Research Assistant
Ryan is a research assistant who graduated from Carleton College. He is interested in the physical brain changes that occur in patients with neurodegenerative disease and psychiatric disorders (i.e. differences in cortical thickness/volume, diffusion, and functional activity). While comparatively less experienced in this aspect of research, Ryan is also interested in investigating the genetic background of neurological diseases. Outside of the lab, Ryan is a gamer and martial artist.
Publications
Neurocognitive and brain structure correlates of reading and television habits in early adolescence.
Scientific reports
First-in-human healthy volunteer dosimetry studies of the excitatory amino acid transporter 2 (EAAT2) PET imaging tracer methyl N4-(7-[18F]fluoro-9H-fluoren-2-yl)asparaginate, [18F]RP-115.
Nuclear medicine and biology
C9orf72 gene networks in the human brain correlate with cortical thickness in C9-FTD and implicate vulnerable cell types.
Frontiers in neuroscience
C9orf72 gene networks in the human brain correlate with cortical thickness in C9-FTD and implicate vulnerable cell types.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
PRNP expression predicts imaging findings in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Annals of clinical and translational neurology
Longitudinal analysis of regional brain changes in anti-NMDAR encephalitis: a case report.
BMC neurology