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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. Air EL, Ryschon AM, Rosenow JM, Garner AM, Levin RW, Konrad PE, Pietzsch JB  Cost-effectiveness of vagus nerve-mediated neuroimmune modulation for the treatment of moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis.  J Med Econ  2026 Dec;29(1):1462-1473. doi:10.1080/13696998.2026.2662122
  2. Danish SF, Rosenow JM, Schwalb JM, Air EL, Sweet J, Willie JT, Rolston JD, Englot DJ, Lipsman N, Zemmar A  et al.  Position Statement of the American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery on Focused Ultrasound Lesioning of the Brain by Non-neurosurgeons.  Neurosurgery  2026 Aug 01;99(2):487-491. doi:10.1227/neu.0000000000003869
  3. Ozlu C, Schwaede A, McGowan B, Zhang L, Finch M, Wolfe LF, Ajroud-Driss S, Franz CK, Kuntz N  Two Patients With Juvenile-Onset, Rapidly Progressive Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Associated With an SOD1 Variant (p.Asp125Gly) With Incomplete Penetrance.  Muscle Nerve  2026 Aug;74(2):457-462. doi:10.1002/mus.70314
  4. Vesevick DR, Ghosh S, Kalmes A, Ozdinler PH, Gautam M  Neuroprotective Effects of RNS60 in TDP-43 Pathology-Associated Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.  Muscle Nerve  2026 Aug;74(2):463-473. doi:10.1002/mus.70289
  5. Meng R, BaHammam AS, Dzierzewski JM, Yang N, Vézina-Im LA, Ying Lau EY, Sun IR, Gregory AM, Zeitzer JM, Quan SF  et al.  Ru-SATED scale and Sleep Health Index: A systematic review of two leading multidimensional sleep health measures and frameworks across the globe.  Sleep Med Rev  2026 Aug;88:102296. doi:10.1016/j.smrv.2026.102296
  6. Rostami F, Soltani S, Grafman J, Heyrani R, Yazdanpanah A, Jahanbakhshi A, Vahabie AH, Shariat SV, Abdolalizadeh A, Mirfazeli FS  Frontal brain injury alters human risky choices in self and other contexts.  iScience  2026 Jul 17;29(7):116427. pii:116427
  7. Birmingham A, Gong A, Sujijantarat N, Zhu J, Ansari SA, Sahlein DH, Dornbos D, Pahwa S, Tejada JG, Wilkinson DA  et al.  Clopidogrel versus ticagrelor in dual antiplatelet therapy for flow diversion of unruptured intracranial aneurysms: analysis of the Neurovascular Quality Initiative-Quality Outcomes Database (NVQI-QOD) Cerebral Aneurysm Registry.  J Neurointerv Surg  2026 Jul 07;. pii:jnis-2026-025555
  8. Kim M, Wang P, Clow PA, Chien E, Wang X, Peng J, Chai H, Liu X, Lee B, Ngan CY  et al.  Publisher Correction: Interplay between cohesin and RNA polymerase II in regulating chromatin interactions and gene transcription.  Nat Struct Mol Biol  2026 Jul 03;. doi:10.1038/s41594-026-01850-3
  9. Sheriff A, Omidbeigi M, Lane G, Yang Q, Zhou G, Dede A, Arriaga N, Sagar V, Holubecki AM, Braga RM  et al.  Theta oscillations are an organizational unit of odor processing in the olfactory bulb.  Sci Adv  2026 Jul 03;12(27):eaee1002. pii:eaee1002
  10. Baumert BG, Hegi ME, van den Bent MJ, von Deimling A, Gorlia T, Hoang-Xuan K, Brandes AA, Sargos P, Taphoorn MJB, Vauleon E  et al.  Temozolomide Versus Radiotherapy as First-Line Therapy for Low-Grade Glioma: Mature Results of a Randomized Phase III Trial (EORTC 22033-26033/NCIC-CTG/TROG/MRC-CTU).  J Clin Oncol  2026 Jul 02;:JCO2502735. doi:10.1200/JCO-25-02735
  11. Stocks J, Barbieri E, Los MA, Thompson CK, Gefen T, Geula C, Mesulam MM, Weintraub S  Neuropathology-specific language features in primary progressive aphasia.  Alzheimers Dement  2026 Jul;22(7):e71633. doi:10.1002/alz.71633
  12. Bieber D, Abdallah RT, Ab-Elsayed A, Burkey AR, Englot DJ, Gupta K, Munyon CN, Halpern CH, Miller KJ, Rosenow JM  et al.  Development of an Educational Curriculum for the Surgical Implantation of DBS Systems.  Neuromodulation  2026 Jul;29(5):741-749. doi:10.1016/j.neurom.2026.04.014
  13. Zhang Z, van Olst L, Alessandrini F, Wright M, Edwards AJ, Boles J, Nalbandian A, Forsyth AV, Shepard N, Watson T  et al.  Integrated single-cell and spatial transcriptomic profiling in ALS uncovers peripheral-to-central immune infiltration and reprogramming.  Nat Neurosci  2026 Jul;29(7):1735-1748. doi:10.1038/s41593-026-02300-5
  14. Zhang C, Wang R, Capal JK, Srivastava S, Filip-Dhima R, Bebin EM, Krueger DA, Northrup H, Wu JY, Warfield SK  et al.  A two-step temporal data augmentation and supervised learning framework for predicting autism diagnosis at 36 months in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex.  Comput Biol Med  2026 Jul 01;210:111719. doi:10.1016/j.compbiomed.2026.111719
  15. 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 AFTER RESOLUTION OF CENTRAL SEROUS CHORIORETINOPATHY: MICRoN Report Number Two.  Retina  2026 Jul 01;46(7):1272-1281. doi:10.1097/IAE.0000000000004811
  16. 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 Jul 01;145(1):4-12. doi:10.3171/2025.11.JNS251828
  17. 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 Jul 01;243(1):60-69. doi:10.1097/XCS.0000000000001910
  18. Cyr C, Holubecki AM, Shi L, Lakshman M, Salvo JJ, Anderson NL, Kragel JE, Lurie SM, Voss J, Kokkinos V  et al.  Targeting intracranial electrical stimulation to network regions defined within individuals causes network-level effects.  J Neurophysiol  2026 Jun 29;. doi:10.1152/jn.00589.2025
  19. Linnet T, Maas MB, Mateen FJ, Shah S  Detection of Aquaporin-4 antibody in cerebrospinal fluid in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder.  Mult Scler Relat Disord  2026 Jun 27;113:107352. doi:10.1016/j.msard.2026.107352
  20. Gilani K, Hanin A, Gaspard N, Batra A, Behrndt L, Day GS, Demeret S, Eschbach K, Foreman B, Gerard EE  et al.  Acute and Long-Term EEG and seizure characteristics in new onset refractory status epilepticus (NORSE).  Epilepsia  2026 Jun 26;. doi:10.1002/epi.70349
  21. Nathan CL, Gerard EE  Active and Passive Knitting Rhythm on EEG.  J Clin Neurophysiol  2026 Jun 23;. doi:10.1097/WNP.0000000000001279
  22. Wolkiewicz L, Okematti E, Ghandour D, Guo K, Gerard EE, Nathan CL  EEG and MRI Correlate of Aphasia in a Patient With Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura.  Neurology  2026 Jun 23;106(12):e218092. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000218092
  23. Walker MN, Hu B, Cheng SY, Song X  Stepwise Protocol for Alternative Splicing Analysis in Single-Cell SMART-Seq2 RNA-Seq Data.  Bio Protoc  2026 Jun 20;16(12):e5735. pii:e5735
  24. Gautam M, Priego M, Quintanilla C, Kashow O, Cho BK, Goo YA, Silverman RB, Morfini G, Baas PW, Ozdinler PH  Proteomic analysis reveals early pathological defects in corticospinal motor neurons of a spastin model of hereditary spastic paraplegia, which are improved by NU-9 treatment.  Neurobiol Dis  2026 Jun 19;227:107494. doi:10.1016/j.nbd.2026.107494
  25. Nathan CL, Ghandour D, Cunningham EM, Lukas RV, Sullivan J, Sachdev S, Templer JW  Epilepsy characteristics and outcomes in patients with pleomorphic xanthoastrocytomas.  J Neurooncol  2026 Jun 19;178(3). pii:72
  26. Archer G, Bernanke A, Hollenhorst CN, Yu M, Schnipke B, Gershan S  Barbiturates for the Management of Gamma-Hydroxybutyrate (GHB) Withdrawal: A Systematic Review.  J Psychoactive Drugs  2026 Jun 17;:1-25. doi:10.1080/02791072.2026.2686369
  27. 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 Jun 17;114(12):2128-2147.e10. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2026.02.004
  28. Silva Pinheiro do Nascimento J, Copenhaver K, Garg R, Goldenberg F, Chang T, Shownkeen H, Faine B, Lindholm PF, Grotta J, Naidech AM  Minimal Fibrinolysis After Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage Undercuts the Mechanism of Tranexamic Acid.  J Am Heart Assoc  2026 Jun 16;15(12):e049124. pii:e049124
  29. Pacifico P, George D, Jayaraj ND, Ren D, Coy-Dibley JS, Belmadani AA, Veronesi S, Andelic M, Cartelli D, Devigili G  et al.  Skin-resident Langerhans cells drive neuropathic pain via chemokine-dependent neuron-immune communication.  J Clin Invest  2026 Jun 15;136(12). pii:e192328
  30. Lastra AC, Wolfe LF, Mokhlesi B  Unexplained hypoventilation in adults: autoimmune encephalitis and beyond.  Eur Respir J  2026 Jun;67(6). pii:2600454
  31. Vogeley A, Russell A, Yeh F, Curtis L, Opsasnick L, Yoshino Benavente J, Bonham M, Lovett R, Light SW, Sun B  et al.  Prevalence of Limited Health Literacy During Middle Adulthood and Its Associations with Health Self-Management and Physical Function.  J Gen Intern Med  2026 Jun 10;. doi:10.1007/s11606-026-10560-x
  32. Sadeghi E, Peng L, Lall SR, Hasan N, Williamson RC, Chotcomwongse P, Ruamviboonsuk P, Lupidi M, Munk MR, Kim M  et al.  Radiomics-based fundus autofluorescence analysis in central serous chorioretinopathy-MICRoN report number twelve.  Sci Rep  2026 Jun 10;. doi:10.1038/s41598-026-56995-4
  33. Khorasani A, Gorski CM, Hung NT, Hulsizer J, Paul V, Tomic G, Prakash PR, Park S, Seo G, Houskamp EJ  et al.  Wearable Myoelectric Interface for Neurorehabilitation (MINT) to Recover Arm Activity After Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial.  Neurorehabil Neural Repair  2026 Jun 08;:15459683261454937. doi:10.1177/15459683261454937
  34. Citro S, Dawson MS, Beyh A, Dell'Acqua F, Cavaliere C, Dyrby TB, Krug K, Ptito M, Carnevale L, Della Sala S  et al.  Evolution of the frontal aslant tract and implications for primate vocalization and human speech.  Nat Commun  2026 Jun 06;. doi:10.1038/s41467-026-73731-8
  35. 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.  Alzheimers Res Ther  2026 Jun 03;. doi:10.1186/s13195-026-02097-2
  36. Li J, Wang X, Tong L, Feng B, Shih LK, Markwell SM, Nuszen H, Gruchala T, Lam NG, Basakis P  et al.  The Peri-necrotic Niche of Glioblastoma Drives Tumor-associated Macrophage Polarization and Immunosuppression via Podoplanin-mediated CLEC5A Activation.  J Clin Invest  2026 Jun 02;. pii:e199228
  37. Li N, Gao Q, Jia H, Xue G, Zhou Y, Wang S, Ma S, Hu B, Zhao Z, Su C  et al.  SIRT2-mediated deacetylation activates USP22 catalytic function for PD-L1 protein stabilization and tumor immune escape.  J Clin Invest  2026 Jun 02;. pii:e198270
  38. Habashy KJ, Arrieta VA, Haupt B, Gómez M, El-Hajj VG, Kim KS, Dmello C, Chen L, Carpentier A, Canney M  et al.  Development of skull-implanted ultrasound for blood-brain barrier opening and drug delivery in neuro-oncology.  Neurooncol Adv  2026 Jun;8(Suppl 4):iv9-iv19. doi:10.1093/noajnl/vdaf044
  39. Kim M, Reid KJ, Friedlander R, Grobman WA, Wolf MS, Facco F, Silver RM, Greenland P, Yee LM, Zee PC  Initiation of first-generation antihistamines during pregnancy and gestational restless legs syndrome: a secondary analysis of the nuMoM2b cohort.  Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM  2026 Jun;8(6):101940. doi:10.1016/j.ajogmf.2026.101940
  40. Minogue G, Zouridakis A, Nelson C, Kawles A, Keszycki R, Macomber A, Weintraub S, Gill N, Mao Q, Jamshidi P  et al.  Syndrome-specific vulnerability of neuronal and glial 4-repeat frontotemporal lobar degeneration-tau.  Brain  2026 Jun 01;. pii:awag190
  41. Menozzi E, Toffoli M, Deleidi M, Di Monte DA, Blandini F, Krainc D, Sidransky E, Schapira AHV  New evidence on the clinical, genetic, and biochemical bases of GBA1-Parkinson's disease: prospects for treatment.  Lancet Neurol  2026 Jun;25(6):602-614. doi:10.1016/S1474-4422(26)00090-6
  42. Dalal V, Zhou Y, Deb DK, Thomson BR, Nelson JW, Ledogar G, Misener S, Maekawa H, Chang A, Chung E  et al.  Transcription factor 21 deletion from podocyte precursors as a model for congenital nephrotic syndrome.  Am J Physiol Renal Physiol  2026 Jun 01;330(6):F746-F760. doi:10.1152/ajprenal.00490.2025
  43. Duffy JT, Martin-Regalado A, Haupt BE, Pogue JR, Thakur A, Cota MF, Zannikou M, Misener S, Krymskaya VP, McCortney K  et al.  Fully Humanized Bispecific T Cell Engager Shows Potent Activity in Central Nervous System and Peripheral Tumors.  Adv Sci (Weinh)  2026 Jun;13(35):e22391. pii:e22391
  44. Meletti S, Hanin A, Giovannini G, Bedin R, Burani M, Taruffi L, Orlandi N, Urbano T, D'Achille F, Malerba M  et al.  Acute Brain Injury in New-Onset Refractory Status Epilepticus and Etiology-Defined Status Epilepticus.  JAMA Neurol  2026 Jun 01;83(6):563-572. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2026.0865
  45. Mencacci NE, Minakaki G, Maroofian R, De Pace R, Paimboeuf A, Branco Fonseca T, Abramova T, Shannon P, Chitayat D, Magrinelli F  et al.  Pathogenic variants in BORCS5 cause a spectrum of neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders with lysosomal dysfunction.  J Clin Invest  2026 Jun 01;136(11). pii:e195336
  46. Queisi MM, Tomatsu S, Jacobs Z, Dada M, Wuppalapati SN, Posada F, Weller J, Wilken J, Hancock L, Penner I  et al.  Depression severity and discordance between fatigue patient-reported outcomes in people with multiple sclerosis.  Mult Scler Relat Disord  2026 Jun;110:107192. doi:10.1016/j.msard.2026.107192
  47. Lei T, Scheid MR, Flint RD, Glaser JI, Slutzky MW  Active dissociation of intracortical spiking and high gamma activity.  Nature  2026 Jun;654(8119):744-750. doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10331-y
  48. 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 Jun;41(6):1528-1541. doi:10.1002/mds.70276
  49. 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 Jun;73(6):976-983. doi:10.1002/mus.70192
  50. 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 Jun;286:140-151. doi:10.1016/j.ajo.2026.02.039

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