Evan M. Gordon

Movie Watching for Individual Functional Brain Network Estimation in Adolescents

This study compares functional brain network estimation using resting state crosshair fixation and movie watching in adolescents, finding similar network topography with minor border shifts.

Precision Confidence Mapping: An approach to determining individualized network topography with limited data

This paper introduces PCM, a method to assess network assignment confidence in rs-fMRI data, improving precision with limited scan durations.

Functional brain network correlates of pubertal timing and depressive symptoms in preadolescence

This study examines how pubertal timing relates to resting-state functional connectivity in preadolescents and its potential link to depressive symptoms.

Functional brain organization is stable within individuals across years

The paper shows that functional brain networks remain stable in healthy young adults over years, suggesting persistent individual brain organization.

Commonality and Variability in Functional Networks In Children Under 5 Years Old

The paper develops an age-appropriate functional reference to estimate individualized brain networks in young children, revealing early network organization and stability.

Patterns of brain-wide associations reflect socioeconomics

The paper links socioeconomic status (SES) to brain-wide associations, showing SES has stronger associations with brain structure and function than IQ or psychopathology.

Objective Quality Assessment for Precision Functional MRI Data

The paper introduces NSI, an objective measure to assess data quality for precision functional MRI, aligning with expert evaluations and enabling principled decisions on data sufficiency.

Robust lesion network mapping reveals symptom-specific circuits

This paper introduces robust lesion network mapping (rLNM) to address statistical validity concerns in lesion network mapping, showing it recovers distinct symptom-specific networks and predicts postoperative language decline.

Parallel processing chains span cytoarchitectures to organize association cortex

The paper identifies parallel processing chains in association cortex using multiple functional mapping modalities, showing they are experience-driven and organized across different cytoarchitectures.

Brain organization of a memory champion

This study maps the brain organization of a memory champion using functional MRI, revealing enhanced connectivity and unique modules related to memory techniques.

Childhood Maltreatment and Deviations from Normative Brain Structure: Results from 3,711 Individuals from the ENIGMA MDD and ENIGMA PTSD

The paper examines how childhood maltreatment affects brain structure in 3,711 individuals with MDD and PTSD, finding age- and sex-specific brain morphometric differences.

Gliomas preferentially develop within the action-mode network

This study identifies a functionally connected glioma network overlapping with the action-mode network and shows its prognostic significance and association with acetylcholine transporter expression.

Precision Functional Mapping of the Individual Human Brain Near Birth

The paper uses functional MRI to map cortical areas in neonates, finding that their arrangement is individually specific and reliably identifiable.

Stimulant medications affect arousal and reward, not attention

This study shows stimulant medications affect brain connectivity in action/motor and reward-related regions, not attention networks, and mimic the effects of sleep.

Image-Based Meta- and Mega-Analysis (IBMMA): A Unified Framework for Large-Scale, Multi-Site, Neuroimaging Data Analysis

IBMMA improves neuroimaging analysis by handling missing data and large datasets, revealing new brain region findings overlooked by traditional methods.

Brain functional connectivity, but not neuroanatomy, captures the interrelationship between sex and gender in preadolescents

This study shows that resting-state functional connectivity better predicts sex than cortical thickness in preadolescents and relates to sex/gender alignment.

Motion Impact Score for Detecting Spurious Brain-Behavior Associations

The paper introduces SHAMAN, a method to assess motion impact on brain-behavior associations in fMRI studies, finding significant motion overestimation and underestimation in various traits.

Volumetric Differences of Thalamic Nuclei are Associated with Post-Trauma Psychopathology

The paper examines thalamic volume differences in trauma-exposed individuals with PTSD, MDD, and controls, finding specific volume reductions and associations with symptom severity and childhood trauma.

Precision functional mapping reveals less inter-individual variability in the child vs. adult human brain

This study maps brain networks in children using precision neuroimaging, finding less inter-individual variability compared to adults.

Longer scans boost prediction and cut costs in brain-wide association studies

The paper shows longer scans improve prediction accuracy in brain-wide association studies while reducing costs, with 30-minute scans being the most cost-effective.

The Generalizability of Cortical Area Parcellations Across Early Childhood

This study parcellates the cerebral cortex in toddlers using functional connectivity and shows high reproducibility across ages, with area boundaries more similar to adults than neonates.

Disuse-driven plasticity in the human thalamus and putamen

This study investigates disuse-driven plasticity in the human thalamus and putamen using fMRI, finding strengthened functional connectivity and signal pulses in these regions during limb immobilization.

A network correspondence toolbox for quantitative evaluation of novel neuroimaging results

The paper introduces the Network Correspondence Toolbox (NCT) to evaluate spatial correspondence between novel neuroimaging results and existing brain atlases, enabling standardized reporting and comparison across studies.

A Subset of Cortical Areas Exhibit Adult-like Functional Network Patterns in Early Childhood

This study identifies infant brain areas with adult-like functional network organization, showing less age-related variation and higher reliability, and suggests implications for using adult network models in infants.

Dense Longitudinal Precision Neuroimaging of Recovery from Traumatic Brain Injury

This study uses dense longitudinal DTI to track white matter recovery in a TBI patient and control, showing individualized recovery trajectories and their correlation with cognitive and emotional recovery.

Multi-echo Acquisition and Thermal Denoising Advances Precision Functional Imaging

This paper introduces multi-echo acquisition and thermal denoising methods to improve precision functional MRI in adults, children, and newborns, showing increased signal-to-noise ratio and reliability.

Structure-Function Coupling in Highly Sampled Individual Brains

The paper evaluates structure-function coupling in individual brains using high-resolution neuroimaging data and finds that structural connections strongly predict function in visual/motor regions and specific cingulate circuits.

The brainstem's red nucleus was evolutionarily upgraded to support goal-directed action

The paper examines the functional connectivity of the human red nucleus using resting-state fMRI and finds it is involved in goal-directed behavior and cognitive control rather than motor function.

Functional parcellation of the neonatal brain

This paper develops a neonatal-specific cortical parcellation based on functional connectivity, validated across multiple datasets.

Substructure of the brain's Cingulo-Opercular network

The paper identifies three distinct subnetworks within the Cingulo-Opercular network linked to decision-making, action execution, and feedback processing using functional connectivity data.