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Shella Keilholz

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Title/Position
Professor
Areas of Research

Areas of Research

Biomedical Imaging & Instrumentation , Neuroengineering
Contact

Contact

HSRB W230Emory
shella.keilholz@emory.edu
404.727.2433
Keilholz MIND Lab
Research Interests

Research Interests

Dr. Keilholz's lab sits at the intersection of imaging technology (with a focus on MRI), systems neuroscience, and complex systems.  Much of their research aims to use MRI to understand the dynamic activity of the brain.

Teaching Interests

Teaching Interests

Dr. Keilholz teaches course on MRI and other imaging techniques.
Publications

Publications

Daley L, Pan WJ, Kaundinya G, Keilholz S. Longitudinal Awake Mouse fMRI During Voluntary Locomotion Using Zero TE Imaging and a Novel Treadmill Training Protocol. Magn Reson Med. 2026 Jan 8. doi: 10.1002/mrm.70248. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41505251.
LaGrow TJ, Itkyal V, Watters H, Jensen KM, Ballem R, Pan WJ, Iraji A, Calhoun VD, Keilholz S. Widespread Spatiotemporal Patterns of Functional Brain Networks in Longitudinal Progression of Alzheimer's Disease. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2025 Jul;2025:1-7. doi: 10.1109/EMBC58623.2025.11251603. PMID: 41336827.
Anumba N, Kelberman MA, Pan W, Marriott A, Zhang X, Xu N, Weinshenker D, Keilholz S. The effects of locus coeruleus optogenetic stimulation on global spatiotemporal patterns in rats. Imaging Neurosci (Camb). 2024 Oct 15;2:imag-2-00314. doi: 10.1162/imag_a_00314. PMID: 40800407; PMCID: PMC12290871.
Kashyap A, Geenjaar E, Bey P, Dhindsa K, Glomb K, Plis S, Keilholz S, Ritter P. Using an ordinary differential equation model to separate rest and task signals in fMRI. Nat Commun. 2025 Aug 3;16(1):7128. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-62491-6. PMID: 40753158; PMCID: PMC12317992.
Daley L, Saini P, Watters H, Bassil Y, Schumacher EH, Trotti LM, Keilholz S. Altered functional connectivity and spatiotemporal dynamics in individuals with central disorders of hypersomnolence. Front Neurosci. 2025 Mar 25;19:1538479. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2025.1538479. PMID: 40201187; PMCID: PMC11975921.
Watters H, Davis A, Fazili A, Daley L, LaGrow TJ, Schumacher EH, Keilholz S. Infraslow Dynamic Patterns in Human Cortical Networks Track a Spectrum of External to Internal Attention. Hum Brain Mapp. 2025 Feb 15;46(3):e70049. doi: 10.1002/hbm.70049. PMID: 39980439; PMCID: PMC11843030.
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Xu N, Yousefi B, Anumba N, LaGrow TJ, Zhang X, Keilholz S. QPPLab: A generally applicable software package for detecting, analyzing, and visualizing large-scale quasiperiodic spatiotemporal patterns (QPPs) of brain activity. SoftwareX. 2025 Feb;29:102067. doi: 10.1016/j.softx.2025.102067. Epub 2025 Feb 3. PMID: 39973967; PMCID: PMC11839147.
Meyer-Baese L, Jaeger D, Keilholz S. Neurovascular coupling: a review of spontaneous neocortical dynamics linking neuronal activity to hemodynamics and what we have learned from the rodent brain. J Neurophysiol. 2025 Feb 1;133(2):644-660. doi: 10.1152/jn.00418.2024. Epub 2025 Jan 17. PMID: 39819035; PMCID: PMC12175746.
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