SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

M.J. Kim, Y Yang, P.L. Gamage, T Haun, Y Wu, D Navarro, N Li📨, Coordinated yet asymmetric striatal neuromodulatory dynamics encode associative learning. BioRxiv. 2026.

N Li📨, S Gosh, R Yang, Hemogenetic Functional MRI: The Imaging Principles and Protocols, In: Chan, K.C.W., Kim, SG. (eds) Optogenetic Functional Neuroimaging. Neuromethods, vol 232. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-5178-0_8. Springer Nature. 2026.

R Ohlendorf *, N Li*, D Van, M Schwalm, Y Ke, M Dawson, Y Jiang, B Stallings, W Zheng, A Jasanoff, Imaging bioluminescence by detecting localized hemodynamic contrast from photosensitized vasculature, Nat Biomed Eng., 2024.

S Ghosh*, N Li*, M Schwalm, BB Bartelle, T Xie, JI Daher, UD Singh, K Xie, N DiNapoli, N Evans, K Chung, A Jasanoff, Functional dissection of neural circuitry using a genetic reporter for fMRI, Nature Neuroscience, 2022

N Li, A Jasanoff, Local and global consequences of reward-evoked striatal dopamine release, Nature, 2020

A Barandov,* S Ghosh*, N Li, BB Bartelle, JI Daher, ML Pegis, H Collins, A Jasanoff, Molecular magnetic resonance imaging of nitric oxide in biological systems, ACS Sensors, 2020.

S Okada*, BB Bartelle*, N Li, V Breton-Provencher, JJ Lee, E Rodriguez, J Melican, M Sur, A Jasanoff, Calcium-dependent molecular fMRI using a magnetic nanosensor, Nature Nanotechnology, 2018.

N Li, P van Zijl, N Thakor, G Pelled, Study of the spatial correlation between neuronal activity and BOLD fMRI responses evoked by sensory and channelrhodopsin-2 stimulation in the rat somatosensory cortex, Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 2014.

N Li, Y Yang, DP Glover, J Zhang, M Saraswati, C Robertson, G Pelled, Evidence for impaired plasticity after traumatic brain injury in the developing brain, Journal of Neurotrauma, 2014.

Y Han, N Li, SR Zeiler, G Pelled, Peripheral nerve injury induces immediate increases in layer v neuronal activity, Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 2013.

N Li, JE Downey, A Bar-Shir, AA Gilad, P Walczak, H Kim, SE Joel, JJ Pekar, NV Thakor, G Pelled, Optogenetic-guided cortical plasticity after nerve injury, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2011.

RD Airan, N Li, AA Gilad, G Pelled, Genetic tools to manipulate MRI contrast, NMR in Biomedicine, 2013. 

N Li, X Jia, K Murari, R Parlapalli, A Rege, NV Thakor, High spatiotemporal resolution imaging of the neurovascular response to electrical stimulation of rat peripheral trigeminal nerve as revealed by in vivo temporal laser speckle, Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 2009.

K Murari, N Li, A Rege, X Jia, A All, N Thakor, Contrast-enhanced imaging of cerebral vasculature with laser speckle. Applied optics, 2007

SELECTED CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS:

S Ma, Y Yang, R Yang, I Damirez, R Madabhushi, N Li📨, A Novel Genetically Encodable fMRI Reporter for Imaging Synaptic Transmission, EMIM, 2026.

R Yang, MB Rathnayaka, J Wansapura, N Li📨, BOLD MRI response to optogenetic activation of cerebral blood vessel cells in intact mouse brains, ISMRM, 2025.

MB Rathnayaka, R Yang, Y Rodriguez, J Wansapura, N Li,📨 Circadian influence on brain connectivity revealed by resting-state fMRI in awake mice, ISMRM, 2023.