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Whitney Parker

Neurosurgery resident, Neuroscience fellow, Weill Cornell Medicine
Verified email at nyp.org
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[PDF][PDF] Building resilient communities: A preliminary framework for assessment

…, NJ Armstrong, K Perrin, WM Parker… - Homeland …, 2010 - securitypolicylaw.syr.edu
Governments, non-governmental organizations, and community leaders in many countries
face a daunting task: the design and implementation of policies, programs, and systems that …

Where am I now? Distinct roles for parahippocampal and retrosplenial cortices in place recognition

RA Epstein, WE Parker, AM Feiler - Journal of Neuroscience, 2007 - Soc Neuroscience
A key component of spatial navigation is the ability to use visual information to ascertain
where one is located and how one is oriented in the world. We used functional magnetic …

The rate of complications after ventriculoperitoneal shunt surgery

AE Merkler, J Ch'ang, WE Parker, SB Murthy… - World neurosurgery, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Although ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) surgery is the most frequent surgical
treatment for patients with hydrocephalus, modern rates of complications in adults are …

Rapamycin prevents seizures after depletion of STRADA in a rare neurodevelopmental disorder

WE Parker, KA Orlova, WH Parker… - Science translational …, 2013 - science.org
A rare neurodevelopmental disorder in the Old Order Mennonite population called PMSE (polyhydramnios,
megalencephaly, and symptomatic epilepsy syndrome; also called Pretzel …

[HTML][HTML] STRADα deficiency results in aberrant mTORC1 signaling during corticogenesis in humans and mice

KA Orlova, WE Parker, GG Heuer… - The Journal of …, 2010 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Polyhydramnios, megalencephaly, and symptomatic epilepsy syndrome (PMSE) is a rare
human autosomal-recessive disorder characterized by abnormal brain development, cognitive …

Cortical correlates of face and scene inversion: a comparison

RA Epstein, JS Higgins, W Parker, GK Aguirre… - Neuropsychologia, 2006 - Elsevier
Face recognition is more strongly impaired by stimulus inversion than nonface object
recognition. This phenomenon, known as the face inversion effect (FIE), suggests that the visual …

Fetal brain mTOR signaling activation in tuberous sclerosis complex

V Tsai, WE Parker, KA Orlova, M Baybis… - Cerebral …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is characterized by developmental malformations of the
cerebral cortex known as tubers, comprised of cells that exhibit enhanced mammalian target …

Detection of human papillomavirus in human focal cortical dysplasia type IIB

J Chen, V Tsai, WE Parker, E Aronica… - Annals of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: Focal cortical dysplasia type IIB (FCDIIB) is a sporadic developmental malformation
of the cerebral cortex highly associated with pediatric epilepsy. Balloon cells (BCs) in …

Two kinds of fMRI repetition suppression? Evidence for dissociable neural mechanisms

RA Epstein, WE Parker… - Journal of …, 2008 - journals.physiology.org
Repetition suppression (RS) is a reduction of neural response that is often observed when
stimuli are presented more than once. Many functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) …

Surgical management of intramedullary spinal cord tumors

I Hussain, WE Parker, O Barzilai… - Neurosurgery …, 2020 - neurosurgery.theclinics.com
Intramedullary spinal cord tumors (IMSCTs) comprise a rare subset of central nervous system
(CNS) tumors that can develop at any age and have distinct management strategies based …