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John C. Hedreen

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American physician.

Biography of John C. Hedreen

John C. Hedreen is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Pathology, Department of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine (Hedreen Laboratory).

Bibliography

  • J. C. Hedreen, J. P. Chalmers:
    Neuronal degeneration in rat brain induced by 6hydroxydopamine. A histological and biochemical study.
    Brain Research, Amsterdam, 1972, 47: 136.
  • G. R. Uhl, D. C. Hilt, J. C. Hedreen, P. J. Whitehouse, D. L. Price:
    Pick’s disease (lobar sclerosis): depletion of neurons in the nucleus basalis of Meynert.
    Neurology, Minneapolis, 1983, 33: 1470-1473.
  • J. C. Hedreen, R. G. Struble, P. J. Whitehouse, and D. L. Price.
    Topography of the magnocellular basal forebrain system in human brain.
    Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology, 1984, 43: 1–21.
  • J. C. Hedreen, J. C. Bacon and D. L. Price:
    A modified histochemical method to visualize acetylcholinesterase-containing axons.
    The Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry, Baltimore, 1985, 33, 134-140.
  • R. M. Zweig, C. A. Ross, J. C. Hedreen, C. Steele, J. E. Cardillo, P. J. Whitehouse, M. F. Folstein, D. L. Price:
    The neuropathology of aminergic nuclei in Alzheimer's disease.
    Annals of Neurology, Boston, 1988, 24: 233-242
  • J. C. Hedreen, and M. R, DeLong:
    Organization of striatopallidal, striatonigral, and nigrostriatal projections in the macaque.
    The Journal of Comparative Neurology, Philadelphia, 1991, 304: 569–595.
  • G. C. Tsai, B. Stauch-Slusher, L. Sim, J. C. Hedreen, J. D. Rothstein, R. Kuncl and J. T. Coyle:
    Reductions in acidic amino acids and N-acetylaspartylglutamate in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis CNS.
    Brain Research, Amsterdam, 1991, 556 (1) 151-6.
  • J. C. Hedreen, S. J. Bacon, & D. L. Price:
    A modified histochemical technique to visualize acetylcholinesterase-containing axons.
    The Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry, Baltimore, 1985, 33: 134-140.
  • J. C. Hedreen, V. E. Kolliatsos:
    Phosphorylated neurofilaments in neuronal perikarya and dendrites in human brain following axonal damage.
    Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology, 1994, 53: 663.
  • M. Gearing, S. S. Mirra, J. C. Hedreen, et al:
    The Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer’s Disease (CERAD). Part X. Neuropathology Confirmation of the Clinical Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease.
    Neurology, Minneapolis, 1995, 45:461-466.
  • M. Gearing, S. S. Mirra, J. C. Hedreen, S. M. Sumi, L. A. Hansen and A. Heyman:
    The Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer’s Disease (CERAD). Part X. Neuropathology confirmation of the clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease.
    Neurology, Minneapolis, 1995, 45: 461-466.
  • C. Portera-Cailliau, J. C. Hedreen, D. L. Price, V. E. Koliatsos:
    Evidence for apoptotic cell death in Huntington disease and excitotoxic animal models.
    Journal of Neuroscience, 1995, 15: 3775–3787.
  • J. C. Toncosco, C. H. Kawas, C. K. Cha, M. F. Folstein, J. C. Hedreen:
    Lack of Association of the apoE4 Allele with Hippocampal Sclerosis Dementia.
    Neuroscience Letters, Amsterdam, 1996 204: 138-140.
  • D. C. Rubinstein, J. Leggo, R. Coles, E. Almquist, V. Biancala, J. J. Cassiman, K. Choati, M. Connarty, D. Craufurd, A. Curtis, D. Curtis, M. J. Davidson, A. M. Differ, C. Dodge, C. Dode, A. Dodge, M. Frontali, N. G. Ranen, O. C. Stine, M. Sherr, M. H. Abbott, M. L. Franz, C. A. Graham, P. S. Harper, J. C. Hedreen, A. Jackson, J. C. Kaplan, M. Losekoot, J. C. MacMillan, P. Morrison, Y. Trottier, A. Noveletto, S. A. Simpson, J. Theilmann, J. L. Whittaker, S. E. Folstein, C. A. Ross, M. R,. Hayden:
    Phenotypic Characterization of Individuals with 30-40 CAG Repeats in Huntington Disease (HD) Gene Reveals HD Cases with 36 Repeats and Apparently Normal Elderly Individuals with 36-39 Repeats.
    The American Journal of Human Genetics, Chicago, 1996, 59: 16-22.
  • J. H. Sinard and J. C. Hedreen:
    Progressive Chorea and Neuronal Loss from the Subthalamic Nuclei in a Patient Treated with Phenytoin; Summary, Case History, Comment, Editor's Note. Search on Epilepsy, 1996, 3:12-14.
  • J. C. Toncosco, C. H. Kawas, C. K. Cha, M. F. Folstein, J. C. Hedreen:
    Lack of Association of the apoE4 Allele with Hippocampal Sclerosis Dementia.
    Neuroscience Letters, Amsterdam, 1996, 204:138-140.
  • J. C. Hedreen, J. P. Vonsattel :
    Centenary of Gaule and Lewin, pioneers in cell counting methodology.
    Journal of Microscopy, September 1997, 187 ( Pt 3): 201-203.
  • J. C. Hedreen:
    Lost caps in histological counting methods.
    The Anatomical Record, Hoboken, NJ, March 1998, 250 (3): 366-372.
  • J. C. Hedreen:
    What was wrong with the Abercrombie and empirical cell counting methods? A review.
    The Anatomical Record, Hoboken, NJ, March 1998, 250 (3): 373-380.
  • J. C. Hedreen.
    Tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive elements in the human globus pallidus and subthalamic nucleus. The Journal of Comparative Neurology, Philadelphia, July 5, 1999, 409 (3): 400-410.
  • K. Rostasy, L. Monti, C. Yiannoutsos, M. Kneissl, J. Bell, T. L. Kemper, J. C. Hedreen, B. A. Navia:
    Human immunodeficiency virus infection, inducible nitric oxide synthase expression, and microglial activation: pathogenetic relationship to the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome dementia complex.
    Annals of Neurology, Boston, August 1999, 46 (2): 207-216.
  • J. C. Hedreen:
    Unbiased stereology? Trends in Neurosciences, August 1999, 22 (8): 346-347.
  • K. Rostasy, L. Monti, C. Yiannoutsos, J. Wu, J. Bell, J. C. Hedreen, B. A. Navia:
    NFkappaB activation, TNF-alpha expression, and apoptosis in the AIDS-Dementia-Complex.
    Journal of Neurovirology, Basingstoke, 2000, 6: 537-43.
  • E. Adamec, H. T. Chang, E. G. Stopa, J. C. Hedreen, J. P. Vonsattel:
    Tau protein expression in frontotemporal dementia.
    Neuroscience Letters, Amsterdam, 315:21-24, 2001.
  • J. C. Hedreen and D. Lahti:
    Neuropathological diagnoses in an autopsy series of dementia and parkinsonian cases.
    Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology, 2002, 202, 61.(abstract).
  • K. Rostasy, S. J. Augood, J. W. Hewett, J. C. Leung, H. Sasaki, L. J. Ozelius, V. Ramesh, D. G. Standaert, X. O. Breakefield , J. C. Hedreen:
    TorsinA protein and neuropathology in early onset generalized dystonia with GAG deletion. Neurobiology of Disease, in press, 2002.
  • J. C. Hedreen:
    Striosome and matrix pathology in Huntington disease. In: L. F. B. Nicholson and R. L. M. Faull, editors: The Basal Ganglia VII. Plenum Press, New York, in press, 2002.
  • J. C. Hedreen:
    Neuronal Intranuclear Inclusions in Neostriatal Striosomes and Matrix in Huntington's Disease.
    In: A. M. Graybiel and M. DeLong, editors: The Basal Ganglia VI. Plenum Press, New York, in press, 2002.
  • J. C. Hedreen and R. A. C. Roos:
    Huntington’s disease. In: D. Dickson, editor: Neurodegeneration: The Molecular Pathology of Dementia and Movement Disorders. ISN Neuropath Press, in press, 2002.

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