Purdue University Graduate School
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I am interested in processing, analyzing, and interpreting Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) data of the human brain in disease (e.g. traumatic brain injury, drug and substance abuse). At Purdue, my research focuses on monitoring brain health of adolescent collision-sport (American football and soccer) athletes using magnetic resonance imaging. I am primarily using diffusion MRI to investigate how collision-sport participation and concussions affect the brain white matter.

Publications

  • Yukai Zou, Ikbeom Jang, Timothy G. Reese, Jinxia Yao, Wenbin Zhu, Joseph V. Rispoli, "Cortical and Subcortical Contributions to Predicting Intelligence using 3D ConvNets," Chapter 21 in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 11791: Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Neurocognitive Prediction, Kilian M. Pohl, Wesley K. Thompson, Ehsan Adeli, Marius George Linguraru, eds., Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2019.
  • Ikbeom Jang, Il Yong Chun, Jared R. Brosch, Sumra Bari, Yukai Zou, Brain R. Cummiskey, Taylor A. Lee, Roy J. Lycke, Victoria N. Poole, Trey E. Shenk, Diana O. Svaldi, Gregory G. Tamer, Jr., Ulrike Dydak, Larry J. Leverenz, Eric A. Nauman, Thomas M. Talavage (2019), Every Hit Matters: White Matter Diffusivity Changes in High School Football Athletes Are Correlated with Repetitive Head Acceleration Event Exposure, NeuroImage: Clinical, 24: 101930.
  • Yukai Zou, Donna E. Murray, Timothy C. Durazzo, Thomas P. Schmidt, Troy A. Murray, Dieter J. Meyerhoff (2018), White matter microstructural correlates of relapse in alcohol dependence, Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 281:92-100.
  • Yukai Zou, Donna E. Murray, Timothy C. Durazzo, Thomas P. Schmidt, Troy A. Murray, Dieter J. Meyerhoff (2017), Effects of abstinence and chronic cigarette smoking on white matter microstructure in alcohol dependence: diffusion tensor imaging at 4 Tesla, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 175:42-50.
  • Yuqiang Fang, Catherine Y. Y. Iu, Cathy N. P. Lui, Yukai Zou, Carmen K. M. Fung, Hung Wing Li, Ning Xi, Ken K. L. Yung and King W. C. Lai (2014), Investigating dynamic structural and mechanical changes of neuroblastoma cells associated with glutamate-mediated neurodegeneration, Scientific Reports, 4: 7074.
  • Qiuxian Peng, Qin Zhang, Wei Xiao, Meng Shao, Qin Fan, Hongwei Zhang, Yukai Zou, Xin Li, Wenxue Xu, Zhixian Mo, Hongbing Cai (2014), Protective effects of Sapindus mukorossi Gaertn against fatty liver disease induced by high fat diet in rats, Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 450(1):685-91.

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