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Hengyi Rao is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience and medicine, with significant contributions in cognitive neuroscience and experimental and cognitive psychology. Additional areas of study include radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, neurology, and sociology and political science.

The scientist's work spans multiple main topics, notably sleep and wakefulness research, functional brain connectivity studies, and sleep-related disorders. Other areas covered include neural and behavioral psychology studies, advanced MRI techniques and applications, sleep and work-related fatigue, and mental health research topics.

Hengyi Rao has published extensively across various scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • SLEEP
  • Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition/Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition
  • NeuroImage
  • Scientific Reports
  • MIS Quarterly

Recent papers by Hengyi Rao feature collaborations with multiple coauthors. Frequent coauthors include John A. Detre, Tianxin Mao, Yao Deng, Ya Chai, and Mathias Basner.

Selected recent publications illustrate the scope of their research and include:

  • Increasing diversity in connectomics with the Chinese Human Connectome Project, 2022, Nature Neuroscience
  • Functional connectomics in depression: insights into therapies, 2023, Trends in Cognitive Sciences
  • Two nights of recovery sleep restores hippocampal connectivity but not episodic memory after total sleep deprivation, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Is Cybersecurity a Team Sport? A Multilevel Examination of Workgroup Information Security Effectiveness, 2020, MIS Quarterly
  • Enhanced amygdala-cingulate connectivity associates with better mood in both healthy and depressive individuals after sleep deprivation, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • Perfusion functional MRI reveals cerebral blood flow pattern under psychological stress

    Jiongjiong Wang;Hengyi Rao;Gabriel S. Wetmore;Patricia M. Furlan

  • Gender difference in neural response to psychological stress

    Jiongjiong Wang;Marc Korczykowski;Hengyi Rao;Yong Fan

  • Empirical optimization of ASL data analysis using an ASL data processing toolbox: ASLtbx.

    Ze Wang;Geoffrey K. Aguirre;Hengyi Rao;Jiongjiong Wang

  • Imaging Brain Fatigue from Sustained Mental Workload: An ASL Perfusion Study of the Time-On-Task Effect

    Julian Lim;Wen-chau Wu;Jiongjiong Wang;John A. Detre

  • Circadian Rhythms, Sleep Deprivation, and Human Performance

    Namni Goel;Mathias Basner;Hengyi Rao;David F. Dinges

  • Neural correlates of voluntary and involuntary risk taking in the human brain: an fMRI Study of the Balloon Analog Risk Task (BART).

    Hengyi Rao;Marc Korczykowski;John Pluta;Angela Hoang

  • Applications of arterial spin labeled MRI in the brain.

    John A. Detre;Hengyi Rao;Danny J.J. Wang;Yu Fen Chen

  • Arterial spin-labeled perfusion MRI in basic and clinical neuroscience.

    John A Detre;Jiongjiong Wang;Ze Wang;Hengyi Rao

  • How acute total sleep loss affects the attending brain: a meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies.

    Ning Ma;David F. Dinges;Mathias Basner;Hengyi Rao

  • Early parental care is important for hippocampal maturation: Evidence from brain morphology in humans

    Hengyi Rao;Laura M. Betancourt;Joan M. Giannetta;Nancy L. Brodsky

  • Sleep deprivation and neurobehavioral dynamics

    Mathias Basner;Hengyi Rao;Namni Goel;David F Dinges

  • Prefrontal transcranial direct current stimulation alters activation and connectivity in cortical and subcortical reward systems: a tDCS-fMRI study.

    Matthew J. Weber;Samuel B. Messing;Hengyi Rao;John A. Detre

  • Genetic Variation in Serotonin Transporter Alters Resting Brain Function in Healthy Individuals

    Hengyi Rao;Hengyi Rao;Seth J. Gillihan;Jiongjiong Wang;Marc Korczykowski

  • Cerebral blood flow changes associated with different meditation practices and perceived depth of meditation.

    Danny J.J. Wang;Hengyi Rao;Marc Korczykowski;Nancy Wintering

  • Decreased Ventral Striatal Activity with Impulse Control Disorders in Parkinson's Disease

    Hengyi Rao;Hengyi Rao;Eugenia Mamikonyan;John A. Detre;Andrew D. Siderowf

  • Group value and intention to use - A study of multi-agency disaster management information systems for public safety

    JinKyu Lee;Nitesh Bharosa;Jing Yang;Marijn Janssen

  • Multivariate examination of brain abnormality using both structural and functional MRI.

    Yong Fan;Hengyi Rao;Hallam Hurt;Joan M. Giannetta

  • Continuous arterial spin labeling perfusion measurements using single shot 3D GRASE at 3 T

    María A. Fernández-Seara;Ze Wang;Jiongjiong Wang;Heng Yi Rao

  • Altered Resting Brain Function and Structure in Professional Badminton Players

    Xin Di;Senhua Zhu;Senhua Zhu;Hua Jin;Pin Wang

  • Meta-Analysis of the Antidepressant Effects of Acute Sleep Deprivation.

    Elaine M Boland;Hengyi Rao;David F Dinges;Rachel V Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Anna Rose Childress
Anna Rose Childress University of Pennsylvania
Michael E. Thase
Michael E. Thase University of Pennsylvania
Yvette I. Sheline
Yvette I. Sheline University of Pennsylvania
Brian B. Avants
Brian B. Avants University of Virginia
Martha J. Farah
Martha J. Farah University of Pennsylvania
David A. Wolk
David A. Wolk University of Pennsylvania
Shuqiao Yao
Shuqiao Yao Central South University
Danny J.J. Wang
Danny J.J. Wang University of California, Los Angeles
Raymond C.K. Chan
Raymond C.K. Chan Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shihui Han
Shihui Han Peking University

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