Patrick J. Lao

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Patrick J. Lao is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Physiology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick J. Lao has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 21 papers in Physiology and 18 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Patrick J. Lao's work include Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (40 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (21 papers) and Down syndrome and intellectual disability research (15 papers). Patrick J. Lao is often cited by papers focused on Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (40 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (21 papers) and Down syndrome and intellectual disability research (15 papers). Patrick J. Lao collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Patrick J. Lao's co-authors include Adam M. Brickman, Richard Mayeux, Jennifer J. Manly, Bradley T. Christian, Sterling C. Johnson, Tobey J. Betthauser, Batool Rizvi, Todd E. Barnhart, Yaakov Stern and William E. Klunk and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Patrick J. Lao

58 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Plasma p‐tau181, p‐tau217, and other blood‐based Alzheimer's disease biomarkers in a multi‐ethnic, community study

2021 231 citations Adam M. Brickman, Jennifer J. Manly et al. Alzheimer s & Dementia profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Patrick J. Lao United States	19	546	455	258	180	180	70	1.2k
María Carmona‐Iragui Spain	25	567 1.0×	723 1.6×	364 1.4×	284 1.6×	156 0.9×	58	1.6k
Eduard Vilaplana Spain	19	471 0.9×	554 1.2×	93 0.4×	130 0.7×	271 1.5×	28	1.0k
Argonde C. van Harten Netherlands	19	1.1k 1.9×	807 1.8×	78 0.3×	204 1.1×	311 1.7×	68	1.6k
Mateusz S. Jasielec United States	12	735 1.3×	720 1.6×	63 0.2×	146 0.8×	279 1.6×	17	1.2k
Hyun‐Sik Yang United States	20	492 0.9×	674 1.5×	64 0.2×	313 1.7×	192 1.1×	51	1.3k
Oriol Grau‐Rivera Spain	26	538 1.0×	676 1.5×	53 0.2×	341 1.9×	294 1.6×	93	1.6k
Andrea Arighi Italy	22	225 0.4×	356 0.8×	68 0.3×	417 2.3×	136 0.8×	78	1.4k
Jean‐Paul G. Vonsattel United States	16	398 0.7×	445 1.0×	64 0.2×	389 2.2×	115 0.6×	23	1.7k
Leonel Tadao Takada Brazil	21	563 1.0×	384 0.8×	45 0.2×	352 2.0×	175 1.0×	46	1.4k
Ayesha Sherzai United States	16	222 0.4×	246 0.5×	99 0.4×	174 1.0×	258 1.4×	33	1.1k

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Talmasov, Daniel, Patrick J. Brown, Frank A. Provenzano, et al.. (2025). Depressive Symptoms Correlate With Tau Accumulation Rates in Amyloid Positive Adults. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 33(7). 756–769. 1 indexed citations

Edwards, Natalie C., Patrick J. Lao, Mohamad J. Alshikho, et al.. (2025). Alzheimer Disease, Vascular Disease, and Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability Biomarkers in Middle-Aged Adults. Neurology. 105(9). e214220–e214220.

Andrews, Elizabeth J., Michael Phelan, Jordan P. Harp, et al.. (2025). Age and sex are associated with Alzheimer's disease neuropathology in Down syndrome. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 21(7). e70408–e70408.

Houck, Alexander L., Mohamad J. Alshikho, Patrick J. Lao, et al.. (2025). Cerebral blood flow is associated with plasma and PET biomarkers of tau pathology in middle age. Brain Communications. 7(4). fcaf249–fcaf249.

Kraal, A. Zarina, Mohamad J. Alshikho, Patrick J. Lao, et al.. (2025). Phase contrast-derived cerebral blood flow is associated with neurodegeneration and cerebrovascular injury in older adults. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 19. 1538956–1538956. 1 indexed citations

Alshikho, Mohamad J., Patrick J. Lao, Indira C. Turney, et al.. (2024). Characterizing White Matter Hyperintensity (WMH) Patterns with Texture‐Based Analysis. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 20(S9).

Edwards, Natalie C., Patrick J. Lao, Mohamad J. Alshikho, et al.. (2024). 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. 20(S2).

Lao, Patrick J., Indira C. Turney, Paris B. Adkins‐Jackson, et al.. (2024). Interactions among neighborhood conditions, sleep quality, and episodic memory across the adult lifespan. Ethnicity and Health. 29(7). 809–827.

Lao, Patrick J., Mohamad J. Alshikho, Christiane Hale, et al.. (2024). Small vessel cerebrovascular disease is associated with cognition in prospective Alzheimer’s clinical trial participants. Alzheimer s Research & Therapy. 16(1). 25–25. 6 indexed citations

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Huey, Edward D., et al.. (2023). Elevated Tau burden in Amygdala and Hippocampus amongst older participants with psychosis. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 19(S18). 1 indexed citations

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Lao, Patrick J., Natalie C. Edwards, Batool Rizvi, et al.. (2023). Pseudo‐longitudinal trajectories of cerebrovascular disease biomarkers in adults with Down syndrome across the lifespan. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 19(S10).

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Igwe, Kay C., et al.. (2021). Automatic quantification of white matter hyperintensities on T2-weighted fluid attenuated inversion recovery magnetic resonance imaging. Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 85. 71–79. 6 indexed citations

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Eich, Teal S., Patrick J. Lao, & Michael C. Anderson. (2021). Cortical thickness in the right inferior frontal gyrus mediates age-related performance differences on an item-method directed forgetting task. Neurobiology of Aging. 106. 95–102. 7 indexed citations

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Mihaila, Iulia, Benjamin L. Handen, Bradley T. Christian, et al.. (2019). Leisure Activity, Brain β‐amyloid, and Episodic Memory in Adults with Down Syndrome. Developmental Neurobiology. 79(7). 738–749. 13 indexed citations

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Tudorascu, Dana, Stewart Anderson, Davneet Minhas, et al.. (2018). Comparison of longitudinal Aβ in nondemented elderly and Down syndrome. Neurobiology of Aging. 73. 171–176. 12 indexed citations

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Lao, Patrick J., Tobey J. Betthauser, Karly Alex Cody, et al.. (2018). Imaging neurodegeneration in Down syndrome: brain templates for amyloid burden and tissue segmentation. Brain Imaging and Behavior. 13(2). 345–353. 20 indexed citations

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Mihaila, Iulia, Sigan L. Hartley, Benjamin L. Handen, et al.. (2017). Leisure Activity and Caregiver Involvement in Middle-Aged and Older Adults With Down Syndrome. Intellectual and developmental disabilities. 55(2). 97–109. 18 indexed citations

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Betthauser, Tobey J., Ansel T. Hillmer, Patrick J. Lao, et al.. (2017). Human biodistribution and dosimetry of [ 18 F]nifene, an α4β2* nicotinic acetylcholine receptor PET tracer. Nuclear Medicine and Biology. 55. 7–11. 10 indexed citations

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Mukherjee, Jogeshwar, Patrick J. Lao, Tobey J. Betthauser, et al.. (2017). Human brain imaging of nicotinic acetylcholine α4β2* receptors using [¹⁸F]Nifene: Selectivity, functional activity, toxicity, aging effects, gender effects, and extrathalamic pathways. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 526(1). 80–95. 26 indexed citations

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Hillmer, Ansel T., Dustin Wooten, Patrick J. Lao, et al.. (2014). First-in-Human Evaluation of ¹⁸F-Mefway, a PET Radioligand Specific to Serotonin-1A Receptors. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 55(12). 1973–1979. 20 indexed citations

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