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Preprints

1. Gattas, S., Le, A.A., Abadchi, J.K., Pruess, B., Swindlehurst, L., Yassa, M.A.*, Lynch, G.S.*. Signal transformations and timing rules of hippocampal CA3 to CA1 synapses. * Co-Corresponding Authors. bioRxiv preprint at: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.26.493588
2. Adams, J.N., Kark, S.M., Chappel-Farley, M., Escalante, Y., Stith, L., Rapp, P.R., Yassa, M.A. for the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. Pathological brain states in Alzheimer’s disease. bioRxiv Preprint at: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.08.30.555617 
3. Parker, D.M., Adams, J.N., Kim, S., Janecek, J., McMillan, L., Yassa, M.A. for the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. NODDI-derived measures of microstructural integrity in medial temporal lobe white matter pathways are associated with Alzheimer’s disease pathology and cognitive outcomes. bioRxiv preprint at: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.10.11.561946v1 
4. Rizvi, B., Adams, J.N., Bamford, A., Kim, S., Sathishkumar, M., Tustison, N.J., Taylor, L., Tuteja, N., McMillan, L., Nan, B., Cai, H., Escalante, Y.Y., Meza, N., Harris, A.L., Malhas, R., Brickman, A.M., Mapstone, M., Thomas, E.A., Yassa, M.A. Parallel neuroinflammatory pathways to cerebrovascular injury and amyloid-beta in Alzheimer’s disease. bioRxiv preprint at: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.03.616579 
5. Yaros, J., Houalla, B., McMillan, L., Larson, M.S., Yu, G., Hollearn, M. Miranda, B., Jirsaraie, R., Salama, D., Rapp, P.R., Yassa, M.A. Divergence of Functional Brain Network Configurations in Same and Other Race Face Recognition. bioRxiv preprint at: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.06.636962 
6. Tetzlaff, M.R., Leonard, B.T., Yassa, M.A., Baram, T.Z., Rasmussen, J.M. A combined neuroanatomy, ex vivo imaging and immunohistochemistry defined MRI mask for the human paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus. bioRxiv preprint at: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.04.29.651339

2025 and In Press

• Márquez, F., Tarraf, W., Gonzalez, K., Valencia, D.F., Stickel, A.M., Anita, N.Z., Sotres-Alvarez, D., Levin, B.E., Yassa, M.A,, Zhou, H., Daviglus, M.D., Pirzada, A., Goodman, Z.T., Thyagarajan, B., Gallo, L.C., Gonzalez, H.M. (2025) Association between plasma biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and subjective cognitive decline among middle-aged and older Hispanic/Latino adults: Findings from the HCHS/SOL and SOL-INCA. JAMA Network Open. In Press.
• Escalante, Y.Y., Adams, J.N., Yassa, M.A., & Janssen, N. (2025). Age-related constraints on the spatial geometry of the brain. Nature Communications. In Press.
• Vanderlip, C. R., Taylor, L., Kim, S., Harris, A. L., Tuteja, N., Meza, N., Escalante, Y. Y., McMillan, L., Yassa, M. A., & Adams, J. N. (2025) Amyloid-β deposition in basal frontotemporal cortex is associated with selective disruption of temporal mnemonic discrimination. Journal of Neuroscience 45(10):e1605242025.
• Berisha, D.E., Rizvi, B., Chappel-Farley, M., Tustison, N., Taylor, L., Dave, A., Sattari-Barabadi, N., Chen, I.Y., Lui, K., Janecek, J., Keator, D., Neikrug, A., Benca, R.M., Yassa, M.A., Mander, B.A. (2025) Association of Hypoxemia due to Obstructive Sleep Apnea with White Matter Hyperintensities and Temporal Lobe Changes in Older Adults. Neurology 104(11):e213639.
• Chappel-Farley, M.G., Adams, J.N., Betzel, R.F., Janecek, J.C., Sattari, N.S., Berisha, D., Meza, N.J., Niknazar, H., Kim, S., Dave, A., Chen, I.Y., Lui, K., Neikrug, A., Benca, R.M., Yassa, M.A., Mander, B.A. (2025) Individual differences in medial temporal lobe functional network architecture predict the capacity for sleep-related consolidation of emotional memories in older adults. Sleep 30:zsaf117.
• Kuwamizua, R., Yamazakia, Y., Aoikea, N., Hiragaa, T., Yassa, M.A., Soya, H. (2025) Limited potential for fNIRS photobiomodulation in exercise-induced pupil dynamics and improved executive function. NeuroImage 313:121233.
• Bamford, A., Adams, J.N., Kim, S., McMillan, L., Taylor, L., Tuteja, N., Escalante, Y., Harris, A.L., Meza, N., Chen, I.Y., Sattari, N., Chappel-Farley, M.G., Berisha, D., Dave, A., Malhas, R., Mapstone, M., Mander, B.A., Yassa, M.A., & Thomas, E.A. (2025). Salivary levels of amyloid beta are positively correlated with brain amyloid burden in cognitively-normal older adults. Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease 12(7):100216.
• Lao, P., Edwards, N., Alshikho, M., Smith, A., Aguilar-Flores, L, Rizvi, B., Tudorascu, D., Rosas, H.D., Yassa, M.A., Handen, B., Christian, B., ABC-DS Investigators, Gutierrez, J., Wilcock, D., Head, E., Brickman, A.M. (2025) Longitudinal changes in white matter hyperintensity volume accelerate across the Alzheimer’s continuum in adults with Down syndrome. Alzheimer’s and Dementia. In Press.

2024

• Jirsaraie, R.J., Palma, A.M., Small, S.L., Sandman, C.A., Davis, E.P., Baram, T.Z., Glynn, L.M., Yassa, M.A. (2024) Prenatal Exposure to Maternal Mood Entropy Is Associated With a Weakened and Inflexible Salience Network in Adolescence. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging 9(2):207-216.
• DiProspero, N., Sathishkumar M., Smith, A., Janecek J., Peterson, M., Phelan M., Keator D.B., Doran E., Hom C., Nguyen D., Hsu E., Igwe K., Banerjee A., Rosas D.H., Lai F., Brickman A., Head, E., Mapstone, M., Schupf N., Silverman W., Lott I.T., O’Bryant, S., Yassa M.A. (2024) Neurofilament light chain concentration mediates the association between regional medial temporal lobe structure and memory in adults with Down syndrome. Alzheimer’s and Dementia 12(1): e12068.
• Zhang, H., Skelin, I., Ma, S., Paff, M., Yassa, M.A., Knight, R. Lin, J.J. (2024) Awake ripples enhance emotional memory encoding in the human brain. Nature Communications 15, 215.
• Suwabe, K., Kuwamizu, R., Hyodo, K., Yoshikawa, T., Otsuki, T., Zempo-Miyaki, A., Yassa, M.A., Soya, H. (2024). Improvement of mnemonic discrimination with acute light exercise is mediated by pupil-linked arousal in healthy older adults. Neurobiology of Aging 133:107-114. 
• Tustison, N.J., Yassa, M.A., Rizvi, B., Holbrook, A., Sathishkumar, M., Gee, J., Stone, J.R., Avants, B. (2024) ANTsX neuroimaging-derived structural phenotypes of UK Biobank. Scientific Reports 14(1):8848. 
• Rizvi, B., Lao, P.J., Sathishkumar, M., Laing, K.K., Igwe, K.C., McMillan, L., Keator, D.B., Doran, E., Hom, C., Nguyen, D., Rosas, H.D., Lai, F., Schupf, N., Silverman, W., Lott, I.T., Mapstone, M., Head, E., Yassa, M.A., Brickman, A.M. (2024) A pathway linking pulse pressure to dementia in adults with Down syndrome. Brain Communications 6(3):fcae157. 
• Lao, P., Edwards, N., Flores-Aguilar, L., Alshikho, M., Rizvi, B., Tudarascu, D., Rosas, H.D., Yassa, M., Christian, B.T., Mapstone, M., Handen, B., Zimmerman, M.E., Gutierrez, J., Wilcock, D., Head, E., & Brickman, A.M. (2024) Cerebrovascular disease emerges with age and Alzheimer’s disease in adults with Down syndrome. Scientific Reports 14(1):12334.
• Leonard, B.T., Granger, S.J., Adams, J., McMillan, L., Yassa, M.A. (2024) Anhedonia is associated with increased paraventricular nucleus of thalamus to nucleus accumbens resting-state functional connectivity. Journal of Affective Disorders 366:1-7.
• Edwards, N.C., Lao, P.J., Alshikho, M.J., Ericsson, O.M., Rizvi, B., Petersen, M.E., O’Bryant, S., Flores-Aguilar, L., Simoes, S., Mapstone, M., Tudorascu, D.L., Janelidze, S., Hansson, O., Handen. B.L., Christian, B.T., Lee, J.H., Lai, F., Rosas, H.D., Zaman, S., Lott, I.T., Yassa, M.A., Gutierrez, J., Wilcock, D.M., Head, E., Brickman, A.M. (2024) Cerebrovascular disease drives Alzheimer plasma biomarker concentrations in adults with Down syndrome. Brain Communications, fcae331.
• Bamford, A., Adams, J., Kim, S., Hitt, B., Mapstone, M., Yassa, M.A., Thomas, E.A. (2024) The Aβ42/Aβ38 ratio as a plasma biomarker of early memory deficits in cognitively unimpaired older adults. Neurobiology of Aging 144:12-18.
• Chappel-Farley, M.G., Berisha, D.E., Dave, A., Sanders, R.M., Kline, C.E., Janecek, J.C., Sattari, N., Lui, K.K., Chen, I.Y., Neikrug, A.N., Benca, R.M., Yassa, M.A., Mander, B.A. (2024) Engagement in moderate-intensity physical activity supports overnight memory retention in older adults. Scientific Reports 14(1):31873.

2023

• Kim, S., Adams, J., Chappel-Farley, M., Keator, D., Janecek, J., Taylor, L., Mikhail, A., Hollearn, M., McMillan, L., Rapp, P., Yassa, M.A. (2023) Examining the diagnostic value of the mnemonic discrimination task for classification of cognitive status and amyloid-beta positivity. Neuropsychologia 191:108727.
• Chwiesko, C., Janecek, J., Doering, S.S., Hollearn, M., McMillan, Vandekerckhove, J., Lee, M., Ratcliff, R., Yassa, M.A. (2023) Parsing Memory and Non-Memory Contributions to Age-Related Declines in Mnemonic Discrimination Performance: A Hierarchical Bayesian Diffusion Modeling Approach. Learning and Memory 30(11):296-309.
• Parkin, G. M., Kim, S., Mikhail, A., Malhas, R., McMillan, L., Hollearn, M., Granger, D. A., Mapstone, M., Yassa, M. A., & Thomas, E. A. (2023). Associations between saliva and plasma cytokines in cognitively normal, older adults. Aging clinical and experimental research, 10.1007/s40520-022-02292-9.
• Rizvi, B., Sathishkumar, M., Kim, S., Márquez, F., Granger, S. J., Larson, M. S., Miranda, B. A., Hollearn, M. K., McMillan, L., Nan, B., Tustison, N. J., Lao, P. J., Brickman, A. M., Greenia, D., Corrada, M. M., Kawas, C. H., & Yassa, M. A. (2023). Posterior white matter hyperintensities are associated with reduced medial temporal lobe subregional integrity and long-term memory in older adults. NeuroImage. Clinical, 37, 103308.
• Granger, S. J., Colon-Perez, L., Larson, M. S., Bennett, I. J., Phelan, M., Keator, D. B., Janecek, J. T., Sathishkumar, M. T., Smith, A. P., McMillan, L., Greenia, D., Corrada, M. M., Kawas, C. H., & Yassa, M. A. (2023). Reduced structural connectivity of the medial temporal lobe including the perforant path is associated with aging and verbal memory impairment. Neurobiology of aging, 121, 119–128.
• Adams, J. N., Kim, S., Rizvi, B., Sathishkumar, M., Taylor, L., Harris, A. L., Mikhail, A., Keator, D. B., McMillan, L., & Yassa, M. A. (2023). Entorhinal-Hippocampal Circuit Integrity Is Related to Mnemonic Discrimination and Amyloid-β Pathology in Older Adults. Journal of Neuroscience, 42(46), 8742–8753.
• Chen, F. T., Soya, H., Yassa, M. A., Li, R. H., Chu, C. H., Chen, A. G., Hung, C. L., & Chang, Y. K. (2023). Effects of exercise types on white matter microstructure in late midlife adults: Preliminary results from a diffusion tensor imaging study. Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 14, 943992.
• Adams, J.N., Márquez, F., Larson, M.S., Janecek, J.T., Miranda, B., Noche, J.A., Taylor, L., Hollearn, M., McMillan, L., Keator, D., Head, E., Rissman, R., Yassa, M.A. (2023) Differential involvement of hippocampal subfields in the relationship between Alzheimer’s pathology and memory interference in older adults. Alzheimer’s and Dementia 15(2):e12419. 
• Xie, W., Cappiello, M., Yassa, M.A., Ester, E., Zaghloul, K.A., Zhang, W. (2023) The entorhinal-DG/CA3 pathway in the medial temporal lobe retains visual working memory of a simple surface feature. eLife 12:e83365.
• Byun, K., Hyodo, K., Suwabe, K., Fukuie, T., Ha, M. S., Damrongthai, C., Kuwamizu, R., Koizumi, H., Yassa, M. A., & Soya, H. (2023). Mild exercise improves executive function with increasing neural efficiency in the prefrontal cortex of older adults. GeroScience, 10.1007/s11357-023-00816-3. 
• Yamazaki, Y., Suwabe, K., Nagano-Saito, A., Matsushita, A., Saotome, K., Kumamizu, R., Hiraga, T., Torma, F., Suzuki, K., Sankai, Y., Yassa, M.A., Soya, H. (2023) A Possible contribution of locus coeruleus to arousal enhancement by mild exercise: Evidence from pupillometry and neuromelanin imaging. Cerebral Cortex Communications 4(2), tgad010.
• Kuwamizu, R., Yamazaki, Y., Aoike, N., Hiraga, T., Hata, T., Yassa, M.A., Soya, H. (2023) Pupil dynamics during very light exercise predicts benefits to prefrontal cognition. Neuroimage 277:120244.
• Woo, C.C., Miranda, B., Sathishkumar, M., Dekhordi-Vakil, F., Yassa, M.A., Leon, M. (2023) Olfactory enrichment improves memory and modifies the uncinate fasciculus in older adults. Frontiers in Neuroscience 17. 10.3389/fnins.2023.1200448.
• Adams, J.N., Chappel-Farley, M.G., Yaros, J.L., Taylor, L., Harris, A.L., Mikhail, A., McMillan, L., Keator, D.B., Yassa, M.A. (2023) Functional network structure supports resilience to memory deficits in cognitively normal older adults with amyloid-β pathology. Scientific Reports 13(1):13953.
• Yassa, M.A., Edinger, A. (2023) Diversifying Faculty Recruitment in Biomedical Sciences. The FASEB Journal 37(11); e23224.

2022

• Kark, S. M., Adams, J. G., Sathishkumar, M., Granger, S. J., McMillan, L., Baram, T. Z., & Yassa, M. A. (2022). Why do mothers never stop grieving for their deceased children? Enduring alterations of brain connectivity and function. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 16, 925242.
• Granger, S. J., Colon-Perez, L., Larson, M. S., Phelan, M., Keator, D. B., Janecek, J. T., Sathishkumar, M. T., Smith, A. P., McMillan, L., Greenia, D., Corrada, M. M., Kawas, C. H., & Yassa, M. A. (2022). Hippocampal dentate gyrus integrity revealed with ultrahigh resolution diffusion imaging predicts memory performance in older adults. Hippocampus, 32(9), 627–638.
• Gattas, S., Elias, G.A., Janecek, J., Yassa, M.A., Fortin, N.J. (2022) Proximal CA1 20-40 Hz power dynamics reflect trial-specific information processing supporting nonspatial sequence memory. Elife 11:e55528.
• Queder, N., Phelan, M.J., Taylor, L., Tustison, N., Doran, E., Hom, C., Nguyen, D., Lai, F., Pulsifer, M., Price, J., Kreisl, W.C., Rosas, D.H., Krinsky-McHale, S., Brickman, B., Yassa, M.A., Schupf, N., Silverman, S., Lott, I.T., Keator, D.B. (2022) Joint-Label Fusion Brain Atlases for Dementia Research in Down Syndrome. Alzheimer’s and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring 14(1), e12324.
• Lao, P.J., Zimmerman, M.E., Hartley, S., Gutierrez, J., Keator, D., Igwe, K.C., Laing, K.K., Cotton-Samuel, D., Sathishkumar, M., Moni, F., Andrews, H., Krinsky-McHale, S., Head, E., Lee, J.H., Lai, F., Yassa, M.A., Rosas, H.D., Silverman, W., Lott, I.T., Schupf, N., Brickman, A.M. (2022) Obstructive Sleep apnea, cerebrovascular disease, and amyloid in older adults with Down syndrome across the Alzheimer’s continuum. Sleep Advances 3(1), zpac013.
• Moni, F.,  Petersen, M., Zhang, F., Lao, P.J.,  Zimmerman, M.E.,  Gu, Y., Gutierrez, J., Rizvi, B., Laing, K.K., Igwe, K.C., Sathishkumar, M., Keator, D., Andrews, A., Krinsky‐McHale, S., Head, E., Lee, J.H., Lai, L., Yassa, M.A., Rosas, H.D., Silverman, W., Lott, I.T., Schupf, N., O’Bryant, S., Brickman, A.M. (2022) Probing the proteome to explore  potential mediators of increased Alzheimer’s-related cerebrovascular disease in adults with Down syndrome. Alzheimer’s and Dementia. doi: 10.1002/alz.12627. 
• Hartley, S., Fleming, V., Piro-Gambetti, B., Cohen, A., Ances, B.M., Yassa, M.A., Brickman, A., Handen, B., Head, E., Mapstone, M., Christian, B., Lott, I.T., Doran, E., Zaman, S., Krinsky-Hale, S., Schmitt, F., Hom, C., Schupf, N. for the ABC-DS Group (2022). Impact of the COVID 19 Pandemic on Daily Life, Mood and Behavior of Adults with Down Syndrome. Disability and Health. doing: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2022.101278.
• Granger, S.J., Adams, J.G., Kark, S.M., Sathishkumar, M., Chen, I.Y., McMillan, L., Janecek, J., Benca, R.M., Yassa, M.A. (2022) Latent anxiety in clinical depression is associated with worse recognition of emotional stimuli. Journal of Affective Disorders 301:368-377.
• Jutten, R.J., Rentz, D.M., Fu, J.F., Mayblyum, D.V., Amariglio, R.E., Buckley, R.F., Properzi, M.J., Maruff, P.T., Stark, C.E., Yassa, M.A., Johnson, K.A., Sperling, R.A., Papp, K.V. (2022) Monthly at-home computerized cognitive testing to detect diminished practice effects in preclinical Alzheimer’s disease. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience 13:800126.

2021

• DiProspero, N.D., Phelan, M., Janecek, J., Keator, D.B., van Erp, T.G.M., Doran, E., Lott, I., Yassa, M.A. (2021) Reduced long-range default mode connectivity predicts conversion to Alzheimer’s disease in older individuals with Down syndrome. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease 85(1):153-165.
• Park, E.S., Harlow, A., AghaKouchak, A., Baldi, B., Burley, N., Buswell, N., Crooks, R.,  Denenberg, D., Ditto, P., Edwards, K., Junqueira, M.G., Geragotelis, A., Holton, A., Lanning, J., Lehman, R., Chen, A., Pantano, A., Rinehart, J., Walter, M., Williams, A., Wong-Ma, J., Yassa, M.A., Sato, B. (2021) Instructor facilitation mediates students’ negative perceptions of active learning instruction. PLOS ONE 16(12): e0261706. 
• Wendel, K.M., Short, A.K., Noarbe, B., Haddad, E., Palma, A., Yassa, M.A., Baram, T.Z., Obenaus, A. (2021) Early Life Adversity in Male Mice Sculpts Reward Circuits. Neurobiology of Stress 15:100409.
• Damrongthai, C., Kuwamizu, R., Suwabe, K., Ochi, G., Yamazaki, Y., Fukuie, T., Adachi, K., Yassa, M.A., Churdchomjan, W., Soya, H. (2021) Running boosts mood and executive function coinciding with bilateral prefrontal activation: An fNIRS study. Scientific Reports 11(1):22657. 
• Chappel-Farley, M., Mander, B.A., Nan, B., Grill, J., Yassa, M.A.*, Benca, R.* (2021) Symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea are associated with less frequent exercise and worse subjective cognitive function across adulthood. * Co-Corresponding Authors. Sleep. Accepted.
• Kark, S.M., Birnie, M.T., Baram, T.Z., Yassa, M.A. (2021) Functional connectivity of the human paraventricular thalamic nucleus: insights from high field functional MRI. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience.10.3389/fnint.2021.662293
• Pagen, L., Smeets, T., Muller-Ehrenberg, L., Yassa, M.A., Verhey, F., Jacobs, H. (2021) Elevated noradrenaline levels are related to diminished practice effects in memory: A pilot study. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease 80(4): 1675-1685.
• Memel, M., Saffaroni, A., Cobigo, Y., Casaletto, K., Bettcher, B., Yassa, M.A., Elahi, F., Wolf, A., Rosen, H., Kramer, J. (2021) APOE moderates the effect of hippocampal blood flow on memory pattern separation in clinically normal older adults. Hippocampus doi: 10.1002/hipo.23327.
• Tustison, N.J., Cook, P.A., Holbrook, A.J., Johnson, H.J., Muschelli, J., Devanyi, G.A., Duda, J.T., Das, S., Cullen, N.C., Gillen, D.L., Yassa, M.A., Stone, J.R., Gee, J.C., Avants, B.B. for the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. ANTsX: A dynamic ecosystem for quantitative biological and medical imaging. Scientific Reports 11: 9068.
• Kark, S.M., Birnie, M.T., Baram, T.Z., Yassa, M.A. Functional connectivity of the human paraventricular thalamic nucleus: insights from high field functional MRI. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience 10.3389/fnint.2021.662293
• Suthana, N., Ekstrom, A., Yassa, M.A., Stark, C.E. (2021) Pattern separation in the human hippocampus: Response to Quiroga (2020). Trends in Cognitive Sciences 25(6): 423-424.
• Papp, K., Rentz. D.M., Maruff, P., Sun, C.K., Raman, R., Donohue, M., Schembri, A., Stark, C.E., Yassa, M.A., Wessels, A., Yaari, R., Holdridge, K., Aisen, P., Sperling, R. (2021) The computerized cognitive composite (C3) in an Alzheimer’s disease secondary prevention trial. The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease. 80(1):59-67.
• DiProspero, N.D., Kim, S., Yassa, M.A. (2021) MRI Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease in Down syndrome. In Head, E. and Lott, I. (Eds.) The Neurobiology of Aging and Alzheimer disease in Down syndrome. Elsevier Press.

2020

• Granger SJ, Glynn LM, Sandman CA, Small SL, Obenaus A, Keator DB, Baram TZ, Stern H, Yassa MA, Davis EP (2020). Aberrant Maturation of the Uncinate Fasciculus Follows Exposure to Unpredictable Patterns of Maternal Signals. J Neurosci doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0374-20.2020.
• Granger SJ, Leal SL, Larson MS, Janecek JT, McMillan L, Stern H, Yassa MA (2020). Integrity of the uncinate fasciculus is associated with emotional pattern separation-related fMRI signals in the hippocampal dentate and CA3. Neurobiol Learn Mem 177:107359.
• Holbrook AJ, Tustison NJ, Marquez F, Roberts J, Yassa MA, Gillen DL; Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (2020). Anterolateral entorhinal cortex thickness as a new biomarker for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimers Dement (Amst) 12(1):e12068. doi: 10.1002/dad2.12068.
• Keator DB, Doran E, Taylor L, Phelan MJ, Hom C, Tseung K, van Erp TGM, Potkin SG, Brickman AM, Rosas DH, Yassa MA, Silverman W, Lott IT (2020). Brain amyloid and the transition to dementia in Down syndrome. Alzheimers Dement (Amst). 12(1):e12126. doi: 10.1002/dad2.12126.
• Sinha N, Berg CN, Yassa MA, Gluck MA (2020). Increased dynamic flexibility in the medial temporal lobe network following an exercise intervention mediates generalization of prior learning. Neurobiol Learn Mem 177:107340. doi: 10.1016/j.nlm.2020.107340.
• Lao PJ, Gutierrez J, Keator D, Rizvi B, Banerjee A, Igwe KC, Laing KK, Sathishkumar M, Moni F, Andrews H, Krinsky-McHale S, Head E, Lee JH, Lai F, Yassa MA, Rosas HD, Silverman W, Lott IT, Schupf N, Brickman AM. (2020) Alzheimer-Related Cerebrovascular Disease in Down Syndrome. Ann Neurol. 2020 Dec;88(6):1165-1177. doi: 10.1002/ana.25905.
• Rosas HD, Hsu E, Mercaldo ND, Lai F, Pulsifer M, Keator D, Brickman AM, Price J, Yassa M, Hom C, Krinsky-McHale SJ, Silverman W, Lott I, Schupf N. Alzheimer-related altered white matter microstructural integrity in Down syndrome: A model for sporadic AD? Alzheimers Dement (Amst) 12(1):e12040. doi: 10.1002/dad2.12040.
• Riphagen JM, Schmiedek L, Gronenschild EHBM, Yassa MA, Priovoulos N, Sack AT, Verhey FRJ, Jacobs HIL (2020). Associations between pattern separation and hippocampal subfield structure and function vary along the lifespan: A 7 T imaging study. Sci Rep. 10(1):7572. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-64595-z.

2019

• Montchal M, Reagh Z, Yassa MA (2019) Precise temporal memories are supported by the lateral entorhinal cortex in humans. Nature Neuroscience.22: 84–288. News and Views by Shapiro, M.L. Time is just a memory. Nature Neuroscience 22(2): 151-153.
• Brown ES, Sayed N, Choi C, Tustison N, Roberts J, Yassa MA, Van Enkevort E, Nakamura A, Ivleva EI, Sunderajan P, Khan DA, Vazquez M, McEwen B, Kulikova A, Frol AB, Holmes T (2019) A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of lamotrigine for prescription corticosteroid effects on the human hippocampus. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol  S0924-977X(18)32002-9.
• Zheng J, Stevenson RF, Mander BA, Mnatsakanyan L, Hsu FPK, Vadera S, Knight RT, Yassa MA*, Lin JJ* (2019) Multiplexing of Theta and Alpha Rhythms in the Amygdala-Hippocampal Circuit Supports Pattern Separation of Emotional Information. Neuron pii: S0896-6273(19)30288-0. * Co-corresponding authors. Preview by Mattar, M.G. and Talmi, D. Patterns of Neural Oscillations in Emotional Memory Discrimination. Neuron 102(4): 715-717.
• Marquez, F., Yassa, M.A. (2019) Neuroimaging biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease. Molecular Neurodegeneration 14(1):21.
• Tustison, N.J., Holbrook, A.J., Avants, B.B., Roberts, J.M., Cook, P.A., Reagh, Z.M., Stone, J.R., Gillen, D.L., Yassa, M.A. (2019) Longitudinal mapping of cortical thickness measurements: an ADNI-based evaluation study. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease 71(1):165-183.
• Brown, E.S., Kulikova, A., Enkevort, E.V., Nakamura A., Ivleva, E.I., Tustison N.J., Roberts, J., Yassa, M.A., Choi, C., Frol A., Khan D.A., Vazquez M., Holmes, T., Malone K. (2019) A randomized trial of an NMDA receptor antagonist for reversing corticosteroid effects on the human hippocampus. Neuropsychopharmacology44(13):2263-2267.
• Yassa, M.O., Yassa, M.A. (2019) Special Issue on the International Conference on Learning and Memory. Learning and Memory 26(7):i.
• Stevenson, R., Reagh, Z., Yassa, M.A. (2019) Pattern separation and source memory engage distinct hippocampal and neocortical regions during retrieval. Journal of Neuroscience 40(4):843-851.
• Brown, E.S., Nguyen D., Yassa, M.A., Tustison, N., Roberts, J., Kulikova, A., Nakamura, A., Ivleva, E., Van Enkevort, Kulikova, A., Enkevort, E.V. (2019) The relationship between cumulative exogenous corticosteroid exposure and volumes of hippocampal subfields and surrounding structures. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology 39(6):653-657.
• Yaros, J., Salama, D., Delisle, D., Larson, M., Miranda, B., Yassa, M.A. (2019) A Memory Computational Basis for the Other-Race Effect. Scientific Reports 18;9(1):19399.

2018

• Cunningham T, Leal SL, Yassa MA, Payne J (2018) Post-encoding stress enhances mnemonic discrimination of negative stimuli. Learning and Memory 25(12):611-61
• Sinha N, Reagh ZM, Tustison NJ, Berg CN, Shaw A, Myers CE, Hill D, Yassa MA, Gluck MA. (2018) ABCA7 risk variant in healthy older African Americans is associated with a functionally isolated entorhinal cortex mediating deficient generalization of prior discrimination training. Hippocampus 10.1002/hipo.23042.
• Stevenson RF, Zheng J, Mnatsakanyan L, Vadera S, Knight RT, Lin JJ, Yassa MA. (2018) Hippocampal CA1 gamma power predicts the precision of spatial memory judgments.. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 115(40):10148-10153.
• Suwabe K, Byun K, Hyodo K, Reagh ZM, Roberts JM, Matsushita A, Saotome K, Ochi G, Fukuie T, Suzuki K, Sankai Y, Yassa MA, Soya H (2018) Reply to Gronwald et al.: Exercise intensity does indeed matter; maximal oxygen uptake is the gold-standard indicator. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 115(51):E11892-E11893.
• Suwabe K, Byun K, Hyodo K, Reagh ZM, Roberts JM, Matsushita A, Saotome K, Ochi G, Fukuie T, Suzuki K, Sankai Y, Yassa MA, Soya H. (2018) Rapid stimulation of human dentate gyrus function with acute mild exercise.. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 115(41):10487-10492.
• Risbrough VB, Glynn LM, Davis EP, Sandman CA, Obenaus A, Stern HS, Keator DB, Yassa MA, Baram TZ, Baker DG. (2018) Does Anhedonia Presage Increased Risk of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder? : Adolescent Anhedonia and Posttraumatic Disorders. Curr Top Behav Neurosci 38:249-265.
• Reagh, Z.M., Noche, J.A., Tustison, M.J., Delisle, D., Murray, E.A., Yassa, M.A. (2018) Functional imbalance of anterolateral entorhinal cortex and hippocampal dentate/CA3 underlies age-related object pattern separation deficits. Neuron 97(5),1187-1198.e4.
• Leal, S.L., Yassa, M.A. (2018) Integrating new data and examining clinical applications of pattern separation. Nature Neuroscience, 21, 163–173.
• Kraguljac NV, Carle M, Frölich MA, Tran S, Yassa MA, White DM, Reddy A, Lahti AC. (2018) Mnemonic Discrimination Deficits in First-Episode Psychosis and a Ketamine Model Suggests Dentate Gyrus Pathology Linked to N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Hypofunction. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 3(3):231-238.
• Sinha, N., Berg, C. N., Tustison, N. J., Shaw, A., Hill, D., Yassa, M. A., & Gluck, M. A. (2018). APOE ε4 status in healthy older African Americans is associated with deficits in pattern separation and hippocampal hyperactivation. Neurobiology of aging 69:221-229.
• Yassa, M.A. (2018) Brain Rhythms: Higher-Frequency Theta Oscillations Make Sense in Moving Humans. Dispatch on Aghajan et al. (2017). Current Biology 28(2):pR70-pR72.

2017

• Reagh, Z.M., Yassa, M.A. (2017) Selective vulnerabilities and biomarkers in neurocognitive aging. F1000 reviews. 6(F1000 Faculty Rev):491.
• Kraguljac, N., Carle, M., Frölich, M., Tran, S., Yassa, M.A., White, D.M., Reddy, A., Lahti, A.C. (2017) Mnemonic Discrimination Deficits in First Episode Psychosis and a Ketamine Model Suggests Dentate Gyrus Pathology Linked to NMDA-Receptor Hypofunction. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging.
• Stark, S.M., Reagh, Z.M., Yassa, M.A.*, Stark, C.E.* (2017) What’s in a context? Cautions, limitations and potential paths forward. Neurosci Letters. pii: S0304-3940(17)30410-X  * Co-corresponding.
• Suwabe, K., Hyodo, K., Byun, K.H., Ochi, G., Fukui, T., Shimizu, T., Kato, M., Yassa, M.A., Soya, H. (2017) Aerobic fitness associates with mnemonic discrimination as a mediator of physical activity effects: Evidence for memory flexibility in young adults. Scientific Reports. 7:5140.
• Leal, S.L., Noche, J.A., Murray, E.A., Yassa, M.A. (2017) Disruption of amygdala-entorhinal-hippocampal network in late life depression. Hippocampus 27(4):464-476.
• Snigdha, S., Yassa, M.A., Rivera C., Milgram, N.W., Cotman, C.W. (2017) Pattern separation and goal directed behavior in the aged canine. Learning and Memory 24 (3), 123-131.
• Zheng, J., Anderson, K.L., Riley, J.D., Leal, S.L., Shestyuk, A., Gulsen, G., Vadera, S., Yassa, M.A., Knight, R.T., Lin, J.J. (2017) Amygdala – hippocampal dynamics during salient information processing. Nature Communications. 8:14413.
•  Tustison, N., Holbrook, A., Avants, B., Roberts, J.M., Cook, P.A., Reagh, Z.M., Stones, J., Gillen, D., Yassa, M.A. (2017). The ANTs Longitudinal Cortical Thickness Pipeline. Under review. Preprint on BioRxiv.
• Suwabe, K., Hyodo, K., Byun, K.H., Ochi, G., Yassa, M.A., Soya, H. (2017) Acute moderate exercise improves mnemonic discrimination in young adults. Hippocampus 27(3):229-234.
• Reagh, Z.M., Murray, E.A., Yassa, M.A. (2017) Repetition reveals ups and downs of hippocampal, thalamic, and neocortical engagement during mnemonic decisions. Hippocampus. 27(2):169-183.
• Schwab E., Yassa M.A., Weiner M., Vidal R. (2017) Using Automatic HARDI Feature Selection, Registration, and Atlas Building to Characterize the Neuroanatomy of Aβ Pathology. In: Fuster A., Ghosh A., Kaden E., Rathi Y., Reisert M. (eds) Computational Diffusion MRI. Mathematics and Visualization. Springer.

2016

• Wisse, L.E.M., Daugherty A., …, Yassa, M.A., Yushkevich, P., la Joie, R., for the Hippocampal Subfield Group (HSG) (2016) A harmonized segmentation protocol for hippocampal and parahippocampal subregions: why do we need one and what are the key goals? Hippocampus. 27(1)3-11.
• Leal, S.L., Noche, J.A., Murray, E.A., Yassa, M.A. (2016) Age-related individual variability in memory performance is associated with amygdala-hippocampal circuit function and emotional pattern separation. Neurobiology of Aging 49:9-19.
• Leal, S.L.*, Noche, J.A.*, Murray, E.A., Yassa, M.A. (2016) Positivity Effect Specific to Older Adults with Subclinical Memory Impairment. Learning and Memory 23: 415-421 * Co-first authors
• Reagh, Z.M., Ho, H.D., Leal, S.L., Noche, J.A., Chun, A., Murray, E.A., Yassa, M.A.(2016)  Greater loss of object than spatial mnemonic discrimination in aged adults. Hippocampus 26(4):417-22.
• Schwab, E., Yassa, M.A., Weiner, M., Vidal, R. (2016) Using Automatic HARDI Feature Selection, Registration, and Atlas Building to Characterize the Neuroanatomy of Aβ Pathology. Full length conference paper, CDMRI Workshop, MICCAI, Munich.DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-28588-7_18.

2015

• Leal, S.L., Yassa, M.A. (2015). The Aging Hippocampus: A Cross-Species Examination. In The Preservation of Memory. Psychology Press.
• Leal, S.L., Yassa, M.A. (2015) Neurocognitive aging and the hippocampus across species. Trends in Neurosci 38(12):800-12.
• Cunningham, C.A., Yassa, M.A., Egeth, H.E. (2015) Massive memory revisited: Limitations on storage capacity for object details in visual long-term memory. Learn Mem 22(11):563-6.
• Yushkevich, P.A., Amaral, R.S.C., …, Yassa, M.A., Zeineh, M.M. for the Hippocampal Subfield Group (2015) Quantitative Comparison of 21 Protocols for Labeling Hippocampal Subfields and Parahippocampal Cortical Subregions in In Vivo MRI: Initial Steps Towards a Harmonized Segmentation Protocol. Neuroimage 111:526-41.
• Chang, A., Murray, E. A., Yassa, M.A. (2015) Expertise and pattern separation: A potential mechanism for the “other race” effect. Behavioral Neuroscience 129(5):666-672.

2014

2013

• Reagh, Z.M., Roberts, J.M., Ly, M., DiProspero, N., Murray, E., Yassa, M.A. (2013) Spatial discrimination deficits as a function of mnemonic interference in aged adults with and without memory impairment. Hippocampus 24(3):303-14.
• Schurgin, M.W., Reagh, Z.M., Yassa, M.A., Flombaum, J.I. (2013) Spatiotemporal continuity alters long-term memory representations. Visual Cognition 21(6): 715-718.
• Yassa, M.A., Reagh, Z.M. (2013) Competitive Trace Theory: a role for the hippocampus in contextual interference during retrieval. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 7(107):1-13
• Schwab, E., Cetingul, E., Afsari, B., Yassa, M.A., Vidal, R. (2013) Rotation invariant features for HARDI. Information Processing in Medical Imaging (IPMI) 7917: 705-717.
• Ly, M., Murray, L., Yassa, M.A. (2013) Perceptual versus conceptual interference and pattern separation of verbal stimuli in young and older adults. Hippocampus 23(6):425-30.
• Leal, S., Yassa, M.A. (2013) Perturbations of Neural Circuitry in Aging, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Alzheimer’s Disease. Ageing Research Reviews 12(3):823-31.
• Kim, J.,Yassa, M.A. (2013) Assessing recollection and familiarity of similar lures in a behavioral pattern separation task. Hippocampus 23(4):287-94.
• Stark, S.M., Yassa, M.A., Lacy, J.W., Stark, C.E. (2013) A task to assess behavioral pattern separation (BPS) in humans: data from healthy aging and mild cognitive impairment. Neuropsychologia 51(12): 2442-2449.

2012

• Yassa, M.A., Hazlett, R.L., Stark, C.E., Hoehn-Saric, R. (2012) Functional MRI of the amygdala and the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis during conditions of uncertainty in generalized anxiety disorder. Journal of Psychiatric Research 46(8):1045-52.
• Bakker, A., Krauss, G., Albert, M.A., Speck, C.L., Jones, L.R., Stark, C.E., Yassa, M.A., Bassett, S.S., Shelton, A.L., Gallagher, M. (2012) Reduction of hippocampal hyperactivity improves cognition in amnestic mild cognitive impairment. Neuron 74, 467-474.
• Segal, S., Stark, S.M., Kattan, D., Stark, C.E., Yassa, M.A. (2012) Norepineprhine-mediated emotional arousal facilitates subsequent pattern separation. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory 97(4):465-9.

2011

2010

• Yassa, M.A., Muftuler, L.T., Stark, C.E.L. (2010) Ultrahigh-resolution microstructural diffusion tensor imaging (msDTI) elucidates perforant path degradation in aged humans in vivo. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U S A 107(28): 12687-91.
• Stark, S.M. Yassa, M.A., Stark, C.E.L. (2010) Individual differences in spatial pattern separation performance associated with healthy aging in humans. Learning and Memory 17(6):284-8.
• Yassa, M.A., Wu, J., Stark, S.M., Albert, M.S., Gallagher, M., Stark, C.E.L. (2010-11) Pattern separation deficits associated with increased hippocampal CA3 and dentate gyrus activity in nondemented older adults. Hippocampus 21:968-979.
• Yassa, M.A., Stark, S.M., Bakker, A., Albert, M.S., Gallagher, M., Stark, C.E.L. (2010) High-resolution functional MRI of hippocampal CA3 and dentate gyrus in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment. NeuroImage 51(3): 1242-1252.
• Gallagher M., Bakker A., Yassa M.A., Stark C.E.L. (2010) Bridging neurocognitive aging and disease modification: targeting functional mechanisms of impairment. Current Alzheimer’s Research 7(3):197-9.

2009

• Bonekamp, D., Yassa, M.A., Munro, C. Geckle, R., Yousem, D., Barker, P.B., Schretlen, D.J., Brandt, J., Horska, (2009) A. Gray Matter in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment: Voxel-based Morphometry. NeuroReport 21(4):259-63.
• Yousem, D.M., Yassa, M.A., Cristinzio, C., Kusevic, I., Mohamed, M., Caffo, B.S., Bassett, S.S. (2009) Intelligence and medial temporal lobe function in older adults: A Functional MR Imaging-based investigation. American Journal of Neuroradiology 30(8):1477-81.
• Cuzzocreo, J., Yassa, M.A., Verduzco, G., Honeycutt, N., Scott, D., Bassett, S. (2009) Effect of handedness on a verbal auditory memory fMRI task. Human Brain Mapping 30(4):1271-8.
• Yassa, M.A., Stark, C.E.L. (2009). A quantitative evaluation of cross-participant alignment techniques for MRI studies of the medial temporal lobe. NeuroImage 44(2) 319-327.

2005 – 2008

• Yassa, M.A., Stark, C.E.L (2008). Multiple Recognition-related signals in the medial temporal lobe. Hippocampus 18(9): 945-54.
• Yassa, M.A., Verduzco, G., Cristinzio C., Bassett, S. (2008) Altered fMRI activation during mental rotation in those at genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease. Neurology 70:1898-1904.
• Bazin, P.L., Cuzzocreo, J.L., Yassa, M.A., Gandler, W., McAuliffe, M.J., Bassett, S.S., Pham, D.L. (2007) Volumetric neuroimage analysis extensions for the MIPAV software package. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 165(1):111-21.
• Bassett, S., Yousem, D., Cristinzio, C., Kusevic, I., Yassa, M.A., Caffo, B., Zeger, S. (2006) Familial risk for Alzheimer’s disease alters fMRI activation patterns. Brain 129: 1229-1239.
• Reading, S., Yassa, M.A., Dziorny, A., Gourley, L., Yallapragada, V., Rosenblatt, A., Margolis, R., Aylward, E., Brandt, J., Mori, S., van Zijl, P., Bassett, S., Ross, C. (2005) Regional white matter change in pre-symptomatic Huntington’s disease: a diffusion tensor imaging study. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging 140(1): 55-62.
• Bassett, S., Kusevic, I., Cristinzio, C., Yassa, M.A., Avramopoulos, D., Yousem, D., Fallin, M. (2005) Brain activation in offspring of AD cases corresponds to 10q linkage. Annals of Neurology 58: 142-146.
• Assaf, M., Rivkin, P., Kuzu, C., Calhoun, V., Kraut, M., Groth, K., Yassa, M.A., Hart, J., Pearlson, G. (2005) Abnormal object-recall and anterior cingulate over-activation correlate with formal thought disorder in schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry 59: 452-459.