Richard J. Rushmore, PhD

Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Current research studies the unique contributions of cerebral and subcortical brain regions to functional activity in connected brain structures, and the link between neural activity in discrete cortical regions and specific behaviors. Further research is directed at understanding the capacity of the brain to undergo adaptive or maladaptive change following injury or reversible deactivation of cerebral cortical areas.

Publications

  • Published 6/15/2026

    Capen TJ, O'Donnell LJ, Zhang F, Yeterian EH, Rathi Y, Makris N, Rosene DL, Rushmore RJ. Connectional neuroanatomy of U-fibers in the rhesus monkey brain. bioRxiv. 2026 Jun 15. PMID: 42282614.

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  • Published 5/31/2026

    Arciniega H, Wickham A, Szekely B, Kim N, Cho KI, Carrington H, Knyazhanskaya EE, John O, Jung LB, Breedlove K, Mirmajlesi AS, Stearns J, Rushmore RJ, Daneshvar DH, Wiegand TLT, Billah T, Pasternak O, Cetin-Karayumak S, Rathi Y, Coleman MJ, Adler CH, Bernick C, Balcer LJ, Im BS, Datta S, Alosco ML, Koerte IK, Lin AP, Cummings JL, Reiman EM, Stern RA, Shenton ME, Bouix S. Dose-dependent white matter changes associated with repetitive head impacts in former American football players. Brain Commun. 2026; 8(3):fcag195. PMID: 42293319.

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  • Published 2/27/2026

    Zhang F, Rushmore J, Li Y, Cetin-Karayumak S, Song Y, Cai W, Westin CF, Levitt JJ, Makris N, Rathi Y, O'Donnell LJ. Study of sex differences in the whole brain white matter using diffusion MRI tractography and suprathreshold fiber cluster statistics. Neuroimage Clin. 2026; 49:103979. PMID: 41785558.

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  • Published 2/13/2026

    Toppa PH, Rushmore RJ, Haggerty K, Papadimitriou G, Dougherty D, Kubicki M, González-Mora JL, Pallanti S, Castañeyra-Perdomo A, Yeterian E, Makris N. Neuroanatomy of substantia nigra and ventral tegmental area dopaminergic, and dorsal raphe serotonergic circuits in the human brain using T1-weighted and diffusion magnetic resonance imaging: A morphometric pilot study with estimate of reliability. bioRxiv. 2026 Feb 13. PMID: 41726954.

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  • Published 1/2/2026

    Rockland KS, Rushmore RJ. Cortical white matter: no longer a silent partner. Front Neuroanat. 2025; 19:1726067. PMID: 41552372.

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Other Positions

  • Graduate Medical Sciences Educator and Mentor (Primary Mentor of Graduate Students)
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences

Education

  • Boston University School of Public Health, PhD
  • Trinity College, BS