Brenda Lee Plassman | Scholars@Duke

Brenda Lee Plassman
Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

My research interests include the following areas:
1) Epidemiological studies to examine the prevalence and incidence of dementia and cognitive impairment, not dementia (CIND)
2) Studies examining risk and protective factors for dementia and CIND
3) Behavioral genetics of aging and dementia with an emphasis on twin studies
4) Long term outcomes of traumatic brain injury
5) Oral health and cognition in later life

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Geriatric Behavioral Health, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2013
Professor of Neurology, Neurology, Behavioral Neurology, Neurology 2014
Faculty Network Member of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, University Institutes and Centers 2014

Contact Information

2200 W. Main Street, Suite A200, Durham, NC 27705
Box 3925 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
brenda.plassman@duke.edu (919) 668-1586

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of Arizona 1986
Duke Appointment History
- Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical Psychology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2011 - 2013
- Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical Psychology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2006 - 2011
- Associate Research Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical Psychology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2002 - 2006
- Assistant Research Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical Psychology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 1996 - 2002
Recognition
In the News
- MAY 7, 2015 Durham Herald-Sun
  
  War on Alzheimer's: Durham firms lead push in treatment R&D
Research
Selected Grants
- Metabolic Signatures Underlying Vascular Risk Factors for Alzheimer-type Dementias awarded by National Institutes of Health 2015 - 2020
- Behavioral and Physiology in Aging awarded by National Institutes of Health 2015 - 2020
- NC Registry for Brain Health awarded by State of North Carolina 2018 - 2019
- Caregivers' Reactions and Experience: Imaging Dementia-Evidence for Amyloid Scanning-CARE IDEAS awarded by Brown University 2017 - 2019
- Life Course Process of Alzheimer's Disease: Sex Difference and Biosocial Mechanisms awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 2017 - 2019
- Decision Making for Cardiovascular Therapy in Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment awarded by University of Michigan 2016 - 2019
- Alzheimer's Disease, Genes, and Pesticide Use in the Agricultural Health Study awarded by National Institutes of Health 2014 - 2019
- Validation of a Performance Based Measure of Functioning in MCI and Early AD (VRFCAT) awarded by NeuroCog Trials 2018 - 2019
- Innovating Tablet-Based Cognitive Assessment for CNS Disorders of Aging awarded by NeuroCog Trials 2016 - 2018
- Genes, environments, interactions, and cognitive decline in the HRS awarded by Wake Forest University 2015 - 2018
- Assessing feasibility of computer virtual reality instrument awarded by NeuroCog Trials 2018
- The Greatest Generation: The NAS-NRC WWII Twins Registry as a Scientific Resource - Data Archiving awarded by University of Southern California 2017 - 2018
- Caregivers' Reactions and Experience: Imaging Dementia - Evidence for Amyloid Scanning - CARE IDEAS awarded by Brown University 2016 - 2017
- Epidemiology of mTBI and Neurosensory Outcomes awarded by Virginia Commonwealth University 2014 - 2016
- Developing an Oral Health Intervention for Individuals with Mild Dementia awarded by National Institutes of Health 2014 - 2016
- Behavior And Physiology In Aging awarded by National Institutes of Health 1999 - 2015
- Genes, environments, interactions, and cognitive decline in the HRS awarded by National Institutes of Health 2014 - 2015
- Trend and Trajectories of Oral Health among Older Americans awarded by National Institutes of Health 2009 - 2014
- Cognitive Endophenotypes for Genetic Studies of Alzheimer's Disease awarded by National Institutes of Health 2007 - 2012
- Epidemiology of dementia in Cache County, Utah awarded by National Institutes of Health 1994 - 2011
- IPA - Plassman awarded by Veterans Administration Medical Center 2010
- NIH State-of-the-Science Conference on Preventing Alzheimer's Disease and Cognitive Decline awarded by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2008 - 2010
- IPA - Brenda Plassman awarded by Veterans Administration Medical Center 2008 - 2009
- Genetic Epidemiology of Alzheimer's Disease in Twins awarded by National Institutes of Health 1989 - 2008
- IPA - Brenda Plassman awarded by Veterans Administration Medical Center 2006 - 2008
- Job Complexity and Cognition in Older Twin Pairs awarded by National Institutes of Health 2003 - 2005
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Freedman, VA, Kasper, JD, Spillman, BC, and Plassman, BL. "Short-Term Changes in the Prevalence of Probable Dementia: An Analysis of the 2011-2015 National Health and Aging Trends Study." The Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 73, no. suppl_1 (April 2018): S48-S56. Full Text
  - Hunter, JC, Handing, EP, Casanova, R, Kuchibhatla, M, Lutz, MW, Saldana, S, Plassman, BL, and Hayden, KM. "Neighborhoods, sleep quality, and cognitive decline: Does where you live and how well you sleep matter?." Alzheimer'S & Dementia : the Journal of the Alzheimer'S Association 14, no. 4 (April 2018): 454-461. Full Text
  - Atkins, AS, Khan, A, Ulshen, D, Vaughan, A, Balentin, D, Dickerson, H, Liharska, LE, Plassman, B, Welsh-Bohmer, K, and Keefe, RSE. "Assessment of Instrumental Activities of Daily Living in Older Adults with Subjective Cognitive Decline Using the Virtual Reality Functional Capacity Assessment Tool (VRFCAT)." The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer'S Disease 5, no. 4 (January 2018): 216-234. Full Text
  - Romero, HR, Monsch, AU, Hayden, KM, Plassman, BL, Atkins, AS, Keefe, RSE, Brewster, S, Chiang, C, O'Neil, J, Runyan, G, Atkinson, MJ, Crawford, S, Budur, K, Burns, DK, and Welsh-Bohmer, KA. "TOMMORROW neuropsychological battery: German language validation and normative study." Alzheimer'S & Dementia (New York, N. Y.) 4 (January 2018): 314-323. Full Text
  - Hybels, CF, Wu, B, Landerman, LR, Liang, J, Bennett, JM, and Plassman, BL. "Trends in decayed teeth among middle-aged and older adults in the United States: socioeconomic disparities persist over time." Journal of public health dentistry 76, no. 4 (September 2016): 287-294. Full Text
  - Wu, B, Fillenbaum, GG, Plassman, BL, and Guo, L. "Association Between Oral Health and Cognitive Status: A Systematic Review." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 64, no. 8 (August 2016): 1752-null. Full Text
  - Qin, B, Viera, AJ, Muntner, P, Plassman, BL, Edwards, LJ, Adair, LS, Popkin, BM, and Mendez, MA. "Visit-to-Visit Variability in Blood Pressure Is Related to Late-Life Cognitive Decline." Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) 68, no. 1 (July 2016): 106-113. Full Text
  - Lee, K, Plassman, B, Pan, W, and Wu, B. "Mediation Effect of Oral Hygiene on the Relationship Between Cognitive Function and Oral Health in Older Adults." Journal of Gerontological Nursing 42, no. 5 (May 1, 2016): 30-37. Full Text Link to Item
  - Oh, G, Ebrahimi, S, Wang, S-C, Cortese, R, Kaminsky, ZA, Gottesman, II, Burke, JR, Plassman, BL, and Petronis, A. "Epigenetic assimilation in the aging human brain." Genome Biology 17 (April 28, 2016): 76-null. Full Text
  - Arden, R, Luciano, M, Deary, IJ, Reynolds, CA, Pedersen, NL, Plassman, BL, McGue, M, Christensen, K, and Visscher, PM. "Authors' Response to Kaufman and Muntaner." International journal of epidemiology 45, no. 2 (April 2016): 578-579. (Letter) Full Text
  - Wu, B, Fillenbaum, GG, Plassman, BL, and Guo, L. "Association Between Oral Health and Cognitive Status: A Systematic Review." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 64, no. 4 (April 2016): 739-751. (Review) Full Text
  - Arden, R, Luciano, M, Deary, IJ, Reynolds, CA, Pedersen, NL, Plassman, BL, McGue, M, Christensen, K, and Visscher, PM. "The association between intelligence and lifespan is mostly genetic." International Journal of Epidemiology 45, no. 1 (February 2016): 178-185. Full Text
  - Hybels, CF, Bennett, JM, Landerman, LR, Liang, J, Plassman, BL, and Wu, B. "Trajectories of depressive symptoms and oral health outcomes in a community sample of older adults." International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 31, no. 1 (January 2016): 83-91. Full Text
  - Gurland, BJ, Page, W, Small, B, McArdle, JJ, and Plassman, BL. "Heritability of Health and Aging Limitations on Personally Desired Activities." Health psychology research 3, no. 2 (September 2015): 1981-. Full Text
  - Qin, B, Adair, LS, Plassman, BL, Batis, C, Edwards, LJ, Popkin, BM, and Mendez, MA. "Dietary Patterns and Cognitive Decline Among Chinese Older Adults." Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) 26, no. 5 (September 2015): 758-768. Full Text
  - Holsinger, T, Plassman, BL, Stechuchak, KM, Burke, JR, Coffman, CJ, and Williams, JW. "Stability of Diagnoses of Cognitive Impairment, Not Dementia in a Veterans Affairs Primary Care Population." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 63, no. 6 (June 2015): 1105-1111. Full Text
  - Lee, KH, Wu, B, and Plassman, BL. "Dental care utilization among older adults with cognitive impairment in the USA." Geriatrics & gerontology international 15, no. 3 (March 2015): 255-260. Full Text
  - Lee, KH, Wu, B, and Plassman, BL. "Dental care utilization among older adults with cognitive impairment in the USA." Geriatrics and Gerontology International 15, no. 3 (March 1, 2015): 255-260. Full Text
  - Hayden, KM, Lutz, MW, Kuchibhatla, M, Germain, C, and Plassman, BL. "Effect of APOE and CD33 on Cognitive Decline." PloS one 10, no. 6 (January 2015): e0130419-. Full Text
  - Hayden, KM, Lutz, MW, Kuchibhatla, M, Germain, C, and Plassman, BL. "Correction: Effect of APOE and CD33 on Cognitive Decline." PloS one 10, no. 7 (January 2015): e0134887-. Full Text
  - Kotagal, V, Langa, KM, Plassman, BL, Fisher, GG, Giordani, BJ, Wallace, RB, Burke, JR, Steffens, DC, Kabeto, M, Albin, RL, and Foster, NL. "Factors associated with cognitive evaluations in the United States." Neurology 84, no. 1 (January 2015): 64-71. Full Text
  - Plassman, BL, and Grafman, J. "Traumatic brain injury and late-life dementia." Handbook of Clinical Neurology 128 (January 2015): 711-722. (Review) Full Text
  - Wu, B, Hybels, C, Liang, J, Landerman, L, and Plassman, B. "Social stratification and tooth loss among middle-aged and older Americans from 1988 to 2004." Community dentistry and oral epidemiology 42, no. 6 (December 2014): 495-502. Full Text
  - Chuang, Y-F, Breitner, JCS, Chiu, Y-L, Khachaturian, A, Hayden, K, Corcoran, C, Tschanz, J, Norton, M, Munger, R, Welsh-Bohmer, K, Zandi, PP, and Cache County Investigators, . "Use of diuretics is associated with reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease: the Cache County Study." Neurobiology of aging 35, no. 11 (November 2014): 2429-2435. Full Text
  - Hayden, KM, Kuchibhatla, M, Romero, HR, Plassman, BL, Burke, JR, Browndyke, JN, and Welsh-Bohmer, KA. "Pre-clinical cognitive phenotypes for Alzheimer disease: a latent profile approach." Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 22, no. 11 (November 2014): 1364-1374. Full Text Link to Item
  - Hayden, KM, Makeeva, OA, Newby, LK, Plassman, BL, Markova, VV, Dunham, A, Romero, HR, Melikyan, ZA, Germain, CM, Welsh-Bohmer, KA, Roses, AD, and TOMSK-DUKE Study Group Investigators, . "A comparison of neuropsychological performance between US and Russia: preparing for a global clinical trial." Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 10, no. 6 (November 2014): 760-768.e1. Full Text
  - Hayden, KM, Makeeva, OA, Newby, LK, Plassman, BL, Markova, VV, Dunham, A, Romero, HR, Melikyan, ZA, Germain, CM, Welsh-Bohmer, KA, and Roses, AD. "A comparison of neuropsychological performance between US and Russia: Preparing for a global clinical trial." Alzheimer'S and Dementia 10, no. 6 (November 1, 2014): 760-768. Full Text
  - Alzheimer's Association National Plan Milestone Workgroup, , Fargo, KN, Aisen, P, Albert, M, Au, R, Corrada, MM, DeKosky, S, Drachman, D, Fillit, H, Gitlin, L, Haas, M, Herrup, K, Kawas, C, Khachaturian, AS, Khachaturian, ZS, Klunk, W, Knopman, D, Kukull, WA, Lamb, B, Logsdon, RG, Maruff, P, Mesulam, M, Mobley, W, Mohs, R, Morgan, D, Nixon, RA, Paul, S, Petersen, R, Plassman, B, Potter, W, Reiman, E, Reisberg, B, Sano, M, Schindler, R, Schneider, LS, Snyder, PJ, Sperling, RA, Yaffe, K, Bain, LJ, Thies, WH, and Carrillo, MC. "2014 Report on the Milestones for the US National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease." Alzheimer'S & Dementia : the Journal of the Alzheimer'S Association 10, no. 5 Suppl (October 2014): S430-S452. Full Text
  - Qin, B, Plassman, BL, Edwards, LJ, Popkin, BM, Adair, LS, and Mendez, MA. "Fish intake is associated with slower cognitive decline in Chinese older adults." The Journal of Nutrition 144, no. 10 (October 2014): 1579-1585. Full Text
  - Liang, J, Wu, B, Plassman, B, Bennett, JM, and Beck, J. "Social stratification, oral hygiene, and trajectories of dental caries among old Americans." Journal of Aging and Health 26, no. 6 (September 2014): 900-923. Full Text
  - Romero, HR, Welsh-Bohmer, KA, Gwyther, LP, Edmonds, HL, Plassman, BL, Germain, CM, McCart, M, Hayden, KM, Pieper, C, and Roses, AD. "Community engagement in diverse populations for Alzheimer disease prevention trials." Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders 28, no. 3 (July 2014): 269-274. Full Text
  - Hayden, KM, Kuchibhatla, M, Romero, HR, Plassman, BL, Burke, JR, Browndyke, JN, and Welsh-Bohmer, KA. "Pre-clinical cognitive phenotypes for alzheimer disease: A latent profile approach." American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 22, no. 11 (2014): 1364-1374. Full Text
  - Romero, HR, Welsh-Bohmer, KA, Gwyther, LP, Edmonds, HL, Plassman, BL, Germain, CM, McCart, M, Hayden, KM, Pieper, C, and Roses, AD. "Community engagement in diverse populations for alzheimer disease prevention trials." Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders 28, no. 3 (January 1, 2014): 269-274. Full Text
  - Wu, B, Hybels, C, Liang, J, Landerman, L, and Plassman, B. "Social stratification and tooth loss among middle-aged and older Americans from 1988 to 2004." Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology 42, no. 6 (January 1, 2014): 495-502. Full Text
  - Liang, J, Wu, B, Plassman, B, Bennett, J, and Beck, J. "Racial disparities in trajectories of dental caries experience." Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology 41, no. 6 (December 1, 2013): 517-525. Full Text
  - Lee, K, Wu, B, and Plassman, BL. "COGNITIVE FUNCTION AND DENTAL CARE UTILIZATION AMONG OLDER ADULTS." GERONTOLOGIST 53 (November 2013): 608-608. Link to Item
  - Liang, J, Wu, B, Plassman, BL, and Bennett, JM. "TRAJECTORIES OF COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING AND EDENTUALISM AMONG OLDER AMERICANS." GERONTOLOGIST 53 (November 2013): 210-210. Link to Item
  - Plassman, BL, Lee, K, and Wu, B. "DRILLING DOWN ON THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ORAL HEALTH AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT." GERONTOLOGIST 53 (November 2013): 608-608. Link to Item
  - Wu, B, Fillenbaum, G, Plassman, BL, Guo, L, and Qin, L. "ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ORAL HEALTH AND COGNITIVE STATUS: REVIEW OF LONGITUDINAL STUDIES." GERONTOLOGIST 53 (November 2013): 608-608. Link to Item
  - Wu, B, Plassman, BL, and Anderson, RA. "AN ADAPTIVE LEADERSHIP ORAL HEALTH INTERVENTION FOR CAREGIVERS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH MILD DEMENTIA." GERONTOLOGIST 53 (November 2013): 11-11. Link to Item
  - Lee, KH, Wu, B, and Plassman, BL. "Cognitive function and oral health-related quality of life in older adults." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 61, no. 9 (September 2013): 1602-1607. Full Text
  - Wu, B, Liang, J, Landerman, L, and Plassman, B. "Trends of edentulism among middle-aged and older Asian Americans." American Journal of Public Health 103, no. 9 (September 2013): e76-e82. Full Text
  - Gure, TR, Langa, KM, Fisher, GG, Piette, JD, and Plassman, BL. "Functional limitations in older adults who have cognitive impairment without dementia." Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology 26, no. 2 (June 2013): 78-85. Full Text
  - Potter, GG, Wagner, HR, Burke, JR, Plassman, BL, Welsh-Bohmer, KA, and Steffens, DC. "Neuropsychological predictors of dementia in late-life major depressive disorder." Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 21, no. 3 (March 2013): 297-306. Full Text Link to Item
  - Brainerd, CJ, Reyna, VF, Petersen, RC, Smith, GE, Kenney, AE, Gross, CJ, Taub, ES, Plassman, BL, and Fisher, GG. "The apolipoprotein E genotype predicts longitudinal transitions to mild cognitive impairment but not to Alzheimer's dementia: findings from a nationally representative study." Neuropsychology 27, no. 1 (January 2013): 86-94. Full Text
  - Lee, KH, Wu, B, and Plassman, BL. "Cognitive function and oral health-related quality of life in older adults." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 61, no. 9 (2013): 1602-1607. Full Text
  - Liang, J, Wu, B, Plassman, B, Bennett, J, and Beck, J. "Racial disparities in trajectories of dental caries experience." Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology (2013). Full Text
  - Germain, CM, Plassman, BL, and Kuchibhatla, M. "PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT NOT DEMENTIA (CIND) IN LATE LIFE." GERONTOLOGIST 52 (November 2012): 656-656. Link to Item
  - Liang, J, Wu, B, Plassman, BL, Bennett, JM, and Beck, J. "TRAJECTORIES OF PERIODONTAL DISEASE AMONG OLDER AMERICANS. DOES SOCIAL STRATIFICATION MATTER?." GERONTOLOGIST 52 (November 2012): 720-720. Link to Item
  - Liang, J, Wu, B, Plassman, BL, Bennett, JM, and Beck, J. "ORAL HYGIENE AND THE DYNAMICS OF DENTAL CARIES AMONG OLD ADULTS." GERONTOLOGIST 52 (November 2012): 71-71. Link to Item
  - Wu, B, Hybels, C, Liang, J, Plassman, BL, and Landerman, LR. "TREND OF DENTAL CARIES EXPERIENCES: ANALYSIS OF NATIONAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION EXAMINATION SURVEY (NHANES) (1988-1994) AND NHANES (1999-2004)." GERONTOLOGIST 52 (November 2012): 720-720. Link to Item
  - Cockburn, AF, Dehlin, JM, Ngan, T, Crout, R, Boskovic, G, Denvir, J, Primerano, D, Plassman, BL, Wu, B, and Cuff, CF. "High throughput DNA sequencing to detect differences in the subgingival plaque microbiome in elderly subjects with and without dementia. (Published online)" Investig Genet 3, no. 1 (September 21, 2012): 19-. Full Text Link to Item
  - Holsinger, T, Plassman, BL, Stechuchak, KM, Burke, JR, Coffman, CJ, and Williams, JW. "Screening for cognitive impairment: comparing the performance of four instruments in primary care." J Am Geriatr Soc 60, no. 6 (June 2012): 1027-1036. Full Text Link to Item
  - Wu, B, Liang, J, Plassman, BL, Remle, C, and Luo, X. "Edentulism trends among middle-aged and older adults in the United States: comparison of five racial/ethnic groups." Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology 40, no. 2 (April 2012): 145-153. Full Text
  - Potter, GG, Wagner, HR, Burke, JR, Plassman, BL, Welsh-Bohmer, KA, and Steffens, DC. "Neuropsychological Predictors of Dementia in Late-Life Major Depressive Disorder." Am J Geriatr Psychiatry (March 11, 2012). Full Text Link to Item
  - Holsinger, T, Plassman, BL, and Stechuchak, KM. "The Mini-Cog had sensitivity similar to the longer 3MS for detecting cognitive impairment or dementia." Annals of Internal Medicine 157, no. 8 (2012): JC4-JC8.
  - Wiener, RC, Wu, B, Crout, RJ, Plassman, BL, McNeil, DW, Wiener, MA, Kao, E, and Caplan, DJ. "Hygiene self-care of older adults in West Virginia: effects of gender." J Dent Hyg 86, no. 3 (2012): 231-238. Link to Item
  - Wu, B, Liang, J, Plassman, BL, Remle, C, and Luo, X. "Erratum: Edentulism trends among middle-aged and older adults in the United States: Comparison of five racial/ethnic groups (Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology (2012) 40 (145-153))." Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology 40, no. 3 (2012): 288--. Full Text
  - Wu, B, Furter, R, Plassman, BL, Liang, J, and Landerman, LR. "RACIAL AND ETHNIC VARIATIONS IN NUMBER OF TEETH MISSING AMONG ADULTS AGED 50 AND ABOVE IN THE U.S." GERONTOLOGIST 51 (November 2011): 429-429. Link to Item
  - Daviglus, ML, Plassman, BL, Pirzada, A, Bell, CC, Bowen, PE, Burke, JR, Connolly, ES, Dunbar-Jacob, JM, Granieri, EC, McGarry, K, Patel, D, Trevisan, M, and Williams, JW. "Risk factors and preventive interventions for Alzheimer disease: state of the science." Archives of Neurology 68, no. 9 (September 2011): 1185-1190. (Review) Full Text
  - Plassman, BL, Langa, KM, McCammon, RJ, Fisher, GG, Potter, GG, Burke, JR, Steffens, DC, Foster, NL, Giordani, B, Unverzagt, FW, Welsh-Bohmer, KA, Heeringa, SG, Weir, DR, and Wallace, RB. "Incidence of dementia and cognitive impairment, not dementia in the United States." Annals of Neurology 70, no. 3 (September 2011): 418-426. Full Text
  - Tate, DF, Neeley, ES, Norton, MC, Tschanz, JT, Miller, MJ, Wolfson, L, Hulette, C, Leslie, C, Welsh-Bohmer, KA, Plassman, B, and Bigler, ED. "Intracranial volume and dementia: some evidence in support of the cerebral reserve hypothesis." Brain Res 1385 (April 18, 2011): 151-162. Full Text Link to Item
  - Hayden, KM, Jones, RN, Zimmer, C, Plassman, BL, Browndyke, JN, Pieper, C, Warren, LH, and Welsh-Bohmer, KA. "Factor structure of the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Centers uniform dataset neuropsychological battery: an evaluation of invariance between and within groups over time." Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders 25, no. 2 (April 2011): 128-137. Full Text
  - Fisher, GG, Franks, MM, Plassman, BL, Brown, SL, Potter, GG, Llewellyn, D, Rogers, MAM, and Langa, KM. "Caring for individuals with dementia and cognitive impairment, not dementia: findings from the aging, demographics, and memory study." J Am Geriatr Soc 59, no. 3 (March 2011): 488-494. Full Text Link to Item
  - Okura, T, Plassman, BL, Steffens, DC, Llewellyn, DJ, Potter, GG, and Langa, KM. "Neuropsychiatric symptoms and the risk of institutionalization and death: the aging, demographics, and memory study." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 59, no. 3 (March 2011): 473-481. Full Text
  - Wu, B, Plassman, BL, Liang, J, Remle, RC, Bai, L, and Crout, RJ. "Differences in self-reported oral health among community-dwelling black, Hispanic, and white elders." Journal of Aging and Health 23, no. 2 (March 2011): 267-288. Full Text
  - Brookmeyer, R, Evans, DA, Hebert, L, Langa, KM, Heeringa, SG, Plassman, BL, and Kukull, WA. "National estimates of the prevalence of Alzheimer's disease in the United States." Alzheimer'S & Dementia : the Journal of the Alzheimer'S Association 7, no. 1 (January 2011): 61-73. Full Text
  - Seshadri, S, Beiser, A, Au, R, Wolf, PA, Evans, DA, Wilson, RS, Petersen, RC, Knopman, DS, Rocca, WA, Kawas, CH, Corrada, MM, Plassman, BL, Langa, KM, and Chui, HC. "Operationalizing diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer's disease and other age-related cognitive impairment-Part 2." Alzheimer'S & Dementia : the Journal of the Alzheimer'S Association 7, no. 1 (January 2011): 35-52. (Review) Full Text
  - Weir, DR, Wallace, RB, Langa, KM, Plassman, BL, Wilson, RS, Bennett, DA, Duara, R, Loewenstein, D, Ganguli, M, and Sano, M. "Reducing case ascertainment costs in U.S. population studies of Alzheimer's disease, dementia, and cognitive impairment-Part 1." Alzheimer'S & Dementia : the Journal of the Alzheimer'S Association 7, no. 1 (January 2011): 94-109. Full Text
  - Wilson, RS, Weir, DR, Leurgans, SE, Evans, DA, Hebert, LE, Langa, KM, Plassman, BL, Small, BJ, and Bennett, DA. "Sources of variability in estimates of the prevalence of Alzheimer's disease in the United States." Alzheimer'S & Dementia : the Journal of the Alzheimer'S Association 7, no. 1 (January 2011): 74-79. Full Text
  - Wu, B, Guo, M, Chi, I, and Plassman, BL. "Social network and health: A comparison of Chinese older adults in Shanghai and elderly immigrants in Boston." International Journal of Social Welfare 20, no. SUPPL. 1 (2011): S59-S71. Full Text
  - Wu, B, Liang, J, Plassman, BL, Remle, RC, and Bai, L. "Oral health among white, black, and Mexican-American elders: an examination of edentulism and dental caries." Journal of Public Health Dentistry 71, no. 4 (January 2011): 308-317. Full Text
  - Wu, B, Goedereis, EA, Crout, RJ, Plassman, BL, DiNapoli, EA, McNeil, DW, Wiener, M, Boone, ML, Wiener, RC, Kao, E, and Bai, L. "Recruitment of rural and cognitively impaired older adults for dental research." Spec Care Dentist 30, no. 5 (September 2010): 193-199. Full Text Link to Item
  - Plassman, BL, Williams, JW, Burke, JR, Holsinger, T, and Benjamin, S. "Systematic review: factors associated with risk for and possible prevention of cognitive decline in later life." Annals of Internal Medicine 153, no. 3 (August 2010): 182-193. (Review) Full Text
  - Wu, B, Chi, I, Plassman, BL, and Guo, M. "Depressive symptoms and health problems among Chinese immigrant elders in the US and Chinese elders in China." Aging Ment Health 14, no. 6 (August 2010): 695-704. Full Text Link to Item
  - Llewellyn, DJ, Lang, IA, Matthews, FE, Plassman, BL, Rogers, MA, Morgenstern, LB, Fisher, GG, Kabeto, MU, and Langa, KM. "Vascular health, diabetes, APOE and dementia: the Aging, Demographics, and Memory Study. (Published online)" Alzheimers Res Ther 2, no. 3 (June 24, 2010): 19-. Full Text Link to Item
  - Gure, TR, Kabeto, MU, Plassman, BL, Piette, JD, and Langa, KM. "Differences in functional impairment across subtypes of dementia." J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 65, no. 4 (April 2010): 434-441. Full Text Link to Item
  - Williams, JW, Plassman, BL, Burke, J, and Benjamin, S. "Preventing Alzheimer's disease and cognitive decline." Evid Rep Technol Assess (Full Rep) , no. 193 (April 2010): 1-727. (Review) Link to Item
  - Wiener, RC, Wu, B, Crout, R, Wiener, M, Plassman, B, Kao, E, and McNeil, D. "Hyposalivation and xerostomia in dentate older adults." Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) 141, no. 3 (March 2010): 279-284. Full Text
  - Okura, T, Plassman, BL, Steffens, DC, Llewellyn, DJ, Potter, GG, and Langa, KM. "Prevalence of neuropsychiatric symptoms and their association with functional limitations in older adults in the United States: the aging, demographics, and memory study." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 58, no. 2 (February 2010): 330-337. Full Text
  - Welsh-Bohmer, KA, Plassman, BL, and Hayden, KM. "Genetic and environmental contributions to cognitive decline in aging and Alzheimer's disease." Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics 30, no. 1 (2010): 81-114. Full Text
  - Potter, GG, Plassman, BL, Burke, JR, Kabeto, MU, Langa, KM, Llewellyn, DJ, Rogers, MAM, and Steffens, DC. "Cognitive performance and informant reports in the diagnosis of cognitive impairment and dementia in African Americans and whites." Alzheimer'S & Dementia : the Journal of the Alzheimer'S Association 5, no. 6 (November 2009): 445-453. Full Text
  - Okura, T, Plassman, BL, Steffens, DC, Llewellyn, DJ, and Langa, KM. "THE QUANTITY OF ACTIVE HELP AND SUPERVISION PROVIDED TO OLDER ADULTS WITH NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOMS: THE AGING, DEMOGRAPHICS, AND MEMORY STUDY (ADAMS)." GERONTOLOGIST 49 (October 2009): 99-99. Link to Item
  - Steffens, DC, Fisher, GG, Langa, KM, Potter, GG, and Plassman, BL. "Prevalence of depression among older Americans: the Aging, Demographics and Memory Study." International Psychogeriatrics 21, no. 5 (October 2009): 879-888. Full Text
  - McArdle, JJ, and Plassman, BL. "A biometric latent curve analysis of memory decline in older men of the NAS-NRC twin registry." Behavior Genetics 39, no. 5 (September 2009): 472-495. Full Text
  - Plassman, BL, Langa, KM, Fisher, GG, Heeringa, SG, Weir, DR, and Ofstedal, MB. "Prevalence of Cognitive Impairment Without Dementia (vol 148, pg 427, 2008)." ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE 151, no. 4 (August 18, 2009): 291-292. Full Text Link to Item
  - Zhang, ZX, Plassman, BL, Xu, Q, Zahner, GEP, Wu, B, Gai, MY, Wen, HB, Chen, X, Gao, S, Hu, D, Xiao, XH, Shen, Y, Liu, AM, and Xu, T. "Lifespan influences on mid- to late-life cognitive function in a Chinese birth cohort." Neurology 73, no. 3 (July 2009): 186-194. Full Text
  - Wang, CS-M, Burke, JR, Steffens, DC, Hulette, CM, Breitner, JCS, and Plassman, BL. "Twin pairs discordant for neuropathologically confirmed Lewy body dementia." J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 80, no. 5 (May 2009): 562-565. Full Text Link to Item
  - Rogers, MAM, Plassman, BL, Kabeto, M, Fisher, GG, McArdle, JJ, Llewellyn, DJ, Potter, GG, and Langa, KM. "Parental education and late-life dementia in the United States." Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology 22, no. 1 (March 2009): 71-80. Full Text
  - Venkataraman, S, Plassman, BL, Langa, KM, McCammon, RJ, and Steffens, DC. "Longitudinal Outcomes of Subtypes of Cognitive Impairment Not Dementia (CIND)." AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY 17, no. 3 (March 2009): A118-A118. Link to Item
  - Plassman, BL, Langa, KM, Fisher, GG, Heeringa, SG, Weir, DR, and Ofstedal, MB. "Prevalence of cognitive impairment without dementia in the United States (Annals of Internal Medicine (2008) 148, (427-434))." Annals of Internal Medicine 151, no. 4 (2009): 291-292.
  - Taylor, DH, Østbye, T, Langa, KM, Weir, D, and Plassman, BL. "The accuracy of Medicare claims as an epidemiological tool: the case of dementia revisited." Journal of Alzheimer'S Disease : Jad 17, no. 4 (January 2009): 807-815. Full Text
  - Carlson, MC, Helms, MJ, Steffens, DC, Burke, JR, Potter, GG, and Plassman, BL. "Midlife activity predicts risk of dementia in older male twin pairs." Alzheimers Dement 4, no. 5 (September 2008): 324-331. Full Text Link to Item
  - Potter, GG, Helms, MJ, and Plassman, BL. "Associations of job demands and intelligence with cognitive performance among men in late life." NEUROLOGY 70, no. 19 (May 6, 2008): 1803-1808. Full Text Link to Item
  - Potter, GG, Helms, MJ, and Plassman, BL. "Associations of job demands and intelligence with cognitive performance among men in late life." Neurology 70, no. 19 Pt 2 (May 2008): 1803-1808. Full Text
  - Wu, B, Plassman, BL, Crout, RJ, and Liang, J. "Cognitive function and oral health among community-dwelling older adults." J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 63, no. 5 (May 2008): 495-500. Link to Item
  - Plassman, BL, Langa, KM, Fisher, GG, Heeringa, SG, Weir, DR, Ofstedal, MB, Burke, JR, Hurd, MD, Potter, GG, Rodgers, WL, Steffens, DC, McArdle, JJ, Willis, RJ, and Wallace, RB. "Prevalence of cognitive impairment without dementia in the United States." Annals of Internal Medicine 148, no. 6 (March 2008): 427-434. Full Text
  - Ostbye, T, Taylor, DH, Clipp, EC, Scoyoc, LV, and Plassman, BL. "Identification of dementia: agreement among national survey data, medicare claims, and death certificates." Health Services Research 43, no. 1 Pt 1 (February 2008): 313-326. Full Text
  - Steinberg, M, Shao, H, Zandi, P, Lyketsos, CG, Welsh-Bohmer, KA, Norton, MC, Breitner, JCS, Steffens, DC, Tschanz, JT, and Cache County Investigators, . "Point and 5-year period prevalence of neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia: the Cache County Study." International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 23, no. 2 (February 2008): 170-177. Full Text
  - Jarvik, L, LaRue, A, Blacker, D, Gatz, M, Kawas, C, McArdle, JJ, Morris, JC, Mortimer, JA, Ringman, JM, Ercoli, L, Freimer, N, Gokhman, I, Manly, JJ, Plassman, BL, Rasgon, N, Roberts, JS, Sunderland, T, Swan, GE, Wolf, PA, and Zonderman, AB. "Children of persons with Alzheimer disease: what does the future hold?." Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders 22, no. 1 (January 2008): 6-20. (Review) Full Text
  - Taylor, DH, Kuchibhatla, M, Ostbye, T, Plassman, BL, and Clipp, EC. "The effect of spousal caregiving and bereavement on depressive symptoms." Aging & Mental Health 12, no. 1 (January 2008): 100-107. Full Text
  - Wu, B, Plassman, BL, Liang, J, and Wei, L. "Cognitive function and dental care utilization among community-dwelling older adults." American Journal of Public Health 97, no. 12 (December 2007): 2216-2221. Full Text
  - Steffens, DC, Potter, GG, McQuoid, DR, MacFall, JR, Payne, ME, Burke, JR, Plassman, BL, and Welsh-Bohmer, KA. "Longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging vascular changes, apolipoprotein E genotype, and development of dementia in the neurocognitive outcomes of depression in the elderly study." Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 15, no. 10 (October 2007): 839-849. Full Text Link to Item
  - Fearing, MA, Bigler, ED, Norton, M, Tschanz, JA, Hulette, C, Leslie, C, Welsh-Bohmer, K, and Cache County Investigators, . "Autopsy-confirmed Alzheimer's disease versus clinically diagnosed Alzheimer's disease in the Cache County Study on Memory and Aging: a comparison of quantitative MRI and neuropsychological findings." Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology 29, no. 5 (July 2007): 553-560. Full Text
  - Potter, GG, Helms, MJ, Burke, JR, Steffens, DC, and Plassman, BL. "Job demands and dementia risk among male twin pairs." Alzheimers Dement 3, no. 3 (July 2007): 192-199. Full Text Link to Item
  - Plassman, BL, Xiong, GL, Helms, MJ, and Steffens, DC. "Vascular risk factors and cognitive decline among elderly male twins - Reply." NEUROLOGY 68, no. 21 (May 22, 2007): 1871-1871. Link to Item
  - Holsinger, T, Helms, M, and Plassman, B. "Intelligence in early adulthood and life span up to 65 years later in male elderly twins." Age and Ageing 36, no. 3 (2007): 286-291. Full Text
  - Plassman, BL, Langa, KM, Fisher, GG, Heeringa, SG, Weir, DR, Ofstedal, MB, Burke, JR, Hurd, MD, Potter, GG, Rodgers, WL, Steffens, DC, Willis, RJ, and Wallace, RB. "Prevalence of dementia in the United States: the aging, demographics, and memory study." Neuroepidemiology 29, no. 1-2 (January 2007): 125-132. Full Text
  - Plassman, BL, Xiong, GL, Helms, MJ, and Steffens, DC. "Reply from the authors [5]." Neurology 68, no. 21 (2007): 1871--. Full Text
  - Plassman, BL, Steffens, DC, Burke, JR, Welsh-Bohmer, KA, Newman, TN, Drosdick, D, Helms, MJ, Potter, GG, and Breitner, JCS. "Duke Twins Study of Memory in Aging in the NAS-NRC Twin Registry." Twin Research and Human Genetics : the Official Journal of the International Society for Twin Studies 9, no. 6 (December 2006): 950-957. Full Text
  - Xiong, GL, Plassman, BL, Helms, MJ, and Steffens, DC. "Vascular risk factors and cognitive decline among elderly male twins." Neurology 67, no. 9 (November 14, 2006): 1586-1591. Full Text Link to Item
  - Potter, GG, Plassman, BL, Helms, MJ, Foster, SM, and Edwards, NW. "Occupational characteristics and cognitive performance among elderly male twins." Neurology 67, no. 8 (October 24, 2006): 1377-1382. Full Text Link to Item
  - Lyketsos, CG, Toone, L, Tschanz, J, Corcoran, C, Norton, M, Zandi, P, Munger, R, Breitner, JCS, Welsh-Bohmer, K, Anthony, J, Bigler, E, Burke, J, Green, RC, Klien, L, Townsend, JJ, Rabins, PV, Steinberg, M, Østbye, T, Pieper, C, Plassman, B, Steffens, DC, Leslie, C, Wyse, BW, Williams, M, and Onyike, CU. "A population-based study of the association between coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) and cognitive decline: The Cache County Study." International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 21, no. 6 (2006): 509-518. Full Text
  - Plassman, BL, Khachaturian, AS, Townsend, JJ, Ball, MJ, Steffens, DC, Leslie, CE, Tschanz, JT, Norton, MC, Burke, JR, Welsh-Bohmer, KA, Hulette, CM, Nixon, RR, Tyrey, M, and Breitner, JCS. "Comparison of clinical and neuropathologic diagnoses of Alzheimer's disease in 3 epidemiologic samples." Alzheimer'S & Dementia : the Journal of the Alzheimer'S Association 2, no. 1 (January 2006): 2-11. Full Text
  - Steffens, DC, Maytan, M, Helms, MJ, and Plassman, BL. "Prevalence and clinical correlates of neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia." American Journal of Alzheimer'S Disease and Other Dementias 20, no. 6 (November 2005): 367-373. Full Text
  - Reed, T, Plassman, BL, Tanner, CM, Dick, DM, Rinehart, SA, and Nichols, WC. "Verification of self-report of zygosity determined via DNA testing in a subset of the NAS-NRC twin registry 40 years later." Twin Research and Human Genetics : the Official Journal of the International Society for Twin Studies 8, no. 4 (August 2005): 362-367. Full Text
  - Langa, KM, Plassman, BL, Wallace, RB, Herzog, AR, Heeringa, SG, Ofstedal, MB, Burke, JR, Fisher, GG, Fultz, NH, Hurd, MD, Potter, GG, Rodgers, WL, Steffens, DC, Weir, DR, and Willis, RJ. "The Aging, Demographics, and Memory Study: study design and methods." Neuroepidemiology 25, no. 4 (January 2005): 181-191. Full Text
  - Tschanz, JT, Treiber, K, Norton, MC, Welsh-Bohmer, KA, Toone, L, Zandi, PP, Szekely, CA, Lyketsos, C, Breitner, JCS, and Cache County Study Group, . "A population study of Alzheimer's disease: findings from the Cache County Study on Memory, Health, and Aging." Care Manag J 6, no. 2 (2005): 107-114. Link to Item
  - Potter, GG, Plassman, BL, Helms, MJ, Steffens, DC, and Welsh-Bohmer, KA. "Age effects of coronary artery bypass graft on cognitive status change among elderly male twins." Neurology 63, no. 12 (December 28, 2004): 2245-2249. Link to Item
  - Steffens, DC, Welsh-Bohmer, KA, Burke, JR, Plassman, BL, Beyer, JL, Gersing, KR, and Potter, GG. "Methodology and preliminary results from the neurocognitive outcomes of depression in the elderly study." Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology 17, no. 4 (December 2004): 202-211. Full Text
  - Gurland, BJ, Page, WF, and Plassman, BL. "A twin study of the genetic contribution to age-related functional impairment." J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 59, no. 8 (August 2004): 859-863. Link to Item
  - Steffens, DC, Norton, MC, Hart, AD, Skoog, I, Corcoran, C, Breitner, JCS, and Cache County Study Group, . "Apolipoprotein E genotype and major depression in a community of older adults. The Cache County Study." Psychol Med 33, no. 3 (April 2003): 541-547. Link to Item
  - Bigler, ED, Kerr, B, Tate, DF, Hessel, CD, Earl, HD, Miller, MJ, Rice, SA, Smith, KH, Welsh-Bohmer, K, Plassman, B, Lowry, CM, Tschanz, JT, and Victoroff, J. "Role of white matter lesions, cerebral atrophy, and APOE on cognition in older persons with and without dementia: The Cache County, Utah, study of memory and aging." Neuropsychology 17, no. 3 (2003): 339-352. Full Text
  - Bigler, ED, Tate, DF, Miller, MJ, Rice, SA, Hessel, CD, Earl, HD, Tschanz, JT, Plassman, B, and Welsh-Bohmer, KA. "Dementia, asymmetry of temporal lobe structures, and apolipoprotein E genotype: relationships to cerebral atrophy and neuropsychological impairment." Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : Jins 8, no. 7 (November 2002): 925-933.
  - Zandi, PP, Carlson, MC, Plassman, BL, Welsh-Bohmer, KA, Mayer, LS, Steffens, DC, Breitner, JCS, and Cache County Memory Study Investigators, . "Hormone replacement therapy and incidence of Alzheimer disease in older women: the Cache County Study." Jama 288, no. 17 (November 2002): 2123-2129. Full Text
  - Tschanz, JT, Welsh-Bohmer, KA, Plassman, BL, Norton, MC, Wyse, BW, Breitner, JCS, and Cache County Study Group, . "An adaptation of the modified mini-mental state examination: analysis of demographic influences and normative data: the cache county study." Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology, and Behavioral Neurology 15, no. 1 (March 2002): 28-38.
  - Holsinger, T, Steffens, DC, Phillips, C, Helms, MJ, Havlik, RJ, Breitner, JCS, Guralnik, JM, and Plassman, BL. "Head injury in early adulthood and the lifetime risk of depression." Archives of General Psychiatry 59, no. 1 (January 2002): 17-22. Full Text
  - Carlson, MC, Zandi, PP, Plassman, BL, Tschanz, JT, Welsh-Bohmer, KA, Steffens, DC, Bastian, LA, Mehta, KM, Breitner, JC, and Cache County Study Group, . "Hormone replacement therapy and reduced cognitive decline in older women: the Cache County Study." Neurology 57, no. 12 (December 26, 2001): 2210-2216. Link to Item
  - Magboo, MC, Plassman, BL, Havlik, RJ, Steffens, DC, Helms, MJ, Burke, JR, Launer, LJ, Phillips, C, Guralnik, JM, and Breitner, JC. "Documented head injury in early adulthood and risk of stroke in late life." JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY 49, no. 4 (April 2001): S22-S22. Link to Item
  - Plassman, BL, Havlik, RJ, Steffens, DC, Helms, MJ, Newman, TN, Drosdick, D, Phillips, C, Gau, BA, Welsh-Bohmer, KA, Burke, JR, Guralnik, JM, and Breitner, JC. "Documented head injury in early adulthood and risk of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias." Neurology 55, no. 8 (October 2000): 1158-1166. Full Text
  - Steffens, DC, Skoog, I, Norton, MC, Hart, AD, Tschanz, JT, Plassman, BL, Wyse, BW, Welsh-Bohmer, KA, and Breitner, JC. "Prevalence of depression and its treatment in an elderly population: the Cache County study." Archives of General Psychiatry 57, no. 6 (June 2000): 601-607. Full Text
  - Steffens, DC, Plassman, BL, Helms, MJ, Welsh-Bohmer, KA, Newman, TT, and Breitner, JC. "APOE and AD concordance in twin pairs as predictors of AD in first-degree relatives." Neurology 54, no. 3 (February 2000): 593-598. Full Text
  - Norton, MC, Tschanz, JA, Fan, X, Plassman, BL, Welsh-Bohmer, KA, West, N, Wyse, BW, and Breitner, JC. "Telephone adaptation of the Modified Mini-Mental State Exam (3MS). The Cache County Study." Neuropsychiatry Neuropsychol Behav Neurol 12, no. 4 (October 1999): 270-276. Link to Item
  - Steffens, DC, Norton, MC, Plassman, BL, Tschanz, JT, Wyse, BW, Welsh-Bohmer, KA, Anthony, JC, and Breitner, JC. "Enhanced cognitive performance with estrogen use in nondemented community-dwelling older women." J Am Geriatr Soc 47, no. 10 (October 1999): 1171-1175. Link to Item
  - Breitner, JC, Wyse, BW, Anthony, JC, Welsh-Bohmer, KA, Steffens, DC, Norton, MC, Tschanz, JT, Plassman, BL, Meyer, MR, Skoog, I, and Khachaturian, A. "APOE-epsilon4 count predicts age when prevalence of AD increases, then declines: the Cache County Study." Neurology 53, no. 2 (July 1999): 321-331. Full Text
  - Breitner, JCS, Wyse, BW, Anthony, JC, Welsh-Bohmer, KA, Steffens, DC, Norton, MC, Tschanz, JT, Plassman, BL, Meyer, MR, Skoog, I, and Khachaturian, A. "APOE-ε4 count predicts age when prevalence of AD increases, then declines: The cache county study." Neurology 53, no. 2 (1999): 321-331.
  - Lowry, CM, Bigler, ED, Plassman, BL, Tshcantz, J, Welsh-Bohmer, KA, Saunders, AM, and Breitner, JCS. "A new method for quantifying cerebral atrophy in Alzheimer's disease." CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGIST 12, no. 2 (May 1998): 258-258. Link to Item
  - Welsh-Bohmer, KA, Plassman, BL, Tschanz, JT, Norton, MC, Helms, MJ, Wyse, BW, and Breitner, JCS. "Cognitive decline in aging: What is the role of education?." CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGIST 12, no. 2 (May 1998): 265-265. Link to Item
  - Meyer, MR, Breitner, JCS, Steffens, DC, Anthony, JC, Norton, MA, Tschanz, JT, Wyse, BW, Welsh-Bohmer, KA, and Plassman, BL. "Onset of Alzheimer's disease in susceptible subjects: Influence of APOE." BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY 43 (April 15, 1998): 58S-58S. Full Text Link to Item
  - Breitner, JC, Jarvik, GP, Plassman, BL, Saunders, AM, and Welsh, KA. "Risk of Alzheimer disease with the epsilon4 allele for apolipoprotein E in a population-based study of men aged 62-73 years." Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 12, no. 1 (March 1998): 40-44. Link to Item
  - Plassman, BL, Welsh-Bohmer, KA, Bigler, ED, Johnson, SC, Anderson, CV, Helms, MJ, Saunders, AM, and Breitner, JC. "Apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 allele and hippocampal volume in twins with normal cognition." Neurology 48, no. 4 (April 1997): 985-989. Link to Item
  - Steffens, DC, Plassman, BL, Helms, MJ, Welsh-Bohmer, KA, Saunders, AM, and Breitner, JC. "A twin study of late-onset depression and apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 as risk factors for Alzheimer's disease." Biological Psychiatry 41, no. 8 (April 1997): 851-856. Full Text
  - Plassman, BL, and Breitner, JC. "The genetics of dementia in late life." Psychiatr Clin North Am 20, no. 1 (March 1997): 59-76. (Review) Link to Item
  - Plassman, BL, and Breitner, JC. "Recent advances in the genetics of Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia with an emphasis on gene-environment interactions." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 44, no. 10 (October 1996): 1242-1250. (Review) Full Text
  - Plassman, BL, and Breitner, JC. "Apolipoprotein E and cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease." Neurology 47, no. 2 (August 1996): 317-320. Link to Item
  - Breitner, JC, Welsh, KA, Gau, BA, McDonald, WM, Steffens, DC, Saunders, AM, Magruder, KM, Helms, MJ, Plassman, BL, and Folstein, MF. "Alzheimer's disease in the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council Registry of Aging Twin Veterans. III. Detection of cases, longitudinal results, and observations on twin concordance." Archives of Neurology 52, no. 8 (August 1995): 763-771. Full Text
  - Plassman, BL, Welsh, KA, Helms, M, Brandt, J, Page, WF, and Breitner, JC. "Intelligence and education as predictors of cognitive state in late life: a 50-year follow-up." Neurology 45, no. 8 (August 1995): 1446-1450. Link to Item
  - Plassman, BL, Helms, MJ, Welsh, KA, Saunders, AM, and Breitner, JC. "Smoking, Alzheimer's disease, and confounding with genes." Lancet (London, England) 345, no. 8946 (February 1995): 387-null. (Letter) Full Text
  - Smith, CJ, Lippiello, PM, Ashford, JW, Plassman, BL, Saunders, AM, Helms, MJ, Breitner, JCS, and Welsh, KA. "Smoking, Alzheimer's disease, and confounding with genes [18]." Lancet 345, no. 8956 (1995): 1054--.
  - PLASSMAN, BL, NEWMAN, TT, WELSH, KA, HELMS, M, and BREITNER, JCS. "PROPERTIES OF THE TELEPHONE INTERVIEW FOR COGNITIVE STATUS - APPLICATION IN EPIDEMIOLOGIC AND LONGITUDINAL-STUDIES." NEUROPSYCHIATRY NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND BEHAVIORAL NEUROLOGY 7, no. 3 (July 1994): 235-241. Link to Item
  - PLASSMAN, BL, WELSH, KA, BREITNER, JCS, BRANDT, J, HELMS, M, GAU, B, and PAGE, W. "INTELLIGENCE AND EDUCATION AS PREDICTORS OF COGNITIVE STATE IN LATE-LIFE - A 50-YEAR FOLLOW-UP." NEUROLOGY 44, no. 4 (April 1994): A141-A141. Link to Item
  - Breitner, JC, Gau, BA, Welsh, KA, Plassman, BL, McDonald, WM, Helms, MJ, and Anthony, JC. "Inverse association of anti-inflammatory treatments and Alzheimer's disease: initial results of a co-twin control study." Neurology 44, no. 2 (February 1994): 227-232. Full Text
  - PLASSMAN, BL, BREITNER, JCS, WELSH, KA, and HELMS, MJ. "CONFOUNDING WITH GENES MAY EXPLAIN THE INVERSE ASSOCIATION OF SMOKING AND ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE." NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING 15 (1994): S150-S150. Link to Item
  - PLASSMAN, BL, BREITNER, JCS, WELSH, KA, and HELMS, MJ. "CONFOUNDING WITH GENES MAY EXPLAIN THE INVERSE ASSOCIATION OF SMOKING AND ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE." NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING 15 (1994): S128-S128. Link to Item
  - Plassman, BL, Newman, TT, Welsh, KA, Helms, M, and Breitner, JCS. "Prospects of the telephone interview for cognitive status. Application in epidemiological and longitudinal studies." Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neurology 7, no. 3 (1994): 235-241.
  - Gorman, RB, McKenzie, DK, Gandevia, SC, and Plassman, BL. "Inspiratory muscle strength and endurance during hyperinflation and histamine induced bronchoconstriction." Thorax 47, no. 11 (November 1992): 922-927. Link to Item
  - Gandevia, SC, McKenzie, DK, and Plassman, BL. "Activation of human respiratory muscles during different voluntary manoeuvres." The Journal of Physiology 428 (September 1990): 387-403. Full Text
  - Plassman, BL, and Lansing, RW. "Perceptual cues used to reproduce an inspired lung volume." Journal of Applied Physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) 69, no. 3 (September 1990): 1123-1130. Full Text
  - Plassman, BL, and Gandevia, SC. "High-voltage stimulation over the human spinal cord: sources of latency variation." J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 52, no. 2 (February 1989): 213-217. Link to Item
  - Plassman, BL, and Gandevia, SC. "Comparison of human motor cortical projections to abdominal muscles and intrinsic muscles of the hand." Exp Brain Res 78, no. 2 (1989): 301-308. Link to Item
  - Hoit, JD, Plassman, BL, Lansing, RW, and Hixon, TJ. "Abdominal muscle activity during speech production." Journal of Applied Physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) 65, no. 6 (December 1988): 2656-2664. Full Text
  - GANDEVIA, SC, GARDNER, WN, PLASSMAN, BL, and ROTHWELL, JC. "EFFECTS OF MOTOR CORTICAL STIMULATION ON HUMAN RESPIRATORY MUSCLES DURING DIFFERENT TASKS." JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON 403 (September 1988): P77-P77. Link to Item
  - Gandevia, SC, and Plassman, BL. "Responses in human intercostal and truncal muscles to motor cortical and spinal stimulation." Respir Physiol 73, no. 3 (September 1988): 325-337. Link to Item
  - McKenzie, DK, Plassman, BL, and Gandevia, SC. "Maximal activation of the human diaphragm but not inspiratory intercostal muscles during static inspiratory efforts." Neurosci Lett 89, no. 1 (June 17, 1988): 63-68. Link to Item
  - Plassman, BL, Lansing, RW, and Foti, K. "Inspiratory muscle responses to airway occlusion during learned breathing movements." Journal of Neurophysiology 57, no. 1 (January 1987): 274-288. Full Text
- Conference Papers
  - Plassman, BL, Steffens, DC, Burke, JR, Welsh-Bohmer, KA, Helms, MJ, and Breitner, JC. "Alzheimer's disease in the NAS-NRC twin registry of WWII veterans." July 2004. Full Text Link to Item
  - Hening, WA, Plassman, BL, Allen, RP, and Earley, CJ. "Prevalence of restless legs symptoms in an elderly American veteran cohort." May 15, 2003. Link to Item
  - Steffens, DC, Plassman, BL, Helms, MJ, Welsh, KA, and Breitner, JCS. "A twin study of late-onset depression and APOE e4 as risk factors for dementia." 1996. Link to Item

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