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Abbas Babajani-Feremi Phd

Associate Professor of Neurology & Artificial Intelligence (AI) Director, Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Lab

Department: MD-NEUROLOGY-EPILEPSY

Phone: (352) 733-3238

Email: babajani.a@ufl.edu

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Accomplishments:

Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing Award
2018 · Clinical Neurophysiology
Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing Award
2017 · Epilepsy & Behavior
Young Investigator Award
2016 · Children's Foundation Research Institute and the Le Bonheur Associate Board
Outstanding PhD Student Award
2006 · University of Tehran, Iran
Honor Student, Undergraduate
1995 · University of Tehran, Iran

Publications:

2025
Gradients in signal complexity of sleep-wake intracerebral EEG.
PloS one
2025
Amygdalar volume asymmetry informs laterality in temporal lobe epilepsy: MRI-SEEG study.
Seizure
2025
A Proposed Stereoelectroencephalography Electrode Nomenclature and Call for Standardization.
Journal of clinical neurophysiology : official publication of the American Electroencephalographic Society
2025
Deep Learning-Based MRI Analysis Reveals Lewy Body Co-Pathology Accelerates Brain Aging in Alzheimer's Disease.
Research square
2025
COMPRESSIVE DATA STORAGE FOR LONG-TERM EEG: VALIDATION BY VISUAL ANALYSIS.
Clinical neurophysiology practice
2024
Seeing beyond the symptoms: biomarkers and brain regions linked to cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease.
Frontiers in aging neuroscience
2024
Automatic detection of ALS from single-trial MEG signals during speech tasks: a pilot study.
Frontiers in psychology
2024
Genetic fingerprinting with heritable phenotypes of the resting-state brain network topology.
Communications biology
2024
Machine learning prediction of brain metastasis invasion pattern on brain magnetic resonance imaging scans.
Neuro-oncology advances
2023
MEG language mapping using a novel automatic ECD algorithm in comparison with MNE, dSPM, and DICS beamformer.
Frontiers in neuroscience
2022
Reproducibility of graph measures derived from resting-state MEG functional connectivity metrics in sensor and source spaces.
Human brain mapping
2022
Behavioral phenotypes of pediatric temporal lobe epilepsy.
Epilepsia
2022
Global network alterations of the cognitive phenotypes in pediatric temporal lobe epilepsy.
Epilepsy & behavior : E&B
2021
Prediction and Modeling of Neuropsychological Scores in Alzheimer's Disease Using Multimodal Neuroimaging Data and Artificial Neural Networks.
Frontiers in computational neuroscience
2021
Diffusion Tensor Imaging-Based Analysis of Baseline Neurocognitive Function and Posttreatment White Matter Changes in Pediatric Patients With Craniopharyngioma Treated With Surgery and Proton Therapy.
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics
2021
Characterizing resting-state networks in Parkinson's disease: A multi-aspect functional connectivity study.
Brain and behavior
2021
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Applications in Dermatology.
JID innovations : skin science from molecules to population health
2021
Magnetometers vs Gradiometers for Neural Speech Decoding.
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
2020
Somatosensory evoked fields predict response to vagus nerve stimulation.
NeuroImage. Clinical
2020
Lateralization of epilepsy using intra-hemispheric brain networks based on resting-state MEG data.
Human brain mapping
2019
Identification of the Early Stage of Alzheimer's Disease Using Structural MRI and Resting-State fMRI.
Frontiers in neurology
2019
Statistical Significance Assessment of Phase Synchrony in the Presence of Background Couplings: An ECoG Study.
Brain topography
2019
A model for visual naming based on spatiotemporal dynamics of ECoG high-gamma modulation.
Epilepsy & behavior : E&B
2019
Mapping critical hubs of receptive and expressive language using MEG: A comparison against fMRI.
NeuroImage
2019
Localization of Expressive Language Cortex in a 2-Year-Old Child Using High-Gamma Electrocorticography
Journal of Child Neurology
2018
Predicting postoperative language outcome using presurgical fMRI, MEG, TMS, and high gamma ECoG.
Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology
2018
Predicting seizure outcome of vagus nerve stimulation using MEG-based network topology.
NeuroImage. Clinical
2018
Comparison of statistical tests in effective connectivity analysis of ECoG data.
Journal of neuroscience methods
2018
Predicting conversion from MCI to AD by integrating rs-fMRI and structural MRI.
Computers in biology and medicine
2017
Classification of patients with MCI and AD from healthy controls using directed graph measures of resting-state fMRI.
Behavioural brain research
2017
Predicting conversion from MCI to AD using resting-state fMRI, graph theoretical approach and SVM.
Journal of neuroscience methods
2017
Letter re: Practice guideline summary: Use of fMRI in the presurgical evaluation of patients with epilepsy: Report of the Guideline Development, Dissemination, and Implementation Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.
Neurology
2017
Neural Mechanism Underling Comprehension of Narrative Speech and Its Heritability: Study in a Large Population.
Brain topography
2017
The Role of the Primary Sensory Cortices in Early Language Processing.
Journal of cognitive neuroscience
2017
Identifying seizure onset zone from electrocorticographic recordings: A machine learning approach based on phase locking value.
Seizure
2017
Successful motor mapping with transcranial magnetic stimulation in an infant: A case report.
Neurology
2016
Breathing as a Fundamental Rhythm of Brain Function.
Frontiers in neural circuits
2016
Language mapping using high gamma electrocorticography, fMRI, and TMS versus electrocortical stimulation.
Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology
2016
Altered cross-frequency coupling in resting-state MEG after mild traumatic brain injury.
International journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology
2016
Brain activation profiles during kinesthetic and visual imagery: An fMRI study.
Brain research
2016
Application of advanced machine learning methods on resting-state fMRI network for identification of mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease.
Brain imaging and behavior
2016
Spatial-temporal functional mapping of language at the bedside with electrocorticography.
Neurology
2015
Assessing motor function in young children with transcranial magnetic stimulation.
Pediatric neurology
2015
Functional connectivity changes detected with magnetoencephalography after mild traumatic brain injury.
NeuroImage. Clinical
2015
Comparison of brain network models using cross-frequency coupling and attack strategies.
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
2015
Identifying patients with Alzheimer's disease using resting-state fMRI and graph theory.
Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology
2014
Variation in the topography of the speech production cortex verified by cortical stimulation and high gamma activity.
Neuroreport
2013
Adding dynamics to the Human Connectome Project with MEG.
NeuroImage
2012
MRI tracking of FePro labeled fresh and cryopreserved long term in vitro expanded human cord blood AC133+ endothelial progenitor cells in rat glioma.
PloS one
2012
Characterization of scale-free properties of human electrocorticography in awake and slow wave sleep States.
Frontiers in neurology
2012
Determination of neural state classification metrics from the power spectrum of human ECoG.
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
2012
Connectivity analysis of novelty process in habitual short sleepers.
NeuroImage
2011
Development of a variational scheme for model inversion of multi-area model of brain. Part II: VBEM method.
Mathematical biosciences
2011
Development of a variational scheme for model inversion of multi-area model of brain. Part I: simulation evaluation.
Mathematical biosciences
2011
Differentiating treatment-induced necrosis from recurrent/progressive brain tumor using nonmodel-based semiquantitative indices derived from dynamic contrast-enhanced T1-weighted MR perfusion.
Neuro-oncology
2010
Changes in vascular permeability and expression of different angiogenic factors following anti-angiogenic treatment in rat glioma.
PloS one
2010
Multi-area neural mass modeling of EEG and MEG signals.
NeuroImage
2008
Integrated MEG/fMRI model validated using real auditory data.
Brain topography

Education:

2002-2007
PhD, Biomedical Engineering
University of Tehran, Iran
1998
MS, Biomedical Engineering
University of Tehran, Iran
1995
BS, Electrical Engineering
University of Tehran, Iran

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