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Overview

Robert F. Asarnow is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medical fields related to traumatic brain injury and neuroimaging techniques.

The main field of study includes Medicine, with a particular emphasis on subfields such as Epidemiology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Emergency Medicine, Neurology, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. The scientist's work covers multiple interconnected topics, including:

  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Neonatal and fetal brain pathology
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

They have authored and contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • Association of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Diagnoses With Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury (2021) published in JAMA Pediatrics
  • White Matter Disruption in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury (2021) published in Neurology
  • The Prevalence and Stability of Sleep-Wake Disturbance and Fatigue throughout the First Year after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (2020) published in Journal of Neurotrauma
  • Challenges and opportunities for neuroimaging in young patients with traumatic brain injury: a coordinated effort towards advancing discovery from the ENIGMA pediatric moderate/severe TBI group (2020) published in Brain Imaging and Behavior
  • Verbal Learning and Memory Deficits across Neurological and Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Insights from an ENIGMA Mega Analysis (2024) published in Brain Sciences

Frequent coauthors contributing extensively to their work include Talin Babikian, Christopher C. Giza, Alexander Olsen, Emily L. Dennis, and Karen Caeyenberghs.

Much of their research appears in well-known publication venues, with multiple articles appearing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • JAMA Pediatrics
  • Neurology
  • Brain Sciences
  • Journal of Neurotrauma

Robert F. Asarnow's research has contributed to an understanding of pediatric traumatic brain injury, neurovascular disturbances, and the application of advanced neuroimaging methods to study brain pathology. These efforts intersect with broader investigations into cognitive function, sleep disturbances related to brain injury, and neurological disorder markers. Their diverse collaborations and multidisciplinary approach reflect an integration of epidemiological, neurological, and imaging sciences within the medical domain.

Best Publications

  • 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

  • The Neural Correlates of Motor Skill Automaticity

    Russell A. Poldrack;Fred W. Sabb;Karin Foerde;Sabrina M. Tom

  • Neurocognitive outcomes and recovery after pediatric TBI: Meta-analytic review of the literature

    Talin Babikian;Robert Asarnow

  • Pupillary responses index cognitive resource limitations.

    Eric Granholm;Robert F. Asarnow;Andrew J. Sarkin;Karen L. Dykes

  • Total and regional brain volumes in a population-based normative sample from 4 to 18 years: The NIH MRI study of normal brain development

    W. S. Ball;A. W. Byars;M. Schapiro;W. Bommer

  • Autism and Genetics: A Decade of Research

    Smalley Sl;Asarnow Rf;Spence Ma

  • Glucose metabolic rate in normals and schizophrenics during the Continuous Performance Test assessed by positron emission tomography.

    Monte S. Buchsbaum;Keith H. Nuechterlein;Richard J. Haier;Joseph Wu

  • A clinical and demographic profile of a sample of adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, residual state.

    Walid O. Shekim;Robert F. Asarnow;Esther Hess;Ken Zaucha

  • Cerebral hemispherectomy: Hospital course, seizure, developmental, language, and motor outcomes

    R. Jonas;S. Nguyen;B. Hu;R. F. Asarnow

  • Residual performance deficit in clinically remitted schizophrenics: a marker of schizophrenia?

    Robert F. Asarnow;Duncan J. MacCrimmon

  • A unique adolescent response to reward prediction errors

    Jessica R Cohen;Jessica R Cohen;Robert F Asarnow;Fred W Sabb;Robert M Bilder

  • Neurocognitive Predictors of Work Outcome in Recent-Onset Schizophrenia

    Keith H. Nuechterlein;Kenneth L. Subotnik;Michael F. Green;Joseph Ventura

  • An attentional assessment of foster children at risk for schizophrenia.

    R. F. Asarnow;R. A. Steffy;D. J. MacCrimmon;J. M. Cleghorn

  • Mild head injury in children and adolescents: a review of studies (1970-1995).

    Paul Satz;Kenneth Zaucha;Carol McCleary;Roger Light

  • SYMPTOM DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDHOOD ONSET SCHIZOPHRENIA

    John M. Watkins;Robert F. Asarnow;Peter E. Tanguay

  • Schizophrenia and schizophrenia-spectrum personality disorders in the first-degree relatives of children with schizophrenia: the UCLA family study.

    Robert F. Asarnow;Keith H. Nuechterlein;David Fogelson;Kenneth L. Subotnik

  • Span of apprehension deficits during the postpsychotic stages of schizophrenia. A replication and extension.

    Robert F. Asarnow;Duncan J. MacCrimmon

  • Span of apprehension in schizophrenia.

    Robert F. Asarnow;Eric Granholm;Tracy Sherman

  • Working memory in childhood-onset schizophrenia and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

    Canan Karatekin;Robert F Asarnow

  • Interpersonal and impersonal problem-solving skills in mildly and clinically depressed university students.

    Ian H. Gotlib;Robert F. Asarnow

Frequent Co-Authors

Keith H. Nuechterlein
Keith H. Nuechterlein University of California, Los Angeles
Kenneth L. Subotnik
Kenneth L. Subotnik University of California, Los Angeles
Eric Granholm
Eric Granholm University of California, San Diego
Donald Guthrie
Donald Guthrie University of California, Los Angeles
Paul Satz
Paul Satz University of California, Los Angeles
Warren S. Brown
Warren S. Brown Fuller Theological Seminary
Robert M. Bilder
Robert M. Bilder University of California, Los Angeles
Barbara J. Knowlton
Barbara J. Knowlton University of California, Los Angeles
James T. McCracken
James T. McCracken University of California, Los Angeles
Fred W. Sabb
Fred W. Sabb University of Oregon

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