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Nandakumar S. Narayanan

Nandakumar S. Narayanan

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Neuroscience

D-Index
45
Citations
7187
World Ranking
6949
National Ranking
3001

Overview

Nandakumar S. Narayanan is affiliated with the University of Iowa in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of neuroscience and medicine, with a significant focus on cognitive neuroscience, neurology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience. The scientist's work intersects with molecular biology and music as subfields, reflecting a diverse range of interests within the broader biomedical sciences.

Their main research topics cover neurological disorders and treatments, especially related to Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments. Other notable topics include neuroscience and music perception, neural dynamics and brain function, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, as well as functional brain connectivity studies.

Nandakumar S. Narayanan has published extensively, with frequent contributions to several scholarly venues. Among these are bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) where they have 32 publications, Neurology with 8 publications, npj Parkinson's Disease with 4 papers, SSRN Electronic Journal also with 4, and Parkinsonism & Related Disorders with 3 publications.

The scientist has collaborated regularly with a number of coauthors. Frequent collaborators include Matthew A. Weber, Qiang Zhang, Rachel C. Cole, Jacob E. Simmering, and Arturo I. Espinoza. These partnerships have been a consistent part of Narayanan's research output.

Recent publications by Narayanan include:

  • "Linear predictive coding distinguishes spectral EEG features of Parkinson's disease", 2020, Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
  • "Frontal theta and beta oscillations during lower-limb movement in Parkinson's disease", 2020, Clinical Neurophysiology
  • "Association of Glycolysis-Enhancing α-1 Blockers With Risk of Developing Parkinson Disease", 2021, JAMA Neurology
  • "Timing variability and midfrontal ~4 Hz rhythms correlate with cognition in Parkinson's disease", 2021, npj Parkinson s Disease
  • "Coronavirus Disease 2019 Case Fatality and Parkinson's Disease", 2020, Movement Disorders

Best Publications

  • TOP-DOWN CONTROL OF MOTOR CORTEX ENSEMBLES BY DORSOMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX

    Nandakumar S. Narayanan;Mark Laubach

  • Common medial frontal mechanisms of adaptive control in humans and rodents

    Nandakumar S Narayanan;James F Cavanagh;Michael J Frank;Mark Laubach

  • Enhancing glycolysis attenuates Parkinson’s disease progression in models and clinical databases

    Rong Cai;Yu Zhang;Jacob E. Simmering;Jordan L. Schultz

  • The Role of the Prefrontal Cortex in the Maintenance of Verbal Working Memory: An Event-Related fMRI Analysis.

    Nandakumar S. Narayanan;Vivek Prabhakaran;Silvia A. Bunge;Kalina Christoff

  • Imaging the spread of reversible brain inactivations using fluorescent muscimol.

    Timothy A. Allen;Nandakumar S. Narayanan;Dianna B. Kholodar-Smith;Yanjun Zhao

  • Prefrontal dopamine signaling and cognitive symptoms of Parkinson's disease.

    Nandakumar S. Narayanan;Robert L. Rodnitzky;Ergun Y. Uc

  • Metabolic hormones, dopamine circuits, and feeding.

    Nandakumar S. Narayanan;Douglas J. Guarnieri;Ralph J. DiLeone

  • The Vulnerable Ventral Tegmental Area in Parkinson's Disease.

    Stephanie L. Alberico;Martin D. Cassell;Nandakumar S. Narayanan

  • Reversible inactivations of rat medial prefrontal cortex impair the ability to wait for a stimulus.

    N.S. Narayanan;N.K. Horst;Mark Laubach

  • Medial prefrontal D1 dopamine neurons control food intake

    Benjamin B Land;Nandakumar S Narayanan;Rong-Jian Liu;Carol A Gianessi

  • Redundancy and Synergy of Neuronal Ensembles in Motor Cortex

    Nandakumar S. Narayanan;Eyal Y. Kimchi;Mark Laubach

  • Rodent Medial Frontal Control of Temporal Processing in the Dorsomedial Striatum.

    Eric B. Emmons;Benjamin J. De Corte;Youngcho Kim;Krystal L. Parker

  • Linear predictive coding distinguishes spectral EEG features of Parkinson's disease.

    Fahim Anjum;Soura Dasgupta;Raghuraman Mudumbai;Arun Singh

  • Delay Activity in Rodent Frontal Cortex During a Simple Reaction Time Task

    Nandakumar S. Narayanan;Mark Laubach

  • Executive dysfunction in Parkinson's disease and timing deficits.

    Krystal L. Parker;Dronacharya Lamichhane;Marcelo S. Caetano;Nandakumar S. Narayanan

  • A human prefrontal-subthalamic circuit for cognitive control

    Ryan Kelley;Oliver Flouty;Eric B Emmons;Youngcho Kim

  • Prefrontal D1 dopamine signaling is required for temporal control

    Nandakumar S. Narayanan;Benjamin B. Land;John E. Solder;Karl Deisseroth

  • Regulation of Nucleus Accumbens Activity by the Hypothalamic Neuropeptide Melanin-Concentrating Hormone

    Robert M. Sears;Rong-Jian Liu;Nandakumar S. Narayanan;Ruth Sharf

  • D1-Dependent 4 Hz Oscillations and Ramping Activity in Rodent Medial Frontal Cortex during Interval Timing

    Krystal L. Parker;Kuan-Hua Chen;Johnathan R. Kingyon;James F. Cavanagh

  • Mid-frontal theta activity is diminished during cognitive control in Parkinson's disease.

    Arun Singh;Sarah Pirio Richardson;Nandakumar Narayanan;James F. Cavanagh

  • Neuronal Correlates of Post-Error Slowing in the Rat Dorsomedial Prefrontal Cortex

    Nandakumar S. Narayanan;Mark Laubach

Frequent Co-Authors

James F. Cavanagh
James F. Cavanagh University of New Mexico
Ralph J. DiLeone
Ralph J. DiLeone Yale University
Ryan T. LaLumiere
Ryan T. LaLumiere University of Iowa
Hiroyuki Oya
Hiroyuki Oya University of Iowa
Jan R. Wessel
Jan R. Wessel University of Iowa
Hiroto Kawasaki
Hiroto Kawasaki University of Iowa
George K. Aghajanian
George K. Aghajanian Yale University
Soura Dasgupta
Soura Dasgupta University of Iowa
Beverly L. Davidson
Beverly L. Davidson Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Nancy C. Andreasen
Nancy C. Andreasen University of Iowa

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