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Shanbao Tong is affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China. Their research focuses on several core areas within neuroscience and medicine, including cognitive neuroscience and biomedical engineering, with notable contributions in related subfields such as radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, neurology, and physiology.

The scientist's work spans various topics, particularly emphasizing EEG and brain-computer interfaces, functional brain connectivity studies, and optical imaging and spectroscopy techniques. Additional research interests include transcranial magnetic stimulation studies, neural and behavioral psychology studies, photoacoustic and ultrasonic imaging, as well as neural dynamics and brain function.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Shanbao Tong cover a range of topics in neuroscience and neurorehabilitation. These include:

  • "Transcranial ultrasound stimulation of the human motor cortex," published in 2021 in iScience
  • "Motor network reorganization after motor imagery training in stroke patients with moderate to severe upper limb impairment," published in 2022 in CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics
  • "Motor Imagery Training After Stroke Increases Slow-5 Oscillations and Functional Connectivity in the Ipsilesional Inferior Parietal Lobule," published in 2020 in Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair
  • "Decoding attention control and selection in visual spatial attention," published in 2020 in Human Brain Mapping
  • "The efficacy of low-intensity transcranial ultrasound stimulation on negative symptoms in schizophrenia: A double-blind, randomized sham-controlled study," published in 2023 in Brain Stimulation

Shanbao Tong frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including Junfeng Sun, Xiaoli Guo, Peng Miao, Xu Wang, and Xiong Jiao. These collaborations have resulted in numerous joint publications.

Their work is regularly published in prominent venues such as Cerebral Cortex, IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, arXiv (Cornell University), iScience, and Brain Stimulation.

Shanbao Tong has also contributed to academic books published by Springer Nature, including works related to the 12th Asian-Pacific Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering, both dated 2024.

Best Publications

  • Advances in Quantitative Electroencephalogram Analysis Methods

    Nitish V. Thakor;Shanbao Tong

  • Quantitative EEG analysis methods and clinical applications

    Shanbao Tong;Nitish V. Thakor

  • Abnormal EEG complexity in patients with schizophrenia and depression

    Yingjie Li;Shanbao Tong;Dan Liu;Yi Gai

  • Time-dependent entropy estimation of EEG rhythm changes following brain ischemia.

    A. Bezerianos;A. Bezerianos;S. Tong;S. Tong;Nitish Thakor

  • Nonextensive entropy measure of EEG following brain injury from cardiac arrest

    S. Tong;S. Tong;A. Bezerianos;A. Bezerianos;J. Paul;Y. Zhu

  • Phase Synchronization Analysis of EEG Signals: An Evaluation Based on Surrogate Tests

    Junfeng Sun;Xiangfei Hong;Shanbao Tong

  • High Resolution Cerebral Blood Flow Imaging by Registered Laser Speckle Contrast Analysis

    Peng Miao;Abhishek Rege;Nan Li;Nitish V Thakor

  • Removal of ECG interference from the EEG recordings in small animals using independent component analysis

    S. Tong;A. Bezerianos;A. Bezerianos;J. Paul;Y. Zhu

  • Pulsed Transcranial Ultrasound Stimulation Immediately After The Ischemic Brain Injury is Neuroprotective

    Tengfei Guo;Hangdao Li;Yifan Lv;Hongyang Lu

  • A Systematic Review of Integrated Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Studies.

    Adrian Curtin;Shanbao Tong;Junfeng Sun;Jijun Wang

  • Normal aging selectively diminishes alpha lateralization in visual spatial attention.

    Xiangfei Hong;Junfeng Sun;Jesse J. Bengson;George R. Mangun

  • Antidepressant-Like Effect of Low-Intensity Transcranial Ultrasound Stimulation

    Daqu Zhang;Hangdao Li;Junfeng Sun;Weiwei Hu

  • Transcranial ultrasound stimulation of the human motor cortex

    Yi Zhang;Liyuan Ren;Kai Liu;Shanbao Tong

  • Enhancing neural efficiency of cognitive processing speed via training and neurostimulation: An fNIRS and TMS study

    Adrian Curtin;Hasan Ayaz;Hasan Ayaz;Hasan Ayaz;Yingying Tang;Junfeng Sun

  • Parameterized entropy analysis of EEG following hypoxic–ischemic brain injury

    Shanbao Tong;Shanbao Tong;Anastasios Bezerianos;Anastasios Bezerianos;Amit Malhotra;Yisheng Zhu

  • Quantitative EEG and effect of hypothermia on brain recovery after cardiac arrest

    Hyun-Chool Shin;Shanbao Tong;S. Yamashita;Xiaofeng Jia

  • Apparatus and methods for brain rhythm analysis

    Nitish V Thakor;Anastasios Bezerianos;Feras Al Hatib;Hasan Al-Nashash

  • Reorganization of Brain Networks in Aging and Age-related Diseases.

    Junfeng Sun;Shanbao Tong;Guo-Yuan Yang

  • Induction and imaging of photothrombotic stroke in conscious and freely moving rats.

    Hongyang Lu;Yao Li;Lu Yuan;Hangdao Li

  • Segregating Top-Down Selective Attention from Response Inhibition in a Spatial Cueing Go/NoGo Task: An ERP and Source Localization Study

    Xiangfei Hong;Yao Wang;Junfeng Sun;Chunbo Li

  • Electroencephalographic differences between depressed and control subjects: An aspect of interdependence analysis

    Yu Sun;Yingjie Li;Yisheng Zhu;Xingshi Chen

  • Characterizing dynamic local functional connectivity in the human brain.

    Lifu Deng;Junfeng Sun;Lin Cheng;Shanbao Tong

Frequent Co-Authors

Hasan Ayaz
Hasan Ayaz Drexel University
Herta Flor
Herta Flor Heidelberg University
Yuan Yang
Yuan Yang Columbia University
Zhijun Li
Zhijun Li Tongji University
Hao Wang
Hao Wang Swinburne University of Technology
Xiao-Ping Zhang
Xiao-Ping Zhang University of Birmingham
Richard D. Jones
Richard D. Jones University of Canterbury
Warren M. Grill
Warren M. Grill Duke University

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