Ganna Blazhenets, PhD
Assistant Researcher
Neurology
School of Medicine
Awards
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- Travel award, Human Amyloid Imaging, 2023
- Alavi-Mandell Award (x2) for publications in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Society of Nuclear Medicine, 2022
- Karl-Joseph Beck Prize for best dissertation, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg, Germany, 2021
- 3rd place Brain Imaging Council Young Investigator Award, Society of Nuclear Medicine, 2021
- Henry N. Wagner, Jr., Image of the Year Award, Society of Nuclear Medicine, 2021
- Alavi-Mandell Award for publication in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Society of Nuclear Medicine, 2020
- Special price for the promotion of digital transformation in the field of nuclear medicine, German Society of Nuclear Medicine, 2019
- Travel award, Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 2018
- Travel award, International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2016
- Honors Branch Stipend, Bonn-Cologne Graduate School on Physics and Astronomy, 2014
- Travel award, Summer School, University of Strasbourg, France, 2014
- Travel award, Summer School, University of Warsaw, Poland, 2013
- B.Sc. Fellowship (tuition and stipend), School of Physics and Technology, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, 2010
Education & Training
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- PhD Neuroimaging University of Freiburg, Germany 2021
- MSc Nuclear Physics University of Cologne, Germany 2016
- MSc Medical Physics V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine 2016
- BSc Physics V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine 2014
Interests
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- Positron emission tomography
- Alzheimer's disease
- Neurodegeneration
- Neuroimaging
Websites
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- Rabinovici Lab (rabinovicilab.ucsf.edu)
Grants and Projects
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- Longitudinal tau accumulation in non-amnestic phenotypes of Alzheimer's disease, German Research Foundation, 2022-2023
Publications (35)
Top publication keywords:
Positron-Emission TomographyHearing LossAniline CompoundsFluorodeoxyglucose F18Ethylene GlycolsAlzheimer DiseasePrincipal Component AnalysisSupranuclear Palsy, ProgressiveDeafnessCochlear ImplantsCognitive DysfunctionFrontotemporal DementiaCochlear ImplantationFrontotemporal Lobar DegenerationAphasia, Primary Progressive
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[18F]PI-2620 Binding Patterns in Patients with Suspected Alzheimer Disease and Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration.
Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine 2023 Blazhenets G, Soleimani-Meigooni DN, Thomas W, Mundada N, Brendel M, Vento S, VandeVrede L, Heuer HW, Ljubenkov P, Rojas JC, Chen MK, Amuiri AN, Miller Z, Gorno-Tempini ML, Miller BL, Rosen HJ, Litvan… -
Cognitive impairment and altered cerebral glucose metabolism in the subacute stage of COVID-19.
Brain : a journal of neurology 2021 Hosp JA, Dressing A, Blazhenets G, Bormann T, Rau A, Schwabenland M, Thurow J, Wagner D, Waller C, Niesen WD, Frings L, Urbach H, Prinz M, Weiller C, Schroeter N, Meyer PT -
Effect of cerebral sinus venous thrombosis and its location on cerebral blood flow: a [15O]water PET study in acute stroke patients compared to healthy volunteers.
EJNMMI research 2024 Harloff A, Blazhenets G, Fostitsch J, Strecker C, Dersch R, Mayerhofer E, Meyer PT -
Deformation-based morphometry applied to FDG PET data reveals hippocampal atrophy in Alzheimer's disease.
Scientific reports 2024 Frings L, Blazhenets G, Brumberg J, Rau A, Urbach H, Meyer PT -
MRI-Based Assessment of Risk for Stroke in Moyamoya Angiopathy (MARS-MMA): An MRI-Based Scoring System for the Severity of Moyamoya Angiopathy.
Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) 2024 Zerweck L, Roder C, Blazhenets G, Martus P, Thurow J, Haas P, Estler A, Gohla G, Ruff C, Selo N, Würtemberger U, Khan N, Klose U, Ernemann U, Meyer PT, Hauser TK
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Cerebral Glucose Metabolism Is a Valuable Predictor of Survival in Patients with Lewy Body Diseases.
Annals of neurology 2024 Brumberg J, Blazhenets G, Bühler S, Fostitsch J, Rijntjes M, Ma Y, Eidelberg D, Weiller C, Jost WH, Frings L, Schröter N, Meyer PT -
Reserpine-induced rat model for depression: Behavioral, physiological and PET-based dopamine receptor availability validation.
Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry 2024 Miguel Telega L, Berti R, Blazhenets G, Domogalla LC, Steinacker N, Omrane MA, Meyer PT, Coenen VA, Eder AC, Döbrössy MD -
Disbalanced recruitment of crossed and uncrossed cerebello-thalamic pathways during deep brain stimulation is predictive of delayed therapy escape in essential tremor.
NeuroImage. Clinical 2024 Sajonz BEA, Frommer ML, Reisert M, Blazhenets G, Schröter N, Rau A, Prokop T, Reinacher PC, Rijntjes M, Urbach H, Meyer PT, Coenen VA -
The metabolic spatial covariance pattern of definite idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: an FDG PET study with principal components analysis.
Alzheimer's research & therapy 2023 Rau A, Schröter N, Blazhenets G, Maurer C, Urbach H, Meyer PT, Frings L -
Cognitive Deficits in Parkinson's Disease Are Associated with Neuronal Dysfunction and Not White Matter Lesions.
Movement disorders clinical practice 2023 Schröter N, Bormann T, Rijntjes M, Blazhenets G, Berti R, Sajonz BEA, Urbach H, Weiller C, Meyer PT, Rau A, Frings L -
[18F]PM-PBB3-PET Reveals Clinical and [18F]FDG-PET Mimics of 4-Repeat Tauopathy Caused by Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease.
Movement disorders clinical practice 2023 Schröter N, Blazhenets G, Meyer PT, Rijntjes M, Brumberg J -
More extensive hypometabolism and higher mortality risk in patients with right- than left-predominant neurodegeneration of the anterior temporal lobe.
Alzheimer's research & therapy 2023 Frings L, Blazhenets G, Binder R, Bormann T, Hellwig S, Meyer PT -
Evaluation of the cerebrovascular reactivity in patients with Moyamoya Angiopathy by use of breath-hold fMRI: investigation of voxel-wise hemodynamic delay correction in comparison to [15O]water PET.
Neuroradiology 2022 Zerweck L, Hauser TK, Roder C, Blazhenets G, Khan N, Ernemann U, Meyer PT, Klose U -
Nigral glucose metabolism as a diagnostic marker of neurodegenerative parkinsonian syndromes.
NPJ Parkinson's disease 2022 Schröter N, Blazhenets G, Frings L, Jost WH, Weiller C, Rijntjes M, Meyer PT, Brumberg J -
Widespread white matter oedema in subacute COVID-19 patients with neurological symptoms.
Brain : a journal of neurology 2022 Rau A, Schroeter N, Blazhenets G, Dressing A, Walter LI, Kellner E, Bormann T, Mast H, Wagner D, Urbach H, Weiller C, Meyer PT, Reisert M, Hosp JA -
68Ga-DOTA PET for Diagnosis of Spinal Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks.
Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine 2022 Evangelou P, Omrane MA, Thurow J, Mix M, Fung C, Lützen N, Blazhenets G, Urbach H, Beck J, Meyer PT -
Unravelling delayed therapy escape after thalamic deep brain stimulation for essential tremor? - Additional clinical and neuroimaging evidence.
NeuroImage. Clinical 2022 Sajonz BEA, Frommer ML, Walz ID, Reisert M, Maurer C, Rijntjes M, Piroth T, Schröter N, Jenkner C, Reinacher PC, Brumberg J, Meyer PT, Blazhenets G, Coenen VA -
Neural activity of the auditory cortex predicts speech recognition of patients with asymmetric hearing loss after cochlear implantation.
Scientific reports 2022 Speck I, Arndt S, Thurow J, Rau A, Aschendorff A, Meyer PT, Frings L, Blazhenets G -
A Neuroanatomy of Positive Affect Display - Subcortical Fiber Pathways Relevant for Initiation and Modulation of Smiling and Laughing.
Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience 2022 Coenen VA, Sajonz BEA, Hurwitz TA, Böck M, Hosp JA, Reinacher PC, Urbach H, Blazhenets G, Meyer PT, Reisert M -
Molecular Imaging Findings on Acute and Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 on the Brain: A Systematic Review.
Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine 2022 Meyer PT, Hellwig S, Blazhenets G, Hosp JA -
Neuropsychologic Profiles and Cerebral Glucose Metabolism in Neurocognitive Long COVID Syndrome.
Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine 2021 Dressing A, Bormann T, Blazhenets G, Schroeter N, Walter LI, Thurow J, August D, Hilger H, Stete K, Gerstacker K, Arndt S, Rau A, Urbach H, Rieg S, Wagner D, Weiller C, Meyer PT, Hosp JA -
Reply: From early limbic inflammation to long COVID sequelae.
Brain : a journal of neurology 2021 Meyer PT, Blazhenets G, Prinz M, Hosp JA -
Slow but Evident Recovery from Neocortical Dysfunction and Cognitive Impairment in a Series of Chronic COVID-19 Patients.
Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine 2021 Blazhenets G, Schroeter N, Bormann T, Thurow J, Wagner D, Frings L, Weiller C, Meyer PT, Dressing A, Hosp JA -
Combined 18F-FET PET and diffusion kurtosis MRI in posttreatment glioblastoma: differentiation of true progression from treatment-related changes.
Neuro-oncology advances 2021 D'Amore F, Grinberg F, Mauler J, Galldiks N, Blazhenets G, Farrher E, Filss C, Stoffels G, Mottaghy FM, Lohmann P, Shah NJ, Langen KJ -
Validation of the Alzheimer Disease Dementia Conversion-Related Pattern as an ATN Biomarker of Neurodegeneration.
Neurology 2021 Blazhenets G, Frings L, Ma Y, Sörensen A, Eidelberg D, Wiltfang J, Meyer PT, Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative -
Brain activation patterns during visuomotor adaptation in motor experts and novices: An FDG PET study with unrestricted movements.
Journal of neuroscience methods 2020 Blazhenets G, Kurz A, Frings L, Leukel C, Meyer PT -
Differential diagnosis of parkinsonism: a head-to-head comparison of FDG PET and MIBG scintigraphy.
NPJ Parkinson's disease 2020 Brumberg J, Schröter N, Blazhenets G, Frings L, Volkmann J, Lapa C, Jost WH, Isaias IU, Meyer PT -
Amyloid biomarkers as predictors of conversion from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer's dementia: a comparison of methods.
Alzheimer's research & therapy 2020 Sörensen A, Blazhenets G, Schiller F, Meyer PT, Frings L, Alzheimer Disease Neuroimaging Initiative -
Principal-Component Analysis-Based Measures of PET Data Closely Reflect Neuropathologic Staging Schemes.
Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine 2020 Blazhenets G, Frings L, Sörensen A, Meyer PT, Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative -
Tau Imaging in the 4-Repeat-Tauopathies Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Corticobasal Syndrome: A 11C-Pyridinyl-Butadienyl-Benzothiazole 3 PET Pilot Study.
Clinical nuclear medicine 2020 Schröter N, Blazhenets G, Frings L, Barkhausen C, Jost WH, Weiller C, Rijntjes M, Meyer PT -
Predictive Value of 18F-Florbetapir and 18F-FDG PET for Conversion from Mild Cognitive Impairment to Alzheimer Dementia.
Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine 2019 Blazhenets G, Ma Y, Sörensen A, Schiller F, Rücker G, Eidelberg D, Frings L, Meyer PT, Alzheimer Disease Neuroimaging Initiative -
18F-FDG PET Imaging of the Inferior Colliculus in Asymmetric Hearing Loss.
Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine 2019 Speck I, Arndt S, Thurow J, Blazhenets G, Aschendorff A, Meyer PT, Frings L -
Imaging cardiac sympathetic innervation with MIBG: linear conversion of the heart-to-mediastinum ratio between different collimators.
EJNMMI physics 2019 Brumberg J, Blazhenets G, Schröter N, Frings L, Jost WH, Lapa C, Meyer PT -
Prognosis of conversion of mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer's dementia by voxel-wise Cox regression based on FDG PET data.
NeuroImage. Clinical 2018 Sörensen A, Blazhenets G, Rücker G, Schiller F, Meyer PT, Frings L, Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative -
Principal Components Analysis of Brain Metabolism Predicts Development of Alzheimer Dementia.
Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine 2018 Blazhenets G, Ma Y, Sörensen A, Rücker G, Schiller F, Eidelberg D, Frings L, Meyer PT, Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative