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Richard Leigh is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a strong focus on several subfields including Epidemiology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Neurology, and Internal Medicine.

Their work addresses a range of topics related to neurovascular conditions and advanced imaging techniques. Main topics of study include:

  • Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
  • Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
  • MRI in cancer diagnosis
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications

Richard Leigh has published extensively in several frequent venues. These include:

  • Stroke
  • Stroke Vascular and Interventional Neurology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • American Journal of Neuroradiology
  • Frontiers in Neurology

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Richard Leigh feature a range of neuroimaging and stroke-related topics. Key publications include:

  • "Amide proton transfer imaging in stroke," 2022, published in NMR in Biomedicine
  • "Prolonged venous transit on perfusion imaging is associated with higher odds of mortality in successfully reperfused patients with large vessel occlusion stroke," 2024, Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery
  • "Role of Brain Imaging in the Prediction of Intracerebral Hemorrhage Following Endovascular Therapy for Acute Stroke," 2023, Stroke
  • "A large public dataset of annotated clinical MRIs and metadata of patients with acute stroke," 2023, Scientific Data
  • "Neuroimaging is the new "spatial omic": multi-omic approaches to neuro-inflammation and immuno-thrombosis in acute ischemic stroke," 2023, Seminars in Immunopathology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Richard Leigh include:

  • Argye E. Hillis
  • Gregory W. Albers
  • Adrien Guenego
  • Jeremy J. Heit
  • Victor Urrutia

Best Publications

  • Using saccades as a research tool in the clinical neurosciences

    R.J. Leigh;C. Kennard

  • Intracranial Plaque Enhancement in Patients with Cerebrovascular Events on High-Spatial-Resolution MR Images

    Ye Qiao;Steven R. Zeiler;Saeedeh Mirbagheri;Richard Leigh

  • Performance of the human vestibuloocular reflex during locomotion.

    G. E. Grossman;Richard John Leigh;E. N. Bruce;W. P. Huebner

  • Abnormal ocular motor control in Huntington's disease

    R. J. Leigh;S. A. Newman;S. E. Folstein;A. G. Lasker

  • A double-blind controlled study of gabapentin and baclofen as treatment for acquired nystagmus.

    L Averbuch-Heller;RJ Tusa;L Fuhry;KG Rottach

  • The diagnosis of huntington’s disease

    Susan E. Folstein;Richard John Leigh;Irma M. Parhad;Marshal F. Folstein

  • Treatment of periodic alternating nystagmus.

    G. M. Halmagyi;P. Rudge;M. A. Gresty;Richard John Leigh;Richard John Leigh

  • Patterns and Implications of Intracranial Arterial Remodeling in Stroke Patients

    Ye Qiao;Zeeshan Anwar;Jarunee Intrapiromkul;Li Liu

  • A hypothetical scheme for the brainstem control of vertical gaze.

    Roongroj Bhidayasiri;Gordon T. Plant;Richard John Leigh

  • The measurement of abnormal movement: Methods developed for Huntington's Disease.

    S. E. Folstein;B. Jensen;Richard John Leigh;M. F. Folstein

  • Acute lesions that impair affective empathy.

    Richard Leigh;Kenichi Oishi;John Hsu;Martin Lindquist

  • Cerebellar control of ocular gaze stability

    D. S. Zee;Richard John Leigh;F. Mathieu-Millaire

  • Two distinct deficits of visual tracking caused by unilateral lesions of cerebral cortex in humans

    S. E. Thurston;Richard John Leigh;T. Crawford;A. Thompson

  • Predictors of Hyperacute Clinical Worsening in Ischemic Stroke Patients Receiving Thrombolytic Therapy

    Richard Leigh;Osama O. Zaidat;Muhammad F. Suri;Gwendolyn Lynch

  • Imaging the physiological evolution of the ischemic penumbra in acute ischemic stroke

    Richard Leigh;Linda Knutsson;Jinyuan Zhou;Peter C.M. van Zijl

  • Pathophysiology of slow vertical saccades in progressive supranuclear palsy.

    R. Bhidayasiri;D. E. Riley;J. T. Somers;Alan Jay Lerner

  • Whipple's disease mimicking progressive supranuclear palsy: the diagnostic value of eye movement recording.

    Lea Averbuch-Heller;George W. Paulson;Robert B. Daroff;Richard John Leigh

  • Investigations of the pathogenesis of acquired pendular nystagmus

    L Averbuch-Heller;A Z Zivotofsky;V E Das;A O DiScenna

  • The syndrome of 'pure akinesia' and its relationship to progressive supranuclear palsy

    David E. Riley;Nick Fogt;Richard John Leigh

  • Experimental tests of a neural-network model for ocular oscillations caused by disease of central myelin.

    Vallabh E Das;P Oruganti;P D Kramer;R J Leigh

  • Visual cancellation of the torsional vestibulo-ocular reflex in humans.

    R. J. Leigh;E. F. Maas;G. E. Grossman;D. A. Robinson

Frequent Co-Authors

Argye E. Hillis
Argye E. Hillis Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
David S. Zee
David S. Zee Johns Hopkins University
Louis F. Dell'Osso
Louis F. Dell'Osso Case Western Reserve University
John W. Krakauer
John W. Krakauer Johns Hopkins University
Ulrich Büttner
Ulrich Büttner Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Bruce C.V. Campbell
Bruce C.V. Campbell Royal Melbourne Hospital
Lance M. Optican
Lance M. Optican National Institutes of Health
Christopher Kennard
Christopher Kennard University of Oxford
Dominik Straumann
Dominik Straumann University of Zurich
Jean A. Büttner-Ennever
Jean A. Büttner-Ennever Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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