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

Drijvers, L., Small, S. L., & Skipper, J. I. (2025). Language is widely distributed throughout the brain. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 26(3), 189.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41583-024-00903-0

Arbabyazd, L., Petkoski, S., Breakspear, M., Solodkin, A., Battaglia, D., & Jirsa, V. (2023). State-switching and high-order spatiotemporal organization of dynamic functional connectivity are disrupted by Alzheimer’s disease. Network Neuroscience, 7(4), 1420-1451.

https://doi.org/10.1162/netn_a_00332

Sharma, K., Deco, G., & Solodkin, A. (2024). The localization of coma. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 1-20.

https://doi.org/10.1080/02643294.2024.2420406

Small, S. L. (2025). Precision neurology. Ageing Research Reviews, 104, 102632.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arr.2024.102632

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. *Cerebral 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