Wu WE, Tal A, Kirov II, Rusinek H, Charytonowicz D, Babb JS, Ratai EM, Gonzalez RG, Gonen O. Global gray and white matter metabolic changes after simian immunodeficiency virus infection in CD8-depleted rhesus macaques: proton MRS imaging at 3 T. NMR Biomed. 2013 Apr;26(4):480-488.

Ratai EM, Zhang Z, Snyder BS, Boxerman JL, Safriel Y, McKinstry RC, Bokstein F, Gilbert MR, Sorensen AG, Barboriak DP. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy as an early indicator of response to anti-angiogenic therapy in patients with recurrent glioblastoma: RTOG 0625/ACRIN 6677. Neuro Oncol. 2013 Jul; 15(7):936-944.

Cohen-Adad J, Zhao W, Keil B, Ratai EM, Triantafyllou C, Lawson R, Dheel C, Wald LL, Rosen BR, Cudkowicz M, Atassi N. 7-T MRI of the spinal cord can detect lateral corticospinal tract abnormality in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Muscle Nerve. 2013 May; 47(5):760-762.

Wu WE, Tal A, Zhang K, Babb JS, Ratai EM, González RG, Gonen O. Structure-specific glial response in a macaque model of neuroAIDS: multivoxel proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging at 3 Tesla. AIDS. 2013 Oct 23; 27(16):2519-2528.

Campbell JH, Ratai EM, Autissier P, Nolan DJ, Tse S, Miller AD, González RG, Salemi M, Burdo TH, Williams KC. Anti-α4 antibody treatment blocks virus traffic to the brain and gut early, and stabilizes CNS injury late in infection. PLoS Pathog. 2014 Dec 11;10(12):e1004533.

Wu W, Babb J, Tal A, Kirov I, George A, Ratai EM, Gonzalez R, Gonen O. Early glial activation precedes neurodegeneration in the cerebral cortex after SIV infection: A 3D, multivoxel proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study. HIV Med. 2015 Jul;16(6):381-387.

 Robertson CE, Ratai EM, Kanwisher N. Reduced GABAergic action in the autistic brain. Curr Biol. 2016 Jan 11;26(1):80-85

Rincon SP, Blitstein MB, Caruso PA, González RG, Thibert RL, and Ratai EM. The use of magnetic resonance spectroscopy in the evaluation of pediatric patients with seizures. Pediatr Neurol. 2016 May;58:57-66

Mbugua KK, Holmes MJ, Cotton MF, Ratai EM, Little F, Hess AT, Dobbels E, Van der Kouwe AJ, Laughton B, Meintjes EM. HIV-associated CD4/8 depletion in infancy is associated with neurometabolic reductions in the basal ganglia at age 5 years despite early antiretroviral therapy. AIDS. 2016 Jun 1;30(9):1353-1362.

Gerstner E, Zhang Z, Fink J, Muzi M, Hanna L, Greco E, Prah M, Schmainda K, Mintz A, Kostakoglu L, Eikman EA, Ellingson BM, Ratai EM, Sorensen AG, Barboriak D, Mankoff DA. ACRIN 6684: Assessment of tumor hypoxia in newly diagnosed GBM using 18F-FMISO PET and MRI. Clin Cancer Res. 2016 May 16.

Prakkamakul S, Witzel T, Huang S, Boulter D, Borja MJ, Schaefer P, Rosen B, Heberlein K, Ratai E, Gonzalez G, Rapalino O. Ultrafast brain MRI: clinical deployment and comparison to conventional brain MRI at 3T. J Neuroimaging. 2016 Jun 7

Atassi N, Xu M, Triantafyllou C, Keil B, Lawson R, Cernasov P, Ratti E, Long CJ, Paganoni S, Murphy A, Salibi N, Seethamraju R, Rosen B, Ratai EM. Ultra high-field (7Tesla) magnetic resonance spectroscopy in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. PLoS One. 2017 May 12;12(5):e0177680.

Andronesi O, Arrillaga I, Ly I, Bogner W, Ratai E, Reitz K, A. Iafrate J, Dietrich J, Gerstner E, Chi A, Rosen B, Wen P, Cahill D, and Batchelor T. Pharmacodynamics of mutant IDH1 inhibitors in glioma patients probed by in vivo 3D MRS imaging of 2-hydroxyglutarate" Nat Commun. 2018 Apr 16;9(1):1474.

González RG, Fell R, He J, Campbell J, Burdo TH, Autissier P, Annamalai L, Taheri F, Parker T, Lifson JD, Halpern EF, Vangel M, Masliah E, Westmoreland SV, Williams KC, Ratai EM. Temporal/compartmental changes in viral RNA and neuronal injury in a primate model of NeuroAIDS. PLoS One. 2018 May 11;13(5):e0196949.

Ratai EM, Zhang Z, Fink J, Muzi M, Hanna L, Greco E, Richards, T, Kim, D, Andronesi OC, Mintz A, Kostakoglu L, Prah M, Ellingson B, Schmainda K, Sorensen AG, Barboriak D, Mankoff DA. Gerstner ER. on behalf of the ACRIN 6684 trial group. ACRIN 6684: Multicenter, phase II assessment of tumor hypoxia in newly diagnosed glioblastoma using magnetic resonance spectroscopy. PLoS One. 2018 Jun 14;13(6):e0198548

Ratai E-M*, Alshikho MJ*, Zürcher NR, Loggia ML, Cebulla C, Cernasov P, Reynolds B, Fish J, Seth R, Babu S, Paganoni S, Hooker JM, Atassi N. Integrated Imaging of [¹¹C]-PBR28 PET, MR Diffusion and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Neuroimage Clin. 2018 Aug 9;20:357-364.

*Both Drs. Ratai and Alshikho and contributed equally to this study

Nicholson K, Chan J, Macklin EA, Levine-Weinberg M, Breen C, Bakshi R, Grasso DL, Wills A, Jahandideh S, Taylor AA, Beaulieu D, Ennist DL, Andronesi O, Ratai E-M, Schwarzschild MA, Cudkowicz M, Paganoni S. A pilot trial of inosine to elevate urate levels in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis., Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2018 Oct 22;5(12):1522-1533.

Mintzopoulos D, Ratai E-M, He J, Gonzalez RG, Kaufman MJ. "Simian Immunodeficiency Virus transiently increases brain temperature in rhesus monkeys: detection with magnetic resonance spectroscopy thermometry.  Magn Reson Med. 2019 May;81(5):2896-2904.

Deelchand DK, Berrington A, Noeske R, Joers JM, Arani A, Gillen J, Schär M, Nielsen JF, Peltier S, Seraji-Bozorgzad N, Landheer K, Juchem C, Soher BJ, Noll DC, Kantarci K, Ratai EM, Mareci TH, Barker PB, Öz G. Across-vendor standardization of semi-LASER for single-voxel MRS at 3T. NMR Biomed. 2019 Dec 18:e4218.

Öz G, Deelchand DK, Wijnen JP, Mlynárik V, Xin L, Mekle R, Noeske R, Scheenen TWJ, Tkáč I; Experts' Working Group on Advanced Single Voxel 1H MRS. Advanced single voxel 1 H magnetic resonance spectroscopy techniques in humans: Experts' consensus recommendations. NMR Biomed. 2020 Jan 10:e4236.

Jung C, Ichesco E, Ratai EM, Gonzalez RG, Burdo T, Loggia ML, Harris RE, Napadow V. Magnetic resonance imaging of neuroinflammation in chronic pain: a role for astrogliosis? Pain. 2020 Jul;161(7):1555-1564.

Mujica-Parodi LR, Amgalan A, Sultan SF, Antal B, Sun X, Skiena S, Lithen A, Adra N, Ratai EM, Weistuch C, Govindarajan ST, Strey HH, Dill KA, Stufflebeam SM, Veech RL, Clarke K. Diet modulates brain network stability, a biomarker for brain aging, in young adults. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Mar 17;117(11):6170-6177.

Torrado-Carvajal A, Albrecht DS, Lee J, Andronesi OC, Ratai EM, Napadow V, Loggia ML. Inpainting as a Technique for Estimation of Missing Voxels in Brain Imaging. Ann Biomed Eng. 2020 Jul 14. doi: 10.1007/s10439-020-02556-3.

Figueiro Longo MG, Tan CO, Chan ST, Welt J, Avesta A, Ratai E, Mercaldo ND, Yendiki A, Namati J, Chico-Calero I, Parry BA, Drake L, Anderson R, Rauch T, Diaz-Arrastia R, Lev M, Lee J, Hamblin M, Vakoc B, Gupta R. Effect of Transcranial Low-Level Light Therapy vs Sham Therapy Among Patients With Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Sep 1;3(9):e2017337

Rapalino O, Weerasekera A, Moum SJ, Eikermann-Haerter K, Edlow BL, Fischer D, Torrado-Carvajal A, Loggia ML, Mukerji SS, Schaefer PW, Gonzalez RG, Lev MH, Ratai EM. Brain MR Spectroscopic Findings in 3 Consecutive Patients with COVID-19: Preliminary Observations. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2020 Oct 29 Online ahead of print

Andronesi OC, Nicholson K, Jafari-Khouzani K, Bogner W, Wang J, Chan J, Macklin EA, Levine-Weinberg M, Breen C, Schwarzschild MA, Cudkowicz M, Rosen BR, Paganoni S, Ratai EM. Imaging Neurochemistry and Brain Structure Tracks Clinical Decline and Mechanisms of ALS in Patients. Front Neurol. 2020 Dec 3;11:590573.

Weerasekera A, Morrissey E, Kim M, Saha A, Lin Y, Alshelh Z, Torrado-Carvajal A, Albrecht D, Akeju O, Kwon YM, Bedair H, Chen AF, Napadow V, Schreiber K, Ratai EM, Edwards RR, Loggia ML. Thalamic neurometabolite alterations in patients with knee osteoarthritis before and after total knee replacement. Pain. 2021 Jan 15.

Lin A, Andronesi O, Bogner W, Choi IY, Coello E, Cudalbu C, Juchem C, Kemp GJ, Kreis R, Krššák M, Lee P, Maudsley AA, Meyerspeer M, Mlynarik V, Near J, Öz G, Peek AL, Puts NA, Ratai EM, Tkáč I, Mullins PG; Minimum Reporting Standards for in vivo Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRSinMRS): Experts' consensus recommendations. Experts' Working Group on Reporting Standards for MR Spectroscopy. NMR Biomed. 2021 Feb 9:e4484.

Makary MM, Weerasekara A, Rodham H, Hightower BG, Tseng CJ, Chan J, Chew S, Paganoni S, Ratai EM, Zürcher NR, Hooker JM, Atassi N, Babu S. Comparison of Two Clinical Upper Motor Neuron Burden Rating Scales in ALS Using Quantitative Brain Imaging. ACS Chem Neurosci. 2021 Feb 12. doi: 10.1021/acschemneuro.0c00772.

Barry RL, Babu S, Anteraper SA, Triantafyllou C, Keil B, Rowe OE, Rangaprakash D, Paganoni S, Lawson R, Dheel C, Cernasov PM, Rosen BR, Ratai EM, Atassi N. Ultra-high field (7T) functional magnetic resonance imaging in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a pilot study. Neuroimage Clin. 2021;30:102648. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2021.102648. Epub 2021 Mar 30. Ratai EM and Atassi N share senior authorship.

Talati P, El-Abtah M, Kim D, Dietrich J, Fu M, Wenke M, He J, Natheir SN, Vangel M, Rapalino O, Vaynrub A, Arrillaga-Romany I, Forst DA, Yen YF, Andronesi O, Kalpathy-Cramer J, Rosen B, Batchelor TT, Gonzalez RG, Gerstner ER, Ratai EM. MR spectroscopic imaging predicts early response to anti-angiogenic therapy in recurrent glioblastoma. Neurooncol Adv. 2021 Apr 15;3(1):vdab060.

Lee J, Andronesi OC, Torrado-Carvajal A, Ratai EM, Loggia ML, Weerasekera A, Berry MP, Ellingsen DM, Isaro L, Lazaridou A, Paschali M, Grahl A, Wasan AD, Edwards RR, Napadow V. 3D magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging reveals links between brain metabolites and multidimensional pain features in fibromyalgia. Eur J Pain. 2021 Jun 8. doi: 10.1002/ejp.1820.

Rowe OE, Rangaprakash D, Weerasekera A, Godbole N, Haxton E, James PF, Stephen CD, Barry RL, Eichler FS, Ratai EM. Magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy in late-onset GM2-gangliosidosis.

Mol Genet Metab. 2021 Jun 24:S1096-7192(21)00737-X.. Eichler FS and Ratai EM. share senior authorship.

El-Abtah, Mohamed; Wenke, Michael; Talati, Pratik; Fu, Melanie; Kim, Daniel; Weerasekera, Akila; He, Julian; Vaynrub, Anna; Vangel, Mark; Rapalino, Otto; Andronesi, Ovidiu; Arrillaga-Romany, Isabel; Forst, Deborah; Yen, Yi-Fen; Rosen, Bruce; Batchelor, Tracy; González, R. Gilberto; Dietrich, Jorg; Gerstner, Elizabeth; Ratai, Eva-Maria. Myo-inositol levels on MR spectroscopy can predict failure of anti-angiogenic treatment in recurrent glioblastoma. Radiology 2021 in press