Associate Professor of Radiology

Email: ERATAI@mgh.harvard.edu

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Recent Publications

• van Nieuwenhuizen H, Antal BB, Hone-Blanchet A, Lithen A, McMahon L, Jenkins BG, Ratai EM, Mujica-Parodi LR. Higher fasting brain glucose is associated with lower gray matter volume in healthy adults. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2026 Jul 19. 271678X261444882
• Carter S, Kuang Z, Chesebro AG, Organtzidis H, Jumana SA, Burke SJ, Pathak A, Ratai EM, Miller EK, Granger RH, Strey HH, Mujica-Parodi LR. Mechanistic corticostriatal circuit model predicts learning-dependent fMRI dynamics and individual reward bias in humans. bioRxiv. 2026 Jun 09.
• Joers JM, Wei Y, Deelchand DK, Berrington A, Park YW, Banan G, Povazan M, Rosenberg JT, van der Kouwe AJW, Ashizawa T, Bushara KO, Onyike CU, Subramony SH, Schmahmann JD, Soher BJ, Barker PB, Mareci TH, Ratai EM, Eberly LE, Öz G. Neurochemical Endpoints to Inform Early-Stage Trials of Spinocerebellar Ataxia 2 and 3 in a Multisite Setting. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2026 Jun 08.
• Radutiu DI, Szabo E, Christensen RH, Ratai EM, Hadjikhani N, Al-Khazali HM, Ashina M, Ashina H. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy during migraine attacks: A systematic review. Cephalalgia. 2026 05. 46(5):3331024261441576
• Silva AI, Byrne KC, Pollak L, Gundry K, Manousakis GE, Metzler AI, Lenglet C, Eberly LE, Kendall-Thomas J, Kantarci OH, Zeydan B, Mukerji SS, Yasar S, Ashizawa T, Kantarci K, Ratai EM, Öz G. Factors associated with severe neurological sequelae of COVID-19: findings from the multicenter COVID-BRAIN imaging cohort. Front Hum Neurosci. 2026. 20:1754342