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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. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. Coughlin DG, Adler CH, Barbosa W, Feuerstein J, Galasko D, Gunzler SA, Jimenez-Shahed J, Kannarkat GT, Lang AE, Martinez-Lemus JD  et al.  CSF α-Synuclein Seed Amplification Assays and Skin Immunofluorescence: Clinical Applications, Research Opportunities, and Knowledge Gaps.  Neurology  2026 Feb 10;106(3):e214648. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000214648
  7. 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 Feb 08;. doi:10.1002/mus.70152
  8. 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 Feb 07;:218308. doi:10.1016/j.canlet.2026.218308
  9. 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 Feb 06;. pii:e0509252026
  10. 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 04;. pii:S0140-6736(26)00097-8
  11. 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 Feb 03;. pii:e198475
  12. 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 Feb 03;. doi:10.1152/ajprenal.00345.2025
  13. Habibi P, Chen LY, Sorond FA, Shroff GR, Sabayan B  Heart-Brain Axis: Subclinical Cardiovascular Changes and Brain Health.  J Am Heart Assoc  2026 Feb 03;15(3):e047458. doi:10.1161/JAHA.125.047458
  14. Trifan G, Daviglus ML, Gonzalez HM, Tarraf W, Gorelick PB, Elkind MSV, Gallo LC, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Perreira KM, Stickel A  et al.  Cognitive Function as a Predictor of Incident Hypertension in Hispanic/Latino Adults: Results From the Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.  Hypertension  2026 Feb;83(2):e26109. doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.125.26109
  15. 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
  16. Cuoco JA, Entwistle JJ, Siddiq F, Puri AS, Woodward K, Hanel RA, Ansari SA, Frei D, Patel BM  The balloon occlusion sheath for stroke (BOSS) balloon guide catheter for stroke intervention: Safety and technical success.  Interv Neuroradiol  2026 Feb;32(1):78-84. doi:10.1177/15910199231198273
  17. Dixit KS, Kumthekar P, Lukas RV, Williams A, Tate MC, Chandler JP, Jamshidi P, Helenowski I, Zhang H, Bloch O  et al.  A phase 2, open label, clinical trial of pre-surgical and adjuvant treatment of recurrent glioblastoma with tremelimumab and durvalumab alone and in combination.  J Neurooncol  2026 Jan 28;176(3):185. doi:10.1007/s11060-026-05446-1
  18. Brooker SM, Pasquini J, Choi SH, Lafontant DE, Fereshtehnejad SM, Zeighami Y, Grillo P, Riboldi GM, Azizi H, Moqadam R  et al.  Clinical and Imaging Characteristics of Parkinson's Disease with Negative Alpha-Synuclein Seed Amplification Assay.  Mov Disord  2026 Jan 28;. doi:10.1002/mds.70197
  19. 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  2026 Jan 28;46(4). pii:e0906252025
  20. 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
  21. Bai H, Zhou J, Wu M, Papastefan S, Li X, Zhang H, Zhao K, Zhang Z, Ouyang W, Redden CR  et al.  A filamentary soft robotic probe for multimodal in utero monitoring of fetal health.  Nat Biomed Eng  2026 Jan 26;. doi:10.1038/s41551-025-01605-3
  22. Asogwa OA, Dirven L, Aaronson NK, Baumert BG, van den Bent M, Brandes AA, Clement PM, Coens C, Chinot O, Gorlia T  et al.  Age and sex as risk factors for health-related quality of life outcomes in patients with glioma: a CODAGLIO 2.0 analysis.  Oncologist  2026 Jan 22;. pii:oyag005
  23. Kim TJ, Lee JS, Kim JY, Kim DY, Kim YS, Kang DW, Kang J, Kim BJ, Kim SE, Park JM  et al.  Sex Differences in Mortality and Functional Outcomes Across Stroke Subtype: A Nationwide Cohort Study.  Int J Stroke  2026 Jan 22;:17474930261419672. doi:10.1177/17474930261419672
  24. Petersen J, Gupta SV, Apple AC, Cobia D, Dokucu ME, Donnelly ED, Gradishar WJ, Mihailovic M, Reilly JL, Voss JL  et al.  Functional dysconnectivity in breast cancer patients undergoing hormone therapy.  J Clin Exp Neuropsychol  2026 Jan 21;:1-23. doi:10.1080/13803395.2026.2617353
  25. Kashima DT, Yoon E, Carvill GL, Laux LC  Efficacy of Dravet Syndrome Treatments in a Subset of Individuals with 2q24.3 Deletion: A-5 Patient Case Series.  J Child Neurol  2026 Jan 21;:8830738251409585. doi:10.1177/08830738251409585
  26. Salvo MA, Cuddy LK, Prokopenko D, Watkins E, Tanzi RE, Vassar R  Alzheimer's disease-linked ACE variants increase ACE1 catalytic activity and production of angiotensin II.  J Biol Chem  2026 Jan 20;:111171. doi:10.1016/j.jbc.2026.111171
  27. Salvi C, Luchini SA, Pestilli F, Hanekamp S, Parrish T, Beeman M, Grafman J  The white matter of Aha! moments.  BMC Psychol  2026 Jan 20;14(1):151. pii:151
  28. 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 Jan 20;. doi:10.7326/ANNALS-24-01882
  29. Guo X, Prajapati RS, Chun J, Byun I, Gebis KK, Wang YZ, Ling K, Dalton C, Blair JA, Hamidianjahromi A  et al.  Reduction of RAD23A extends lifespan and mitigates pathology in a mouse model of TDP-43 proteinopathy.  Nat Commun  2026 Jan 16;. doi:10.1038/s41467-025-65104-4
  30. Kim M, Wang P, Clow PA, Chien E, Wang X, Peng J, Chai H, Liu X, Lee B, Ngan CY  et al.  Interplay between cohesin and RNA polymerase II in regulating chromatin interactions and gene transcription.  Nat Struct Mol Biol  2026 Jan 13;. doi:10.1038/s41594-025-01708-0
  31. Lank GK, Budhiraja S, Gaelen JI, Mukherjee S, Singer T, Venkatesh A, Jimenez M, Miller J, Lopez M, Duax CJ  et al.  Characterizing Neuro-PASC outcome with the mobile Neuro-COVID recovery care companion application.  BMC Neurol  2026 Jan 12;26(1):24. pii:24
  32. Passarelli JV, Yang Y, Smith CS, Hao J, Dave DR, Narayanan A, Álvarez Z, Johnson BK, Marshall KA, Fithian I  et al.  Peptide-Induced Ferroelectricity in Charge-Transfer Supramolecular Materials.  Adv Mater  2026 Jan 10;:e14940. doi:10.1002/adma.202514940
  33. Gao Z, Andrade da Silva LH, Li Z, Chen F, Smith C, Lipfert Z, Martynowicz R, Arias E, Muller WA, Sullivan DP  et al.  Toward development of a dynamic supramolecular peptide therapy for acute ischemic stroke.  Neurotherapeutics  2026 Jan 08;:e00820. doi:10.1016/j.neurot.2025.e00820
  34. 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 Jan 08;. pii:e193204
  35. 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  2026 Jan 08;69(1):32-45. doi:10.1044/2025_JSLHR-25-00135
  36. Goodall LS, Lennon MJ, Sachdev PS, Gorelick PB, Kovacic JC, Samaras K  Current and Emerging Therapeutic Approaches for Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Dementia.  J Am Coll Cardiol  2026 Jan 06;87(1):77-100. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2025.09.1502
  37. 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  2026 Jan 05;47(1):1-8. doi:10.3174/ajnr.A8902
  38. Kopal J, Vo A, Tao Q, Simuni T, Chahine LM, Bzdok D, Dagher A  Carriers of LRRK2 pathogenic variants show a milder, anatomically distinct brain signature of Parkinson's disease.  Commun Med (Lond)  2026 Jan 03;6(1):71. pii:71
  39. Carroll DD, Cira K, Archer J, Shapiro J, Pen UY, Tieri D, Leonor L, Roofchayee ND, Yee SS, Wahab M  et al.  Post-COVID impairment of memory T cell responses to community-acquired pathogens can be rectified by activating cellular metabolism.  bioRxiv  2026 Jan 02;. pii:2025.12.31.697156
  40. Li JM, Gauen AM, Zmora R, Stephen JJ, Petito LC, Scholtens D, Peterson EA, Kohli-Lynch C, Mansolf M, Sedaghat S  et al.  Midlife and late-life population attributable fractions of risk factors for dementia in the United States: The Dementia Risk Prediction Project.  Alzheimers Dement  2026 Jan;22(1):e71065. pii:e71065
  41. 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  2026 Jan;649(8097):759-776. doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09890-3
  42. 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  2026 Jan;29(1):234-245. doi:10.1038/s41593-025-02127-6
  43. 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  2026 Jan;470:109502. doi:10.1016/j.heares.2025.109502
  44. 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
  45. Crawford TO, Servais L, Mercuri E, Kölbel H, Kuntz N, Finkel RS, Krueger J, Batley K, Dunaway Young S, Marantz JL  et al.  A plain language summary of the SAPPHIRE clinical trial of apitegromab in children and young adults with spinal muscular atrophy.  Expert Rev Neurother  2026 Jan;26(1):101-120. doi:10.1080/14737175.2025.2579903
  46. Sagar V, Sheriff A, Yang Q, Arriaga N, Zhou G, Lane G, Kahnt T, Zelano C  The human brain modulates sniffs according to fine-grained perceptual features of odours.  Nat Hum Behav  2026 Jan;10(1):137-147. doi:10.1038/s41562-025-02327-x
  47. Gautam M, Laith A, Gunel A, Yilmaz M, Basak N, Idrisoglu H, Ozdinler PH  Exosome Proteomics of SOD1D90A Mutation Suggest Early Disease Mechanisms, and FN1 as a Biomarker.  Ann Clin Transl Neurol  2026 Jan;13(1):131-143. doi:10.1002/acn3.70208
  48. Benedetti GM, Pardo AC, Nelson Sanchez-Pinto L, Straley M, Wainwright MS, Kurz JE, Press CA  Predicting pediatric cardiac arrest outcomes using early quantitative EEG.  Resuscitation  2026 Jan;218:110838. doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2025.110838
  49. Bovenzi R, Severino M, Nichols J, Shen F, Keller Sarmiento IJ, Bustos BI, Kinsley L, Krainc D, Mencacci NE  A STOP-Gain RNF213 Variant Causes Chorea, Stroke-Like Episodes, and Leigh Syndrome-Like Encephalopathy.  Mov Disord  2026 Jan;41(1):262-264. doi:10.1002/mds.70077
  50. 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

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