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Luat, Aimee

M.D.

Program Chief
Professor

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Hopkins S, Weber A , MacDougall J, Evanski J, Marusak HA, Luat AF (2026). Preliminary Prospective Study of Pharmaceutical-Grace Cannabidiol for Seizure frequency, Anxiety, and Comorbid Symptoms in Pediatric Epilepsy: Association with Circulating Endocannabinoids and Lipid Biomarkers. Journal of Child Neurology.

Jeong W , Lee MH, Hwang YH, Behen M, Luat AF, Juhasz C , Asano E (2026). Classification of neurocognitive impairment in pediatric drug-resistant focal epilepsy by quantifying seizure-affected brain network abnormalities in clinical diffusion-weighted imaging connectecome. Clin Exp Pediatr.

Juhasz C, Luat AF, Behen M, Kumar A (2026). Introduction of a Brain MRI Scoring System with Clinical Relevance for Sturg-Weber Syndrome. Acad Radiol..

Kochi R, Kanno A, Uda H, Hatano K, Endo H, Cools M, Rothermel R, Luat AF, Asano E (2026). Whole-brain dynamic causal tractography atlas of auditory and visual speech networks derived from intracranial neurophysiological data Neurology.

Wirrell E, Wheless J, Perry MS, Laux L, Keough KC, Ziobro J, Luat AF, Aungaroon G, Ciliberto MA, Noel R, Chancharme L, Sullivan J (2026). Stiripentol use in Dravet syndrome patients in the USA: Results of a real-world study. Epilepsia open.

McKay SG, Chen Y, Haacke EM, Xuan Y, Luat AF, Juhász C (2026). Clinical Validation of a Fast MRI Method to Evaluate Brain Vascular and Parenchymal Abnormalities in Sturge-Weber Syndrome. Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI.

Wirrell E, Wheless J, Scott Perry M, Laux L, Keough KC, Ziobro J, Luat AF, Aungaroon G, Ciliberto MA, Noel R, Chancharme L, Sullivan J (2026). Stiripentol use in Dravet Syndrome patients in the USA: Results of a real-world study Epilepsia Open.

Jeong JW, Lee MH, Uda H, Hwang YH, Behen M, Luat AF, Juhász C, Asano E (2025). Diffusion tractography biomarker for epilepsy severity in children with drug-resistant epilepsy. Ann Clin Transl Neurol.

Albazron F, Haacke EM, Kumar A, Buch S, Xuan Y, Jeong JW, Luat AF, Behen ME, Gjolaj N, Juhász C (2025). Absence of deep and basal veins is common and clinically relevant in Sturge-Weber syndrome Ped Neurol.

Firestone E, Uda H, Kuroda N, Sakakura K, Sonoda M, Ueda R, Kitazawa Y, Lee MH, Jeong JW, Luat AF, Cools MJ, , Sood S, Asano E (2025). Normative sevoflurane atlas of high-frequency oscillation phase-amplitude coupling and effective connectivity. Brain Commun.

Kuroda N, Uda H, Inoue K, Kitazawa Y, Osawa S, , Nemoto H, Ishida M, Ukishiro K, Luat AF, Endo H, Nakasato H, Asano E. (2025). Localization of the epileptogenic zone using neural spatial volatility in Epilepsy Surgery. Neurology.

Kanno A, Ryuzaburo K, Sakakura K, Kitazawa Y, Uda H, Ueda R, Sonoda M, Lee M, Jeong JW, Rothermel R, Luat AF, Asano E (2025). Dynamic casual tractography analysis of auditory descriptive naming: An intracranial study of 106 patients Neuroimage.

Ueda R, Uda H, Hatano K, Sakakura K , Kuroda N, Kitazawa Y, Kanno A, Lee MH, Jeong JW, Luat AF, Asano E (2025). Millisecond-scale White Matter Dynamics Underlying Visuomotor Integration Neuroimage.

Firestone E, Uda H, Kuroda N, Sakakura K, Sonoda M, Ueda R, Kitazawa Y, Lee MH, Jeong JW, Luat AF, Cools MJ, Sood S, Asano E (2025). Normative high-frequency oscillation phase-amplitude coupling and effective connectivity under sevoflurane Brain Commun.

Firestone E, Uda H, Kuroda N, Sakakura K, Sonoda M, Ueda R, Kitazawa Y, Lee MH, Jeong JW, Luat AF, Cools MJ, Sood S, Asano E (2025). Normative high-frequency oscillation phase-amplitude coupling and effective connectivity under sevoflurane. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology.

Ueda R, Uda H, Hatano K, Sakakura K, Kuroda N, Kitazawa Y, Kanno A, Lee MH, Jeong JW, Luat AF, Asano E (2025). Millisecond-Scale White Matter Dynamics Underlying Visuomotor Integration. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology.

Kochi R, Kanno A, Uda H, Hatano K, Endo H, Cools M, Rothermel R, Luat AF, Asano E (2025). Dynamic Causal White Matter Atlas of Auditory and Visual Speech Networks at Millisecond Resolution: Intracranial Evidence from 125 Patients. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology.

Kochi R, Kanno A, Uda H, Hatano K, Sonoda M, Endo H, Cools M, Rothermel R, Luat AF, Asano E (2025). Whole-Brain Millisecond-Scale Effective Connectivity Atlas of Auditory and Visual Naming. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology.

Hatano K, Kuroda N, Uda H, Sakakura K, Cools MJ, Luat AF, Osawa SI, Nemoto H, Ukishiro K, Endo H, Nakasato N, Takayama Y, Iijima K, Iwasaki M, Asano E (2025). Internal and External Validation of Comprehensive High-Frequency Activity Biomarkers for Epilepsy Surgery. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences.

Jeong JW, Lee M, Behen M, Uda H, Gjolaj N, Luat AF, Asano E, Juhasz C (2024). Quantitative phenotyping of verbal and non-verbal cognitive impairment using diffusion weight MRI connectome: Preliminary study of the crowding effect in children with left hemispheric epilepsy Epilepsy Behav.

Sakakura K, Mitsushashi T, Sonoda M, Firestone E, Kuroda N, Kitazawa Y, Ueda H, Luat AF, Johnson EL, Ofen N, Asano E (2024). Cortical and white matter substrates supporting visuospatial working memory. Clinical Neurophysiology 2024.

Kuroda N, Firestone E, Ueda R, Sakakura K, Kitazawa Y, Choromanski D, Cools M, Luat AF, Asano E (2024). Normative atlases of high frequency oscillation and spike rates under Sevoflurane anesthesia. Clinical Neurophysiology 2024.

Lee MH, Luat AF, Xuan Y, Haacke EM, Juhasz C (2024). Quantification of enlarged deep medullary vein volumes in Sturge-Weber Syndrome Quant Imagning Med Surg 2024.

Behen ME, Gjolaj N, Luat AF, Xuan Y, Jeong JW (2024). Feasibility and potential diagnostic value of non-contrast brain MRI in non-sedated children with Sturge-Weber syndrome and healthy siblings Journal of Child Neurology 2024.

Sakakura K, Brennan M, Sonoda M, Mitsushashi T, Luat AF, Marupudi N, Sood S, Asano E (2024). Dynamic functional connectivity in verbal cognitive control and word reading. Neuroimage 2024.

Jeong, JW, Lee, M, Behen, M, Uda, H, Gjolaj N, Luat, AF, Asano, E, Juhasz C (2024). Quantitative phenotyping of verbal and non-verbal cognitive impairment using diffusion weight MRI connectome: Preliminary study of the crowding effect in children with left hemispheric epilepsy. Epilepsy Behavior 2024.

Kitazawa Y, Sonoda M, Sakakura K, Mitsuhashi T, Firestone E, Ueda R, Kambara T, Iwaki H, Luat AF, Marupudi NI, Sood S, Asano E (2023). Intra- and inter-hemispheric network dynamics supporting object recognition and speech production. NeuroImage.

Juhász C, Luat AF, Behen ME, Gjolaj N, Jeong JW, Chugani HT, Kumar A (2023). Deep Venous Remodeling in Unilateral Sturge-Weber Syndrome: Robust Hemispheric Differences and Clinical Correlates. Pediatric neurology.

Ono H, Sonoda M, Sakakura K, Kitazawa Y, Mitsuhashi T, Firestone E, Jeong JW, Luat AF, Marupudi NI, Sood S, Asano E (2023). Dynamic cortical and tractography atlases of proactive and reactive alpha and high-gamma activities. Brain communications.

Sakakura K, Kuroda N, Sonoda M, Mitsuhashi T, Firestone E, Luat AF, Marupudi NI, Sood S, Asano E (2023). Developmental atlas of phase-amplitude coupling between physiologic high-frequency oscillations and slow waves. Nature communications.

Sonoda M, Rothermel R, Carlson A, Jeong JW, Lee MH, Hayashi T, Luat AF, Sood S, Asano E (2022). Naming-related spectral responses predict neuropsychological outcome after epilepsy surgery. Brain : a journal of neurology.

Mitsuhashi T, Sonoda M, Firestone E, Sakakura K, Jeong JW, Luat AF, Sood S, Asano E (2022). Temporally and functionally distinct large-scale brain network dynamics supporting task switching. NeuroImage.

Sakakura K, Sonoda M, Mitsuhashi T, Kuroda N, Firestone E, O'Hara N, Iwaki H, Lee MH, Jeong JW, Rothermel R, Luat AF, Asano E (2022). Developmental organization of neural dynamics supporting auditory perception. NeuroImage.

Sabeti S, Ball KL, Bhattacharya SK, Bitrian E, Blieden LS, Brandt JD, Burkhart C, Chugani HT, Falchek SJ, Jain BG, Juhasz C, Loeb JA, Luat A, Pinto A, Segal E, Salvin J, Kelly KM (2021). Consensus Statement for the Management and Treatment of Sturge-Weber Syndrome: Neurology, Neuroimaging, and Ophthalmology Recommendations. Pediatric neurology.

Mitsuhashi T, Sonoda M, Jeong JW, Silverstein BH, Iwaki H, Luat AF, Sood S, Asano E (2021). Four-dimensional tractography animates propagations of neural activation via distinct interhemispheric pathways. Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology.

Kuroda N, Sonoda M, Miyakoshi M, Nariai H, Jeong JW, Motoi H, Luat AF, Sood S, Asano E (2021). Objective interictal electrophysiology biomarkers optimize prediction of epilepsy surgery outcome. Brain communications.

Sonoda M, Silverstein BH, Jeong JW, Sugiura A, Nakai Y, Mitsuhashi T, Rothermel R, Luat AF, Sood S, Asano E (2021). Six-dimensional dynamic tractography atlas of language connectivity in the developing brain. Brain : a journal of neurology.

Mitsuhashi T, Sonoda M, Sakakura K, Jeong JW, Luat AF, Sood S, Asano E (2021). Dynamic tractography-based localization of spike sources and animation of spike propagations. Epilepsia.

Ono H, Sonoda M, Silverstein BH, Sonoda K, Kubota T, Luat AF, Rothermel R, Sood S, Asano E (2021). Spontaneous modulations of high-frequency cortical activity. Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology.

Kumar A, Sakakura K, Mitsuhashi T, Railean A, Luat AF (2021). Alteration of the Arcuate Fasciculus in Jacobsen Syndrome Shown by Diffusion Tensor Imaging. Pediatric neurology.

Sonoda M, Carlson A, Rothermel R, Kuroda N, Iwaki H, Luat AF, Sood S, Asano E (2021). Long-term satisfaction after extraoperative invasive EEG recording. Epilepsy & behavior : E&B.

Cukovic D, Bagla S, Ukasik D, Stemmer PM, Jena BP, Naik AR, Sood S, Asano E, Luat A, Chugani DC, Dombkowski AA (2021). Exosomes in Epilepsy of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex: Carriers of Pro-Inflammatory MicroRNAs. Non-coding RNA.

Sood S, Asano E, Luat A (2020). Minimizing blood loss in hemispherectomy for hemimegalencephaly in low-weight infants: technical note. Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery.

Borlot F, Abushama A, Morrison-Levy N, Jain P, Puthenveettil Vinayan K, Abukhalid M, Aldhalaan HM, Almuzaini HS, Gulati S, Hershkovitz T, Konanki R, Lingappa L, Luat AF, Shafi S, Tabarki B, Thomas M, Yoganathan S, Alfadhel M, Arya R, Donner EJ, Ehaideb SN, Gowda VK, Jain V, Madaan P, Myers KA, Otsubo H, Panda P, Sahu JK, Sampaio LPB, Sharma S, Simard-Tremblay E, Zak M, Whitney R (2020). KCNT1-related epilepsy: An international multicenter cohort of 27 pediatric cases. Epilepsia.

Mitsuhashi T, Sonoda M, Iwaki H, Luat AF, Sood S, Asano E (2020). Effects of depth electrode montage and single-pulse electrical stimulation sites on neuronal responses and effective connectivity. Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology.

Nakai Y, Sugiura A, Brown EC, Sonoda M, Jeong JW, Rothermel R, Luat AF, Sood S, Asano E (2019). Four-dimensional functional cortical maps of visual and auditory language: Intracranial recording. Epilepsia.

Luat AF, Juhász C, Loeb JA, Chugani HT, Falchek SJ, Jain B, Greene-Roethke C, Amlie-Lefond C, Ball KL, Davis A, Pinto A (2019). Neurological Complications of Sturge-Weber Syndrome: Current Status and Unmet Needs. Pediatric neurology.

Lee MH, O'Hara NB, Nakai Y, Luat AF, Juhasz C, Sood S, Asano E, Jeong JW (2019). Prediction of postoperative deficits using an improved diffusion-weighted imaging maximum a posteriori probability analysis in pediatric epilepsy surgery. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics.

Lee MH, O'Hara NB, Motoi H, Luat AF, Juhász C, Sood S, Asano E, Jeong JW (2019). Novel diffusion tractography methodology using Kalman filter prediction to improve preoperative benefit-risk analysis in pediatric epilepsy surgery. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics.

Sood S, Ilyas M, Marupudi NI, Asano E, Kumar A, Luat A, Saleem S, Chugani HT (2019). Anatomical hemispherectomy revisited-outcome, blood loss, hydrocephalus, and absence of chronic hemosiderosis. Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery.

Motoi H, Jeong JW, Juhász C, Miyakoshi M, Nakai Y, Sugiura A, Luat AF, Sood S, Asano E (2019). Quantitative analysis of intracranial electrocorticography signals using the concept of statistical parametric mapping. Scientific reports.

Kambara T, Sood S, Alqatan Z, Klingert C, Ratnam D, Hayakawa A, Nakai Y, Luat AF, Agarwal R, Rothermel R, Asano E (2018). Presurgical language mapping using event-related high-gamma activity: The Detroit procedure. Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology.

Motoi H, Miyakoshi M, Abel TJ, Jeong JW, Nakai Y, Sugiura A, Luat AF, Agarwal R, Sood S, Asano E (2018). Phase-amplitude coupling between interictal high-frequency activity and slow waves in epilepsy surgery. Epilepsia.

Kumar A, Juhász C, Luat A, Govil-Dalela T, Behen ME, Hicks MA, Chugani HT (2018). Evolution of Brain Glucose Metabolic Abnormalities in Children With Epilepsy and SCN1A Gene Variants. Journal of child neurology.

Luat AF, Behen ME, Chugani HT, Juhász C (2018). Cognitive and motor outcomes in children with unilateral Sturge-Weber syndrome: Effect of age at seizure onset and side of brain involvement. Epilepsy & behavior : E&B.

De la Torre AJ, Luat AF, Juhász C, Ho ML, Argersinger DP, Cavuoto KM, Enriquez-Algeciras M, Tikkanen S, North P, Burkhart CN, Chugani HT, Ball KL, Pinto AL, Loeb JA (2018). A Multidisciplinary Consensus for Clinical Care and Research Needs for Sturge-Weber Syndrome. Pediatric neurology.

Kim JA, Jeong JW, Behen ME, Pilli VK, Luat A, Chugani HT, Juhász C (2018). Metabolic correlates of cognitive function in children with unilateral Sturge-Weber syndrome: Evidence for regional functional reorganization and crowding. Human brain mapping.

Bagla S, Cukovic D, Asano E, Sood S, Luat A, Chugani HT, Chugani DC, Dombkowski AA (2018). A distinct microRNA expression profile is associated with α[(11)C]-methyl-L-tryptophan (AMT) PET uptake in epileptogenic cortical tubers resected from patients with tuberous sclerosis complex. Neurobiology of disease.

Luat AF (2018). Rasmussen’s Encephalitis J Pediatr Epilepsy.

Luat AF (2018). Epilepsy Surgery in antibody-associated autoimmune encephalitis and epilepsies: review of literature. J Pediatr Epilepsy.

Luat AF (2018). Special Issue: Childhood Autoimmune and Neuroinflammation-Related Epilepsies. Journal of Pediatric Epilepsy.

Set KK, Ghosh D, Huq AHM, Luat AF (2017). Episodic Ataxia Type 1 (K-channelopathy) Manifesting as Paroxysmal Nonkinesogenic Dyskinesia: Expanding the Phenotype. Movement disorders clinical practice.

Ueda K, Sood S, Asano E, Kumar A, Luat AF (2017). Elimination of medically intractable epileptic drop attacks following endoscopic total corpus callosotomy in Rett syndrome. Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery.

Luat AF, Asano E, Kumar A, Chugani HT, Sood S (2017). Corpus Callosotomy for Intractable Epilepsy Revisited: The Children's Hospital of Michigan Series. Journal of child neurology.

Sood S, Asano E, Altinok D, Luat A (2016). Endoscopic posterior interhemispheric complete corpus callosotomy. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics.

Rashid S, Saleem S, Luat AF (2016). Sjögren-Larsson Syndrome: A Neuro-Ichthyotic Disorder With Unique Magnetic Resonance Features. Pediatric neurology.

Luat AF, Coyle L, Kamat D (2016). The Ketogenic Diet: A Practical Guide for Pediatricians. Pediatric annals.

Luat AF, Kamat D, Sivaswamy L (2015). Paroxysmal nonepileptic events in infancy, childhood, and adolescence. Pediatric annals.

Patel R, Luat AF, Rajamani K (2015). "Wrong Side" Tongue Deviation in Hemiplegia From Stroke. Pediatric neurology.

Luat, AF (2015). Progressive myoclonus epilepsies with adolescent onset: Clinical Features and Diagnosis. Journal of Pediatric Epilepsy.

Chugani HT, Luat AF, Kumar A, Govindan R, Pawlik K, Asano E (2013). α-[11C]-Methyl-L-tryptophan--PET in 191 patients with tuberous sclerosis complex. Neurology.

Govindan RM, Chugani HT, Luat AF, Sood S (2010). Presurgical prediction of motor functional loss using tractography. Pediatric neurology.

Altinok D, Agarwal A, Ascadi G, Luat A, Tapos D (2010). Pediatric hemiplegic migraine: susceptibility weighted and MR perfusion imaging abnormality. Pediatric radiology.

Luat AF, Chugani HT (2010). Congenital perisylvian dysfunction - is it a spectrum? Developmental medicine and child neurology.

Luat AF, Behen ME, Juhász C, Sood S, Chugani HT (2009). Secondary tics or tourettism associated with a brain tumor. Pediatric neurology.

Luat AF, Asano E, Rothermel R, Sood S, Chugani HT (2008). Psychosis as a manifestation of frontal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsy & behavior : E&B.

Luat AF, Chugani HT (2008). Molecular and diffusion tensor imaging of epileptic networks. Epilepsia.

Kumar A, Chugani HT, Luat A, Asano E, Sood S (2008). Epilepsy surgery in a case of encephalitis: use of 11C-PK11195 positron emission tomography. Pediatric neurology.

Luat AF, Makki M, Chugani HT (2007). Neuroimaging in tuberous sclerosis complex. Current opinion in neurology.

Luat AF, Asano E, Chugani HT (2007). Paroxysmal tonic upgaze of childhood with co-existent absence epilepsy. Epileptic disorders : international epilepsy journal with videotape.

Luat AF, Bernardi B, Chugani HT (2006). Congenital perisylvian syndrome: MRI and glucose PET correlations. Pediatric neurology.

Luat AF, Chugani HT, Asano E, Juhász C, Trock G, Rothermel R (2006). Episodic receptive aphasia in a child with Landau-Kleffner Syndrome: PET correlates. Brain & development.

Asano E, Pawlak C, Shah A, Shah J, Luat AF, Ahn-Ewing J, Chugani HT (2005). The diagnostic value of initial video-EEG monitoring in children--review of 1000 cases. Epilepsy research.

Luat AF, Asano E, Juhász C, Chandana SR, Shah A, Sood S, Chugani HT (2005). Relationship between brain glucose metabolism positron emission tomography (PET) and electroencephalography (EEG) in children with continuous spike-and-wave activity during slow-wave sleep. Journal of child neurology.
2024-2025 Pediatric Neurology Outstanding Faculty Award Department of Neurology, Wayne State University
2023 Detroit News Top Docs
2024 Detroit News Top Docs
Pediatric Neurology Faculty Award
2021 Detroit News Top Docs
2022 Detroit News Top Docs
2018 Wayne State University College Teaching Award
2020 Detroit News Top Docs
2018 Physician Difference Maker Award
Medical Doctor, University of Santo Tomas, Manila
BS, Manila Central University, Manila
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