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Overview

Paul M. Thompson is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research predominantly focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions in the fields of ecology, developmental biology, and oceanography.

The scientist has contributed to multiple areas of study, including:

  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Animal vocal communication and behavior
  • Underwater acoustics research
  • Wildlife ecology and conservation
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Fish ecology and management studies

Their published work appears frequently in venues such as:

  • The "journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Animals
  • Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation
  • Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Selected recent papers by Paul M. Thompson include:

  • Discrete or not so discrete: long distance movements by coastal bottlenose dolphins in UK and Irish waters (2023) in The "journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue
  • Broad-Scale Responses of Harbor Porpoises to Pile-Driving and Vessel Activities During Offshore Windfarm Construction (2021) in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Distribution of small cetaceans within a candidate Special Area of Conservation; implications for management (2023) in The "journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue
  • Spy in the sky: a method to identify pregnant small cetaceans (2022) in Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation
  • Balancing risks of injury and disturbance to marine mammals when pile driving at offshore windfarms (2020) in Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Isla M. Graham
  • Barbara Cheney
  • Nathan D. Merchant
  • Tim R. Barton
  • Gordon D. Hastie

Best Publications

  • Dynamic mapping of human cortical development during childhood through early adulthood

    Nitin Gogtay;Jay N. Giedd;Leslie Lusk;Kiralee M. Hayashi

  • The Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI): MRI methods.

    Clifford R. Jack;Matt A. Bernstein;Nick C. Fox;Paul Thompson

  • Mapping cortical change across the human life span

    Elizabeth R. Sowell;Bradley S. Peterson;Paul M. Thompson;Suzanne E. Welcome

  • Evaluation of 14 nonlinear deformation algorithms applied to human brain MRI registration.

    Arno Klein;Jesper L. R. Andersson;Babak A. Ardekani;Babak A. Ardekani;John Ashburner

  • A probabilistic atlas and reference system for the human brain: International Consortium for Brain Mapping (ICBM)

    J. Mazziotta;A. Toga;A. Evans;P. Fox

  • The clinical use of structural MRI in Alzheimer disease

    Giovanni B. Frisoni;Nick C. Fox;Clifford R. Jack;Philip Scheltens

  • Mapping brain maturation.

    Arthur W. Toga;Paul M. Thompson;Elizabeth R. Sowell

  • In vivo evidence for post-adolescent brain maturation in frontal and striatal regions.

    Elizabeth R. Sowell;Paul M. Thompson;Colin J. Holmes;Terry L. Jernigan

  • Longitudinal Mapping of Cortical Thickness and Brain Growth in Normal Children

    Elizabeth R. Sowell;Paul M. Thompson;Christiana M. Leonard;Suzanne E. Welcome

  • Mapping brain asymmetry

    Arthur W. Toga;Paul M. Thompson

  • Sexual dimorphism of brain developmental trajectories during childhood and adolescence

    Rhoshel K. Lenroot;Nitin Gogtay;Deanna K. Greenstein;Elizabeth Molloy Wells

  • Phase 2 of CATALISE: a multinational and multidisciplinary Delphi consensus study of problems with language development: Terminology

    Dorothy V.M. Bishop;Margaret J. Snowling;Paul A. Thompson;Trisha Greenhalgh

  • Genetic influences on brain structure

    Paul M. Thompson;Tyrone D. Cannon;Katherine L. Narr;Theo van Erp

  • Dynamics of Gray Matter Loss in Alzheimer's Disease

    Paul M. Thompson;Kiralee M. Hayashi;Greig de Zubicaray;Andrew L. Janke

  • The challenge of mapping the human connectome based on diffusion tractography

    Klaus H. Maier-Hein;Peter F. Neher;Jean-Christophe Houde;Marc-Alexandre Cote

  • Cortical abnormalities in adults and adolescents with major depression based on brain scans from 20 cohorts worldwide in the ENIGMA Major Depressive Disorder Working Group.

    L Schmaal;D P Hibar;P G Sämann;G B Hall

  • Growth patterns in the developing brain detected by using continuum mechanical tensor maps

    Paul M. Thompson;Jay N. Giedd;Roger P. Woods;David MacDonald

  • Mapping Continued Brain Growth and Gray Matter Density Reduction in Dorsal Frontal Cortex: Inverse Relationships during Postadolescent Brain Maturation

    Elizabeth R. Sowell;Paul M. Thompson;Kevin D. Tessner;Arthur W. Toga

  • Subcortical brain alterations in major depressive disorder : findings from the ENIGMA Major Depressive Disorder working group

    Tiffany C. Ho;Boris Gutman;Elena Pozzi;Hans J. Grabe

  • Subcortical brain volume abnormalities in 2028 individuals with schizophrenia and 2540 healthy controls via the ENIGMA consortium

    T. G M van Erp;D. P. Hibar;J. M. Rasmussen;D. C. Glahn

  • Subcortical brain volume differences in participants with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children and adults: a cross-sectional mega-analysis

    Martine Hoogman;Janita Bralten;Derrek P. Hibar;Maarten Mennes

Frequent Co-Authors

Arthur W. Toga
Arthur W. Toga University of Southern California
Neda Jahanshad
Neda Jahanshad University of Southern California
Margaret J. Wright
Margaret J. Wright University of Queensland
Katie L. McMahon
Katie L. McMahon Queensland University of Technology
Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Greig I. de Zubicaray
Greig I. de Zubicaray Queensland University of Technology
Clifford R. Jack
Clifford R. Jack Mayo Clinic
Michael W. Weiner
Michael W. Weiner University of California, San Francisco
David C. Glahn
David C. Glahn Boston Children's Hospital

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