Publications

  1. O'Bryant SE, Ferman TJ, Zhang F, Hall J, Pedraza O, Wszolek ZK, Como T, Julovich D, Mattevada S, Johnson LA, Edwards M, Hall J, Graff-Radford NR. A proteomic signature for dementia with Lewy bodies. Alzheimers Dement (Amst). 2019 Dec; 11:270-276 Epub 2019 Mar 15
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  2. Santos OA, Pedraza O, Lucas JA, Duara R, Greig-Custo MT, Hanna Al-Shaikh FS, Liesinger AM, Bieniek KF, Hinkle KM, Lesser ER, Crook JE, Carrasquillo MM, Ross OA, Ertekin-Taner N, Graff-Radford NR, Dickson DW, Murray ME. Ethnoracial differences in Alzheimer's disease from the FLorida Autopsied Multi-Ethnic (FLAME) cohort. Alzheimers Dement. 2019 Feb 12 [Epub ahead of print]
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  3. Kasanuki K, Ferman TJ, Murray ME, Heckman MG, Pedraza O, Hanna Al-Shaikh FS, Mishima T, Diehl NN, van Gerpen JA, Uitti RJ, Wszolek ZK, Graff-Radford NR, Dickson DW. Daytime sleepiness in dementia with Lewy bodies is associated with neuronal depletion of the nucleus basalis of Meynert. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2018 May; 50:99-103 Epub 2018 Feb 03
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  4. Ferman TJ, Aoki N, Crook JE, Murray ME, Graff-Radford NR, van Gerpen JA, Uitti RJ, Wszolek ZK, Graff-Radford J, Pedraza O, Kantarci K, Boeve BF, Dickson DW. The limbic and neocortical contribution of alpha-synuclein, tau, and amyloid beta to disease duration in dementia with Lewy bodies. Alzheimers Dement. 2018 Mar; 14 (3):330-339 Epub 2017 Oct 31
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  5. Gendron TF, Daughrity LM, Heckman MG, Diehl NN, Wuu J, Miller TM, Pastor P, Trojanowski JQ, Grossman M, Berry JD, Hu WT, Ratti A, Benatar M, Silani V, Glass JD, Floeter MK, Jeromin A, Boylan KB, Petrucelli L, C9ORF72 Neurofilament Study Group. Phosphorylated neurofilament heavy chain: A biomarker of survival for C9ORF72-associated amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Ann Neurol. 2017 Jul; 82 (1):139-146
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  6. N'Songo A, Carrasquillo MM, Wang X, Burgess JD, Nguyen T, Asmann YW, Serie DJ, Younkin SG, Allen M, Pedraza O, Duara R, Greig Custo MT, Graff-Radford NR, Ertekin-Taner N. African American exome sequencing identifies potential risk variants at Alzheimer disease loci. Neurol Genet. 2017 Apr; 3 (2):e141 Epub 2017 Apr 07
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  7. Gendron TF, Chew J, Stankowski JN, Hayes LR, Zhang YJ, Prudencio M, Carlomagno Y, Daughrity LM, Jansen-West K, Perkerson EA, O'Raw A, Cook C, Pregent L, Belzil V, van Blitterswijk M, Tabassian LJ, Lee CW, Yue M, Tong J, Song Y, Castanedes-Casey M, Rousseau L, Phillips V, Dickson DW, Rademakers R, Fryer JD, Rush BK, Pedraza O, Caputo AM, Desaro P, Palmucci C, Robertson A, Heckman MG, Diehl NN, Wiggs E, Tierney M, Braun L, Farren J, Lacomis D, Ladha S, Fournier CN, McCluskey LF, Elman LB, Toledo JB, McBride JD, Tiloca C, Morelli C, Poletti B, Solca F, Prelle A, Wuu J, Jockel-Balsarotti J, Rigo F, Ambrose C, Datta A, Yang W, Raitcheva D, Antognetti G, McCampbell A, Van Swieten JC, Miller BL, Boxer AL, Brown RH, Bowser R, Miller TM, Trojanowski JQ, Grossman M, Berry JD, Hu WT, Ratti A, Traynor BJ, Disney MD, Benatar M, Silani V, Glass JD, Floeter MK, Rothstein JD, Boylan KB, Petrucelli L. Poly(GP) proteins are a useful pharmacodynamic marker for C9ORF72-associated amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Sci Transl Med. 2017 Mar 29; 9 (383)
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  8. Heckman MG, Soto-Ortolaza AI, Contreras MYS, Sanchez Contreras MY, Murray ME, Pedraza O, Diehl NN, Walton R, Labbe C, Lorenzo-Betancor O, Uitti RJ, van Gerpen J, Ertekin-Taner N, Smith GE, Kantarci K, Savica R, Jones DT, Graff-Radford J, Knopman DS, Lowe VJ, Jack CR Jr, Petersen RC, Parisi JE, Rademakers R, Wszolek ZK, Graff-Radford NR, Ferman TJ, Dickson DW, Boeve BF, Ross OA. LRRK2 variation and dementia with Lewy bodies. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2016 Oct; 31:98-103 Epub 2016 July 29
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  9. Sachs BC, Rush BK, Pedraza O. Validity and reliability of the NAB Naming Test. Clin Neuropsychol. 2016 May; 30 (4):629-38 Epub 2016 Mar 30
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  10. Tacik P, DeTure M, Hinkle KM, Lin WL, Sanchez-Contreras M, Carlomagno Y, Pedraza O, Rademakers R, Ross OA, Wszolek ZK, Dickson DW. A Novel Tau Mutation in Exon 12, p.Q336H, Causes Hereditary Pick Disease. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2015 Nov; 74 (11):1042-52
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  11. Gendron TF, van Blitterswijk M, Bieniek KF, Daughrity LM, Jiang J, Rush BK, Pedraza O, Lucas JA, Murray ME, Desaro P, Robertson A, Overstreet K, Thomas CS, Crook JE, Castanedes-Casey M, Rousseau L, Josephs KA, Parisi JE, Knopman DS, Petersen RC, Boeve BF, Graff-Radford NR, Rademakers R, Lagier-Tourenne C, Edbauer D, Cleveland DW, Dickson DW, Petrucelli L, Boylan KB. Cerebellar c9RAN proteins associate with clinical and neuropathological characteristics of C9ORF72 repeat expansion carriers. Acta Neuropathol. 2015 Oct; 130 (4):559-73 Epub 2015 Sept 08
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  12. Carrasquillo MM, Crook JE, Pedraza O, Thomas CS, Pankratz VS, Allen M, Nguyen T, Malphrus KG, Ma L, Bisceglio GD, Roberts RO, Lucas JA, Smith GE, Ivnik RJ, Machulda MM, Graff-Radford NR, Petersen RC, Younkin SG, Ertekin-Taner N. Late-onset Alzheimer's risk variants in memory decline, incident mild cognitive impairment, and Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiol Aging. 2015 Jan; 36 (1):60-7 Epub 2014 Aug 04
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  13. Pedraza O, Allen M, Jennette K, Carrasquillo M, Crook J, Serie D, Pankratz VS, Palusak R, Nguyen T, Malphrus K, Ma L, Bisceglio G, Roberts RO, Lucas JA, Ivnik RJ, Smith GE, Graff-Radford NR, Petersen RC, Younkin SG, Ertekin-Taner N. Evaluation of memory endophenotypes for association with CLU, CR1, and PICALM variants in black and white subjects. Alzheimers Dement. 2014 Mar; 10 (2):205-13 Epub 2013 May 02
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  14. Ferman TJ, Smith GE, Kantarci K, Boeve BF, Pankratz VS, Dickson DW, Graff-Radford NR, Wszolek Z, Van Gerpen J, Uitti R, Pedraza O, Murray ME, Aakre J, Parisi J, Knopman DS, Petersen RC. Nonamnestic mild cognitive impairment progresses to dementia with Lewy bodies. Neurology. 2013 Dec 3; 81 (23):2032-8 Epub 2013 Nov 08
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  15. Graff-Radford J, Boeve BF, Pedraza O, Ferman TJ, Przybelski S, Lesnick TG, Vemuri P, Senjem ML, Smith GE, Knopman DS, Lowe V, Jack CR Jr, Petersen RC, Kantarci K. Imaging and acetylcholinesterase inhibitor response in dementia with Lewy bodies. Brain. 2012 Aug; 135 (Pt 8):2470-7 Epub 2012 July 18
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  16. Sachs BC, Lucas JA, Smith GE, Ivnik RJ, Petersen RC, Graff-Radford NR, Pedraza O. Reliable change on the Boston naming test. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2012 Mar; 18 (2):375-8 Epub 2012 Jan 23
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  17. Boeve BF, Boylan KB, Graff-Radford NR, DeJesus-Hernandez M, Knopman DS, Pedraza O, Vemuri P, Jones D, Lowe V, Murray ME, Dickson DW, Josephs KA, Rush BK, Machulda MM, Fields JA, Ferman TJ, Baker M, Rutherford NJ, Adamson J, Wszolek ZK, Adeli A, Savica R, Boot B, Kuntz KM, Gavrilova R, Reeves A, Whitwell J, Kantarci K, Jack CR Jr, Parisi JE, Lucas JA, Petersen RC, Rademakers R. Characterization of frontotemporal dementia and/or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis associated with the GGGGCC repeat expansion in C9ORF72. Brain. 2012 Mar; 135 (Pt 3):765-83
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  18. Pedraza O, Clark JH, O'Bryant SE, Smith GE, Ivnik RJ, Graff-Radford NR, Willis FB, Petersen RC, Lucas JA. Diagnostic validity of age and education corrections for the Mini-Mental State Examination in older African Americans. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2012 Feb; 60 (2):328-31 Epub 2011 Dec 08
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  19. Ferman TJ, Boeve BF, Smith GE, Lin SC, Silber MH, Pedraza O, Wszolek Z, Graff-Radford NR, Uitti R, Van Gerpen J, Pao W, Knopman D, Pankratz VS, Kantarci K, Boot B, Parisi JE, Dugger BN, Fujishiro H, Petersen RC, Dickson DW. Inclusion of RBD improves the diagnostic classification of dementia with Lewy bodies. Neurology. 2011 Aug 30; 77 (9):875-82 Epub 2011 Aug 17
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  20. Pedraza O, Sachs BC, Ferman TJ, Rush BK, Lucas JA. Difficulty and discrimination parameters of Boston naming test items in a consecutive clinical series. Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2011 Aug; 26 (5):434-44 Epub 2011 May 18
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  21. Gibbons LE, Crane PK, Mehta KM, Pedraza O, Tang Y, Manly JJ, Narasimhalu K, Teresi J, Jones RN, Mungas D. Multiple, correlated covariates associated with differential item functioning (DIF): Accounting for language DIF when education levels differ across languages. Ageing Res. 2011 Apr 28; 2(1):19-25.
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  22. Burgess JD, Pedraza O, Graff-Radford NR, Hirpa M, Zou F, Miles R, Nguyen T, Li M, Lucas JA, Ivnik RJ, Crook J, Pankratz VS, Dickson DW, Petersen RC, Younkin SG, Ertekin-Taner N. Association of common KIBRA variants with episodic memory and AD risk. Neurobiol Aging. 2011 Mar; 32 (3):557.e1-9 Epub 2010 Dec 24
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  23. Pedraza O, Lucas JA, Smith GE, Petersen RC, Graff-Radford NR, Ivnik RJ. Robust and expanded norms for the Dementia Rating Scale. Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2010 Aug; 25 (5):347-58 Epub 2010 Apr 28
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  24. Pedraza O, Dotson VM, Willis FB, Graff-Radford NR, Lucas JA. Internal Consistency and Test-Retest Stability of the Geriatric Depression Scale-Short Form in African American Older Adults. J Psychopathol Behav Assess. 2009 Dec 1; 31 (4):412-416
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  25. Pedraza O, Graff-Radford NR, Smith GE, Ivnik RJ, Willis FB, Petersen RC, Lucas JA. Differential item functioning of the Boston Naming Test in cognitively normal African American and Caucasian older adults. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2009 Sep; 15 (5):758-68 Epub 2009 July 02
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  26. Crane PK, Narasimhalu K, Gibbons LE, Pedraza O, Mehta KM, Tang Y, Manly JJ, Reed BR, Mungas DM. Composite scores for executive function items: demographic heterogeneity and relationships with quantitative magnetic resonance imaging. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2008 Sep; 14(5):746-59.
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  27. Pedraza O, Mungas D. Measurement in cross-cultural neuropsychology. Neuropsychol Rev. 2008 Sep; 18 (3):184-93 Epub 2008 Sept 24
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  28. Falkensammer J, Oldenburg WA, Hendrzak AJ, Neuhauser B, Pedraza O, Ferman T, Klocker J, Biebl M, Hugl B, Meschia JF, Hakaim AG, Brott TG. Evaluation of subclinical cerebral injury and neuropsychologic function in patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy. Ann Vasc Surg. 2008 Jul-Aug; 22(4):497-504. Epub 2008 May 27.
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  29. Pedraza O, Smith GE, Ivnik RJ, Willis FB, Ferman TJ, Petersen RC, Graff-Radford NR, Lucas JA. Reliable change on the Dementia Rating Scale. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2007 Jul; 13(4):716-20. Epub 2007 May 18.
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  30. Bowers D, Miller K, Bosch W, Gokcay D, Pedraza O, Springer U, Okun M. Faces of emotion in Parkinsons disease: micro-expressivity and bradykinesia during voluntary facial expressions. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2006 Nov; 12(6):765-73.
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  31. Pedraza O, Lucas JA, Smith GE, Willis FB, Graff-Radford NR, Ferman TJ, Petersen RC, Bowers D, Ivnik RJ. Mayo's older African American normative studies: confirmatory factor analysis of a core battery. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2005 Mar; 11(2):184-91.
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  32. Pedraza O, Bowers D, Gilmore R. Asymmetry of the hippocampus and amygdala in MRI volumetric measurements of normal adults. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2004 Sep; 10(5):664-78.
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  33. Okun MS, Fernandez HH, Pedraza O, Misra M, Lyons KE, Pahwa R, Tarsy D, Scollins L, Corapi K, Friehs GM, Grace J, Romrell J, Foote KD. Development and initial validation of a screening tool for Parkinson disease surgical candidates. Neurology. 2004 Jul 13; 63(1):161-3.
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  34. Demery JA, Pedraza O, Hanlon RE. Differential profiles of verbal learning in traumatic brain injury. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 2002 Sep; 24(6):818-27.
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