William Jagust, M.D.
Professor of Public Health and Neuroscience
Chair, Division of Community Health & Human Development
PHONE: (510) 643-6537
FAX: (510) 642-3192
LOCATION: 132 Barker Hall
E-MAIL: jagust@berkeley.edu
WEB SITE: http://bic.berkeley.edu/jagustlab
Research Interests
- Brain aging
- Dementia
- Imaging with PET and MRI
Publications
Sun F.T., Schriber R.A., Greenia J.M., He J., Gitcho A., Jagust W.J. (2007). Automated template-based PET region of interest analyses in the aging brain. Neuroimage, 34:608-617.
Nordahl C.W., Ranganath C., Yonelinas A.P., DeCarli C., Fletcher E., Jagust W.J. (2006). White matter changes compromise prefrontal cortex function in healthy elderly individuals. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 18:418-429.
Jagust W.J., Gitcho A., Sun F., Kuczynski B., Mungas D., Haan M. (2006). Brain imaging evidence of preclinical Alzheimer’s disease in normal aging. Annals of Neurology, 59:673-681.
Aiello A.E., Haan M.N., Blythe L., Moore K., Gonzalez J.M., Jagust W. (2006). The influence of latent viral infection on rate of cognitive decline over four years. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 54:1046-1054.
DeCarli C., Fletcher E., Ramey V., Harvey D., Jagust W.J. (2005). Anatomical mapping of white matter hyperintensities (WMH): Exploring relationships between periventricular WMH, deep WMH and total WMH burden. Stroke 36:50-55.
Nordahl C.W., Ranganath C., Yonelinas A.P., DeCarli C., Reed B.R., Jagust W.J. (2005). Different mechanisms of episodic memory failure in mild cognitive impairment. Neuropsychologia,43:1688-1697.
Tullberg M., Fletcher E., DeCarli C., Mungas D., Reed B.R., Harvey J., Weiner M.W., Chui H.C., Jagust W.J. (2004). White matter lesions impair frontal lobe function regardless of their location. Neurology, 63:246-253.
Haan M.N., Mungas D.M., Gonzales H.M., Ortiz T.A., Acharya A., Jagust W.J. (2003). Prevalence of dementia in older Latinos: the influence of type 2 diabetes, stroke, and genetic factors. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 51:169-177.
Profile updated: December 13, 2006