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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. 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
  2. Wu R, Yu S, Bi A, Li Y, Tiek D, Yu K, Xiong H, Shi Q, Mo Z, Yu X  et al.  Therapeutic targeting of circTNK2 with nanoparticles restores tamoxifen sensitivity and enhances NK cell-mediated immunity in ER-positive breast cancer.  Cancer Lett  2025 Sep 01;627:217823. doi:10.1016/j.canlet.2025.217823
  3. During EH, Malkani R, Arnulf I, Kunz D, Bes F, De Cock VC, Ratti PL, Stefani A, Schiess MC, Provini F  et al.  Symptomatic treatment of REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD): A consensus from the international RBD study group - Treatment and trials working group.  Sleep Med  2025 Aug;132:106554. doi:10.1016/j.sleep.2025.106554
  4. Bhusal B, Sanpitak PP, Jiang F, Richardson J, Seiberlich N, Rosenow JM, Elahi B, Golestanirad L  Comparative study of radiofrequency heating in deep brain stimulation devices during MRI at 1.5 T and 0.55 T: Challenging the assumption of safety at low field strengths.  Magn Reson Med  2025 Aug;94(2):785-796. doi:10.1002/mrm.30515
  5. Kim M, López-Cano M, Zhang K, Wang Y, Gómez-Santacana X, Flores Á, Wu M, Li S, Zhang H, Wei Y  et al.  Wireless, battery-free, remote photoactivation of caged-morphine for photopharmacological pain modulation without side effects.  Biosens Bioelectron  2025 Aug 01;281:117440. doi:10.1016/j.bios.2025.117440
  6. Guillemaud M, Chavez M, Kobeissy F, Vezzani A, Jimenez AD, Basha MM, Batra A, Demeret S, Eka O, Eschbach K  et al.  Identification of Distinct Biological Groups of Patients With Cryptogenic NORSE via Inflammatory Profiling.  Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm  2025 Jul;12(4):e200403. pii:e200403
  7. Walters JB, Quezada MJ, He S, Haynes CS, Steece-Collier K, Collier TJ, Sortwell CE, Franz CK  The Impact of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor rs6265 (Val66Met) Polymorphism on Therapeutic Electrical Stimulation for Peripheral Nerve Regeneration: A Preclinical Study of Therapy-Genotype Interactions.  Muscle Nerve  2025 Jul;72(1):149-157. doi:10.1002/mus.28409
  8. Rawat R, Brooker SM, Naylor GE, Cherchi M, Opal P  Clinical Reasoning: A 57-Year-Old Man With Chronic Gait Unsteadiness and Diminished Lower Extremity Sensation.  Neurology  2025 Jun 24;104(12):e213713. pii:e213713
  9. Peng S, Schaper FLWVJ, Cohen-Zimerman S, Miller GN, Jiang J, Rouhl RPW, Temel Y, Siddiqi SH, Grafman J, Fox MD  et al.  Mapping Lesion-Related Human Aggression to a Common Brain Network.  Biol Psychiatry  2025 Jun 15;97(12):1175-1185. doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2024.09.022
  10. Feng Y, Haupt B, Huynh TT, Meshaw R, Martin-Regalado A, Thakur A, Duffy JT, Alzeer A, Siegel DA, Barnes A  et al.  Longitudinal Imaging Reveals Tumor Uptake and Prolonged Retention of Bi-Specific T-Cell Engaging Antibody in GBM via Passive and Active Mechanisms.  Clin Cancer Res  2025 Jun 13;. doi:10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-24-4194
  11. Li Y, Ding Y, Dennis S, Hutch MR, Zhou J, Zhou Y, Li Y, Pillai M, Ghotbaldini S, Garcia MA  et al.  SOAR elucidates biological insights and empowers drug discovery through spatial transcriptomics.  Sci Adv  2025 Jun 13;11(24):eadt7450. doi:10.1126/sciadv.adt7450
  12. Chapagai S, Harrington K, Alexandria SJ, Vu TT, Khan SS, Carnethon MR, Knutson KL  Associations between objectively measured sleep characteristics and six-minute walk distance in older adults: the Disparities in Sleep and Cognitive Outcomes (DISCO) study.  Sleep  2025 Jun 13;48(6). pii:zsaf020
  13. Habashy KJ, Synold TW, Feng Y, Gomez C, Amidei C, Ward R, VanderMolen S, Zarrieneh A, Kim KS, Gomez M  et al.  Pharmacokinetic analysis of carboplatin and fluorescein brain retention following ultrasound-based blood-brain barrier opening.  Clin Cancer Res  2025 Jun 10;. doi:10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-25-0080
  14. Lamberta LK, Asmar M, Fredwall MM, Ahrens SM, Bai S, Eisner M, Lado FA, Schuele SU, Clarke DF, Abdelmoity AT  et al.  Status Epilepticus Protocol Variation Across Accredited National Association of Epilepsy Centers Members.  Neurology  2025 Jun 10;104(11):e213689. pii:e213689
  15. Mathalon DH, Nicholas S, Roach BJ, Billah T, Lavoie S, Whitford T, Hamilton HK, Addamo L, Anohkin A, Bekinschtein T  et al.  The electroencephalography protocol for the Accelerating Medicines Partnership® Schizophrenia Program: Reliability and stability of measures.  Schizophrenia (Heidelb)  2025 Jun 06;11(1):85. pii:85
  16. Xu T, Su T, Soye BJD, Kandi S, Huang CF, Wilkins JT, Castellani RJ, Kafader JO, Patrie SM, Vassar R  et al.  The Proteoform Landscape of Tau from the Human Brain.  J Proteome Res  2025 Jun 06;24(6):2916-2925. doi:10.1021/acs.jproteome.5c00139
  17. Aldred JL, Zesiewicz T, Okun MS, Ramirez-Zamora A, Vaou OE, Verhagen Metman L, Luca CC, Ramdhani R, Durphy J, Bezchlibnyk YB  et al.  Sustained Therapeutic Benefits Using Image-Guided Programming at Activation of Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease.  Mov Disord Clin Pract  2025 Jun 05;. doi:10.1002/mdc3.70154
  18. Karunakaran DKP, Ley M, Guo J, Khatri A, Sadleir K, Popovic J, Upadhyay AK, Savas J, Procissi D, Atwal J  et al.  The UNC5C T835M mutation associated with Alzheimer's disease leads to neurodegeneration involving oxidative stress and hippocampal atrophy in aged mice.  Mol Neurodegener  2025 Jun 04;20(1):65. pii:65
  19. Prasad D, Weiss BE, Snyder LA, Arnold PM, Rosenow JM  Where are all the neurosurgery robots?  J Robot Surg  2025 Jun 04;19(1):267. doi:10.1007/s11701-025-02435-w
  20. Cisterna-Garcia A, Bustos BI, Bandres-Ciga S, Leal TP, Sarihan EI, Jok C, Krainc D, Mata IF, Lubbe SJ, Botia JA  Genome-wide epistasis analysis reveals significant epistatic signals associated with Parkinson's disease risk.  Brain  2025 Jun 03;148(6):2060-2074. doi:10.1093/brain/awae398
  21. Slutzky MW, Vansteensel MJ, Herff C, Gaunt RA  A brain-computer interface working definition.  Nat Biomed Eng  2025 Jun 02;. doi:10.1038/s41551-025-01414-8
  22. Chalupczak NV, Aydemir B, Isaacs A, Muhammad LN, Song J, Reid KJ, Grimaldi D, Carns M, Dennis-Aren K, Dunlop DD  et al.  Sleep Matters: Exploring the Link Between Sleep Disturbances and Fatigue in Rheumatoid Arthritis.  Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken)  2025 Jun 02;. doi:10.1002/acr.25579
  23. Zhang F, Li R, Liu Y, Liang J, Gong Y, Xiao C, Cai J, Wang T, You Q, Zhang J  et al.  Integrative cross-tissue analysis unveils complement-immunoglobulin augmentation and dysbiosis-related fatty acid metabolic remodeling during mammalian aging.  Imeta  2025 Jun;4(3):e70027. pii:e70027
  24. Russell EJ  Closing the Loop: Improving Patient Care When Imaging Follow-up is Needed.  Radiology  2025 Jun;315(3):e251369. doi:10.1148/radiol.251369
  25. Raimann S, Schär S, Hayoz S, Guckenberger M, Finazzi T, Opitz I, Schmid S, Mark M, Addeo A, Mauti LA  et al.  Outcomes in Patients With Resectable Stage III NSCLC Who Did Not Have Definitive Surgery After Neoadjuvant Treatment-A Retrospective Analysis of the SAKK Trials 16/96, 16/00, 16/01, 16/08, and 16/14: A Brief Report.  JTO Clin Res Rep  2025 Jun;6(6):100834. pii:100834
  26. Bonakdarpour B, Schafer R, Takarabe C, Barbieri E, Miller J, Miller SS  Virtual group singing programs for well-being in healthy older adults and persons with neurocognitive disorders during early COVID-19 pandemic: A perspective from Chicago.  J Alzheimers Dis  2025 Jun;105(3):904-922. doi:10.1177/13872877251333155
  27. Kokkinos V, Hussein H, Rosenow J, Schuele SU  Sawtooth delta of the thalamus: A physiological variant and the intracranial generator of rapid-eye movement sleep sawtooth waves.  Clin Neurophysiol  2025 Jun;174:84-95. doi:10.1016/j.clinph.2025.03.040
  28. Kennedy E, Vadlamani S, Lindsey HM, Peterson KS, Dams O'Connor K, Agarwal R, Amiri HH, Andersen RK, Babikian T, Baron DA  et al.  Linking Symptom Inventories Using Semantic Textual Similarity.  J Neurotrauma  2025 Jun;42(11-12):1008-1020. doi:10.1089/neu.2024.0301
  29. Keller Sarmiento IJ, Bovenzi R, Kinsinger M, Kinsley L, Bustos BI, Krainc D, Mencacci NE  Novel In-Frame FGF14 Deletion Causes Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 27A: Clinical Response to Deep Brain Stimulation and 4-Aminopyridine.  Mov Disord  2025 Jun;40(6):1182-1188. doi:10.1002/mds.30183
  30. Adewuyi AA, Hashemi M, Khanna S, Berger MJ, Franz CK  Multipoint Stimulation Motor Unit Number Estimation of the Extensor Indicis and Anconeus After Spinal Cord Injury.  Muscle Nerve  2025 Jun;71(6):979-985. doi:10.1002/mus.28373
  31. Zhu C, Han Y, Byun J, Xiao X, Rothwell S, Miller FW, Lundberg IE, Gregersen PK, Vencovsky J, Shaw VR  et al.  Genetic Architecture of Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies From Meta-Analyses.  Arthritis Rheumatol  2025 Jun;77(6):750-764. doi:10.1002/art.43088
  32. Le Borgne J, Gomez L, Heikkinen S, Amin N, Ahmad S, Choi SH, Bis J, Grenier-Boley B, Rodriguez OG, Kleineidam L  et al.  X-chromosome-wide association study for Alzheimer's disease.  Mol Psychiatry  2025 Jun;30(6):2335-2346. doi:10.1038/s41380-024-02838-5
  33. Sadagopan NS, Khazanchi R, Houskamp EJ, Nandoliya KR, Chaliparambil RK, Govind S, Alwakeal A, Zhang H, Cannone D, Grivas J  et al.  Extended lumbar drain trials for diagnostic evaluation of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus with the Berg Balance Scale.  J Neurosurg  2025 May 30;:1-8. doi:10.3171/2025.1.JNS242354
  34. Biar CG, Bodkin N, Carvill GL, Calhoun JD  Protocol to perform multiplexed assays of variant effect using curated loci prime editing.  STAR Protoc  2025 May 25;6(2):103851. pii:103851
  35. Sadleir KR, Gomez KP, Edwards AE, Patel AJ, Ley ML, Khatri AW, Guo J, Mahesh S, Watkins EA, Popovic J  et al.  Annexin A6 membrane repair protein protects against amyloid-induced dystrophic neurites and tau phosphorylation in Alzheimer's disease model mice.  Acta Neuropathol  2025 May 24;149(1):51. pii:51
  36. Kokkinos V, VanHaerents SA, Nathan CL, Ghandour D, Avery RJ, Schuele SU  Pontine hyperperfusion associated with ictal central apnea.  Epileptic Disord  2025 May 23;. doi:10.1002/epd2.70047
  37. Ahn HY, Walters JB, Avila R, Oh S, Seo SG, Kim JU, Park J, Yoo S, Choi YS, Kim TY  et al.  Bioresorbable, wireless dual stimulator for peripheral nerve regeneration.  Nat Commun  2025 May 22;16(1):4752. pii:4752
  38. Rangwala R, Bahia MM, Song J, Bega D, Martin-Harris B  Association between Perceived Dysphagia Symptoms and Swallowing Physiology in Parkinson's Disease.  Mov Disord Clin Pract  2025 May 21;. doi:10.1002/mdc3.70129
  39. Davalos L, Callaghan BC, Muthukumar L, Thomas S, Reynolds EL, Smith AG, Singleton JR, Höke A, Ajroud-Driss S, Dimachkie MM  et al.  The Impact of Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome Burden on Pain, Neuropathy Severity and Fiber Type.  Ann Clin Transl Neurol  2025 May 19;. doi:10.1002/acn3.70072
  40. Gruchala T, Lewis CW, Abplanalp K, Jayabalan P, Walunas TL, Johnson JL, Wainwright DA, Lukas RV, Spill G, Roy I  Predicting medical prognosis in patients with glioblastoma during inpatient rehabilitation using bed mobility function.  PM R  2025 May 19;. doi:10.1002/pmrj.13402
  41. Turunen JR, Kumthekar P, Ahmed AU  Beyond the brain: exploring the impact of animal models of leptomeningeal disease from solid tumors.  Acta Neuropathol Commun  2025 May 19;13(1):103. pii:103
  42. Chao CJ, Zhang E, Trinh DN, Udofa E, Lin H, Silvers C, Huo J, He S, Zheng J, Cai X  et al.  Integrating antigen capturing nanoparticles and type 1 conventional dendritic cell therapy for in situ cancer immunization.  Nat Commun  2025 May 16;16(1):4578. pii:4578
  43. Arguedas A, Schneck D, Cui E, Xenopoulos-Oddsson A, Arcila-Londono X, Lunetta C, Wymer J, Olney N, Gwathmey K, Ajroud-Driss S  et al.  Risk prediction for ALS using semi-competing risk models with applications to the ALS Natural History Consortium dataset.  Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener  2025 May 14;:1-8. doi:10.1080/21678421.2025.2500359
  44. Ho EH, Karpouzian-Rogers T, Ayturk E, Bedjeti K, Weintraub S, Gershon R  NIH Toolbox Cognition Performance in Older Adults with Normal Cognition, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Mild Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type: Results from the ARMADA Study.  Arch Clin Neuropsychol  2025 May 14;. pii:acaf035
  45. Chandra S, Popovic J, Singhal NK, Watkins EA, Dodiya HB, Weigle IQ, Salvo MA, Ramakrishnan A, Chen Z, Watson JT  et al.  The gut microbiome controls reactive astrocytosis during Aβ amyloidosis via propionate-mediated regulation of IL-17.  J Clin Invest  2025 May 13;. pii:e180826
  46. Bastos J, O'Brien C, Vara-Pérez M, Mampay M, van Olst L, Barry-Carroll L, Kancheva D, Leduc S, Lievens AL, Ali L  et al.  Monocytes can efficiently replace all brain macrophages and fetal liver monocytes can generate bona fide SALL1+ microglia.  Immunity  2025 May 13;58(5):1269-1288.e12. doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2025.04.006
  47. Gaertner Z, Oram C, Schneeweis A, Schonfeld E, Bolduc C, Chen C, Dombeck D, Parisiadou L, Poulin JF, Awatramani R  Molecular and spatial transcriptomic classification of midbrain dopamine neurons and their alterations in a LRRK2G2019S model of Parkinson's disease.  Elife  2025 May 12;13. pii:RP101035
  48. Peppel L, Lai RY, Rummey C, Opal P, Schmahmann JD, Gomez CM, Paulson H, Zesiewicz TA, Perlman S, Wilmot G  et al.  Suicidal Ideation in Spinocerebellar Ataxia.  J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci  2025 May 12;:appineuropsych20250006. doi:10.1176/appi.neuropsych.20250006
  49. Knutson KL, Aggarwal B, Fernandez-Mendoza J  Considerations of catch-up sleep for cardiometabolic health: is it time for personalized recommendations?  Sleep  2025 May 12;48(5). pii:zsaf033
  50. Viganò M, Barbieri E, Thompson CK, Vitali C, Cecchetto C  The Italian Adaptation of the Treatment of Underlying Forms for Object Relatives in Agrammatic Aphasia: Training Efficacy, Generalization Patterns, and Cross-Linguistic Implications.  J Speech Lang Hear Res  2025 May 08;68(5):2399-2422. doi:10.1044/2025_JSLHR-24-00305

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