Alexander P. Auchus, M.D.

ALEXANDER P. AUCHUS, M.D.

Professor
Department of Neurology
The University of Tennessee College of Medicine

Address

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
855 Monroe Avenue, Suite 415
Memphis, TN 38163

Education

M.D. Institution: Washington University, St. Louis
Residency: Department of Neurology, New York Hospital, Cornell Medical College

Research Interests

  1. Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias in non-Caucasians
  2. Vascular dementia
  3. Experimental therapeutics for the dementias
  4. Neuroimaging biomarkers for dementia

Links

Neurology - Alexander P. Auchus

Recent Publications

  • Narasimhalu K, Lee J, Auchus AP, Chen CP. Improving detection of dementia in Asian patients with low education: combining the Mini-Mental State Examination and the Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord. 2008;25(1):17-22. Epub 2007 Nov 19. PMID: 18025825
  • Huang J, Friedland RP, Auchus AP. Diffusion tensor imaging of normal-appearing white matter in mild cognitive impairment and early Alzheimer disease: preliminary evidence of axonal degeneration in the temporal lobe. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2007 Nov-Dec;28(10):1943-8. Epub 2007 Sep 28. PMID: 17905894
  • Auchus AP, Brashear HR, Salloway S, Korczyn AD, De Deyn PP, Gassmann-Mayer C; GAL-INT-26 Study Group. Galantamine treatment of vascular dementia: a randomized trial. Neurology. 2007 Jul 31;69(5):448-58. PMID: 17664404
  • Huang J, Auchus AP. Diffusion tensor imaging of normal appearing white matter and its correlation with cognitive functioning in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2007 Feb;1097:259-64. PMID: 17413027
  • Tay SY, Ampil ER, Chen CP, Auchus AP. The relationship between homocysteine, cognition and stroke subtypes in acute stroke. J Neurol Sci. 2006 Dec 1;250(1-2):58-61. Epub 2006 Aug 28. PMID: 16935307
  • Ampil ER, Fook-Chong S, Sodagar SN, Chen CP, Auchus AP. Ethnic variability in dementia: results from Singapore. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2005 Oct-Dec;19(4):184-5. PMID: 16327344
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