Babak Hooshmand

Om mig

Babak is currently completing his final year in clinical specialization in neurology in Germany. Babak isamedical doctor, has a MPH in public health nutrition, and obtained his PhD at  the Aging Research, Karolinska Institute. His major research interests include the impact of modifiable risk factors, especially nutritional and vascular risk factors, on dementia, stroke, cognitive performance, and structural brain changes in population-based as well as clinical-based studies.

Forskningsbeskrivning

Selected Publications:

1. Hooshmand B, Refsum H, Smith AD, Kalpouzos G, Mangialasche F, von Arnim CAF, Kåreholt I, Kivipelto M, Fratiglioni L. Association of Methionine to Homocysteine Status With Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging Measures and Risk of Dementia. JAMA Psychiatry. 2019;76(11):1198-1205.
2. Hooshmand B, Rusanen M, Ngandu T, Leiviskä J, Sindi S, von Arnim C.A.F., Falkai P, Soininen H, Tuomilehto J, Kivipelto M. Serum insulin and cognitive performance in older adults: a longitudinal study. Am J Med. 2019 Mar;132(3):367-373.
3. Hooshmand B, Polvikoski T, Kivipelto M, Tanskanen M, Myllykangas L, Mäkelä M, Oinas M, Paetau A, Solomon A. CAIDE dementia risk score, Alzheimer and cerebrovascular pathology: a population-based autopsy study. J Intern Med. 2018 Jun;283(6):597-603.
4. Smith AD; Refsum H; Bottiglieri T; Fenech M; Hooshmand B; McCaddon A; Miller JW; Rosenberg IH; Obeid R. Homocysteine and Dementia: An International Consensus Statement. J Alzheimers Dis. 2018;62(2):561-570.
5. Knopman DS, Hooshmand B. Cerebrovascular disease affects brain structural integrity long before clinically overt strokes. Neurology. 2017 Jul 11;89(2):110-111.
6. Hooshmand B, Mangialasche F, Kalpouzos G, Solomon A, Kåreholt I, Smith D, Refsum H, Wang R, Mühlmann M, Ertl-Wagner B, Laukka EJ, Bäckman L, Fratiglioni L, Kivipelto M. Association of Vitamin B12, Folate, and Sulfur Amino Acids With Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging Measures in Older Adults: A Longitudinal Population-Based Study JAMA Psychiatry. 2016 Jun 1;73(6):606-13.
7. Hooshmand B, Lökk J, Solomon A, Mangialasche F, Miralbell J, Spulber G, Annerbo S, Andreasen N, Winblad B, Cedazo-Minguez A, Wahlund LO, Kivipelto M. Vitamin D in relation to cognitive impairment, CSF biomarkers, and brain volumes. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci
8. Hooshmand B, Polvikoski T, Kivipelto M, Tanskanen M, Myllykangas L, Erkinjuntti T, Mäkelä M, Oinas M, Paetau A, Scheltens P, van Straaten E.C.W, Sulkava R, Solomon A. Plasma homocysteine, Alzheimer and cerebrovascular pathology: a population-based autopsy study. Brain. 2013 Sep;136(Pt 9):2707-16.
9. Mangialasche F, Solomon A, Kåreholt I, Hooshmand B, Cecchetti R, Fratiglioni L, Soininen H, Laatikainen T, Mecocci P, Kivipelto M. Serum levels of vitamin E forms and risk of cognitive impairment in a Finnish cohort of older adults. Exp Gerontol. 2013 Dec;48(12):1428-35.
10. Hooshmand B, Solomon A, Kåreholt I, Rusanen M, Hänninen T, Leiviskä J, Winblad B, Laatikainen T, Soininen H, Kivipelto M. Associations between serum homocysteine, holotranscobalamin, folate and cognition in the elderly: a longitudinal study. J Intern Med. 2012 Feb;271(2):204-12.
11. Hooshmand B, Solomon A, Kåreholt I, Leviskä J, Rusanen M, Ahtiluoto S, Winblad B, Laatikainen T, Soininen H, Kivipelto M. Homocysteine and holotranscobalamin and the risk of Alzheimer’s disease: a longitudinal study. Neurology, 2010;75:1408–1414.