Nerve Studies

Bergethon PR, Review of ” Mononeuropathies: Examination, Diagnosis, and Treatment” Amyloid, 2001.

Bergethon PR, Peripheral neuropathy following bariatric surgery, Journal Watch Neurology, May 26, 2005.

Bergethon PR, “Systems Neuroscience, Old Hat or New Tricks?”, The Scientific Basis of Neurology, American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, published syllaus, 2007.

Bergethon PR, Annual Meeting Webcast, “Systems Neuroscience, Old Hat or New Tricks?”, The Scientific Basis of Neurology, American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, 2007.

Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS)

Tong Y, Rooney EJ, Bergethon PR, Martin JM, Sassaroli A, Ehrenberg BL, Vo Van Toi, Aggarwal Ambady PN, and Fantini S, Studying brain function with near-infrared spectroscopy concurrently with electroencephalography, Proc SPIE 5693, 444-449 2005.

Bergethon PR US Provisional Patent, Optical Method for Detecting Peripheral Nerve Function, 2006.

Tong Y, Martin JM, Sassaroli A, Clervil PR, Bergethon PR and Fantini S, “Fast optical signals in the peripheral nervous system”, Journal of Biomedical Optics, 11: 044014, 2006.

Chen DK, Tong Y, Sassaroli A, Bergethon PR, and S. Fantini S, “Fast Optical Response to Electrical Activation in Peripheral Nerves,” in Azar FS, ed. SPIE, 643104, 2007.

Fantini S, Chen DK, Martin JM, Sassaroli A, and Bergethon PR, “Near-infrared signals associated with electrical stimulation of peripheral nerves,” in Tromberg BJ, Yodh AG, Tamura M, Sevick-Muraca EM and Alfano EE, eds. SPIE, 71741C, 1-7 2009.

Chen DK, Erb MK, Tong Y, Sassaroli A, Bergethon PR and Fantini S, Spectral and spatial feature of diffuse optical signal in response to peripheral nerve stimulation.  Biomedical Optics Express, Vol. 1 Issue 3, pp.923-942, 2010.

Erb MK, Chen DK, Sassaroli A, Fantini S, and Bergethon PR, Diffuse optical signals in response to peripheral nerve stimulation reflect skeletal muscle kinematics, Biomedical Optics Express, Vol. 1 Issue 3, pp.923-942, 2010.

Electrical stimulation of peripheral nerves induces optical responses via skeletal muscle kinematics M. Kelley Erb, Debbie K. Chen, Angelo Sassaroli, Sergio Fantini, and Peter R. Bergethon Proc. SPIE 7896, 789609 (2011);doi:10.1117/12.875145,Online Publication Date: Mar 02, 2011

Tong Y, Bergethon PR, Frederick BD,  An improved method for mapping cerebrovascular reserve using concurrent fMRI and near infrared spectroscopy with Regressor Interpolation at Progressive Time Delays (RIPTiDe). Neuroimage. 2011 Mar 31. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 21459147 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]

Sassaroli A, Martelli F, Fantini S, General perturbative approach to the diffusion equation in the presence of absorbing defects: Frequency-domain and timedomain results, Proc. of SPIE Vol. 7896 78961N-1, doi: 10.1117/12.876943, 2011.

Sassaroli A, Zheng F, Pierro M, Bergethon PR Fantini S, phase difference between Low-frequency oscillations of Cerebral deoxy- and oxy-hemoglobin Concentrations during a mental task, Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, Vol. 4, No. 2, 1-8, DOI: 10.1142/S1793545811001332, 2011.