Benjamin Xu

研究员

Benjamin Xu, Ph.D.，深圳市神经科学研究院研究员，1997年获得美国匹兹堡大学认知心理学博士学位，然后长期在美国国立健康研究院 (NIH) 工作，先后任NINDS全职科学家、NIAAA神经科学与行为分部基金项目主任、NCANDA基金项目主任、美国脑计划指导委员会成员、HBCD基金科学指导专家。作为美国国立健康研究院 (NIH)的研究员，Dr. Xu在语言认知、人脑执行功能，其损伤，和脑成像等方面发表了多篇论文、并在儿童大脑发育，酒精与药物成瘾科学研究和美国脑计划项目发展等领域做出了很大贡献，2023年获得美国国立健康研究院国立神经系统疾病与脑卒中研究院院长奖。2023年底辞去国立健康研究院的职位。

代表性论文：

  1. Volkow, ND, Gordon, JA, Bianchi, DW, Chiang, MF, Clayton, JA, Klein, WM, Koob, GF, Koroshetz, WJ, Pérez-Stable, EJ, Simoni,JM, Tromberg, BJ, Woychik, RP, Hommer, R, Spotts, EL, Xu, B, … (2024). The HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study (HBCD): NIH collaboration to understand the impacts of prenatal and early life experiences on brain development, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2024.101423
  2. Xu B, Sandrini M, Volochayev R, Awosika O, Wang W, Butman JA, Cohen LG (2020). Transcranial direct current stimulation facilitates response inhibition through dynamic modulation of the fronto-basal ganglia network. Brain Stimulation, 13; 96-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2019.08.004
  3. Xu, B, LaBar, KS (2019). Advances in understanding addiction treatment and recovery. Sci. Adv. 5, eaaz659.
  4. Xu B, Sandrini M, Levy, S., Volochayev, R., Awosika O, Butman J, Pham, D. L., Cohen L.G. (2017). Lasting deficit in inhibitory control with mild traumatic brain injury. Scientific Reports, 7: 14902 DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-14867-y
  5. Wang, W.T., Xu, B. Butman, B.A. (2017). Improved SNR for combined TMS-fMRI: A support device for commercially available body array coil. Journal Neuroscience Methods, 289: 1-7.
  6. Xu B, Sandrini M, Wang W, Smith J, Sarlls J, Awosika O, Butman J, Horwitz, B., Cohen LG. (2016). PreSMA stimulation changes task-free functional connectivity in the fronto-basal-ganglia that correlates with response inhibition efficiency. Human Brain Mapping, 4, doi: 10.1002/hbm.23236.
  7. Sepeta, L.N., Berl, M.M., Wilke, M., You, X., Mehta, M., Xu, B., Inati, S., Dustin, I., Khan, O., Austermuehle, A., Theodore, W.H., Gaillard, W.D. (2016) Age-Dependent Mesial Temporal Lobe Lateralization in Language FMRI, Epilepsia, 57(1): 122-30. doi: 10.1111/epi.13258.
  8. Xu B, Levy S, Butman J, Pham D, Cohen LG, Sandrini M. (2015). Effect of foreknowledge on neural activity of primary "go" responses relates to response stopping and switching. Front Hum Neurosci. Feb 4;9:34. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00034.
  9. Lerner A, Bagic A, Simmons JM, Mari Z, Bonne O, Xu B, Kazuba D, Herscovitch P, Carson RE, Murphy DL, Drevets WC, Hallett M. (2012) Widespread abnormality of the γ-aminobutyric acid-ergic system in Tourette syndrome. Brain. 135(6):1926-36.
  10. Kim, K.K., Byun, E., Lee, S.K., Gaillard, W.D., Xu, B., Theodore, W.H. (2011) Verbal working memory of Korean–English bilinguals: An fMRI study, Journal of NeuroLinguistics, 24, 1- 13.
  11. Sehm, B., Perez, M. A., Xu, B., Hidler, J., and Cohen, L. G. (2010). Functional neuroanatomy of mirroring during a unimanual force generation task. Cerebral Cortex, 20:34-45.
  12. Schaefer, M., Xu, B., Giraux, P., Flor, H., and Cohen, L. G. (2009). Effects of different viewing perspectives on somatosensory activations during observation of touch. Human Brain Mapping.
  13. Floel, A., Garraux, G., Xu, B., Breitenstein, C., Knecht, S., Herscovitch, P., Cohen, L. G. (2008). Levodopa increases memory encoding and dopamine release in the striatum in the elderly. Neurobiology of Aging. 29: 267-279.
  14. Hidler, J., Hodics, T., Xu, B., Dobkin, B., Cohen, L. G. (2006). MR compatible force sensing system for real-time monitoring of wrist moments during fMRI testing. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 155(2):300-7.
  15. Balsamo, L. M., Xu, B., Gaillard, W. D. (2006). Language lateralization and the role of the fusiform gyrus in semantic processing in young children. Neuroimage. 1;31(3):1306-14.
  16. Berl, M. M., Balsamo, L. M., Xu, B., Moore, E. N., Weinstein, S. L., Conry, J. A., Pearl, P. L., Sachs, B. C., Grandin, C. B., Frattali, C., Ritter, F. J., Sato, S., Theodore, W. H., Gaillard, W. D. (2005) Seizure focus affects regional language networks assessed by fMRI. Neurology. 22;65(10):1604-11.
  17. Gaillard, W. D., Balsamo, L., Xu, B., McKinney, C., Papero, P. H., Weinstein, S., Conry, J., Pearl, P. L., Sachs, B., Sato, S., Vezina, L. G., Frattali, C., Theodore, W. H. (2004). fMRI language task panel improves determination of language dominance. Neurology. 26;63(8):1403-8.
  18. Ahmad, Z., Balsamo, L. M., Sachs, B. C., Xu, B., Gaillard WD. (2003). Auditory comprehension of language in young children: neural networks identified with fMRI. Neurology. 2003 May 27;60(10):1598-605.
  19. Gaillard, W. D., Sachs, B. C., Whitnah, J. R., Ahmad, Z., Balsamo, L. M., Petrella, J. R., Braniecki, S. H., McKinney, C. M., Hunter, K., Xu, B., Grandin, C. B. (2003). Developmental Aspects of Language Processing: fMRI of Verbal Fluency in Children and Adults. Human Brain Mapping. 18, 176-185.
  20. Gaillard, W. D., Balsamo, L. M., Ibrahim, Z., Sachs, B. C., Xu, B. (2003). fMRI identifies regional specialization of neural networks for reading in young children. Neurology. 60, 94-100.
  21. Xu, B., Grafman, J., Gaillard, W., Spanaki, M., Ishii, K., Balsamo, L., Pugliese, M., Makala, M., Theodore, W. (2002). Neuroimaging Reveals Automatic Speech Coding During Perception of Written Word Meaning. NeuroImage. 17, 859-870.
  22. Balsamo, L. M., Xu, B., Grandin, C. B., Petrella, J. R., Braniecki, S. H., Elliott, T. K., Gaillard, W. D. (2002). A functional magnetic resonance imaging study of left hemisphere language dominance in children. Archives of Neurology, 59(7), 1168-74.
  23. Gaillard, W. D., Balsamo, L., Xu, B., Grandin, C. B., Braniecki, S. H., Papero, P. H., Weinstein, S., Conry, J., Pearl, P. L., Sachs, B., Sato, S., Jabbari, B., Vezina, L. G., Frattali, C., Theodore, W. H. (2002). Language dominance in partial epilepsy patients identified with an fMRI reading task. Neurology, 59, 256-265.
  24. Gaillard, W. D., Xu, B., Balsamo, L. M. (2002). Neuroimaging and Disorders of Communication. In: Disorders of Language Development (XXIII th Spectrum of Developmental Disabilities). York Press
  25. Xu, B., Grafman, J., Gaillard, W. D., Ishii, K., Vega-Bermudes, F., Pietrini, P., Reeves-tyer, P., DiCamillo, P., & Theodore, W. (2001). Evidence of Conjoint and Extended Neural Networks for the Computation of Speech Codes: The Neural Basis of Selective Impairment in Reading Words and Pseudowords. Cerebral Cortex. 11, 267-277.
  26. Gaillard, W.D., Grandin, C.B., Xu, B. (2001) Developmental Aspects of Pediatric fMRI: Considerations for Image Acquisition, Analysis, and Interpretation. Neuroimage, 13(2), 239-249.
  27. Gaillard, W. D., Pugliese, M., Grandin, M. D., Braniecki, M. A., Kondapaneni, B. A., Hunter, M. D., Xu, B., Petrella, M. D., Balsamo, L. M., Basso, G. (2001). Cortical localization of reading in normal children: A fMRI language study. Neurology, 57, 47-54.
  28. Xu, B., Grafman, J., Gaillard, W. D., Ishii, K., Balsamo, L., Spanaki, M., Pugliese, M., Kryjak, A., Liow, K., & Theodore, W. (1999). Functional coupling of phonological processes during the activation of word meaning: An fMRI study of visual word perception. Neuroimage, 9, 1081.
  29. Xu, B. & Perfetti, C. A. (1999). Nonstrategic subjective threshold effects in phonemic masking. Memory & Cognition, 27, 26-36.