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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. Arends S, de Koning L, Drenthen J, Zhu M, van den Bergh PYK, Hadden RM, Shahrizaila N, Reisin RC, Kuwabara S, Ajroud-Driss S  et al.  Dynamics of Nerve Conduction Studies in Patients With Guillain-Barré Syndrome.  Muscle Nerve  2026 May;73(5):832-842. doi:10.1002/mus.70152
  3. Tang J, Chung SH, Gamez M, Zhao T, Wolf MS, Pandey DK, Gorelick PB, Yan L  Pulsatility Assessment of Cerebral Perforating Arteries Using Submillimeter-Resolution Dual-VENC Phase-Contrast MRI at 3T.  J Magn Reson Imaging  2026 May;63(5):1246-1256. doi:10.1002/jmri.70218
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. Malakar V, Roy D, Dugar N, Mali PC, Malakar CC, Gautam M, Poddar NK  Computational investigation of biochanin a targeting DEPTOR in Alzheimer's disease with in vitro cellular validation of neuroprotective activity.  Sci Rep  2026 Apr 10;. doi:10.1038/s41598-026-47343-7
  8. 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 Apr 07;15(7):e046839. doi:10.1161/JAHA.125.046839
  9. Barbieri E, Kawles AS, Los M, Behn J, Geula C, Gefen T, Weintraub S, Mesulam MM  Atrophy progression in frontotemporal lobar degeneration-TDP-C with primary progressive aphasia.  Brain  2026 Apr 07;149(4):1194-1207. doi:10.1093/brain/awaf369
  10. Obeidat AM, Newton MD, Li J, Hu B, Ishihara S, Lammlin L, Junginger LM, Farrell EC, Wang L, Ko FC  et al.  Nerve growth factor is sufficient to cause multiple osteoarthritis-relevant pathological features in naïve murine knee joints.  Arthritis Rheumatol  2026 Apr 06;. doi:10.1002/art.70168
  11. 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
  12. Giorgio K, Stephen JJ, Mansolf M, Peterson EA, Gross AL, Briceño EM, Levine DA, Helmer C, Debette S, Soumaré A  et al.  Risk factors for early-onset and late-onset dementia: a prospective cohort study.  Lancet Healthy Longev  2026 Apr 02;:100831. doi:10.1016/j.lanhl.2026.100831
  13. Jain R, Hesse D, Tierney C, Savas H, Avery R, Magill ST, Russell EJ  The Value of SSTR PET for Detection, Definition, and Ongoing Management of Meningioma.  Radiology  2026 Apr;319(1):e251079. doi:10.1148/radiol.251079
  14. Lei T, Scheid MR, Flint RD, Glaser JI, Slutzky MW  Active dissociation of intracortical spiking and high gamma activity.  Nature  2026 Apr 01;. doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10331-y
  15. Zhu J, Cheng X, Bahramian M, Yao K, Li Z, Hu B, Wu TY, Sabet KA, Cui J, Tan J  et al.  Resilient nanostructured bioanalytic microneedle longitudinally monitors preclinical renal and hepatic drug clearance and dysfunction.  Sci Transl Med  2026 Apr;18(843):eadr5493. doi:10.1126/scitranslmed.adr5493
  16. Nassan M, Ayala I, Sloan J, Bonfitto A, Stark B, Song S, Naymik M, Geula C, Gefen T, Barbieri E  et al.  The Genetics of TDP-43 Type C Neurodegeneration: A Whole-Genome Sequencing Study and Literature Review.  Neurol Genet  2026 Apr;12(2):e200369. pii:e200369
  17. 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
  18. 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 Apr;145:108266. doi:10.1016/j.parkreldis.2026.108266
  19. Mackie DB, Smith CM, Sanchez-Pinto LN, Badke CM  Heart Rate Variability Discriminates Outcomes After Pediatric Cardiac Arrest.  Pediatr Crit Care Med  2026 Apr 01;27(4):447-457. doi:10.1097/PCC.0000000000003904
  20. 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 Apr;43(4):1380-1383. doi:10.1007/s12325-026-03509-3
  21. 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
  22. Grimaldi D, Reid KJ, Abbott SM, Knutson KL, Zee PC  Sleep-Aligned Extended Overnight Fasting Improves Nighttime and Daytime Cardiometabolic Function.  Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol  2026 Apr;46(4):e323355. doi:10.1161/ATVBAHA.125.323355
  23. Finer G, Yacu GS, Khan MD, Zhou Y, Gadhvi G, Ward SE, Sayed M, Gomez RA, Sequeira-Lopez MLS, Park JS  et al.  The transcription factor Tcf21 is necessary for adoption of cell fates by Foxd1+ stromal progenitors during kidney development.  Am J Physiol Renal Physiol  2026 Apr 01;330(4):F347-F364. doi:10.1152/ajprenal.00345.2025
  24. Hiemstra FW, González LB, Engelhardt LJ, Hancke L, Pilz LK, Adler AI, Dashti HS, Drouot X, Kitchen GB, Knauert MP  et al.  Challenges and Recommendations for Integrating Circadian Medicine in Critical Care: A Roadmap.  Chest  2026 Apr;169(4):977-990. doi:10.1016/j.chest.2025.12.010
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. Hasan N, Zarnegar A, Nouri H, Saju S, Cao J, Zhou A, Wykoff C, Shah P, Singhanetr P, Rossin EJ  et al.  Ellipsoid zone integrity at angiographic leak following resolution of central serous chorioretinopathy: MICRoN report number Two.  Retina  2026 Mar 30;. doi:10.1097/IAE.0000000000004811
  28. Brunori G, Zucca S, Lankford CK, Wang YZ, Franco M, Alekseeva NA, Ahmedova S, Van HM, Savas JN, Martemyanov KA  Conditional Modeling of GNAO1 Disorder Dissociates Circuit Specific Contributions to Pathology and Rationalizes Ameliorative Strategies.  Mov Disord  2026 Mar 28;. doi:10.1002/mds.70276
  29. Yu X, Song X, Schäfer RA, Meng Q, Tiek D, Wu R, He Q, Walker M, Cao Q, Yang R  et al.  An EGFR co-amplified lncRNA HELDR promotes glioblastoma malignancy through KAT7-driven gene programs.  Nat Cell Biol  2026 Mar 27;. doi:10.1038/s41556-026-01924-w
  30. Hamani C, Elias WJ, Baltuch GH, Gross RE, Rosenow JM, Schwalb JM, Air EL, Machado AG, Sweet J, Willie JT  et al.  Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound for the management of tremor: update on the position statement of the American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery.  J Neurosurg  2026 Mar 27;:1-9. doi:10.3171/2025.11.JNS251828
  31. 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
  32. Lukas RV, Du R, Congivaram H, McCortney K, Dixit K, Horbinski C, Schwartz M, Lezon R, Singer L, Primdahl D  et al.  Consideration of spatial companion biomarkers for targeted therapeutics in cancer: depatuxizumab mafodotin in glioblastoma.  JCI Insight  2026 Mar 23;11(6). pii:e198475
  33. 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
  34. Sadleir KR, Gomez KP, Chandra S, Ley ML, Khatri AW, Guo J, Xue Y, Cepko CL, Vassar R  Neuronal overexpression of Nrf2 reduces dystrophic neurites in 5XFAD Alzheimer's disease model mice.  bioRxiv  2026 Mar 18;. pii:2026.03.16.711596
  35. 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
  36. 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
  37. 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;26(1). pii:175
  38. 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
  39. 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
  40. 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
  41. 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
  42. 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
  43. Boles J, Gate D  Astrocytes engineered to fight Alzheimer's plaques.  Science  2026 Mar 05;391(6789):990-991. doi:10.1126/science.aef8451
  44. 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
  45. 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
  46. 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. pii:e045364
  47. 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
  48. 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
  49. 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
  50. 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

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