Adolf Pfefferbaum

Current Research Interests

Abnormalities in brain structure and function in healthy aging, alcoholism, HIV infection, and Alzheimer's Disease; diffusion tensor imaging of white matter microstructure in alcoholism; spectroscopic analysis of brain brain metabolite concentrations in alcoholism and HIV infection; functional neuroimaging of cognitive networks in alcoholism.

Publications

• Diffusion tensor imaging of deep gray matter brain structures: effects of age and iron concentration. Pfefferbaum A, Adalsteinsson E, Rohlfing T, Sullivan EV. Neurobiol Aging. 2010; 31 (3): 482-93
• Volumetric cerebral perfusion imaging in healthy adults: regional distribution, laterality, and repeatability of pulsed continuous arterial spin labeling (PCASL). Pfefferbaum A, Chanraud S, Pitel AL, Shankaranarayanan A, Alsop DC, Rohlfing T, Sullivan EV. Psychiatry Res. 2010; 182 (3): 266-73
• Application of double spin echo spiral chemical shift imaging to rapid metabolic mapping of hyperpolarized [1-¹³C]-pyruvate. Josan S, Yen YF, Hurd R, Pfefferbaum A, Spielman D, Mayer D. J Magn Reson. 2011; 209 (2): 332-6
• Developmental change in regional brain structure over 7 months in early adolescence: comparison of approaches for longitudinal atlas-based parcellation. Sullivan EV, Pfefferbaum A, Rohlfing T, Baker FC, Padilla ML, Colrain IM. Neuroimage. 2011; 57 (1): 214-24
• Disruption of functional connectivity of the default-mode network in alcoholism. Chanraud S, Pitel AL, Pfefferbaum A, Sullivan EV. Cereb Cortex. 2011; 21 (10): 2272-81