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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. 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
  2. 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
  3. Yuasa-Kawada J, Kinoshita-Kawada M, Hiramoto M, Yamagishi S, Mishima T, Yasunaga S, Tsuboi Y, Hattori N, Wu JY  Neuronal guidance signaling in neurodegenerative diseases: Key regulators that function at neuron-glia and neuroimmune interfaces.  Neural Regen Res  2026 Feb 01;21(2):612-635. doi:10.4103/NRR.NRR-D-24-01330
  4. Azad N, Avery RJ, Crews M, Schuele SU, Nathan CL  Use of Ictal-Interictal SPECT in Localization of Surface-EEG-Negative Insular Epilepsy.  Neurology  2026 Jan 27;106(2):e214529. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000214529
  5. Samei Y, Cheung I, Papavasileiou P, Franz CK, Finan JD  Elastic and viscoelastic properties of human cortical organoids.  Acta Biomater  2026 Jan;209:481-492. doi:10.1016/j.actbio.2025.11.034
  6. Weng TB, Porwal G, Srinivasan D, Inglis B, Rodriguez S, Jacobs DR, Schreiner PJ, Sorond FA, Sidney S, Lewis C  et al.  Predicting Breath Hold Task Compliance From Head Motion.  J Magn Reson Imaging  2026 Jan;63(1):183-192. doi:10.1002/jmri.70105
  7. Kawles A, Zouridakis A, Nelson C, Keszycki R, Minogue G, Macomber A, Jamshidi P, Castellani RJ, Geula C, Gefen T  et al.  Dendritic location of dystrophic neurites in FTLD-TDP type C with annexinopathy.  Brain Pathol  2026 Jan;36(1):e70032. pii:e70032
  8. Brandon Bravo Bruinsma PJ, Hadjinicolaou A, Rajaraman RR, Hussain SA, Krueger DA, Sahin M, Northrup H, Porter BE, Wu JY, Bebin EM  et al.  Electroencephalogram (EEG) Spike Metrics Discriminate Impending Epileptic Spasms From Other Seizures in Children With Tuberous Sclerosis Complex: A Pilot Study.  J Child Neurol  2026 Jan;41(1):60-67. doi:10.1177/08830738251347523
  9. Duckett D, Santana-Santos L, McCord M, Smith V, Lopes MBS, Youngblood MW, Magill ST, Chandler JP, Heimberger AB, Lukas R  et al.  Development, validation, and utility of a clinically applicable methylation classifier for recurrence risk prediction in meningiomas.  Acta Neuropathol Commun  2025 Dec 29;13(1):259. doi:10.1186/s40478-025-02184-9
  10. 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  2025 Dec 27;. doi:10.1002/jmri.70218
  11. Maas MB  Abnormal sleep during acute illness: Therapeutic opportunity or allostatic phenomenon.  J Hosp Med  2025 Dec 23;. doi:10.1002/jhm.70246
  12. Hassani S, Gorelick PB  Periprocedural Brain Health: The Scope of the Problem and the Neurologist's Role.  Neurology  2025 Dec 23;105(12):e214427. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000214427
  13. McKee HR, Ovalle AB, Giambarberi L, Lekoubou A, Rossetti AO, Block C, Habela CW, Alexopoulos AV, Tripathi M, Beniczky S  et al.  Annual Course / From Then to Now: The Evolving Spectrum of Epilepsy Care.  Epilepsy Curr  2025 Dec 22;:15357597251406694. pii:15357597251406694
  14. 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  2025 Dec 20;. pii:S0012-3692(25)05931-8
  15. Lampert F, Baker MR, Jensen MA, Ayyoubi AH, Bentler C, Bowersock JL, Esteller R, Herron JA, Johnson GW, Kipke DR  et al.  Adaptive neuromodulation dialogues: navigating current challenges and emerging innovations in neuromodulation system development.  J Neural Eng  2025 Dec 19;22(6). pii:061005
  16. Banker M, do Nascimento JSP, Shownkeen H, Chang TR, Goldenberg F, Faine B, Cella D, Schuele SU, Luo Y, Tipton E  et al.  Prophylactic Antiseizure Medication in Patients with Lobar Intracerebral Hemorrhage.  Neurocrit Care  2025 Dec 18;. doi:10.1007/s12028-025-02423-w
  17. Dekker J, Oksuz BA, Zhang Y, Wang Y, Minsk MK, Kuang S, Yang L, Gibcus JH, Krietenstein N, Rando OJ  et al.  An integrated view of the structure and function of the human 4D nucleome.  Nature  2025 Dec 17;. doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09890-3
  18. Youngblood MW, Kumari A, Kang YT, Gould A, Habashy K, Gomez M, Lingamarla H, Morey T, Chen L, Congivaram H  et al.  Dynamic release of extracellular particles after opening of the blood-brain barrier predicts glioblastoma susceptibility to paclitaxel.  Nat Commun  2025 Dec 16;16(1):11045. pii:11045
  19. Lee M, Oh MS, Yu KH, Lee BC, Kim BJ, Kim JY, Kang J, Kim DY, Park JM, Kang K  et al.  Extending Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Beyond 3 Months in Acute Ischemic Stroke Due to Large-Artery Atherosclerosis.  J Am Heart Assoc  2025 Dec 16;14(24):e044433. doi:10.1161/JAHA.125.044433
  20. Trifan G, Daviglus ML, Gonzalez HM, Tarraf W, Gorelick PB, Elkind MSV, Gallo LC, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Perreira KM, Stickel AM  et al.  Cognitive Function as a Predictor of Incident Hypertension in Hispanic/Latino Adults: Results From the Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.  Hypertension  2025 Dec 15;. doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.125.26109
  21. Grant RA, Runyan CE, Minogue GA, Stoolman JS, Watanabe S, Chen F, Senkow KJ, Cusick L, Schleck MJ, Nafikova R  et al.  Influenza A infection accelerates disease-associated microglia formation during physiological aging.  bioRxiv  2025 Dec 14;. pii:2025.12.11.693336
  22. Li Y, Sheng M, Li W, Liu S, Wang B, Liu B, Luo M, Zhou X, Xia Q, Hong S  et al.  Targeting chaperone-mediated autophagy inhibits properties of glioblastoma stem cells and restores anti-tumor immunity.  Nat Commun  2025 Dec 13;. doi:10.1038/s41467-025-67119-3
  23. 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  2025 Dec 12;. pii:S0896-6273(25)00848-7
  24. Song X, Tiek D, Lu M, Yu X, Wu R, Walker M, He Q, Sisbarro D, Hu B, Cheng SY  A single-cell atlas of RNA alternative splicing in the glioma-immune ecosystem.  Genome Biol  2025 Dec 12;26(1):426. pii:426
  25. Ulugut H, Younes K, Montembeault M, Bertoux M, Irish M, Kumfor F, Fumagalli GG, Samanci B, Illán-Gala I, Thompson JC  et al.  Clinical recognition of frontotemporal dementia with right temporal predominance: a consensus statement from the International Working Group.  Commun Med (Lond)  2025 Dec 12;5(1):523. pii:523
  26. Yu J, Ramirez MA, Wang YZ, Edassery S, Shramuk M, Cheatham MA, Rutherford MA, Welty LJ, Savas JN  Heat-shock pathway activation by TRC051384 protects spiral ganglion neurons from noise-induced hearing loss.  bioRxiv  2025 Dec 11;. pii:2025.12.08.693048
  27. Tunc-Ozcan E, Peng CY, Zhu Y, Dunlop SR, Contractor A, Kessler JA  Author Correction: Activating newborn neurons suppresses depression and anxiety-like behaviors.  Nat Commun  2025 Dec 10;16(1):11000. pii:11000
  28. Dalton C, Mojsilovic-Petrovic J, Safren N, Snoznik C, Gebis KK, Wang YZ, Sutter AB, Lamitina T, Savas JN, Kalb RG  Ubiquitin Proteasome System Components, RAD23A and USP13, Modulate TDP-43 Solubility and Neuronal Toxicity.  J Neurosci  2025 Dec 10;. pii:e0906252025
  29. Rosenfeld J, Abrahams S, McHutchinson C, Ajroud-Driss S, Weber M, Paganoni S, Mitsumoto H, Genge A, Grosskreutz J, Van Den Berg L  et al.  Utility of patient subgrouping in ALS clinical trials: a World Federation of Neurology white paper.  Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener  2025 Dec 08;:1-8. doi:10.1080/21678421.2025.2593308
  30. Wu M, Yang Y, Zhang J, Efimov AI, Li X, Zhang K, Wang Y, Bodkin KL, Riahi M, Gu J  et al.  Patterned wireless transcranial optogenetics generates artificial perception.  Nat Neurosci  2025 Dec 08;. doi:10.1038/s41593-025-02127-6
  31. McCormick ZL, Duszynski B, Cartagena S, Barrette K, Curtis TM, Rosenow JM, Stout A, Mauck WD  Multisociety response to the proposed multi-jurisdictional local coverage determination on peripheral nerve blocks and procedures for chronic pain: A critical moment in Healthcare Policy for the United States.  Interv Pain Med  2025 Dec;4(4):100707. pii:100707
  32. Lipfert ZK, Arias E, Batra A, Sullivan DP  Utilizing EdU to Track Leukocyte Recruitment to the Brain.  Bio Protoc  2025 Dec 05;15(23):e5527. pii:e5527
  33. Young CC, Narsinh KH, Chen SR, Ansari SA, Hetts SW, Lang FF, Wintermark M, Kan PT  A Report from the Inaugural Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery Neurointerventional Oncology Summit.  AJNR Am J Neuroradiol  2025 Dec 04;. doi:10.3174/ajnr.A8902
  34. Branco P, Cox J, Wu Y, Morison SL, Parker JG, Lerner TN, Martina M, Awatramani R, Surmeier DJ, Apkarian AV  The role of mesolimbic circuitry in aversive signaling and opioid dependence.  Neuron  2025 Dec 03;113(23):3924-3941. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2025.08.019
  35. Wahle IA, Griffis J, Adolphs R, Grafman J, Tranel D, Boes A, Eberhardt F  Unsupervised mapping of causal relations between brain lesions and behavior.  bioRxiv  2025 Dec 02;. pii:2023.12.22.573110
  36. Koo C, Zhou Y, Thomas D, Fuentes R, Li J, Kim M, Richter CP, Tan X  Sex-specific hearing loss in Sirt3 knockout mice and attenuation by honokiol.  Hear Res  2025 Dec 02;470:109502. doi:10.1016/j.heares.2025.109502
  37. Rangwala R, Davidson K, Lee J, Garand KLF, Bega D, Martin-Harris B  Respiratory-Swallowing Phase Pattern and Swallowing Impairment in Individuals With Parkinson's Disease.  J Speech Lang Hear Res  2025 Dec 02;:1-14. doi:10.1044/2025_JSLHR-25-00135
  38. Stocks JK, Keszycki RM, Gutstein D, Parrish T, Castellani RJ, Geula C, Barbieri E, Weintraub S, Mesulam M, Gefen T  Alzheimer's Imaging Consortium.  Alzheimers Dement  2025 Dec;21 Suppl 8(Suppl 8):e109842. pii:e109842
  39. Kranz DL, de Leon Velez O, Ulupinar E, Ozdinler PH, Silverman RB, Klein WL  Identification of a glia-associated amyloid β oligomer subtype and the rescue from reactive astrogliosis by inhibitor NU-9.  Alzheimers Dement  2025 Dec;21(12):e70968. pii:e70968
  40. Hanrieder J, Sun R, Ellis SR, Pahnke J, Savas JN  Considerations for Spatial Omics, Metabolite Analyses, and Tissue-Harvesting Artifacts.  J Neurochem  2025 Dec;169(12):e70315. doi:10.1111/jnc.70315
  41. 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  2025 Dec 01;:JCO2501204. doi:10.1200/JCO-25-01204
  42. Behn JQ, Barbieri E, Mesulam MM, Bonakdarpour B  Anterior temporal lobe, word comprehension, and physiology of atrophy in semantic primary progressive aphasia.  Neurocase  2025 Dec;31(6):260-267. doi:10.1080/13554794.2025.2587123
  43. Joseph BJ, Marshall KA, Harley P, Mann JR, Alessandrini F, Vanoye CG, Chi W, Prudencio M, Simkin D, Kao TT  et al.  TDP-43-dependent mis-splicing of KCNQ2 triggers intrinsic neuronal hyperexcitability in ALS/FTD.  Nat Neurosci  2025 Dec;28(12):2476-2492. doi:10.1038/s41593-025-02096-w
  44. Gusman E, Wolfe LF  Billing and Coding Guidance: Device and Discharge Planning.  Sleep Med Clin  2025 Dec;20(4):557-565. doi:10.1016/j.jsmc.2025.07.014
  45. Fiala JA, Coleman JM  Hypercapnic Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Overlap Syndrome.  Sleep Med Clin  2025 Dec;20(4):489-498. doi:10.1016/j.jsmc.2025.07.009
  46. Bernstein RA, Previch LE  Anticoagulation and Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and Atherosclerosis.  JAMA Neurol  2025 Dec 01;82(12):1213-1214. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2025.3534
  47. Flagan TM, Chu SA, Häkkinen S, Zhang L, McFall D, Rohrer JD, Brown JA, Lee AJ, Fernhoff K, Pasquini L  et al.  Functional Connectivity Associations With Markers of Disease Progression in GRN Pathogenic Variant Carriers.  Ann Clin Transl Neurol  2025 Dec;12(12):2575-2588. doi:10.1002/acn3.70170
  48. Monje MHG, Vittal P, Keller Sarmiento IJ, Kinsley L, Krainc D, Mencacci NE  Adult-Onset BPAN: An Atypical Presentation Mimicking Early-Onset Parkinson's Disease.  Mov Disord Clin Pract  2025 Dec;12(12):2357-2360. doi:10.1002/mdc3.70313
  49. Padmanaban V, Smith TE, Sujijantarat N, Mareboina M, Zhu J, Zhou S, Ansari SA, Sahlein DH, Tejada JG, Wilkinson DA  et al.  Race- and ethnicity-associated differences in characteristics and outcomes of treated unruptured intracranial aneurysms: an analysis of the NeuroVascular Quality Initiative-Quality Outcomes Database cerebral aneurysm registry.  J Neurosurg  2025 Dec 01;143(6):1612-1618. doi:10.3171/2025.4.JNS25200
  50. Limbrick DD, Skoch J, Auguste K, Grant GA, Lam SK, Tate MC, Langer DJ, Roland JL, Alden TD, Charbel FT  et al.  A Multicenter Study of Noninvasive Wireless Assessment of Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt Function in Hydrocephalus Patients.  Neurosurgery  2025 Dec 01;97(6):1397-1405. doi:10.1227/neu.0000000000003569

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