Kun Wu, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Research & Publications
Biography
Extensive Research Description
Using image-guided transcranial magnetic stimulation to study the pathophysiology of auditory hallucinations
Coauthors
Research Interests
Neuronavigation
Selected Publications
- High-resolution cortical parcellation based on conserved brain landmarks for localization of multimodal data to the nearest centimeterMcGrath H, Zaveri H, Collins E, Jafar T, Chishti O, Obaid S, Ksendzovsky A, Wu K, Papademetris X, Spencer D. High-resolution cortical parcellation based on conserved brain landmarks for localization of multimodal data to the nearest centimeter. Scientific Reports 2022, 12: 18778. PMID: 36335146, PMCID: PMC9637135, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-21543-3.
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of Wernicke’s and Right Homologous Sites to Curtail “Voices”: A Randomized TrialHoffman RE, Wu K, Pittman B, Cahill JD, Hawkins KA, Fernandez T, Hannestad J. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of Wernicke’s and Right Homologous Sites to Curtail “Voices”: A Randomized Trial. Biological Psychiatry 2013, 73: 1008-1014. PMID: 23485015, PMCID: PMC3641174, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.01.016.
- Local spatial effect of 50 Hz cortical stimulation in humansGwinn RP, Spencer DD, Spencer SS, Duckrow RB, Vives K, Wu K, Tkeshelashvili D, Zaveri HP. Local spatial effect of 50 Hz cortical stimulation in humans. Epilepsia 2008, 49: 1602-1610. PMID: 18435750, DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01628.x.
- Probing the Pathophysiology of Auditory/Verbal Hallucinations by Combining Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Transcranial Magnetic StimulationHoffman RE, Hampson M, Wu K, Anderson AW, Gore JC, Buchanan RJ, Constable RT, Hawkins KA, Sahay N, Krystal JH. Probing the Pathophysiology of Auditory/Verbal Hallucinations by Combining Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. Cerebral Cortex 2007, 17: 2733-2743. PMID: 17298962, PMCID: PMC2634833, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhl183.
- One hertz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation delivered to brain areas underlying speech perception reduces persistent auditory hallucinationsHoffman R, Hawkins K, Anderson A, Buchanan R, Wu K, Hampson M, Gueorguieva R, Carroll K, Spencer D, Krystal J. One hertz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation delivered to brain areas underlying speech perception reduces persistent auditory hallucinations. Schizophrenia Research 2003, 60: 285-286. DOI: 10.1016/s0920-9964(03)80467-x.
- Increased dendritic excitability in hippocampal ca1 in vivo in the kainic acid model of temporal lobe epilepsy: a study using current source density analysis.Wu K, Leung LS. Increased dendritic excitability in hippocampal ca1 in vivo in the kainic acid model of temporal lobe epilepsy: a study using current source density analysis. Neuroscience 2003, 116: 599-616. PMID: 12559115.
- Enhanced but fragile inhibition in the dentate gyrus in vivo in the kainic acid model of temporal lobe epilepsy: a study using current source density analysis.Wu K, Leung LS. Enhanced but fragile inhibition in the dentate gyrus in vivo in the kainic acid model of temporal lobe epilepsy: a study using current source density analysis. Neuroscience 2001, 104: 379-96. PMID: 11377842.
- Physiology of the entorhinal and perirhinal projections to the hippocampus studied by current source density analysis.Canning KJ, Wu K, Peloquin P, Kloosterman F, Leung LS. Physiology of the entorhinal and perirhinal projections to the hippocampus studied by current source density analysis. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2000, 911: 55-72. PMID: 10911867, DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb06719.x.
- Monosynaptic activation of CA3 by the medial perforant path.Wu K, Leung LS. Monosynaptic activation of CA3 by the medial perforant path. Brain Res 1998, 797: 35-41. PMID: 9630498, DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(98)00334-5.
- Functional interconnections between CA3 and the dentate gyrus revealed by current source density analysis.Wu K, Canning KJ, Leung LS. Functional interconnections between CA3 and the dentate gyrus revealed by current source density analysis. Hippocampus 1998, 8: 217-30. PMID: 9662137, DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1063(1998)8:3<217::AID-HIPO5>3.0.CO;2-G.
- Letter: Measurement of neonatal growth.. Letter: Measurement of neonatal growth. Br Med J 1975, 2: 37. PMID: 1137784.