Bart Larsen
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Credentials
PhD

Assistant Professor, Division of Clinical Behavioral Neuroscience
Faculty, Department of Pediatrics
Assistant Director of the Translational Core, Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain (MIDB)
Biography

Education

Ph.D., Cognitive Psychology with concentration in Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh & Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, Pittsburgh, PA

Fellowships, Residencies, and Visiting Engagements

Postdoctoral Fellow,
Laboratory for Neurocognitive Development, WPIC, UPMC
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Lifespan Informatics and Neuroimaging Center, University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Licensures and Certifications

Pediatric Endocrinology, American Board of Pediatrics,
American Board of Pediatrics,
Selected Publications

Selected Publications

Larsen, B., & Luna, B. (2015). In vivo evidence of neurophysiological maturation of the human adolescent striatum. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 12, 74–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2014.12.003,
Larsen, B., & Luna, B. (2018). Adolescence as a neurobiological critical period for the development of higher-order cognition. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 94, 179–195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2018.09.005 ,
Larsen, B., Verstynen, T. D., Yeh, F.-C., & Luna, B. (2018). Developmental Changes in the Integration of Affective and Cognitive Corticostriatal Pathways are Associated with Reward-Driven Behavior. Cerebral Cortex, 28(8), 2834–2845. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhx162 ,
Larsen, B., Bourque, J., Moore, T. M., Adebimpe, A., Calkins, M. E., Elliott, M. A., Gur, R. C., Gur, R. E., Moberg, P. J., Roalf, D. R., Ruparel, K., Turetsky, B. I., Vandekar, S. N., Wolf, D. H., Shinohara, R. T., & Satterthwaite, T. D. (2020). Longitudinal Development of Brain Iron Is Linked to Cognition in Youth. Journal of Neuroscience, 40(9), 1810–1818. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2434-19.2020,
Larsen, B., Olafsson, V., Calabro, F., Laymon, C., Tervo-Clemmens, B., Campbell, E., Minhas, D., Montez, D., Price, J., & Luna, B. (2020). Maturation of the human striatal dopamine system revealed by PET and quantitative MRI. Nature Communications, 11(1), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14693-3,
Sydnor, V. J.*, Larsen, B., Bassett, D. S., Alexander-Bloch, A., Fair, D. A., Liston, C., Mackey, A. P., Milham, M. P., Pines, A., Roalf, D. R., Seidlitz, J., Xu, T., Raznahan, A., & Satterthwaite, T. D. (2021). Neurodevelopment of the association cortices: Patterns, mechanisms, and implications for psychopathology. Neuron, 109(18), 2820–2846. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2021.06.016,
Larsen, B., Cui, Z., Adebimpe, A., Pines, A., Alexander-Bloch, A., Bertolero, M., Calkins, M. E., Gur, R. E., Gur, R. C., Mahadevan, A. S., Moore, T. M., Roalf, D. R., Seidlitz, J., Sydnor, V. J.*, Wolf, D. H., & Satterthwaite, T. D. (2022). A developmental reduction of the excitation:inhibition ratio in association cortex during adolescence. Science Advances, 8(5), eabj8750. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abj8750,
Sydnor, V. J.*, Larsen, B., Seidlitz, J., Adebimpe, A., Alexander-Bloch, A. F., Bassett, D. S., Bertolero, M. A., Cieslak, M., Covitz, S., Fan, Y., Gur, R. E., Gur, R. C., Mackey, A. P., Moore, T. M., Roalf, D. R., Shinohara, R. T., & Satterthwaite, T. D. (2023). Intrinsic activity development unfolds along a sensorimotor–association cortical axis in youth. Nature Neuroscience, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-023-01282-y,
Larsen, B., Baller, E. B., Boucher, A. A., Calkins, M. E., Laney, N., Moore, T. M., Roalf, D. R., Ruparel, K., Gur, R. C., Gur, R. E., Georgieff, M. K., & Satterthwaite, T. D. (2023). Development of iron status measures during youth: Associations with sex, neighborhood socioeconomic status, cognitive performance, and brain structure. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajcnut.2023.05.005,
Larsen, B., Sydnor, V. J.*, Keller, A. S., Yeo, B. T. T., & Satterthwaite, T. D. (2023). A critical period plasticity framework for the sensorimotor–association axis of cortical neurodevelopment. Trends in Neurosciences, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tins.2023.07.007,
Contact

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Address

Pediatric Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience
Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain, Rm 2-310
2025 E River Pkwy
Minneapolis, MN 55414