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Brenna C. McDonald is affiliated with Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a strong focus on several subfields including Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Genetics, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Oncology.

The scientist's work centers around key topics such as cancer-related cognitive impairment studies, dementia and cognitive impairment research, glioma diagnosis and treatment, functional brain connectivity studies, cancer survivorship and care, brain metastases and treatment, as well as advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications.

Recent notable papers by Brenna C. McDonald include:

  • Greater male than female variability in regional brain structure across the lifespan, 2020, Human Brain Mapping
  • Loneliness and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in older breast cancer survivors and noncancer controls, 2021, Cancer
  • Deficit Accumulation Frailty Trajectories of Older Breast Cancer Survivors and Non-Cancer Controls: The Thinking and Living With Cancer Study, 2021, JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • Elevated C-Reactive Protein and Subsequent Patient-Reported Cognitive Problems in Older Breast Cancer Survivors: The Thinking and Living With Cancer Study, 2022, Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Brain Imaging in Pediatric Cancer Survivors: Correlates of Cognitive Impairment, 2021, Journal of Clinical Oncology

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Andrew J. Saykin
  • James C. Root
  • Wanting Zhai
  • Tim A. Ahles
  • Jeanne S. Mandelblatt

Publishing regularly in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Alzheimer's & Dementia, JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute, UNC Libraries, and Journal of Clinical Oncology, Brenna C. McDonald has contributed extensively to the academic discourse in their fields of study.

Best Publications

  • Baseline MRI predictors of conversion from MCI to probable AD in the ADNI cohort.

    Shannon L. Risacher;Andrew J. Saykin;John D. Wes;Li Shen

  • Longitudinal Assessment of Cognitive Changes Associated With Adjuvant Treatment for Breast Cancer: Impact of Age and Cognitive Reserve

    Tim A. Ahles;Andrew J. Saykin;Brenna C. McDonald;Yuelin Li

  • Cognitive function in breast cancer patients prior to adjuvant treatment

    Tim A. Ahles;Tim A. Ahles;Andrew J. Saykin;Andrew J. Saykin;Brenna C. McDonald;Brenna C. McDonald;Charlotte T. Furstenberg

  • Executive dysfunction following traumatic brain injury: neural substrates and treatment strategies.

    Brenna C. McDonald;Laura A. Flashman;Andrew J. Saykin

  • Gray matter reduction associated with systemic chemotherapy for breast cancer: a prospective MRI study.

    Brenna C. McDonald;Susan K. Conroy;Tim A. Ahles;Tim A. Ahles;John D. West

  • Mechanisms of working memory dysfunction after mild and moderate TBI: evidence from functional MRI and neurogenetics.

    Thomas W. McAllister;Laura A. Flashman;Brenna C. McDonald;Andrew J. Saykin

  • Brain Structure and Function Differences in Monozygotic Twins: Possible Effects of Breast Cancer Chemotherapy

    Robert J. Ferguson;Brenna C. McDonald;Andrew J. Saykin;Tim A. Ahles

  • In-Home Virtual Reality Videogame Telerehabilitation in Adolescents With Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy

    Meredith R. Golomb;Brenna C. McDonald;Stuart J. Warden;Janell Yonkman

  • Longitudinal MRI atrophy biomarkers: Relationship to conversion in the ADNI cohort

    Shannon L. Risacher;Li Shen;John D. West;Sungeun Kim

  • Alterations in Brain Activation During Working Memory Processing Associated With Breast Cancer and Treatment: A Prospective Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

    Brenna C. McDonald;Susan K. Conroy;Tim A. Ahles;Tim A. Ahles;John D. West

  • Cognitive-behavioral management of chemotherapy-related cognitive change.

    Robert J. Ferguson;Tim A. Ahles;Andrew J. Saykin;Brenna C. McDonald

  • Development of CBT for chemotherapy-related cognitive change: results of a waitlist control trial

    Robert J. Ferguson;Brenna C. McDonald;Michael A. Rocque;Charlotte T. Furstenberg

  • Mechanisms of chemotherapy-induced cognitive disorders: neuropsychological, pathophysiological, and neuroimaging perspectives.

    Andrew J Saykin;Tim A Ahles;Brenna C McDonald

  • Cortical thickness across the lifespan: Data from 17,075 healthy individuals aged 3-90 years

    Sophia Frangou;Amirhossein Modabbernia;Steven C. R. Williams;Efstathios Papachristou

  • Structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging of autism spectrum disorders

    Kimberly A. Stigler;Brenna C. McDonald;Amit Anand;Andrew J. Saykin

  • Frontal gray matter reduction after breast cancer chemotherapy and association with executive symptoms: A replication and extension study

    Brenna C. McDonald;Susan K. Conroy;Dori J. Smith;John D. West

  • Altered default mode network connectivity in older adults with cognitive complaints and amnestic mild cognitive impairment.

    Yang Wang;Shannon L Risacher;John D West;Brenna C McDonald

  • Regional brain atrophy in cognitively intact adults with a single APOE ε4 allele

    H. A. Wishart;Andrew Saykin;T. W. McAllister;L. A. Rabin

  • Functional MRI of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI): progress and perspectives from the first decade of studies

    Brenna C. McDonald;Brenna C. McDonald;Andrew J. Saykin;Andrew J. Saykin;Thomas W. McAllister

  • Visual contrast sensitivity in Alzheimer’s disease, mild cognitive impairment, and older adults with cognitive complaints

    Shannon L. Risacher;Darrell WuDunn;Susan M. Pepin;Tamiko R. MaGee

  • Cancer-Related Cognitive Outcomes Among Older Breast Cancer Survivors in the Thinking and Living With Cancer Study

    Jeanne S. Mandelblatt;Brent J. Small;Gheorghe Luta;Arti Hurria

  • Cognitive Effects of Cancer and Its Treatments at the Intersection of Aging: What Do We Know; What Do We Need to Know?

    Jeanne S. Mandelblatt;Arti Hurria;Brenna C. McDonald;Andrew J. Saykin

  • Brain activation patterns associated with working memory in relapsing-remitting MS

    Heather A. Wishart;Andrew Saykin;Brenna McDonald;A. C. Mamourian

  • The Cognitive Change Index as a Measure of Self and Informant Perception of Cognitive Decline: Relation to Neuropsychological Tests.

    Chatchawan Rattanabannakit;Shannon L. Risacher;Sujuan Gao;Kathleen A. Lane

  • GWAS of longitudinal amyloid accumulation on 18F-florbetapir PET in Alzheimer's disease implicates microglial activation gene IL1RAP.

    Vijay K Ramanan;Shannon L. Risacher;Kwangsik Nho;Sungeun Kim

  • Association Between Anticholinergic Medication Use and Cognition, Brain Metabolism, and Brain Atrophy in Cognitively Normal Older Adults

    Shannon Leigh Risacher;Brenna C. McDonald;Eileen F. Tallman;John D. West

Frequent Co-Authors

Tim A. Ahles
Tim A. Ahles Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Shannon L. Risacher
Shannon L. Risacher Indiana University
Liana G. Apostolova
Liana G. Apostolova Indiana University
Martin R. Farlow
Martin R. Farlow Indiana University
Kwangsik Nho
Kwangsik Nho Indiana University
Olaf Sporns
Olaf Sporns Indiana University
Brent J. Small
Brent J. Small University of South Florida
Mario Dzemidzic
Mario Dzemidzic Indiana University
Michiel B. de Ruiter
Michiel B. de Ruiter Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital
Yuelin Li
Yuelin Li Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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