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Overview

Jamie Near is affiliated with the Douglas Mental Health University Institute in Canada. Their research focuses on various aspects of magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and advanced neuroimaging techniques, with applications that span medicine and neuroscience.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the study of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and related imaging modalities, reflected in their publications and research topics. Key fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience

Within these fields, their work further specializes into several subfields:

  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Molecular Biology
  • Spectroscopy
  • Physiology

Jamie Near's primary research topics cover advancements in imaging and spectroscopy methods, particularly:

  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications

Their publication record includes several recent papers such as:

  • "Preprocessing, analysis and quantification in single-voxel magnetic resonance spectroscopy: experts' consensus recommendations," 2020, published in NMR in Biomedicine
  • "Minimum Reporting Standards for in vivo Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRSinMRS): Experts' consensus recommendations," 2021, published in NMR in Biomedicine
  • "Terminology and concepts for the characterization of in vivo MR spectroscopy methods and MR spectra: Background and experts' consensus recommendations," 2020, published in NMR in Biomedicine
  • "Association of Elevated Amyloid and Tau Positron Emission Tomography Signal With Near-Term Development of Alzheimer Disease Symptoms in Older Adults Without Cognitive Impairment," 2022, published in JAMA Neurology
  • "Correcting frequency and phase offsets in MRS data using robust spectral registration," 2020, published in NMR in Biomedicine

The venues where Jamie Near frequently publishes include:

  • 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
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • NMR in Biomedicine

Jamie Near collaborates often with several coauthors, including:

  • M. Mallar Chakravarty
  • Gabriel A. Devenyi
  • Caitlin Fowler
  • Masoumeh Dehghani
  • Dana Goerzen

Best Publications

  • Relationship between physiological measures of excitability and levels of glutamate and GABA in the human motor cortex

    C J Stagg;S Bestmann;A O Constantinescu;A O Constantinescu;L Moreno Moreno

  • Minimum Reporting Standards for in vivo Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRSinMRS): Experts' consensus recommendations

    Alexander Lin;Ovidiu Andronesi;Wolfgang Bogner;In‐Young Choi

  • Frequency and phase drift correction of magnetic resonance spectroscopy data by spectral registration in the time domain

    J Near;R Edden;C J Evans;R Paquin

  • Modulation of GABA and resting state functional connectivity by transcranial direct current stimulation

    Velicia Bachtiar;Jamie Near;Heidi Johansen-Berg;Charlotte J Stagg

  • Local GABA concentration is related to network-level resting functional connectivity

    Charlotte J Stagg;Velicia Bachtiar;Ugwechi Amadi;Christel A Gudberg

  • A mechanism for value-guided choice based on the excitation-inhibition balance in prefrontal cortex

    Gerhard Jocham;Laurence T Hunt;Laurence T Hunt;Jamie Near;Timothy E J Behrens;Timothy E J Behrens

  • Baseline GABA concentration and fMRI response

    Manus J. Donahue;Jamie Near;Jakob Udby Blicher;Peter Jezzard

  • GABA Levels Are Decreased After Stroke and GABA Changes During Rehabilitation Correlate With Motor Improvement

    Jakob Udby Blicher;Jamie Near;Erhard Næss-Schmidt;Charlotte J. Stagg

  • Changes in functional connectivity and GABA levels with long-term motor learning

    Cassandra Sampaio-Baptista;Nicola Filippini;Charlotte J. Stagg;Jamie Near

  • Impact of frequency drift on gamma-aminobutyric acid-edited MR spectroscopy

    Ashley D. Harris;Ashley D. Harris;Benjamin Glaubitz;Jamie Near;C. John Evans

  • Resting GABA and glutamate concentrations do not predict visual gamma frequency or amplitude.

    Helena Cousijn;Saskia Haegens;George Wallis;Jamie Near

  • Neurochemistry of major depression: a study using magnetic resonance spectroscopy

    Beata R. Godlewska;Jamie Near;Jamie Near;Philip J. Cowen

  • Black-Blood Multicontrast Imaging of Carotid Arteries with DANTE-prepared 2D and 3D MR Imaging

    Linqing Li;Joshua T Chai;Luca Biasiolli;Matthew D Robson

  • Unedited in vivo detection and quantification of γ-aminobutyric acid in the occipital cortex using short-TE MRS at 3 T.

    Jamie Near;Jamie Near;Jesper Andersson;Eduard Maron;Ralf Mekle;Ralf Mekle

  • Efficient γ-aminobutyric acid editing at 3T without macromolecule contamination: MEGA-SPECIAL.

    Jamie Near;Robin Simpson;Philip Cowen;Peter Jezzard

  • Accelerated functional brain aging in pre-clinical familial Alzheimer's disease.

    Julie Gonneaud;Julie Gonneaud;Alex T Baria;Alexa Pichet Binette;Alexa Pichet Binette;Brian A Gordon

  • Pathological glutamatergic neurotransmission in Gilles de la Tourette syndrome.

    Ahmad Seif Kanaan;Ahmad Seif Kanaan;Sarah Gerasch;Isabel García-García;Leonie Lampe

  • Long-term reproducibility of GABA magnetic resonance spectroscopy

    Jamie Near;Jamie Near;Yi-Ching Lynn Ho;Kristian Sandberg;Chathura Kumaragamage

  • J-difference editing of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA): simulated and experimental multiplet patterns.

    Jamie Near;Jamie Near;C. John Evans;Nicolaas A. J. Puts;Nicolaas A. J. Puts;Peter B. Barker;Peter B. Barker

  • Altered neurochemical coupling in the occipital cortex in migraine with visual aura

    Holly Bridge;Charlotte J Stagg;Jamie Near;Chi-ieong Lau

  • Spectroscopy markers of suicidal risk and mental pain in depressed patients.

    Fabrice Jollant;Jamie Near;Gustavo Turecki;Stéphane Richard-Devantoy

Frequent Co-Authors

M. Mallar Chakravarty
M. Mallar Chakravarty McGill University
Charlotte J. Stagg
Charlotte J. Stagg University of Oxford
Heidi Johansen-Berg
Heidi Johansen-Berg University of Oxford
Richard Anthony Edward Edden
Richard Anthony Edward Edden Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Nicolaas A.J. Puts
Nicolaas A.J. Puts King's College London
Nicola Filippini
Nicola Filippini University of Oxford
Ray Norbury
Ray Norbury Brunel University London
Peter Jezzard
Peter Jezzard University of Oxford
Kirsten R. Müller-Vahl
Kirsten R. Müller-Vahl Hannover Medical School
Lars Ersland
Lars Ersland University of Bergen

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