Dr. J. Christopher Edgar

Principal Investigator
Associate Professor of Radiology

Dr. Edgar has over 20 years of experience using non-invasive imaging (electroencephalography (EEG), magnetoencephalography (MEG), and structural and functional MRI) to study brain function and structure in psychiatric and neurological patient populations. He is also interested in conducting the basic research needed to assess the strengths and weaknesses of neuroimaging techniques, as well as inform the development of more sophisticated analysis techniques. Over the last 5 years his research has focused on using multimodal imaging to examine the maturation of brain function and structure in adults with schizophrenia and also children with autism.

Email: EdgarJ [at] email.chop.edu (subject: Contacting%20from%20website)

Related Publications

  • Abnormal auditory mismatch fields in adults with autism spectrum disorder.

    Matsuzaki J, Ku M, Berman JI, Blaskey L, Bloy L, Chen YH, Dell J, Edgar JC, Kuschner ES, Liu S, Saby J, Brodkin ES, Roberts TPL. Neurosci Lett. 2019 Apr 17;698:140-145. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2018.12.043. PMID: 30599264

  • Abnormal auditory mismatch fields are associated with communication impairment in both verbal and minimally verbal/nonverbal children who have autism spectrum disorder.

    Matsuzaki J, Kuschner ES, Blaskey L, Bloy L, Kim M, Ku M, Edgar JC, Embick D, Roberts TPL. Autism Res. 2019 Aug;12(8):1225-1235. doi: 10.1002/aur.2136. Epub 2019 May 28. PMID: 31136103

  • Abnormal Auditory Mismatch Fields in Children and Adolescents with 47,XYY Syndrome.

    Matsuzaki J, Bloy L, Blaskey L, Miller J, Kuschner ES, Ku M, Dipiero M, Airey M, Edgar JC, Embick D, Ross JL, Roberts TPL. Dev Neurosci. 2019;41(1-2):123-131. doi: 10.1159/000500799. Epub 2019 Jul 5. PMID: 31280271

  • Abnormal maturation of the resting-state peak alpha frequency in children with autism spectrum disorder.

    Edgar JC, Dipiero M, McBride E, Green HL, Berman J, Ku M, Liu S, Blaskey L, Kuschner E, Airey M, Ross JL, Bloy L, Kim M, Koppers S, Gaetz W, Schultz RT, Roberts TPL. Hum Brain Mapp. 2019 Aug 1;40(11):3288-3298. doi: 10.1002/hbm.24598. PMID: 30977235

  • Auditory evoked response delays in children with 47,XYY syndrome.

    Bloy L, Ku M, Edgar JC, Miller JS, Blaskey L, Ross J, Roberts TPL. Neuroreport. 2019 May 1;30(7):504-509. doi: 10.1097/WNR.0000000000001233. PMID: 30896674

  • Edgar JC., Fisk CL., Chen, Y., Stone-Howell, B., Hunter MA., Huang MX., Bustillo JR., Canive JM., Miller GA. Identifying auditory cortex encoding abnormalities in schizophrenia: The utility of low-frequency versus 40 Hz steady-state measures. Psychophysiology, 2018 Aug; 55(8): e13074. PMID: 29570815.
  • Chen Y., Stone-Howell B., Edgar JC., Huang MX., Kochunov P., Hunter MA., Wootton C., Lu BY., Bustillo J., Sadek JR., Miller GA., Canive JM. Associations and heritability of auditory encoding, gray matter, and attention in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 2018 Aug; doi: 10.1093/schbul/sby111. PMID: 30099543.
  • Berman, J.I., M. Lanza, L. Blaskey, J. Edgar and T. Roberts (2013). High Angular Resolution Diffusion Imaging Probabilistic Tractography of the Auditory Radiation. American Journal of Neuroradiology 34(8): 1573-1578.
  • Berman, JI., J. C. Edgar, L. Blaskey, E. S. Kuschner, S. E. Levy, M. Ku, J. Dell and T. P. L. Roberts (2016). Multimodal Diffusion-MRI and MEG Assessment of Auditory and Language System Development in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy 10: 30.

  • Edgar, J.C., Fisk, C.L., Chen, Y., Stone-Howell, B., Hunter, M.A., Huang, M., Bustillo, J.R., Canive, M.S., Miller, G.A. (2017). By our bootstraps: Comparing methods for measuring auditory 40 Hz steady-state neural activity. Psychophysiology, 54(8), 1110-1127. PMID: 28421620

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