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Elliot Mufson, PhD, is a professor of neurobiology 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
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, Andrew F Ducruet, A. F. Ducruet, Andrew F. Ducruet
Intrathecal amyloid-beta oligomer administration increases tau phosphorylation in the medial temporal lobe in the African green monkey: a nonhuman primate model of Alzheimer's disease
Date: 02/2022
Authors: Dustin R. Wakeman, Michael R. Weed, Sylvia E. Perez, Erika N. Cline, Kirsten L. Viola, Kyle C. Wilcox, David S. Moddrelle, Ernell Z. Nisbett, Anish M. Kurian, Amanda F. Bell, Ricaldo Pike, Peer B. Jacobson, William L. Klein, Elliott J. Mufson, Matthew S. Lawrence, John D. Elsworth
Co-expression Network Analysis of Frontal Cortex during the Progression of Alzheimer's Disease
Date: 01/2022
Authors: John S. Beck, Zachary Madaj, Calvin T. Cheema, Betul Kara, David A. Bennett, Julie A. Schneider, Marsha N. Gordon, Stephen D. Ginsberg, Elliott J. Mufson, Scott E. Counts
Comparative neuropathology in aging primates: A perspective
Date: 11/2021
Authors: Carmen Freire-Cobo, Melissa K. Edler, Merina Varghese, Emily Munger, Jessie Laffey, Sophia Raia, Selena S. In, Bridget Wicinski, Maria Medalla, Sylvia E. Perez, Elliott J. Mufson, Joseph M. Erwin, Elaine E. Guevara, Chet C. Sherwood, Jennifer I. Luebke, Agnès Lacreuse, Mary A. Raghanti, Patrick R. Hof
Postnatal Cytoarchitecture and Neurochemical Hippocampal Dysfunction in Down Syndrome
Date: 07/2021
Authors: David G. Moreno, Emma C. Utagawa, Nicoleta C. Arva, Kristian T. Schafernak, Elliott J. Mufson, Sylvia E. Perez
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Elliot Mufson, PhD, is a professor of neurobiology 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
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, Andrew F Ducruet, A. F. Ducruet, Andrew F. Ducruet
Intrathecal amyloid-beta oligomer administration increases tau phosphorylation in the medial temporal lobe in the African green monkey: a nonhuman primate model of Alzheimer's disease
Date: 02/2022
Authors: Dustin R. Wakeman, Michael R. Weed, Sylvia E. Perez, Erika N. Cline, Kirsten L. Viola, Kyle C. Wilcox, David S. Moddrelle, Ernell Z. Nisbett, Anish M. Kurian, Amanda F. Bell, Ricaldo Pike, Peer B. Jacobson, William L. Klein, Elliott J. Mufson, Matthew S. Lawrence, John D. Elsworth
Co-expression Network Analysis of Frontal Cortex during the Progression of Alzheimer's Disease
Date: 01/2022
Authors: John S. Beck, Zachary Madaj, Calvin T. Cheema, Betul Kara, David A. Bennett, Julie A. Schneider, Marsha N. Gordon, Stephen D. Ginsberg, Elliott J. Mufson, Scott E. Counts
Comparative neuropathology in aging primates: A perspective
Date: 11/2021
Authors: Carmen Freire-Cobo, Melissa K. Edler, Merina Varghese, Emily Munger, Jessie Laffey, Sophia Raia, Selena S. In, Bridget Wicinski, Maria Medalla, Sylvia E. Perez, Elliott J. Mufson, Joseph M. Erwin, Elaine E. Guevara, Chet C. Sherwood, Jennifer I. Luebke, Agnès Lacreuse, Mary A. Raghanti, Patrick R. Hof
Postnatal Cytoarchitecture and Neurochemical Hippocampal Dysfunction in Down Syndrome
Date: 07/2021
Authors: David G. Moreno, Emma C. Utagawa, Nicoleta C. Arva, Kristian T. Schafernak, Elliott J. Mufson, Sylvia E. Perez
- English