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Chelsea Ekstrand

Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
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Cited by 481

Attentional network differences between migraineurs and non-migraine controls: fMRI evidence

MJS Mickleborough, C Ekstrand, L Gould, EJ Lorentz… - Brain topography, 2016 - Springer
Migraine is a headache disorder characterized by sensitivity to light and sound. Recent
research has revealed abnormal visual-spatial attention in migraineurs in between headache …

Where words and space collide: The overlapping neural activation of lexical and sublexical reading with voluntary and reflexive spatial attention

C Ekstrand, J Neudorf, L Gould, M Mickleborough… - Brain Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent research has shown a relationship between reading and attention, however the
neuroanatomical overlap of these two processes has remained relatively unexplored. Therefore, …

[HTML][HTML] Structural connectivity predicts functional activation during lexical and sublexical reading

C Ekstrand, J Neudorf, S Kress, R Borowsky - NeuroImage, 2020 - Elsevier
A critical question in neuroscience is the extent to which structural connectivity of the brain
predicts localization of brain function. Recent research has suggested that anatomical …

Immersive and interactive virtual reality to improve learning and retention of neuroanatomy in medical students: a randomized controlled study

C Ekstrand, A Jamal, R Nguyen, A Kudryk… - … Open Access Journal, 2018 - cmajopen.ca
… Contributors: Ali Jamal, Ron Nguyen, Annalise Kudryk and Jennifer Mann acquired the data,
and Chelsea Ekstrand analyzed and interpreted the data. Chelsea Ekstrand, Ali Jamal and …

The beat goes on: The effect of rhythm on reading aloud

L Gould, T McKibben, C Ekstrand… - Language, cognition …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The central aim of this experiment was to explore the connection between rhythm and
reading processes by examining whether reading aloud is affected by the presentation of a …

[HTML][HTML] Disentangling genuine semantic Stroop effects in reading from contingency effects: On the need for two neutral baselines

E Lorentz, T McKibben, C Ekstrand, L Gould… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The automaticity of reading is often explored through the Stroop effect, whereby color-naming
is affected by color words. Color associates (eg, “sky”) also produce a Stroop effect, …

High force unimanual handgrip contractions increase ipsilateral sensorimotor activation and functional connectivity

JW Andrushko, LA Gould, DW Renshaw, C Ekstrand… - Neuroscience, 2021 - Elsevier
Imaging and brain stimulation studies seem to correct the classical understanding of how
brain networks, rather than contralateral focal areas, control the generation of unimanual …

[HTML][HTML] Presurgical language mapping in epilepsy: using fMRI of reading to identify functional reorganization in a patient with long-standing temporal lobe epilepsy

…, MJS Mickleborough, A Wu, J Tellez, C Ekstrand… - Epilepsy & Behavior …, 2016 - Elsevier
We report a 55-year-old, right-handed patient with intractable left temporal lobe epilepsy,
who previously had a partial left temporal lobectomy. The patient could talk during seizures, …

[HTML][HTML] Pre-surgical integration of fMRI and DTI of the sensorimotor system in transcortical resection of a high-grade insular astrocytoma

CL Ekstrand, MJS Mickleborough… - Frontiers in integrative …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Herein we report on a patient with a WHO Grade III astrocytoma in the right insular region in
close proximity to the internal capsule who underwent a right frontotemporal craniotomy. …

[HTML][HTML] Females exhibit smaller volumes of brain activation and lower inter-subject variability during motor tasks

…, S Rinat, ED Kirby, J Dahlby, C Ekstrand… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Past work has shown that brain structure and function differ between females and males. Males
have larger cortical and sub-cortical volume and surface area (both total and subregional…