François Boller, M.D., Ph.D.

 

Title

Professor of Neurology

 

Director, Unit 324, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM): "Neuropsychology and Neurobiology of cerebral aging".

Birthplace

Montreux, Switzerland

Date of birth

July 18, 1938

Marital Status

Married. 1 child: Carla, date of birth May 5, 1996

Professional

Centre Paul Broca, INSERM - U.324

address

2ter rue d'Alésia - 75014 Paris, France

 

Phone: +33 1 45 81 44 21 or +33 1 40 78 92 13

 

Fax: +33 1 45 89 68 48 Mobile: +33 6 07 38 55 28

e-mail

boller@broca.inserm.fr boller@attglobal.net

 

Education

1960-1963

Medical School, University of Pisa

M.D., 1963

and Training

1975-1982

Case Western Reserve University

 

 

 

Cleveland Ohio Department of Psychology (Experimental Psychology)

Ph.D., 1982

 

Certificates

1966

Neurology Specialization, University of Milan (Italy)

 

1973

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Neurology)

 

Medical

1970

No. 32149

Massachusetts

Licenses

1970

No. 105560

New York (FLEX)

 

1973

No. 36536

Ohio

 

1979

No. 022785-E

Pennsylvania

 

1988

No. 52495

Ordre des Médecins de la Ville de Paris

 

Publications (out of over 200 articles and books):

Editor-inChief

·     European Journal of Neurology

·     Handbook of Neurpsychology (with Dr J Grafman)

Articles

·     Boller F., Vignolo A.L. Latent sensory aphasia in hemisphere damaged patients: An experimental study with the Token Test. Brain, 89, 815-830, 1966.

·     Boller F., Segarra J.M. Spino-Pontine degeneration. European Neurology, 2, 356-373, 1969.

·     Boller F., Patten D.H., Howes D. Correlation of brain-scan results with neuropathological findings. Lancet 1, 1143-1146, 1973.

·     Gardner H., Boller F., Moreines J., Butters N. Retrieving information from Korsakoff patients. Cortex, 9, 165-175, 1973.

·     Howes D., Boller F. Simple reaction time: Evidence for focal impairment from lesions of the right hemisphere. Brain 98, 313-329, 1975.

·     Ferguson J., Boller F. A different form of agraphia: Syntactic writing errors in patients with motor speech and movement disorders. Brain & Language, 4, 382-389,1977.

·     Boller F., Hécaen H. L'évaluation des fonctions neuropsychologiques: Examen standard de l'Unité de Recherches Neuropsychologiques et Neurolinguistiques (U 111 INSERM). Revue de Psychologie Appliquée, 29, 247-266, 1979.

·     Boller F., Mizutani T., Roessmann U., Gambetti P.L. Parkinson disease, dementia and Alzheimer disease: Clinico-pathological correlations. Annals of Neurology, 7, 329-335, 1980.

·     Grafman J., Passafiume D., Faglioni P., Boller F. Calculation disturbances in adults with focal hemispheric damage. Cortex, 18, 37-50, 1 982.

·     Zubenko G., Cohen B.M., Boller F., Malinako I., Keefe N.C., Chojnacki B. Platelet membrane abnormality in Alzheimer's disease. Annals of Neurology, 22, 237-244, 1987.

·     El Awar M., Becker J.T., Hammond K.M., Boller F. Leaming deficits in Parkinson's disease: comparison with Alzheimer's disease and normal aging. Archives of Neurology, 44, 180-184, 1987.

·     Zubenko G.S., Wusylko M., Boller F., Cohen B.M., Teply I. Family study of platelet membrane fluidity in Alzheimer's disease. Science, 238, 539542, 1987.

·     Pettegrew J.W., Panchalingam K., Moossy J., Martinez J., Rao G., Boller F. Correlation of 31 P NMR and morphological findings in Alzheimer's disease. Archives of Neurology, 45, 1093-1096, 1988.

·     Banks G., Short P., Martinez J., Ratcliff G., Latchaw R., Boller F. The alien hand syndrome. Archives of Neurology, 46, 456-459, 1989.

·     Boller F., Lopez O.L., Moossy J. Diagnosis of dementia: Clinicopathologic correlations. Neurology, 39, 76-79,1989.

·     Forette F., Henry J.F., Orgogozo J.M., Pere J.F., Hugonot L., Israel L., Loria Y., Goulley F., Lallemand A., Boller F. The reliability of clinical criteria for the diagnosis of dementia: A longitudinal multicentric study. Archives of Neurology, 46: 646-648, 1989.

·     Boller F., Holland A., Forbes M., Hood P., McGonigle-Gibson K., Becker J.T. Predictors of decline in Alzheimer's disease. Cortex, 27: 9-17, 1991.

·     Saxton J., Mc Gonigle-Gibson K., Swihart A., Miller M., Boller F. Assessment of the severely impaired patient: description and validation of a new neuropsychological Test Battery. Psychological Assessment: A Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2: 298-303, 1990.

·     Cuénod C.A., Denys A., Michot J.L., Jehenson P., Forette F., Kaplan D., Syrota A., Boller F. Amygdala atrophy in Alzheimer's disease: an in vivo MRI study. Archives of Neurology, 50: 941-945, 1993.

·     Cuénod C.A.,  Kaplan D., Michot J.L., Jehenson P., Leroy-Willig A., Forette F., Syrota A., Boller F. Phospholipid Abnormalities in the Early Stages of Alzheimer's Disease: In vivo P-31 NMR Spectroscopy. Archives of Neurology 52: 89-94, 1995.

·     Hébert M., Parlato V., Lese G.B., Dabaj A., Forette F.,  Boller F. Survival in institutionalized patients:  Influence of dementia and loss of functional autonomy. Archives of Neurology, 52: 469-476, 1995.

·     Boller F.,Traykov L., Dao-Castellana M., Fontaine-Dabernard A., Zilbovicius M., Rancurel G., Pappatà S., Samson Y. Cognitive functioning in "diffuse" pathology: role of prefrontal and limbic structures. Grafman J., Boller F., Holyoak K. Structure and functions of the human prefrontal cortex. New York, New York Academy of Sciences. 769: 23-39, 1995.

·     Dhenain M.,  Michot J.L., Volk A., Picq J.L., Boller F. T2-weighted MRI studies of mouse lemurs: A primate model of brain aging. Neurobiology of Aging. 1997; 18(5): 517-521.

·     Boller F., Forbes M.A. History of dementia and dementia in history: an overview. Journal of Neurological Sciences, 158, 125-133, 1998.

·     Tzortzis C., Goldblum M.C., Dang M., Forette F., Boller F. Absence of amusia and preserved naming of musical instruments in an aphasic composer. Cortex. 2000; 36(2):227-42.

·     Amaducci L., Grassi E., Boller F. Maurice Ravel and right-hemisphere musical creativity: influence of disease on his last musical works? European Journal of Neurology, 9 : 75-82, 2002.

·     Boller F, Dalla Barba G. Neuropsychological tests in Alzheimer's disease. Aging (Milano), 13, 210-20, 2001.

·     Boller F., Verny M., Hugonot L., Saxton J. Clinical features of severe dementia. A review. European Journal of Neurology, 9, 125-136, 2002.

·     Boller F., El Massioui F., Devouche E., Pomati S., Starkstein S. Processing emotional information in Alzheimer's disease. Effects on memory performance and neurophysiological correlates. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders. 14 : 104-112, 2002.

Books

·     Boller F., Grafman J. (Eds). Handbook of Neuropsychology. Elsevier, Amsterdam. First Edition 1988-1997. Second Edition 2000-2002.

·     Boller F., Segarra J.M. Spino-Pontine Degeneration. Handbook of Clinical Neurology. Vinken P.J., Bruyn J.W., Eds. North Holland, Amsterdam, Vol 21, Chap. 18, 389-402,1975.

·     Boller F., Frank E. Sexual Dysfunctions of Neurologically Handicapped Adults: Diagnosis, management and rehabilitation. Raven Press, New York, 1982.

·     Boller F., Katzman R., Rascol A., Signoret J.L., Christen Y. (Eds). Biological Markers of Alzheimer's Disease. Research and Perspectives in Alzheimer's Disease. Berlin, Springer Verlag, 1989.

·     Boller F., Forette F., Khatchaturian Z., Christen Y. Heterogeneity of Alzheimer's disease. Research and Perspectives in Alzheimer's Disease. Berlin, Springer Verlag, 1992.

·     Boller F., Duyckaerts C. Alzheimer's disease: clinical and anatomic aspects. In: Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychology. Feinberg T. & Farah M. (Eds). New York, McGrawHill, 1583-1622, 1996.

·     Boller F., Muggia S. Non-Alzheimer dementias. Handbook of clinical and experimental neuropsychology. Denes G. & Pizzamiglio. G. Hove, Psychology Press: 437-438, 1999.

·     Forette F., Christen Y., Boller F. La maladie d'Alzheimer: Prédiction, prévention, prise en charge. FNG Paris, 2000.

·     Boller F., Christen Y., Forette F. Les Frontières de l'Alzheimer. FNG Paris, 2002.

·     Boller F., Suarez S. The neuropsychology of infectious and inflammatory brain disorders. Oxford Handbook of Clinical Neuropychology. P. Halligan, Oxford.

·     Duyckaerts C., Boller F. Pathological correlates of dementia. Pillon B., Boller F., Levy R., Dubois B. Cognitive deficits and dementia in Parkinson's disease. Verny M., Hugonot-Diener L., Boller F. Severe dementia and its evaluation: scales for cognition, behavior and overall functioning. 3 chapters in Vol 6 of the Handbook of Neuropsychology, 2nd Edition, 2001.