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Reinhard Heun

Researcher at University of Bonn

Publications -  188
Citations -  10377

Reinhard Heun is an academic researcher from University of Bonn. The author has contributed to research in topics: Dementia & Allele. The author has an hindex of 50, co-authored 187 publications receiving 9679 citations. Previous affiliations of Reinhard Heun include Royal Derby Hospital & University of Birmingham.

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Genome-wide association study identifies variants at CLU and PICALM associated with Alzheimertextquotesingles disease

TL;DR: A two-stage genome-wide association study of Alzheimer's disease involving over 16,000 individuals, the most powerful AD GWAS to date, produced compelling evidence for association with Alzheimer’s disease in the combined dataset.
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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.
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Plasma 24S-hydroxycholesterol (cerebrosterol) is increased in Alzheimer and vascular demented patients.

TL;DR: It is speculated that 24S-OH-Chol plasma levels may potentially be used as an early biochemical marker for an altered cholesterol homeostasis in the central nervous system of AD patients.
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Validity of the five-item WHO Well-Being Index (WHO-5) in an elderly population

TL;DR: The World Health Organization's 5-item Well-Being Index showed a good internal and external validity and is an useful instrument for identifying elderly subjects with depression.
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Subjective Memory Impairment. A review of its definitions indicates the need for a comprehensive set of standardised and validated criteria

TL;DR: This study aims to identify previous and current definitions of SMI used in published research and to propose a set of criteria that may help increase SMI's predictive power of future cognitive decline.