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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. Meira E Cruz M, Attarian H, Gozal D, Kryger M  Sleep Medicine Basics: Implications for the General Practitioner.  Med Clin North Am  2026 Sep;110(5):707-720. doi:10.1016/j.mcna.2026.01.008
  3. 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 Sep;113:107352. doi:10.1016/j.msard.2026.107352
  4. 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 Sep;227:107494. doi:10.1016/j.nbd.2026.107494
  5. Hasan N, Sahoo N, Gidwani K, Saju S, Cao J, Wykoff CC, Shah P, Singhanetr P, Rossin E, Ashfaq Y  et al.  Predictors of Good Visual Recovery in Patients With Spontaneously Resolved Acute CSCR - MICRoN Report Number Thirteen.  Am J Ophthalmol  2026 Sep;289:134-144. doi:10.1016/j.ajo.2026.05.023
  6. Yu X, Wu R, Cheng SY  Sequential EGFR inhibition sensitizes glioblastoma to temozolomide.  Trends Pharmacol Sci  2026 Aug 17;. pii:S0165-6147(26)00197-5
  7. Brioschi S, Belk JA, Storck SE, Wu Y, Wang Z, Feng Z, van Olst L, Emery JL, Sudan R, Wu J  et al.  Brain perivascular macrophages regulate endothelial cell function via a cMAF-dependent transcriptional program in mouse and human.  Cell  2026 Aug 14;. pii:S0092-8674(26)00875-5
  8. Lukas RV, Zhai L, Lauing KL, Kim M, Koch T, Penco-Campillo M, Bommi P, Dixit K, Kumthekar P, Sharp L  et al.  Phase I Evaluation of Patients with Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma Treated with Radiation, Nivolumab, and IDO1 Enzyme Inhibitor BMS-986205.  Clin Cancer Res  2026 Aug 14;32(16):3476-3492. doi:10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-26-1124
  9. Adewuyi AA, Ramsey MD, Franz CK  Beyond the Neurological Level of Injury: The Critical Role of Electrodiagnostics in Cervical Spinal Cord Injury.  Muscle Nerve  2026 Aug 04;. doi:10.1002/mus.70373
  10. Ghanem FK, Attarian H, Al-Khalil Z, Kabrita CS  Sleep loss as a cardiometabolic risk factor: a narrative review of clinical and public health implications.  J Clin Sleep Med  2026 Aug 03;22(1). pii:129
  11. Zaidat OO, Al Kasab S, Sheth SA, Rai AT, Ortega-Gutierrez S, Given CA, Zaidi SF, Grandhi R, Cuellar-Saenz H, Mokin M  et al.  One-Year Outcomes After Endovascular Treatment for Large Acute Ischemic Stroke: The TESLA Randomized Clinical Trial.  JAMA  2026 Aug 03;. pii:e2612814
  12. Lakomski N, Giorgio K, Stephen J, Mansolf M, Soumaré A, Gross AL, Aiello AE, Singh-Manoux A, Ikram MA, Helmer C  et al.  The Association Between APOE Genotype, Race, and Dementia: An Analysis of 7 Population-Based Cohort Studies.  Neurol Genet  2026 Aug;12(4):e200417. pii:e200417
  13. 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 Aug;33(8):1266. doi:10.1038/s41594-026-01850-3
  14. 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 Aug 01;136(2):601-624. doi:10.1152/jn.00589.2025
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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 Aug 01;27(8):863-866. doi:10.1093/pm/pnag031
  20. Subramanian G, Zelano C, Paller KA, Schechtman E  Concurrent Presentation of Memory-Related Odours and Sounds Nullified Sleep Reactivation Benefits.  J Sleep Res  2026 Aug;35(4):e70314. doi:10.1111/jsr.70314
  21. 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 Aug;21(7):1030-1039. doi:10.1177/17474930261419672
  22. 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  2026 Aug;27(5-6):493-500. doi:10.1080/21678421.2025.2593308
  23. Huang ZL, Jiang T, Suarez Palacios MM, Ouyang T, Abdallah A, Niu L, Chen J, Zhai X, Ciolak E, Qiang W  et al.  Therapy-associated lineage plasticity in DIPG following combined CDK4/6 inhibitor, temozolomide, and radiation.  Cancer Lett  2026 Jul 30;659:218771. doi:10.1016/j.canlet.2026.218771
  24. Carroll DD, Cira K, Archer J, Shapiro J, Shah H, Pen UY, Tieri D, Leonor L, Roofchayee ND, Yee SS  et al.  Post-COVID impairment of T cell responses to community-acquired pathogens can be modified by activating cellular metabolism.  PLoS Pathog  2026 Jul;22(7):e1013860. pii:e1013860
  25. Chojak R, Drewes NB, Slychan K, Lukas RV  Spatial patterns of progression in reported glioblastoma cohorts after upfront chemoradiation and salvage therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.  J Neurooncol  2026 Jul 30;179(1). pii:20
  26. Sunderrajan A, Cursio J, Mason N, Byron M, Martinez M, Orlov N, Knutson KL, Mokhlesi B, Press VG, Meltzer DO  et al.  Reply to: "Letter to the editor regarding 'A randomized trial of I-SLEEP: A patient education and empowerment intervention on inpatient sleep duration and medical sleep disruptions'".  J Hosp Med  2026 Jul 29;. doi:10.1002/jhm.70406
  27. Prasad D, Alwakeal A, Jain R, Lyman JG, Sriram N, Weiss BE, Tennyson JM, D'Ambrose NM, Mossner JM, Rosenow JM  et al.  Associations between prescribed amphetamines and spontaneous cervical artery dissection: a matched case-control study.  J Clin Neurosci  2026 Jul 27;153:112201. doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2026.112201
  28. Cleanthous S, Barker RA, Biagioni M, Dexter DT, Simuni T, Morel T  Qualitative assessment of the clinical meaningfulness of MDS-UPDRS part III items in early-stage Parkinson's.  J Parkinsons Dis  2026 Jul 27;:1877718X261453177. pii:1877718X261453177
  29. Wen R, Witman N, Villalobos-Garcia D, Yu M, Molangiri A, Bajwa A, Graham MB, Jobe S, Cui W, Zhu J  et al.  Charge-driven antiviral responses enhance autoreactivity in severe COVID-19.  Res Sq  2026 Jul 25;. pii:rs.3.rs-10285086
  30. Walker MN, Tang H, Silvers C, Roth S, Tiek D, Hu B, Cheng SY, Song X  iPSC-Derived Microglia-like Cells Exhibit Protocol-Dependent Transcriptomic Features and Robust Phagocytosis of Glioma Cells.  bioRxiv  2026 Jul 22;. pii:2026.07.21.739939
  31. Ramamurthy A, Bandouil MD, Aluru L, Joshi O, Yoon E, Bodkin N, Cheng JZ, Biar CG, Calhoun JD, Carvill GL  Analysis of 14q12 microdeletions reveals novel regulatory loci for the neurodevelopmental disorder-related gene FOXG1.  Nat Commun  2026 Jul 21;17(1). pii:6965
  32. Gong R, Wang L, Xue D, Cai J, Jiang Y, Huang J, Zhu J, Li Z, Ke A, Shi G  et al.  cfDNA derived gene signatures as surrogate for microvascular invasion in HCC.  JHEP Rep  2026 Jul 21;:101966. doi:10.1016/j.jhepr.2026.101966
  33. Kopinsky H, Lopez M, Miller J, Jimenez M, Liotta EM, Koralnik IJ  Neurologic Manifestations of Long COVID Affect Adult Females More Severely Than Males.  Ann Clin Transl Neurol  2026 Jul 21;. doi:10.1002/acn3.70468
  34. Zhao J, Zhang M, Vidano C, Takarabe C, Bonakdarpour B  Musical Museum: an integrative approach to emotional, intellectual and social stimulation for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders and their caregivers.  Front Neurol  2026;17:1849901. pii:1849901
  35. 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
  36. Li J, Wang X, Tong L, Feng B, Shih LK, Markwell SM, Nuszen H, Gruchala T, Lam NG, Basakis P  et al.  The perinecrotic niche of glioblastoma drives tumor-associated macrophage polarization and immunosuppression via podoplanin-mediated CLEC5A activation.  J Clin Invest  2026 Jul 15;136(14). 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 Jul 15;136(14). pii:e198270
  38. Oosterhof TH, Mitchell E, Ascherio A, Aslibekyan S, Azoidou V, Beasley K, Ben-Shlomo Y, Bunnik E, Carroll C, Chahine L  et al.  Slow-SPEED: protocol for three randomised trials of remotely delivered exercise to prevent Parkinson's disease.  NPJ Parkinsons Dis  2026 Jul 14;. doi:10.1038/s41531-026-01463-z
  39. Calhoun JD, Dawood M, Rowlands CF, Fayer S, Radford EJ, McEwen AE, Tejura M, Turnbull C, Spurdle AB, Starita LM  et al.  Combining multiplexed functional data to improve variant classification.  Genome Med  2026 Jul 11;. doi:10.1186/s13073-026-01715-w
  40. Biar CG, Wang ZR, Camp ND, Holmes DL, Wheelock MK, Pendyala S, McGee AV, Gupta P, McEwen AE, Tejura M  et al.  An integrated, scaled approach to resolve TSC2 variants of uncertain significance.  Nat Commun  2026 Jul 09;17(1). pii:8474
  41. Wastler HM, Moe A, Blouin AM, Bozzay M, Kilicoglu MFV, Arango C, Bouix S, Broome MR, Calkins ME, Conus P  et al.  Relationship among Sleep Disturbance, Stress, and Suicidal Ideation in Clinical High Risk for Psychosis.  Schizophr Bull Open  2026;7(1):sgag024. pii:sgag024
  42. 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
  43. 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
  44. 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
  45. 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. pii:e71633
  46. 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
  47. 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
  48. 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
  49. 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
  50. 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

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