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Alissa Butts PhD

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Associate Professor

Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Department: Neurology

Member of the Neuroscience Research Center
Member of the Wisconsin Institute of NeuroScience (WINS)

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Publications (48)

  • ANNOUNCEMENT: Winners of the Eleventh Annual TCN/AACN Student Paper Competition. (Suchy Y, Carone D, Cass J, Butts A, Hahn-Ketter A) Clin Neuropsychol 2026 May;40(4):1258-1259 PMID: 42011135 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105038091789 04/21/2026    
  • The Differential Effects of Propofol and Dexmedetomidine on Intraoperative Neuropsychological Testing During Awake Craniotomies. (Pillay S, Maruska B, Butts AM, Saber M, Gross WL) World Neurosurg 2025 Oct;202:124400 PMID: 40850667 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105016524672 08/25/2025    
  • Announcement: Winners of the tenth annual TCN/AACN student project competition. (Suchy Y, Carone D, Butts A, Hahn-Ketter A) Clin Neuropsychol 2025 May;39(4):1008-1009 PMID: 40511734 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105008837558 06/13/2025    
  • Announcement: Winners of the tenth annual TCN/AACN student project competition. (Suchy Y, Carone D, Butts A, Hahn-Ketter A) Clin Neuropsychol 2025 Mar 27:1-2 PMID: 40143649 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105005384135 03/27/2025    
  • A survey of practicum training practices in clinical neuropsychology. (Towns SJ, Jaffe SN, Butts AM, Penna S, Whiteside DM) Clin Neuropsychol 2026 Feb;40(2):530-543 PMID: 39482231 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85209199036 11/01/2024       9 Citations
  • Introducing the North American Association of Practicum Sites in Neuropsychology (NAPSN): development of a new organization devoted to facilitating high quality practicum training. (Whiteside DM, Butts AM, Holker E, Anderson CR, Koterba C, Penna S) Clin Neuropsychol 2026 Feb;40(2):544-554 PMID: 38741350 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85193017666 05/14/2024       8 Citations
  • ANNOUNCEMENT: Winners of the Ninth Annual TCN/AACN Student Project Competition. (Suchy Y, Carone D, Butts A, Hahn-Ketter A) Clin Neuropsychol 2024 May;38(4):1028-1029 PMID: 38619231 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85192028410 04/15/2024    
  • Neuropsychological manifestations of chemotherapy (Santos-Pinheiro F, Butts A) Neuropsychological and Psychosocial Foundations of Neuro Oncology 1 January 2024:181-197 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85205207426 01/01/2024    
  • Neurocognitive Changes (Butts AM, Cerhan JH, Parsons MW, Brown PD) Adult CNS Radiation Oncology Principles and Practice Second Edition 1 January 2024:629-641 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105001891828 01/01/2024    
  • Introductory editorial to the special issue: Alzheimer's disease biomarkers and cognitive functioning along the Alzheimer's continuum. (Butts AM, Haut MW) Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn 2023;30(6):861-865 PMID: 37632292 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85168874037 08/26/2023       1 Citation
  • Large-scale brain networks and intra-axial tumor surgery: a narrative review of functional mapping techniques, critical needs, and scientific opportunities. (Boerger TF, Pahapill P, Butts AM, Arocho-Quinones E, Raghavan M, Krucoff MO) Front Hum Neurosci 2023;17:1170419 PMID: 37520929 PMCID: PMC10372448 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85165910739 07/31/2023       8 Citations
  • A graph theoretic approach to neurodegeneration: five data-driven neuropsychological subtypes in mild cognitive impairment. (Pommy J, Conant L, Butts AM, Nencka A, Wang Y, Franczak M, Glass-Umfleet L) Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn 2023;30(6):903-922 PMID: 36648118 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85146479741 01/18/2023       4 Citations
  • Relationship between cognitive reserve, brain volume, and neuropsychological performance in amnestic and nonamnestic MCI. (Reiter K, Butts AM, Janecek JK, Correro AN, Nencka A, Agarwal M, Franczak M, Glass Umfleet L) Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn 2023;30(6):940-956 PMID: 36573001 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85145338983 12/28/2022       4 Citations
  • Temporal Cortical Thickness and Cognitive Associations among Typical and Atypical Phenotypes of Alzheimer's Disease. (Butts AM, Machulda MM, Martin P, Przybelski SA, Duffy JR, Graff-Radford J, Knopman DS, Petersen RC, Jack CR Jr, Lowe VJ, Josephs KA, Whitwell JL) J Alzheimers Dis Rep 2022;6(1):479-491 PMID: 36186727 PMCID: PMC9484150 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85135743684 10/04/2022       8 Citations
  • Neuropsychological Profiles of Patients with Progressive Apraxia of Speech and Aphasia (Polsinelli AJ, Machulda MM, Martin PR, Duffy JR, Clark HM, Butts AM, Botha H, Lowe VJ, Whitwell JL, Josephs KA, Utianski RL) Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society 22 May 2022;28(5):441-451 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85111019403 05/22/2022       5 Citations
  • Hippocampal Volumes in Amnestic and Non-Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment Types Using Two Common Methods of MCI Classification (Emmert NA, Reiter KE, Butts A, Janecek JK, Agarwal M, Franczak M, Reuss J, Klein A, Wang Y, Umfleet LG) Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society 16 April 2022;28(4):391-400 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85108188515 04/16/2022       11 Citations
  • Temporal Cortical Thickness and Cognitive Associations among Typical and Atypical Phenotypes of Alzheimer's Disease (Butts AM, MacHulda MM, Martin P, Przybelski SA, Duffy JR, Graff-Radford J, Knopman DS, Petersen RC, Jack CR, Lowe VJ, Josephs KA, Whitwell JL) Journal of Alzheimer S Disease Reports 2022;6(1):479-491 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85135743684 01/01/2022       8 Citations
  • Neuropsychology trainee concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic: A 2021 follow-up survey. (Towns SJ, Breting LMG, Butts AM, Brett BL, Leaffer EB, Whiteside DM) Clin Neuropsychol 2022 Jan;36(1):85-104 PMID: 34520321 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85114865992 09/15/2021       15 Citations
  • Neuropsychological Profiles of Patients with Progressive Apraxia of Speech and Aphasia. (Polsinelli AJ, Machulda MM, Martin PR, Duffy JR, Clark HM, Butts AM, Botha H, Lowe VJ, Whitwell JL, Josephs KA, Utianski RL) J Int Neuropsychol Soc 2022 May;28(5):441-451 PMID: 34289926 PMCID: PMC8986341 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85111019403 07/23/2021       5 Citations
  • Hippocampal Volumes in Amnestic and Non-Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment Types Using Two Common Methods of MCI Classification. (Emmert NA, Reiter KE, Butts A, Janecek JK, Agarwal M, Franczak M, Reuss J, Klein A, Wang Y, Umfleet LG) J Int Neuropsychol Soc 2022 Apr;28(4):391-400 PMID: 34130767 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85108188515 06/17/2021       11 Citations
  • 2020 COVID-19 American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology (AACN) Student Affairs Committee survey of neuropsychology trainees. (Guidotti Breting LM, Towns SJ, Butts AM, Brett BL, Leaffer EB, Whiteside DM) Clin Neuropsychol 2020;34(7-8):1284-1313 PMID: 32842877 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85089856225 08/28/2020       29 Citations
  • Wellness Coaching: An Intervention to Increase Healthy Behavior in Breast Cancer Survivors. (Stan DL, Cutshall SM, Adams TF, Ghosh K, Clark MM, Wieneke KC, Kebede EB, Donelan Dunlap BJ, Ruddy KJ, Hazelton JK, Butts AM, Jenkins SM, Croghan IT, Bauer BA) Clin J Oncol Nurs 2020 Jun 01;24(3):305-315 PMID: 32441691 PMCID: PMC7486982 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85085292665 05/23/2020       18 Citations
  • Memory Performance and Quantitative Neuroimaging Software in Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Concurrent Validity Study. (Umfleet LG, Butts AM, Janecek JK, Reiter K, Agarwal M, Brett BL, Ryan JJ, Reuss J, Klein A, Correro AN, Franczak M) J Int Neuropsychol Soc 2020 Nov;26(10):954-962 PMID: 32340636 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85084404896 04/29/2020       4 Citations
  • Longitudinal flortaucipir ([18F]AV-1451) PET imaging in primary progressive apraxia of speech. (Utianski RL, Martin PR, Botha H, Schwarz CG, Duffy JR, Petersen RC, Knopman DS, Clark HM, Butts AM, Machulda MM, Jack CR Jr, Lowe VJ, Whitwell JL, Josephs KA) Cortex 2020 Mar;124:33-43 PMID: 31830664 PMCID: PMC7060829 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85076018927 12/13/2019       9 Citations
  • Clinical and neuroimaging characteristics of clinically unclassifiable primary progressive aphasia. (Utianski RL, Botha H, Martin PR, Schwarz CG, Duffy JR, Clark HM, Machulda MM, Butts AM, Lowe VJ, Jack CR Jr, Senjem ML, Spychalla AJ, Whitwell JL, Josephs KA) Brain Lang 2019 Oct;197:104676 PMID: 31419589 PMCID: PMC6726500 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85070652080 08/17/2019       45 Citations
  • Examiner accuracy in cognitive testing in multisite brain-tumor clinical trials: an analysis from the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology. (Cerhan JH, Anderson SK, Butts AM, Porter AB, Jaeckle K, Galanis E, Brown PD) Neurooncol Pract 2019 Jul;6(4):283-288 PMID: 31386061 PMCID: PMC6660817 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85073909008 08/07/2019       5 Citations
  • Titrating Gene Function in the Human Fungal Pathogen Candida albicans through Poly-Adenosine Tract Insertion. (Tournu H, Butts A, Palmer GE) mSphere 2019 May 22;4(3) PMID: 31118301 PMCID: PMC6531883 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85066459482 05/24/2019       5 Citations
  • Factors Associated With Meningioma Detected in a Population-Based Sample. (Cerhan JH, Butts AM, Syrjanen JA, Aakre JA, Brown PD, Petersen RC, Jack CR Jr, Roberts RO) Mayo Clin Proc 2019 Feb;94(2):254-261 PMID: 30711123 PMCID: PMC6519073 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85060695271 02/04/2019       7 Citations
  • Rapid rate on quasi-speech tasks in the semantic variant of primary progressive aphasia: A non-motor phenomenon? (Utianski RL, Botha H, Duffy JR, Clark HM, Martin PR, Butts AM, Machulda MM, Whitwell JL, Josephs KA) J Acoust Soc Am 2018 Dec;144(6):3364 PMID: 30599666 PMCID: PMC6296908 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85058811588 01/03/2019       5 Citations
  • Neurocognitive effects (Brown PD, Butts AM, Parsons MW, Cerhan JH) Devita Hellman and Rosenberg S Cancer Principles Practice of Oncology 16 November 2018:2174-2180 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85061216138 11/16/2018       1 Citation
  • Neurocognitive changes (Cerhan JH, Butts AM, Parsons MW, Brown PD) Adult CNS Radiation Oncology Principles and Practice 27 July 2018:591-603 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85077557272 07/27/2018       1 Citation
  • Dementia (Smith G, Butts A) Textbook of Clinical Neuropsychology Second Edition 6 December 2017:717-741 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105026950104 12/06/2017       3 Citations
  • Neurocognition in individuals with incidentally-identified meningioma. (Butts AM, Weigand S, Brown PD, Petersen RC, Jack CR Jr, Machulda MM, Cerhan JH) J Neurooncol 2017 Aug;134(1):125-132 PMID: 28547588 PMCID: PMC5544551 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85019702070 05/27/2017       28 Citations
  • Preeclampsia and cognitive impairment later in life. (Fields JA, Garovic VD, Mielke MM, Kantarci K, Jayachandran M, White WM, Butts AM, Graff-Radford J, Lahr BD, Bailey KR, Miller VM) Am J Obstet Gynecol 2017 Jul;217(1):74.e1-74.e11 PMID: 28322777 PMCID: PMC5615406 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85017405606 03/23/2017       126 Citations
  • Varying Degrees of Temporoparietal Hypometabolism on FDG-PET Reveal Amyloid-Positive Logopenic Primary Progressive Aphasia is not a Homogeneous Clinical Entity. (Krishnan K, Machulda MM, Whitwell JL, Butts AM, Duffy JR, Strand EA, Senjem ML, Spychalla AJ, Jack CR, Lowe VJ, Josephs KA) J Alzheimers Dis 2017;55(3):1019-1029 PMID: 27802232 PMCID: PMC5894338 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85005966820 11/02/2016       24 Citations
  • Postdoctoral training in clinical neuropsychology in America: how did we get here and where do recent applicants suggest we go next? (Bodin D, Butts AM, Grote CL) Clin Neuropsychol 2016 Nov;30(8):1371-1379 PMID: 27685094 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84981736498 10/22/2016       8 Citations
  • [Formula: see text]Education, training and practice of clinical neuropsychologists in the United States of America. (Grote CL, Butts AM, Bodin D) Clin Neuropsychol 2016 Nov;30(8):1356-1370 PMID: 27668837 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84981745149 10/22/2016       13 Citations
  • 2015 American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology (AACN) student affairs committee survey of neuropsychology trainees. (Whiteside DM, Guidotti Breting LM, Butts AM, Hahn-Ketter AE, Osborn K, Towns SJ, Barisa M, Santos OA, Smith D) Clin Neuropsychol 2016 Jul;30(5):664-94 PMID: 27348787 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84977124933 06/28/2016       20 Citations
  • Neuropsychological Profiles Differ among the Three Variants of Primary Progressive Aphasia. (Butts AM, Machulda MM, Duffy JR, Strand EA, Whitwell JL, Josephs KA) J Int Neuropsychol Soc 2015 Jul;21(6):429-35 PMID: 26067425 PMCID: PMC6261353 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84938284763 06/13/2015       81 Citations
  • Semantic memory functional MRI and cognitive function after exercise intervention in mild cognitive impairment. (Smith JC, Nielson KA, Antuono P, Lyons JA, Hanson RJ, Butts AM, Hantke NC, Verber MD) J Alzheimers Dis 2013;37(1):197-215 PMID: 23803298 PMCID: PMC4643948 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84883172201 06/28/2013       124 Citations
  • Recognition of famous names predicts cognitive decline in healthy elders. (Seidenberg M, Kay CD, Woodard JL, Nielson KA, Smith JC, Kandah C, Guidotti Breting LM, Novitski J, Lancaster M, Matthews M, Hantke N, Butts A, Rao SM) Neuropsychology 2013 May;27(3):333-42 PMID: 23688215 PMCID: PMC3798037 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84881004216 05/22/2013       18 Citations
  • Comparison of semantic and episodic memory BOLD fMRI activation in predicting cognitive decline in older adults. (Hantke N, Nielson KA, Woodard JL, Breting LM, Butts A, Seidenberg M, Carson Smith J, Durgerian S, Lancaster M, Matthews M, Sugarman MA, Rao SM) J Int Neuropsychol Soc 2013 Jan;19(1):11-21 PMID: 23199565 PMCID: PMC3584558 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84872090395 12/04/2012       19 Citations
  • Lifestyle and genetic contributions to cognitive decline and hippocampal structure and function in healthy aging. (Woodard JL, Sugarman MA, Nielson KA, Smith JC, Seidenberg M, Durgerian S, Butts A, Hantke N, Lancaster M, Matthews MA, Rao SM) Curr Alzheimer Res 2012 May;9(4):436-46 PMID: 22272622 PMCID: PMC3584642 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84860527408 01/26/2012       77 Citations
  • Does physical activity influence semantic memory activation in amnestic mild cognitive impairment? (Smith JC, Nielson KA, Woodard JL, Seidenberg M, Verber MD, Durgerian S, Antuono P, Butts AM, Hantke NC, Lancaster MA, Rao SM) Psychiatry Res 2011 Jul 30;193(1):60-2 PMID: 21601432 PMCID: PMC3105157 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-79957614591 05/24/2011       27 Citations
  • Interactive effects of physical activity and APOE-ε4 on BOLD semantic memory activation in healthy elders. (Smith JC, Nielson KA, Woodard JL, Seidenberg M, Durgerian S, Antuono P, Butts AM, Hantke NC, Lancaster MA, Rao SM) Neuroimage 2011 Jan 01;54(1):635-44 PMID: 20691792 PMCID: PMC2962671 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-77957949200 08/10/2010       104 Citations
  • Prediction of cognitive decline in healthy older adults using fMRI. (Woodard JL, Seidenberg M, Nielson KA, Smith JC, Antuono P, Durgerian S, Guidotti L, Zhang Q, Butts A, Hantke N, Lancaster M, Rao SM) J Alzheimers Dis 2010;21(3):871-85 PMID: 20634590 PMCID: PMC2940960 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-77957269797 07/17/2010       59 Citations
  • Semantic memory activation in amnestic mild cognitive impairment. (Woodard JL, Seidenberg M, Nielson KA, Antuono P, Guidotti L, Durgerian S, Zhang Q, Lancaster M, Hantke N, Butts A, Rao SM) Brain 2009 Aug;132(Pt 8):2068-78 PMID: 19515831 PMCID: PMC2714062 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-67749089240 06/12/2009       97 Citations
  • Smile intensity in photographs predicts divorce later in life (Hertenstein MJ, Hansel CA, Butts AM, Hile SN) Motivation and Emotion June 2009;33(2):99-105 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-67349157018 06/01/2009       60 Citations
    • Last update: 04/27/2026