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Silvina G. Horovitz is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a significant focus on the subfields of Neurology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, including:

  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Psychosomatic disorders and their treatments
  • Functional brain connectivity studies
  • Genetic neurodegenerative diseases
  • Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments
  • Advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications
  • Obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders

Horovitz has contributed to numerous publications, often appearing in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), NeuroImage Clinical, Neurology, Journal of Neurology, and Clinical Neurophysiology. Their recent papers include:

  • Deep phenotyping of post-infectious myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, 2024, Nature Communications
  • Neuroimaging in Functional Neurological Disorder: State of the Field and Research Agenda, 2021, NeuroImage Clinical
  • What have we really learned from functional connectivity in clinical populations?, 2021, NeuroImage
  • Effects of TPH2 gene variation and childhood trauma on the clinical and circuit-level phenotype of functional movement disorders, 2020, Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
  • Dynamics of Top-Down Control and Motor Networks in Parkinson's Disease, 2021, Movement Disorders

Their body of work notably includes collaboration with frequent co-authors such as Mark Hallett, Jacob A. Parker, Primavera A. Spagnolo, Patrick Bédard, and Patrick McGurrin.

Throughout their career, Horovitz has published extensively, with a substantial number of contributions focusing on the integration of neuroimaging techniques and clinical neurological research. The range of topics covered in their work reflects an interdisciplinary approach linking brain imaging, clinical neuroscience, and mental health studies.

Best Publications

  • Decoupling of the brain's default mode network during deep sleep

    Silvina G. Horovitz;Allen R. Braun;Walter S. Carr;Dante Picchioni

  • Low frequency BOLD fluctuations during resting wakefulness and light sleep: a simultaneous EEG-fMRI study.

    Silvina G. Horovitz;Masaki Fukunaga;Jacco A. de Zwart;Peter van Gelderen

  • Low Frequency Fluctuations in the Cardiac Rate as a Source of Variance in the Resting-State fMRI BOLD Signal

    Karin Shmueli;Peter van Gelderen;Jacco A. de Zwart;Silvina G. Horovitz

  • Large-amplitude, spatially correlated fluctuations in BOLD fMRI signals during extended rest and early sleep stages.

    Masaki Fukunaga;Silvina G. Horovitz;Peter van Gelderen;Jacco A. de Zwart

  • Alteration of brain default network in subacute phase of injury in concussed individuals: resting-state fMRI study.

    Brian Johnson;Kai Zhang;Silvina G. Horovitz

  • Sources of functional magnetic resonance imaging signal fluctuations in the human brain at rest: a 7 T study ☆

    Marta Bianciardi;Masaki Fukunaga;Peter van Gelderen;Silvina G. Horovitz

  • Meta-analysis of real-time fMRI neurofeedback studies using individual participant data: How is brain regulation mediated?

    Kirsten Emmert;Kirsten Emmert;Rotem Kopel;Rotem Kopel;James Samuel Sulzer;Annette B. Brühl;Annette B. Brühl

  • Impaired self-agency in functional movement disorders

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  • Correlations and dissociations between BOLD signal and P300 amplitude in an auditory oddball task: a parametric approach to combining fMRI and ERP.

    Silvina G. Horovitz;Pawel Skudlarski;John C. Gore

  • Alteration of brain functional network at rest and in response to YMCA physical stress test in concussed athletes: RsFMRI study.

    Semyon Slobounov;Kai Zhang;Brian Johnson

  • Modulation of spontaneous fMRI activity in human visual cortex by behavioral state

    Marta Bianciardi;Masaki Fukunaga;Peter van Gelderen;Silvina G. Horovitz

  • Parametric design and correlational analyses help integrating fMRI and electrophysiological data during face processing.

    Silvina G Horovitz;Bruno Rossion;Pawel Skudlarski;John C Gore

  • Neuroimaging in Functional Neurological Disorder: State of the Field and Research Agenda.

    David L Perez;Timothy R Nicholson;Ali A Asadi-Pooya;Indrit Bègue

  • Rhythmic alternating patterns of brain activity distinguish rapid eye movement sleep from other states of consciousness

    Ho Ming Chow;Silvina G. Horovitz;Walter S. Carr;Dante Picchioni

  • Sleep and the functional connectome.

    Dante Picchioni;Jeff H. Duyn;Silvina G. Horovitz

  • Self-modulation of primary motor cortex activity with motor and motor imagery tasks using real-time fMRI-based neurofeedback

    Brian D. Berman;Silvina G. Horovitz;Gaurav Venkataraman;Mark Hallett

  • Tractography patterns of subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation

    Nora Vanegas-Arroyave;Peter M. Lauro;Ling Huang;Mark Hallett

  • Metabolic Origin of Bold Signal Fluctuations in the Absence of Stimuli

    Masaki Fukunaga;Silvina G Horovitz;Jacco A de Zwart;Peter van Gelderen

  • Simultaneous recording of event-related auditory oddball response using transcranial near infrared optical topography and surface EEG.

    Richard P. Kennan;Silvina G. Horovitz;Atsushi Maki;Yuichi Yamashita

  • What have we really learned from functional connectivity in clinical populations

    Jiahe Zhang;Aaron Kucyi;Jovicarole Raya;Ashley N. Nielsen

  • Decreased connectivity between the thalamus and the neocortex during human nonrapid eye movement sleep.

    Dante Picchioni;Morgan L Pixa;Masaki Fukunaga;Walter S Carr

  • Role of the right dorsal anterior insula in the urge to tic in Tourette syndrome.

    Sule Tinaz;Patrick Malone;Mark Hallett;Silvina G. Horovitz

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Hallett
Mark Hallett National Institutes of Health
Masaki Fukunaga
Masaki Fukunaga National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Jeff H. Duyn
Jeff H. Duyn National Institutes of Health
Jacco A. de Zwart
Jacco A. de Zwart National Institutes of Health
Allen R. Braun
Allen R. Braun Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Semyon Slobounov
Semyon Slobounov Pennsylvania State University
Barry Horwitz
Barry Horwitz National Institutes of Health
Christian F. Beckmann
Christian F. Beckmann Radboud University
Albert R. La Spada
Albert R. La Spada University of California, Irvine
Nora D. Volkow
Nora D. Volkow National Institutes of Health

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