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Publications

  1. Morgan VL, Sainburg LE, Johnson GW, Janson AP, Levine KK, Rogers BP, Chang C, Englot DJ. Presurgical temporal lobe epilepsy connectome fingerprint for seizure outcome prediction. Brain Communications 2022 PMCID in process
  2. Johnson GW, Cai LY, Narasimhan S, González HFJ, Wills KE, Morgan VL, Englot DJ. Temporal lobe epilepsy lateralization and surgical outcome using diffusion imaging. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 2022 PMID:35347079
  3. Paulo DL, Wills KE, Johnson GW, González HFJ, Rolston JD, Naftel RP, Reddy SB, Morgan VL, Kang H, Roberson SW, Narasimhan S, Englot DJ. SEEG functional connectivity measures to identify epileptogenic zones: stability, medication influence and recording condition. Neurology, 2022 PMID:35338075
  4. Narasimhan S, González HFJ, Johnson GW, Wills KE, Paulo D, Morgan VL, Englot DJ. Functional connectivity between mesial temporal lobe and default mode structures may help lateralize surgical temporal lobe epilepsy. Journal of Neurosurgery 2022 PMID:35364587.
  5. Sainburg LE, Little AA, Johnson GW, Janson A, Levine KK, González HFJ, Rogers BP, Chang C,
    Englot DJ, Morgan VL. Characterization of resting functional MRI activity alterations across epileptic foci and networks. Cerebral Cortex 2022 PMID:35149867.
  6. Gholipour T, You X, Stufflebeam SS, Loew M, Koubeissi MZ, Morgan VL, Gaillard WD. Common
    functional connectivity alterations in focal epilepsies identified by machine learning. Epilepsia in press. PMCID:PMC9022014
  7. Gross WL, Helfand A, Swanson SJ, Conant LL, Humphries C, Raghavan M, Mueller WM, Busch RM,
    Allen L, Anderson CT, Carlson CE, Lowe MJ, Langfitt JT, Tivarus ME, Drane DL, Loring DW, Jacobs
    M, Morgan VL, Allendorfer JB, Szaflarski JP, Bonilha L, Bookheimer S, Grabowski T, Vannest J,
    Binder JR. Prediction of naming outcome with fMRI language lateralization in left temporal epilepsy
    surgery. Neurology 2022 PMID:35410903
  8. Prado CAC, Federico P, Bernhardt B, Caciagli L, Concha L, Chinvarun Y, Jackson G, Morgan V,
    Rampp S, Vaudano AE, Wang I, Wang S, Zaidan BC, Rogerio F, Cendes F. ILAE Neuroimaging Task
    Force Highlight: Imaging characteristics of temporopolar blurring in the context of hippocampal
    sclerosis. Epileptic Disorders 2021, in press. PMID:34796882
  9. Lariviere S, Federico P, Chinvarun Y, Jackson G, Morgan V, Rampp S, Vaudano AE, Wang I,
    Dendes F, Boelman CG, Bernasconi A, Bernasconi N, Bernhardt BC, Schrader DV. ILAE
    Neuroimaging Task Force Highlight: harnessing optimized imaging protocols for drug-resistant
    childhood epilepsy. Epileptic Disorders 2021; 23(5):675-681 PMID:34526291
  10. Goodale SE, Ahmed N, Zhoa C, de Zwart JA, Ozbay PS, Picchioni D, Duyn JH, Englot DJ, Morgan
    VL, Chang C. fMRI-based detection of alertness predicts behavioral response variability. eLife
    2021;10:e62376 PMID:PMC8104962
  11. Zhang S. Spoletini L, Gold BJ, Morgan VL, Rogers BP, Chang C. Inter-individual signatures of fMRI temporal fluctuations. Cerebral Cortex 2021, in press. PMID: PMC8408464
  12. Whitten PA, Jacobs ML, Englot DJ, Rogers BP, Levine KK, González HFJ, Morgan VL. Resting-state hippocampal networks related to language processing reveal unique patterns in temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsy & Behavior 2021, in press  PMID:33610102
  13. Morgan VL, Johnson GW, Cai LY, Landman BA, Schilling KG, Englot DJ, Rogers BP, Chang C. MRI network progression in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy related to healthy brain architecture. Network Neuroscience 2021, in press.
  14. Cai LY, Yang Q, Hansen CB, Nath V, Ramadass K, Johnson GW, Conrad BN, Boyd BD, Begnoche JP, Beason-Held LL, Shafer AT, Resnick SM, Taylor WD, Proce GR, Morgan VL, Rogers BP, Schilling KG, Landman BA. PreQual: An automated pipeline for integrated preprocessing quality assurance of diffusion weighted MRI images. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2021; 8691):456-470. PMID: 33533094
  15. Wills KE, González HFJ, Johnson GW, Haas KF, Morgan VL, Narasimhan S, Englot DJ. People with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy have altered thalamo-occipital brain networks. Epilepsy & Behavior 2021;115:107645 PMCID:PMC7882020 .
  16. Davis KA, Morgan VL. Network analyses in epilepsy: Are nodes and edges ready for clinically translation? Neurology 2021; 96(5) editorial.
  17. González HFJ, Narasimhan S, Johnson GW, Wills KE, Haas KF, Konrad PE, Chang C, Morgan VL, Rubinov M, Englot DJ. The Role of the nucleus basalis as a key network node in temporal lobe epilepsy. Neurology 2021, in press.
  18. Narasimhan S, Kundassery KB, Gupta K, Johnson GW, Wills KE, Goodale SE, Haas K, Rolston JD, Naftel RP, Morgan VL, Dawant BM, Gonzalez HFJ, Englot DJ. Seizure Onset Regions Demonstrate High Inward Directed Connectivity during Resting-State: A SEEG Study in Focal Epilepsy. Epilepsia 2020; 61(11):2534-2544. PMCID:7899016
  19. Binder JR, Tong JQ, Pillay SB, et al. for FMRI in Anterior Temporal Epilepsy Surgery (FATES) study. Temporal lobe regions essential for preserved picture naming after left temporal epilepsy surgery. Epilepsia 2020; 61(9):1939-1948. PMCID:PMC7722029
  20. Federico P, Ng D, Bernasconi A, Bernhardt B, Blumenfeld H, Cendes F, Chinvarun Y, Jackson G, Morgan V, Rampp S, Vaudano A, Wang Z. ILAE Neuroimaging Task Force highlight: Review MRI scans with semiology in mind. Epileptic Disorders 2020;22(5):683-687. PMID:33063671.
  21. Wang Z, Bernasconi A, Bernhardt B, Blumenfeld H, Cendes F, Chinvarun Y, Jackson G, Morgan V, Rampp S, Vaudano A, Federico P. MRI essentials in epileptology: A review from the ILAE Imaging Task Force. Epileptic Disorders 2020; 22(4):421-437. PMID:32763869
  22. Morgan VL, Chang C, Englot DJ, Rogers BP. Temporal lobe epilepsy alters spatio-temporal dynamics of the hippocampal functional network. NeuroImage Clinical 2020; 26:102254. PMCID:PMC7132094
  23. Swanson SJ, Conant LL, Humphries CJ, et al. for FMRI in Anterior Temporal Epilepsy Surgery (FATES) study. Changes in description naming for common and proper nouns after left anterior temporal lobectomy. Epilepsy and Behavior 2020; 106:106912. PMCID:PMC7195239
  24. Englot DJ, Morgan VL, Chang C. Impaired vigilance networks in temporal lobe epilepsy: mechanisms and clinical implications. Epilepsia 2020; 61:189-202. PMCID:PMC7033006
  25. Goodale SE, González HFJ, Johnson GW, Gupta K, Rodriguez WJ, Shults R, Rogers BP, Rolston JD, Dawant B, Morgan VL, Englot DJ. Resting-state SEEG may help localize epileptogenic brain regions. Neurosurgery 2020; 86(6):792-801. PMCID:PMC7225010
  26. Morgan VL, Rogers BP, González HFJ, Goodale SE, Englot DJ. Characterization of post-surgical functional connectivity changes in temporal lobe epilepsy. Journal of Neurosurgery 2020;133:392-402. PMCID:PMC6911037
  27. González HFJ, Goodale SE, Jacobs ML, Haas KF, Landman BA, Morgan VL, Englot DJ. Brainstem functional connectivity disturbances in epilepsy may recover after successful surgery. Neurosurgery, 2020; 86(3):417-428. PMCID:PMC7308661
  28. González HFJ, Chakravorti S, Goodale SE, Gupta K, Claassen DO, Dawant BM, Morgan VL, Englot DJ. Thalamic arousal network disturbances in temporal lobe epilepsy and improvement after surgery. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 2019;90(10):1109-1116 PMCID:PMC6744309.
  29. Morgan VL, Rogers BP, Anderson AW, Landman BA, Englot DJ. Divergent network properties that predict early surgical failure versus late recurrence in temporal lobe epilepsy. Journal of Neurosurgery 2019;132(5):1324-1333. PMCID:PMC6778487
  30. Walker M III, Morgan VL, King MR, Rosenbloom ST, Schuele CM, Miller BM, Churchwell AL, Omary RA. Cultivating physician-engineers as clinical innovation influencers: The Medical Innovators Development Program (MIDP). Educational Commentary. Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering 2018;11(3):157-162.
  31. Englot DJ, Gonzalez HFJ, Reynolds BB, Konrad PE, Jacobs ML, Gore JC, Landman BA, Morgan VL. Relating structural and functional brainstem connectivity to disease measures in epilepsy. Neurology 2018; 91(1):e67-77. PMCID:PMC6091881 
  32. Cogswell PM, Diette LA, Donnelly EF, Morgan VL, Omary RA. Attitudes of radiology program directors toward MD-PhD trainees, resident research productivity, and dedicated research time. Academic Radiology, 2018;25(6):733-738.PMID:29530487
  33. Maziero D, Velasco TR, Salmon CEG, Morgan VL. Two-dimensional temporal clustering analysis for patients with epilepsy: detecting epilepsy-related information in EEG-fMRI concordant, discordant and spike-less patients. Brain Topography 2018;31(2):322-336. PMCID:5884070
  34. Englot DJ, D’Haese PF, Konrad PE, Jacobs ML, Gore JC, Abou-Khalil BW, Morgan VL. Functional connectivity disturbances of the reticular activating system in temporal lobe epilepsy. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 2017; 88(11):925-932. PMCID:PMC5634927 
  35. Morgan VL, Englot DJ, Rogers BP, Landman BA, Cakir A, Abou-Khalil BW, Anderson AW. Magnetic resonance imaging connectivity for the prediction of seizure outcome in temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsia 2017;58(7):1251-1260. PMCID:PMC5498250
  36. Kang H, Ombao H, Fonnesbeck C, Morgan VL. A Bayesian double fusion model for resting state brain connectivity using joint functional and structural data. Brain Connectivity 2017;7(4):219-227. PMCID:PMC5444499
  37. Englot DJ, Konrad PE, Morgan VL. Regional and global connectivity disturbances in focal epilepsy, related cognitive sequelae, and potential mechanistic underpinnings. Epilepsia 2016;57(10):1546-1557. PMCID:PMC5056148
  38. Conrad BN, Rogers BP, Abou-Khalil B, Morgan VL. Increased MRI volumetric correlation contralateral to seizure focus in temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsy Research 2016;126:53-61. PMCID:PMC5010967
  39. Shi Z, Rogers BP, Chen L, Morgan VL, Mishra A, Wilkes DM, Gore JC. Realistic models of apparent dynamic changes in resting state connectivity in somatosensory cortex. Human Brain Mapping 2016;37(11):3897-3910 PMCID:PMC5053861
  40. Banks SD, Coronado RA, Clemons LR, Abraham CM, Pruthi S, Conrad BN, Morgan VL, Guillamondegui OD, Archer KR. Thalamic functional connectivity in mild traumatic brain injury: Longitudinal associations with patient-reported outcomes and neurophsysiological tests. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2016; 97(8):1254-61. PMCID:PMC4990202
  41. Ding Z, Xu R, Bailey SK, Wu TL, Morgan VL, Cutting LE, Anderson AW, Gore JC. Visualizing functional pathways in the human brain using correlation tensors and Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2016;34(1):8-17. PMCID PMC4714593
  42. Morgan VL, Rogers BP, Abou-Khalil B. Segmentation of the thalamus based on BOLD frequencies affected in temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsia 2015;56(11):1819-27. PMCID:PMC4626388
  43. Militana AR, Donahue MJ. Sills AK, Solomon GS, Gregory AJ, Strother MK, Morgan VL. Alterations in default-mode network connectivity may be influenced by cerebrovascular changes within one week of sports related concussion in college varsity athletes: a pilot study. Brain Imaging and Behavior 2016;10(2):559-568. PMCID:PMC4644725
  44. Desai AA, Strother MK, Faraco CC, Morgan VL, Ladner TR, Dethrage LM, Jordan LC, Donahue MJ. The contribution of common surgically implanted hardware to functional magnetic resonance imaging artifacts. American Journal of Neuroradiology 2015;36(11):2068-73. PMCID:PMC4644697.
  45. Morgan VL, Conrad BN, Abou-Khalil B, Rogers BP, Kang H. Increasing structural atrophy and functional isolation of the temporal lobe with duration of disease in temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsy Research 2015;110:171-178. PMCID:PMC4306813
  46. Morgan VL, Abou-Khalil B, Rogers BP. Evolution of functional connectivity networks and their dynamic interaction in temporal lobe epilepsy. Brain Connectivity 2015;5(1):35-44. PMCID:PMC4313394
  47. Holmes MJ, Folley BS, Sonmezturk HH, Gore JC, Kang H, Abou-Khalil B, Morgan VL. Resting state functional connectivity of the hippocampus associated with neurocognitive function in left temporal lobe epilepsy. Human Brain Mapping, 2014;35(3):735-44. PMCID:PMC3915042
  48. Ding Z, Newton AT, Xu R, Anderson AW, Morgan VL, Gore JC. Spatio-temporal correlation tensors reveal functional structure in human brain. PLoS ONE 2013; 8(12):e82107.PMCID:PMC3855380
  49. Holmes MJ, Yang X, Landman BA, Ding Z, Kang H, Abou-Khalil BA, Sonmezturk HH, Gore JC, Morgan VL. Functional networks in temporal lobe epilepsy: a voxel-wise study of resting-state functional connectivity and gray matter concentration. Brain Connectivity 2013; 3(1):22-30. PMCID:PMC3621340
  50. Morgan VL, Sonmezturk HH, Gore JC, Abou-Khalil B. Lateralization of temporal lobe epilepsy using resting functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging connectivity of hippocampal networks. Epilepsia 2012;53(9):1628-35. PMCID: PMC3436984
  51. Newton AT, Rogers BP, Gore JC, Morgan VL. Improving measurement of functional connectivity through decreasing partial volume effects at 7T. NeuroImage, 2012;59(3):2511-7. PMCID:PMC3254819
  52. Chen L, Mishra A, Newton AT, Morgan VL, Stringer EA, Rogers BP, Gore JC. Fine-scale functional connectivity in somatosensory cortex revealed by high resolution fMRI. Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2011;29(10):1330-1337. PMCID:PMC3285506
  53. Morgan VL, Rogers BP, Sonmezturk HH, Gore JC, Abou-Khalil B. Cross hippocampal influence in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy measured with high temporal resolution functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Epilepsia 2011;52(9):1741-1749. PMCID:PMC4428312
  54. Sonmezturk HH, Morgan V, Abou-Khalil B. Focal seizure propagation illustrated in FMRI.  Epileptic Disorders 2011;13(1):92-95. PMCID:PMC3409564
  55. Newton AT, Morgan VL, Rogers BP, Gore JC. Modulation of steady state functional connectivity in the default mode and working memory networks by cognitive load. Human Brain Mapping 2011;32(10):1649-1659. PMCID:PMC311694
  56. Rogers BP, Katwal SB, Morgan VL, Asplund CL, Gore JC. Functional MRI and multivariate autoregressive models. Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2010;28:1058-1065. PMCID:PMC2940955
  57. Morgan, VL, Gore, JC, Abou-Khalil, B. Functional epileptic network in left mesial temporal lobe epilepsy detected using resting fMRI. Epilepsy Research 2010;88:168-178. PMCID: PMC2823966
  58. Morgan VL, Mishra A, Newton AT, Gore JC, Ding Z. Integrating Functional and Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Analysis of Structure-Function Relationship in the Human Language Network. PLoS ONE 2009;4(8):E6660. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0006660 PMCID:PMC2721978
  59. Morgan, VL, Gore, JC. Detection of irregular, transient fMRI activity in normal controls using 2dTCA: comparison to event-related analysis using known timing. Human Brian Mapping 2009;30:3393-3405. PMCID: PMC2748174
  60. Morgan VL, Gore JC, Szaflarski JP. Temporal clustering analysis: What does it tell us about the resting state of the brain? Medical Science Monitor 2008;14(7):CR345-352. PMCID:PMC2553434
  61. Morgan VL, Li Y, Abou-Khalil B, Gore JC. Development of 2dTCA for detection of irregular, transient BOLD activity. Human Brain Mapping, 2008;29(1):57-69. PMCID: PMC2719759
  62. Morgan VL, Gore JC, Abou-Khalil B. Cluster analysis detection of functional MRI activity in temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsy Research 2007;76(1):22-33. PMCID:PMC2003336
  63. Li Y, Xu N, Fitzpatrick JM, Morgan VL, Pickens DR, Dawant BM. Accounting for signal loss due to dephasing in the correction of distortions in gradient-echo EPI via nonrigid registration. IEEE Transactions in Medical Imaging 2007;26(12):1698-1707.
  64. Morgan VL, Dawant BM, Li Y, Pickens DR. Comparison of fMRI statistical software packages and strategies for analysis of images containing random and stimulus-correlated motion. Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics 2007, 31(6):436-446. PMCID:PMC2570159
  65. Xu N, Fitzpatrick JM, Li, Y, Dawant BM, Pickens DR, Morgan VL. Computer-generated fMRI phantoms with motion-distortion interaction. Magn Reson Imaging 2007;25(10):1376-1384. PMCID:PMC4424598
  66. Rogers BP, Morgan VL, Newton AT, Gore JC. Assessing functional connectivity in the human brain by FMRI. Magn Reson Imaging 2007;25(10):1347-1357. PMCID: PMC2169499
  67. Newton AT, Morgan VL, Gore JC. Task demand modulation of steady-state functional connectivity to primary motor cortex, Human Brain Mapping, 2007; 28(7):663-672.
  68. Morgan V, Pickens D, Gautam S, Kessler R, Mertz H. Amitriptyline reduces rectal pain-related activation of the anterior cingulate cortex in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. Gut 2005; 54(5): 601-607. PMCID: PMC1774484
  69. Pickens DR, Li Y, Morgan VL, Dawant BM. Development of computer-generated phantoms for FMRI software evaluation. MRI, 2005;23:653-663.
  70. Morgan VL, Price RR, Arain A, Modur P, Abou-Khalil B. Resting functional MRI with temporal clustering analysis for localization of epileptic activity without EEG. NeuroImage, 2004;21:473-481
  71. Morgan VL, and Price RR. The effect of sensorimotor activation on functional connectivity mapping with MRI. Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2004;22:1069-1075.
  72. Sachdev RNS, Champney GC, Lee H, Price RR, Pickens III DR, Morgan VL, Stefansic JD, Melzer P, Ebner FF. Experimental model for functional magnetic resonance imaging of somatic sensory cortex in the unanesthetized rat, NeuroImage, 2003; 19(3):742-750.
  73. Parks MH, Morgan VL, Pickens DR, Price RR, Dietrich MS, Martin PR. Brain fMRI activation associated with self-paced finger-tapping in chronic alcohol dependent patients.. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 2003;27(4):704-711.
  74. Morgan VL, Pickens DR, Hartmann SL, Price RR. Comparison of Functional MRI Realignment Tools Using a Computer Generated Phantom. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2001;46(3):510-514.
  75. Melzer P, Morgan VL, Pickens DR, Price RR, Wall RS, Ebner FF. Cortical activation during Braille reading is influenced by early visual experience in subjects with severe visual disability: A correlational fMRI study. Human Brain Mapping, 2001:14(3)186-195.
  76. Mertz H, Morgan V, Tanner G, Pickens D, Price R, Shyr Y, Kessler R. Regional cerebral activation in irritable bowel syndrome and control subjects with painful and nonpainful rectal distention Gastroenterology, 2000;118:842-848
  77. Grossman ED, Donnelly M, Price R, Morgan V, Pickens D, Neighbor G, Blake R. Brain areas involved in perception of biological motion. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2000;12, 711-720.
  78. Lorenz CH, Walker ES, Morgan VL, Klein SS, Graham TP Quantification of normal human right and left ventricularm, systolic function, and gender differences by cine magnetic resonance imaging. Journal for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 1999;(1)1:7-21.
  79. Morgan VL, Graham TP, Roselli RJ, Lorenz CH. Alterations in pulmonary artery flow patterns and shear stress in Fontan patients determined with three dimensional phase contrast MRI. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 1998;116:294-304.
  80. Morgan VL, Roselli RJ, Lorenz CH. Normal three dimensional pulmonary artery flow determined by phase contrast MRI. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 1998;(26):557-566.
  81. Morgan VL, Price RR, Lorenz CH. Application of linear optimization techniques to MRI phase contrast blood flow measurements. Magnetic Resonance Imaging 1996;14(9): 1043-1051.