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Theodore Mark DeConne
Theodore Mark DeConne
Faculty Instructor,
Gerontology and Geriatrics, Internal Medicine (Winston-Salem)
Theodore Mark DeConne
Faculty Instructor, Gerontology and Geriatrics, Internal Medicine (Winston-Salem)
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Faculty Instructor, Gerontology and Geriatrics, Internal Medicine (Winston-Salem)
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Gerontology and Geriatrics, Internal Medicine (Winston-Salem)
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The reduction in blood pressure required to reduce arterial stiffness components in SPRINT: A randomized controlled trial.
DeConne TM, Tanley J, Pewowaruk R, Laddu D, Peterson C, Gepner AD, Hughes TM, Supiano MA. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2026 Sep;
A phase-II randomized controlled pilot study of nicotinamide riboside supplementation in older adults with amnestic mild cognitive impairment.
Martens CR, Decker KP, DeConne TM, Sanjana F, Horvat F, Rizzi NA, Awad C, Habash E, Hobson JC, Kramer MK, Armstrong ML, Reisdorph N, Pohlig RT, Lanzi AM, Johnson CL, Cohen ML, Ellison JM. Alzheimers Dement. 2026 Jul; 22(7):e71605.
Structural and load-dependent arterial stiffness are differentially associated with cognition or biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias: The healthy brain study.
Deconne TM, Suerken CK, Lipford ME, Lockhart SN, Bateman JR, Espeland M, Rudolph MD, Rundle MM, Sutphen C, Register TC, Mielke MM, Pewowaruk R, Gepner AD, Baker LD, Craft S, Hughes TM. J Alzheimers Dis. 2026 Aug; 112(3):1428-1444.
Intestinal T cells in aging: implications for gut barrier integrity and inflammaging.
Stevens CM, Schaaf CR, DeConne TM, Kavanagh K. Geroscience. 2026 May;
Changes in arterial stiffness under blood pressure control are independently associated with cognitive impairment: The Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT).
Hughes TM, Jaeger BC, Gaussoin SA, Pewowaruk R, DeConne T, Gepner AD, Peterson C, Reboussin DM, Williamson J, Supiano MA. Alzheimers Dement. 2026 May; 22(5):e71444.
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