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Overview

William S. Linn is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a strong focus on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The scientist's main research topics include Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications, Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience, Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism, Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation, and Phonetics and Phonology Research.

They have published in several notable venues, with the majority of their work appearing in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) and Human Brain Mapping. Their recent publications include:

  • Probabilistic coverage of the frontal aslant tract in young adults: Insights into individual variability, lateralization, and language functions (2024, Human Brain Mapping)
  • Unveiling the axonal connectivity between the precuneus and temporal pole: Structural evidence from the cingulum pathways (2024, Human Brain Mapping)
  • A hierarchical framework for cortical and subcortical gray-matter parcellation across rodents, primates, and humans (2025, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))
  • Probabilistic Coverage of the Frontal Aslant Tract in Young Adults: Insights into Individual Variability, Lateralization, and Language Functions (2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))
  • Directed connectomes across species reveal conserved and divergent pathways of neural signaling (2025, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))

Frequent collaborators with whom William S. Linn has coauthored multiple papers include Fang-Cheng Yeh, Jessica Barrios-Martinez, David T. Fernandes-Cabral, Timothée Jacquesson, and Maximiliano Núñez.

Best Publications

  • A study of twelve Southern California communities with differing levels and types of air pollution. I. Prevalence of respiratory morbidity.

    J M Peters;E Avol;E Avol;W Navidi;W Navidi;S J London;S J London

  • A study of twelve Southern California communities with differing levels and types of air pollution. II. Effects on pulmonary function.

    John M. Peters;John M. Peters;Edward Avol;Edward Avol;W. James Gauderman;W. James Gauderman;William S. Linn;William S. Linn

  • Air pollution and daily hospital admissions in metropolitan Los Angeles.

    William S. Linn;Yaga Szlachcic;Henry Gong;Patrick L. Kinney

  • Asthma symptoms in Hispanic children and daily ambient exposures to toxic and criteria air pollutants.

    Ralph J Delfino;Henry Gong;William S Linn;Edo D Pellizzari

  • Respiratory symptoms and peak expiratory flow in children with asthma in relation to volatile organic compounds in exhaled breath and ambient air.

    Ralph J Delfino;Henry Gong;William S Linn;Ye Hu

  • Associations of children's lung function with ambient air pollution: joint effects of regional and near-roadway pollutants

    Robert Urman;Rob McConnell;Talat Islam;Edward L Avol

  • Controlled Exposures of Healthy and Asthmatic Volunteers to Concentrated Ambient Fine Particles in Los Angeles

    Unknown

  • Experimental studies on human health effects of air pollutants: I. Design considerations.

    Jack D. Hackney;William S. Linn;Ramon D. Buckley;E. Eugene Pedersen

  • Replicated dose-response study of sulfur dioxide effects in normal, atopic, and asthmatic volunteers.

    William S. Linn;Edward L. Avol;Ru-Chuan Peng;Deborah A. Shamoo

  • The effect of ambient air pollution on exhaled nitric oxide in the Children's Health Study

    Kiros Berhane;Yue Zhang;William S. Linn;Edward B. Rappaport

  • Comparative Respiratory Effects of Ozone and Ambient Oxidant Pollution Exposure During Heavy Exercise

    Edward L. Avol;William S. Linn;Theodore G. Venet;Deborah A. Shamoo

  • Day-to-day particulate exposures and health changes in Los Angeles area residents with severe lung disease.

    William S. Linn;Henry Gong;Kenneth W. Clark;Karen R. Anderson

  • Exposures of Healthy and Asthmatic Volunteers to Concentrated Ambient Ultrafine Particles in Los Angeles

    Henry Gong;William S. Linn;Kenneth W. Clark;Karen R. Anderson

  • Cardiovascular effects of ozone exposure in human volunteers.

    Henry Gong;Richard Wong;Radha J. Sarma;William S. Linn

  • Controlled exposures of volunteers to respirable carbon and sulfuric acid aerosols.

    Karen R. Anderson;Edward L. Avol;Scott A. Edwards;Deborah A. Shamoo

  • Altered heart-rate variability in asthmatic and healthy volunteers exposed to concentrated ambient coarse particles.

    Henry Gong;William S. Linn;Sheryl L. Terrell;Kenneth W. Clark

  • Adaptation to short-term respiratory effects of ozone in men exposed repeatedly.

    Unknown

  • Effects of 0.2 ppm nitrogen dioxide on pulmonary function and response to bronchoprovocation in asthmatics

    M. T. Kleinman;R. M. Bailey;W. S. Linn;K. R. Anderson

  • Respiratory responses to exposures with fine particulates and nitrogen dioxide in the elderly with and without COPD.

    Henry Jr. Gong;William S. Linn;Kenneth W. Clark;Karen R. Anderson

  • Exposures of elderly volunteers with and without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to concentrated ambient fine particulate pollution.

    Henry Gong;William S. Linn;Sheryl L. Terrell;Karen R. Anderson

  • Reduction of nitrate losses from filter and impactor samplers by means of concentration enrichment

    Ming Chih Chang;Constantinos Sioutas;Seongheon Kim;Henry Gong

  • Experimental studies on human health effects of air pollutants. III. Two-hour exposure to ozone alone and in combination with other pollutant gases.

    Jack D. Hackney;William S. Linn;David C. Law;Sarunas K. Karuza

  • Effects of Exposure to 4 PPM Nitrogen Dioxide in Healthy and Asthmatic Volunteers

    William S. Linn;Joseph C. Solomon;Stanley C. Trim;Charles E. Spier

  • Persistence of adaptation to ozone in volunteers exposed repeatedly for six weeks.

    W.S. Linn;D.A. Medway;U.T. Anzar;L.M. Valencia

  • Residential traffic-related pollution exposures and exhaled nitric oxide in the children's health study.

    Sandrah P. Eckel;Kiros Berhane;Muhammad T. Salam;Edward B. Rappaport

  • Short-term air pollution exposures and responses in Los Angeles area schoolchildren.

    Linn Ws;Shamoo Da;Anderson Kr;Peng Rc

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward L. Avol
Edward L. Avol University of Southern California
Frank D. Gilliland
Frank D. Gilliland University of Southern California
Stephanie J. London
Stephanie J. London National Institutes of Health
W. James Gauderman
W. James Gauderman University of Southern California
Fred Lurmann
Fred Lurmann University of Southern California
Constantinos Sioutas
Constantinos Sioutas University of Southern California
David R. Cocker
David R. Cocker University of California, Riverside
Rob McConnell
Rob McConnell University of Southern California
Ralph J. Delfino
Ralph J. Delfino University of California, Irvine
Edo D. Pellizzari
Edo D. Pellizzari Research Triangle Park Foundation

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