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Stu McAfee

Instructor - St. Jude Faculty, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Verified email at stjude.org
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[HTML][HTML] Breathing as a fundamental rhythm of brain function

DH Heck, SS McAfee, Y Liu… - Frontiers in neural …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Ongoing fluctuations of neuronal activity have long been considered intrinsic noise that
introduces unavoidable and unwanted variability into neuronal processing, which the brain …

[HTML][HTML] Cerebellar control of thalamocortical circuits for cognitive function: A review of pathways and a proposed mechanism

…, MB Fox, B Correia Chapman, SS McAfee… - Frontiers in Systems …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
There is general agreement that cerebrocerebellar interactions via cerebellothalamocortical
pathways are essential for a cerebellar cognitive and motor functions. Cerebellothalamic …

[HTML][HTML] Hippocampal sharp-wave ripples in awake mice are entrained by respiration

Y Liu, SS McAfee, DH Heck - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
… The stainless steel guiding tubes also served as reference electrodes and were electrically
connected to the brain tissue via the saline solution. Two recording electrodes (350 μm apart) …

[HTML][HTML] Cerebellar coordination of neuronal communication in cerebral cortex

SS McAfee, Y Liu, RV Sillitoe, DH Heck - Frontiers in systems …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cognitive processes involve precisely coordinated neuronal communications between multiple
cerebral cortical structures in a task specific manner. Rich new evidence now implicates …

[PDF][PDF] Cerebellar lobulus simplex and crus I differentially represent phase and phase difference of prefrontal cortical and hippocampal oscillations

SS McAfee, Y Liu, RV Sillitoe, DH Heck - Cell reports, 2019 - cell.com
The cerebellum has long been implicated in tasks involving precise temporal control, especially
in the coordination of movements. Here we asked whether the cerebellum represents …

Dosimetric comparison of three different treatment techniques in extensive scalp lesion irradiation

JB Wojcicka, DE Lasher, SS McAfee… - Radiotherapy and …, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: This study compared lateral photon/electron plan (3DCRT),
intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) plan, and high dose rate (HDR) …

Cerebellar mutism is linked to midbrain volatility and desynchronization from speech cortices

SS McAfee, G Robinson, A Gajjar, S Zhang, AK Bag… - Brain, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Cerebellar mutism syndrome is a disorder of speech, movement and affect that can occur
after tumour removal from the posterior fossa. Projections from the fastigial nuclei to the …

Fastigial nuclei surgical damage and focal midbrain disruption implicate PAG survival circuits in cerebellar mutism syndrome

SS McAfee, S Zhang, P Zou, HM Conklin… - Neuro …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Pediatric postoperative cerebellar mutism syndrome (CMS) is a rare but well-known
complication of medulloblastoma (Mb) resection with devastating effects on expressive …

Minimally invasive highly precise monitoring of respiratory rhythm in the mouse using an epithelial temperature probe

SS McAfee, MC Ogg, JM Ross, Y Liu… - Journal of neuroscience …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Respiration is one of the essential rhythms of life. The precise measurement of
respiratory behavior is of great importance in studies addressing olfactory sensory …

Causal evidence for a role of cerebellar lobulus simplex in prefrontal-hippocampal interaction in spatial working memory decision-making

Y Liu, SS McAfee, ME Van Der Heijden, M Dhamala… - The Cerebellum, 2022 - Springer
Spatial working memory (SWM) is a cerebrocerebellar cognitive skill supporting survival-relevant
behaviors, such as optimizing foraging behavior by remembering recent routes and …