Nasim Sheikh-Bahaei
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Western Neuroradiological Society: Gabriel H Wilson Award, 2018
Cambridge University: EG Fearnside Scholarship, 2016
Cambridge University Hospitals: Charles Freer Scholarship, 2013
Utility of Neuroimaging in the Management of Chronic and Acute Headache Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2022 Jun; 55(3):559-577. . View in PubMed
Brain energy failure in dementia syndromes: Opportunities and challenges for glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists Alzheimers Dement. 2022 03; 18(3):478-497. . View in PubMed
Older age, male sex, and cerebral microbleeds predict white matter loss after traumatic brain injury Geroscience. 2022 02; 44(1):83-102. . View in PubMed
Dementia is associated with medial temporal atrophy even after accounting for neuropathologies Brain Commun. 2022; 4(2):fcac052. . View in PubMed
Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy-related Inflammation Presenting With a Cystic Lesion in Young-onset Alzheimer Disease Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2021 Jul-Sep 01; 35(3):265-268. . View in PubMed
Neuroimaging Features of Intracranial Hypertension in Pediatric Patients With New-Onset Idiopathic Seizures, a Comparison With Patients with Confirmed Diagnosis of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: A Preliminary Study J Child Neurol. 2021 10; 36(12):1103-1110. . View in PubMed
Body mass index, time of day and genetics affect perivascular spaces in the white matter J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2021 07; 41(7):1563-1578. . View in PubMed
Global and Regional Changes in Perivascular Space in Idiopathic and Familial Parkinson's Disease Mov Disord. 2021 05; 36(5):1126-1136. . View in PubMed
Volumetric distribution of perivascular space in relation to mild cognitive impairment Neurobiol Aging. 2021 03; 99:28-43. . View in PubMed
Common Data Elements in Head and Neck Radiology Reporting Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 2020 Aug; 30(3):379-391. . View in PubMed
Body mass index, time of day, and genetics affect perivascular spaces in the white matter BioRxiv. 2020. . View in PubMed
MR spectroscopy in Alzheimer’s disease Biomedical Spectroscopy and Imaging. 2020; 9:13-21. . View in PubMed
Advanced Imaging Techniques in Diagnosis of Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Front Neurol. 2020; 11:165. . View in PubMed
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES): Pathophysiology and Neuro-Imaging Front Neurol. 2020; 11:463. . View in PubMed
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES): Pathophysiology and Neuro-Imaging Frontier in Neurology. 2020; 11:463. . View in PubMed
Alteration of perivascular spaces in early cognitive decline biorxiv. 2020. . View in PubMed
Nonparenchymal fluid is the source of increased mean diffusivity in preclinical Alzheimer's disease Alzheimers Dement (Amst). 2019 Dec; 11:348-354. . View in PubMed
Correlation of Lobar Cerebral Microbleeds with Amyloid, Perfusion, and Metabolism in Alzheimer's Disease J Alzheimers Dis. 2019; 68(4):1489-1497. . View in PubMed
Image processing approaches to enhance perivascular space visibility and quantification using MRI Sci Rep. 2019 08 26; 9(1):12351. . View in PubMed
Positron emission tomography-guided magnetic resonance spectroscopy in Alzheimer disease Ann Neurol. 2018 04; 83(4):771-778. . View in PubMed
Cerebral small vessel disease in middle age and genetic predisposition to late-onset Alzheimer's disease Alzheimers Dement. 2018 02; 14(2):253-258. . View in PubMed
Current Role for Biomarkers in Clinical Diagnosis of Alzheimer Disease and Frontotemporal Dementia Curr Treat Options Neurol. 2017 Nov 14; 19(12):46. . View in PubMed
Imaging Biomarkers in Alzheimer's Disease: A Practical Guide for Clinicians J Alzheimers Dis Rep. 2017 Jul 19; 1(1):71-88. . View in PubMed
Can MRI Visual Assessment Differentiate the Variants of Primary-Progressive Aphasia? AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2017 May; 38(5):954-960.. View in PubMed
An audit of CT colonography-compliance with NICE guidelines Clinical Radiology. 2016; 71(S1):15. . View in PubMed
In: Saba L, Raz E. eds. Neurovascular Imaging, from basic to advanced concepts,. Anatomy of the neck artery. 2016; 1-9. . View in PubMed
IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2014 Jan; 61(1):35-40. . View in PubMed
In Adam A, Dixon A. , Gillard J. H. , Schaefer-Prokop C. M. eds. Grainger & Allison’s Diagnostic Radiology. Postoperative Spine. 2013; 1364-1373. . View in PubMed
Intraplaque stretch in carotid atherosclerotic plaque--an effective biomechanical predictor for subsequent cerebrovascular ischemic events PLoS One. 2013; 8(4):e61522. . View in PubMed
Critical mechanical conditions around neovessels in carotid atherosclerotic plaque may promote intraplaque hemorrhage Atherosclerosis. 2012 Aug; 223(2):321-6. . View in PubMed
JAMA Review of MRI Atlas of human White matter. 2012; 308(21):2280-2281. . View in PubMed
Physics MCQs for the part 1 FRCR 2011. . View in PubMed
The relation between intracranial and intraocular pressures: study of 50 patients Ann Neurol. 2006 May; 59(5):867-70. . View in PubMed
Photodynamic therapy of head and neck basal cell carcinoma according to different clinicopathologic features Lasers Surg Med. 2005 Jun; 36(5):377-82. . View in PubMed
Dr. Sheikh-Bahaei’s main research interest is the imaging biomarkers for diagnosis and prognosis of different neurodegenerative diseases and dementias utilizing advanced MRI techniques and PET scans with various tracers for metabolism, amyloid and tau. She is currently a Co-Investigator in the imaging core of Alzheimer’s disease research center (ADRC) at USC and working on different imaging cohorts at Laboratory of Neuroimaging (LONI) and ADRC. Her active research studies are:
• Neurodegenerative diseases including AD, Primary Progressive aphasia and PDD/DLB.
a. Synaptic function in Alzheimer’s disease and its association with amyloid beta and tau proteins.
b. Interaction between the level of different neurotransmitters measured by MRS and function and density of synapses and their relationship with tractography in AD.
c. Development of new tracers for AD and other dementias and optimizing the production of current tracers and improving the quality of PET images and establishing a semi-automated high-quality quantitative PET analysis system.
• The role of microvascular changes (i.e. cerebral microbleeds, perivascular spaces and white matter changes) in different neurological disorders including:
a. Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias: investigating the interaction between vascular changes and proteinopathy in AD. She was involved in developing an automated software for quantification of perivascular spaces at USC and currently working on a new atlas for normal and abnormal distribution of perivascular spaces across the life span.
b. Migraine and other headaches, using 7T MRI to investigate the microvascular changes, perfusion and functional alteration in different types of Migraine.
c. Normal pressure hydrocephalus, Idiopathic intracranial hypertension and Spontaneous intracranial hypotension; investigating the glymphatic system and perivascular spaces and the role of CSF clearance in various disorders associated with CSF flow impairment
