Contact Information

Brian Yao, Ph.D.
10 Center Dr.
Bldg. 10, Rm. B1D-722 - MSC 1065
Bethesda, MD 20892-1065
USA
Tel.: +1 301 451 9918
Fax: +1 301 480 2558
E-mail: yaob at mail.nih.gov

Previous Positions

• 2001-2006, Research Assistant, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland, OH

Education

• Ph.D.: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (Medical Physics)
  • Thesis entitled: Analysis of Electrical and Magnetic Bio-Signals Associated with Motor Performance and Fatigue.
• B.S.: University of Science and Technology of China (Applied Physics)

Publications

• Z Liu, A de Zwart, B Yao, P van Gelderen, L Kuo, JH Duyn
  Finding Thalamis BOLD Correlates to Posterior Alpha EEG
  NeuroImage 2012 63(3):1060-1069
• B Yao, F Bagnato, E Matsuura, H Merkle, P van Gelderen, FK Cantor, JH Duyn
  Chronic Multiple Sclerosis Lesions: Characterization with High-Field-Strength MR Imaging
  Radiology 2012 262:206-215
• F Bagnato, S Hametner, B Yao, P van Gelderen, H Merkle, FK Cantor, H Lassmann, JH Duyn
  Tracking iron in multiple sclerosis: a combined imaging and histopathological study at 7 Tesla
  Brain 2011 134:3599-3612
• J Lee, K Shmueli, BT Kang, B Yao, M Fukunaga, P van Gelderen, S Palumbo, F Bosetti, AC Silva, JH Duyn
  The contribution of myelin to magnetic susceptibility-weighted contrasts in high-field MRI of the brain
  Neuroimage 2011 [Epub ahead of print]
• M Fukunaga, T-Q Li, P van Gelderen, JA de Zwart, K Shmueli, B Yao, J Lee, D Maric, MA Aronova, G Zhang, RD Leapman, JF Schenck, H Merkle, JH Duyn
  Layer-specific variation of iron content in cerebral cortex as a source of MRI contrast
  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010 107:3834-9
• T-Q Li, B Yao, P van Gelderen, H Merkle, S Dodd, L Talagala, AP Koretsky, JH Duyn
  Characterization of T2* Heterogeneity in Human Brain White Matter
  Magn Reson Med 2009 62(6):1652-7
• B Yao, JZ Liu, RW Brown, V Sahgal, GH Yue
  Nonlinear Features of Surface EEG Showing Systematic Brain Signal Adaptations with Muscle Force and Fatigue
  Brain Res 2009 1272:89-98
• F Bagnato, B Yao, F Cantor, M Hellmut, E Condon, M Montequin, S Moore, M Quezado, D Tkaczyk, H McFarland
  Multisequence-Imaging Protocols To Detect Cortical Lesions of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis: Ovservations From A Post-Mortem 3 Tesla Imaging Study
  J Neurol Sci 2009 282(1-2):80-5
• B Yao, TQ Li, P van Gelderen, K Shmueli, J de Zwart, JH Duyn
  Susceptibility Contrast in High Field MRI of Human Brain as a Function of Tissue Iron Content
  NeuroImage 2009. 44(4):1259-66
• B Yao, S Salenius, GH Yue, RW Brown, JZ Liu
  Effects of surface EMG rectification on power and coherence analyses: An EEG and MEG study
  J Neurosci Methods 2007 159:215-23
• JZ Liu, B Lewandowski, C Karakasis, B Yao, V Siemionow, V Sahgal, GH Yue
  Shifting of activation center in the brain during muscle fatigue: An explanation of minimal central fatigue?
  Neuroimage 2007 35:299-307
• JZ Liu, B Yao, V Siemionow, V Sahgal, X Wang, J Sun, GH Yue
  Fatigue induces greater brain signal reduction during sustained than preparation phase of maximal voluntary contraction.
  Brain Res 2005 1057:113-26
• JZ Liu, Q Yang, B Yao, RW Brown, GH Yue
  Linear correlation between fractal dimension of EEG signal and handgrip force
  Biol Cybern 2005 93:131-40
• JZ Liu, L Zhang, B Yao, V Sahgal, GH Yue
  Fatigue induced by intermittent maximal voluntary contractions is associated with significant losses in muscle output but limited reductions in functional MRI-measured brain activation level
  Brain Res 2005 1040:44-54
• JZ Liu, L Zhang, B Yao, GH Yue
  Accessory hardware for neuromuscular measurements during functional MRI experiments
  MAGMA 2002 13:164-71