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Caroline A. Racine, Ph.D.

Neuropsychologist

Caroline Racine is a neuropsychologist who specializes in the assessment of cognition, or the process of thought, and mood in patients with neurological disorders. She is part of a team treating patients in neuro-oncology, radiation oncology and surgical movement disorders. She assesses patients prior to surgery or treatment and provides ongoing assessment to monitor cognitive function over time. These evaluations help with treatment planning and return-to-work strategies. She also evaluates patients with cognitive problems resulting from neurosurgery or neurological conditions.

In her research, she studies treatments, such as deep brain stimulation and Cyberknife versus whole-brain radiation, on cognition and mood, with a goal to minimize negative side effects. She earned a Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. in 2005, with a focus in neuropsychology and aging. She also completed an internship in neuropsychology at Duke University in Durham, N.C., followed by a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center. Racine, an assistant professor in the Neurological Surgery and Radiation Oncology at UCSF, is a member of the International Neuropsychological Society and American Academy of Neurology.

Clinics

Neuro-Oncology Clinic
400 Parnassus Ave., Eighth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 353-2966
Fax: (415) 353-2167

Hours: Monday to Friday
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Clinic
400 Parnassus Ave., Eighth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 353-2273
Fax: (415) 353-2898

Hours: Monday to Friday
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Surgical Movement Disorders Center
1635 Divisadero St., Suite 520
San Francisco, CA 94115
Neurology: (415) 353-2311
Neurosurgery: (415) 353-2071
Fax: (415) 353-9060

Hours: Monday to Friday
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Conditions & Treatments

More about Caroline A. Racine

Education

Washington University 2005

Residencies

UCSF Medical Center, Neuropsychology

Selected Research and Publications

  1. Kerchner GA, Racine CA, Hale S, Wilheim R, Laluz V, Miller BL, Kramer JH. Cognitive processing speed in older adults: relationship with white matter integrity. PLoS One. 2012; 7(11):e50425.
  2. Tartaglia MC, Zhang Y, Racine C, Laluz V, Neuhaus J, Chao L, Kramer J, Rosen H, Miller B, Weiner M. Executive dysfunction in frontotemporal dementia is related to abnormalities in frontal white matter tracts. J Neurol. 2012 Jun; 259(6):1071-80.
  3. Bettcher BM, Wilheim R, Rigby T, Green R, Miller JW, Racine CA, Yaffe K, Miller BL, Kramer JH. C-reactive protein is related to memory and medial temporal brain volume in older adults. Brain Behav Immun. 2012 Jan; 26(1):103-8.
  4. Douglas VC, Neuhaus J, Johnson JK, Racine CA, Miller BL, Josephson SA. Dementia=(MC)2: a 4-item screening test for mild cognitive impairment and dementia. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2011 Jul-Sep; 25(3):220-4.
  5. Yaffe K, Middleton LE, Lui LY, Spira AP, Stone K, Racine C, Ensrud KE, Kramer JH. Mild cognitive impairment, dementia, and their subtypes in oldest old women. Arch Neurol. 2011 May; 68(5):631-6.
  6. Ostrem JL, Racine CA, Glass GA, Grace JK, Volz MM, Heath SL, Starr PA. Subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation in primary cervical dystonia. Neurology. 2011 Mar 8; 76(10):870-8.
  7. Gelfand JM, Duncan JL, Racine CA, Gillum LA, Chin CT, Zhang Y, Zhang Q, Wong LJ, Roorda A, Green AJ. Heterogeneous patterns of tissue injury in NARP syndrome. J Neurol. 2011 Mar; 258(3):440-8.
  8. Furst AJ, Rabinovici GD, Rostomian AH, Steed T, Alkalay A, Racine C, Miller BL, Jagust WJ. Cognition, glucose metabolism and amyloid burden in Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiol Aging. 2012 Feb; 33(2):215-25.
  9. Rabinovici GD, Furst AJ, Alkalay A, Racine CA, O'Neil JP, Janabi M, Baker SL, Agarwal N, Bonasera SJ, Mormino EC, Weiner MW, Gorno-Tempini ML, Rosen HJ, Miller BL, Jagust WJ. Increased metabolic vulnerability in early-onset Alzheimer's disease is not related to amyloid burden. Brain. 2010 Feb; 133(Pt 2):512-28.
  10. Tartaglia MC, Sidhu M, Laluz V, Racine C, Rabinovici GD, Creighton K, Karydas A, Rademakers R, Huang EJ, Miller BL, DeArmond SJ, Seeley WW. Sporadic corticobasal syndrome due to FTLD-TDP. Acta Neuropathol. 2010 Mar; 119(3):365-74.
  11. Kao AW, Racine CA, Quitania LC, Kramer JH, Christine CW, Miller BL. Cognitive and neuropsychiatric profile of the synucleinopathies: Parkinson disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, and multiple system atrophy. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2009 Oct-Dec; 23(4):365-70.
  12. Rabinovici GD, Jagust WJ, Furst AJ, Ogar JM, Racine CA, Mormino EC, O'Neil JP, Lal RA, Dronkers NF, Miller BL, Gorno-Tempini ML. Abeta amyloid and glucose metabolism in three variants of primary progressive aphasia. Ann Neurol. 2008 Oct; 64(4):388-401.
  13. Racine CA, Lawton MT, Hetts SW, Josephson SA. Neuropyschological profile of reversible cognitive impairment in a patient with a dural arteriovenous fistula. Neurocase. 2008; 14(3):231-8.
  14. Paxton JL, Barch DM, Racine CA, Braver TS. Cognitive control, goal maintenance, and prefrontal function in healthy aging. Cereb Cortex. 2008 May; 18(5):1010-28.
  15. Rabinovici GD, Furst AJ, O'Neil JP, Racine CA, Mormino EC, Baker SL, Chetty S, Patel P, Pagliaro TA, Klunk WE, Mathis CA, Rosen HJ, Miller BL, Jagust WJ. 11C-PIB PET imaging in Alzheimer disease and frontotemporal lobar degeneration. Neurology. 2007 Apr 10; 68(15):1205-12.
  16. Racine CA, Barch DM, Braver TS, Noelle DC. The effect of age on rule-based category learning. Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn. 2006 Sep-Dec; 13(3-4):411-34.
  17. Braver TS, Satpute AB, Rush BK, Racine CA, Barch DM. Context processing and context maintenance in healthy aging and early stage dementia of the Alzheimer's type. Psychol Aging. 2005 Mar; 20(1):33-46.
  18. Schacter DL, Verfaellie M, Anes MD, Racine C. When true recognition suppresses false recognition: evidence from amnesic patients. J Cogn Neurosci. 1998 Nov; 10(6):668-79.

Publications are derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and provided by UCSF Profiles, a service of the Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI) at UCSF. Researchers can make corrections and additions by logging on to UCSF Profiles.

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