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Parunyou Julayanont, MD
Alzheimer's and Memory Disorders
- (602) 406-6262
- Fax: (602) 406-6261
Parunyou Julayanont, MD, is a behavioral neurologist in the Alzheimer’s and Memory Disorders Program and an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology at Barrow Neurological Institute. He is board certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and subspecialty certified in behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties.
Dr. Julayanont specializes in diagnosing and treating dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, Parkinson’s disease with dementia, frontotemporal dementia, posterior cortical atrophy, and primary progressive aphasia. Dr. Julayanont’s expertise also includes evaluating and treating cognitive and neuropsychiatric disturbances in patients with neurological disorders. He is a member of the American Academy of Neurology.
Dr. Julayanont received his medical degree from Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. He completed his neurology residency at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine in Lubbock and a clinical fellowship in behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville.
Dr. Julayanont’s research interests include the behavioral neurology of dementia and the interface between behavioral neurology and movement disorders. In addition, he is an investigator in many clinical trials and longitudinal studies on Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases at Barrow.
- Fellowship, University of Florida College of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, 2018-2019
- Residency, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Neurology, 2014-2018
- MD, Chulalongkorn University, 2011
- American Academy of Neurology
- The Corinne Payne Wright Regents Endowed Chair in Alzheimer’s Disease, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Department of Neurology, 2019-2022
- Best Fellow Research Award, University of Florida, Department of Neurology, 2019
- Chief Resident, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 2017-2018
- Prince Mahidol Award Youth Program Scholarship, Prince Mahidol Award Foundation, 2011
Frontotemporal Dementia and the Sagging Brain
Date: 05/2022
Authors: Parunyou Julayanont, Meredith Wicklund
Increased creativity associated with dopamine agonist therapy: A case report and short review of the literature
Date: 04/2022
Authors: Smathorn Thakolwiboon, Amputch Karukote, Parunyou Julayanont, Henrik Wilms
Validity of the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale Sum of Boxes in Staging and Detection of Cognitive Impairment in Mexican Americans
Date: 01/2022
Authors: Parunyou Julayanont, John C. DeToledo
Psychosis
Date: 12/2021
Authors: Parunyou Julayanont, Uma Suryadevara
Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome due to unilateral anterior opercular infarction with leukoaraiosis
Date: 02/2021
Authors: Katherine Rivas, Jie Pan, Angela Chen, Bailey Gutiérrez, Parunyou Julayanont
- English
- Thai

- (602) 406-6262
- Fax: (602) 406-6261

Parunyou Julayanont, MD
Alzheimer's and Memory Disorders
- (602) 406-6262
- Fax: (602) 406-6261
Parunyou Julayanont, MD, is a behavioral neurologist in the Alzheimer’s and Memory Disorders Program and an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology at Barrow Neurological Institute. He is board certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and subspecialty certified in behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties.
Dr. Julayanont specializes in diagnosing and treating dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, Parkinson’s disease with dementia, frontotemporal dementia, posterior cortical atrophy, and primary progressive aphasia. Dr. Julayanont’s expertise also includes evaluating and treating cognitive and neuropsychiatric disturbances in patients with neurological disorders. He is a member of the American Academy of Neurology.
Dr. Julayanont received his medical degree from Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. He completed his neurology residency at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine in Lubbock and a clinical fellowship in behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville.
Dr. Julayanont’s research interests include the behavioral neurology of dementia and the interface between behavioral neurology and movement disorders. In addition, he is an investigator in many clinical trials and longitudinal studies on Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases at Barrow.

- (602) 406-6262
- Fax: (602) 406-6261
- Fellowship, University of Florida College of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, 2018-2019
- Residency, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Neurology, 2014-2018
- MD, Chulalongkorn University, 2011
- American Academy of Neurology
- The Corinne Payne Wright Regents Endowed Chair in Alzheimer’s Disease, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Department of Neurology, 2019-2022
- Best Fellow Research Award, University of Florida, Department of Neurology, 2019
- Chief Resident, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 2017-2018
- Prince Mahidol Award Youth Program Scholarship, Prince Mahidol Award Foundation, 2011
Frontotemporal Dementia and the Sagging Brain
Date: 05/2022
Authors: Parunyou Julayanont, Meredith Wicklund
Increased creativity associated with dopamine agonist therapy: A case report and short review of the literature
Date: 04/2022
Authors: Smathorn Thakolwiboon, Amputch Karukote, Parunyou Julayanont, Henrik Wilms
Validity of the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale Sum of Boxes in Staging and Detection of Cognitive Impairment in Mexican Americans
Date: 01/2022
Authors: Parunyou Julayanont, John C. DeToledo
Psychosis
Date: 12/2021
Authors: Parunyou Julayanont, Uma Suryadevara
Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome due to unilateral anterior opercular infarction with leukoaraiosis
Date: 02/2021
Authors: Katherine Rivas, Jie Pan, Angela Chen, Bailey Gutiérrez, Parunyou Julayanont
- English
- Thai