Associate Professor of Radiology

Email: sava@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu

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Recent Publications

• Rauscher BC, Fomin-Thunemann N, Kura S, Doran PR, Perez PD, Kiliç K, Martin EA, Balog D, Chai NX, Froio FA, Bloniasz PF, Herrema KE, Tang RP, Knudstrup SG, Garcia A, Jiang JX, Gavornik JP, London M, Kleinfeld D, Hasselmo ME, Lewis LD, Sakadzic S, Tian L, Mishne G, Stephen EP, Thunemann M, Boas DA, Devor A. The neurovascular impulse response function differentially reflects intrinsic neuromodulation across cortical regions. Nat Neurosci. 2026 Mar 26.
• Sasaki Y, Aykan SA, Yang J, Oka F, Jin X, Morais A, Imai T, Alber E, Sakadžic S, Chung DY, Ayata C. Cerebral collateral arteriogenesis and cerebrovascular reserve in aged and diet-induced obese mice after unilateral common carotid occlusion. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2026 Mar 12. 271678X251411837
• Imai T, Krishnan V, Lai JH, Alber E, Hawley L, Gandhi A, Kalailingam P, Yang J, Tambala D, Hike DC, Zhou XA, Fong C, Ondeck B, Cruz ETD, Liu X, Siv AK, Öncel M, Das S, Sakadžic S, Ayata C, Yu X, Lindsay ME, Musolino PL, Chung DY. Smooth Muscle Dysfunction Drives Cerebrovascular Reserve Failure and End-Organ Brain Injury. bioRxiv. 2026 Jan 26.
• Li B, Cao H, Takase H, Allu SR, Wu Y, Fu B, Vinogradov SA, Lo EH, Arai K, Ayata C, Sakadžic S. Mismatch between oxygen delivery and consumption in the cerebral watershed during subacute global hypoperfusion. Exp Neurol. 2026 May. 399:115666
• Li B, Cao H, Pian Q, Wu Y, Porter JE, Fu B, Rao Allu S, Vinogradov SA, Ayata C, Arai K, Mandeville ET, Esposito E, Lo EH, Sakadžic S. Diurnal differences in cerebral microvascular blood flow and oxygen delivery across brain regions in awake mice. Neurophotonics. 2026 Jan. 13(1):015002