Netta Levin, MD-Phd
Research Interests:
My field of study is the reorganization of the human brain following insults to the visual system ranging from the optic nerve to the visual cortex. To that end, I have been utilizing phase mapping methods, to compare retinotopic maps in normal subjects with maps of patients suffering from topographically restricted damage to the retina (scotoma).I also studied the degree to which the visual areas are immune to an episode of optic neuritis. I found that the patterns of the cortical activation in those patients differed considerably along the visual cortical hierarchy (Levin & al, Neuroimage, 2006). Currently, I am using new methods, including pathway tracking with DTI and receptive field estimation with fMRI to evaluate the impact of sight restoration after long lasting visual deprivation. I hope to provide a unique perspective of the reorganization process as well as helpful tools in the clinical assessment and the rehabilitation of visual disorders generated by neural injuries.
Educational Background:
| Institution and Location | Degree | Year(s) | Field of Study |
| Hadassah - Hebrew Univ. Medical School | B. Med. Sci. | 1989-1992 | Pre-clinical studies |
| Hadassah - Hebrew Univ. Medical School | M.D. | 1993-1996 | Medicine |
| Hadassah - Hebrew Univ. Medical School | Specialist | 1998-2002 | Neurology |
| Hebrew Univ., Dept. of Neurobiology | Ph.D. | 2003-2007 | Neurosciences |
| Stanford University, CA | Post-Doc | 2007- | Neuroimaging |
Professional Experience and Degrees:
- 1998-2003: Neurology Residency, Dept. of Neurology, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center
- 2000: Instructor in Neurology, the Hebrew Univ., Faculty of Medicine, Jerusalem
- 2003: Board certification in Neurology, Israel Medical Council
- 2007-present: Post-doctoral fellowship, the Psychology Dept., Stanford Univ., CA, USA
- 2003-present: Senior Neurologist, Dept. of Neurology, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center
Selected Publications:
- Steiner I., Steiner-Birmanns B., Levin N., Hershko K., Korn Lubetzki I., Biran I.(2001) Spinal cord involvement in uncomplicated herpes zoster. Clin Diagn Lab. Immunol. 8(4) 850-1.
- Levin N, Karussis D (2002).Influence of progesterone and clomiphene on Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome. Neurology. 2002 Nov 26; 59(10): 1661-2.
- Levin N, Karussis D, Abramsky O (2003). Parkinson's disease associated with myasthenia gravis. A report of 4 cases. J Neurol. 250(6): 766-7.
- Levin N, Mor M, Ben-Hur T. Patterns of misdiagnosis of multiple sclerosis (2003). Isr Med Assoc J. 5(7): 489-90.
- Levin N, Argov Z (2003). Painful eye movements in aseptic meningitis. J Neurol. 250(10): 1257-8.
- Barkana Y, Levin N, Goldhammer Y, Steiner I (2004). Chronic intracranial hypertension with unexplained cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis. J Neuroophthalmol. 24(2): 106-8.
- Levin N, Gomori JM, Siegal T (2004). Chemotherapy as initial treatment in gliomatosis cerebri: Results with temozolomide. Neurology. 27; 63(2): 354-6.
- Levin N, Ben-Hur T, Biran I, Wertman E (2005). Category specific semantic deficit in anterior thalamic infarction. Neuropsychologia. 43(9):1385-90.
- Levin N, Abramsky O, Lossos A, Karussis D, Siegal T, Argov Z and Ben Hur T (2005). Extrathymic malignancies in patients with myasthenia gravis. J. Neurol. Sci. 237:39-43.
- Levin N, Mali A., Karussis D (2005). Severe skin reaction related to Mycophenolate mofetil for myasthenia gravis (MG): A case report. Clin Neuropharmacol. .28(3):152-153.
- Levin N., Lavon I., Zelikovitsh B., Fucks D., Bokstein F., Fellig Y., Siegal T (2006). Response to temozolomide and correlation between genetic profile and MGMT protein expression. Cancer. 15 (8):1759-65.
- Levin N. Dotan S., Orlov T. Zohary E. Normal and abnormal fMRI activation patterns in the visual cortex following optic neuritis (2006). Neuroimage. 33(4):1161-8.
- Levin N., Soffer D., Biran I., Gomori J.M., Bocher M., Blumen S.C., Abramsky O., Segal R., Lossos A. Leukoencephalopathy with neuroaxonal spheroids (LENAS) presenting as frontotemporal dementia (2008). IMAJ 10(5):386-7.
- Levin N., Soffer D, Grissaru S Gomori J.M, Siegal T. Primary T-cell CNS lymphoma presenting with leptomeningeal spread and neurolymphomatosis (2008). J NeurOncl. Jul 1
