Gene E. Alexander

24.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
175 papers, 11.7k citations indexed

About

Gene E. Alexander is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental health and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gene E. Alexander has authored 175 papers receiving a total of 11.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 71 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 55 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Gene E. Alexander's work include Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (70 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (45 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (43 papers). Gene E. Alexander is often cited by papers focused on Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (70 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (45 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (43 papers). Gene E. Alexander collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Italy. Gene E. Alexander's co-authors include Eric M. Reiman, Kewei Chen, Richard J. Caselli, Daniel Bandy, Mark B. Schapiro, Pietro Pietrini, David A. Raichlen, David Osborne, Stanley I. Rapoport and Ann M. Saunders and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Gene E. Alexander

170 papers receiving 11.4k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Functional brain abnormalities in young adults at genetic risk for late-onset Alzheimer's dementia

2003 792 citations Eric M. Reiman, Kewei Chen et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Fibrillar amyloid-β burden in cognitively normal people at 3 levels of genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease

2009 618 citations Eric M. Reiman, Kewei Chen et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Genome-wide association study of habitual physical activity in over 377,000 UK Biobank participants identifies multiple variants including CADM2 and APOE

2018 253 citations Yann C. Klimentidis, David A. Raichlen et al. profile →
Sedentary behavior and lifespan brain health

2024 49 citations Boris Cheval, David A. Raichlen et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Associations between the 24-h Activity Daily Cycle and Incident Dementia 2025 ·Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise ·David A. Raichlen, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Pradyumna K. Bharadwaj, (unknown), Silvio Maltagliati, Mark H. C. Lai, Rand R. Wilcox, Yann C. Klimentidis, Gene E. Alexander	1
2	Towards early diagnosis and screening of Alzheimer’s disease using frequency locked whispering gallery mode microtoroids 2024 ·PubMed ·(unknown), (unknown), Geidy E. Serrano, Gene E. Alexander, Judith Su	5
3	Facilitation of working memory capacity by transcranial direct current stimulation: a secondary analysis from the augmenting cognitive training in older adults (ACT) study 2024 ·GeroScience ·Serkan Aksu, Aprinda Indahlastari, Andrew O’Shea, Michael Marsiske, Ronald Cohen, Gene E. Alexander, Steven T. DeKosky, Georg A. Hishaw, Yunfeng Dai, Samuel S. Wu, Adam J. Woods	1
4	tDCS reduces depression and state anxiety symptoms in older adults from the augmenting cognitive training in older adults study (ACT) 2024 ·Brain stimulation ·Hanna K. Hausman, Gene E. Alexander, Ronald A. Cohen, Michael Marsiske, Steven T. DeKosky, Georg A. Hishaw, Andrew O’Shea, Jessica N. Kraft, Yunfeng Dai, Samuel S. Wu, Adam J. Woods	3
5	Effect of transcranial direct current stimulation with cognitive training on executive functions in healthy older adults: a secondary analysis from the ACT trial 2024 ·GeroScience ·Serkan Aksu, Aprinda Indahlastari, Andrew O’Shea, Michael Marsiske, Ronald A. Cohen, Gene E. Alexander, Steven T. DeKosky, Georg A. Hishaw, Yunfeng Dai, Samuel S. Wu, Adam J. Woods	2
6	Characterizing dog cognitive aging using spontaneous problem-solving measures: development of a battery of tests from the Dog Aging Project 2024 ·GeroScience ·(unknown), Emily E. Bray, Stephanie McGrath, Gene E. Alexander, (unknown), (unknown), Martin Darvas, (unknown), (unknown), Brenda S. Kennedy, (unknown), Julie A. Moreno, Daniel Promislow, David A. Raichlen, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Silvan R. Urfer, Evan L. MacLean, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	1
7	Why Your Brain Needs Exercise 2024 ·Scientific American ·Gene E. Alexander, David A. Raichlen	1
8	Primary outcome from the augmenting cognitive training in older adults study (ACT): A tDCS and cognitive training randomized clinical trial 2023 ·Brain stimulation ·Hanna K. Hausman, Gene E. Alexander, Ronald A. Cohen, Michael Marsiske, Steven T. DeKosky, Georg A. Hishaw, Andrew O’Shea, Jessica N. Kraft, Yunfeng Dai, Samuel S. Wu, Adam J. Woods	7
9	Genetic insights into the causal relationship between physical activity and cognitive functioning 2023 ·Scientific Reports ·Boris Cheval, (unknown), Karmel W. Choi, Yann C. Klimentidis, David A. Raichlen, Gene E. Alexander, Stéphane Cullati, Zoltán Kutalik, Matthieu P. Boisgontier	16
10	3 Associations Between Exercise Type, Fluid Intelligence, and Processing Speed in the Oldest-Old 2023 ·Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society ·(unknown), Joseph M. Gullett, Stephen D. Anton, Gene E. Alexander, (unknown), Bonnie Levin, Tatjana Rundek, Kristina Visscher, Adam J. Woods, Ronald A. Cohen	0
11	Genome-wide Association Study of Liking for Several Types of Physical Activity in the UK Biobank and Two Replication Cohorts 2022 ·Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise ·Yann C. Klimentidis, (unknown), Matthijs D. van der Zee, (unknown), Sebastian May-Wilson, (unknown), Cristina Menni, Massimo Mangino, Amit Arora, David A. Raichlen, Gene E. Alexander, James F. Wilson, Dorret I. Boomsma, Jouke‐Jan Hottenga, Eco J. C. de Geus, Nicola Pirastu	5
12	The association between head motion during functional magnetic resonance imaging and executive functioning in older adults 2022 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Hanna K. Hausman, Cheshire Hardcastle, Jessica N. Kraft, Nicole D. Evangelista, Emanuel M. Boutzoukas, Andrew O’Shea, Alejandro Albizu, (unknown), Emily J. Van Etten, Pradyumna K. Bharadwaj, (unknown), Samantha G. Smith, Eric C. Porges, Georg A. Hishaw, Samuel S. Wu, Steven T. DeKosky, Gene E. Alexander, Michael Marsiske, Ronald A. Cohen, Adam J. Woods	12
13	Association of Physical Activity with Incidence of Dementia Is Attenuated by Air Pollution 2022 ·Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise ·David A. Raichlen, Melissa Furlong, Yann C. Klimentidis, (unknown), Kimberly Parra, Pradyumna K. Bharadwaj, Rand R. Wilcox, Gene E. Alexander	14
14	Adaptive Capacity: An Evolutionary Neuroscience Model Linking Exercise, Cognition, and Brain Health 2017 ·Trends in Neurosciences ·David A. Raichlen, Gene E. Alexander	144
15	Blood Pressure Control in Aging Predicts Cerebral Atrophy Related to Small-Vessel White Matter Lesions 2017 ·Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience ·Kyle C. Kern, Clinton B. Wright, (unknown), (unknown), Kewei Chen, James R. Moeller, Nooshin Nabizadeh, Mitchell S.V. Elkind, Ralph L. Sacco, Yaakov Stern, Charles DeCarli, Gene E. Alexander	30
16	Separating lexical-semantic access from other mnemonic processes in picture-name verification 2013 ·Frontiers in Psychology ·Jason F. Smith, Allen R. Braun, Gene E. Alexander, Kewei Chen, Barry Horwitz	6
17	Prediction of conversion from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer's disease dementia based upon biomarkers and neuropsychological test performance 2010 ·Neurobiology of Aging ·Michael Ewers, Cathal Walsh, John Q. Trojanowski, Leslie M. Shaw, Ronald C. Petersen, Clifford R. Jack, Howard Feldman, Arun L.W. Bokde, Gene E. Alexander, Philip Scheltens, Bruno Vellas, Bruno Dubois, Michael W. Weiner, Harald Hampel	297
18	Fibrillar amyloid-β burden in cognitively normal people at 3 levels of genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease breakdown → 2009 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Eric M. Reiman, Kewei Chen, Xiaofen Liu, Daniel Bandy, Meixiang Yu, Wendy Lee, Napatkamon Ayutyanont, Jennifer Keppler, Stephanie Reeder, Jessica B. Langbaum, Gene E. Alexander, William E. Klunk, Chester A. Mathis, Julie C. Price, Howard Aizenstein, Steven T. DeKosky, Richard J. Caselli	618
19	Age-Related Regional Network of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Gray Matter in the Rhesus Macaque 2008 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Gene E. Alexander, Kewei Chen, (unknown), Tricia L. Merkley, (unknown), Jul Lea Shamy, William E. Skaggs, Michael H. Buonocore, Peter R. Rapp, Carol A. Barnes	75
20	Cognitive Performance in Older Women Relative to ApoE-ε4 Genotype and Aerobic Fitness 2007 ·Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise ·Jennifer L. Etnier, Richard J. Caselli, Eric M. Reiman, Gene E. Alexander, Benjamin A. Sibley, Deron J. Tessier, Elisabeth C. McLemore	96

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