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Lab Directors

Ana Solodkin, Ph.D.

Steven Small, M.D., Ph.D.

The Brain Circuits Laboratory focuses on brain dynamics characterizing neurological diseases, particularly in neurodegeneration (e.g., Alzheimer Disease, Parkinson Disease, Spino-Cerebellar Ataxia), Disorders of Consciousness, Coma, and Recovery, and the basic and applied neurobiology of language, and the neurophysiology of head impacts.

Recent Publications

Kruggel, F., & Solodkin, A. (2023). Analyzing the cortical fine structure as revealed by ex-vivo anatomical MRI. Journal of Comparative Neurology.

https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.25532
Kruggel, F., & Solodkin, A. (2023). Gyral and sulcal connectivity in the human cerebral cortex. Cereb Cortex, 33(8), 4216-4229.

https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.25532
Ting, C. M., Skipper, J. I., Noman, F., Small, S. L., & Ombao, H. (2022). Separating Stimulus-Induced and Background Components of Dynamic Functional Connectivity in Naturalistic fMRI. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 41(6), 1431-1442.

https//doi.org/10.1109/TMI.2021.3139428
Monroe, D. C., Thomas, E. A., Cecchi, N. J., Granger, D. A., Hicks, J. W., & Small, S. L. (2022). Salivary S100 calcium-binding protein beta (S100B) and neurofilament light (NfL) after acute exposure to repeated head impacts in collegiate water polo players. Scientific reports, 12(1), 3439.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-07241-0