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Laura A. Baker

Professor of Psychology, University of Southern California
Verified email at usc.edu
Cited by 8431

Effects of aerobic exercise on mild cognitive impairment: a controlled trial

LD Baker, LL Frank, K Foster-Schubert… - Archives of …, 2010 - jamanetwork.com
Objectives To examine the effects of aerobic exercise on cognition and other biomarkers
associated with Alzheimer disease pathology for older adults with mild cognitive impairment, …

Intranasal insulin therapy for Alzheimer disease and amnestic mild cognitive impairment: a pilot clinical trial

S Craft, LD Baker, TJ Montine, S Minoshima… - Archives of …, 2012 - jamanetwork.com
Objective To examine the effects of intranasal insulin administration on cognition, function,
cerebral glucose metabolism, and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in adults with amnestic mild …

Intranasal insulin improves cognition and modulates β-amyloid in early AD

…, GS Watson, PS Green, CW Wilkinson, LD Baker… - Neurology, 2008 - AAN Enterprises
Background: Reduced brain insulin signaling and low CSF-to-plasma insulin ratios have been
observed in patients with Alzheimer disease (AD). Furthermore, intracerebroventricular or …

Preserved cognition in patients with early Alzheimer disease and amnestic mild cognitive impairment during treatment with rosiglitazone: a preliminary study

GS Watson, BA Cholerton, MA Reger, LD Baker… - The American journal of …, 2005 - Elsevier
Objective Insulin resistance (impaired insulin action) has been associated with Alzheimer
disease (AD) and memory impairment, independent of AD. Peroxisome proliferator-activated …

Insulin resistance and Alzheimer-like reductions in regional cerebral glucose metabolism for cognitively normal adults with prediabetes or early type 2 diabetes

LD Baker, DJ Cross, S Minoshima… - Archives of …, 2011 - jamanetwork.com
Background: Insulin resistance is a causal factor in prediabetes (PD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D)
and increases the risk of developing Alzheimer disease (AD). Reductions in cerebral …

Effects of β-hydroxybutyrate on cognition in memory-impaired adults

…, ST Henderson, C Hale, B Cholerton, LD Baker… - Neurobiology of …, 2004 - Elsevier
Glucose is the brain’s principal energy substrate. In Alzheimer’s disease (AD), there
appears to be a pathological decrease in the brain’s ability to use glucose. Neurobiological …

Genetic variation in political participation

JH Fowler, LA Baker, CT Dawes - American Political Science Review, 2008 - cambridge.org
The decision to vote has puzzled scholars for decades. Theoretical models predict little or no
variation in participation in large population elections and empirical models have typically …

Intranasal insulin administration dose-dependently modulates verbal memory and plasma amyloid-β in memory-impaired older adults

…, G Watson, PS Green, LD Baker… - Journal of …, 2008 - content.iospress.com
Intranasal insulin administration raises central nervous system (CNS) insulin levels in humans
and acutely facilitates verbal memory in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), an effect …

Long-acting intranasal insulin detemir improves cognition for adults with mild cognitive impairment or early-stage Alzheimer's disease dementia

A Claxton, LD Baker, A Hanson… - Journal of …, 2015 - content.iospress.com
Previous trials have shown promising effects of intranasally administered insulin for adults
with Alzheimer’s disease dementia (AD) or amnestic mild cognitive impairment (MCI). These …

[HTML][HTML] Fatty Acid Transduction of Nitric Oxide Signaling: MULTIPLE NITRATED UNSATURATED FATTY ACID DERIVATIVES EXIST IN HUMAN BLOOD AND URINE …

PRS Baker, Y Lin, FJ Schopfer, SR Woodcock… - Journal of Biological …, 2005 - ASBMB
Mass spectrometric analysis of human plasma and urine revealed abundant nitrated
derivatives of all principal unsaturated fatty acids. Nitrated palmitoleic, oleic, linoleic, linolenic, …