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Overview

Kareem A. Zaghloul is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research centers predominantly on neuroscience and medicine, with a particular focus on cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, genetics, molecular biology, and psychiatry and mental health.

The scientist has contributed extensively to several main topics within their field, including:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Memory and neural mechanisms
  • EEG and brain-computer interfaces
  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Functional brain connectivity studies
  • Glioma diagnosis and treatment
  • Epilepsy research and treatment

Zaghloul has a significant publication record across various scientific venues. These include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Neurosurgery
  • Neuro-Oncology
  • Journal of Vision

Their recent notable research papers include:

  • "Viral manipulation of functionally distinct interneurons in mice, non-human primates and humans," published in Nature Neuroscience in 2020
  • "Replay of cortical spiking sequences during human memory retrieval," published in Science in 2020
  • "A consensus statement on detection of hippocampal sharp wave ripples and differentiation from other fast oscillations," published in Nature Communications in 2022
  • "Neural fragility as an EEG marker of the seizure onset zone," published in Nature Neuroscience in 2021
  • "The effects of direct brain stimulation in humans depend on frequency, amplitude, and white-matter proximity," published in Brain Stimulation in 2020

Frequent collaborators in their academic work include Sara K. Inati, Weizhen Xie, John H. Wittig, Mark R. Gilbert, and Julio I. Chapeton.

Best Publications

  • Human and nonhuman primate meninges harbor lymphatic vessels that can be visualized noninvasively by MRI.

    Martina Absinta;Seung Kwon Ha;Govind Nair;Pascal Sati

  • Human Substantia Nigra Neurons Encode Unexpected Financial Rewards

    Kareem A. Zaghloul;Justin A. Blanco;Christoph T. Weidemann;Kathryn McGill

  • Synchronous and Asynchronous Theta and Gamma Activity during Episodic Memory Formation

    John F. Burke;Kareem A. Zaghloul;Joshua Jacobs;Ryan B. Williams

  • Frontosubthalamic Circuits for Control of Action and Cognition.

    Adam R. Aron;Damian M. Herz;Peter Brown;Birte U. Forstmann

  • Different circuits for ON and OFF retinal ganglion cells cause different contrast sensitivities.

    Kareem A. Zaghloul;Kwabena Boahen;Jonathan B. Demb

  • Direct Brain Stimulation Modulates Encoding States and Memory Performance in Humans

    Youssef Ezzyat;James E. Kragel;John F. Burke;Deborah F. Levy

  • Coupled ripple oscillations between the medial temporal lobe and neocortex retrieve human memory

    Alex P. Vaz;Alex P. Vaz;Sara K. Inati;Nicolas Brunel;Kareem A. Zaghloul

  • Widespread theta synchrony and high-frequency desynchronization underlies enhanced cognition.

    E. A. Solomon;J. E. Kragel;Michael R. Sperling;Ashwini Sharan

  • K-ATP channels in dopamine substantia nigra neurons control bursting and novelty-induced exploration

    Julia Schiemann;Falk Schlaudraff;Verena Klose;Markus Bingmer

  • Viral manipulation of functionally distinct interneurons in mice, non-human primates and humans

    Douglas Vormstein-Schneider;Jessica D. Lin;Kenneth A. Pelkey;Ramesh Chittajallu

  • Bipolar Cells Contribute to Nonlinear Spatial Summation in the Brisk-Transient (Y) Ganglion Cell in Mammalian Retina

    Jonathan B. Demb;Kareem Zaghloul;Loren Haarsma;Loren Haarsma;Peter Sterling

  • A consensus statement on detection of hippocampal sharp wave ripples and differentiation from other fast oscillations

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  • Replay of cortical spiking sequences during human memory retrieval

    Alex P. Vaz;Alex P. Vaz;John H. Wittig;Sara K. Inati;Kareem A. Zaghloul

  • Optic nerve signals in a neuromorphic chip I: Outer and inner retina models

    K.A. Zaghloul;K. Boahen

  • Midline Frontal Cortex Low-Frequency Activity Drives Subthalamic Nucleus Oscillations during Conflict

    Baltazar A. Zavala;Huiling Tan;Simon Little;Keyoumars Ashkan

  • Human intracranial high-frequency activity maps episodic memory formation in space and time.

    John F. Burke;Nicole M. Long;Kareem A. Zaghloul;Ashwini D. Sharan

  • Reinstatement of distributed cortical oscillations occurs with precise spatiotemporal dynamics during successful memory retrieval.

    Robert B. Yaffe;Matthew S. D. Kerr;Srikanth Damera;Sridevi V. Sarma

  • Decreases in theta and increases in high frequency activity underlie associative memory encoding.

    Jeffrey A. Greenberg;John F. Burke;Rafi Haque;Michael J. Kahana

  • Optic nerve signals in a neuromorphic chip II: testing and results

    K.A. Zaghloul;K. Boahen

  • Neural fragility as an EEG marker of the seizure onset zone.

    Adam Li;Chester Huynh;Zachary Fitzgerald;Iahn Cajigas

  • Neuronal Activity in the Human Subthalamic Nucleus Encodes Decision Conflict during Action Selection

    Kareem A. Zaghloul;Christoph T. Weidemann;Bradley C. Lega;Jurg L. Jaggi

  • Beta-Coupled High-Frequency Activity and Beta-Locked Neuronal Spiking in the Subthalamic Nucleus of Parkinson's Disease

    Andrew I. Yang;Nora Vanegas;Codrin Lungu;Kareem A. Zaghloul

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Kahana
Michael J. Kahana University of Pennsylvania
Barbara C. Jobst
Barbara C. Jobst Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center
Sameer A. Sheth
Sameer A. Sheth Baylor College of Medicine
Joel M. Stein
Joel M. Stein University of Pennsylvania
Kathryn A. Davis
Kathryn A. Davis University of Pennsylvania
William H. Theodore
William H. Theodore National Institutes of Health
Nathan E. Crone
Nathan E. Crone Johns Hopkins University
Kwabena Boahen
Kwabena Boahen Stanford University
Peter Brown
Peter Brown University of Oxford

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