- MD, New York University
- MS in Biomedical Engineering, Duke University
- AB in Physics, Princeton University
1. Human electrophysiology - systems & cognition
Ramayya AG, Yang AI, Buch VP, Burke JF, Richardson AG, Brandon C, Stein JM, Davis KA, Chen HI, Proekt A, Kelz MB, Litt B, Gold JI, Lucas TH. Theta synchrony is increased near neural populations that are active when initiating instructed movement. eNeuro 2021; 8(1):ENEURO.0252-20.2020
Yang AI, Dikecligil GN, Jiang H, Mabry KJ, Stein JM, Das SR, Schuele SU, Rosenow JM, Davis KA, Lucas TH, Gottfried JA. The what and when of olfactory working memory in humans. Current Biology 2021; 31(20); 4499-511.e8
Yang AI*, Dikecligil GN*, Sanghani N, Lucas TH, Chen HI, Davis KA, Gottfried JA. Odor representations from the two nostrils are temporally segregated in human piriform cortex. Current Biology 2023; in press
2. Human electrophysiology - pathophysiology
Yang AI, Vanegas N, Lungu C, Zaghloul KA. Beta-coupled high frequency activity and beta-locked neuronal spiking in the subthalamic nucleus of Parkinson’s disease. J Neurosci 2014; 34(38):12816-27
Yang AI, Raghu ALB, Isbaine F, Alwaki A, Gross RE. Sensing with deep brain stimulation device in epilepsy: aperiodic changes in thalamic local field potential during seizures. Epilepsia 2023; in press
3. Biomedical engineering - image processing
Yang AI*, Wang X*, Doyle WK, Halgren E, Carlson C, Belcher TL, Cash SS, Devinsky O, Thesen T. Localization of dense intracranial electrodes using magnetic resonance imaging. Neuroimage 2012; 63(1):157-65
Yang AI, Buch VP, Hemen-Ackah SM, Ramayya AG, Hitti FL, Beatson N, Chaibainou H, Yates M, Wang S, Verma R, Wolf RL, Baltuch GH. Thalamic deep brain stimulation for essential tremor: relation of the dentato-rubro-thalamic tract with stimulation parameters. World Neurosurg 2020; 137:e89-97
Yang AI*, Parker D*, Vijayakumari AA, Ramayya A, Donley-Fletcher MP, Aunapu D, Wolf RL, Baltuch GH, Verma R. Tractography-based surgical targeting for thalamic deep brain stimulation: a comparison of probabilistic vs deterministic fiber tracking of the dentato-rubro-thalamic tract. Neurosurgery 2022; 90(4);419-25
Hitti FL, Parker D, Yang AI, Brem S, Verma R. Sex differences and asymmetry of human lateral habenula afferent and efferent fiber tracts. Front Neurosci 2022; 16:837624
4. Medical physics
Yang AI, Mensah-Brown KG, Shekhtman EF, Kvint S, Wathen CA, Hitti FL, Buch L, Avery SM, Dorsey JF, Lee JYK. Gamma Knife radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia provides greater pain relief at higher dose rates. J Radiosurg SBRT 2022; 8(2):117-25
Yang AI, Hitti FL, Alabi OO, Joshi D, Chaibainou H, Henry L, Clanton R, Baltuch GH. Patient-specific effects on sonication heating efficiency during magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy. Med Phys 2021; 48(11); 6588-96
5. Data science - health applications wearable sensor data
Ahmad HS, Yang AI, Joshi D, Basil GW, Wang MY, Welch WC, Yoon JW. Identification of distinct peri-operative clinical stages in spine surgery with smartphone-based mobility data: proof-of-principle study. Neurosurgery 2022; 90(5):588-96
Ahmad HS, Singh S, Jiao K, Basil GW, Yang AI, Wang MY, Welch WC, Yoon JW. Data-driven phenotyping of pre-operative functional decline patterns in lumbar decompression and lumbar fusion patients using smartphone accelerometry. Neurosurg Focus 2022; 52(4):E4
Chauhan D, Ahmad HS, Subtirelu R, Mannam S, Turlip R, Bryan K, Bathula S, Ghenbot Y, Yang AI, Wang MY, Basil GW, Ali Z, Yoon JW. Defining the minimal clinically important difference in smartphone-based mobility after spine surgery: correlation of survey questionnaire to mobility data. J Neurosurg Spine 2023; in press
Chauhan D, Ahmad HS, Hamade A, Yang AI, Wathen C, Ghenbot Y, Mannam S, Subtirelu R, Bashti MM, Wang MY, Basil GW, Yoon JW. Determining Differences in Peri-Operative Functional Mobility Patterns in Lumbar Decompression versus Fusion Patients using Smartphone Activity Data. Neurosurgery 2023; in press