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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
The Ken & Ruth Davee Department of Neurology

Publications

Below are the 50 most recent publications by faculty members in the Department of Neurology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

  1. Wang H, Walenski M, Litcofsky K, Mack JE, Mesulam MM, Thompson CK  Online comprehension of verbal time reference in primary progressive aphasia: Evidence from eyetracking.  J Neurolinguistics  2026 May;78. pii:101318
  2. Quezada MJ, Franz CK  Human spinal cord organoids: A powerful tool to redefine gray matter and lower motor neuron pathophysiology in spinal cord injury.  Neural Regen Res  2026 May 01;21(5):2001-2002. doi:10.4103/NRR.NRR-D-25-00111
  3. Luo M, Wu S, Huang C, Zheng Z, Xia Q, Li Y, Zhou X, Hong S, Zhong R, Li W  et al.  Inhibition of PRMT5-dependent YAP methylation attenuates tumorigenicity and radioresistance in glioblastoma.  Cancer Lett  2026 Apr 28;644:218308. doi:10.1016/j.canlet.2026.218308
  4. Caplan J, Vilella L, Lee P, Nair R, Dragon D, Wendt LH, Ten Eyck P, Ogren JA, Lecumberri N, Hampson JP  et al.  Association of Interictal Respiratory Variability and Severity of Postictal Hypoxemia After Generalized Convulsive Seizures.  Neurology  2026 Apr 14;106(7):e214749. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000214749
  5. Li Y, Miao Y, Liang H, Zhou K, Li R, Qi J, Kong X, Zhou Y, Zhang Q  Elucidating the biological characteristics of overweight populations based on urine Raman spectroscopy and bioinformatics analysis.  Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc  2026 Apr 05;350:127442. doi:10.1016/j.saa.2026.127442
  6. Cardoso FS, Kim M, Kok B, Wunderink R, Abraldes JG, Karvellas CJ  Bridging Critically Ill Patients With Cirrhosis to Transplant With Renal Replacement Therapy: A Multicenter Cohort Study.  Liver Int  2026 Apr;46(4):e70593. pii:e70593
  7. Micic G, Reynolds AC, Phillips AJK, Zee P, Richardson C, Burgess HJ, Lack L, Catcheside P, Goldstein CA, Scott H  et al.  Understanding delayed sleep-wake phase disorder (DSWPD): Mechanisms, comorbidities, and evolving approaches to diagnosis and treatment.  Sleep Med Rev  2026 Apr;86:102240. doi:10.1016/j.smrv.2026.102240
  8. Chung SH, Wang Z, Zhao T, Li Z, Krumpelman CS, Moum SJ, Ansari SA, Yan L  ASL 4D MRA Intracranial Vessel Segmentation With Deep Learning U-Nets.  Magn Reson Med  2026 Apr;95(4):2384-2396. doi:10.1002/mrm.70173
  9. Smith HL, Duckett DJ, Mejia-Bautista M, Alshawa A, Jamshidi P, Castellani RJ, Lukas RV, Chandler JP, Jennings LJ, Santana-Santos L  et al.  IDH-wildtype astrocytoma with FH mutation, epigenetic similarity to IDH-mutant astrocytoma, and hypermethylation of CDKN2A arising in the brainstem.  J Neuropathol Exp Neurol  2026 Apr 01;85(4):398-401. doi:10.1093/jnen/nlaf086
  10. Yomtoob J, Morse L, Keller Sarmiento IJ, Kinsley L, Gomez CM, Opal P, Mencacci NE  Pearls & Oy-sters: SCA27B as an Elusive Genetic Cause of Episodic Neurologic Symptoms in Later Adulthood.  Neurology  2026 Mar 24;106(6):e214754. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000214754
  11. Dos Santos M, Forrest MP, Bomba-Warczak E, Dey S, Parnell E, Christiansen JM, Edassery SL, Yang K, Hayes LN, Coughlin JM  et al.  Soluble α2δ-1, altered in disease CSF, modulates network homeostasis and rescues deficits in a neuropsychiatric mouse model.  Neuron  2026 Mar 19;. pii:S0896-6273(26)00087-5
  12. Metlushko A, Sather NA, Fyrner T, Takata N, Vorobyov Y, Pavlović RZ, Simkin D, Carballo-Molina OA, Jamroz C, Kiskinis E  et al.  Design of Neuronal Supramolecular Scaffolds Integrating Cell Signaling and Electrical Conductivity.  ACS Biomater Sci Eng  2026 Mar 18;. doi:10.1021/acsbiomaterials.5c01720
  13. Chapagai S, Schreiner PJ, Thomas SJ, Lewis CE, Alexandria SJ, Carnethon MR, Reid KJ, Knutson KL  Association of Rest-Activity Rhythm and Sleep Regularity With Cardiometabolic Disease in the CARDIA Study.  J Am Heart Assoc  2026 Mar 18;:e046839. doi:10.1161/JAHA.125.046839
  14. Song R, Dapash M, Jamshidi P, Gondi V, Lukas RV, Khan OH  Survival and function in elderly patients with GBM: the role of surgical resection with contemporary multimodal therapy.  J Neurooncol  2026 Mar 17;177(2). pii:62
  15. Bisbal J, Winter P, Jofre S, Ponce A, Ansari SA, Abdalla R, Markl M, Welin Odeback O, Uribe S, Tejos C  et al.  Uncertainty-aware automated labeling of intracranial arteries using deep learning.  BMC Med Imaging  2026 Mar 16;. doi:10.1186/s12880-026-02276-5
  16. Duhay V, Tian M, Kosieradzka K, Ebner M, Lo WT, Krauss M, Sprengel HL, Voss M, Riechmann M, Savas JN  et al.  Control of lysosome function by the GTPase-activating protein TBC1D9B and its binding partner TMEM55B.  Nat Commun  2026 Mar 14;17(1). pii:2487
  17. De Coster W, Van den Broeck M, Baker M, Ghayal NB, Wynants S, Batzler A, Pottier C, Alidadiani S, Küçükali F, Jenkins GD  et al.  A repeat expansion in GOLGA8A is a major risk factor for atypical frontotemporal lobar degeneration with ubiquitin-positive inclusions.  Nat Genet  2026 Mar 12;. doi:10.1038/s41588-026-02537-7
  18. Besley N, Tennyson JM, Caprio FZ, Potts MB  Modeling interhospital stroke transfers for endovascular treatment in the four largest cities in the USA.  J Neurointerv Surg  2026 Mar 11;. pii:jnis-2025-024578
  19. Armakola M, Wilen AP, Bustos BI, Song P, Wang YZ, Thomas AK, Belur NR, Mazzulli JR, Savas JN, Kalb RG  et al.  In Vivo Screen of Parkinson's Disease GWAS Risk Genes Identifies ARIH2 as a Novel Regulator of α-Synuclein Toxicity in Dopaminergic Neurons.  J Neurosci  2026 Mar 11;46(10). pii:e0509252026
  20. Colman H, Lombardi G, Wong ET, Walbert T, Eoli M, Lassman AB, Peereboom DM, Kizilbash SH, Kamiya-Matsuoka C, Pitz MW  et al.  STELLAR: Phase III, Randomized, Open-Label Study of Eflornithine Plus Lomustine Versus Lomustine Alone in Patients With Recurrent Grade 3 Astrocytoma.  J Clin Oncol  2026 Mar 10;44(8):641-652. doi:10.1200/JCO-25-01204
  21. Boles J, Gate D  Astrocytes engineered to fight Alzheimer's plaques.  Science  2026 Mar 05;391(6789):990-991. doi:10.1126/science.aef8451
  22. Head W, Kalsotra S, Yu M, Shannon K, Edwards P, Renshaw S, Arhos E, Wei L, Di Stasi S, Chaudhari A  et al.  Functional Status after Ventral Hernia Repair: Longitudinal Trends and the Limits of Improvement.  J Am Coll Surg  2026 Mar 05;. doi:10.1097/XCS.0000000000001910
  23. Carvill GL, Mefford HC  Toward a Disease-Modifying Therapy for Dravet Syndrome.  N Engl J Med  2026 Mar 05;394(10):1022-1025. doi:10.1056/NEJMe2515874
  24. Lee KJ, Oh H, Jeong HG, Kim BJ, Han MK, Kim JT, Choi KH, Shin DI, Cha JK, Kim DH  et al.  Temporal Patterns of Antithrombotic Therapy and Clinical Outcomes After Atrial Fibrillation-Related Stroke.  J Am Heart Assoc  2026 Mar 03;15(5):e045364. doi:10.1161/JAHA.125.045364
  25. Feuerstein J, Brown E, Chahine L, Erick-Lafontant D, Gochanour C, Marshall M, Weintraub D, Simuni T, Amara A,   Biological characteristics of individuals with REM sleep behavior disorder: A multicenter prospective longitudinal cohort.  Parkinsonism Relat Disord  2026 Mar 02;145:108266. doi:10.1016/j.parkreldis.2026.108266
  26. Sorenson E, Heitzman D, Lee I, Jang G, Elman L, Habib AA, Wymer J, Hayat G, Goutman SA, Fernandes JAM  et al.  Prospective Validation of the New PLS Diagnostic Criteria From PLS Natural History Study: EMG and Neurofilament Analyses.  Muscle Nerve  2026 Mar 02;. doi:10.1002/mus.70192
  27. Song P, Chen C, Franchini R, Duong B, Wang YZ, Coukos R, Xie Z, Savas JN, Zhou Y, Bertoldi M  et al.  N-acetyl-l-leucine lowers α-synuclein levels and improves synaptic function in Parkinson's disease models.  J Clin Invest  2026 Mar 02;136(5). pii:e196137
  28. Zhu X, John AJ, Kim S, Wang L, Ding E, Zheng J, Saleh A, Marín-Goñi I, Jomaa A, Gao H  et al.  Alcohol use disorder-associated gene FNDC4 alters glutamatergic and GABAergic neurogenesis in neural organoids.  J Clin Invest  2026 Mar 02;136(5). pii:e193204
  29. Gutstein DB, Iorga M, Stocks J, Gill N, Sleeman J, Gefen TD, Los M, Nelson C, Geula C, Weintraub S  et al.  Identifying neuropathologic disease in primary progressive aphasia using narrative speech.  Alzheimers Dement  2026 Mar;22(3):e71294. doi:10.1002/alz.71294
  30. Khasraw M, Pristo E, Stupp R  20 years of the Stupp protocol: confronting stagnation in glioblastoma therapy.  Lancet Oncol  2026 Mar;27(3):277-280. doi:10.1016/S1470-2045(25)00705-3
  31. Patti ME, Hu B, Kirschling S, Wang HJ, Foster K, Sarig Y, Simonson DC, Wolfs D, Arterburn D, O'Brien MJ  et al.  Effect of Social Vulnerability on Efficacy of Bariatric Surgery Versus Medical and Lifestyle Intervention for Type 2 Diabetes: Analysis of the ARMMS-T2D Consortium of Randomized Trials.  Ann Intern Med  2026 Mar;179(3):353-361. doi:10.7326/ANNALS-24-01882
  32. Heidari P, Heidari N, Khazaie H, Abbott SM, Maroufi A, Abdolmaleki A, Salari N, Mohammadi M, Sharafkhaneh A  Relationship between stroke onset timing and clinical outcomes in ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes: a systematic review.  Int J Cardiol Cardiovasc Risk Prev  2026 Mar;28:200559. pii:200559
  33. Tam SB, Waldeck NJ, Wright M, Mojsilovic-Petrovic J, Baker EM, Kiskinis E, Bass J, Kalb RG  A role for the cholinergic neuron circadian clock in RNA metabolism and mediating neurodegeneration.  Life Sci Alliance  2026 Mar;9(3). pii:e202503508
  34. Kawles A, Nelson C, Ayala I, Barbieri E, Castellani R, Geula C, Gefen T, Mesulam MM  Anatomical Progression of Neuropathology in FTLD-TDP Type C and Linkage to Annexin A11.  Ann Neurol  2026 Mar;99(3):639-655. doi:10.1002/ana.78095
  35. Gregori G, Sahoo NK, Hasan N, Zarnegar A, Lupidi M, Zhang M, Wu L, Cao J, Piccoli G, Vujosevic S  et al.  Demography, Clinical Characteristics and Long-Term Outcomes of Central Serous Chorioretinopathy in Women. MICRoN report number Fourteen.  Am J Ophthalmol  2026 Feb 27;. pii:S0002-9394(26)00102-9
  36. Sahoo NK, Hasan N, Jacob N, Cao J, Wykoff CC, Shah P, Singhanetr P, Rossin E, Desideri LF, Hertkorn F  et al.  Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes in Central Serous Chorioretinopathy with Subretinal Hyper-Reflective Material: MICRoN report 6.  Am J Ophthalmol  2026 Feb 26;. pii:S0002-9394(26)00103-0
  37. Smith BC, Simon SS, Russell EJ  Ophthalmic artery stenosis presenting as amaurosis fugax.  BMC Ophthalmol  2026 Feb 26;. doi:10.1186/s12886-026-04672-5
  38. Witman N, Yu M, Zhang Y, Gai K, Chen Y, Zhou L, Nguyen C, Zhu W, Zheng Y, Jobe SM  et al.  Atypical memory B-cell clonal expansion and inflammatory programs associate with platelet-activating antibody development in COVID-19.  JCI Insight  2026 Feb 26;. pii:e201033
  39. Mackie DB, Smith CM, Sanchez-Pinto LN, Badke CM  Heart Rate Variability Discriminates Outcomes After Pediatric Cardiac Arrest.  Pediatr Crit Care Med  2026 Feb 26;. doi:10.1097/PCC.0000000000003904
  40. Disouky A, Sanborn MA, Sabitha KR, Mostafa MM, Ayala IA, Bennett DA, Lu Y, Zhou Y, Keene CD, Weintraub S  et al.  Human hippocampal neurogenesis in adulthood, ageing and Alzheimer's disease.  Nature  2026 Feb 25;. doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10169-4
  41. Vecchio A, Cohen-Zimerman S, Grafman J  Exploring the brain basis of self-monitoring.  Cortex  2026 Feb 23;198:1-12. doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2026.02.011
  42. Jeong H, Qin Y, Xu F, Trajkovic K, Kim MJ, Marotta N, Hamada K, Allada R, Yang S, Krainc D  Ubiquitin ligase Nedd4 regulates the abundance and toxicity of mutant huntingtin.  JCI Insight  2026 Feb 23;11(4). pii:e181013
  43. Singla P, Babington JR, Adler A, Cao F, Chen Z, Cheng J, Furnish T, Hah JM, Hanna MN, Kesayan T  et al.  CMS Proposed Restrictions on Peripheral Nerve Blocks and Procedures for Chronic Pain: Clinical, Ethical, and Policy Implications for Millions of Americans.  Pain Med  2026 Feb 22;. pii:pnag031
  44. Broderick JP, Naidech AM, Elm JJ, Toyoda K, Dowlatshahi D, Demchuk AM, Khatri P, Steiner T, Bath PM, Audebert HJ  et al.  Recombinant factor VIIa versus placebo for spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage within 2 h of symptom onset (FASTEST): a multicentre, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial.  Lancet  2026 Feb 21;407(10530):773-783. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(26)00097-8
  45. Kim M, De La Torre S, Mitchell U, Melendrez B, Cole-Lewis H, Lewis D, Akom A, Cruz T, Spring B, Hekler E  Bridging the divide in digital therapeutics (DTx): Partnership strategies for broader representation across DTx development and deployment.  PLOS Digit Health  2026 Feb;5(2):e0001241. pii:e0001241
  46. Svoboda MD, Kuntz N, Leon-Astudillo C, Byrne BJ, Krueger J, Kwon JM, Sieburg C, Castro D  Summary of Research: Risdiplam Treatment Following Onasemnogene Abeparvovec in Individuals with Spinal Muscular Atrophy: A Multicenter Case Series.  Adv Ther  2026 Feb 20;. doi:10.1007/s12325-026-03509-3
  47. Prasad D, Jain R, Samal B, Sriram N, Drysch A, Menon SS, Selner AN, Mossner JM, Rosenow JM  Focused ultrasound neuromodulation for psychiatric disorders: a scoping review of clinical applications and current progress.  J Neural Transm (Vienna)  2026 Feb 19;. doi:10.1007/s00702-026-03113-3
  48. Liu N, Shiravi S, Jin T, Liu J, Zhu Z, Li J, Cheung I, Zhang H, Wang Y, Li Q  et al.  Shape-conformal porous frameworks for full coverage of neural organoids and high-resolution electrophysiology.  Nat Biomed Eng  2026 Feb 18;. doi:10.1038/s41551-026-01620-y
  49. Monje MHG, Karl JA, Cooper CS, Yomtoob J, Deliz J, Morse LA, Shetty N, Verhagen Metman L  Advanced Therapeutics in Parkinson's Disease: What's New?  Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep  2026 Feb 18;26(1):11. pii:11
  50. Alessandrini F, Wright M, Kurosaki T, Perloff OS, Ngo M, Kofler JK, Donnelly CJ, Maquat LE, Kiskinis E  TDP-43 dysfunction compromises UPF1-dependent mRNA metabolism in ALS.  Neuron  2026 Feb 18;114(4):640-660.e10. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2025.11.001

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