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4443
National Ranking
2011

Overview

Laura L. Boles Ponto is affiliated with the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within neuroscience and medicine, particularly focusing on neurology and cellular and molecular neuroscience. The scientist's work extends into biomedical engineering and aspects of radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

The main fields of study covered in the scientist's publications include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine

Subfields of focus incorporate:

  • Neurology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Cognitive Neuroscience

The primary research topics addressed in Laura L. Boles Ponto's work are:

  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Muscle activation and electromyography studies
  • Vestibular and auditory disorders
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Recent publications demonstrate the scientist's active involvement in investigating post-COVID-19 neurological and muscular effects and imaging methodologies involving positron emission tomography (PET) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). Notable papers include:

  • "18F-FDG-PET Imaging for Post-COVID-19 Brain and Skeletal Muscle Alterations" (2021) published in Viruses
  • "Imaging Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) with Positron Emission Tomography (PET)" (2020) published in Brain Sciences
  • "Individual Cerebral Blood Flow Responses to Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation at Various Intensities" (2020) published in Brain Sciences
  • "Effect of Post-COVID-19 on Brain Volume and Glucose Metabolism: Influence of Time Since Infection and Fatigue Status" (2023) published in Brain Sciences
  • "Radiopharmaceutical Delivery for Theranostics: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics" (2020) published in Seminars in Radiation Oncology

The scientist frequently publishes in journals such as Brain Sciences and has contributions in Brain Stimulation, Viruses, Seminars in Radiation Oncology, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) as well. The pattern of publication reflects a focus on neuroimaging, neurostimulation technologies, and the neurological sequelae of infectious diseases.

Frequent collaborators include Thorsten Rudroff, Craig D. Workman, Alexandra C. Fietsam, Justin R. Deters, and Phillip E. Gander. Collaboration with these researchers has enabled a multidisciplinary approach integrating neuroengineering and clinical neuroscience.

Best Publications

  • Subcortical and cortical brain activity during the feeling of self-generated emotions

    Antonio R. Damasio;Thomas J. Grabowski;Antoine Bechara;Hanna Damasio

  • Early role of vascular dysregulation on late-onset Alzheimer’s disease based on multifactorial data-driven analysis

    Y. Iturria-Medina;R. C. Sotero;P. J. Toussaint;J. M. Mateos-Pérez

  • Schizophrenia and cognitive dysmetria: a positron-emission tomography study of dysfunctional prefrontal-thalamic-cerebellar circuitry.

    N C Andreasen;D S O'Leary;T Cizadlo;S Arndt

  • Remembering the past: two facets of episodic memory explored with positron emission tomography.

    Andreasen Nc;O'Leary Ds;Cizadlo T;Arndt S

  • Hypofrontality in schizophrenia: distributed dysfunctional circuits in neuroleptic-naïve patients

    Nancy C Andreasen;Daniel S O'Leary;Michael Flaum;Peg Nopoulos

  • Four distinct trajectories of tau deposition identified in Alzheimer’s disease

    Jacob W Vogel;Alexandra L Young;Neil P Oxtoby;Ruben Smith

  • Cerebral blood flow changes associated with attribution of emotional valence to pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral visual stimuli in a PET study of normal subjects.

    Sergio Paradiso;Debra L. Johnson;Nancy C. Andreasen;Daniel S. O’Leary

  • Functional brain architecture is associated with the rate of tau accumulation in Alzheimer’s disease

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  • Neural Correlates of Naming Actions and of Naming Spatial Relations

    Hanna Damasio;Hanna Damasio;Thomas J. Grabowski;Daniel Tranel;Laura L.B. Ponto

  • A role for left temporal pole in the retrieval of words for unique entities.

    Thomas J. Grabowski;Hanna Damasio;Daniel Tranel;Laura L. Boles Ponto

  • The Cerebellum and Emotional Experience

    Beth M. Turner;Sergio Paradiso;Sergio Paradiso;Cherie L. Marvel;Ronald Pierson

  • Short-term and long-term verbal memory: a positron emission tomography study.

    N C Andreasen;D S O'Leary;S Arndt;T Cizadlo

  • Basal forebrain degeneration precedes and predicts the cortical spread of Alzheimer's pathology.

    Taylor W. Schmitz;R. Nathan Spreng;Michael W. Weiner;Paul Aisen

  • Furosemide (frusemide). A pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic review (Part I).

    Laura L. Boles Ponto;Ronald D. Schoenwald

  • Neural mechanisms of anhedonia in schizophrenia: a PET study of response to unpleasant and pleasant odors.

    Benedicto Crespo-Facorro;Sergio Paradiso;Nancy C. Andreasen;Daniel S. O'Leary

  • Cerebral Blood Flow and Personality: A Positron Emission Tomography Study

    Debra L. Johnson;John S. Wiebe;Sherri M. Gold;Nancy C. Andreasen

  • Emotions in unmedicated patients with schizophrenia during evaluation with positron emission tomography.

    Sergio Paradiso;Nancy C. Andreasen;Benedicto Crespo-Facorro;Daniel S. O’Leary

  • Neural systems underlying spatial language in American Sign Language.

    Karen Emmorey;Hanna Damasio;Hanna Damasio;Stephen McCullough;Thomas J. Grabowski

  • Effects of Smoking Marijuana on Brain Perfusion and Cognition

    Daniel S O'Leary;Robert I Block;Julie A Koeppel;Michael Flaum

  • The cerebellum plays a role in conscious episodic memory retrieval

    N. C. Andreasen;D. S. O'leary;D. S. O'leary;S. Paradiso;T. Cizadlo

  • Recalling Word Lists Reveals “Cognitive Dysmetria” in Schizophrenia: A Positron Emission Tomography Study

    Benedicto Crespo-Facorro;Sergio Paradiso;Nancy C. Andreasen;Daniel S. O’Leary

  • Effects of frequent marijuana use on memory-related regional cerebral blood flow

    Robert I Block;Daniel S O'Leary;Richard D Hichwa;Jean C Augustinack

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard D. Hichwa
Richard D. Hichwa University of Iowa
Nancy C. Andreasen
Nancy C. Andreasen University of Iowa
Daniel S. O'Leary
Daniel S. O'Leary University of Iowa
Thomas J. Grabowski
Thomas J. Grabowski University of Washington
Sergio Paradiso
Sergio Paradiso University of Iowa
Hanna Damasio
Hanna Damasio University of Southern California
Vincent A. Magnotta
Vincent A. Magnotta University of Iowa
Daniel Tranel
Daniel Tranel University of Iowa
Karen Emmorey
Karen Emmorey San Diego State University
Tatiana Foroud
Tatiana Foroud Indiana University

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