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Joseph J Locascio, PH.D.

TitleInstructor in Neurology
InstitutionMassachusetts General Hospital
DepartmentNeurology
AddressMassachusetts General Hospital
Warren Bldg, # 806
55 Fruit St
Boston MA 02114
Phone617/724-7192
Fax617/726-7718

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  1. Gomperts SN, Locascio JJ, Rentz D, Santarlasci A, Marquie M, Johnson KA, Growdon JH. Amyloid is linked to cognitive decline in patients with Parkinson disease without dementia. Neurology. 2013 Jan 1; 80(1):85-91.
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  2. Wadsworth LP, Lorius N, Donovan NJ, Locascio JJ, Rentz DM, Johnson KA, Sperling RA, Marshall GA. Neuropsychiatric symptoms and global functional impairment along the Alzheimer's continuum. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord. 2012; 34(2):96-111.
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  3. Gomperts SN, Locascio JJ, Marquie M, Santarlasci AL, Rentz DM, Maye J, Johnson KA, Growdon JH. Brain amyloid and cognition in Lewy body diseases. Mov Disord. 2012 Jul; 27(8):965-73.
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  4. Shirk SD, Mitchell MB, Shaughnessy LW, Sherman JC, Locascio JJ, Weintraub S, Atri A. A web-based normative calculator for the uniform data set (UDS) neuropsychological test battery. Alzheimers Res Ther. 2011; 3(6):32.
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  5. Locascio JJ, Atri A. An overview of longitudinal data analysis methods for neurological research. Dement Geriatr Cogn Dis Extra. 2011 Jan; 1(1):330-57.
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  6. Hu Y, Chopra V, Chopra R, Locascio JJ, Liao Z, Ding H, Zheng B, Matson WR, Ferrante RJ, Rosas HD, Hersch SM, Scherzer CR. Transcriptional modulator H2A histone family, member Y (H2AFY) marks Huntington disease activity in man and mouse. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Oct 11; 108(41):17141-6.
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  7. O'Brien LM, Ziegler DA, Deutsch CK, Frazier JA, Herbert MR, Locascio JJ. Statistical adjustments for brain size in volumetric neuroimaging studies: some practical implications in methods. Psychiatry Res. 2011 Aug 30; 193(2):113-22.
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  8. Farabaugh AH, Locascio JJ, Yap L, Fava M, Bitran S, Sousa JL, Growdon JH. Assessing depression and factors possibly associated with depression during the course of Parkinson's disease. Ann Clin Psychiatry. 2011 Aug; 23(3):171-7.
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  9. Atri A, O'Brien JL, Sreenivasan A, Rastegar S, Salisbury S, DeLuca AN, O'Keefe KM, LaViolette PS, Rentz DM, Locascio JJ, Sperling RA. Test-retest reliability of memory task functional magnetic resonance imaging in Alzheimer disease clinical trials. Arch Neurol. 2011 May; 68(5):599-606.
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  10. Marshall GA, Rentz DM, Frey MT, Locascio JJ, Johnson KA, Sperling RA. Executive function and instrumental activities of daily living in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers Dement. 2011 May; 7(3):300-8.
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  11. Mollenhauer B, Locascio JJ, Schulz-Schaeffer W, Sixel-Döring F, Trenkwalder C, Schlossmacher MG. a-Synuclein and tau concentrations in cerebrospinal fluid of patients presenting with parkinsonism: a cohort study. Lancet Neurol. 2011 Mar; 10(3):230-40.
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  12. Putcha D, O'Keefe K, LaViolette P, O'Brien J, Greve D, Rentz DM, Locascio J, Atri A, Sperling R. Reliability of functional magnetic resonance imaging associative encoding memory paradigms in non-demented elderly adults. Hum Brain Mapp. 2011 Dec; 32(12):2027-44.
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  13. Zheng B, Liao Z, Locascio JJ, Lesniak KA, Roderick SS, Watt ML, Eklund AC, Zhang-James Y, Kim PD, Hauser MA, Grünblatt E, Moran LB, Mandel SA, Riederer P, Miller RM, Federoff HJ, Wüllner U, Papapetropoulos S, Youdim MB, Cantuti-Castelvetri I, Young AB, Vance JM, Davis RL, Hedreen JC, Adler CH, Beach TG, Graeber MB, Middleton FA, Rochet JC, Scherzer CR. PGC-1a, a potential therapeutic target for early intervention in Parkinson's disease. Sci Transl Med. 2010 Oct 6; 2(52):52ra73.
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  14. Serrano-Pozo A, Vega GL, Lütjohann D, Locascio JJ, Tennis MK, Deng A, Atri A, Hyman BT, Irizarry MC, Growdon JH. Effects of simvastatin on cholesterol metabolism and Alzheimer disease biomarkers. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2010 Jul-Sep; 24(3):220-6.
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  15. Rentz DM, Locascio JJ, Becker JA, Moran EK, Eng E, Buckner RL, Sperling RA, Johnson KA. Cognition, reserve, and amyloid deposition in normal aging. Ann Neurol. 2010 Mar; 67(3):353-64.
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  16. Farabaugh A, Locascio JJ, Yap L, Growdon J, Fava M, Crawford C, Matthews J, McCutchen J, Buchin J, Pava J, Alpert JE. Cognitive-behavioral therapy for patients with Parkinson's disease and comorbid major depressive disorder. Psychosomatics. 2010 Mar-Apr; 51(2):124-9.
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  17. Farabaugh AH, Locascio JJ, Yap L, Weintraub D, McDonald WM, Agoston M, Alpert JE, Growdon J, Fava M. Pattern of depressive symptoms in Parkinson's disease. Psychosomatics. 2009 Sep-Oct; 50(5):448-54.
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  18. Freeman SH, Kandel R, Cruz L, Rozkalne A, Newell K, Frosch MP, Hedley-Whyte ET, Locascio JJ, Lipsitz LA, Hyman BT. Preservation of neuronal number despite age-related cortical brain atrophy in elderly subjects without Alzheimer disease. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2008 Dec; 67(12):1205-12.
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  19. Wonderlick JS, Ziegler DA, Hosseini-Varnamkhasti P, Locascio JJ, Bakkour A, van der Kouwe A, Triantafyllou C, Corkin S, Dickerson BC. Reliability of MRI-derived cortical and subcortical morphometric measures: effects of pulse sequence, voxel geometry, and parallel imaging. Neuroimage. 2009 Feb 15; 44(4):1324-33.
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  20. Gomperts SN, Rentz DM, Moran E, Becker JA, Locascio JJ, Klunk WE, Mathis CA, Elmaleh DR, Shoup T, Fischman AJ, Hyman BT, Growdon JH, Johnson KA. Imaging amyloid deposition in Lewy body diseases. Neurology. 2008 Sep 16; 71(12):903-10.
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  21. Atri A, Shaughnessy LW, Locascio JJ, Growdon JH. Long-term course and effectiveness of combination therapy in Alzheimer disease. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2008 Jul-Sep; 22(3):209-21.
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  22. Mollenhauer B, Cullen V, Kahn I, Krastins B, Outeiro TF, Pepivani I, Ng J, Schulz-Schaeffer W, Kretzschmar HA, McLean PJ, Trenkwalder C, Sarracino DA, Vonsattel JP, Locascio JJ, El-Agnaf OM, Schlossmacher MG. Direct quantification of CSF alpha-synuclein by ELISA and first cross-sectional study in patients with neurodegeneration. Exp Neurol. 2008 Oct; 213(2):315-25.
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  23. Locascio JJ, Fukumoto H, Yap L, Bottiglieri T, Growdon JH, Hyman BT, Irizarry MC. Plasma amyloid beta-protein and C-reactive protein in relation to the rate of progression of Alzheimer disease. Arch Neurol. 2008 Jun; 65(6):776-85.
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  24. Mollenhauer B, Steinacker P, Bahn E, Bibl M, Brechlin P, Schlossmacher MG, Locascio JJ, Wiltfang J, Kretzschmar HA, Poser S, Trenkwalder C, Otto M. Serum heart-type fatty acid-binding protein and cerebrospinal fluid tau: marker candidates for dementia with Lewy bodies. Neurodegener Dis. 2007; 4(5):366-75.
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  25. Scherzer CR, Eklund AC, Morse LJ, Liao Z, Locascio JJ, Fefer D, Schwarzschild MA, Schlossmacher MG, Hauser MA, Vance JM, Sudarsky LR, Standaert DG, Growdon JH, Jensen RV, Gullans SR. Molecular markers of early Parkinson's disease based on gene expression in blood. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Jan 16; 104(3):955-60.
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  26. Tokuda T, Salem SA, Allsop D, Mizuno T, Nakagawa M, Qureshi MM, Locascio JJ, Schlossmacher MG, El-Agnaf OM. Decreased alpha-synuclein in cerebrospinal fluid of aged individuals and subjects with Parkinson's disease. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2006 Oct 13; 349(1):162-6.
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  27. Irizarry MC, Gurol ME, Raju S, Diaz-Arrastia R, Locascio JJ, Tennis M, Hyman BT, Growdon JH, Greenberg SM, Bottiglieri T. Association of homocysteine with plasma amyloid beta protein in aging and neurodegenerative disease. Neurology. 2005 Nov 8; 65(9):1402-8.
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  28. Atri A, Locascio JJ, Lin JM, Yap L, Dickerson BC, Grodstein F, Irizarry MC, Growdon JH, Greenberg SM. Prevalence and effects of lobar microhemorrhages in early-stage dementia. Neurodegener Dis. 2005; 2(6):305-12.
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  29. Skotko BG, Kensinger EA, Locascio JJ, Einstein G, Rubin DC, Tupler LA, Krendl A, Corkin S. Puzzling thoughts for H. M.: can new semantic information be anchored to old semantic memories? Neuropsychology. 2004 Oct; 18(4):756-69.
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  30. Fukumoto H, Tennis M, Locascio JJ, Hyman BT, Growdon JH, Irizarry MC. Age but not diagnosis is the main predictor of plasma amyloid beta-protein levels. Arch Neurol. 2003 Jul; 60(7):958-64.
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  31. Kensinger EA, Shearer DK, Locascio JJ, Growdon JH, Corkin S. Working memory in mild Alzheimer's disease and early Parkinson's disease. Neuropsychology. 2003 Apr; 17(2):230-9.
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  32. Locascio JJ, Corkin S, Growdon JH. Relation between clinical characteristics of Parkinson's disease and cognitive decline. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 2003 Feb; 25(1):94-109.
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  33. Cha JH, Farrell LA, Ahmed SF, Frey A, Hsiao-Ashe KK, Young AB, Penney JB, Locascio JJ, Hyman BT, Irizarry MC. Glutamate receptor dysregulation in the hippocampus of transgenic mice carrying mutated human amyloid precursor protein. Neurobiol Dis. 2001 Feb; 8(1):90-102.
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  34. Irizarry MC, Locascio JJ, Hyman BT. beta-site APP cleaving enzyme mRNA expression in APP transgenic mice: anatomical overlap with transgene expression and static levels with aging. Am J Pathol. 2001 Jan; 158(1):173-7.
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  35. Binetti G, Locascio JJ, Corkin S, Vonsattel JP, Growdon JH. Differences between Pick disease and Alzheimer disease in clinical appearance and rate of cognitive decline. Arch Neurol. 2000 Feb; 57(2):225-32.
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  36. Rebeck GW, Cheung BS, Growdon WB, Deng A, Akuthota P, Locascio J, Greenberg SM, Hyman BT. Lack of independent associations of apolipoprotein E promoter and intron 1 polymorphisms with Alzheimer's disease. Neurosci Lett. 1999 Sep 17; 272(3):155-8.
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  37. Postle BR, Locascio JJ, Corkin S, Growdon JH. The time course of spatial and object learning in Parkinson's disease. Neuropsychologia. 1997 Oct; 35(10):1413-22.
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  38. Locascio JJ, Jennings PJ, Moore CI, Corkin S. Time series analysis in the time domain and resampling methods for studies of functional magnetic resonance brain imaging. Hum Brain Mapp. 1997; 5(3):168-93.
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  39. Growdon JH, Locascio JJ, Corkin S, Gomez-Isla T, Hyman BT. Apolipoprotein E genotype does not influence rates of cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease. Neurology. 1996 Aug; 47(2):444-8.
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  40. Gomez-Isla T, West HL, Rebeck GW, Harr SD, Growdon JH, Locascio JJ, Perls TT, Lipsitz LA, Hyman BT. Clinical and pathological correlates of apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 in Alzheimer's disease. Ann Neurol. 1996 Jan; 39(1):62-70.
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  41. Locascio JJ, Growdon JH, Corkin S. Cognitive test performance in detecting, staging, and tracking Alzheimer's disease. Arch Neurol. 1995 Nov; 52(11):1087-99.
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  42. Harris DT, LoCascio J, Acevedo A, Olson GB, Bard J, Boyse EA. Analysis of the hairless mouse as a model for the effects of aging on the immune system. Immunol Lett. 1993 Apr; 36(1):19-26.
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  43. Locascio JJ, Lee J, Meltzer HY. Importance of adjusting for correlated concomitant variables in psychiatric research. Psychiatry Res. 1988 Mar; 23(3):311-27.
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  44. Arora RC, Locascio JJ, Meltzer HY. 3H-imipramine binding in blood platelets of schizophrenic patients. Psychiatry Res. 1986 Nov; 19(3):215-24.
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