Binu Thomas, Ph.D.

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Graduate School

University of Texas at Arlingt (2002), Biomedical Engineering

• Aging
• Cerebral blood flow
• Cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen consumption
• Cerebrovascular physiology
• Mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease

Featured Publications

Hippocampal and Rostral Anterior Cingulate Blood Flow is Associated with Affective Symptoms in Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury.

Thomas BP, Tarumi T, Wang C, Zhu DC, Tomoto T, Munro Cullum C, Dieppa M, Diaz-Arrastia R, Bell K, Madden C, Zhang R, Ding K, Brain Res 2021 Aug 147631

Brain Perfusion Change in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment After 12 Months of Aerobic Exercise Training.

Thomas BP, Tarumi T, Sheng M, Tseng B, Womack KB, Cullum CM, Rypma B, Zhang R, Lu H, J. Alzheimers Dis. 2020 75 2 617-631

Reduced global brain metabolism but maintained vascular function in amnestic mild cognitive impairment.

Thomas BP, Sheng M, Tseng BY, Tarumi T, Martin-Cook K, Womack KB, Cullum MC, Levine BD, Zhang R, Lu H, J. Cereb. Blood Flow Metab. 2017 Apr 37 4 1508-1516

Cerebrovascular reactivity in the brain white matter: magnitude, temporal characteristics, and age effects.

Thomas BP, Liu P, Park DC, van Osch MJ, Lu H, J. Cereb. Blood Flow Metab. 2014 Feb 34 2 242-7

Physiologic underpinnings of negative BOLD cerebrovascular reactivity in brain ventricles.

Thomas BP, Liu P, Aslan S, King KS, van Osch MJ, Lu H, Neuroimage 2013 Dec 83 505-12

Life-long aerobic exercise preserved baseline cerebral blood flow but reduced vascular reactivity to CO2.

Thomas BP, Yezhuvath US, Tseng BY, Liu P, Levine BD, Zhang R, Lu H, J Magn Reson Imaging 2013 Nov 38 5 1177-83

Deep-learning-enabled brain hemodynamic mapping using resting-state fMRI.

Hou X, Guo P, Wang P, Liu P, Lin DDM, Fan H, Li Y, Wei Z, Lin Z, Jiang D, Jin J, Kelly C, Pillai JJ, Huang J, Pinho MC, Thomas BP, Welch BG, Park DC, Patel VM, Hillis AE, Lu H, NPJ Digit Med 2023 Jun 6 1 116

Altered linear coupling between stimulus-evoked blood flow and oxygen metabolism in the aging human brain.

Turner MP, Zhao Y, Abdelkarim D, Liu P, Spence JS, Hutchison JL, Sivakolundu DK, Thomas BP, Hubbard NA, Xu C, Taneja K, Lu H, Rypma B, Cereb Cortex 2022 Apr

Non-contrast hemodynamic imaging of Moyamoya disease with MR fingerprinting ASL: A feasibility study.

Su P, Liu P, Pinho MC, Thomas BP, Qiao Y, Huang J, Welch BG, Lu H, Magn Reson Imaging 2022 Feb 88 116-122

Cerebrovascular Reactivity Mapping Using Resting-State BOLD Functional MRI in Healthy Adults and Patients with Moyamoya Disease.

Liu P, Liu G, Pinho MC, Lin Z, Thomas BP, Rundle M, Park DC, Huang J, Welch BG, Lu H, Radiology 2021 Mar 203568

 Featured Books

Cerebrovascular Reactivity (CVR) in Aging, Cognitive Impairment, and Dementia. In Cerebrovascular Reactivity

Hanzhang Lu, Binu P Thomas, Peiying Liu (2022). New York, NY, Humana

• Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute (2022)