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Ryan L. Muetzel is affiliated with Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a significant focus on Cognitive Neuroscience, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their work addresses several key topics including Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications, Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum, Health, Environment, and Cognitive Aging, Neonatal and Fetal Brain Pathology, Birth, Development, and Health, and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development.

Ryan L. Muetzel has contributed to multiple publication venues. The most frequent include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • JAMA Network Open
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Brain Behavior and Immunity

Some of their recent papers are:

  • Air pollution exposure during pregnancy and childhood and brain morphology in preadolescents, 2020, Environmental Research
  • Cortical gyrification in relation to age and cognition in older adults, 2020, NeuroImage
  • White Matter Microstructure and the General Psychopathology Factor in Children, 2020, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Exposure to Air Pollution during Pregnancy and Childhood, and White Matter Microstructure in Preadolescents, 2020, Environmental Health Perspectives
  • Association of Gestational Age at Birth With Brain Morphometry, 2020, JAMA Pediatrics

Frequent collaborators with Ryan L. Muetzel include:

  • Henning Tiemeier
  • Tonya White
  • Manon H. J. Hillegers
  • Hanan El Marroun
  • Meike W. Vernooij

Best Publications

  • Association of maternal thyroid function during early pregnancy with offspring IQ and brain morphology in childhood: a population-based prospective cohort study.

    Tim I M Korevaar;Ryan Muetzel;Marco Medici;Layal Chaker

  • Brain Imaging of the Cortex in ADHD: A Coordinated Analysis of Large-Scale Clinical and Population-Based Samples

    Martine Hoogman;Ryan Muetzel;Joao P. Guimaraes;Elena Shumskaya

  • Neurocognitive and neuroimaging correlates of pediatric traumatic brain injury: a diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) study.

    Jeffrey R. Wozniak;Linda Krach;Erin Ward;Bryon A. Mueller

  • The development of corpus callosum microstructure and associations with bimanual task performance in healthy adolescents

    Ryan L. Muetzel;Paul F. Collins;Bryon A. Mueller;Ann M. Schissel

  • Altered white matter microstructure in adolescents with major depression: a preliminary study.

    Kathryn R. Cullen;Bonnie Klimes-Dougan;Ryan Muetzel;Bryon A. Mueller

  • Novel genetic loci underlying human intracranial volume identified through genome-wide association

    Hieab H H Adams;Derrek P. Hibar;Vincent Chouraki;Vincent Chouraki;Vincent Chouraki;Jason L. Stein;Jason L. Stein

  • Air Pollution Exposure During Fetal Life, Brain Morphology, and Cognitive Function in School-Age Children

    Mònica Guxens;Małgorzata J Lubczyńska;Ryan L Muetzel;Albert Dalmau-Bueno

  • Longitudinal Changes in Behavioral Approach System Sensitivity and Brain Structures Involved in Reward Processing during Adolescence.

    Snežana Urošević;Paul Collins;Ryan Muetzel;Kelvin Lim

  • White matter integrity predicts delay discounting behavior in 9-to 23-year-olds: A diffusion tensor imaging study

    Elizabeth A. Olson;Paul F. Collins;Catalina J. Hooper;Ryan Muetzel

  • Effects of alcohol use initiation on brain structure in typically developing adolescents

    Monica M Luciana;Paul F Collins;Ryan L. Muetzel;Kelvin O Lim

  • Patterns of functional connectivity in an aging population: The Rotterdam Study

    Hazel I. Zonneveld;Raimon H. R. Pruim;Daniel Bos;Daniel Bos;Henri A. Vrooman

  • Paediatric population neuroimaging and the Generation R Study: the second wave

    Tonya White;Ryan L Muetzel;Hanan El Marroun;Laura M E Blanken

  • Maternal thyroid function during pregnancy and child brain morphology: a time window-specific analysis of a prospective cohort

    Toyah A Jansen;Toyah A Jansen;Tim I M Korevaar;Tessa A Mulder;Tessa A Mulder;Tonya White

  • Diffusion tensor imaging in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.

    Jeffrey R. Wozniak;Bryon A. Mueller;Pi Nian Chang;Ryan L. Muetzel

  • What does diffusion tensor imaging reveal about the brain and cognition in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

    Jeffrey R. Wozniak;Ryan L. Muetzel

  • Tracking Brain Development and Dimensional Psychiatric Symptoms in Children: A Longitudinal Population-Based Neuroimaging Study.

    Ryan R.L. Muetzel;Laura L.M.E. Blanken;Jan van der Ende;Hanan El Marroun

  • Associations between cortical thickness and general intelligence in children, adolescents and young adults

    Kyle Menary;Paul F Collins;James N. Porter;Ryan Muetzel;Ryan Muetzel

  • Microstructural corpus callosum anomalies in children with prenatal alcohol exposure: an extension of previous diffusion tensor imaging findings.

    Jeffrey R. Wozniak;Ryan L. Muetzel;Bryon A. Mueller;Christie L. McGee

  • Global functional connectivity abnormalities in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.

    Jeffrey R. Wozniak;Bryon A. Mueller;Christopher J. Bell;Ryan L. Muetzel

  • White matter and neurocognitive changes in adults with chronic traumatic brain injury.

    Mary R.T. Kennedy;Jeffrey R. Wozniak;Ryan L. Muetzel;Bryon A. Mueller

  • New researchAltered White Matter Microstructure in Adolescents With Major Depression: A Preliminary Study

    Kathryn R. Cullen;Bonnie Klimes-Dougan;Ryan Muetzel;Bryon A. Mueller

Frequent Co-Authors

Tonya White
Tonya White National Institutes of Health
Meike W. Vernooij
Meike W. Vernooij Erasmus University Rotterdam
Frank C. Verhulst
Frank C. Verhulst Erasmus University Rotterdam
Bryon A. Mueller
Bryon A. Mueller University of Minnesota
Paul F Collins
Paul F Collins University of Minnesota
Monica M Luciana
Monica M Luciana University of Minnesota
John B.J. Kwok
John B.J. Kwok University of Sydney
Peter R. Schofield
Peter R. Schofield Neuroscience Research Australia
Philip L. De Jager
Philip L. De Jager Columbia University
Sven Cichon
Sven Cichon University of Basel

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