ISTAART is excited to share that November is dedicated to ISTAART Journal Clubs. Ten Professional Interest Areas (PIAs) will each host one. During each webinar, speakers will describe key findings from one or two recent, impactful research publications, before moderating a Q&A with the authors of these papers.
Register in advance. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Hosted by Subjective Cognitive Decline
Wednesday, November 6 from 11 am to 11:30 am US Eastern Time
Mark Dubbelman will review A network approach to subjective cognitive decline: Exploring multivariate relationships in neuropsychological test performance across Alzheimer’s disease risk states (Cortex, 2024) with a discussion led by Elizabeth Kuhn with author Nicholas Grunden.
Hosted by Atypical Alzheimer’s Disease
Thursday, November 7 from 11:30 am to 12 pm US Eastern Time
Niels Reijner will review Atypical Alzheimer’s disease: new insights into an overlapping spectrum between the language and visual variants (Journal of Neurology, 2024) with a discussion led by Colin Groot with author Neha Singh-Reilly.
Hosted by Neuroimaging
Friday, November 8 from 11 – 11:30 am US Eastern Time
Xiao Yu will review Brain aging patterns in a large and diverse cohort of 49,482 individuals (Nature Medicine, 2024) with a discussion led by David Cash with authors Junhao Wen, Zhijian Yang.
Hosted by Neurophysiology
Monday, November 11 from 1 – 2 pm US Eastern Time
Burcu Bölükbaş will review Brain clocks capture diversity and disparities in aging and dementia across geographically diverse populations (Nature Medicine, 2024) with author Sebastian Moguilner.
Raul Gonzalez will review Parallel electrophysiological abnormalities due to COVID-19 infection and to Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia (Alzheimer’s & Dementia, 2024) with author Pradoldej Sompol.
Hosted by Neuromodulatory Subcortical Systems
Tuesday, November 12 from 12 – 1 pm US Eastern Time
Andrea del Val will review Combined in vivo MRI assessment of locus coeruleus and nucleus basalis of Meynert integrity in amnestic Alzheimer’s disease, suspected-LATE and frontotemporal dementia (Alz Res Ther. 2024) with authors Julien Lagarde, Marie Sarazin.
Leslie Hassanein will review Tau pathology in the dorsal raphe may be a prodromal indicator of Alzheimer’s disease (Mol Psychiatry.2024) with author Samantha Pierson.
Hosted by Frontotemporal Dementia and Related Disorders
Wednesday, November 13 from 1:30 to 2:30 pm US Eastern Time
Emma Rhodes will review Reliability and Validity of Smartphone Cognitive Testing for Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (JAMA Network, 2024) and will discuss with author Adam Staffaroni.
Liset De Boer will review Diagnostic accuracy of research criteria for prodromal frontotemporal dementia (Alz Res Ther, 2024) and will discuss with author Alberto Benussi.
Hosted by Neuropsychiatric Syndromes
Thursday, November 14 from 11 am – 12 pm US Eastern Time
Myuri Ruthirakuhan will review Progress in Pharmacologic Management of Neuropsychiatric Syndromes in Neurodegenerative Disorders: A Review (JAMA Neurology, 2024) with authors Krista Lanctôt, Clive Ballard.
Jasper Crockford will review Sex Differences in the Severity and Progression of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms Across Different Dementia Types (Neurology Clinical Practice, 2024) with author Alberto Benussi.
Hosted by Sex and Gender Differences in Alzheimer’s Disease
Wednesday, November 20 from 11 am – 12 pm US Eastern Time
Nancy Ortega will review ERβ mediates sex-specific protection in the App-NL-G-F mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease (bioRxiv, 2024) with author Aphrodite Demetriou.
Edelweiss Touron will review Sex-Dependent Effects of Cardiometabolic Health and APOE4 on Brain Age: A Longitudinal Cohort Study (Neurology, 2024) with author Sivaniya Subramanipillai.
Hosted by PIA to Elevate Early Career Researchers (PEERs)
Thursday, November 21 from 5 to 5:30 pm US Eastern Time
James Brady will review How are early-career dementia researchers considered and supported on a national level by dementia plans and organizations? An overview of global policy approaches (Alzheimer’s & Dementia, 2024) with a discussion led by Natasha Krishnadas with author Diana Karamacoska.
Hosted by Lewy Body Dementias
Friday, November 22 from 11 am – 12 pm US Eastern Time
Salomón Salazar-Londoño will review Cerebrovascular and Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers in dementia with Lewy bodies and other dementias (Brain Communications, 2024) with a discussion led by Annegret Habich with authors Anna Rennie, Daniel Ferreira.
Alena Smith will review Associations between misfolded alpha-synuclein aggregates and Alzheimer’s disease pathology in vivo (Alzheimer’s & Dementia, 2024) with a discussion led by Annegret Habich with authors Alexa Pichet Binette, Piero Parchi.
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