023 Jun 14;15(12):5230-5231. doi: 10.18632/aging.204828. Epub 2023 Jun 14. PubMed PMID: 37319322; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10333071.
Smith CJ, Ashford JW. Apolipoprotein ɛ4-Associated Protection Against Pediatric Enteric Infections Is a Survival Advantage in Pre-Industrial Populations. J Alzheimers Dis. 2023;93(3):907-918. doi: 10.3233/JAD-221218. PubMed PMID: 37125551.
Chen W, Lin C, Su F, Fang Y, Liu G, Chen YC, Zhou X, Yao X, Ashford CB, Li F, Ashford JW, Fu QL, Pei Z. Early Diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment due to Alzheimer's Disease Using a Composite of MemTrax and Blood Biomarkers. J Alzheimers Dis. 2023;94(3):1093-1103. doi: 10.3233/JAD-230182. PubMed PMID: 37355900.
Ashford JW, Clifford JO, Anand S, Bergeron MF, Ashford CB, Bayley PJ. Correctness and response time distributions in the MemTrax continuous recognition task: Analysis of strategies and a reverse-exponential model. Front Aging Neurosci. 2022;14:1005298. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2022.1005298. eCollection 2022. PubMed PMID: 36437986; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9682919.
Rosen AC, Arias JJ, Ashford JW, Blacker D, Chhatwal JP, Chin NA, Clark L, Denny SS, Goldman JS, Gleason CE, Grill JD, Heidebrink JL, Henderson VW, Lavacot JA, Lingler JH, Menon M, Nosheny RL, Oliveira FF, Parker MW, Rahman-Filipiak A, Revoori A, Rumbaugh MC, Sanchez DL, Schindler SE, Schwarz CG, Toy L, Tyrone J, Walter S, Wang LS, Wijsman EM, Zallen DT, Aggarwal NT. The Advisory Group on Risk Evidence Education for Dementia: Multidisciplinary and Open to All. J Alzheimers Dis. 2022;90(3):953-962. doi: 10.3233/JAD-220458. PubMed PMID: 35938255; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9901285.
Ashford JW, Schmitt FA, Bergeron MF, Bayley PJ, Clifford JO, Xu Q, Liu X, Zhou X, Kumar V, Buschke H, Dean M, Finkel SI, Hyer L, Perry G. Now is the Time to Improve Cognitive Screening and Assessment for Clinical and Research Advancement. J Alzheimers Dis. 2022;87(1):305-315. doi: 10.3233/JAD-220211. PubMed PMID: 35431257.
Nami M, Thatcher R, Kashou N, Lopes D, Lobo M, Bolanos JF, Morris K, Sadri M, Bustos T, Sanchez GE, Mohd-Yusof A, Fiallos J, Dye J, Guo X, Peatfield N, Asiryan M, Mayuku-Dore A, Krakauskaite S, Soler EP, Cramer SC, Besio WG, Berenyi A, Tripathi M, Hagedorn D, Ingemanson M, Gombosev M, Liker M, Salimpour Y, Mortazavi M, Braverman E, Prichep LS, Chopra D, Eliashiv DS, Hariri R, Tiwari A, Green K, Cormier J, Hussain N, Tarhan N, Sipple D, Roy M, Yu JS, Filler A, Chen M, Wheeler C, Ashford JW, Blum K, Zelinsky D, Yamamoto V, Kateb B. A Proposed Brain-, Spine-, and Mental- Health Screening Methodology (NEUROSCREEN) for Healthcare Systems: Position of the Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics. J Alzheimers Dis. 2022;86(1):21-42. doi: 10.3233/JAD-215240. Review. PubMed PMID: 35034899.
Cheng J, Fairchild JK, McNerney MW, Noda A, Ashford JW, Suppes T, Chao SZ, Taylor J, Rosen AC, Durazzo TC, Lazzeroni LC, Yesavage J. Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation as a Treatment for Veterans with Cognitive Impairment and Multiple Comorbidities. J Alzheimers Dis. 2022;85(4):1593-1600. doi: 10.3233/JAD-210349. PubMed PMID: 34958013; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10629368.
Bayley PJ, Schulz-Heik RJ, Cho R, Mathersul D, Collery L, Shankar K, Ashford JW, Jennings JS, Tang J, Wong MS, Avery TJ, Stanton MV, Meyer H, Friedman M, Kim S, Jo B, Younger J, Mathews B, Majmundar M, Mahoney L. Yoga is effective in treating symptoms of Gulf War illness: A randomized clinical trial. J Psychiatr Res. 2021 Nov;143:563-571. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.11.024. Epub 2020 Nov 11. PubMed PMID: 33218747.
Vakhtin AA, Zhang Y, Wintermark M, Ashford JW, Furst AJ. Distant histories of mild traumatic brain injury exacerbate age-related differences in white matter properties. Neurobiol Aging. 2021 Nov;107:30-41. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2021.07.002. Epub 2021 Jul 10. PubMed PMID: 34371285; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8595676.
Cheema AK, Wiener LE, McNeil RB, Abreu MM, Craddock T, Fletcher MA, Helmer DA, Ashford JW, Sullivan K, Klimas NG. A randomized phase II remote study to assess Bacopa for Gulf War Illness associated cognitive dysfunction: Design and methods of a national study. Life Sci. 2021 Oct 1;282:119819. doi: 10.1016/j.lfs.2021.119819. Epub 2021 Jul 10. PubMed PMID: 34256038; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9189930.
Zhang Y, Vakhtin AA, Dietch J, Jennings JS, Yesavage JA, Clark JD, Bayley PJ, Ashford JW, Furst AJ. Brainstem damage is associated with poorer sleep quality and increased pain in gulf war illness veterans. Life Sci. 2021 Sep 1;280:119724. doi: 10.1016/j.lfs.2021.119724. Epub 2021 Jun 16. PubMed PMID: 34144059.
Xing G, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Adamson MM, Furst AJ, Ashford JW. Editorial: Evidence-Based Anti-Inflammatory, Anti-Hypoperfusion and Anti-Anxiety/Insomnia Therapies Show Promises for TBI-Induced Post-Traumatic Symptoms and Cognitive Deficits: Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of TBI-Induced Neurodegeneration and Cognitive Deficits. Front Neurol. 2021;12:695629. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2021.695629. eCollection 2021. PubMed PMID: 34456851; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8385432.
Cheema AK, McNeil RB, Craddock T, Broderick G, Abreu MM, Aenlle K, Helmer DA, Ashford JW, Sullivan K, Bested A, Cohen DE, Shungu D, Chandler H, Fletcher MA, Krengel M, Klimas N. Gulf War Illness Clinical Trials and Interventions Consortium (GWICTIC): A collaborative research infrastructure for intervention and implementation. Life Sci. 2021 Aug 1;278:119636. doi: 10.1016/j.lfs.2021.119636. Epub 2021 May 17. PubMed PMID: 34015289.
Ashford JW, Gold JE, Huenergardt MA, Katz RBA, Strand SE, Bolanos J, Wheeler CJ, Perry G, Smith CJ, Steinman L, Chen MY, Wang JC, Ashford CB, Roth WT, Cheng JJ, Chao S, Jennings J, Sipple D, Yamamoto V, Kateb B, Earnest DL. MMR Vaccination: A Potential Strategy to Reduce Severity and Mortality of COVID-19 Illness. Am J Med. 2021 Feb;134(2):153-155. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2020.10.003. Epub 2020 Oct 23. PubMed PMID: 33198951; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7583585.
Liu X, Chen X, Zhou X, Shang Y, Xu F, Zhang J, He J, Zhao F, Du B, Wang X, Zhang Q, Zhang W, Bergeron MF, Ding T, Ashford JW, Zhong L. Validity of the MemTrax Memory Test Compared to the Montreal Cognitive Assessment in the Detection of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia due to Alzheimer's Disease in a Chinese Cohort. J Alzheimers Dis. 2021;80(3):1257-1267. doi: 10.3233/JAD-200936. PubMed PMID: 33646151.
Hantke N, Adamson MM, Noda A, Lazzeroni LC, Beaudreau SA, Yutsis M, Fairchild JK, Kinoshita LM, Kong J, Sheng T, Waltzman D, Ashford JW, Yesavage JA. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder-Associated Cognitive Deficits on the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status in a Veteran Population. Fed Pract. 2021 Jan;38(1):28-34. doi: 10.12788/fp.0083. PubMed PMID: 33574646; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7870275.
Morris K, Nami M, Bolanos JF, Lobo MA, Sadri-Naini M, Fiallos J, Sanchez GE, Bustos T, Chintam N, Amaya M, Strand SE, Mayuku-Dore A, Sakibova I, Biso GMN, DeFilippis A, Bravo D, Tarhan N, Claussen C, Mercado A, Braun S, Yuge L, Okabe S, Taghizadeh-Hesary F, Kotliar K, Sadowsky C, Chandra PS, Tripathi M, Katsaros V, Mehling B, Noroozian M, Abbasioun K, Amirjamshidi A, Hossein-Zadeh GA, Naraghi F, Barzegar M, Asadi-Pooya AA, Sahab-Negah S, Sadeghian S, Fahnestock M, Dilbaz N, Hussain N, Mari Z, Thatcher RW, Sipple D, Sidhu K, Chopra D, Costa F, Spena G, Berger T, Zelinsky D, Wheeler CJ, Ashford JW, Schulte R, Nezami MA, Kloor H, Filler A, Eliashiv DS, Sinha D, DeSalles AAF, Sadanand V, Suchkov S, Green K, Metin B, Hariri R, Cormier J, Yamamoto V, Kateb B. Neuroscience20 (BRAIN20, SPINE20, and MENTAL20) Health Initiative: A Global Consortium Addressing the Human and Economic Burden of Brain, Spine, and Mental Disorders Through Neurotech Innovations and Policies. J Alzheimers Dis. 2021;83(4):1563-1601. doi: 10.3233/JAD-215190. Review. PubMed PMID: 34487051.
Gold JE, Baumgartl WH, Okyay RA, Licht WE, Fidel PL Jr, Noverr MC, Tilley LP, Hurley DJ, Rada B, Ashford JW. Analysis of Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) Titers of Recovered COVID-19 Patients. mBio. 2020 Nov 20;11(6). doi: 10.1128/mBio.02628-20. PubMed PMID: 33219096; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7686805.
Ashford JW, Tatem SB. Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Frescoes: communications about the brain. Neurocase. 2020 Oct;26(5):293-298. doi: 10.1080/13554794.2020.1813477. Epub 2020 Sep 4. PubMed PMID: 32886575.
Zhang Y, Avery T, Vakhtin AA, Mathersul DC, Tranvinh E, Wintermark M, Massaband P, Ashford JW, Bayley PJ, Furst AJ. Brainstem atrophy in Gulf War Illness. Neurotoxicology. 2020 May;78:71-79. doi: 10.1016/j.neuro.2020.02.006. Epub 2020 Feb 17. PubMed PMID: 32081703.
Ashford JW. Reader response: INTREPAD: A randomized trial of naproxen to slow progress of presymptomatic Alzheimer disease. Neurology. 2020 Mar 31;94(13):593-594. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000009184. PubMed PMID: 32229635.
Zhang Y, Vakhtin AA, Jennings JS, Massaband P, Wintermark M, Craig PL, Ashford JW, Clark JD, Furst AJ. Diffusion tensor tractography of brainstem fibers and its application in pain. PLoS One. 2020;15(2):e0213952. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213952. eCollection 2020. PubMed PMID: 32069284; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7028272.
Vakhtin AA, Zhang Y, Wintermark M, Massaband P, Robinson MT, Ashford JW, Furst AJ. White Matter Asymmetry: A Reflection of Pathology in Traumatic Brain Injury. J Neurotrauma. 2020 Jan 15;37(2):373-381. doi: 10.1089/neu.2019.6487. Epub 2019 Nov 8. PubMed PMID: 31595833.
Adamson MM, Main KL, Milazzo AC, Soman S, Kong J, Kolakowsky-Hayner S, Furst AJ, Ashford JW, Kang X. Cortical Thickness and Diffusion Properties in the Injured Brain: The Influence of Chronic Health Complaints. Mil Med. 2020 Jan 7;185(Suppl 1):168-175. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usz213. PubMed PMID: 32074336.
LaRocca MA, Ashford JW, Katz RB, Furst AJ. Military Environmental Exposure Concerns, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Somatic Symptoms: Their Interrelation Among Treatment-Seeking Veterans. J Occup Environ Med. 2020 Jan;62(1):74-79. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001767. PubMed PMID: 31743303.
Yamamoto V, Bolanos JF, Fiallos J, Strand SE, Morris K, Shahrokhinia S, Cushing TR, Hopp L, Tiwari A, Hariri R, Sokolov R, Wheeler C, Kaushik A, Elsayegh A, Eliashiv D, Hedrick R, Jafari B, Johnson JP, Khorsandi M, Gonzalez N, Balakhani G, Lahiri S, Ghavidel K, Amaya M, Kloor H, Hussain N, Huang E, Cormier J, Wesson Ashford J, Wang JC, Yaghobian S, Khorrami P, Shamloo B, Moon C, Shadi P, Kateb B. COVID-19: Review of a 21st Century Pandemic from Etiology to Neuro-psychiatric Implications. J Alzheimers Dis. 2020;77(2):459-504. doi: 10.3233/JAD-200831. Review. PubMed PMID: 32925078; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7592693.
Bergeron MF, Landset S, Zhou X, Ding T, Khoshgoftaar TM, Zhao F, Du B, Chen X, Wang X, Zhong L, Liu X, Ashford JW. Utility of MemTrax and Machine Learning Modeling in Classification of Mild Cognitive Impairment. J Alzheimers Dis. 2020;77(4):1545-1558. doi: 10.3233/JAD-191340. PubMed PMID: 32894241; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7683062.
Taylor JL, Hambro BC, Strossman ND, Bhatt P, Hernandez B, Ashford JW, Cheng JJ, Iv M, Adamson MM, Lazzeroni LC, McNerney MW. The effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in older adults with mild cognitive impairment: a protocol for a randomized, controlled three-arm trial. BMC Neurol. 2019 Dec 16;19(1):326. doi: 10.1186/s12883-019-1552-7. PubMed PMID: 31842821; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6912947.
Zhou X, Ashford JW. Advances in screening instruments for Alzheimer's disease. Aging Med (Milton). 2019 Jun;2(2):88-93. doi: 10.1002/agm2.12069. eCollection 2019 Jun. Review. PubMed PMID: 31942517; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6880670.
Ashford JW. Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease: Trazodone, Sleep, Serotonin, Norepinephrine, and Future Directions. J Alzheimers Dis. 2019;67(3):923-930. doi: 10.3233/JAD-181106. PubMed PMID: 30776014; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6398534.
Ashford JW. The Dichotomy of Alzheimer's Disease Pathology: Amyloid-β and Tau. J Alzheimers Dis. 2019;68(1):77-83. doi: 10.3233/JAD-181198. Review. PubMed PMID: 30814359; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6484251.
Smith CJ, Ashford JW, Perfetti TA. Putative Survival Advantages in Young Apolipoprotein ɛ4 Carriers are Associated with Increased Neural Stress. J Alzheimers Dis. 2019;68(3):885-923. doi: 10.3233/JAD-181089. Review. PubMed PMID: 30814349; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6484250.
van der Hoek MD, Nieuwenhuizen A, Keijer J, Ashford JW. The MemTrax Test Compared to the Montreal Cognitive Assessment Estimation of Mild Cognitive Impairment. J Alzheimers Dis. 2019;67(3):1045-1054. doi: 10.3233/JAD-181003. PubMed PMID: 30776011; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6398548.
Bergeron MF, Landset S, Tarpin-Bernard F, Ashford CB, Khoshgoftaar TM, Ashford JW. Episodic-Memory Performance in Machine Learning Modeling for Predicting Cognitive Health Status Classification. J Alzheimers Dis. 2019;70(1):277-286. doi: 10.3233/JAD-190165. PubMed PMID: 31177223; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6700609.
Ashford JW, Tarpin-Bernard F, Ashford CB, Ashford MT. A Computerized Continuous-Recognition Task for Measurement of Episodic Memory. J Alzheimers Dis. 2019;69(2):385-399. doi: 10.3233/JAD-190167. PubMed PMID: 30958384; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6597981.
Cholerton B, Weiner MW, Nosheny RL, Poston KL, Mackin RS, Tian L, Ashford JW, Montine TJ. Cognitive Performance in Parkinson's Disease in the Brain Health Registry. J Alzheimers Dis. 2019;68(3):1029-1038. doi: 10.3233/JAD-181009. PubMed PMID: 30909225; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6497062.
McNerney MW, Sheng T, Nechvatal JM, Lee AG, Lyons DM, Soman S, Liao CP, O'Hara R, Hallmayer J, Taylor J, Ashford JW, Yesavage J, Adamson MM. Integration of neural and epigenetic contributions to posttraumatic stress symptoms: The role of hippocampal volume and glucocorticoid receptor gene methylation. PLoS One. 2018;13(2):e0192222. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0192222. eCollection 2018. PubMed PMID: 29415058; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5802910.
Frank L, Wesson Ashford J, Bayley PJ, Borson S, Buschke H, Cohen D, Cummings JL, Davies P, Dean M, Finkel SI, Hyer L, Perry G, Powers RE, Schmitt F. Genetic Risk of Alzheimer's Disease: Three Wishes Now That the Genie is Out of the Bottle. J Alzheimers Dis. 2018;66(2):421-423. doi: 10.3233/JAD-180629. PubMed PMID: 30282369; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6218128.
Main KL, Soman S, Pestilli F, Furst A, Noda A, Hernandez B, Kong J, Cheng J, Fairchild JK, Taylor J, Yesavage J, Wesson Ashford J, Kraemer H, Adamson MM. DTI measures identify mild and moderate TBI cases among patients with complex health problems: A receiver operating characteristic analysis of U.S. veterans. Neuroimage Clin. 2017;16:1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2017.06.031. eCollection 2017. PubMed PMID: 28725550; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5503837.
Guo S, Lai C, Wu C, Cen G. Conversion Discriminative Analysis on Mild Cognitive Impairment Using Multiple Cortical Features from MR Images. Front Aging Neurosci. 2017;9:146. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2017.00146. eCollection 2017. PubMed PMID: 28572766; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5435825.
Waltzman D, Soman S, Hantke NC, Fairchild JK, Kinoshita LM, Wintermark M, Ashford JW, Yesavage J, Williams L, Adamson MM, Furst AJ. Altered Microstructural Caudate Integrity in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder but Not Traumatic Brain Injury. PLoS One. 2017;12(1):e0170564. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170564. eCollection 2017. PubMed PMID: 28114393; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5256941.
Sun W, Lee S, Huang X, Liu S, Inayathullah M, Kim KM, Tang H, Ashford JW, Rajadas J. Attenuation of synaptic toxicity and MARK4/PAR1-mediated Tau phosphorylation by methylene blue for Alzheimer's disease treatment. Sci Rep. 2016 Oct 6;6:34784. doi: 10.1038/srep34784. PubMed PMID: 27708431; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5052533.
Durazzo TC, Korecka M, Trojanowski JQ, Weiner MW, O' Hara R, Ashford JW, Shaw LM. Active Cigarette Smoking in Cognitively-Normal Elders and Probable Alzheimer's Disease is Associated with Elevated Cerebrospinal Fluid Oxidative Stress Biomarkers. J Alzheimers Dis. 2016 Jul 25;54(1):99-107. doi: 10.3233/JAD-160413. PubMed PMID: 27472882; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5127393.
Landau SM, Horng A, Fero A, Jagust WJ. Amyloid negativity in patients with clinically diagnosed Alzheimer disease and MCI. Neurology. 2016 Apr 12;86(15):1377-1385. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000002576. Epub 2016 Mar 11. PubMed PMID: 26968515; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4831042.
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