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Firoza Z Lussier

University of Pittsburgh · US
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Area of research
Physiology · Psychiatry and Mental health
Research interest
Research interests include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms.
h-index
34
citations
5,650
works
350
NIH funding
primary concept
Neuroscience
email

Recent publications

Glial reactivity correlates with synaptic dysfunction across aging and Alzheimer’s disease
Nature Communications 2025cited by 21position: middledoi
Amyloid beta and tau are associated with the dual effect of neuroinflammation on neurodegeneration
Alzheimer s & Dementia 2025cited by 12position: middledoi
Microglia modulate Aβ-dependent astrocyte reactivity in Alzheimer’s disease
Nature Neuroscience 2025cited by 12position: middledoi
<i>APOE</i> ɛ4 carriership determines a faster plasma p‐tau217 progression in Aβ‐positive individuals
Alzheimer s & Dementia 2025cited by 0position: middledoi
Comparison of immunoassay- with mass spectrometry-derived p-tau quantification for the detection of Alzheimer’s disease pathology
Molecular Neurodegeneration 2024cited by 22position: middledoi
Astrocyte reactivity influences amyloid-β effects on tau pathology in preclinical Alzheimer’s disease
Nature Medicine 2023cited by 305position: middledoi
Equivalence of plasma p‐tau217 with cerebrospinal fluid in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer s & Dementia 2023cited by 153position: middledoi
Mass spectrometric simultaneous quantification of tau species in plasma shows differential associations with amyloid and tau pathologies
Nature Aging 2023cited by 114position: middledoi
<i>APOE</i> ε4 associates with microglial activation independently of Aβ plaques and tau tangles
Science Advances 2023cited by 77position: middledoi
Neuropsychiatric Symptoms and Microglial Activation in Patients with Alzheimer Disease
JAMA Network Open 2023cited by 47position: middledoi
Plasma p‐tau231 and p‐tau217 inform on tau tangles aggregation in cognitively impaired individuals
Alzheimer s & Dementia 2023cited by 47position: middledoi
Sex-specific modulation of amyloid-β on tau phosphorylation underlies faster tangle accumulation in females
Brain 2023cited by 40position: middledoi
APOEε4 potentiates amyloid β effects on longitudinal tau pathology
Nature Aging 2023cited by 38position: middledoi
Potential Utility of Plasma P-Tau and Neurofilament Light Chain as Surrogate Biomarkers for Preventive Clinical Trials
Neurology 2023cited by 27position: middledoi
Biomarker modeling of Alzheimer’s disease using PET-based Braak staging
Nature Aging 2022cited by 283position: middledoi
Association of Phosphorylated Tau Biomarkers With Amyloid Positron Emission Tomography vs Tau Positron Emission Tomography
JAMA Neurology 2022cited by 255position: middledoi
Astrocyte biomarker signatures of amyloid-β and tau pathologies in Alzheimer’s disease
Molecular Psychiatry 2022cited by 142position: middledoi
Association of locus coeruleus integrity with Braak stage and neuropsychiatric symptom severity in Alzheimer’s disease
Neuropsychopharmacology 2022cited by 92position: middledoi
Comparing tau status determined via plasma pTau181, pTau231 and [18F]MK6240 tau-PET
EBioMedicine 2022cited by 76position: middledoi
CSF tau368/total-tau ratio reflects cognitive performance and neocortical tau better compared to p-tau181 and p-tau217 in cognitively impaired individuals
Alzheimer s Research & Therapy 2022cited by 31position: middledoi
Differences Between Plasma and Cerebrospinal Fluid Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein Levels Across the Alzheimer Disease Continuum
JAMA Neurology 2021cited by 615position: middledoi
Microglial activation and tau propagate jointly across Braak stages
Nature Medicine 2021cited by 514position: middledoi
Association of plasma P-tau181 with memory decline in non-demented adults
Brain Communications 2021cited by 62position: middledoi
Diagnostic performance and prediction of clinical progression of plasma phospho-tau181 in the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
Molecular Psychiatry 2020cited by 367position: middledoi
Mild behavioral impairment is associated with β‐amyloid but not tau or neurodegeneration in cognitively intact elderly individuals
Alzheimer s & Dementia 2020cited by 171position: firstdoi

Grants

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Frequent collaborators

Pedro Rosa‐Neto · Center for Diagnosis and Research on Alzheimer's Disease9 papers (2020–2023)Tharick A. Pascoal · University of Pittsburgh Medical Center9 papers (2020–2023)Andréa Lessa Benedet · University of Pittsburgh8 papers (2020–2023)Nicholas J. Ashton · Alzheimer's Association7 papers (2020–2023)Kaj Blennow · First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University7 papers (2020–2023)Cécile Tissot · L-3 Communications (United States)6 papers (2020–2023)Henrik Zetterberg · Indian Institute of Science Bangalore6 papers (2020–2023)Serge Gauthier · Texas Instruments (France)6 papers (2020–2023)Mira Chamoun · McGill University Health Centre6 papers (2020–2022)Joseph Therriault · Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital6 papers (2020–2023)Thomas K. Karikari · University of Pittsburgh Medical Center6 papers (2020–2023)Gassan Massarweh · Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital4 papers (2020–2022)Jenna Stevenson · Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital3 papers (2021–2023)Mélissa Savard · Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital3 papers (2020–2022)Juan Lantero‐Rodriguez · Sahlgrenska University Hospital3 papers (2020–2023)Jean‐Paul Soucy · Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital3 papers (2021–2022)Sulantha Mathotaarachchi · McGill University Health Centre3 papers (2020–2021)Paramita Saha‐Chaudhuri · McGill University Health Centre3 papers (2020–2022)Michael Schöll · Wallenberg Wood Science Center2 papers (2020–2021)Jean‐Paul Soucy · McGill University Health Centre2 papers (2020–2023)
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