Alena Stasenko

Title(s)	Postdoctoral Scholar, Psychiatry
School	Vc-health Sciences-schools
Address	9500 Gilman Drive # La Jolla CA 92093
ORCID	0000-0001-9446-9018
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Biography

Education and Training

University of Rochester, Rochester, NY	BA	06/2012	Psychology/Brain & Cognitive Sciences
SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, CA	PhD	09/2020	Clinical Psychology (Neuropsychology emphasis)
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL		08/2020	APA-accredited Internship in Clinical Psychology

Overview

Websites

McDonald LOCI Lab

Research

Research Activities and Funding

Improving Language Assessment in Bilinguals with Epilepsy using Advanced Neuroimaging and Culturally-Sensitive Neuropsychological Measures
NIH/NINDS F32NS119285Aug 1, 2021 - Oct 31, 2023
Role: Principal Investigator

Inhibitory Control in the Aging Bilingual Brain
NIH F31AG058379Jan 1, 2018 - Dec 31, 2020
Role: Principal Investigator

Bibliographic

Publications

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Exercise, memory, and the hippocampus: Uncovering modifiable lifestyle reserve factors in refractory epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav Rep. 2024; 28:100721. Stasenko A, Kaestner E, Schadler A, Brady E, Rodriguez J, Roth RW, Gleichgerrcht E, Helm JL, Drane DL, McDonald CR. PMID: 39555495; PMCID: PMC11567920.

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Cognitive phenotypes: Unraveling the heterogeneity in cognitive dysfunction among patients with primary brain tumors receiving radiotherapy. Neuro Oncol. 2024 Sep 09. Reyes A, Stasenko A, Hopper A, Kohli JS, Helm JL, Salans M, Prabhakaran D, Kamalyan L, Wilkinson M, Unnikrishnan S, Karunamuni R, Hattangadi-Gluth J, McDonald CR. PMID: 39248576.

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Neo Neoplasms Neu Neurology
Neuroanatomical profiles of cognitive phenotypes in patients with primary brain tumors. Neurooncol Adv. 2024; 6(1):vdae152. Kohli JS, Reyes A, Hopper A, Stasenko A, Menendez N, Tringale KR, Salans M, Karunamuni R, Hattangadi-Gluth JA, McDonald CR. PMID: 39359697; PMCID: PMC11445899.

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Impact of white matter networks on risk for memory decline following resection versus ablation in temporal lobe epilepsy. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2024 Jun 17; 95(7):663-670. Kaestner E, Stasenko A, Schadler A, Roth R, Hewitt K, Reyes A, Qiu D, Bonilha L, Voets N, Hu R, Willie J, Pedersen N, Shih J, Ben-Haim S, Gross R, Drane D, McDonald CR. PMID: 38212059; PMCID: PMC11187680.

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Neu Neurology Neu Neurosurgery Psy Psychiatry
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Memory deficit following resection of an intraventricular myxoid glioneuronal tumor impinging on the bilateral fornix: A case report. Front Oncol. 2023; 13:1263556. Stasenko A, Kaestner E, Rodriguez J, Kohli JS, Farid N, Goodwill V, Schwartz MS, Schulte JD, McDonald CR. PMID: 37829343; PMCID: PMC10565212.

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Neurocognitive Outcomes in Multiethnic Pediatric Brain Tumor Patients Treated With Proton Versus Photon Radiation. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2023 10 01; 45(7):e837-e846. Unnikrishnan S, Yip AT, Qian AS, Salans MA, Yu JD, Huynh-Le MP, Reyes A, Stasenko A, McDonald C, Kaner R, Crawford JR, Hattangadi-Gluth JA. PMID: 37539987; PMCID: PMC10538429.

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Hem Hematology Neo Neoplasms Ped Pediatrics
Translation:Humans
The MINT Sprint 2.0: A picture naming test for detection of naming impairments in Alzheimer's disease and in preclinical AD. Alzheimers Dement. 2024 01; 20(1):112-123. Gollan TH, Garcia DL, Stasenko A, Murillo M, Kim C, Galasko D, Salmon DP. PMID: 37464962; PMCID: PMC10916946.

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Neu Neurology Psy Psychiatry
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Spatial patterns of gray and white matter compromise relate to age of seizure onset in temporal lobe epilepsy. Neuroimage Clin. 2023; 39:103473. Ballerini A, Arienzo D, Stasenko A, Schadler A, Vaudano AE, Meletti S, Kaestner E, McDonald CR. PMID: 37531834; PMCID: PMC10415805.

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Dia Diagnostic Imaging Neu Neurology
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Microstructural Cerebellar Injury Independently Associated With Processing Speed in Adult Patients With Primary Brain Tumors: Implications for Cognitive Preservation. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2023 Dec 01; 117(5):1107-1117. Salans M, Karunamuni R, Unnikrishnan S, Qian A, Connor M, Gudipati S, Yip A, Huynh-Le MP, Tibbs M, Reyes A, Stasenko A, Schadler A, McDonald C, Hattangadi-Gluth JA. PMID: 37414262.

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Neo Neoplasms Rad Radiology Rad Radiotherapy
Translation:Humans CTClinical Trials
Dose-Dependent Atrophy in Bilateral Amygdalae and Nuclei After Brain Radiation Therapy and Its Association With Mood and Memory Outcomes on a Longitudinal Clinical Trial. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2023 Nov 15; 117(4):834-845. Unnikrishnan S, Karunamuni R, Salans MA, Gudipati S, Qian AS, Yu J, Connor M, Huynh-Le MP, Tibbs MD, Hermann G, Reyes A, Stasenko A, Seibert TM, McDonald CR, Hattangadi-Gluth JA. PMID: 37230430.

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Neo Neoplasms Rad Radiology Rad Radiotherapy
Preoperative white matter network organization and memory decline after epilepsy surgery. J Neurosurg. 2023 12 01; 139(6):1576-1587. Stasenko A, Kaestner E, Arienzo D, Schadler AJ, Helm JL, Shih JJ, Ben-Haim S, McDonald CR. PMID: 37178024; PMCID: PMC10640663.

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Neu Neurosurgery
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Fine Motor Skill Decline After Brain Radiation Therapy-A Multivariate Normal Tissue Complication Probability Study of a Prospective Trial. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2023 11 01; 117(3):581-593. Connor M, Salans M, Karunamuni R, Unnikrishnan S, Huynh-Le MP, Tibbs M, Qian A, Reyes A, Stasenko A, McDonald C, Moiseenko V, El-Naqa I, Hattangadi-Gluth JA. PMID: 37150258; PMCID: PMC10911396.

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Neo Neoplasms Rad Radiology Rad Radiotherapy
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Which language is more affected in bilinguals with Alzheimer's disease? Diagnostic sensitivity of the Multilingual Naming Test. Neuropsychology. 2023 Jul; 37(5):595-606. Gollan TH, Stasenko A, Salmon DP. PMID: 36931816; PMCID: PMC10313740.

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Neu Neurology Psy Psychology
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Bilingualism and Structural Network Organization in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: Resilience in Neurologic Disease. Neurology. 2023 05 02; 100(18):e1887-e1899. Stasenko A, Kaestner E, Arienzo D, Schadler A, Reyes A, Shih JJ, Helm JL, Polczynska M, McDonald CR. PMID: 36854619; PMCID: PMC10159767.

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Neu Neurology
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Autocorrection if→of function words in reading aloud: A novel marker of Alzheimer's risk. Neuropsychology. 2023 Oct; 37(7):813-826. Gollan TH, Stasenko A, Li C, Smirnov DS, Galasko D, Salmon DP. PMID: 35925735; PMCID: PMC9898462.

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Neu Neurology Psy Psychology
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Can bilingualism increase neuroplasticity of language networks in epilepsy? Epilepsy Res. 2022 05; 182:106893. Stasenko A, Schadler A, Kaestner E, Reyes A, Díaz-Santos M, Polczynska M, McDonald CR. PMID: 35278806; PMCID: PMC9050932.

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Bra Brain Neu Neurology
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Neurobehavioral and Clinical Comorbidities in Epilepsy: The Role of White Matter Network Disruption. Neuroscientist. 2024 Feb; 30(1):105-131. Stasenko A, Lin C, Bonilha L, Bernhardt BC, McDonald CR. PMID: 35193421; PMCID: PMC9393207.

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Neu Neurology Psy Psychiatry
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The importance of basal-temporal white matter to pre- and post-surgical naming ability in temporal lobe epilepsy. Neuroimage Clin. 2022; 34:102963. Kaestner E, Stasenko A, Ben-Haim S, Shih J, Paul BM, McDonald CR. PMID: 35220106; PMCID: PMC8888987.

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Dia Diagnostic Imaging Neu Neurology
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Association Between Microstructural Asymmetry of Temporal Lobe White Matter and Memory Decline After Anterior Temporal Lobectomy. Neurology. 2022 03 15; 98(11):e1151-e1162. Stasenko A, Kaestner E, Reyes A, Lalani SJ, Paul B, Hegde M, Helm JL, Ben-Haim S, McDonald CR. PMID: 35058338; PMCID: PMC8935440.

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Neu Neurology
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Older bilinguals reverse language dominance less than younger bilinguals: Evidence for the inhibitory deficit hypothesis. Psychol Aging. 2021 Nov; 36(7):806-821. Stasenko A, Kleinman D, Gollan TH. PMID: 34166027; PMCID: PMC8595503.

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Ger Geriatrics Psy Psychology
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Cognitive control regions are recruited in bilinguals' silent reading of mixed-language paragraphs. Brain Lang. 2020 05; 204:104754. Stasenko A, Hays C, Wierenga CE, Gollan TH. PMID: 32113072; PMCID: PMC7205452.

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Bra Brain Psy Psychophysiology Spe Speech-Language Pathology
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Intact reversed language-dominance but exaggerated cognate effects in reading aloud of language switches in bilingual Alzheimer's disease. Neuropsychology. 2020 Jan; 34(1):88-106. Gollan TH, Li C, Stasenko A, Salmon DP. PMID: 31545627; PMCID: PMC6940548.

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Neu Neurology Psy Psychology
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Tip of the tongue after any language: Reintroducing the notion of blocked retrieval. Cognition. 2019 12; 193:104027. Stasenko A, Gollan TH. PMID: 31369922; PMCID: PMC6814556.

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Psy Psychology
Translation:Humans
Distinct structural correlates of the dominant and nondominant languages in bilinguals with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Neuropsychologia. 2019 09; 132:107131. Smirnov DS, Stasenko A, Salmon DP, Galasko D, Brewer JB, Gollan TH. PMID: 31271821; PMCID: PMC6702045.

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Neu Neurology Psy Psychology
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The Multilingual Naming Test (MINT) as a Measure of Picture Naming Ability in Alzheimer's Disease. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2019 09; 25(8):821-833. Stasenko A, Jacobs DM, Salmon DP, Gollan TH. PMID: 31248465; PMCID: PMC6757330.

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Neu Neurology Psy Psychology
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More evidence that a switch is not (always) a switch: Binning bilinguals reveals dissociations between task and language switching. J Exp Psychol Gen. 2019 Mar; 148(3):501-519. Segal D, Stasenko A, Gollan TH. PMID: 30394767; PMCID: PMC6389445.

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Psy Psychology
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Bilingual language intrusions and other speech errors in Alzheimer's disease. Brain Cogn. 2017 11; 118:27-44. Gollan TH, Stasenko A, Li C, Salmon DP. PMID: 28753438; PMCID: PMC5595660.

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Bra Brain Psy Psychophysiology
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A relative bilingual advantage in switching with preparation: Nuanced explorations of the proposed association between bilingualism and task switching. J Exp Psychol Gen. 2017 Nov; 146(11):1527-1550. Stasenko A, Matt GE, Gollan TH. PMID: 28714710; PMCID: PMC5668152.

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Psy Psychology
Translation:Humans
A causal test of the motor theory of speech perception: a case of impaired speech production and spared speech perception. Cogn Neuropsychol. 2015; 32(2):38-57. Stasenko A, Bonn C, Teghipco A, Garcea FE, Sweet C, Dombovy M, McDonough J, Mahon BZ. PMID: 25951749; PMCID: PMC4454743.

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Neu Neurology Psy Psychology
Translation:Humans Cells
When concepts lose their color: a case of object-color knowledge impairment. Cortex. 2014 Sep; 58:217-38. Stasenko A, Garcea FE, Dombovy M, Mahon BZ. PMID: 25058612; PMCID: PMC4135534.

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Beh Behavioral Sciences Bra Brain Neu Neurology
Translation:Humans
What happens to the motor theory of perception when the motor system is damaged? Lang Cogn. 2013 Sep; 5(2-3):225-238. Stasenko A, Garcea FE, Mahon BZ. PMID: 26823687; PMCID: PMC4727246.

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