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Nandakumar Bharadwaj, Verma Ajay, Yu Ying, Marshall Ethan, DeNicola Adele, Wang Jing, Mackinnon Colum, Howell Michael, Vitek Jerrold, Johnson Luke. (2026). Sleep firing rate homeostasis is disrupted in mild parkinsonism. NPJ Parkinson's disease. 12. 10.1038/s41531-025-01256-w.
Verma Ajay, Acedillo Kit, Nandakumar Bharadwaj, Hjelle Noah, Baker, Hannah, Schneck, David, Mohanty Biswaranjan, Fiecas Mark, Wang Jing, Howell Michael, Mackinnon Colum, Vitek Jerrold, Johnson Luke. (2026). Excessive daytime sleepiness in parkinsonism is associated with cortical and basal ganglia beta oscillatory activity. Communications Biology. 9. 10.1038/s42003-025-09483-w.
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Bharti Eesha, DeNicola Adele, Yu Ying, Verma Ajay, Schneck David, Mohanty Biswaranjan, Fiecas Mark, Yao Hongyu, Wang Jing, Johnson Luke, Vitek Jerrold. (2025). Alterations in beta oscillatory activity occur with the emergence of parkinsonian motor signs across the basal ganglia-thalamocortical network. Neurobiology of Disease. 215. 107075. 10.1016/j.nbd.2025.107075.
Amoozegar Sana, Zheng L.P, Luo Ziling, Acedillo Kit, Nakajima Kanon, DeNicola Adele, Johnson Luke, Vitek Jerrold, Gittis Aryn, Wang Jing. (2025). Site-Specific Neuronal and Motor Effects of Short-Term Intermittent Burst Deep Brain Stimulation in Non-Human Primates. Brain Stimulation. 18. 10.1016/j.brs.2025.05.009.
Hendrix Claudia, Baker Hannah, Yu Ying, Schneck David, Wang Jing, Johnson Luke, Vitek Jerrold. (2025). Parkinsonism Disrupts Neuronal Modulation in the Presupplementary Motor Area during Movement Preparation. The Journal of Neuroscience. 45. e1802242025. 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1802-24.2025.
Hjelle Noah, Mohanty Biswaranjan, Hubbard Tanner, Johnson Matthew, Wang Jing, Johnson Luke, Vitek Jerrold. (2024). Impairment of Neuronal Activity in the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Occurs Early in Parkinsonism. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology. 10.1101/2024.10.22.619684.
Zheng Lvpiao, Luo Ziling, Mohanty Biswaranjan, Amoozegar Sana, Johnson Luke, Vitek Jerrold, Wang Jing. (2024). Reduced subthalamic and subthalamic-cortical coherences associated with the therapeutic carryover effect of coordinated reset deep brain stimulation. npj Parkinson's Disease. 10. 10.1038/s41531-024-00797-w.
Verma Ajay, Nandakumar Bharadwaj, Acedillo Kit, Yu Ying, Marshall Ethan, Schneck David, Fiecas Mark, Wang Jing, Mackinnon Colum, Howell Michael, Vitek Jerrold, Johnson Luke. (2024). Slow-wave sleep dysfunction in mild parkinsonism is associated with excessive beta and reduced delta oscillations in motor cortex. Frontiers in neuroscience. 18. 1338624. 10.3389/fnins.2024.1338624.
Verma Ajay, Nandakumar Bharadwaj, Acedillo Kit, Yu Ying, Marshall Ethan, Schneck David, Fiecas Mark, Wang Jing, MacKinnon Colum, Howell Michael, Vitek, Jerrold, Johnson Luke. (2023). Excessive cortical beta oscillations are associated with slow-wave sleep dysfunction in mild parkinsonism. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology. 10.1101/2023.10.28.564524.
Hill Meghan, Johnso Luke, Wang Jing, Sanabria David, Patriat Rémi, Cooper Scottm Park Michael, Harel Noam, Vitek Jerrold, Aman Joshua. (2023). Paradoxical Modulation of STN β‐Band Activity with Medication Compared to Deep Brain Stimulation. Movement Disorders. 10.1002/mds.29634.
Amaya Valentina, Aman Joshua, Johnson Luke, Wang Jing, Patriat Rémi, Hill Meghan, Mackinnon Colum, Cooper Scott, Darrow David, McGovern Robert, Harel Noam, Molnar Gregory, Park Michael, Vitek Jerrold, Sanabria, David. (2023). Low-frequency deep brain stimulation reveals resonant beta-band evoked oscillations in the pallidum of Parkinson’s Disease patients. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 17. 10.3389/fnhum.2023.1178527.
Bosley Kai, Luo Ziling, Amoozegar Sana, Acedillo Kit, Nakajima Kanon, Johnson Luke, Vitek Jerrold, Wang Jing. (2023). Effect of subthalamic coordinated reset deep brain stimulation on Parkinsonian gait. Frontiers in Neuroinformatics. 17. 10.3389/fninf.2023.1185723.
Bauer DL, Pobiel B, Hilber K, Verma AK, Wang J, Vitek JL, Johnson MD, Johnson LA. 3D printed guide tube system for acute neuropixels probe recordings in NHP. J Neural Eng. 2023 Apr 27. doi: 10.1088/1741-2552/acd0d7. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37105161.
Doyle Alex, Bauer Devyn, Hendrix Claudia, Yu Ying, Nebeck Shane, Fergus Sinta, Krieg Jordan, Wilmerding Lucius, Blumenfeld Madeline, Lecy Emily, Spencer Chelsea, Luo Ziling, Sullivan Disa, Brackman Krista, Ross Dylan, Best Sendréa, Verma Ajay, Havel Tyler, Wang Jing, Johnson Matthew. (2022). Spatiotemporal scaling changes in gait in a progressive model of Parkinson's disease. Frontiers in Neurology. 13. 10.3389/fneur.2022.1041934.
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Schrock LE, Patriat R, Goftari M, Kim J, Johnson MD, Harel N, Vitek JL. 7T MRI and Computational Modeling Supports a Critical Role of Lead Location in Determining Outcomes for Deep Brain Stimulation: A Case Report. Front Hum Neurosci. 2021;15:631778. PMCID: PMC7928296
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