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Megan M. Herting, PHD<\/p>\n

Dr. Herting is a behavioral neuroscientist with expertise in neurodevelopment using mutli-modal MRI\u00a0techniques, including structural MRI, functional MRI (fMRI), resting-state functional connectivity (rs-fcMRI), and Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI).<\/p>\n

Dr. Herting is an Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine and has a joint appointment in Pediatrics at\u00a0Children's Hospital Los Angeles<\/a>. She is\u00a0also a Faculty Mentor for the\u00a0USC Neuroscience Graduate Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Recent Publications<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Herting, M. M., Johnson, C., Mills, K. L., Vijayakumar, N., Dennison, M., Liu, C., . . . Tamnes, C. K. (2018). Development of subcortical volumes across adolescence in males and females: A multisample study of longitudinal changes.\u00a0Neuroimage,\u00a0172<\/em>, 194-205. doi:S1053-8119(18)30021-1 [pii]<\/p>\n

Sepehrband, F., Lynch, K. M., Cabeen, R. P., Gonzalez-Zacarias, C., Zhao, L., D'Arcy, M., . . . Clark, K. A. (2018). Neuroanatomical morphometric characterization of sex differences in youth using statistical learning.\u00a0Neuroimage,\u00a0172<\/em>, 217-227. doi:S1053-8119(18)30065-X [pii]<\/p>\n

Herting, M. M., Kim, R., Uban, K. A., Kan, E., Binley, A., & Sowell, E. R. (2017). Longitudinal changes in pubertal maturation and white matter microstructure.Psychoneuroendocrinology,\u00a081<\/em>, 70-79. doi:S0306-4530(16)30848-4 [pii]<\/p>\n

Herting, M. M., & Chu, X. (2017). Exercise, cognition, and the adolescent brain.\u00a0Birth Defects Research,\u00a0109<\/em>(20), 1672-1679. doi:10.1002\/bdr2.1178 [doi]<\/p>\n

Uban, K. A., Herting, M. M., Wozniak, J. R., Sowell, E. R., & CIFASD. (2017). Sex differences in associations between white matter microstructure and gonadal hormones in children and adolescents with prenatal alcohol exposure.\u00a0Psychoneuroendocrinology,\u00a083<\/em>, 111-121. doi:S0306-4530(16)30584-4 [pii]<\/p>\n

Tamnes, C. K., Herting, M. M., Goddings, A. L., Meuwese, R., Blakemore, S. J., Dahl, R. E., . . . Mills, K. L. (2017). Development of the cerebral cortex across adolescence: A multisample study of inter-related longitudinal changes in cortical volume, surface area, and thickness.\u00a0The Journal of Neuroscience : The Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience,\u00a037<\/em>(12), 3402-3412. doi:10.1523\/JNEUROSCI.3302-16.2017 [doi]<\/p>\n

Lewis-de Los Angeles, C. P., Williams, P. L., Huo, Y., Wang, S. D., Uban, K. A., Herting, M. M., . . . Pediatric HIV\/AIDS Cohort Study (PHACS) and the Pediatric Imaging, Neurocognition, and Genetics (PING) Study. (2017). Lower total and regional grey matter brain volumes in youth with perinatally-acquired HIV infection: Associations with HIV disease severity, substance use, and cognition.\u00a0Brain, Behavior, and Immunity,\u00a062<\/em>, 100-109. doi:S0889-1591(17)30003-X [pii]<\/p>\n

Herting, M. M., & Sowell, E. R. (2017). Puberty and structural brain development in humans.\u00a0Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology,\u00a044<\/em>, 122-137. doi:S0091-3022(16)30063-2 [pii]<\/p>\n

Clements, A. L., Griswold, W. G., Rs, A., Johnston, J. E., Herting, M. M., Thorson, J., . . . Hannigan, M. (2017). Low-cost air quality monitoring tools: From research to practice (A workshop summary).\u00a0Sensors (Basel, Switzerland),\u00a017<\/em>(11), 10.3390\/s17112478. doi:E2478 [pii]<\/p>\n

Herting, M. M., Gautam, P., Chen, Z., Mezher, A., & Vetter, N. C. (2017). Test-retest reliability of longitudinal task-based fMRI: Implications for developmental studies.Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience,\u00a0<\/em>doi:S1878-9293(16)30029-9 [pii]<\/p>\n

Mills, K. L., Goddings, A. L., Herting, M. M., Meuwese, R., Blakemore, S. J., Crone, E. A., . . . Tamnes, C. K. (2016). Structural brain development between childhood and adulthood: Convergence across four longitudinal samples.\u00a0Neuroimage,\u00a0141<\/em>, 273-281. doi:S1053-8119(16)30351-2 [pii]<\/p>\n

Backhausen, L. L., Herting, M. M., Buse, J., Roessner, V., Smolka, M. N., & Vetter, N. C. (2016). Quality control of structural MRI images applied using FreeSurfer-A hands-on workflow to rate motion artifacts.\u00a0Frontiers in Neuroscience,\u00a010<\/em>, 558. doi:10.3389\/fnins.2016.00558 [doi]<\/p>\n

Herting, M. M., Keenan, M. F., & Nagel, B. J. (2016). Aerobic fitness linked to cortical brain development in adolescent males: Preliminary findings suggest a possible role of BDNF genotype.\u00a0Frontiers in Human Neuroscience,\u00a010<\/em>, 327. doi:10.3389\/fnhum.2016.00327 [doi]<\/p>\n

Uban, K. A., Herting, M. M., Williams, P. L., Ajmera, T., Gautam, P., Huo, Y., . . . Pediatric HIVAIDS Cohort and the Pediatric Imaging, Neurocognition, and Genetics Studies. (2015). White matter microstructure among youth with perinatally acquired HIV is associated with disease severity.\u00a0AIDS (London, England),\u00a029<\/em>(9), 1035-1044. doi:10.1097\/QAD.0000000000000648 [doi]<\/p>\n

Peraza, J., Cservenka, A., Herting, M. M., & Nagel, B. J. (2015). Atypical parietal lobe activity to subliminal faces in youth with a family history of alcoholism.\u00a0The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse,\u00a041<\/em>(2), 139-145. doi:10.3109\/00952990.2014.953251 [doi]<\/p>\n

Herting, M. M., Uban, K. A., Williams, P. L., Gautam, P., Huo, Y., Malee, K., . . . Sowell, E. R. (2015). Default mode connectivity in youth with perinatally acquired HIV.Medicine,\u00a094<\/em>(37), e1417. doi:10.1097\/MD.0000000000001417 [doi]<\/p>\n

Herting, M. M., Gautam, P., Spielberg, J. M., Dahl, R. E., & Sowell, E. R. (2015). A longitudinal study: Changes in cortical thickness and surface area during pubertal maturation.PloS One,\u00a010<\/em>(3), e0119774. doi:10.1371\/journal.pone.0119774 [doi]<\/p>\n

Houston, S. M., Herting, M. M., & Sowell, E. R. (2014). The neurobiology of childhood structural brain development: Conception through adulthood.\u00a0Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences,\u00a016<\/em>, 3-17. doi:10.1007\/7854_2013_265 [doi]<\/p>\n

Herting, M. M., Colby, J. B., Sowell, E. R., & Nagel, B. J. (2014). White matter connectivity and aerobic fitness in male adolescents.\u00a0Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience,\u00a07<\/em>, 65-75. doi:10.1016\/j.dcn.2013.11.003 [doi]<\/p>\n

Herting, M. M., Gautam, P., Spielberg, J. M., Kan, E., Dahl, R. E., & Sowell, E. R. (2014). The role of testosterone and estradiol in brain volume changes across adolescence: A longitudinal structural MRI study.\u00a0Human Brain Mapping,\u00a035<\/em>(11), 5633-5645. doi:10.1002\/hbm.22575 [doi]<\/p>\n

Seghete, K. L., Herting, M. M., & Nagel, B. J. (2013). White matter microstructure correlates of inhibition and task-switching in adolescents.\u00a0Brain Research,\u00a01527<\/em>, 15-28. doi:10.1016\/j.brainres.2013.06.003 [doi]<\/p>\n

Nagel, B. J., Herting, M. M., Maxwell, E. C., Bruno, R., & Fair, D. (2013). Hemispheric lateralization of verbal and spatial working memory during adolescence.\u00a0Brain and Cognition,\u00a082<\/em>(1), 58-68. doi:10.1016\/j.bandc.2013.02.007 [doi]<\/p>\n

Mackiewicz Seghete, K. L., Cservenka, A., Herting, M. M., & Nagel, B. J. (2013). Atypical spatial working memory and task-general brain activity in adolescents with a family history of alcoholism.\u00a0Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research,\u00a037<\/em>(3), 390-398. doi:10.1111\/j.1530-0277.2012.01948.x [doi]<\/p>\n

Herting, M. M., & Nagel, B. J. (2013). Differences in brain activity during a verbal associative memory encoding task in high- and low-fit adolescents.\u00a0Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience,\u00a025<\/em>(4), 595-612. doi:10.1162\/jocn_a_00344 [doi]<\/p>\n

Cservenka, A., Herting, M. M., Seghete, K. L., Hudson, K. A., & Nagel, B. J. (2013). High and low sensation seeking adolescents show distinct patterns of brain activity during reward processing.\u00a0Neuroimage,\u00a066<\/em>, 184-193. doi:10.1016\/j.neuroimage.2012.11.003 [doi]<\/p>\n

Cservenka, A., Herting, M. M., & Nagel, B. J. (2012). Atypical frontal lobe activity during verbal working memory in youth with a family history of alcoholism.\u00a0Drug and Alcohol Dependence,\u00a0123<\/em>(1-3), 98-104. doi:10.1016\/j.drugalcdep.2011.10.021 [doi]<\/p>\n

Herting, M. M., Maxwell, E. C., Irvine, C., & Nagel, B. J. (2012). The impact of sex, puberty, and hormones on white matter microstructure in adolescents.\u00a0Cerebral Cortex (New York, N.Y.: 1991),\u00a022<\/em>(9), 1979-1992. doi:10.1093\/cercor\/bhr246 [doi]<\/p>\n

Herting, M. M., & Nagel, B. J. (2012). Aerobic fitness relates to learning on a virtual morris water task and hippocampal volume in adolescents.\u00a0Behavioural Brain Research,\u00a0233<\/em>(2), 517-525. doi:10.1016\/j.bbr.2012.05.012 [doi]<\/p>\n

Herting, M. M., Fair, D., & Nagel, B. J. (2011). Altered fronto-cerebellar connectivity in alcohol-naive youth with a family history of alcoholism.\u00a0Neuroimage,\u00a054<\/em>(4), 2582-2589. doi:10.1016\/j.neuroimage.2010.10.030 [doi]<\/p>\n

Herting, M. M., Schwartz, D., Mitchell, S. H., & Nagel, B. J. (2010). Delay discounting behavior and white matter microstructure abnormalities in youth with a family history of alcoholism.\u00a0Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research,\u00a034<\/em>(9), 1590-1602. doi:10.1111\/j.1530-0277.2010.01244.x [doi]<\/p>\n

Markham, J. A., Herting, M. M., Luszpak, A. E., Juraska, J. M., & Greenough, W. T. (2009). Myelination of the corpus callosum in male and female rats following complex environment housing during adulthood.\u00a0Brain Research,\u00a01288<\/em>, 9-17. doi:10.1016\/j.brainres.2009.06.087 [doi]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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