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J. Christopher Edgar is affiliated with the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on neuroscience and medicine, with significant contributions to subfields such as cognitive neuroscience, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, developmental and educational psychology, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, and genetics.

Their work addresses a range of scientific topics, including functional brain connectivity studies, neural dynamics and brain function, neuroscience and music perception, advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, hearing loss and rehabilitation, autism spectrum disorder research, and EEG and brain-computer interfaces.

Edgar has contributed to various journals and venues, notably publishing multiple papers in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Scientific Meeting and Exhibition, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, and the Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders.

Recent publications by Edgar include:

  • Specific Absorption Rate and Specific Energy Dose: Comparison of 1.5-T versus 3.0-T Fetal MRI (2020) in Radiology
  • A Multimodal Study of the Contributions of Conduction Velocity to the Auditory Evoked Neuromagnetic Response: Anomalies in Autism Spectrum Disorder (2020) in Autism Research
  • Biomarkers for autism spectrum disorder: opportunities for magnetoencephalography (MEG) (2021) in Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Transdiagnostic alterations in neural emotion regulation circuits - neural substrates of cognitive reappraisal in patients with depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (2022) in BMC Psychiatry
  • MEG-PLAN: a clinical and technical protocol for obtaining magnetoencephalography data in minimally verbal or nonverbal children who have autism spectrum disorder (2021) in Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Timothy P. L. Roberts
  • Emily S. Kuschner
  • Heather L. Green
  • Luke Bloy
  • Yuhan Chen

Best Publications

  • Comparison of different cortical connectivity estimators for high-resolution EEG recordings.

    Laura Astolfi;Febo Cincotti;Donatella Mattia;M. Grazia Marciani

  • Validating γ oscillations and delayed auditory responses as translational biomarkers of autism.

    Michael J. Gandal;J. Christopher Edgar;Richard S. Ehrlichman;Mili Mehta

  • Relating MEG Measured Motor Cortical Oscillations to resting γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) Concentration

    W. Gaetz;J.C. Edgar;D.J. Wang;T.P.L. Roberts

  • MEG detection of delayed auditory evoked responses in autism spectrum disorders: towards an imaging biomarker for autism.

    Timothy P.L. Roberts;Sarah Y. Khan;Mike Rey;Justin F. Monroe

  • Gamma synchrony: towards a translational biomarker for the treatment-resistant symptoms of schizophrenia.

    Michael J. Gandal;J. Christopher Edgar;Kerstin Klook;Kerstin Klook;Kerstin Klook;Steven J. Siegel

  • ECoG gamma activity during a language task: differentiating expressive and receptive speech areas.

    Vernon L. Towle;Hyun-Ah Yoon;Michael Castelle;J. Christopher Edgar

  • The time course of activity in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and anterior cingulate cortex during top-down attentional control

    Rebecca Levin Silton;Wendy Heller;David N. Towers;Anna S. Engels

  • Time Course of Attentional Bias in Anxiety: Emotion and Gender Specificity

    Sarah M. Sass;Wendy Heller;Jennifer L. Stewart;Rebecca Levin Silton

  • Resting-State Oscillatory Activity in Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Lauren Cornew;Timothy P. L. Roberts;Lisa Blaskey;J. Christopher Edgar

  • Lateralization of Auditory Sensory Gating and Neuropsychological Dysfunction in Schizophrenia

    Robert J. Thoma;Faith M. Hanlon;Sandra N. Moses;J. Christopher Edgar

  • Auditory magnetic mismatch field latency: a biomarker for language impairment in autism.

    Timothy P.L. Roberts;Katelyn M. Cannon;Kambiz Tavabi;Lisa Blaskey

  • Neuromagnetic oscillations predict evoked-response latency delays and core language deficits in autism spectrum disorders.

    J. Christopher Edgar;Sarah Y. Khan;Lisa Blaskey;Vivian Y. Chow

  • Joint Analysis of Band-Specific Functional Connectivity and Signal Complexity in Autism

    Yasser Ghanbari;Luke Bloy;J. Christopher Edgar;Lisa Blaskey

  • Single-subject-based whole-brain MEG slow-wave imaging approach for detecting abnormality in patients with mild traumatic brain injury.

    Ming-Xiong Huang;Sharon Nichols;Dewleen G. Baker;Ashley Robb

  • High Angular Resolution Diffusion Imaging Probabilistic Tractography of the Auditory Radiation

    J.I. Berman;J.I. Berman;M.R. Lanza;L. Blaskey;J.C. Edgar;J.C. Edgar

  • Attentional Bias to Negative Emotion as a Function of Approach and Withdrawal Anger Styles: An ERP Investigation

    Jennifer L. Stewart;Jennifer L. Stewart;Rebecca Levin Silton;Rebecca Levin Silton;Sarah M. Sass;Joscelyn E. Fisher;Joscelyn E. Fisher

  • Interpreting abnormality: an EEG and MEG study of P50 and the auditory paired-stimulus paradigm.

    J.C Edgar;M.X Huang;M.P Weisend;A Sherwood

  • Auditory encoding abnormalities in children with autism spectrum disorder suggest delayed development of auditory cortex

    J. Christopher Edgar;Charles L. Fisk;Jeffrey I. Berman;Darina Chudnovskaya

  • Depression and anxious apprehension distinguish frontocingulate cortical activity during top-down attentional control.

    Rebecca Levin Silton;Wendy Heller;Anna S. Engels;David N. Towers

  • Cognitive Abilities and 50- and 100-msec Paired-Click Processes in Schizophrenia

    Ashley K. Smith;J. Christopher Edgar;Mingxiong Huang;Brett Y. Lu

  • Distinct M50 and M100 auditory gating deficits in schizophrenia

    Faith M. Hanlon;Gregory A. Miller;Robert J. Thoma;Robert J. Thoma;Jessica Irwin

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy P.L. Roberts
Timothy P.L. Roberts Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Gregory A. Miller
Gregory A. Miller University of California, Los Angeles
Mingxiong Huang
Mingxiong Huang University of California, San Diego
José M. Cañive
José M. Cañive University of New Mexico
Robert J. Thoma
Robert J. Thoma University of New Mexico
Faith M. Hanlon
Faith M. Hanlon Mind Research Network
Wendy Heller
Wendy Heller University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Robert T. Schultz
Robert T. Schultz Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
William Gaetz
William Gaetz Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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