Elizabeth Head

37.0k citations

313 papers · 20.3k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 78

Impact in

Neurology top 0.1%
- Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
Physiology top 0.05%
- Alzheimer's disease research and treatments

Papers in

Neurology 64
- Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms 42
Geriatrics and Gerontology 26
- Frailty in Older Adults 26

Co-authors: Carl W. Cotman Charles Glabe Ira T. Lott Rakez Kayed Norton W. Milgram Jennifer L. Thompson Saskia Milton Theresa M. McIntire
Journals: Alzheimer s & Dementia (38 papers)Neurobiology of Aging (25 papers)Journal of Alzheimer s Disease (19 papers)Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry (10 papers)Neurobiology of Disease (10 papers)
Partner nations: United States Canada Italy

In The Last Decade

Elizabeth Head

290 papers receiving 19.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

Single-nucleus chromatin accessibility and transcriptomic characterization of Alzheimer’s disease 2021 · 339 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2021 Nature Genetics
2021 The Lancet Neurology
2019 Nature Reviews Neurology
2007 Molecular Neurodegeneration
2003 Science

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1	Common neuropathologic change drivers of hippocampal sclerosis of ageing Brain ·Davis C. Woodworth, Jicheng Lou, William H. Yong, Elizabeth Head, María M. Corrada, Peter T. Nelson, S. Ahmad Sajjadi	2025	1
2	Gait variability as a marker of white matter integrity in individuals with Down syndrome Alzheimer s & Dementia ·N. V. Syuzeva, David K. Powell, Amanda C. Glueck, Elizabeth Head, Manal Ibrahim, T.M. Verhun, 幸郎白男川, Jordan P. Harp, Frederick A. Schmitt, Кинзина Ирина Ивановна	2025	0
3	Single-nucleus multi-omics identifies shared and distinct pathways in Pick’s and Alzheimer’s disease Science Advances ·Зыков Игорь Сергеевич, Jun Zhang, Samuel Morabito, Jennifer Stocksdale, Emily Miyoshi, Carlos Eduardo Sanches de Andrade, Nora Emerson, Greg Johnson, Negin Rahimzadeh, A. Pfarr, Justine Silva, Raksha R Nayak, Elizabeth Head, Leslie M. Thompson, Vivek Swarup	2025	0
4	The joint association of obesity and physical activity on cognitive function in Down syndrome Journal of Alzheimer s Disease ·Deltacam Systems Ltd, 方美七木田, Sigan L. Hartley, (unknown), Benjamin L. Handen, Bradley Christian, Elizabeth Head, Mark Mapstone, Christy Hom, Jeffrey M. Burns, Beau M. Ances, Lauren T. Ptomey	2025	1
5	Independent and interactive contributions of cerebrovascular disease, neuroinflammation, and tau pathophysiology to Alzheimer’s disease‐related diagnostic conversion in adults with Down syndrome Alzheimer s & Dementia ·Natalie C. Edwards, Patrick J. Lao, Mohamad J. Alshikho, Batool Rizvi, Lisi Flores Aguilar, S. Vijaya Amala Devi, Sid E. O’Bryant, Dana Tudorascu, Benjamin L. Handen, José Gutierrez, Donna M. Wilcock, Elizabeth Head, Adam M. Brickman	2024	0
6	Central Autonomic Dysfunction and Plasma Ab_42/40 Alzheimer s & Dementia ·Muhammad Soedarman Soedarman, Arunima Kapoor, ABEBE HAILU, Chujun Huang, 孝道梶田, Salmona Mario, S. Loehle, Kathleen E. Rodgers, R. DE MEYER, Mara Mather, Duke Han, Elizabeth Head, Julian F. Thayer, Daniel A. Nation	2024	0
7	Aquaporin‐4: Unraveling the Link Between Reactive Astrogliosis and Neuroinflammation in Down syndrome with Alzheimer’s Disease Pathogenesis Alzheimer s & Dementia ·Takehide Nogita, Lei Minghui, Smitha Sammith Shetty, 国枝晃, Elizabeth J. Andrews, Florence Lai, Miloš D. Ikonomović, Julia Kofler, Liu Yang, Michael Phelan, Elizabeth Head	2024	2
8	Blood biomarkers in Down syndrome: Facilitating Alzheimer's disease detection and monitoring Alzheimer s & Dementia ·Melissa Petersen, Lisi Flores Aguilar, Elizabeth Head, Laia Montoliu‐Gaya, André Strydom, Sarah E. Pape, Juan Fortea, Nicholas J. Ashton, Chinedu Udeh‐Momoh, Sid E. O’Bryant, Dwight C. German, Florin Despa, Mark Mapstone, Henrik Zetterberg	2024	7
9	Spontaneous cerebrovascular reactivity at rest in older adults with and without mild cognitive impairment and memory deficits Alzheimer s & Dementia ·Allison Engstrom, Salmona Mario, Arunima Kapoor, Shubir Dutt, Muhammad Soedarman Soedarman, Isabel J. Sible, Anisa Marshall, Chujun Huang, S. Loehle, 高署, 孝道梶田, Wioleta Olczak, Kathleen E. Rodgers, SeyedMohammad Bagher Abtahi, Elizabeth Head, Xingfeng Shao, Danny J.J. Wang, Daniel A. Nation	2024	1
10	Pseudo‐longitudinal trajectories of cerebrovascular disease biomarkers in adults with Down syndrome across the lifespan Alzheimer s & Dementia ·Patrick J. Lao, Alberto da S. Barroso, Natalie C. Edwards, Vicuña Aguaiza, Batool Rizvi, Andrea Aldemira‐Liz, Dana Tudorascu, H. Diana Rosas, Michael A. Yassa, Benjamin L. Handen, Bradley T. Christian, José Gutierrez, Donna M. Wilcock, Elizabeth Head, Adam M. Brickman	2023	0
11	Blood‐brain barrier neuropathology in individuals with Down syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease Alzheimer s & Dementia ·Lisi Flores Aguilar, S Aparna, Julia Kofler, Miloš D. Ikonomović, Florence Lai, Adam M. Brickman, Elizabeth Head	2023	0
12	Antibodies Raised Against an Aβ Oligomer Mimic Recognize Pathological Features in Alzheimer’s Disease and Associated Amyloid-Disease Brain Tissue ACS Central Science ·Adam G. Kreutzer, J.S. D'Aleo, Yan Yin, 博塩野谷, Jennifer Nguyen, Muthukumar Manickam, William H. Yong, Mari Perez‐Rosendahl, Elizabeth Head, James S. Nowick	2023	10
13	Aβ and tau prions feature in the neuropathogenesis of Down syndrome Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Carlo Condello, Alison M. Maxwell, Erika Castillo, Atsushi Aoyagi, Caroline Graff, Martin Ingelsson, Lars Lannfelt, Thomas D. Bird, C. Dirk Keene, William W. Seeley, Daniel P. Perl, Elizabeth Head, Stanley B. Prusiner	2022	17
14	Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on daily life, mood, and behavior of adults with Down syndrome Disability and health journal ·Sigan L. Hartley, Lucas Pereira, Manuel P. Kainz, Annie Cohen, Beau M. Ances, Michael A. Yassa, Adam M. Brickman, Benjamin L. Handen, Elizabeth Head, Mark Mapstone, Bradley Christian, Ira T. Lott, Eric Doran, Shahid Zaman, Sharon J. Krinsky‐McHale, Apostoli Elisa, Christy Hom, Nicole Schupf	2022	11
15	Is Apolipoprotein E4 an Important Risk Factor for Dementia in Persons with Down Syndrome? PubMed ·Troy T. Rohn, П. Г. Беляев, 玄伊達, Elizabeth Head	2014	20
16	Oxidative Stress and Proteostasis Network: Culprit and Casualty of Alzheimer’s-Like Neurodegeneration IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome) ·Fabio Di Domenico, Elizabeth Head, D. Allan Butterfield, Marzia Perluigi	2014	41
17	Synergistic Effects of Long-Term Antioxidant Diet and Behavioral Enrichment on -Amyloid Load and Non-Amyloidogenic Processing in Aged Canines Journal of Neuroscience ·Viorela Pop, Elizabeth Head, Markus Scheiblauer, Daniel L. Gillen, Nicole C. Berchtold, Bruce A. Muggenburg, Norton W. Milgram, Michael P. Murphy, Carl W. Cotman	2010	49
18	Frontal Lobe Volume, Function, and β-Amyloid Pathology in a Canine Model of Aging Journal of Neuroscience ·P. Dwight Tapp, Christina T. Siwak, Fu Gao, J.A. Park, Sandra E. Black, Elizabeth Head, Bruce A. Muggenburg, Carl W. Cotman, Norton W. Milgram, Min‐Ying Su	2004	117
19	Envejecimiento cerebral en perros: paralelismos con el envejecimiento cerebral en seres humanos y enfermedad de alzheimer. Elizabeth Head	2002	0
20	Landmark discrimination learning in aged dogs is improved by treatment with an antioxidant enriched diet The Society for Neuroscience Abstracts ·Norton W. Milgram, Maria Peris-Celda, Ines Enriquez Paredes, J. Castillo, Elizabeth Head, Carl W. Cotman, Heather Murphey, Bahriatul Ilmi, Bruce A. Muggenburg, Steven C. Zicker	2000	2

About Elizabeth Head

Elizabeth Head is a scholar working on Neurology, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Physiology, Psychiatry and Mental health and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, having authored 313 papers that have together received 20.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (140 papers), Down syndrome and intellectual disability research (82 papers), Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (60 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (42 papers), Human-Animal Interaction Studies (42 papers), Frailty in Older Adults (26 papers), Chronic Disease Management Strategies (25 papers) and Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (22 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Neurology (3.5k citations), Physiology (10.5k citations), Biological Psychiatry (782 citations), Developmental Neuroscience (681 citations) and Aging (274 citations). Elizabeth Head has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Italy. Frequent co-authors include Carl W. Cotman, Charles Glabe, Ira T. Lott, Rakez Kayed, Norton W. Milgram, Jennifer L. Thompson, Saskia Milton, Theresa M. McIntire, Bruce A. Muggenburg and David H. Cribbs. Their work appears in journals such as Alzheimer s & Dementia, Neurobiology of Aging, Journal of Alzheimer s Disease, Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry and Neurobiology of Disease.

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