Neurology

Current Positions:

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Neuroscience Program, Faculty Member

Interdisciplinary Program in Aging, Faculty Member

Education and Training:

Pitzer College, B.A., 1987, Biology and Chemistry

Louisiana State University Health Science Center, M.S., 1995, Pathology

Tulane University, Ph.D., 2004, Neuroscience

Tulane University, Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2007, Cognitive Neuroscience

Interests:

Dr. Cola is a neuroanatomist who has transitioned from non-human primate research to human clinical research. She is interested in examining the anatomical basis of cognitive dysfunction using neuroimaging techniques. Specifically, Dr. Cola uses MRI to measure regions of the brain in Alzheimer's disease, stroke, and healthy controls to better understand how dysfunctions occur in patients who have suffered a stroke or who may have a neurodegenerative condition such as Alzheimer's. She is also interested in investigating the progression of Alzheimer's disease in African-Americans, a historically understudied clinical population.

Representative Publications:

Cola MG, Daniels SK, Corey DM, Romero M, Foundas AL, Subcortical Dysphagia: Clinical and Radiographic features.  Stroke (In press.)

Cola MG, Seltzer B. Cusick CG.  Distribution of amyloid plaques within the inferior pulvinar complex in Alzheimer's disease.  (Manuscript in preparation.)

Cola MG, Seltzer B, Preuss TM, Cusick CG.  Neurochemical organization of the chimpanzee inferior pulvinar complex.  Journal Comparative Neurology, 484: 299-312, 2005.

Gutierrez C.  Cola MG.  Seltzer B. Cusick CG.  Neurochemical and connectional organization of the dorsal pulvinar complex in monkeys.  Journal of Comparative Neurology  419(1): 61-86, 2000.

Cola MG.  Gray DN.  Seltzer B. Cusick CG.  Human thalamus: Neurochemical mapping of inferior pulvinar complex.  Neuroreport 10(18): 3733-3738, 1999.

Seltzer B. Cola MG. Gutierrez C. Massee M. Weldon C. Cusick CG.  Overlapping and nonoverlapping cortical projections to cortex of the superior temporal sulcus in the rhesus monkey: Double anterograde tracer studies.  Journal of Comparative Neurology. 370(2): 173-90, 1996.

Cusick CG, Seltzer B. Cola M. Griggs E.   Chemoarchitectonics and corticocortical terminations within the upper bank of the superior temporal sulcus of the rhesus monkey: Evidence for subdivisions of superior temporal polysensory cortex.  Journal of Comparative Neurology.  360(3): 513-35, 1995.