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Elliot Mufson, PhD, is a professor of neurobiology, the Robert Greening Chair for Neuroscience Research, and the director of the Alzheimer’s disease research laboratory at Barrow Neurological Institute.
Dr. Mufson’s expertise includes Alzheimer’s disease and neurodegenerative disease. He is a member of the Society of Neuroscience, American Association of Anatomists, International Brain Research Organization and the International Alzheimer’s Association.
Dr. Mufson received his doctorate from Downstate Medical Center, New York, in biological psychology and he was a research fellow in neurology at Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School in Boston.
Dr. Mufson’s research includes trophic factors in aging and Alzheimer’s disease, central cholinergic systems in Alzheimer’s disease, and neuroanatomy of cortical and limbic areas in primate brain.
- Visiting Fellow, Heinz Werner Institute, Clark University, Biological Psychology, 1977-1978
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Hospital, Neurology and Neuroanatomy, 1978-1981
- PhD, Downstate Medical Center, State University of New York (SUNY), 1977
- MA, Kansas State University, 1971
- BA, Hunter College, 1969
- Society for Neuroscience
- American Association of Anatomists
- International Brain Research Organization
- International Alzheimer’s Association
- Alzheimer’s Research Award, Fidelity Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts, 2009-2010
- Institute for Scientific Information ISI Award as top 100 most “Highly Cited Researcher” in Neuroscience, 2002
- Alzheimer’s Research Award, Fidelity Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts, 2002-2004
- American Health Assistance Foundation Award, 1989-1992
- Award for Alzheimer’s Disease, Arizona Disease Control Commission, 1987-1990
- Faculty Scholar Award, Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders, 1984-1987
- NIH Research Service Award, Harvard Neurology Unit, 1978-1981
Vesicular Glutamate Transporter Changes in the Cortical Default Mode Network During the Clinical and Pathological Progression of Alzheimer's Disease
Date: 05/2023
Authors: Zhiping Mi, Eric E. Abrahamson, Angela Y. Ryu, Michael Malek-Ahmadi, Julia K. Kofler, Kenneth N. Fish, Robert A. Sweet, Victor L. Villemagne, Julie A. Schneider, Elliott J. Mufson, Milos D. Ikonomovic
Sex-specific declines in cholinergic-targeting tRNA fragments in the nucleus accumbens in Alzheimer's disease
Date: 05/2023
Authors: Dana Shulman, Serafima Dubnov, Tamara Zorbaz, Nimrod Madrer, Iddo Paldor, David A. Bennett, Sudha Seshadri, Elliott J. Mufson, David S. Greenberg, Yonatan Loewenstein, Hermona Soreq
Oligomeric, phosphorylated, and truncated tau and spliceosome pathology within the entorhinal-hippocampal connectome across stages of Alzheimer's disease
Date: 03/2023
Authors: Laura J. Mahady, Sylvia E. Perez, Michael Malek-Ahmadi, Elliott J. Mufson
Neurogenesis and neuronal differentiation in the postnatal frontal cortex in Down syndrome
Date: 06/2022
Authors: Emma C. Utagawa, David G. Moreno, Kristian T. Schafernak, Nicoleta C. Arva, Michael H. Malek-Ahmadi, Elliott J. Mufson, Sylvia E. Perez
Complement C3a Receptor (C3aR) Mediates Vascular Dysfunction, Hippocampal Pathology, and Cognitive Impairment in a Mouse Model of VCID.
Date: 03/2022
Authors: Kanchan Bhatia, Adam Kindelin, Muhammad Nadeem, Mohammad Badruzzaman Khan, Junxiang Yin, Alberto Fuentes, Karis Miller, Gregory H Turner, Mark C Preul, Abdullah S Ahmad, Elliott J Mufson, Michael F Waters, Saif Ahmad, S Ahmad, Andrew F Ducruet, A. F. Ducruet, Andrew F. Ducruet
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Elliot Mufson, PhD, is a professor of neurobiology, the Robert Greening Chair for Neuroscience Research, and the director of the Alzheimer’s disease research laboratory at Barrow Neurological Institute.
Dr. Mufson’s expertise includes Alzheimer’s disease and neurodegenerative disease. He is a member of the Society of Neuroscience, American Association of Anatomists, International Brain Research Organization and the International Alzheimer’s Association.
Dr. Mufson received his doctorate from Downstate Medical Center, New York, in biological psychology and he was a research fellow in neurology at Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School in Boston.
Dr. Mufson’s research includes trophic factors in aging and Alzheimer’s disease, central cholinergic systems in Alzheimer’s disease, and neuroanatomy of cortical and limbic areas in primate brain.
- Visiting Fellow, Heinz Werner Institute, Clark University, Biological Psychology, 1977-1978
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Hospital, Neurology and Neuroanatomy, 1978-1981
- PhD, Downstate Medical Center, State University of New York (SUNY), 1977
- MA, Kansas State University, 1971
- BA, Hunter College, 1969
- Society for Neuroscience
- American Association of Anatomists
- International Brain Research Organization
- International Alzheimer’s Association
- Alzheimer’s Research Award, Fidelity Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts, 2009-2010
- Institute for Scientific Information ISI Award as top 100 most “Highly Cited Researcher” in Neuroscience, 2002
- Alzheimer’s Research Award, Fidelity Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts, 2002-2004
- American Health Assistance Foundation Award, 1989-1992
- Award for Alzheimer’s Disease, Arizona Disease Control Commission, 1987-1990
- Faculty Scholar Award, Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders, 1984-1987
- NIH Research Service Award, Harvard Neurology Unit, 1978-1981
Vesicular Glutamate Transporter Changes in the Cortical Default Mode Network During the Clinical and Pathological Progression of Alzheimer's Disease
Date: 05/2023
Authors: Zhiping Mi, Eric E. Abrahamson, Angela Y. Ryu, Michael Malek-Ahmadi, Julia K. Kofler, Kenneth N. Fish, Robert A. Sweet, Victor L. Villemagne, Julie A. Schneider, Elliott J. Mufson, Milos D. Ikonomovic
Sex-specific declines in cholinergic-targeting tRNA fragments in the nucleus accumbens in Alzheimer's disease
Date: 05/2023
Authors: Dana Shulman, Serafima Dubnov, Tamara Zorbaz, Nimrod Madrer, Iddo Paldor, David A. Bennett, Sudha Seshadri, Elliott J. Mufson, David S. Greenberg, Yonatan Loewenstein, Hermona Soreq
Oligomeric, phosphorylated, and truncated tau and spliceosome pathology within the entorhinal-hippocampal connectome across stages of Alzheimer's disease
Date: 03/2023
Authors: Laura J. Mahady, Sylvia E. Perez, Michael Malek-Ahmadi, Elliott J. Mufson
Neurogenesis and neuronal differentiation in the postnatal frontal cortex in Down syndrome
Date: 06/2022
Authors: Emma C. Utagawa, David G. Moreno, Kristian T. Schafernak, Nicoleta C. Arva, Michael H. Malek-Ahmadi, Elliott J. Mufson, Sylvia E. Perez
Complement C3a Receptor (C3aR) Mediates Vascular Dysfunction, Hippocampal Pathology, and Cognitive Impairment in a Mouse Model of VCID.
Date: 03/2022
Authors: Kanchan Bhatia, Adam Kindelin, Muhammad Nadeem, Mohammad Badruzzaman Khan, Junxiang Yin, Alberto Fuentes, Karis Miller, Gregory H Turner, Mark C Preul, Abdullah S Ahmad, Elliott J Mufson, Michael F Waters, Saif Ahmad, S Ahmad, Andrew F Ducruet, A. F. Ducruet, Andrew F. Ducruet
- English