Linda Chao, PhD's Publications

Multi-domain Online Therapeutic Investigation Of Neurocognition (MOTION) - A randomized comparative-effectiveness study of two remotely delivered mind-body interventions for older adults with cognitive decline.

Characterizing 1991 Gulf War women veterans from the Boston Biorepository and Integrative Network for Gulf War Illness: Demographics, exposures, neuroimaging and cognitive outcomes.

Current Health Status of Gulf War Deployed and Gulf War Era Veterans Who Use Veterans Affairs Health Care.

Gulf War Illness Is Associated with Host Gut Microbiome Dysbiosis and Is Linked to Altered Species Abundance in Veterans from the BBRAIN Cohort.

Implementing a new multidisciplinary, remote, dementia staff training program for Veterans affairs nursing homes.

Livestream, group movement program for people living with cognitive impairment and care partners: A randomized clinical trial.

Olfactory and cognitive decrements in 1991 Gulf War veterans with gulf war illness/chronic multisymptom illness.

PON1 Status in Relation to Gulf War Illness: Evidence of Gene-Exposure Interactions from a Multisite Case-Control Study of 1990-1991 Gulf War Veterans.

The prevalence of mild cognitive impairment in Gulf War veterans: a follow-up study.

Examining the current health of Gulf War veterans with the veterans affairs frailty index.

Boston biorepository, recruitment and integrative network (BBRAIN): A resource for the Gulf War Illness scientific community.

Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in veterans with gulf war illness: Results from a randomized controlled trial.

Preventing Loss of Independence through Exercise (PLIÉ): A Pilot Trial in Older Adults with Subjective Memory Decline and Mild Cognitive Impairment.

Regional gray matter oligodendrocyte- and myelin-related measures are associated with differential susceptibility to stress-induced behavior in rats and humans.

Transcranial Photobiomodulation to Improve Cognition in Gulf War Illness.

Ventromedial and insular cortical volume moderates the relationship between BDNF Val66Met and threat sensitivity.

Changes in Brain Function and Structure After Self-Administered Home Photobiomodulation Treatment in a Concussion Case.

The Prevalence of Mild Cognitive Impairment in a Convenience Sample of 202 Gulf War Veterans.

Child abuse interacts with hippocampal and corpus callosum volume on psychophysiological response to startling auditory stimuli in a sample of veterans.

Do Gulf War veterans with high levels of deployment-related exposures display symptoms suggestive of Parkinson’s disease?

Effects of Home Photobiomodulation Treatments on Cognitive and Behavioral Function, Cerebral Perfusion, and Resting-State Functional Connectivity in Patients with Dementia: A Pilot Trial.

Improvements in Gulf War Illness Symptoms After Near-Infrared Transcranial and Intranasal Photobiomodulation: Two Case Reports.

Association among anterior cingulate cortex volume, psychophysiological response, and PTSD diagnosis in a Veteran sample.

Effects of low-level sarin and cyclosarin exposure on hippocampal microstructure in Gulf War Veterans.

The Relationship Between Traumatic Brain Injury and Rates of Chronic Symptomatic Illness in 202 Gulf War Veterans.

Evidence of Hippocampal Structural Alterations in Gulf War Veterans With Predicted Exposure to the Khamisiyah Plume.

Evidence of Objective Memory Impairments in Deployed Gulf War Veterans With Subjective Memory Complaints.

Triglycerides are negatively correlated with cognitive function in nondemented aging adults.

Associations between the self-reported frequency of hearing chemical alarms in theater and regional brain volume in Gulf War Veterans.

Associations Between the Self-Reported Frequency of Hearing Chemical Alarms in Theater and Visuospatial Function in Gulf War Veterans.

First detection and molecular identification of Babesia gibsoni from Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks.

First detection and molecular identification of Babesia microti in Rattus losea captured from the offshore Kinmen Island of Taiwan.

Insomnia Severity, Subjective Sleep Quality, and Risk for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Veterans With Gulf War Illness.

Effects of low-level sarin and cyclosarin exposure on white matter integrity in Gulf War Veterans.

Preliminary Evidence of Increased Hippocampal Myelin Content in Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.

Towards Constructing a New Taxonomy for Psychiatry Using Self-reported Symptoms.

Altered inflammatory activity associated with reduced hippocampal volume and more severe posttraumatic stress symptoms in Gulf War veterans.

Are hippocampal size differences in posttraumatic stress disorder mediated by sleep pathology?

Associations between subjective sleep quality and brain volume in Gulf War veterans.

Effects of low-level sarin and cyclosarin exposure on hippocampal subfields in Gulf War Veterans.

Hippocampal volume is inversely related to PTSD duration.

The role of carotid intima-media thickness in predicting longitudinal cognitive function in an older adult cohort.

Associations between white matter hyperintensities and β amyloid on integrity of projection, association, and limbic fiber tracts measured with diffusion tensor MRI.

MRI markers for mild cognitive impairment: comparisons between white matter integrity and gray matter volume measurements.

Regional cerebral volumes in veterans with current versus remitted posttraumatic stress disorder.

Voxel-wise co-analysis of macro- and microstructural brain alteration in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease using anatomical and diffusion MRI.

Associations among vascular risk factors, carotid atherosclerosis, and cortical volume and thickness in older adults.

Effects of post-traumatic stress disorder on occipital lobe function and structure.

Effects of low-level sarin and cyclosarin exposure and Gulf War Illness on brain structure and function: a study at 4T.

Evidence for functional specialization of hippocampal subfields detected by MR subfield volumetry on high resolution images at 4 T.

ASL perfusion MRI predicts cognitive decline and conversion from MCI to dementia.

Effects of low-level exposure to sarin and cyclosarin during the 1991 Gulf War on brain function and brain structure in US veterans.

Brain atrophy associated with baseline and longitudinal measures of cognition.

Clinical-neuroimaging characteristics of dysexecutive mild cognitive impairment.

Evidence for ongoing brain injury in human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients treated with antiretroviral therapy.

Patterns of cerebral hypoperfusion in amnestic and dysexecutive MCI.

Evidence of neurodegeneration in brains of older adults who do not yet fulfill MCI criteria.

Deformation-based morphometry reveals brain atrophy in frontotemporal dementia.

Patterns of white matter atrophy in frontotemporal lobar degeneration.

N-acetylaspartate as a marker of neuronal injury in neurodegenerative disease.

Age effects on atrophy rates of entorhinal cortex and hippocampus.

Reduced medial temporal lobe N-acetylaspartate in cognitively impaired but nondemented patients.

Using automated morphometry to detect associations between ERP latency and structural brain MRI in normal adults.

White matter lesions are associated with cortical atrophy more than entorhinal and hippocampal atrophy.

Comparisons between global and focal brain atrophy rates in normal aging and Alzheimer disease: Boundary Shift Integral versus tracing of the entorhinal cortex and hippocampus.

Effects of heavy drinking, binge drinking, and family history of alcoholism on regional brain metabolites.

ERP evidence of impaired central nervous system function in virally suppressed HIV patients on antiretroviral therapy.

Abnormal CNV in chronic heavy drinkers.

Abnormal contingent negative variation in HIV patients receiving antiretroviral therapy.

Experience-dependent modulation of category-related cortical activity.