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Young H. Sohn

Young H. Sohn

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Neuroscience

D-Index
54
Citations
10937
World Ranking
4913
National Ranking
21

Overview

Young H. Sohn is affiliated with Yonsei University in South Korea and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on neurology. Their research spans multiple subfields including physiology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, cognitive neuroscience, as well as psychiatry and mental health.

The scientist's main research themes cover various aspects of neurological disorders, with a marked emphasis on Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments. Other prominent topics in their body of work include advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, dementia and cognitive impairment research, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, functional brain connectivity studies, and genetic neurodegenerative diseases.

Young H. Sohn has published in a range of venues, frequently appearing in the following journals and periodicals:

  • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
  • Neurology
  • European Journal of Neurology
  • Movement Disorders
  • Journal of Movement Disorders

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Young H. Sohn include the following:

  • Environmental contamination in the isolation rooms of COVID-19 patients with severe pneumonia requiring mechanical ventilation or high-flow oxygen therapy, 2020, Journal of Hospital Infection
  • Gut microbiota-derived metabolite trimethylamine N-oxide as a biomarker in early Parkinson's disease, 2020, Nutrition
  • Identifying the Functional Brain Network of Motor Reserve in Early Parkinson's Disease, 2020, Movement Disorders
  • Perivascular Spaces in the Basal Ganglia and Long-term Motor Prognosis in Newly Diagnosed Parkinson Disease, 2021, Neurology
  • Association of choroid plexus volume with motor symptoms and dopaminergic degeneration in Parkinson's disease, 2023, Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry

Among frequent co-authors, the following researchers have collaborated notably with Young H. Sohn:

  • Phil Hyu Lee
  • Seok Jong Chung
  • Han Soo Yoo
  • Kyoungwon Baik
  • Jin Ho Jung

Best Publications

  • Modulation of human corticomotor excitability by somatosensory input

    Alain Kaelin-Lang;Andreas R. Luft;Lumy Sawaki;Aaron H. Burstein

  • Association of LRRK2 exonic variants with susceptibility to Parkinson's disease: a case-control study.

    Owen A. Ross;Alexandra I. Soto-Ortolaza;Michael G. Heckman;Jan O. Aasly

  • Disturbed surround inhibition in focal hand dystonia.

    Young H. Sohn;Mark Hallett

  • Surround inhibition in human motor system.

    Young H. Sohn;Mark Hallett

  • A randomized trial of mesenchymal stem cells in multiple system atrophy.

    Phil Hyu Lee;Ji E. Lee;Han Soo Kim;Sook K. Song

  • Wearing-off fluctuations in Parkinson's disease: contribution of postsynaptic mechanisms.

    D. Bravi;M Maral Mouradian;J. W. Roberts;T. L. Davis

  • Arterial Pulsatility as an Index of Cerebral Microangiopathy in Diabetes

    Kyung Y. Lee;Young H. Sohn;Jong S. Baik;Gyung W. Kim

  • Effect of volitional inhibition on cortical inhibitory mechanisms.

    Young H. Sohn;Katy Wiltz;Mark Hallett

  • The pattern of cortical atrophy in patients with Parkinson's disease according to cognitive status.

    Sook K. Song;Ji E. Lee;Hae Jeong Park;Young H. Sohn

  • Exploratory analysis of neuropsychological and neuroanatomical correlates of progressive mild cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease

    Ji E Lee;Kyoo H Cho;Sook K Song;Hee Jin Kim

  • Excitability of the ipsilateral motor cortex during phasic voluntary hand movement

    Young H Sohn;Han Y Jung;Alain Kaelin-Lang;Mark Hallett

  • A comparative analysis of cognitive profiles and white-matter alterations using voxel-based diffusion tensor imaging between patients with Parkinson's disease dementia and dementia with Lewy bodies

    Ji E. Lee;Hae Jeong Park;Bo Suk Park;Sook K. Song

  • Analysis of PARK genes in a Korean cohort of early-onset Parkinson disease.

    Jung Mi Choi;Myoung Soo Woo;Hyeo Il Ma;Suk Yun Kang

  • Motor training as treatment in focal hand dystonia.

    Kirsten E. Zeuner;Holly A. Shill;Young H. Sohn;Fiona M. Molloy

  • Factors contributing to the development of restless legs syndrome in patients with Parkinson disease

    Ji E. Lee;Hae-Won Shin;Hae-Won Shin;Kyung S. Kim;Young H. Sohn

  • The Efficacy and Limits of Magnetic Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound Pallidotomy for Parkinson's Disease: A Phase I Clinical Trial

    Na Young Jung;Chang Kyu Park;Minsoo Kim;Phil Hyu Lee

  • The Brain Lesion Responsible for Parkinsonism After Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

    Young H. Sohn;Yong Jeong;Hyun S. Kim;Joo H. Im

  • Factors related to clinically probable REM sleep behavior disorder in Parkinson disease.

    Ji E. Lee;Kyung S. Kim;Hae-Won Shin;Hae-Won Shin;Young H. Sohn

  • Neuroanatomical substrates of visual hallucinations in patients with non-demented Parkinson's disease.

    Soojeong Shin;Ji Eun Lee;Jin Yong Hong;Mun Kyung Sunwoo

  • Effect of striatal dopamine depletion on cognition in de novo Parkinson's disease.

    Seok Jong Chung;Han Soo Yoo;Jungsu S. Oh;Jae Seung Kim

  • Effect of levetiracetam on human corticospinal excitability.

    Young H. Sohn;Alain Kaelin-Lang;Han Y. Jung;Mark Hallett

  • Volumetric analysis of the substantia innominata in patients with Parkinson's disease according to cognitive status.

    Seo Hee Choi;Tae Min Jung;Ji E. Lee;Seung Koo Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Phil Hyu Lee
Phil Hyu Lee Yonsei University
Mark Hallett
Mark Hallett National Institutes of Health
Seung-Koo Lee
Seung-Koo Lee Yonsei University
Alan C. Evans
Alan C. Evans McGill University
Matthew J. Farrer
Matthew J. Farrer University of Florida
Enza Maria Valente
Enza Maria Valente University of Pavia
Hae-Jeong Park
Hae-Jeong Park Yonsei University
Byung In Lee
Byung In Lee Inje University
Christine Klein
Christine Klein University of Lübeck
Aldo Quattrone
Aldo Quattrone Magna Graecia University

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