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Ajay K. Verma

University of Minnesota

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Spontaneous eye behavior is an objective marker of parkinsonian severity

Ajay K. Verma, Bharadwaj Nandakumar, Quincey Feragen, Kit Acedillo, Noah Hjelle, Claudia M. Hendrix, Kelly A. Duffy, Mark Joseph A. Fiecas, Ying Yu, Biswaranjan Mohanty, Jing Wang, Jerrold L. Vitek, Luke A. Johnson

The paper shows that spontaneous eye behavior in a nonhuman primate PD model correlates with disease severity and beta oscillatory activity, suggesting it as a potential biomarker.

bioRxiv · Sep 30, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Sleep firing rate homeostasis is disrupted in mild parkinsonism

Bharadwaj Nandakumar, Ajay K. Verma, Ying Yu, Ethan Marshall, Adele L. DeNicola, Jing Wang, Colum D. MacKinnon, Michael J. Howell, Jerrold L. Vitek, Luke A. Johnson

The paper investigates sleep firing rate homeostasis in a nonhuman primate model of Parkinson's disease and finds it is disrupted in parkinsonism.

npj Parkinson s Disease · Jan 21, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience