Overview

My research focuses on the application of multi-modality functional neuroimaging methods, which link abnormalities of neurological function to demonstrable alterations of neuroanatomy and neurophysiology, and thereby enhance understanding of neurological disorders in infants, children and young adults with stroke and other brain injuries (e.g., sports concussions), epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disorders. I collaborate with regional, national and international collaborators who seek to evaluate outcomes and enhance neurological care using advanced non-invasive functional neuroimaging methodologies for children.

Publications

Longitudinal Gray Matter Trajectories in Pediatric Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Neurology
Ashley L. Ware and Catherine Lebel and Adrian Onicas and Nishard Abdeen and Miriam H. Beauchamp and Christian Beaulieu and Bruce H. Bjornson and William Craig and Mathieu Dehaes and Quynh Doan and Sylvain Deschenes and Stephen B. Freedman and Bradley G. Goodyear and Jocelyn Gravel and Andrée-Anne Ledoux and Roger Zemek and Keith Owen Yeates
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000207508
08/2023

Longitudinal Functional Connectome in Pediatric Concussion: An Advancing Concussion Assessment in Pediatrics Study.
Journal of neurotrauma
Adrian Onicas and Deighton S and Yeates KO and Bray S and Graff K and Abdeen N and Beauchamp MH and Beaulieu C and Bruce H. Bjornson and Craig W and Dehaes M and Deschenes S and Doan Q and Freedman SB and Goodyear BG and Gravel J and Lebel C and Ledoux AA and Zemek R and Ware AL
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2023.0183
PubMed: 37489293
08/2023

IQ After Pediatric Concussion.
Pediatrics
Ware AL and McLarnon MJW and Lapointe AP and Brooks BL and Bacevice A and Bangert BA and Beauchamp MH and Bigler ED and Bruce H. Bjornson and Cohen DM and Craig W and Doan Q and Freedman SB and Goodyear BG and Gravel J and Mihalov HLK and Minich NM and Taylor HG and Zemek R and Yeates KO and Pediatric Emergency Research Canada A-CAP Study Group
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2022-060515
PubMed: 37455662
08/2023

Longitudinal Gray Matter Trajectories in Pediatric Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.
Neurology
Ashley Ware and Catherine Lebel and Adrian Onicas and Abdeen N and Miriam Beauchamp and Beaulieu C and Bruce H. Bjornson and Craig W and Mathieu Dehaes and Doan Q and Deschenes S and Stephen Freedman and Goodyear BG and Gravel J and Ledoux AA and Roger Zemek and Keith Owen Yeates and Pediatric Emergency Research Canada A-CAP Study Group
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000207508
PubMed: 37353339
06/2023

Altered longitudinal structural connectome in paediatric mild traumatic brain injury: an Advancing Concussion Assessment in Paediatrics study.
Brain communications
Ware AL and Onicas AI and Abdeen N and Beauchamp MH and Beaulieu C and Bjornson BH and Craig W and Dehaes M and Deschenes S and Doan Q and Freedman SB and Goodyear BG and Gravel J and Lebel C
DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcad173
PubMed: 37324241
05/2023

The development of the pediatric stroke neuroimaging platform (PEDSNIP).
NeuroImage. Clinical
Domi T and Robertson A and Lee W and Wintle RF and Stence N and Bernard T and Kirton A and Carlson H and Andrade A and Rafay MF and Bruce H. Bjornson and Kim D and Dowling M and Bonnett W and Rivkin M and Krishnan P and Shroff M and Ertl-Wagner B and Strother S and Arnott S and Wintermark M and Kassner A and deVeber G and Dlamini N
DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2023.103438
PubMed: 37354865
05/2023

Association of Posttraumatic Headache With Symptom Burden After Concussion in Children.
JAMA network open
van Ierssel JJ and Tang K and Beauchamp M and Bresee N and Cortel-LeBlanc A and Craig W and Doan Q and Gravel J and Lyons T and Mannix R and Orr S and Zemek R and Yeates KO and Pediatric Emergency Research Canada A-CAP study team
DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.1993
PubMed: 36884251
03/2023

Comparison of CPU and GPU bayesian estimates of fibre orientations from diffusion MRI.
PloS one
Kim DHC and Williams LJ and Hernandez-Fernandez M and Bjornson BH
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252736
PubMed: 35446840
04/2022

Longitudinal white matter microstructural changes in pediatric mild traumatic brain injury: An A-CAP study.
Human brain mapping
Ashley Ware and Yeates KO and Tang K and Shukla A and Adrian Onicas and Guo S and Goodrich-Hunsaker N and Abdeen N and Beauchamp MH and Beaulieu C and Bruce H. Bjornson and Craig W and Dehaes M and Quynh Doan and Deschenes S and Freedman SB and Goodyear BG and Gravel J and Andrée-Annne Ledoux and Zemek R and Catherine Lebel and Pediatric Emergency Research Canada A-CAP Study Team
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.25885
PubMed: 35467058
04/2022

International Prevalence and Mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 in Childhood Arterial Ischemic Stroke During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Stroke
Beslow LA and Agner SC and Santoro JD and Ram D and Wilson JL and Harrar D and Appavu B and Fraser SM and Rossor T and Torres MD and Kossorotoff M and Zuñiga Zambrano YC and International Pediatric Stroke Study Group
DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.121.038250
PubMed: 35380052
04/2022

Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in Children and Adolescents With Chronic Kidney Disease: Preliminary Findings.
Seminars in nephrology
Harrell W and Gipson DS and Belger A and Matsuda-Abedini M and Bjornson B and Hooper SR
DOI: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2021.09.009
PubMed: 34916008
09/2021

Prenatal antidepressant exposure and sex differences in neonatal corpus callosum microstructure.
Developmental psychobiology
Kayleigh Campbell and Lynne J Williams and Bruce H. Bjornson and Brain U and Ruth Grunau and Steven P. Miller and Tim F. Oberlander
DOI: 10.1002/dev.22125
PubMed: 33942888
05/2021

Imaging Predictors of Neurologic Outcome After Pediatric Arterial Ischemic Stroke.
Stroke
Jiang B and Nancy Hills and Rob Forsyth and Lori Jordan and Mahmoud Slim and Pavlakis SG and Freidman N and Dlamini N and Farooq O and Li Y and Zhu G and Heather Fullerton and Wintermark M and Lo WD and VIPS Investigators*
DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.120.030965
PubMed: 33280552
12/2020

Comparative study of posterior and anterior circulation stroke in childhood: Results from the International Pediatric Stroke Study.
Neurology
Goeggel Simonetti B and Rafay MF and Chung M and Lo WD and Beslow LA and Billinghurst LL and Fox CK and Pagnamenta A and Steinlin M and Mackay MT and IPSS Study Group
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000008837
PubMed: 31857436
12/2019

Diagnostic Yield and Treatment Impact of Targeted Exome Sequencing in Early-Onset Epilepsy.
Frontiers in neurology
Demos M and Guella I and DeGuzman C and Marna McKenzie and Sarah Elisabeth Buerki and Evans DM and Toyota EB and Boelman C and Huh LL and Datta A and Michoulas A and Selby K and Bruce H. Bjornson and Horvath G and Lopez-Rangel E and van Karnebeek CDM and Salvarinova R and Slade E and Eydoux P and Shelin Adam and Van Allen MI and Tanya Nelson and Bolbocean C and Connolly MB and Farrer MJ
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2019.00434
PubMed: 31164858
05/2019

Hub distribution of the brain functional networks of newborns prenatally exposed to maternal depression and SSRI antidepressants.
Depression and anxiety
Rotem-Kohavi N and Williams LJ and Muller AM and Abdi H and Virji-Babul N and Bjornson BH and Brain U and Werker JF and Grunau RE and Miller SP and Oberlander TF
DOI: 10.1002/da.22906
PubMed: 31066992
05/2019

Alterations in Resting-State Networks Following In Utero Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Exposure in the Neonatal Brain
Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging
Rotem-Kohavi, N. and Williams, L.J. and Virji-Babul, N. and Bjornson, B.H. and Brain, U. and Werker, J.F. and Grunau, R.E. and Miller, S.P. and Oberlander, T.F.
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2018.08.004
2019

Socioeconomic determinants of outcome after childhood arterial ischemic stroke.
Neurology
Jordan LC and Hills NK and Fox CK and Ichord RN and Pergami P and deVeber GA and Heather Fullerton and Lo W and VIPS Investigators
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000005946
PubMed: 29980641
07/2018

Brain abnormalities in children and adolescents with chronic kidney disease.
Pediatric research
Matsuda-Abedini M and Fitzpatrick K and Harrell WR and Gipson DS and Hooper SR and Belger A and Poskitt K and Miller SP and Bjornson BH
DOI: 10.1038/s41390-018-0037-5
PubMed: 29967532
07/2018

Dyslipidemia in Children With Arterial Ischemic Stroke: Prevalence and Risk Factors
Pediatric Neurology
Sultan, S. and Dowling, M. and Kirton, A. and DeVeber, G. and Linds, A. and Elkind, M.S.V. and Bernard, T. and Dowling, M. and Hernandez, M. and Rivkin, M. and Kopyta, I. and Ichord, R. and Benedict, S. and Mackay, M. and Kirton, A. and Zafeiriou, D. and Troncoso, M. and Yager, J. and Abraham, L. and Lo, W. and Gonzalez, V. and Saengpattrachai, M. and Chan, A. and Abdallah, A. and Brankovic-Sreckovic, V. and Kolk, A. and Carpenter, J. and Kovacevic, G. and Amlie-Lefond, C. and Steinlin, M. and Paolicchi, J. and Carell, M. and Bjornson, B. and Kosofsky, B. and Wong, V. and Pergami, P. and Friedman, N. and Guang, Y. and Humphreys, P. and Nowak-Göttl, U. and Ferriero, D. and Xavier, F. and Fryer, R. and Andrade Alveal, L. and Altuna, D. and Felling, R. and Pavlakis, S. and Grabowski, E. and Golomb, M. and Noetzel, M. and Khoury, C. and Lerner, N. and Blair, A. and Rafay, M.
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2017.09.019
2018

Clinical and Imaging Characteristics of Arteriopathy Subtypes in Children with Arterial Ischemic Stroke: Results of the VIPS Study.
AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology
Max Wintermark and Nancy Hills and Anthony James Barkovich and tim bernard and Neil Friedman and Mark Mackay and Adam Kirton and Guangming Zhu and Carlos Leiva-Salinas and Qinghua Hou and Heather Fullerton and VIPS Investigators
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a5376
PubMed: 28982784
10/2017

Clinical and Imaging Characteristics of Arteriopathy Subtypes in Children with Arterial Ischemic Stroke: Results of the VIPS Study.
AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology
Wintermark M and Hills NK and DeVeber GA and Barkovich AJ and Bernard TJ and Friedman NR and Mackay MT and Kirton A and Zhu G and Leiva-Salinas C and Hou Q and Fullerton HJ and VIPS Investigators
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A5376
PubMed: 28982784
10/2017

Advancing Concussion Assessment in Pediatrics (A-CAP): a prospective, concurrent cohort, longitudinal study of mild traumatic brain injury in children: protocol study.
BMJ open
Keith Owen Yeates and Beauchamp M and William Craig and Quynh Doan and Zemek R and Bruce H. Bjornson and Gravel J and Angelo Mikrogianakis and Goodyear B and Abdeen N and Beaulieu C and Dehaes M and Deschenes S and Harris A and Catherine Lebel and Lamont R and Tyler Williamson and Karen Barlow and Francois Bernier and Brooks BL and Carolyn Ann Emery and Stephen Freedman and Kowalski K and Mrklas K and Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen and Kathryn Schneider and Pediatric Emergency Research Canada (PERC)
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017012
PubMed: 28710227
07/2017

Harnessing Neuroimaging Capability in Pediatric Stroke: Proceedings of the Stroke Imaging Laboratory for Children Workshop
Pediatric Neurology
Nomazulu Dlamini and Max Wintermark and Heather Fullerton and Stephen Strother and Wayne Lee and Bruce Bjornson and Kristin P. Guilliams and Steven Miller and Adam Kirton and Christopher G. Filippi and Alexandra Linds and Rand Askalan and Gabrielle deVeber
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2017.01.006
04/2017

Epidemiology and Outcomes of Arterial Ischemic Stroke in Children: The Canadian Pediatric Ischemic Stroke Registry
Pediatr Neurol
DOI: doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2017.01.016.
PubMed: 28254555
04/2017

Epidemiology and Outcomes of Arterial Ischemic Stroke in Children: The Canadian Pediatric Ischemic Stroke Registry.
deVeber GA and Kirton A and Booth FA and Yager JY and Wirrell EC and Wood E and Shevell M and Surmava AM and McCusker P and Massicotte MP and MacGregor D and MacDonald EA and Meaney B and Levin S and Lemieux BG and Jardine L and Humphreys P and David M and Chan AK and Buckley DJ
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2017.01.016
PubMed: 28254555
01/2017

Inflammatory Biomarkers in Childhood Arterial Ischemic Stroke: Correlates of Stroke Cause and Recurrence.
Fullerton HJ and deVeber GA and Hills NK and Dowling MM and Fox CK and Mackay MT and Kirton A and Yager JY and Bernard TJ and Hod EA and Wintermark M and Elkind MS and VIPS Investigators
DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.116.013719
PubMed: 27491741
09/2016

Arterial Tortuosity: An Imaging Biomarker of Childhood Stroke Pathogenesis?
Stroke
Wei F and Diedrich KT and Heather Fullerton and Wintermark M and Hodge J and Kirton A and Vascular Effects of Infection in Pediatric Stroke (VIPS) Investigators
DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.115.011331
PubMed: 27006453
03/2016

Surface displacement based shape analysis of central brain structures in preterm-born children
Medical Imaging 2016: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging
Amanmeet Garg and Ruth E. Grunau and Karteek Popuri and Steven Miller and Bruce Bjornson and Kenneth J. Poskitt and Mirza Faisal Beg
DOI: 10.1117/12.2216914
03/2016

Further Validation of the SIGMAR1 c.151+1G>T Mutation as Cause of Distal Hereditary Motor Neuropathy.
Child neurology open
Given Names Deactivated Family Name Deactivated and van Karnebeek CDM and Britt Drogemoller and Shyr C and Maja Tarailo-Graovac and Eydoux P and Colin Ross and Wyeth Wasserman and Bruce H. Bjornson and Wu JK
DOI: 10.1177/2329048x16669912
PubMed: 28503617
01/2016

Risk of Recurrent Arterial Ischemic Stroke in Childhood: A Prospective International Study.
Fullerton HJ and Wintermark M and Hills NK and Dowling MM and Tan M and Rafay MF and Elkind MS and Barkovich AJ and deVeber GA and VIPS Investigators
DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.115.011173
PubMed: 26556824
01/2016

Arterial Tortuosity: An Imaging Biomarker of Childhood Stroke Pathogenesis?
Stroke
Wei, F. and Diedrich, K.T. and Fullerton, H.J. and DeVeber, G. and Wintermark, M. and Hodge, J. and Kirton, A. and Dowling, M.M. and Benedict, S.L. and Bernard, T.J. and Fox, C.K. and Friedman, N.R. and Lo, W.D. and Ichord, R.N. and Tan, M.A. and Mackay, M.T. and Hernandez Chavez, M.I. and Humphreys, P. and Jordan, L.C. and Sultan, S.M. and Rivkin, M.J. and Rafay, M.F. and Titomanlio, L. and Kovacevic, G.S. and Yager, J.Y. and Amlie-Lefond, C. and Dlamini, N. and Condie, J. and Yeh, E.A. and Kneen, R. and Bjornson, B.H. and Pergami, P. and Zou, L.P. and Elbers, J. and Abdalla, A. and Chan, A.K. and Farooq, O. and Lim, M.J. and Carpenter, J.L. and Pavlakis, S. and Wong, V.C.N. and Forsyth, R.
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.011331
2016

Inflammatory Biomarkers in Childhood Arterial Ischemic Stroke: Correlates of Stroke Cause and Recurrence
Stroke
Fullerton, H.J. and Deveber, G.A. and Hills, N.K. and Dowling, M.M. and Fox, C.K. and Mackay, M.T. and Kirton, A. and Yager, J.Y. and Bernard, T.J. and Hod, E.A. and Wintermark, M. and Elkind, M.S.V. and Benedict, S.L. and Bernard, T.J. and Fox, C.K. and deVeber, G.A. and Friedman, N.R. and Lo, W.D. and Ichord, R.N. and Tan, M.A. and Mackay, M.T. and Kirton, A. and Hernandez-Chavez, M.I. and Humphreys, P. and Jordan, L.C. and Sultan, S. and Rivkin, M.J. and Rafay, M.F. and Titomanlio, L. and Kovacevic, G.S. and Yager, J.Y. and Amlie-Lefond, C. and Dlamini, N. and Condie, J. and Yeh, A. and Kneen, R. and Bjornson, B. and Pergami, P. and Zou, L.P. and Elbers, J.M. and Abdalla, A. and Chan, A.K. and Farooq, O. and Lim, M.J. and Carpenter, J.L. and Pavlakis, S. and Wong, V.C. and Forsyth, R.
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.013719
2016

Risk of Recurrent Arterial Ischemic Stroke in Childhood: A Prospective International Study.
Fullerton HJ and Wintermark M and Hills NK and Dowling MM and Tan M and Rafay MF and Elkind MS and Barkovich AJ and deVeber GA and VIPS Investigators
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.011173
PubMed: 26556824
2016

Infection, vaccination, and childhood arterial ischemic stroke: Results of the VIPS study.
Fullerton HJ and Hills NK and Elkind MS and Dowling MM and Wintermark M and Glaser CA and Tan M and Rivkin MJ and Titomanlio L and Barkovich AJ and deVeber GA and VIPS Investigators
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000002065
PubMed: 26423434
10/2015

Neonatal Pain and Infection Relate to Smaller Cerebellum in Very Preterm Children at School Age.
The Journal of pediatrics
Manon Ranger and Jill G. Zwicker and Chau CM and Park MT and Chakravarthy MM and Poskitt K and Steven P. Miller and Bruce H. Bjornson and Emily Tam and Chau V and Synnes AR and Ruth Grunau
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.04.055
PubMed: 25987534
05/2015

Infection, vaccination, and childhood arterial ischemic stroke: Results of the VIPS study.
Fullerton HJ and Hills NK and Elkind MS and Dowling MM and Wintermark M and Glaser CA and Tan M and Rivkin MJ and Titomanlio L and Barkovich AJ and deVeber GA and VIPS Investigators
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000002065
PubMed: 26423434
2015

Arteriopathy diagnosis in childhood arterial ischemic stroke: results of the vascular effects of infection in pediatric stroke study.
Stroke
Max Wintermark and Hills NK and deVeber GA and Barkovich AJ and Elkind MS and Sear K and Zhu G and Leiva-Salinas C and Hou Q and Dowling MM and Bernard TJ and Friedman NR and Ichord RN and Heather Fullerton and VIPS Investigators
DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.114.007404
PubMed: 25388419
11/2014

Manually segmented template library for 8-year-old pediatric brain MRI data with 16 subcortical structures.
Journal of medical imaging (Bellingham, Wash.)
Garg A and Wong D and Popuri K and Poskitt KJ and Fitzpatrick K and Bruce H. Bjornson and Ruth Grunau and Mirza Faisal Beg
DOI: 10.1117/1.jmi.1.3.034502
PubMed: 26158067
10/2014

Cerebellar language mapping and cerebral language dominance in pediatric epilepsy surgery patients.
NeuroImage. Clinical
Gelinas JN and Fitzpatrick KP and Kim HC and Bruce H. Bjornson
DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2014.06.016
PubMed: 25379442
07/2014

The effects of pediatric epilepsy on a language connectome.
Human brain mapping
Eddin AS and Wang J and Wu W and Saman Sargolzaei and Bruce H. Bjornson and Jones RA and Gaillard WD and Adjouadi M
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22600
PubMed: 25082062
07/2014

Antithrombotic therapy for secondary stroke prevention in bacterial meningitis in children.
The Journal of pediatrics
Cyrus Boelman and Shroff M and Yau I and Bruce H. Bjornson and Richrdson S and MacGregor D and Moharir M and Askalan R
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.06.013
PubMed: 25063717
07/2014

Invasive procedures in preterm children: brain and cognitive development at school age.
Pediatrics
Vinall J and Steven P. Miller and Jillian Miller and Bruce H. Bjornson and Fitzpatrick KP and Poskitt KJ and Rollin Brant and Synnes AR and Ivan Leonardo Cepeda and Ruth Grunau
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-1863
PubMed: 24534406
02/2014

Manually segmented template library for 8-year-old pediatric brain MRI data with 16 subcortical structures
Journal of Medical Imaging
Garg, A. and Wong, D. and Popuri, K. and Poskitt, K.J. and Fitzpatrick, K. and Bjornson, B. and Grunau, R.E. and Beg, M.F.
DOI: 10.1117/1.JMI.1.3.034502
2014

Classification of FMRI patterns-A study of the language network segregation in pediatric localization related epilepsy
Human Brain Mapping
Wang, J. and You, X. and Wu, W. and Guillen, M.R. and Cabrerizo, M. and Sullivan, J. and Donner, E. and Bjornson, B. and Gaillard, W.D. and Adjouadi, M.
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22265
2014

Arteriopathy diagnosis in childhood arterial ischemic stroke: Results of the vascular effects of infection in pediatric stroke study
Stroke
Wintermark, M. and Hills, N.K. and DeVeber, G.A. and Barkovich, A.J. and Elkind, M.S.V. and Sear, K. and Zhu, G. and Leiva-Salinas, C. and Hou, Q. and Dowling, M.M. and Bernard, T.J. and Friedman, N.R. and Ichord, R.N. and Fullerton, H.J. and Benedict, S.L. and Fox, C.K. and Lo, W.D. and Tan, M.A. and Mackay, M.T. and Kirton, A. and Hernandez Chavez, M.I. and Humphreys, P. and Jordan, L.C. and Sultan, S.M. and Rivkin, M.J. and Rafay, M.F. and Titomanlio, L. and Kovacevic, G.S. and Yager, J.Y. and Amlie-Lefond, C. and Dlamini, N. and Condie, J. and Yeh, A. and Kneen, R. and Bjornson, B.H. and Pergami, P. and Zou, L.P. and Elbers, J. and Abdalla, A. and Chan, A.K. and Farooq, O. and Lim, M.J. and Carpenter, J.L. and Pavlakis, S. and Wong, V.C. and Forsyth, R.
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.007404
2014

Neonatal pain-related stress predicts cortical thickness at age 7 years in children born very preterm.
PloS one
Manon Ranger and Chau CM and Garg A and Todd S. Woodward and Mirza Faisal Beg and Bruce H. Bjornson and Poskitt K and Fitzpatrick K and Synnes AR and Steven P. Miller and Ruth Grunau
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076702
PubMed: 24204657
10/2013

Serial monitoring of CO2 reactivity following sport concussion using hypocapnia and hypercapnia.
Brain injury
Len TK and Neary JP and Asmundson GJ and Candow DG and Goodman DG and Bruce H. Bjornson and Bhambhani YN
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2012.743185
PubMed: 23438354
01/2013

A decisional space for fMRI pattern separation using the principal component analysis-a comparative study of language networks in pediatric epilepsy
Human Brain Mapping
You, X. and Adjouadi, M. and Wang, J. and Guillen, M.R. and Bernal, B. and Sullivan, J. and Donner, E. and Bjornson, B. and Berl, M. and Gaillard, W.D.
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22069
2013

Cortical basis for dichotic pitch perception in developmental dyslexia.
Brain and language
Marita Partanen and Fitzpatrick K and Mädler B and Edgell D and Bruce H. Bjornson and Deborah Giaschi
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2012.09.002
PubMed: 23043968
10/2012

Cerebrovascular reactivity impairment after sport-induced concussion.
Medicine and science in sports and exercise
Len TK and Neary JP and Asmundson GJ and Goodman DG and Bruce H. Bjornson and Bhambhani YN
DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e3182249539
PubMed: 21606867
12/2011

Symptomatic neonatal arterial ischemic stroke: the International Pediatric Stroke Study.
Kirton A and Armstrong-Wells J and Chang T and Deveber G and Rivkin MJ and Hernandez M and Carpenter J and Yager JY and Lynch JK and Ferriero DM and International Pediatric Stroke Study Investigators
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-1148
PubMed: 22123886
12/2011

Sub-patterns of language network reorganization in pediatric localization related epilepsy: a multisite study.
Human brain mapping
You X and Adjouadi M and Guillen MR and Ayala M and Barreto A and Rishe N and Sullivan J and Dlugos D and Ashley S. VanMeter and Morris D and Donner E and Bruce H. Bjornson and Smith ML and Bernal B and Madison Berl and Gaillard WD
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.21066
PubMed: 21484949
05/2011

Cerebrovascular reactivity impairment after sport-induced concussion
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
Len, T.K. and Neary, J.P. and Asmundson, G.J.G. and Goodman, D.G. and Bjornson, B. and Bhambhani, Y.N.
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3182249539
2011

Antithrombotic treatment in neonatal cerebral sinovenous thrombosis: results of the International Pediatric Stroke Study.
Jordan LC and Rafay MF and Smith SE and Askalan R and Zamel KM and deVeber G and Ashwal S and International Pediatric Stroke Study Group
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.11.061
PubMed: 20149389
05/2010

The role of area V5/MT+ in the centripetal bias in global motion perception
Journal of Vision
D. Giaschi and A. Zwicker and S. A. Young and B. Lee and B. Bjornson
DOI: 10.1167/7.9.751
03/2010

FP28-TU-04 Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis and common childhood illness
Journal of the Neurological Sciences
L. Billinghurst and B. Bjornson and F. Booth and C. Camfield and M. David and J. Gillett and P. Humphreys and L. Jardine and P. Langevin and E.A. MacDonald and B. Meaney and B. Prieur and M. Shevell and D.B. Sinclair and E. Wood and J. Yager and C. Adams and M. Andrew and G. Deveber
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-510x(09)70417-4
10/2009

Intracranial calcification after cord blood neonatal transplantation for krabbe disease.
Neuropediatrics
Anna Lehman and Kirk Schultz and Poskitt K and Bruce H. Bjornson and Keyes R and Waters PJ and Lorne Clarke and Everett R and McConnell D and Stockler S
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1243189
PubMed: 20135576
08/2009

Combined functional MRI and diffusion tensor imaging analysis of visual motion pathways.
Journal of neuro-ophthalmology : the official journal of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Linda Lanyon and Deborah Giaschi and Young SA and Fitzpatrick K and Diao L and Bruce H. Bjornson and Barton JJ
DOI: 10.1097/wno.0b013e3181a58ef8
PubMed: 19491631
06/2009

Use of alteplase in childhood arterial ischaemic stroke: a multicentre, observational, cohort study.
Amlie-Lefond C and deVeber G and Chan AK and Benedict S and Bernard T and Carpenter J and Dowling MM and Fullerton H and Hovinga C and Kirton A and Lo W and Zamel K and Ichord R and International Pediatric Stroke Study
DOI: 10.1016/s1474-4422(09)70106-1
PubMed: 19423401
06/2009

Male predominance in childhood ischemic stroke: findings from the international pediatric stroke study.
Golomb MR and Fullerton HJ and Nowak-Gottl U and Deveber G and International Pediatric Stroke Study Group
DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.108.521203
PubMed: 18787197
01/2009

Presurgical Visualization of Cerebral Surface Veins with Susceptibility Weighted Imaging
17th Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM)
Al-Rekabi Z
2009

Pediatric functional imaging consortium: sub-patterns of language dominance in pediatric localization related epilepsy identified by data driven separation analysis
EPILEPSIA
GAILLARD, WD and YOU, X and BERNAL, B and GUILLEN, MR and AYALA, M and JAYAKAR, P and BARRETO, A and RISHE, N and SULLIVAN, J and DLUGOS, D and BERL, MM and VANMETER, J and MORRIS, D and DONNER, E and BJORNSON, B and SMITH, M and ADJOUADI, M
2009

Integrating nonlinear decision functions with principal component analysis in fMRI language activation patterns classification
Epilepsia
ADJOUADI, M and YOU, XZ and GUILLEN, M and AYALA, M and CABRERIZO, M and JAYAKAR, P and BARRETO, A and RISHE, N and SULLIVAN, J and DLUGOS, D and BERL, M and VANMETER, J and MORRIS, D and DONNER, E and BJORNSON, B and SMITH, M and BERNAL, B and GAILLARD, WD
2009

PEDIATRIC FUNCTIONAL IMAGING CONSORTIUM: SUB-PATTERNS OF LANGUAGE DOMINANCE IN PEDIATRIC LOCALIZATION RELATED EPILEPSY IDENTIFIED BY DATA DRIVEN SEPARATION ANALYSIS
EPILEPSIA
GAILLARD, WD and YOU, X and BERNAL, B and GUILLEN, MR and AYALA, M and JAYAKAR, P and BARRETO, A and RISHE, N and SULLIVAN, J and DLUGOS, D and BERL, MM and VANMETER, J and MORRIS, D and DONNER, E and BJORNSON, B and SMITH, M and ADJOUADI, M
2009

Overlapping cortical systems for reading and temporal processing
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-REVUE CANADIENNE DE PSYCHOLOGIE EXPERIMENTALE
PARTANEN, M and EDGELL, D and BJORNSON, B and GIASCHI, D
2009

INTEGRATING NONLINEAR DECISION FUNCTIONS WITH PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS IN FMRI LANGUAGE ACTIVATION PATTERNS CLASSIFICATION
EPILEPSIA
ADJOUADI, M and YOU, XZ and GUILLEN, M and AYALA, M and CABRERIZO, M and JAYAKAR, P and BARRETO, A and RISHE, N and SULLIVAN, J and DLUGOS, D and BERL, M and VANMETER, J and MORRIS, D and DONNER, E and BJORNSON, B and SMITH, M and BERNAL, B and GAILLARD, WD
2009

Combined functional MRI and diffusion tensor imaging analysis of visual motion pathways
Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology
Lanyon, L.J. and Giaschi, D. and Young, S.A. and Fitzpatrick, K. and Diao, L. and Bjornson, B.H. and Barton, J.J.S.
DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e3181a58ef8
2009

Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis and common childhood illness
JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES
BILLINGHURST, L and BJORNSON, B and BOOTH, F and CAMFIELD, C and DAVID, M and GILLETT, J and HUMPHREYS, P and JARDINE, L and LANGEVIN, P and MACDONALD, EA and MEANEY, B and PRIEUR, B and SHEVELL, M and SINCLAIR, DB and WOOD, E and YAGER, J and ADAMS, C and ANDREW, M and DEVEBER, G
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(09)70417-4
2009

The role of cortical area V5/MT+ in speed-tuned directional anisotropies in global motion perception.
Vision research
Deborah Giaschi and Zwicker A and Young SA and Bruce H. Bjornson
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2006.12.017
PubMed: 17306855
02/2007

Conscious visual abilities in a patient with early bilateral occipital damage
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
Deborah Giaschi and James E Jan and Bruce Bjornson and Simon Au and Matthew Tata MSc and Christopher J Lyons and Peter KH
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2003.tb00888.x
02/2007

Memory-based anti-saccade tasks increase response time and decrease pro-anti
Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology
BAYLESS, SJ and GOODMAN, D and BJORNSON, B and GAETZ, M
2007

Memory-based anti-saccade tasks increase response time and decrease pro-anti
JOURNAL OF SPORT & EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY
BAYLESS, SJ and GOODMAN, D and BJORNSON, B and GAETZ, M
2007

Anti-basal ganglia antibodies and acute movement disorder following herpes zoster and streptococcal infections
European Journal of Paediatric Neurology
Basheer, S.N. and Wadsworth, L.D. and Bjornson, B.H.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2006.11.001
2007

Genotypic heterogeneity and clinical phenotype in triple A syndrome: a review of the NIH experience 2000-2005.
Clinical genetics
Brooks BP and Kleta R and Stuart C and Tuchman M and Jeong A and Stergiopoulos SG and Bei T and Bruce H. Bjornson and Russell L and Jean-Pierre Chanoine and Tsagarakis S and Kalsner L and Constantine A. Stratakis
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2005.00482.x
PubMed: 16098009
09/2005

Asymmetrical cortical activation by global motion in children with dyslexia
Journal of Vision
D. Giaschi and V. Edwards and S. A. Young and B. Bjornson
DOI: 10.1167/5.8.848
09/2005

Psychophysical indexes of temporal processing abnormalities in children with developmental dyslexia.
Developmental neuropsychology
Edwards VT and Deborah Giaschi and Dougherty RF and Edgell D and Bruce H. Bjornson and Lyons C and Douglas RM
DOI: 10.1207/s15326942dn2503_5
PubMed: 15148002
01/2004

Simultaneous registration and activation detection for fMRI.
IEEE transactions on medical imaging
Orchard J and Greif C and Golub GH and Bruce H. Bjornson and Atkins MS
DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2003.819294
PubMed: 14606676
11/2003

Conscious visual abilities in a patient with early bilateral occipital damage.
Giaschi D and Jan JE and Bjornson B and Young SA and Tata M and Lyons CJ and Good WV and Wong PK
DOI: 10.1017/s0012162203001439
PubMed: 14580134
11/2003

Simultaneous registration and activation detection for fMRI
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
Orchard, J. and Greif, C. and Golub, G.H. and Bjornson, B. and Atkins, M.S.
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2003.819294
2003

Overcoming activation-induced registration errors in fMRI
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Orchard, J.J. and Greif, C. and Golub, G.H. and Bjornson, B. and Atkins, M.S.
DOI: 10.1117/12.480849
2003

Conscious visual abilities in a patient with early bilateral occipital damage
Journal of Vision
Giaschi, D. and Bjornson, B. and Jan, J. and Tata, M. and Young, S.A. and Lyons, C.J. and Good, W.V. and Wong, P.K.H.
DOI: 10.1167/2.7.428
2002

Cerebral sinovenous thrombosis in children.
The New England journal of medicine
Andrew M and Adams C and Bruce H. Bjornson and Booth F and Buckley DJ and Camfield CS and David M and Humphreys P and Langevin P and MacDonald EA and Gillett J and Meaney B and Shevell M and Sinclair DB and Yager J and Canadian Pediatric Ischemic Stroke Study Group
DOI: 10.1056/nejm200108093450604
PubMed: 11496852
08/2001

fMRI activation and residual vision for rapid movement in a case of bilateral cortical blindness due to early occipital damage
NeuroImage
Deborah Giaschi and Bruce Bjornson and James Jan and Simon Au Young and Matthew Tata and Peter Wong
DOI: 10.1016/s1053-8119(01)92228-1
06/2001

Cerebral sinovenous thrombosis in children
New England Journal of Medicine
DeVeber, G. and Andrew, M. and Adams, C. and Bjornson, B. and Booth, F. and Buckley, D.J. and Camfield, C.S. and David, M. and Humphreys, P. and Langevin, P. and MacDonald, E.A. and Gillett, J.
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200108093450604
2001

Hemispheric dissociation of verb generation from verb reading: functional MRI of an adolescent with early left MCA infarction
NEUROIMAGE
BJORNSON, B and GIASCHI, D and SLICK, D and CONNOLLY, M and YOUNG, SA
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-8119(01)91851-8
2001

Hemispheric dissociation of verb generation from verb reading: functional MRI of an adolescent with early left MCA infraction
NEUROIMAGE
BJORNSON, B and GIASCHI, D and SLICK, D and CONNOLLY, M and YOUNG, SA
2001

fMRI activation and residual vision for rapid movement in a case of bilateral cortical blindness due to early occipital damage
NEUROIMAGE
GIASCHI, D and BJORNSON, B and JAN, J and YOUNG, SA and TATA, M and WONG, P
2001

Cortical mechanisms of central pitch processing revealed by dichotic pitch stimuli
NeuroImage
Deborah Giaschi and Bruce Bjornson and Robert Dougherty and Simon Au Young
DOI: 10.1016/s1053-8119(00)91633-1
05/2000

Cortical mechanisms of central pitch processing revealed by dichotic pitch stimuli
NeuroImage
Giaschi, D. and Bjornson, B. and Dougherty, R. and Young, S.A.
2000

High resolution EEG & seizure localization
NeuroImage
Wong, P.K.H. and Bjornson, B. and Connolly, M. and Steinbok, P. and Young, S.A. and Giaschi, D. and Gregory, D. and Smith, S. and Lee, R. and Man, A. and Cochrane, D.
1999

Non-invasive mapping of sensorimotor cortex in a child with a cavernous angioma: FMRI and high-resolution EEG compared with surgical mapping
NeuroImage
1999

High resolution EEG & seizure localization
NeuroImage
1999

Non-invasive mapping of sensorimotor cortex in a child with a cavernous angioma: FMRI and high-resolution EEG compared with surgical mapping
NeuroImage
Bjornson, B. and Giaschi, D. and Cochrane, D. and Au Young, S. and Rootman, D. and Boden, C. and Connolly, M. and Poskitt, K. and Boyle, C. and Smith, S. and Akagemi, R. and Wong, P.K.H.
1999

Dichotic pitch: a new stimulus distinguishes normal and dyslexic auditory function.
Neuroreport
Dougherty RF and Cynader MS and Bruce H. Bjornson and Edgell D and Giaschi DE
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-199809140-00015
PubMed: 9804305
09/1998

Comparison of Visual Activation Measured by fMRI and High Resolution EEG
4th International Conference on Functional Mapping of the Human Brain. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. June 7-12, 1998.
R.F. Dougherty and S.M.W. Au Young and D.E. Giaschi and B.H. Bjornson and P.K.H. Wong
DOI: 10.1016/s1053-8119(18)31142-x
PubMed: 9759455
05/1998

Comparison of visual activation measured by fMRI and high resolution EEG
NeuroImage
Dougherty, R.F. and Au Young, S.M.W. and Giaschi, D.E. and Bjornson, B.H. and Wong, P.K.H.
1998

Comparison of visual activation measured by fMRI and high resolution EEG
NeuroImage
Dougherty, R.F. and Au Young, S.M.W. and Giaschi, D.E. and Bjornson, B.H. and Wong, P.K.H.
1998

Dichotic pitch: A new stimulus distinguishes normal and dyslexic auditory function
NeuroReport
Dougherty, R.F. and Cynader, M.S. and Bjornson, B.H. and Edgell, D. and Giaschi, D.E.
1998

Basal ganglia infarction associated with HHV-6 infection.
Archives of disease in childhood
David Webb and Bruce H. Bjornson and Sargent MA and Juliette Hukin and Thomas EE
DOI: 10.1136/adc.76.4.362
PubMed: 9166034
04/1997

In search of the best psychophysical indicator of an M-stream deficit in developmental dyslexia
Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Dougherty, R.F. and Giaschi, D.E. and Bjornson, B.H. and Chamul, S.L. and Edgcll, D. and Lyons, C.J.
1997

In search of the best psychophysical indicator of an M-stream deficit in developmental dyslexia
Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Dougherty, R.F. and Giaschi, D.E. and Bjornson, B.H. and Chamul, S.L. and Edgcll, D. and Lyons, C.J.
1997

Basal ganglia infarction associated with HHV-6 infection
Archives of Disease in Childhood
Webb, D.W. and Bjornson, B.H. and Sargent, M.A. and Hukin, J. and Thomas, E.E.
PubMed: 9166034
1997

Basal ganglia infarction associated with HHV-6 infection
Archives of Disease in Childhood
Webb, D.W. and Bjornson, B.H. and Sargent, M.A. and Hukin, J. and Thomas, E.E.
1997

Ictal and interictal technetium-99m-bicisate brain SPECT in children with refractory epilepsy.
Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine
Packard AB and Roach PJ and Davis RT and Carmant L and Davis R and James Riviello and Holmes G and Barnes PD and O'Tuama LA and Bruce H. Bjornson and Treves ST
PubMed: 8965177
07/1996

Ictal and interictal technetium-99m-bicisate brain SPECT in children with refractory epilepsy.
Packard AB and Roach PJ and Davis RT and Carmant L and Davis R and Riviello J and Holmes G and Barnes PD and O'Tuama LA and Bjornson B and Treves ST
PubMed: 8965177
07/1996

Ictal and interictal technetium-99m-bicisate brain SPECT in children with refractory epilepsy
Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Packard, A.B. and Roach, P.J. and Davis, R.T. and Carmant, L. and Davis, R. and Riviello, J. and Holmes, G. and Barnes, P.D. and O'Tuama, L.A. and Bjornson, B. and Treves, S.T.
1996

Ictal and interictal technetium-99m-bicisate brain SPECT in children with refractory epilepsy
Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Packard, A.B. and Roach, P.J. and Davis, R.T. and Carmant, L. and Davis, R. and Riviello, J. and Holmes, G. and Barnes, P.D. and O'Tuama, L.A. and Bjornson, B. and Treves, S.T.
PubMed: 8965177
1996

Cerebral infarction in childhood: is the left hemisphere more susceptible to ischemic injury?
30th Meeting of the Canadian Congress of Neurological Sciences
DOI: 10.1017/s0317167100039391
06/1995

Brain
Pediatric Nuclear Medicine
L. A. O’Tuama and B. Bjornson and H. Chugani and S. T. Treves
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4757-4205-3_6
1995

Computed tomography imaging in children with head trauma: utilization and appropriateness from a quality improvement perspective.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology
Vera M and Gary Fleisher and Barnes PD and Bruce H. Bjornson and Allred EN and Goldmann DA
DOI: 10.1086/646787
PubMed: 8376744
08/1993

Computed Tomography Imaging in Children with Head Trauma: Utilization and Appropriateness from a Quality Improvement Perspective
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Montserrat Vera and Gary R. Fleisher and Patrick D. Barnes and Bruce H. Bjornson and Elizabeth N. Allred and Donald A. Goldmann
DOI: 10.2307/30145525
PubMed: 8376744
08/1993

Regional cerebral perfusion in Landau-Kleffner syndrome and related childhood aphasias.
Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine
O'Tuama LA and Urion DK and Janicek MJ and Treves ST and Bruce H. Bjornson and Moriarty JM
PubMed: 1383478
10/1992

Regional cerebral perfusion in Landau-Kleffner syndrome and related childhood aphasias.
O'Tuama LA and Urion DK and Janicek MJ and Treves ST and Bjornson B and Moriarty JM
PubMed: 1383478
10/1992

Regional cerebral perfusion in Landau-Kleffner syndrome and related childhood aphasias
Journal of Nuclear Medicine
O'Tuama, L.A. and Urion, D.K. and Janicek, M.J. and Treves, S.T. and Bjornson, B. and Moriarty, J.M.
1992

Regional cerebral perfusion in Landau-Kleffner syndrome and related childhood aphasias
Journal of Nuclear Medicine
O'Tuama, L.A. and Urion, D.K. and Janicek, M.J. and Treves, S.T. and Bjornson, B. and Moriarty, J.M.
PubMed: 1383478
1992

Cerebral perfusion abnormalities in Kleffner-Landau syndrome.
American Academy of Neurology 43rd Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, April 21-27, 1991
Treves ST
03/1991

Research

IPSS Study - International Paediatric Stroke Study
We aim to obtain preliminary data from large multi-center studies assessing sub-types, outcomes and current treatments for newborns and children with stroke. Due to the relative rarity of childhood stoke, sufficient numbers of patients to provide the necessary power can only be achieved with multi-center and multi-national approaches. The overall objective is to develop and conduct clinical trials in childhood stroke.

The specific aims are:

Ascertain in a prospective cohort study, the numbers of newborns and children with ischemic stroke, their stroke sub-types and risk factors, their current treatments and outcomes within the participating centers. These data will provide the rationale and feasibility data for the study group to design and implement the initial RCT’s in paediatric stroke as well as other fundable grant proposals.

Develop and institute standardized protocols for (1) diagnosis, (2) investigation of risk factors, (3) antithrombotic therapies and (4) outcome assessment of neonates and children with arterial ischemic stroke and sinovenous thrombosis

Develop standardized data forms and an appropriate database with web-based data entry from multiple study sites.

Submit successful grant applications for additional funding of IPSS multi-centre studies.
This prospective study enrolls newborns and children with ischemic stroke born at or referred to BC Children’s Hospital. These newborns are then followed at 3 and 12 months post stroke.

fMRI Study - Multi-Site Pediatric Network for fMRI Mapping in Childhood Epilepsy
We aim to establish the utility of functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) in identifying atypical language in childhood localization related epilepsy, by using a variety of language paradigms that have already been tested in normal children and patients with epilepsy.

The study objectives include:

To establish the network infrastructure for multi-site collection and management of functional imaging data linked to a database of common assessments and measures

To establish the feasibility of conducting multi-site fMRI by identifying patients with atypical language, and to provide pilot data necessary to conduct a large scale study to compare fMRI findings to invasive methods (IAT, ECS, surgical outcome)

To achieve this goals, an imaging consortium with web based access and central data storage will be established. A multi-centre, cross sectional prospective study will use fMRI to study patients undergoing epilepsy surgery. Clinical data will be collected as part of routine evaluation for chronic epilepsy in children considered for epilepsy surgery.

Honours & Awards

Farley Fellowship (Children's Hospital, Boston), 1992

University of Alberta Alumni Association Award , 1977

Adella Patridge Award for Cardiology (University of Alberta), 1981

Von Meyer Travelling Award (Children's Hospital, Boston), 1991

Research Group Members

Steffany Ellingham, Operations Manager MRI Research Facility
Alejandro Guerrero Naranjo, MITACS GlobaLinks Trainee
Jake Kempt
Danny Kim, Neuroinformatics Engineer
Ghoufran Talib, Research Assistant
Lynne Williams, Staff Scientist, Technology Integration Manager