Anna Blanken, PhD
Assistant Professor
Psychiatry
School of Medicine

Publications (27)

Top publication keywords:
EndophenotypesHippocampusCerebrovascular CirculationMenopauseAmyloid beta-PeptidesVeteransHypocapniaSex CharacteristicsCognitive Dysfunctiontau ProteinsHypercapniaCerebrovascular DisordersTemporal LobeAlzheimer DiseaseHypertension

• Enhancing quality of mental health service for veterans with seizures.
  Epilepsia 2026 Lopez MR, LaFrance WC, Mordecai K, Blanken AE, Pugh MJ, Ocier K, Altalib H
• Sexual orientation and sexual functioning in midlife women veterans.
  Menopause (New York, N.Y.) 2024 Muratore LA, Blanken AE, Huang AJ, Gibson CJ
• Locus coeruleus MRI contrast, cerebral perfusion, and plasma Alzheimer's disease biomarkers in older adults.
  Neurobiology of aging 2024 Dutt S, Bachman SL, Dahl MJ, Li Y, Yew B, Jang JY, Ho JK, Nashiro K, Min J, Yoo HJ, Gaubert A, Nguyen A, Blanken AE, Sible IJ, Marshall AJ, Kapoor A, Alitin JPM, Hoang K, Rouanet J, Sordo L, Head E, …
• Dimensions of posttraumatic stress disorder and menopause-related health in midlife women veterans.
  Menopause (New York, N.Y.) 2024 Thomas JL, Blanken AE, Huang AJ, Maguen S, Gibson CJ, Sumner JA
• Older Adults With Smaller and Less Complex Social Networks Show Deficits in Medial Temporal Cerebrovascular Reactivity.
  Journal of the American Heart Association 2024 Chang E, Kapoor A, Lohman T, Dutt S, Alitin JPM, Sible IJ, Ho JK, Gaubert A, Blanken AE, Mather M, Shao X, Wang DJJ, Nation DA

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• Caring for Patients With Functional Neurological Disorder-A New Paradigm.
  Cognitive and behavioral neurology : official journal of the Society for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology 2024 Lopez MR, Mordecai K, Blanken AE, LaFrance WC
• Short-term blood pressure variability and brain functional network connectivity in older adults.
  Neuroimage. Reports 2024 Sible IJ, Jang JY, Blanken AE, Alitin JPM, Engstrom A, Dutt S, Marshall AJ, Kapoor A, Shenasa F, Gaubert A, Nguyen A, Ferrer F, Bradford DR, Rodgers KE, Mather M, Duke Han S, Nation DA
• Enlarged perivascular spaces and plasma Aβ42/Aβ40 ratio in older adults without dementia.
  Neurobiology of aging 2023 Kapoor A, Gaubert A, Yew B, Jang JY, Dutt S, Li Y, Alitin JPM, Nguyen A, Ho JK, Blanken AE, Sible IJ, Marshall A, Shenasa F, Rodgers KE, Martini AC, Head E, Nation DA
• Blood-Derived Progenitor Cells Are Depleted in Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment: A Role for Vascular Resilience?
  Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2023 Marshall AJ, Gaubert A, Kapoor A, Tan A, McIntosh E, Jang JY, Yew B, Ho JK, Blanken AE, Dutt S, Sible IJ, Li Y, Rodgers K, Nation DA
• Older Adults With Higher Blood Pressure Variability Exhibit Cerebrovascular Reactivity Deficits.
  American journal of hypertension 2023 Sible IJ, Jang JY, Dutt S, Yew B, Alitin JPM, Li Y, Blanken AE, Ho JK, Marshall AJ, Kapoor A, Shenasa F, Gaubert A, Nguyen A, Sturm VE, Mather M, Rodgers KE, Shao X, Wang DJ, Nation DA
• Older adults with perivascular spaces exhibit cerebrovascular reactivity deficits.
  NeuroImage 2022 Kapoor A, Yew B, Jang JY, Dutt S, Li Y, Alitin JPM, Gaubert A, Ho JK, Blanken AE, Sible IJ, Marshall A, Shao X, Mather M, Wang DJJ, Nation DA
• Blood pressure variability and plasma Alzheimer's disease biomarkers in older adults.
  Scientific reports 2022 Sible IJ, Yew B, Jang JY, Alitin JPM, Li Y, Gaubert A, Nguyen A, Dutt S, Blanken AE, Ho JK, Marshall AJ, Kapoor A, Shenasa F, Rodgers KE, Sturm VE, Head E, Martini A, Nation DA
• Racial/ethnic disparities in the diagnosis and management of menopause symptoms among midlife women veterans.
  Menopause (New York, N.Y.) 2022 Blanken A, Gibson CJ, Li Y, Huang AJ, Byers AL, Maguen S, Inslicht S, Seal K
• Cerebrovascular reactivity deficits in cognitively unimpaired older adults: vasodilatory versus vasoconstrictive responses.
  Neurobiology of aging 2022 Yew B, Jang JY, Dutt S, Li Y, Sible IJ, Gaubert A, Ho JK, Blanken AE, Marshall A, Shao X, Wang DJJ, Nation DA
• Selective vulnerability of medial temporal regions to short-term blood pressure variability and cerebral hypoperfusion in older adults.
  Neuroimage. Reports 2022 Sible IJ, Yew B, Dutt S, Li Y, Blanken AE, Jang JY, Ho JK, Marshall AJ, Kapoor A, Gaubert A, Bangen KJ, Sturm VE, Shao X, Wang DJ, Nation DA
• Increased Levels of Circulating Angiogenic Cells and Signaling Proteins in Older Adults With Cerebral Small Vessel Disease.
  Frontiers in aging neuroscience 2021 Kapoor A, Gaubert A, Marshall A, Meier IB, Yew B, Ho JK, Blanken AE, Dutt S, Sible IJ, Li Y, Jang JY, Brickman AM, Rodgers K, Nation DA
• Resting-State Functional Connectivity Signatures of Apathy in Community-Living Older Adults.
  Frontiers in aging neuroscience 2021 Jang JY, Han SD, Yew B, Blanken AE, Dutt S, Li Y, Ho JK, Gaubert A, Nation DA
• Antemortem Visit-To-Visit Blood Pressure Variability Predicts Cerebrovascular Lesion Burden in Autopsy-Confirmed Alzheimer's Disease.
  Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2021 Sible IJ, Bangen KJ, Blanken AE, Ho JK, Nation DA
• Distilling Heterogeneity of Mild Cognitive Impairment in the National Alzheimer Coordinating Center Database Using Latent Profile Analysis.
  JAMA network open 2020 Blanken AE, Jang JY, Ho JK, Edmonds EC, Han SD, Bangen KJ, Nation DA
• Affective Neuropsychiatric Symptoms as Early Signs of Dementia Risk in Older Adults.
  Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2020 Jang JY, Ho JK, Blanken AE, Dutt S, Nation DA, Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
• Does Gender Influence the Relationship Between High Blood Pressure and Dementia? Highlighting Areas for Further Investigation.
  Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2020 Blanken AE, Nation DA
• Cognitive Correlates of Hippocampal Atrophy and Ventricular Enlargement in Adults with or without Mild Cognitive Impairment.
  Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders extra 2019 Goukasian N, Porat S, Blanken A, Avila D, Zlatev D, Hurtz S, Hwang KS, Pierce J, Joshi SH, Woo E, Apostolova LG
• Disentangling Heterogeneity in Alzheimer's Disease: Two Empirically-Derived Subtypes.
  Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2019 Blanken AE, Dutt S, Li Y, Nation DA, Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
• Circulating Progenitor Cells Correlate with Memory, Posterior Cortical Thickness, and Hippocampal Perfusion.
  Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2018 Nation DA, Tan A, Dutt S, McIntosh EC, Yew B, Ho JK, Blanken AE, Jang JY, Rodgers KE, Gaubert A
• Associations between hippocampal morphometry and neuropathologic markers of Alzheimer's disease using 7 T MRI.
  NeuroImage. Clinical 2017 Blanken AE, Hurtz S, Zarow C, Biado K, Honarpisheh H, Somme J, Brook J, Tung S, Kraft E, Lo D, Ng DW, Vinters HV, Apostolova LG
• Alzheimer risk genes modulate the relationship between plasma apoE and cortical PiB binding.
  Neurology. Genetics 2015 Lazaris A, Hwang KS, Goukasian N, Ramirez LM, Eastman J, Blanken AE, Teng E, Gylys K, Cole G, Saykin AJ, Shaw LM, Trojanowski JQ, Jagust WJ, Weiner MW, Apostolova LG, Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging …
• Relationship between hippocampal atrophy and neuropathology markers: a 7T MRI validation study of the EADC-ADNI Harmonized Hippocampal Segmentation Protocol.
  Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2015 Apostolova LG, Zarow C, Biado K, Hurtz S, Boccardi M, Somme J, Honarpisheh H, Blanken AE, Brook J, Tung S, Lo D, Ng D, Alger JR, Vinters HV, Bocchetta M, Duvernoy H, Jack CR, Frisoni GB, EADC-ADNI …