2023
Association of Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference With Imaging Metrics of Brain Integrity and Functional Connectivity in Children Aged 9 to 10 Years in the US, 2016-2018
Kaltenhauser S, Weber C, Lin H, Mozayan A, Malhotra A, Constable R, Acosta J, Falcone G, Taylor S, Ment L, Sheth K, Payabvash S. Association of Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference With Imaging Metrics of Brain Integrity and Functional Connectivity in Children Aged 9 to 10 Years in the US, 2016-2018. JAMA Network Open 2023, 6: e2314193. PMID: 37200030, PMCID: PMC10196880, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.14193.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexHigher body mass indexWaist circumferenceBMI z-scoreCross-sectional studyBrain healthCross-sectional analysisFunctional connectivityMass indexMean ageInterval developmentCorpus callosumAssociation of BMIHigher baseline body mass indexBaseline cross-sectional analysisBaseline body mass indexBrain integrityResting-state functional connectivityLongitudinal analysisFuture treatment trialsABCD studyLower microstructural integrityCognitive Development StudyAdolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) studyCardiovascular implications
2016
Ectopic intracranial germinoma
Shankar S, Wu X, Kalra VB, Huttner AJ, Malhotra A. Ectopic intracranial germinoma. Journal Of Clinical Neuroscience 2016, 31: 192-195. PMID: 27050919, DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2016.02.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCorpus callosumParenchymal lesionsNear-total resolutionSmall peripheral cystsCommon imaging featuresExtent of diseaseIntra-axial massAppropriate differential diagnosisEctopic germinomasPituitary infundibulumPeripheral cystsYounger patientsEctopic lesionsPreoperative imagingHistopathological evaluationEctopic massImaging featuresIntracranial diseaseDifferential diagnosisIntracranial germinomaStereotactic biopsyPineal regionRadiation therapyGerminomaLesions