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Naomi Sta Maria, PhD

Assistant Professor of Research Physiology and Neuroscience

Director, Functional Biological Imaging Core

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Education and Training

  • UCLA — Ph.D. — 2012 — Biomedical Engineering

Publications

  • KCNJ2 inhibition mitigates mechanical injury in a human brain organoid model of traumatic brain injury. Cell Stem Cell. 2024 04 04; 31(4):519-536.e8.. View in PubMed
  • MRI Detection of Lymph Node Metastasis through Molecular Targeting of C-C Chemokine Receptor Type 2 and Monocyte Hitchhiking. ACS Nano. 2024 01 23; 18(3):2091-2104.. View in PubMed
  • Synthesis and Preclinical Evaluation of 22-[18F]Fluorodocosahexaenoic Acid as a Positron Emission Tomography Probe for Monitoring Brain Docosahexaenoic Acid Uptake Kinetics. ACS Chem Neurosci. 2023 12 20; 14(24):4409-4418.. View in PubMed
  • The C9ORF72 repeat expansion alters neurodevelopment. Cell Rep. 2023 08 29; 42(8):112983.. View in PubMed
  • Radiosynthesis of 20-[18F]fluoroarachidonic acid for PET-MR imaging: Biological evaluation in ApoE4-TR mice. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids. 2022 11; 186:102510.. View in PubMed
  • Mbnl1 and Mbnl2 regulate brain structural integrity in mice. Commun Biol. 2021 11 30; 4(1):1342.. View in PubMed
  • Spatio-temporal biodistribution of 89Zr-oxine labeled huLym-1-A-BB3z-CAR T-cells by PET imaging in a preclinical tumor model. Sci Rep. 2021 07 23; 11(1):15077.. View in PubMed
  • Mild traumatic brain injury induces microvascular injury and accelerates Alzheimer-like pathogenesis in mice. Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2021 04 23; 9(1):74.. View in PubMed
  • Cranial Suture Regeneration Mitigates Skull and Neurocognitive Defects in Craniosynostosis. Cell. 2021 01 07; 184(1):243-256.e18.. View in PubMed
  • Collagenase-Cleavable Peptide Amphiphile Micelles as a Novel Theranostic Strategy in Atherosclerosis. Adv Ther (Weinh). 2020 Mar; 3(3).. View in PubMed
  • Bridging the gap: Mechanisms of plasticity and repair after pediatric TBI. Exp Neurol. 2019 08; 318:78-91.. View in PubMed
  • D-Cycloserine Restores Experience-Dependent Neuroplasticity after Traumatic Brain Injury in the Developing Rat Brain. J Neurotrauma. 2017 04 15; 34(8):1692-1702.. View in PubMed
  • Low Dose Focused Ultrasound Induces Enhanced Tumor Accumulation of Natural Killer Cells. PLoS One. 2015; 10(11):e0142767.. View in PubMed
  • ROCKETSHIP: a flexible and modular software tool for the planning, processing and analysis of dynamic MRI studies. BMC Med Imaging. 2015 Jun 16; 15:19.. View in PubMed
  • In vivo monitoring of natural killer cell trafficking during tumor immunotherapy. Magn Reson Insights. 2014; 7:15-21.. View in PubMed
  • N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor subunit changes after traumatic injury to the developing brain. J Neurotrauma. 2006 Jun; 23(6):950-61.. View in PubMed
  • Model predictions of gas embolism growth and reabsorption during xenon anesthesia. Anesthesiology. 2003 Sep; 99(3):638-45.. View in PubMed

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