Christopher Alan Brown, MD, PhD
Neurology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Memory Center
Make an appointmentCall 215-662-7810
Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Instructor A of Neurology

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Kentucky College of Medicine
  • Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Brown is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Taghvaei M, Cook P, Sadaghiani S, Shakibajahromi B, Tackett W, Dolui S, De D, Brown C, Khandelwal P, Yushkevich P, Das S, Wolk DA, Detre JA. Young versus older subject diffusion magnetic resonance imaging data for virtual white matter lesion tractography , Hum Brain Mapp: 2023

Bauer CE, Brown CA, Gold BT; Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. Education does not protect cognitive function from brain pathology in the ADNI 2 cohort , Neurobiol Aging: 2020

Brown CA, Schmitt FA, Smith CD, Gold BT. Distinct patterns of default mode and executive control network circuitry contribute to present and future executive function in older adults , Neuroimage, 195: 2019,320-332

Brown CA, Jiang Y, Smith CD, Gold BT. Age and Alzheimer's pathology disrupt default mode network functioning via alterations in white matter microstructure but not hyperintensities , Cortex: 2018

Al-Janabi OM, Brown CA, Bahrani AA, Abner EL, Barber JM, Gold BT, Goldstein LB, Murphy RR, Nelson PT, Johnson NF, Shaw LM, Smith CD, Trojanowski JQ, Wilcock DM, Jicha GA. Distinct White Matter Changes Associated with Cerebrospinal Fluid Amyloid-β1-42 and Hypertension , J Alzheimers Dis: 2018

Gold BT, Brown CA, Hakun JG, Shaw LM, Trojanowski JQ, Smith CD. Clinically silent Alzheimer's and vascular pathologies influence brain networks supporting executive function in healthy older adults , Neurobiol Aging: 2017

Brown CA, Johnson NF, Anderson-Mooney AJ, Jicha GA, Shaw LM, Trojanowski JQ, Van Eldik LJ, Schmitt FA, Smith CD, Gold BT. Development, validation and application of a new fornix template for studies of aging and preclinical Alzheimer's disease , Neuroimage Clin, 13: 2016,106-115

Brown CA, Hakun JG, Zhu Z, Johnson NF, Gold BT. White matter microstructure contributes to age-related declines in task-induced deactivation of the default mode network , Front Aging Neurosci, 7: 2015,194

Hakun JG, Zhu Z, Brown CA, Johnson NF, Gold BT. Longitudinal alterations to brain function, structure, and cognitive performance in healthy older adults: A fMRI-DTI study , Neuropsychologia: 2015

Tian L, Karimi M, Brown CA, Loftin SK, Perlmutter JS. In vivo measures of nigrostriatal neuronal response to unilateral MPTP treatment , Brain Res, 1571: 2014,49-60

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