Peka Christova Savayan, Ph.D.

Research Associate, Ph.D., Dept. of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota

savay001@umn.edu

Education

M.S. - Physics, Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria

Ph.D. - Neurophysiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria,     

Post-Doc - Neurophysiology, Dept. of Otolaryngology, University of Minnesota

Specialties

Biophysics, Electromyography, Postural Control, Eye Movement, Functional MRI

Selected Publications:

Christova PS, Lewis SM, Tagaris GA, Uğurbil K, Georgopoulos AP, A voxel-by-voxel parametric fMRI study of motor mental rotation: hemispheric specialization and gender differences in neural processing efficiency. Exp Brain Res. 2008 May 14. [Epub ahead of print]

Christova P, Anderson JH, Gomez CM (2008): Impaired Eye Movements in Presymptomatic Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 6. Arch Neurol 65, (4), 530-536.

Subramony, S.H., Schott, K., Raike, R., Callahan, J., Langford, L., Christova, P., Anderson, J.H., Gomez, C.M. (2003): Novel CACNA1A Mutation Causes Febrile Episodic Ataxia with Interictal Cerebellar Deficits. Ann Neurol, 54, (6), 725-731.

Anderson, J.H., Christova, P., Xie T-D, Schott K.S., Ward K. and Gomez, C.M. (2002):The Spinocerebellar Ataxia In Monozygotic Twins. Arch Neurol, 59 (12), 1445-1501.