Qing Yang

Professor of Neurosurgery and Radiology

Qing Yang

Research Summary

Alzheimer’s disease, amyloid imaging, metals, MRI and fMRI on aging, neurodegeneration, neuroimaging, olfactory deficits in AD

Huck Affiliations

Most Recent Publications

Large improvement in RF magnetic fields and imaging SNR with whole-head high-permittivity slurry helmet for human-brain MRI applications at 7 T

Soo Han Soon, Xin Li, Matt Waks, Xiao Hong Zhu, Hannes M. Wiesner, Navid P. Gandji, Qing Yang, Michael T. Lanagan, Wei Chen, 2025, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine on p. 1205-1219

Altered functional connectivity of primary olfactory cortex-hippocampus-frontal cortex in subjective cognitive decline during odor stimulation

Xin Zhang, Yajing Zhu, Jiaming Lu, Qian Chen, Futao Chen, Cong Long, Xinru Xu, Danni Ge, Yijun Bai, Dongming Liu, Shunshun Du, Zhengyang Zhu, Xiaoli Mai, Qing X. Yang, Bing Zhang, 2024, Human Brain Mapping

Olfactory–trigeminal integration in the primary olfactory cortex

Prasanna R. Karunanayaka, Jiaming Lu, Rommy Elyan, Qing X. Yang, K. Sathian, 2024, Human Brain Mapping

Neural correlates of chocolate brand preference: A functional MRI study

Senal Peiris, Michael J. Tobia, Andrew Smith, Emily Grun, Rommy Elyan, Paul J. Eslinger, Qing X. Yang, Prasanna Karunanayaka, 2024, Journal of Neuroimaging on p. 415-423

Olfactory deficit: a potential functional marker across the Alzheimer’s disease continuum

Dongming Liu, Jiaming Lu, Liangpeng Wei, Mei Yao, Huiquan Yang, Pin Lv, Haoyao Wang, Yajing Zhu, Zhengyang Zhu, Xin Zhang, Jiu Chen, Qing X. Yang, Bing Zhang, 2024, Frontiers in Neuroscience

A mobile APP-based, customizable automated device for self-administered olfactory testing and an implementation of smell identification test

Zhihao Lan, Qing X. Yang, Zhi Hong Lyu, Cailing Feng, Liansheng Wang, Baowei Ji, Xuefei Yu, Sherman Xuegang Xin, 2023, Chemical Senses

Displacement current distribution on a high dielectric constant helmet and its effect on RF field at 10.5 T (447 MHz)

N Gandji, Christopher T. Sica, M Lanagan, M Woo, L DelaBarre, J Radder, B Zhang, R Lattanzi, G Adriany, K Ugurbil, Qing Yang, 2021, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine on p. 3292-3303

High frequency dielectric materials for medicine and telecommunications

Michael T. Lanagan, Tucker Brown, Steve Perini, Qing X. Yang, 2021, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Diffusion tensor imaging indices of acute muscle damage are augmented after exercise in peripheral arterial disease

J Stavres, Jianli Wang, Christopher T. Sica, C Blaha, M Herr, S Pai, A Cauffman, J Vesek, Qing X. Yang, Lawrence I. Sinoway, 2021, European Journal of Applied Physiology on p. 2595-2606

Electromagnetic Modeling of High-Channel Count Head Receiver Arrays for ultra-High Field MRI

Jerahmie Radder, Russell L. Lagore, Nader Tavaf, Steve Jungst, Andrea Grant, Gregor Adriany, Matt Waks, Lance Dela Barre, M. Bei Zhang, Riccardo Lattanzi, Navid Gandji, Qing Yang, Kamil Ugurbil, 2021, on p. 389

Most-Cited Papers

Olfactory Cortex Degeneration in Alzheimer's Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment

Megha M. Vasavada, Jian-li Wang, Paul Eslinger, David J. Gill, Xiaoyu Sun, Prasanna Karunanayaka, Qing Yang, 2015, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease on p. 947-958

Olfactory dysfunction mediates adiposity in cognitive impairment of type 2 diabetes: Insights from clinical and functional neuroimaging studies

Zhou Zhang, Bing Zhang, Xin Wang, Xin Zhang, Qing X. Yang, Zhao Qing, Wen Zhang, Dalong Zhu, Yan Bi, 2019, Diabetes Care on p. 1274-1283

Interhemispheric functional and structural disconnection in Alzheimer's disease: A combined resting-state fMRI and DTI study

Zhiqun Wang, Jianli Wang, Han Zhang, Robert Mchugh, Xiaoyu Sun, Kuncheng Li, Qing X. Yang, 2015, PLoS One

Default mode network differences between rigidity- and tremor-predominant Parkinson's disease

Prasanna R. Karunanayaka, Eun Young Lee, Mechelle M. Lewis, Suman Sen, Paul J. Eslinger, Qing X. Yang, Xuemei Huang, 2016, Cortex on p. 239-250

Central Olfactory Dysfunction in Alzheimer's Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Functional MRI Study

Megha M. Vasavada, Brittany Martinez, Jianli Wang, Paul J. Eslinger, David J. Gill, Xiaoyu Sun, Prasanna Karunanayaka, Qing X. Yang, 2017, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease on p. 359-368

MRI contrast agent for targeting glioma: Interleukin-13 labeled liposome encapsulating gadolinium-DTPA

Xiaoli Liu, Achuthamangalam B. Madhankumar, Patti A. Miller, Kari A. Duck, Susan Hafenstein, Elias Rizk, Becky Slagle-Webb, Jonas M. Sheehan, James R. Connor, Qing X. Yang, 2016, Neuro-Oncology on p. 691-699

MRI evaluation of asymmetry of nigrostriatal damage in the early stage of early-onset Parkinson's disease

Jian-li Wang, Qing Yang, Xiaoyu Sun, Jeffrey Vesek, Zachary Mosher, Megha Vasavada, Jonathan Chu, Sangam Kanekar, Vikram Shivkumar, Kala Venkiteswaran, Thyagarajan Subramanian, 2015, Parkinsonism and Related Disorders on p. 590-596

Functional connectivity between the resting-state olfactory network and the hippocampus in Alzheimer’s disease

Jiaming Lu, Nicole Testa, Rebecca Jordan, Rommy Elyan, Sangam Kanekar, Jianli Wang, Paul Eslinger, Qing X. Yang, Bing Zhang, Prasanna R. Karunanayaka, 2019, Brain Sciences

The effect of iron in MRI and transverse relaxation of amyloid-beta plaques in Alzheimer's disease

Mark Meadowcroft, Douglas G. Peters, Rahul P. Dewal, James Connor, Qing Yang, 2015, NMR in Biomedicine on p. 297-305

Altered odor-induced brain activity as an early manifestation of cognitive decline in patients with Type 2 diabetes

Zhou Zhang, Bing Zhang, Xin Wang, Xin Zhang, Qing X. Yang, Zhao Qing, Jiaming Lu, Yan Bi, Dalong Zhu, 2018, Diabetes on p. 994-1006