Instructor in Radiology

Email: PPROKOPIOU@mgh.harvard.edu

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Recent Publications

• Prokopiou PC, Van Egroo M, Riphagen JM, Baillet M, Ashton NJ, Janelidze S, Sperling RA, Johnson KA, Blennow K, Hansson O, Zetterberg H, Jacobs HIL. Astrocyte reactivity modifies the effects of locus coeruleus norepinephrine-related dysfunction on tau and its impact on cognition. Alzheimers Dement. 2026 Aug. 22(8):e71703
• Jacobs HIL, Prokopiou PC, Singhal T. Functional and molecular brainstem imaging. Handb Clin Neurol. 2026. 216:329-344
• Xifra-Porxas A, Kassinopoulos M, Prokopiou P, Boudrias MH, Mitsis GD. Global signal regression reduces connectivity patterns related to physiological signals and does not alter EEG-derived connectivity. Front Neuroimaging. 2025. 4:1653206
• Schneider C, Priovoulos N, Prokopiou PC, Verhey FR, Poser BA, Ivanov D, Sclocco R, Napadow V, Jacobs HI. Locus coeruleus fMRI response to transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation is coupled to changes in salivary alpha amylase. Brain Stimul. 2025 Jul-Aug. 18(4):1205-1207
• Boyle R, Koops EA, Ances B, Andrews EJ, Arenaza-Urquijo EM, Bejanin A, Brickman AM, Buckley RF, Clas GS, Costello E, Coughlan GT, Conley AC, Deng F, de Paula Faria D, Edwards N, Flores-Aguilar L, Fortea J, Ghazi Saidi L, Head E, Hom CL, Koenig K, Lao P, Lengyel I, Li YJ, Loi S, Loughrey D, McGlinchey E, Newhouse P, Pertierra L, Prokopiou PC, Qi Q, de Paula França Resende E, Russell J, Scanlon CE, Schneider C, Schultz SA, Seto M, Shaka S, Soldan A, Vaqué Alcázar L, Weng Y, Wilson JE, Zaman SH, Zsadányi SE, Hartley S. Resistance and resilience to Alzheimer's disease in Down syndrome. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 04. 21(4):e70151