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Diane C. Chugani is affiliated with Wayne State University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in the intersecting fields of psychology, medicine, and neuroscience. Their work spans cognitive neuroscience, clinical psychology, physiology, genetics, and experimental and cognitive psychology, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to understanding brain function and development.

Their research interests focus primarily on stuttering research and treatment, autism spectrum disorder research, phonetics and phonology, as well as the neurobiology of language and bilingualism. Additional topics addressed in their work include tuberous sclerosis complex research, histiocytic disorders and treatments, and polyomavirus-related diseases.

Diane C. Chugani's recent published papers include the following:

  • Linking Lysosomal Enzyme Targeting Genes and Energy Metabolism with Altered Gray Matter Volume in Children with Persistent Stuttering (2020) published in Neurobiology of Language
  • Exosomes in Epilepsy of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex: Carriers of Pro-Inflammatory MicroRNAs (2021) published in Non-Coding RNA
  • Dissociation Between Linguistic and Nonlinguistic Statistical Learning in Children with Autism (2023) published in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
  • Association Between Gray Matter Volume Variations and Energy Utilization in the Brain: Implications for Developmental Stuttering (2021) published in Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research
  • PET imaging of medulloblastoma with an 18F-labeled tryptophan analogue in a transgenic mouse model (2020) published in Scientific Reports

The primary venues for their publications include Scientific Reports, Neurobiology of Language, Non-Coding RNA, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, and Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research. Scientific Reports is the most frequent publication venue where they have published at least two papers.

Frequent collaborators in Diane C. Chugani's research include Ho Ming Chow, Hua Li, Emily O. Garnett, Soo-Eun Chang, and Andrew C. Etchell. These coauthors have jointly contributed to a number of studies advancing understanding in related fields, with particular emphasis on stuttering, autism, and neurological disorders.

Best Publications

  • Local brain functional activity following early deprivation: a study of postinstitutionalized Romanian orphans.

    Harry T. Chugani;Michael E. Behen;Otto Muzik;Csaba Juhász

  • Developmental changes in brain serotonin synthesis capacity in autistic and nonautistic children.

    Diane C. Chugani;Otto Muzik;Michael Behen;Robert Rothermel

  • Abnormal brain connectivity in children after early severe socioemotional deprivation: a diffusion tensor imaging study.

    Thomas J. Eluvathingal;Harry T. Chugani;Michael E. Behen;Csaba Juhász

  • Altered serotonin synthesis in the dentatothalamocortical pathway in autistic boys

    Diane C. Chugani;Otto Muzik;Robert Rothermel;Michael E. Behen

  • Diffusion Tensor Imaging of Frontal Lobe in Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Senthil K. Sundaram;Ajay Kumar;Malek I. Makki;Michael E. Behen

  • Significance of abnormalities in developmental trajectory and asymmetry of cortical serotonin synthesis in autism.

    Sreenivasa R. Chandana;Michael E. Behen;Csaba Juhász;Otto Muzik

  • Imaging epileptogenic tubers in children with tuberous sclerosis complex using alpha-[11C]methyl-L-tryptophan positron emission tomography.

    Diane C. Chugani;Harry T. Chugani;Otto Muzik;Jagdish R. Shah

  • Statistical parametric mapping: assessment of application in children.

    Otto Muzik;Diane C. Chugani;Csaba Juhász;Chengang Shen

  • Brain mapping of language and auditory perception in high-functioning autistic adults: a PET study.

    R.-A. Müller;M. E. Behen;R. D. Rothermel;D. C. Chugani

  • Alterations in Frontal Lobe Tracts and Corpus Callosum in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Ajay Kumar;Senthil K. Sundaram;Lalitha Sivaswamy;Michael E. Behen

  • Evidence of altered energy metabolism in autistic children.

    Diane C. Chugani;Bhavani S. Sundram;Michael Behen;Mei-Li Lee

  • Role of altered brain serotonin mechanisms in autism.

    D C Chugani;D C Chugani

  • Autism in tuberous sclerosis complex is related to both cortical and subcortical dysfunction

    E. Asano;Diane C. Chugani;O. Muzik;M. Behen

  • Functional brain reorganization in children

    Harry T. Chugani;Ralph Axel Müller;Diane C. Chugani

  • Origin and Propagation of Epileptic Spasms Delineated on Electrocorticography

    Eishi Asano;Csaba Juhász;Aashit Shah;Otto Muzik

  • Epilepsy Surgery Outcome in Children With Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Evaluated With α-[11C]Methyl-L-Tryptophan Positron Emission Tomography (PET):

    Kenji Kagawa;Diane C. Chugani;Eishi Asano;Csaba Juhász

  • Infantile spasms: III. Prognostic implications of bitemporal hypometabolism on positron emission tomography.

    Harry T. Chugani;Ednea da Silva;Diane C. Chugani

  • α[C-11]Methyl-L-tryptophan PET maps brain serotonin synthesis and kynurenine pathway metabolism

    Diane C. Chugani;Otto Muzik

  • Human brain serotonin synthesis capacity measured in vivo with α‐[C‐11]methyl‐L‐tryptophan

    Diane C. Chugani;Otto Muzik;Pulak K. Chakraborty;Thomas J. Mangner

  • Glucose and [11C]flumazenil positron emission tomography abnormalities of thalamic nuclei in temporal lobe epilepsy.

    C. Juhász;F. Nagy;Craig Watson;E. A. Da Silva

  • Alpha-methyl-l-tryptophan PET detects epileptogenic cortex in children with intractable epilepsy

    C. Juhász;D. C. Chugani;O. Muzik;A. Shah

Frequent Co-Authors

Harry T. Chugani
Harry T. Chugani New York University
Csaba Juhász
Csaba Juhász Wayne State University
Michael E. Behen
Michael E. Behen Wayne State University
Eishi Asano
Eishi Asano Wayne State University
Aashit Shah
Aashit Shah Virginia Tech
Sandeep Sood
Sandeep Sood Wayne State University
Ralph-Axel Müller
Ralph-Axel Müller San Diego State University
Joel W. Ager
Joel W. Ager Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peter B. Crino
Peter B. Crino University of Maryland, Baltimore
Eleonora Aronica
Eleonora Aronica University of Amsterdam

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