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Ognen A. C. Petroff

Ognen A. C. Petroff

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Neuroscience

D-Index
64
Citations
14886
World Ranking
3266
National Ranking
1514

Overview

Ognen A. C. Petroff is affiliated with Yale University in the United States and specializes primarily in the field of Medicine. Their research spans several subfields, including Neurology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Physiology, Spectroscopy, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The areas of focus within Petroff's work include Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications, Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances, Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications, Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus, Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research, Neurosurgical Procedures and Complications, and Biochemical effects in animals.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Petroff reflect this breadth of expertise and include:

  • Neurovascular coupling is optimized to compensate for the increase in proton production from nonoxidative glycolysis and glycogenolysis during brain activation and maintain homeostasis of pH, pCO2, and pO2, 2023, Journal of Neurochemistry
  • Deep Versus Lobar Intraparenchymal Hemorrhage: Seizures, Hyperexcitable Patterns, and Clinical Outcomes, 2020, Critical Care Medicine
  • Elevated homocarnosine and GABA in subject on isoniazid as assessed through 1H MRS at 7T, 2020, Analytical Biochemistry
  • Reduced removal of waste products from energy metabolism takes center stage in human brain aging, 2025, Scientific Reports
  • The early days of ex vivo 1H, 13C, and 31P nuclear magnetic resonance in the laboratory of Dr. Robert G. Shulman from 1975 to 1995, 2022, NMR in Biomedicine

Petroff has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Douglas L. Rothman
  • Kevin L. Behar
  • Mauro DiNuzzo
  • Gerald A. Dienel
  • Helene Benveniste

Their work has been published in a variety of peer-reviewed venues such as:

  • Journal of Neurochemistry
  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Analytical Biochemistry
  • Scientific Reports
  • NMR in Biomedicine

Best Publications

  • GABA and glutamate in the human brain.

    Ognen A. C. Petroff

  • Reduced Cortical γ-Aminobutyric Acid Levels in Depressed Patients Determined by Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

    Gerard Sanacora;Graeme F. Mason;Douglas L. Rothman;Kevin L. Behar

  • Lactate rise detected by 1H NMR in human visual cortex during physiologic stimulation.

    James Prichard;Douglas Rothman;Edward Novotny;Ognen Petroff

  • Localized 1H NMR measurements of gamma-aminobutyric acid in human brain in vivo.

    Douglas L. Rothman;Ognen A. C. Petroff;Kevin L. Behar;Richard H. Mattson

  • Cerebral intracellular pH by 31P nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

    O. A.C. Petroff;J. W. Prichard;K. L. Behar;J. R. Alger

  • Analysis of macromolecule resonances in 1H NMR spectra of human brain.

    Kevin L. Behar;Douglas L. Rothman;Dennis D. Spencer;Ognen A. C. Petroff

  • Determination of the rate of the glutamate/glutamine cycle in the human brain by in vivo 13C NMR.

    Jun Shen;Kitt F. Petersen;Kevin L. Behar;Peter Brown

  • High-resolution 1H nuclear magnetic resonance study of cerebral hypoxia in vivo

    K. L. Behar;J. A. den Hollander;M. E. Stromski;T. Ogino

  • The effect of gabapentin on brain gamma‐aminobutyric acid in patients with epilepsy

    Ognen A. C. Petroff;Douglas L. Rothman;Kevin L. Behar;D. Lamoureux

  • Reductions in Occipital Cortex GABA Levels in Panic Disorder Detected With 1H-Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

    Andrew W. Goddard;Graeme F. Mason;Ahmad Almai;Douglas L. Rothman

  • 1H-Observe/13C-decouple spectroscopic measurements of lactate and glutamate in the rat brain in vivo

    D. L. Rothman;K. L. Behar;H. P. Hetherington;J. A. den Hollander

  • Changes in water diffusion and relaxation properties of rat cerebrum during status epilepticus

    J. Zhong;O. A. C. Petroff;J. W. Prichard;J. C. Gore

  • Cerebral metabolic studies in vivo by 31P NMR

    James W. Prichard;Jeffry R. Alger;Kevin L. Behar;Ognen A. C. Petroff

  • Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy of cerebral lactate and other metabolites in stroke patients.

    Glenn D. Graham;Andrew M. Blamire;Alistair M. Howseman;Douglas L. Rothman

  • High-field proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy of human cerebrum obtained during surgery for epilepsy.

    Ognen A.C. Petroff;Dennis D. Spencer;Jeffry R. Alger;James W. Prichard

  • Glutamate-glutamine Cycling in the Epileptic Human Hippocampus

    Ognen A. C. Petroff;Laura D. Errante;Douglas L. Rothman;Jung H. Kim

  • Glutamate and astrocytes—Key players in human mesial temporal lobe epilepsy?

    Tore Eid;Anne Williamson;Tih-Shih W Lee;Ognen A Petroff

  • Effect of hypoglycemic encephalopathy upon amino acids, high-energy phosphates, and pHi in the rat brain in vivo: detection by sequential 1H and 31P NMR spectroscopy.

    K. L. Behar;J. A. den Hollander;O. A. C. Petroff;H. P. Hetherington

  • Spectroscopic imaging of stroke in humans: histopathology correlates of spectral changes.

    O. A C Petroff;G. D. Graham;A. M. Blamire;M. Al-Rayess

  • Low brain GABA level is associated with poor seizure control

    Ognen A. C. Petroff;Douglas L. Rothman;Kevin L. Behar;Richard H. Mattson

  • High-resolution proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy of rabbit brain: regional metabolite levels and postmortem changes.

    Ognen A. C. Petroff;Takashi Ogino;Jeffry R. Alger

Frequent Co-Authors

James W. Prichard
James W. Prichard Yale University
Kevin L. Behar
Kevin L. Behar Yale University
Fahmeed Hyder
Fahmeed Hyder Yale University
Dennis D. Spencer
Dennis D. Spencer Yale University
Edward J. Novotny
Edward J. Novotny University of Washington
Lawrence J. Hirsch
Lawrence J. Hirsch Yale University
Nicolas Gaspard
Nicolas Gaspard Université Libre de Bruxelles
Anne Williamson
Anne Williamson Yale University
Andrew M. Blamire
Andrew M. Blamire Newcastle University
Jullie W. Pan
Jullie W. Pan University of Pittsburgh

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