Publications
See a complete PubMed list of publications by Wei Gao, PhD.
Selected Key Publications
- Gao W, Salzwedel AP, Carlson AL, Xia K, Azcarate-Peril MA, Styner MA, Thompson AL, Geng X, Goldman BD, Gilmore JH, Knickmeyer RC. Gut microbiome and brain function connectivity in infants-a preliminary study focusing on the amygdala [published online ahead of print January 2, 2019]. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2019 Jan 2. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00213-018-5161-8.
- Gilmore JH, Knickmeyer RC, Gao W. Imaging structural and functional brain development in early childhood. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2018 Feb 16;19(3):123-137. https://www.nature.com/articles/nrn.2018.1.
- Elton A, Gao W. Task-positive functional connectivity of the default-mode network transcends task domain. J Cogn Neurosci. 2018 Dec;27;12:2369-2381. https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/10.1162/jocn_a_00859.
- Elton A, Gao W. Task-positive functional connectivity of the default-mode network transcends task domain. Accepted for Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. [In Press]
- Elton A, Gao W. Task-related modulation of functional connectivity variability and its behavioral correlations. Hum Brain Mapp. 2015;36(8):3260-3272. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hbm.22847/abstract.
- Salzwedel AP, Grewen KM, Vachet C, Gerig G, Lin W, Gao W. Prenatal drug exposure affects neonatal brain functional connectivity. J Neurosci. 2015;35(14):5860-5869. http://www.jneurosci.org/content/35/14/5860.short.
- Alcauter S, Lin W, Smith JK, Goldman BD, Reznick JS, Gilmore JH, Gao W. Frequency of spontaneous BOLD signal shifts during infancy and correlates with cognitive performance. Dev Cog Neurosc. 2015 Apr;12:40-50. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929314000814.
- Gao W, Elton A, Zhu H, Alcauter S, Smith JK, Gilmore JH, Lin W. Inter-subject variability of and genetic effects on the brain’s functional connectivity during infancy. J Neurosci. 2014;34(34):11288-11296. http://www.jneurosci.org/content/34/34/11288.full.pdf.
- Alcauter A, Lin W, Smith JK, Short SJ, Goldman BD, Reznick JS, Gilmore JH, Gao W. Development of thalamocortical connectivity during infancy and its cognitive correlations. J Neurosci. 2014;34(27):9067-9075. http://www.jneurosci.org/content/34/27/9067.
- Gao W, Alcauter S, Elton A, Smith JK, Ramirez J, Lin W. Functional network development during the first year: relative sequence and socioeconomic correlations. Cereb Cortex. 2014 May 8. [Epub ahead of print] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24812084.
- Elton A, Alcauter S, Gao W. Network connectivity abnormality profile supports a categorical-dimensional hybrid model of ADHD. Hum Brain Mapp. 2014;35(9):4531-4553. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hbm.22492/abstract.
- Gao W, Alcauter S, Gilmore JH, Smith JK, Lin W. Development of human brain cortical network architecture during infancy. Brain Struct Funct. 2015;220(2):1173-1186. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00429-014-0710-3.
- Elton A, Gao W. Divergent task-dependent functional connectivity of executive control and salience networks. Cortex 2014 Feb;51:56-66. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010945213002578.
- Alcauter S, Lin W, Smith JK, Gilmore JH, Gao W. Consistent anterior-posterior segregation of the insula during the first two years of life. Cereb Cortex. 2015;25(5):1176-1187. https://academic.oup.com/cercor/article/25/5/1176/311457
- Gao W, Gilmore JH, Giovanello KS, Smith JK, Shen D, Zhu H, Lin W. Temporal and spatial evolution of brain network topology during the first two years of life. PLOS One. 2011;6(9):e25278. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0025278.
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