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Ravi Bansal, PhD

Professor of Research Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics

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Publications

  • Biophysically constrained dynamical modelling of the brain using multimodal magnetic resonance imaging. Brain Res Bull. 2025 Oct 15; 231:111541.. View in PubMed
  • Brain tissue microstructure in a prospective, longitudinal, population-based cohort of preterm and term-born young adults. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2025 May; 66(5):635-649.. View in PubMed
  • Associations of Maternal Prenatal Zinc Consumption with Infant Brain Tissue Organization and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes. Nutrients. 2025 Jan 16; 17(2).. View in PubMed
  • Progression of brain injuries associated with methotrexate chemotherapy in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Pediatr Res. 2025 Jan; 97(1):348-359.. View in PubMed
  • Maternal prenatal immune activation associated with brain tissue microstructure and metabolite concentrations in newborn infants. Brain Behav Immun. 2024 Nov; 122:279-286.. View in PubMed
  • A multi-site 99mTc-HMPAO SPECT study of cerebral blood flow in a community sample of patients with major depression. Transl Psychiatry. 2024 06 03; 14(1):234.. View in PubMed
  • Utilizing maternal prenatal cognition as a predictor of newborn brain measures of intellectual development. Child Neuropsychol. 2024 May; 30(4):582-601.. View in PubMed
  • The multi-level outcome study of psychoanalysis for chronically depressed patients with early trauma (MODE): rationale and design of an international multicenter randomized controlled trial. BMC Psychiatry. 2023 11 16; 23(1):844.. View in PubMed
  • Maternal prenatal immune activation associated with brain tissue microstructure and metabolite concentrations in newborn infants. medRxiv. 2023 Jul 03.. View in PubMed
  • A randomized controlled trial of desvenlafaxine-induced structural brain changes in the treatment of persistent depressive disorder. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging. 2023 06; 331:111634.. View in PubMed
  • Geometry-derived statistical significance: A probabilistic framework for detecting true positive findings in MRI data. Brain Behav. 2023 04; 13(4):e2865.. View in PubMed
  • Longitudinal, prospective study of head impacts in male high school football players. PLoS One. 2023; 18(9):e0291374.. View in PubMed
  • Aberrant hippocampus and amygdala morphology associated with cognitive deficits in schizophrenia. Front Cell Neurosci. 2023; 17:1126577.. View in PubMed
  • Prenatal exposure to air pollution is associated with altered brain structure, function, and metabolism in childhood. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2022 11; 63(11):1316-1331.. View in PubMed
  • Associations of Human Milk Oligosaccharides with Infant Brain Tissue Organization and Regional Blood Flow at 1 Month of Age. Nutrients. 2022 Sep 16; 14(18).. View in PubMed
  • Using tissue microstructure and multimodal MRI to parse the phenotypic heterogeneity and cellular basis of autism spectrum disorder. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2022 08; 63(8):855-870.. View in PubMed
  • Morphological Biomarkers in the Amygdala and Hippocampus of Children and Adults at High Familial Risk for Depression. Diagnostics (Basel). 2022 May 12; 12(5).. View in PubMed
  • Cluster-level statistical inference in fMRI datasets: The unexpected behavior of random fields in high dimensions. Magn Reson Imaging. 2022 04; 87:19-31.. View in PubMed
  • Managing therapy-associated neurotoxicity in children with ALL. Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program. 2021 12 10; 2021(1):376-383.. View in PubMed
  • Association of Prenatal Sugar Consumption with Newborn Brain Tissue Organization. Nutrients. 2021 Jul 16; 13(7).. View in PubMed
  • A Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial (SMART) study of medication and CBT sequencing in the treatment of pediatric anxiety disorders. BMC Psychiatry. 2021 06 30; 21(1):323.. View in PubMed
  • Use of random matrix theory in the discovery of resting state brain networks. Magn Reson Imaging. 2021 04; 77:69-87.. View in PubMed
  • Associations of Maternal Prenatal Drug Abuse With Measures of Newborn Brain Structure, Tissue Organization, and Metabolite Concentrations. JAMA Pediatr. 2020 09 01; 174(9):831-842.. View in PubMed
  • Prenatal socioeconomic status and social support are associated with neonatal brain morphology, toddler language and psychiatric symptoms. Child Neuropsychol. 2020 02; 26(2):170-188.. View in PubMed
  • Parsing the Heterogeneity of Brain Metabolic Disturbances in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Biol Psychiatry. 2020 01 15; 87(2):174-184.. View in PubMed
  • Functional connectivity of the reading network is associated with prenatal polybrominated diphenyl ether concentrations in a community sample of 5 year-old children: A preliminary study. Environ Int. 2020 01; 134:105212.. View in PubMed
  • Neonatal brain metabolite concentrations: Associations with age, sex, and developmental outcomes. PLoS One. 2020; 15(12):e0243255.. View in PubMed
  • Maturation of Brain Microstructure and Metabolism Associates with Increased Capacity for Self-Regulation during the Transition from Childhood to Adolescence. J Neurosci. 2019 10 16; 39(42):8362-8375.. View in PubMed
  • A preliminary study on prenatal polybrominated diphenyl ether serum concentrations and intrinsic functional network organization and executive functioning in childhood. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2019 09; 60(9):1010-1020.. View in PubMed
  • Hyperperfusion of Frontal White and Subcortical Gray Matter in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Biol Psychiatry. 2019 04 01; 85(7):584-595.. View in PubMed
  • Effects of the antidepressant medication duloxetine on brain metabolites in persistent depressive disorder: A randomized, controlled trial. PLoS One. 2019; 14(7):e0219679.. View in PubMed
  • Associations Between Brain Structure and Connectivity in Infants and Exposure to Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors During Pregnancy. JAMA Pediatr. 2018 06 01; 172(6):525-533.. View in PubMed
  • Cluster-level statistical inference in fMRI datasets: The unexpected behavior of random fields in high dimensions. Magn Reson Imaging. 2018 06; 49:101-115.. View in PubMed
  • Reduced perfusion in Broca’s area in developmental stuttering. Hum Brain Mapp. 2017 04; 38(4):1865-1874.. View in PubMed
  • Longitudinal study of cerebral surface morphology in youth with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, and association with positive symptoms of psychosis. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2017 03; 58(3):305-314.. View in PubMed
  • Proton Chemical Shift Imaging of the Brain in Pediatric and Adult Developmental Stuttering. JAMA Psychiatry. 2017 Jan 01; 74(1):85-94.. View in PubMed
  • Segmenting and validating brain tissue definitions in the presence of varying tissue contrast. Magn Reson Imaging. 2017 Jan; 35:98-116.. View in PubMed
  • Maternal prenatal iron status and tissue organization in the neonatal brain. Pediatr Res. 2016 Mar; 79(3):482-8.. View in PubMed
  • Serotonin signaling modulates the effects of familial risk for depression on cortical thickness. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging. 2016 Feb 28; 248:83-93.. View in PubMed
  • Effects of prenatal exposure to air pollutants (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) on the development of brain white matter, cognition, and behavior in later childhood. JAMA Psychiatry. 2015 Jun; 72(6):531-40.. View in PubMed
  • Morphological covariance in anatomical MRI scans can identify discrete neural pathways in the brain and their disturbances in persons with neuropsychiatric disorders. Neuroimage. 2015 May 01; 111:215-27.. View in PubMed
  • Anatomical characteristics of the cerebral surface in bulimia nervosa. Biol Psychiatry. 2015 Apr 01; 77(7):616-23.. View in PubMed
  • Morphological features of the neonatal brain following exposure to regional anesthesia during labor and delivery. Magn Reson Imaging. 2015 Feb; 33(2):213-21.. View in PubMed
  • Using Copula distributions to support more accurate imaging-based diagnostic classifiers for neuropsychiatric disorders. Magn Reson Imaging. 2014 Nov; 32(9):1102-13.. View in PubMed
  • Morphological features of the neonatal brain support development of subsequent cognitive, language, and motor abilities. Hum Brain Mapp. 2014 Sep; 35(9):4459-74.. View in PubMed
  • Automated assessment of the quality of diffusion tensor imaging data using color cast of color-encoded fractional anisotropy images. Magn Reson Imaging. 2014 Jun; 32(5):446-56.. View in PubMed
  • Using the circumplex model of affect to study valence and arousal ratings of emotional faces by children and adults with autism spectrum disorders. J Autism Dev Disord. 2014 Jun; 44(6):1332-46.. View in PubMed
  • Sex, age, and cognitive correlates of asymmetries in thickness of the cortical mantle across the life span. J Neurosci. 2014 Apr 30; 34(18):6294-302.. View in PubMed
  • Neuroanatomical correlates of religiosity and spirituality: a study in adults at high and low familial risk for depression. JAMA Psychiatry. 2014 Feb; 71(2):128-35.. View in PubMed
  • Cerebellar morphology and the effects of stimulant medications in youths with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2014 Feb; 39(3):718-26.. View in PubMed
  • The effects of changing water content, relaxation times, and tissue contrast on tissue segmentation and measures of cortical anatomy in MR images. Magn Reson Imaging. 2013 Dec; 31(10):1709-30.. View in PubMed
  • Using IQ discrepancy scores to examine the neural correlates of specific cognitive abilities. J Neurosci. 2013 Aug 28; 33(35):14135-45.. View in PubMed
  • Multimodal magnetic resonance imaging: The coordinated use of multiple, mutually informative probes to understand brain structure and function. Hum Brain Mapp. 2013 Feb; 34(2):253-71.. View in PubMed
  • Anatomical abnormalities in gray and white matter of the cortical surface in persons with schizophrenia. PLoS One. 2013; 8(2):e55783.. View in PubMed
  • Improving the correction of eddy current-induced distortion in diffusion-weighted images by excluding signals from the cerebral spinal fluid. Comput Med Imaging Graph. 2012 Oct; 36(7):542-51.. View in PubMed
  • Relationship of resting EEG with anatomical MRI measures in individuals at high and low risk for depression. Hum Brain Mapp. 2012 Jun; 33(6):1325-33.. View in PubMed
  • Brain anomalies in children exposed prenatally to a common organophosphate pesticide. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 May 15; 109(20):7871-6.. View in PubMed
  • Annual research review: progress in using brain morphometry as a clinical tool for diagnosing psychiatric disorders. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2012 May; 53(5):519-35.. View in PubMed
  • MRI hippocampal and entorhinal cortex mapping in predicting conversion to Alzheimer’s disease. Neuroimage. 2012 Apr 15; 60(3):1622-9.. View in PubMed
  • Identification of a circuit-based endophenotype for familial depression. Psychiatry Res. 2012 Mar 31; 201(3):175-81.. View in PubMed
  • Anatomical brain images alone can accurately diagnose chronic neuropsychiatric illnesses. PLoS One. 2012; 7(12):e50698.. View in PubMed
  • Neuroanatomical correlates of intellectual ability across the life span. Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2011 Jul; 1(3):305-12.. View in PubMed
  • An improved representation of regional boundaries on parcellated morphological surfaces. Comput Med Imaging Graph. 2011 Apr; 35(3):206-19.. View in PubMed
  • Mapping cortical morphology in youth with velocardiofacial (22q11.2 deletion) syndrome. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2011 Mar; 50(3):272-282.e2.. View in PubMed
  • Automated artifact detection and removal for improved tensor estimation in motion-corrupted DTI data sets using the combination of local binary patterns and 2D partial least squares. Magn Reson Imaging. 2011 Feb; 29(2):230-42.. View in PubMed
  • Enlargement of thalamic nuclei in Tourette syndrome. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2010 Sep; 67(9):955-64.. View in PubMed
  • Basal ganglia surface morphology and the effects of stimulant medications in youth with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Am J Psychiatry. 2010 Aug; 167(8):977-86.. View in PubMed
  • Cerebellar morphology in Tourette syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Ann Neurol. 2010 Apr; 67(4):479-87.. View in PubMed
  • Morphological abnormalities of the thalamus in youths with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Am J Psychiatry. 2010 Apr; 167(4):397-408.. View in PubMed
  • Techniques for in utero, longitudinal MRI of fetal brain development in baboons at 3T. Methods. 2010 Mar; 50(3):147-56.. View in PubMed
  • Imaging evidence for anatomical disturbances and neuroplastic compensation in persons with Tourette syndrome. J Psychosom Res. 2009 Dec; 67(6):559-73.. View in PubMed
  • Neural substrates of self-regulatory control in children and adults with Tourette syndrome. Can J Psychiatry. 2009 Sep; 54(9):579-88.. View in PubMed
  • Using Perturbation theory to reduce noise in diffusion tensor fields. Med Image Anal. 2009 Aug; 13(4):580-97.. View in PubMed
  • Cortical thinning in persons at increased familial risk for major depression. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Apr 14; 106(15):6273-8.. View in PubMed
  • Calculation of the confidence intervals for transformation parameters in the registration of medical images. Med Image Anal. 2009 Apr; 13(2):215-33.. View in PubMed
  • The ellipsoidal area ratio: an alternative anisotropy index for diffusion tensor imaging. Magn Reson Imaging. 2009 Apr; 27(3):311-23.. View in PubMed
  • Neuropsychological near normality and brain structure abnormality in schizophrenia. Am J Psychiatry. 2009 Feb; 166(2):189-95.. View in PubMed
  • Latent volumetric structure of the human brain: Exploratory factor analysis and structural equation modeling of gray matter volumes in healthy children and adults. Hum Brain Mapp. 2008 Nov; 29(11):1302-12.. View in PubMed
  • Statistical Modelling of Brain Morphological Measures Within Family Pedigrees. Stat Sin. 2008 Oct 01; 18(4):1569-1591.. View in PubMed
  • Brain morphometry using anatomical magnetic resonance imaging. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2008 Jun; 47(6):619-621.. View in PubMed
  • Thinning of sensorimotor cortices in children with Tourette syndrome. Nat Neurosci. 2008 Jun; 11(6):637-9.. View in PubMed
  • Study of the development of fetal baboon brain using magnetic resonance imaging at 3 Tesla. Neuroimage. 2008 Mar 01; 40(1):148-59.. View in PubMed
  • Seamless warping of diffusion tensor fields. IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 2008 Mar; 27(3):285-99.. View in PubMed
  • Correlates of intellectual ability with morphology of the hippocampus and amygdala in healthy adults. Brain Cogn. 2008 Mar; 66(2):105-14.. View in PubMed
  • Voxel-wise comparisons of the morphology of diffusion tensors across groups of experimental subjects. Psychiatry Res. 2007 Dec 15; 156(3):225-45.. View in PubMed
  • Morphologic features of the amygdala and hippocampus in children and adults with Tourette syndrome. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2007 Nov; 64(11):1281-91.. View in PubMed
  • Sex differences in cortical thickness mapped in 176 healthy individuals between 7 and 87 years of age. Cereb Cortex. 2007 Jul; 17(7):1550-60.. View in PubMed
  • A statistical analysis of brain morphology using wild bootstrapping. IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 2007 Jul; 26(7):954-66.. View in PubMed
  • Unifying the analyses of anatomical and diffusion tensor images using volume-preserved warping. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2007 Mar; 25(3):612-24.. View in PubMed
  • Statistical analyses of brain surfaces using Gaussian random fields on 2-D manifolds. IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 2007 Jan; 26(1):46-57.. View in PubMed
  • Correction of eddy-current distortions in diffusion tensor images using the known directions and strengths of diffusion gradients. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2006 Nov; 24(5):1188-93.. View in PubMed
  • Cortisol levels and hippocampus volumes in healthy preadolescent children. Biol Psychiatry. 2006 Oct 15; 60(8):856-61.. View in PubMed
  • Reduced white matter connectivity in the corpus callosum of children with Tourette syndrome. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2006 Oct; 47(10):1013-22.. View in PubMed
  • Hippocampus and amygdala morphology in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2006 Jul; 63(7):795-807.. View in PubMed
  • A statistical framework for the classification of tensor morphologies in diffusion tensor images. Magn Reson Imaging. 2006 Jun; 24(5):569-82.. View in PubMed
  • Age, rapid-cycling, and pharmacotherapy effects on ventral prefrontal cortex in bipolar disorder: a cross-sectional study. Biol Psychiatry. 2006 Apr 01; 59(7):611-8.. View in PubMed
  • ROC-based assessments of 3D cortical surface-matching algorithms. Neuroimage. 2005 Jan 01; 24(1):150-62.. View in PubMed
  • Altered interhemispheric connectivity in individuals with Tourette’s disorder. Am J Psychiatry. 2004 Nov; 161(11):2028-37.. View in PubMed

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