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Thomas A. Zeffiro

Thomas A. Zeffiro

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Neuroscience

D-Index
66
Citations
18158
World Ranking
2982
National Ranking
1385

Overview

Thomas A. Zeffiro is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and conducts research across multiple intersecting fields, primarily focusing on neuroscience, medicine, and psychology.

Their work encompasses a variety of subfields including:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Neurology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine

Zeffiro's research topics cover diverse areas related to brain function and health, such as:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • HIV-related Health Complications and Treatments
  • Neural Dynamics and Brain Function
  • Schizophrenia Research and Treatment
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Assia Jaillard
  • Erin E. O'Connor
  • Ben Julian A. Palanca
  • Charles R. Conway
  • Britt M. Gott

Publications by Thomas A. Zeffiro have appeared in several scientific venues, including multiple papers in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Translational Stroke Research
  • International Journal of Obesity
  • NeuroImage Clinical
  • Scientific Reports

Selected recent papers reflect a range of research topics and publication venues:

  • "Autologous Mesenchymal Stem Cells Improve Motor Recovery in Subacute Ischemic Stroke: a Randomized Clinical Trial" (2020), published in Translational Stroke Research
  • "Hunger and BMI modulate neural responses to sweet stimuli: fMRI meta-analysis" (2020), published in International Journal of Obesity
  • "Meta-analysis of brain metabolite differences in HIV infection" (2020), published in NeuroImage Clinical
  • "Spatial Network Connectivity and Spatial Reasoning Ability in Children with Nonverbal Learning Disability" (2020), published in Scientific Reports
  • "Differential Effects of AIDS and Chronic Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection on Gray Matter Volume" (2020), published in Clinical Infectious Diseases

Best Publications

  • Meta-analysis of the functional neuroanatomy of single-word reading: method and validation.

    Peter E. Turkeltaub;Guinevere F. Eden;Karen M. Jones;Thomas A. Zeffiro

  • 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

  • Abnormal processing of visual motion in dyslexia revealed by functional brain imaging

    Guinevere F. Eden;John W. VanMeter;Judith M. Rumsey;José Ma. Maisog

  • Development of neural mechanisms for reading

    Peter E Turkeltaub;Lynn Gareau;D Lynn Flowers;D Lynn Flowers;Thomas A Zeffiro

  • Intimate Partner Violence, PTSD, and Adverse Health Outcomes

    Mary Ann Dutton;Bonnie L. Green;Stacey I. Kaltman;Darren M. Roesch

  • Functional mapping of the human visual cortex at 4 and 1.5 tesla using deoxygenation contrast EPI

    R. Turner;P. Jezzard;H. Wen;K. K. Kwong

  • Regional cerebral blood flow during object naming and word reading.

    Susan Y. Bookheimer;Thomas A. Zeffiro;Teresa Blaxton;William Gaillard

  • 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

  • Neural activation during acute capsaicin-evoked pain and allodynia assessed with PET.

    Michael J. Iadarola;Karen Faith Berman;Thomas A. Zeffiro;Michael G. Byas-Smith;Michael G. Byas-Smith

  • Neural Changes following Remediation in Adult Developmental Dyslexia

    Guinevere F. Eden;Karen M. Jones;Katherine Cappell;Lynn Gareau

  • Enhanced visual functioning in autism: An ALE meta-analysis

    Fabienne Samson;Laurent Mottron;Isabelle Soulières;Isabelle Soulières;Thomas A. Zeffiro

  • Activation of human primary visual cortex during visual recall: a magnetic resonance imaging study.

    D Le Bihan;R Turner;T A Zeffiro;C A Cuénod

  • Altered processing of contextual information during fear extinction in PTSD: an fMRI study.

    Ansgar Rougemont-Bücking;Ansgar Rougemont-Bücking;Clas Linnman;Thomas A. Zeffiro;Mohamed A. Zeidan

  • Meditation leads to reduced default mode network activity beyond an active task

    Kathleen A. Garrison;Thomas A. Zeffiro;Dustin Scheinost;R. Todd Constable

  • Categorization training results in shape- and category-selective human neural plasticity.

    Xiong Jiang;Evan Bradley;Regina A. Rini;Thomas Zeffiro

  • Symptomatic and essential palatal tremor. 1. Clinical, physiological and MRI analysis.

    G Deuschl;C Toro;J Valls-Solé;T Zeffiro

  • Functional MRI during word generation, using conventional equipment: A potential tool for language localization in the clinical environment

    C. A. Cuenod;S. Y. Bookheimer;L. Hertz-Pannier;T. A. Zeffiro

  • Neural systems affected in developmental dyslexia revealed by functional neuroimaging.

    Guinevere F. Eden;Thomas A. Zeffiro

  • Locating the Motor Cortex on the MRI with Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and PET

    Eric M. Wassermann;Binseng Wang;Thomas A. Zeffiro;Norihiro Sadato

  • Functional Mapping of Human Learning: A Positron Emission Tomography Activation Study of Eyeblink Conditioning

    Teresa A. Blaxton;Thomas A. Zeffiro;John D. E. Gabrieli;Susan Y. Bookheimer

  • Clinical Study Neural Changes following Remediation in Adult Developmental Dyslexia

    Guinevere F. Eden;Karen M. Jones;Katherine Cappell;Lynn Gareau

Frequent Co-Authors

Guinevere F. Eden
Guinevere F. Eden Georgetown University Medical Center
John W. VanMeter
John W. VanMeter Georgetown University Medical Center
Mark Hallett
Mark Hallett National Institutes of Health
Laurent Mottron
Laurent Mottron University of Montreal
Susan Y. Bookheimer
Susan Y. Bookheimer University of California, Los Angeles
John W. Belliveau
John W. Belliveau Harvard University
William H. Theodore
William H. Theodore National Institutes of Health
Frank B. Wood
Frank B. Wood Wake Forest University
William D. Gaillard
William D. Gaillard George Washington University
Mohammed R Milad
Mohammed R Milad The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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