Stelios M. Smirnakis, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience
Clinical Service Area
Neurology
Specialty
Stroke
Neurocritical Care
Board Certification
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Neurology
Medical School
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Internship
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Residency
Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women's Hospitals ("Partners Neurology Program"),
Boston, MA
Fellowship
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Clinical Interests
Vascular Neurology and Neurocritical Care
Research Interests
We use in vivo functional magnetic resonance imaging, electrophysiology and two-photon techniques to study cortical network function in health and disease.
Publications
- Smirnakis SM, Schmid MC, Weber B, Tolias AS, Augath M, Logothetis NK. Spatial specificity of BOLD versus cerebral blood volume fMRI for mapping cortical organization. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2007;27:1248-61.
- Schmid MC, Oeltermann A, Juchem C, Logothetis NK, Smirnakis SM. Simultaneous EEG and fMRI in the macaque monkey at 4.7 Tesla. Magn Reson Imaging 2006;24:335-42.
- Ning MM, Smirnakis S, Furie KL, Sheen VL. Adult acute disseminated encephalomyelitis associated with poststreptococcal infection. J Clin Neurosci 2005;12:298-300.
- Smirnakis SM, Brewer AA, Schmid MC, Tolias AS, Schuz A, Augath M, Inhoffen W, Wandell BA, Logothetis NK. Lack of long-term cortical reorganization after macaque retinal lesions. Nature 2005;435:300-7.
- Tolias AS, Keliris GA, Smirnakis SM, Logothetis NK. Neurons in macaque area V4 acquire directional tuning after adaptation to motion stimuli. Nat Neurosci 2005;8:591-3.
- Tolias AS, Moore T, Smirnakis SM, Tehovnik EJ, Siapas AG, Schiller PH. Eye movements modulate visual receptive fields of V4 neurons. Neuron 2001;29:757-67.
- Tolias AS, Smirnakis SM, Augath MA, Trinath T, Logothetis NK. Motion processing in the macaque: revisited with functional magnetic resonance imaging. J Neurosci 2001;21:8594-601.
Contact Information
Stelios M. Smirnakis, M.D.
Department of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine
One Baylor Plaza, MS NB302
Houston, Texas 77030
Tel: 713-798-3847
Fax: 713-798-3946
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