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James T. Becker

Researcher at University of Pittsburgh

Publications -  438
Citations -  38819

James T. Becker is an academic researcher from University of Pittsburgh. The author has contributed to research in topics: Dementia & Alzheimer's disease. The author has an hindex of 97, co-authored 427 publications receiving 35818 citations. Previous affiliations of James T. Becker include Johns Hopkins University & Aerospace Medical Association.

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Hippocampus, space, and memory

TL;DR: It is proposed that the hippocampus is selectively involved in behaviors that require working memory, irrespective of the type of material (spatial or nonspatial) that is to be processed by that memory.
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Rare coding variants in PLCG2, ABI3, and TREM2 implicate microglial-mediated innate immunity in Alzheimer's disease

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- 01 Sep 2017 - 
TL;DR: Three new genome-wide significant nonsynonymous variants associated with Alzheimer's disease are observed, providing additional evidence that the microglia-mediated innate immune response contributes directly to the development of Alzheimer's Disease.