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Benjamin J Luft

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Articles 158
Citations 2505
Followers 0
Related Specialties
Psychiatry
Public Health
Occupational Medicine
Top 10 Co-Authors
Roman Kotov
Sean A P Clouston
Evelyn J Bromet
Xiaohua Yang
Jacqueline M Moline
Iris G Udasin
Pei-Fen Kuan
Roberto G Lucchini
Minos Kritikos
Robert H Pietrzak
Published In
Am J Ind Med
Transl Psychiatry
Alzheimers Dement (Amst)
J Psychiatr Res
PLoS One
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Recent Articles
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World Trade Center response activities and cognitive health: A moderated mediation study of the role of surgical/nuisance dust mask usage
Yang Y, Meliker J, Richmond L, Mann F, Kritikos M, Smith D, et al.
Neurotoxicology . 2025 Feb; 108:1-10. PMID: 39961373
Objective: This study explores the relationship between World Trade Center (WTC) response activities (WRAs) and cognitive impairment (CI) and uses a moderated-mediation model to examine the role of wearing a...
2.
Glial activation among individuals with neurological post-acute sequelae of coronavirus disease 2019: A positron emission tomography study of brain fog using [F]-FEPPA
Clouston S, Vaska P, Babalola T, Gardus 3rd J, Huang C, Soriolo N, et al.
Brain Behav Immun Health . 2025 Feb; 44:100945. PMID: 39897172
Background: This study examined the regional distribution of glial activation in essential workers with neurological post-acute sequelae of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections (N-PASC). Methods: We injected ≤185 MBq of...
3.
SARS-COV-2 re-infection and incidence of post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) among essential workers in New York: a retrospective cohort study
Babalola T, Clouston S, Sekendiz Z, Chowdhury D, Soriolo N, Kawuki J, et al.
Lancet Reg Health Am . 2025 Jan; 42:100984. PMID: 39866362
Background: After surviving Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), some people develop symptoms known as post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC). PASC is an emerging phenomenon yet to be fully understood, and identifying...
4.
Epigenome-wide association studies identify novel DNA methylation sites associated with PTSD: a meta-analysis of 23 military and civilian cohorts
Katrinli S, Wani A, Maihofer A, Ratanatharathorn A, Daskalakis N, Montalvo-Ortiz J, et al.
Genome Med . 2024 Dec; 16(1):147. PMID: 39696436
Background: The occurrence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following a traumatic event is associated with biological differences that can represent the susceptibility to PTSD, the impact of trauma, or the...
5.
Prevalence of Mild and Severe Cognitive Impairment in World Trade Center Exposed Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) and General Emergency Responders
Mann F, Mueller A, Zeig-Owens R, Choi J, Prezant D, Carr M, et al.
Am J Ind Med . 2024 Dec; 68(2):160-174. PMID: 39674910
Background: The emergency personnel who responded to the World Trade Center (WTC) attacks endured severe occupational exposures, yet the prevalence of cognitive impairment remains unknown among WTC-exposed-FDNY-responders. The present study...
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Exposure duration and cerebral amyloidosis in the olfactory cortex of World Trade Center responders: A positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging study
Kritikos M, Zhou J, Huang C, Gandy S, Pellecchia A, Santiago-Michels S, et al.
J Alzheimers Dis . 2024 Nov; 103(2):383-395. PMID: 39610293
Background: Amyloid-β proteins, a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease, are believed to play an adaptive role in the cerebral immune response. Objective: Amyloid is believed to play a role in cerebral...
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Characterization of Change in Cognition Before and After COVID-19 Infection in Essential Workers at Midlife
Sekendiz Z, Morozova O, Carr M, Fontana A, Mehta N, Ali A, et al.
Am J Med Open . 2024 Nov; 12:100076. PMID: 39498311
Background: Research into COVID-19-related cognitive decline has focused on individuals who are cognitively impaired following hospitalization for COVID-19. Our objective was to determine whether cognitive decline emerged after the onset...
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Prevalence of Mild and Severe Cognitive Impairment in World Trade Center Exposed Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) and General Emergency Responders
Mann F, Mueller A, Zeig-Owens R, Choi J, Prezant D, Carr M, et al.
medRxiv . 2024 Aug; PMID: 39148853
Background: The emergency personnel who responded to the World Trade Center (WTC) attacks endured severe occupational exposures, yet the prevalence of cognitive impairment remains unknown among WTC-exposed-FDNY-responders. The present study...
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Natural selection and recombination at host-interacting lipoprotein loci drive genome diversification of Lyme disease and related bacteria
Akther S, Mongodin E, Morgan R, Di L, Yang X, Golovchenko M, et al.
mBio . 2024 Aug; 15(9):e0174924. PMID: 39145656
Importance: Lyme disease (also called Lyme borreliosis in Europe), a condition caused by spirochete bacteria of the genus , transmitted by hard-bodied ticks, is currently the most prevalent and rapidly...
10.
Epigenome-wide association studies identify novel DNA methylation sites associated with PTSD: A meta-analysis of 23 military and civilian cohorts
Katrinli S, Wani A, Maihofer A, Ratanatharathorn A, Daskalakis N, Montalvo-Ortiz J, et al.
medRxiv . 2024 Jul; PMID: 39072012
Background: The occurrence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following a traumatic event is associated with biological differences that can represent the susceptibility to PTSD, the impact of trauma, or the...