Elena Rykhlevskaia

Elena Rykhlevskaia, phd

I am interested in connectivity aspects of brain organization. I develop data mining algorithms for analysis and modeling of in vivo human brain imaging data to understand how different brain areas interact as part of a large-scale network. On the Stanford campus, I work with two brain imaging research groups: the Vision, Imaging Science and Technology Activities Lab, and the Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience Lab.  To capture the structural back bone of brain networks, we use diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). To infer activity synchronization and information flow among the key network nodes (at rest, or when performing a task), we employ functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).  I am particularly fascinated with the changes in structural and functional aspects of brain network connectivity due to brain development and aging. Subject populations I am currently studying include healthy elderly adults, children with difficulties in learning math, and patients with Cushing's syndrome.


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Educational Background:

2001-2006 Ph.D. in Quantitative Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Dissertation: Anatomically informed models of functional connectivity in the brain.
Research Advisor: Prof. Gabriele Gratton.
Minors: Brain and Cognition, Statistics.
2002-2004M.Sc. in Applied Statistics with specialization in Psychometrics and Behavioral Statistic, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
1999-2001
M.Sc. in Computer Science (as a joint degree), Lomonosov Moscow State University.
1996-2001Diploma (with honors) in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia.
Thesis: A method for scaling nonverbal stimuli on the Internet: technological problems
and future prospects.


Recent Publications:

Bilateral brain regions associated with naming in older adults. Obler LK, Rykhlevskaia E, Schnyer D, Clark-Cotton MR, Spiro A 3rd, Hyun J, Kim DS, Goral M, Albert ML. Brain Lang. 2010 Jun;113(3):113-23.PMID: 20399492

Dissociable Connectivity within Human Angular Gyrus and Intraparietal Sulcus: Evidence from Functional and Structural Connectivity. Uddin LQ, Supekar K, Amin H, Rykhlevskaia E, Nguyen DA, Greicius MD, Menon V.
Cereb Cortex. 2010 Feb 12. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 20154013

COMT genotype affects prefrontal white matter pathways in children and adolescents.
Thomason ME, Dougherty RF, Colich NL, Perry LM, Rykhlevskaia EI, Louro HM, Hallmayer JF, Waugh CE, Bammer R, Glover GH, Gotlib IH. Neuroimage. 2010 Jan 18. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 20083203

Neuroanatomical correlates of developmental dyscalculia: combined evidence from morphometry and tractography. Rykhlevskaia E, Uddin LQ, Kondos L, Menon V. Cereb Cortex. 2010 Feb 12. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 20154013

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