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Leon RL, Mir IN, Herrera CL, Sharma K, Spong CY, Twickler DM, Chalak LF. Neuroplacentology in congenital heart disease: placental connections to neurodevelopmental outcomes. Pediatr Res. 2022 Mar;91(4):787-794. doi: 10.1038/s41390-021-01521-7. Epub 2021 Apr 16. Review. PubMed PMID: 33864014; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9064799.
Greisen G, Chalak L, Hansen ML, Rasmussen MI. The impact of the COVID pandemic on prematurity rates: Conflicting results, publication ethics and academic frustration. Acta Paediatr. 2022 Feb;111(2):269-271. doi: 10.1111/apa.16164. Epub 2021 Nov 11. PubMed PMID: 34762331; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8653148.
Natique KR, Das Y, Maxey MN, Sepulveda P, Brown LS, Chalak LF. Early Use of Transcranial Doppler Ultrasonography to Stratify Neonatal Encephalopathy. Pediatr Neurol. 2021 Nov;124:33-39. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2021.07.004. Epub 2021 Jul 8. PubMed PMID: 34509001.
Das Y, Leon RL, Liu H, Kota S, Liu Y, Wang X, Zhang R, Chalak LF. Wavelet-based neurovascular coupling can predict brain abnormalities in neonatal encephalopathy. Neuroimage Clin. 2021;32:102856. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2021.102856. Epub 2021 Oct 20. PubMed PMID: 34715603; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8564674.
Chalak L, Hellstrom-Westas L, Bonifacio S, Tsuchida T, Chock V, El-Dib M, Massaro AN, Garcia-Alix A. Bedside and laboratory neuromonitoring in neonatal encephalopathy. Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2021 Oct;26(5):101273. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2021.101273. Epub 2021 Jul 28. Review. PubMed PMID: 34393094; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8627431.
Chalak L, Redline RW, Goodman AM, Juul SE, Chang T, Yanowitz TD, Maitre N, Mayock DE, Lampland AL, Bendel-Stenzel E, Riley D, Mathur AM, Rao R, Van Meurs KP, Wu TW, Gonzalez FF, Flibotte J, Mietzsch U, Sokol GM, Ahmad KA, Baserga M, Weitkamp JH, Poindexter BB, Comstock BA, Wu YW. Acute and Chronic Placental Abnormalities in a Multicenter Cohort of Newborn Infants with Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy. J Pediatr. 2021 Oct;237:190-196. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.06.023. Epub 2021 Jun 16. PubMed PMID: 34144032.
Sabir H, Bonifacio SL, Gunn AJ, Thoresen M, Chalak LF. Unanswered questions regarding therapeutic hypothermia for neonates with neonatal encephalopathy. Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2021 Oct;26(5):101257. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2021.101257. Epub 2021 Jun 12. Review. PubMed PMID: 34144931.
Kota S, Jasti K, Liu Y, Liu H, Zhang R, Chalak L. EEG Spectral Power: A Proposed Physiological Biomarker to Classify the Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy Severity in Real Time. Pediatr Neurol. 2021 Sep;122:7-14. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2021.06.001. Epub 2021 Jun 12. PubMed PMID: 34243047.
Penn AA, Wintermark P, Chalak LF, Armstrong J, Redline R, Scher MS, Nelson KB. Placental contribution to neonatal encephalopathy. Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2021 Aug;26(4):101276. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2021.101276. Epub 2021 Aug 10. Review. PubMed PMID: 34420894.
Angelis D, Savani RC, Jagarapu J, Hu J, Wan-Huen P, Chalak L. Part I. Mechanisms of actions and metabolism of acetaminophen related to the neonatal brain. Early Hum Dev. 2021 Aug;159:105406. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2021.105406. Epub 2021 Jun 12. PubMed PMID: 34147307.
Angelis D, León RL, Chalak L. Part III. Neuronal biochemical effects of acetaminophen and neurodevelopmental outcomes: Friend or foe?. Early Hum Dev. 2021 Aug;159:105408. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2021.105408. Epub 2021 Jun 12. PubMed PMID: 34158208.
Angelis D, Chalak L. Acetaminophen and the developing brain: A critical review of the evidence. Early Hum Dev. 2021 Aug;159:105411. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2021.105411. Epub 2021 Jun 17. Review. PubMed PMID: 34167839.
Rasmussen MI, Hansen ML, Pichler G, Dempsey E, Pellicer A, El-Khuffash A, A S, Piris-Borregas S, Alsina M, Cetinkaya M, Chalak L, Özkan H, Baserga M, Sirc J, Fuchs H, Ergenekon E, Arruza L, Mathur A, Stocker M, Otero Vaccarello O, Szczapa T, Sarafidis K, Królak-Olejnik B, Memisoglu A, Reigstad H, Rafińska-Ważny E, Hatzidaki E, Peng Z, Gkentzi D, Viellevoye R, De Buyst J, Mastretta E, Wang P, Hahn GH, Bender L, Cornette L, Tkaczyk J, Del Rio R, Fumagalli M, Papathoma E, Wilinska M, Naulaers G, Sadowska-Krawczenko I, Lecart C, Couce ML, Fredly S, Heuchan AM, Karen T, Greisen G. Extremely Preterm Infant Admissions Within the SafeBoosC-III Consortium During the COVID-19 Lockdown. Front Pediatr. 2021;9:647880. doi: 10.3389/fped.2021.647880. eCollection 2021. PubMed PMID: 34322460; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8310995.
Das Y, Wang X, Kota S, Zhang R, Liu H, Chalak LF. Neurovascular coupling (NVC) in newborns using processed EEG versus amplitude-EEG. Sci Rep. 2021 May 3;11(1):9426. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-88849-6. PubMed PMID: 33941837; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8093202.
Mir IN, White SP, Steven Brown L, Heyne R, Rosenfeld CR, Chalak LF. Autism spectrum disorders in extremely preterm infants and placental pathology findings: a matched case-control study. Pediatr Res. 2021 May;89(7):1825-1831. doi: 10.1038/s41390-020-01160-4. Epub 2020 Sep 19. PubMed PMID: 32950030.
Chalak L. Historical perspectives for therapeutic hypothermia in the newborn: a life worth saving. Pediatr Res. 2021 Apr;89(5):1057-1058. doi: 10.1038/s41390-020-01340-2. Epub 2021 Feb 2. PubMed PMID: 33531672.
Machie M, Weeke L, de Vries LS, Rollins N, Brown L, Chalak L. MRI Score Ability to Detect Abnormalities in Mild Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy. Pediatr Neurol. 2021 Mar;116:32-38. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2020.11.015. Epub 2020 Nov 28. PubMed PMID: 33412459; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8087244.
Angelis D, Savani R, Chalak L. Nitric oxide and the brain. Part 2: Effects following neonatal brain injury-friend or foe?. Pediatr Res. 2021 Mar;89(4):746-752. doi: 10.1038/s41390-020-1021-4. Epub 2020 Jun 20. Review. PubMed PMID: 32563184.
Hoge MK, Heyne E, Nicholson TF, Acosta D, Mir I, Brown LS, Shaw RJ, Chalak L, Heyne R. Vulnerable child syndrome in the neonatal intensive care unit: A review and a new preventative intervention with feasibility and parental satisfaction data. Early Hum Dev. 2021 Mar;154:105283. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2020.105283. Epub 2020 Nov 25. Review. PubMed PMID: 33514479.
Tian F, Sepulveda P, Kota S, Liu Y, Das Y, Liu H, Zhang R, Chalak L. Regional heterogeneity of cerebral hemodynamics in mild neonatal encephalopathy measured with multichannel near-infrared spectroscopy. Pediatr Res. 2021 Mar;89(4):882-888. doi: 10.1038/s41390-020-0992-5. Epub 2020 Jun 3. PubMed PMID: 32492696.
Angelis D, Savani R, Chalak L. Nitric oxide and the brain. Part 1: Mechanisms of regulation, transport and effects on the developing brain. Pediatr Res. 2021 Mar;89(4):738-745. doi: 10.1038/s41390-020-1017-0. Epub 2020 Jun 20. Review. PubMed PMID: 32563183.
Mir IN, Leon R, Chalak LF. Placental origins of neonatal diseases: toward a precision medicine approach. Pediatr Res. 2021 Jan;89(2):377-383. doi: 10.1038/s41390-020-01293-6. Epub 2020 Dec 7. Review. PubMed PMID: 33288874.
Chalak LF, Adams-Huet B, Sant'Anna G. A Total Sarnat Score in Mild Hypoxic-ischemic Encephalopathy Can Detect Infants at Higher Risk of Disability. J Pediatr. 2019 Nov;214:217-221.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.06.026. Epub 2019 Jul 10. PubMed PMID: 31301853.
Mir IN, Steven Brown L, Rosenfeld CR, Chalak LF. Placental clearance/synthesis of neurobiomarkers GFAP and UCH-L1 in healthy term neonates and those with moderate-severe neonatal encephalopathy. Pediatr Res. 2019 Oct;86(4):500-504. doi: 10.1038/s41390-019-0439-z. Epub 2019 May 27. PubMed PMID: 31132788.
Xu Y, Cao M, Liao X, Xia M, Wang X, Jeon T, Ouyang M, Chalak L, Rollins N, Huang H, He Y. Development and Emergence of Individual Variability in the Functional Connectivity Architecture of the Preterm Human Brain. Cereb Cortex. 2019 Sep 13;29(10):4208-4222. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhy302. PubMed PMID: 30534949; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6735255.
Stine CN, Koch J, Brown LS, Chalak L, Kapadia V, Wyckoff MH. Quantitative end-tidal CO(2) can predict increase in heart rate during infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Heliyon. 2019 Jun;5(6):e01871. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e01871. eCollection 2019 Jun. PubMed PMID: 31245640; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6581839.
Ouyang M, Jeon T, Sotiras A, Peng Q, Mishra V, Halovanic C, Chen M, Chalak L, Rollins N, Roberts TPL, Davatzikos C, Huang H. Differential cortical microstructural maturation in the preterm human brain with diffusion kurtosis and tensor imaging. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 Mar 5;116(10):4681-4688. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1812156116. Epub 2019 Feb 19. PubMed PMID: 30782802; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6410816.
El-Dib M, Inder TE, Chalak LF, Massaro AN, Thoresen M, Gunn AJ. Should therapeutic hypothermia be offered to babies with mild neonatal encephalopathy in the first 6 h after birth?. Pediatr Res. 2019 Mar;85(4):442-448. doi: 10.1038/s41390-019-0291-1. Epub 2019 Jan 16. PubMed PMID: 30733613.
Feng L, Li H, Oishi K, Mishra V, Song L, Peng Q, Ouyang M, Wang J, Slinger M, Jeon T, Lee L, Heyne R, Chalak L, Peng Y, Liu S, Huang H. Age-specific gray and white matter DTI atlas for human brain at 33, 36 and 39 postmenstrual weeks. Neuroimage. 2019 Jan 15;185:685-698. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.06.069. Epub 2018 Jun 26. PubMed PMID: 29959046; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6289605.
Zhao T, Mishra V, Jeon T, Ouyang M, Peng Q, Chalak L, Wisnowski JL, Heyne R, Rollins N, Shu N, Huang H. Structural network maturation of the preterm human brain. Neuroimage. 2019 Jan 15;185:699-710. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.06.047. Epub 2018 Jun 18. PubMed PMID: 29913282; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6289855.
Chalak LF, Nguyen KA, Prempunpong C, Heyne R, Thayyil S, Shankaran S, Laptook AR, Rollins N, Pappas A, Koclas L, Shah B, Montaldo P, Techasaensiri B, Sánchez PJ, Sant'Anna G. Prospective research in infants with mild encephalopathy identified in the first six hours of life: neurodevelopmental outcomes at 18-22 months. Pediatr Res. 2018 Dec;84(6):861-868. doi: 10.1038/s41390-018-0174-x. Epub 2018 Sep 13. PubMed PMID: 30250303; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6445543.
Ibrahim J, Mir I, Chalak L. Brain imaging in preterm infants <32 weeks gestation: a clinical review and algorithm for the use of cranial ultrasound and qualitative brain MRI. Pediatr Res. 2018 Dec;84(6):799-806. doi: 10.1038/s41390-018-0194-6. Epub 2018 Oct 12. Review. PubMed PMID: 30315272.
Chalak L, Latremouille S, Mir I, Sánchez PJ, Sant'Anna G. A review of the conundrum of mild hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy: Current challenges and moving forward. Early Hum Dev. 2018 May;120:88-94. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2018.02.008. Epub 2018 Mar 3. Review. PubMed PMID: 29506900.
Chalak LF. Best practice guidelines on management of mild neonatal encephalopathy: Is it really mild?. Early Hum Dev. 2018 May;120:74. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2018.02.005. Epub 2018 Feb 17. PubMed PMID: 29459085.
Prempunpong C, Chalak LF, Garfinkle J, Shah B, Kalra V, Rollins N, Boyle R, Nguyen KA, Mir I, Pappas A, Montaldo P, Thayyil S, Sánchez PJ, Shankaran S, Laptook AR, Sant'Anna G. Prospective research on infants with mild encephalopathy: the PRIME study. J Perinatol. 2018 Jan;38(1):80-85. doi: 10.1038/jp.2017.164. Epub 2017 Nov 2. PubMed PMID: 29095433; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8592379.
Laptook AR, Shankaran S, Tyson JE, Munoz B, Bell EF, Goldberg RN, Parikh NA, Ambalavanan N, Pedroza C, Pappas A, Das A, Chaudhary AS, Ehrenkranz RA, Hensman AM, Van Meurs KP, Chalak LF, Khan AM, Hamrick SEG, Sokol GM, Walsh MC, Poindexter BB, Faix RG, Watterberg KL, Frantz ID 3rd, Guillet R, Devaskar U, Truog WE, Chock VY, Wyckoff MH, McGowan EC, Carlton DP, Harmon HM, Brumbaugh JE, Cotten CM, Sánchez PJ, Hibbs AM, Higgins RD. Effect of Therapeutic Hypothermia Initiated After 6 Hours of Age on Death or Disability Among Newborns With Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2017 Oct 24;318(16):1550-1560. doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.14972. PubMed PMID: 29067428; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5783566.
Tian F, Morriss MC, Chalak L, Venkataraman R, Ahn C, Liu H, Raman L. Impairment of cerebral autoregulation in pediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenation associated with neuroimaging abnormalities. Neurophotonics. 2017 Oct;4(4):041410. doi: 10.1117/1.NPh.4.4.041410. Epub 2017 Aug 19. PubMed PMID: 28840161; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5562949.
Shankaran S, Laptook AR, Pappas A, McDonald SA, Das A, Tyson JE, Poindexter BB, Schibler K, Bell EF, Heyne RJ, Pedroza C, Bara R, Van Meurs KP, Huitema CMP, Grisby C, Devaskar U, Ehrenkranz RA, Harmon HM, Chalak LF, DeMauro SB, Garg M, Hartley-McAndrew ME, Khan AM, Walsh MC, Ambalavanan N, Brumbaugh JE, Watterberg KL, Shepherd EG, Hamrick SEG, Barks J, Cotten CM, Kilbride HW, Higgins RD. Effect of Depth and Duration of Cooling on Death or Disability at Age 18 Months Among Neonates With Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2017 Jul 4;318(1):57-67. doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.7218. PubMed PMID: 28672318; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5793705.
Chalak LF, Tian F, Adams-Huet B, Vasil D, Laptook A, Tarumi T, Zhang R. Novel Wavelet Real Time Analysis of Neurovascular Coupling in Neonatal Encephalopathy. Sci Rep. 2017 Apr 10;7:45958. doi: 10.1038/srep45958. PubMed PMID: 28393884; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5385531.
Chalak LF, Zhang R. New Wavelet Neurovascular Bundle for Bedside Evaluation of Cerebral Autoregulation and Neurovascular Coupling in Newborns with Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy. Dev Neurosci. 2017;39(1-4):89-96. doi: 10.1159/000457833. Epub 2017 Mar 30. PubMed PMID: 28355608; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5519424.
Cao M, He Y, Dai Z, Liao X, Jeon T, Ouyang M, Chalak L, Bi Y, Rollins N, Dong Q, Huang H. Early Development of Functional Network Segregation Revealed by Connectomic Analysis of the Preterm Human Brain. Cereb Cortex. 2017 Mar 1;27(3):1949-1963. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhw038. PubMed PMID: 26941380; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6059235.
Ouyang M, Liu P, Jeon T, Chalak L, Heyne R, Rollins NK, Licht DJ, Detre JA, Roberts TPL, Lu H, Huang H. Heterogeneous increases of regional cerebral blood flow during preterm brain development: Preliminary assessment with pseudo-continuous arterial spin labeled perfusion MRI. Neuroimage. 2017 Feb 15;147:233-242. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.12.034. Epub 2016 Dec 14. PubMed PMID: 27988320; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5303673.
Yu Q, Ouyang A, Chalak L, Jeon T, Chia J, Mishra V, Sivarajan M, Jackson G, Rollins N, Liu S, Huang H. Structural Development of Human Fetal and Preterm Brain Cortical Plate Based on Population-Averaged Templates. Cereb Cortex. 2016 Oct 17;26(11):4381-4391. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhv201. PubMed PMID: 26405055; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5066822.
Shankaran S, Natarajan G, Chalak L, Pappas A, McDonald SA, Laptook AR. Hypothermia for neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy: NICHD Neonatal Research Network contribution to the field. Semin Perinatol. 2016 Oct;40(6):385-390. doi: 10.1053/j.semperi.2016.05.009. Epub 2016 Jun 23. Review. PubMed PMID: 27345952; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5065734.
Chalak LF. Inflammatory Biomarkers of Birth Asphyxia. Clin Perinatol. 2016 Sep;43(3):501-10. doi: 10.1016/j.clp.2016.04.008. Review. PubMed PMID: 27524450; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6170165.
Duryea EL, Nelson DB, Wyckoff MH, Grant EN, Tao W, Sadana N, Chalak LF, McIntire DD, Leveno KJ. The impact of ambient operating room temperature on neonatal and maternal hypothermia and associated morbidities: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Apr;214(4):505.e1-505.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2016.01.190. Epub 2016 Feb 10. PubMed PMID: 26874298.
Liu P, Chalak LF, Krishnamurthy LC, Mir I, Peng SL, Huang H, Lu H. T1 and T2 values of human neonatal blood at 3 Tesla: Dependence on hematocrit, oxygenation, and temperature. Magn Reson Med. 2016 Apr;75(4):1730-5. doi: 10.1002/mrm.25775. Epub 2015 May 18. PubMed PMID: 25981985; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4651862.
Chalak LF, Tian F, Tarumi T, Zhang R. Cerebral Hemodynamics in Asphyxiated Newborns Undergoing Hypothermia Therapy: Pilot Findings Using a Multiple-Time-Scale Analysis. Pediatr Neurol. 2016 Feb;55:30-6. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2015.11.010. Epub 2015 Nov 27. PubMed PMID: 26858217; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4748172.
Tian F, Tarumi T, Liu H, Zhang R, Chalak L. Wavelet coherence analysis of dynamic cerebral autoregulation in neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. Neuroimage Clin. 2016;11:124-132. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2016.01.020. eCollection 2016. PubMed PMID: 26937380; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4753811.
Mir IN, Johnson-Welch SF, Nelson DB, Brown LS, Rosenfeld CR, Chalak LF. Placental pathology is associated with severity of neonatal encephalopathy and adverse developmental outcomes following hypothermia. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2015 Dec;213(6):849.e1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2015.09.072. Epub 2015 Sep 25. PubMed PMID: 26408082; NIHMSID:NIHMS725495.
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