Muwei Li, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor
Clinical Radiology & Radiological Sciences

Muwei Li, PhD, earned his PhD from the Sichuan University in Chengdu, China, with joint training at The Johns Hopkins University. He completed post-doctorate fellowships at Sichuan University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center before joining the Vanderbilt faculty in 2018 as Research Instructor in Radiology & Radiological Sciences. He research focuses on diffusion tensor image analysis, functional MRI analysis and pattern recognition of anatomical features.

Section: Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

Publications

Li, Muwei, Yurui Gao, Adam W. Anderson, Zhaohua Ding, and John C. Gore. "Dynamic variations of resting-state BOLD signal spectra in white matter." NeuroImage 250 (2022): 118972. 

Li, Muwei, Yurui Gao, Zhaohua Ding, and John C. Gore. "Power spectra reveal distinct BOLD resting-state time courses in white matter." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118, no. 44 (2021).

Sengupta, Anirban, Arabinda Mishra, Feng Wang, Muwei Li, Pai-Feng Yang, Li Min Chen, and John C. Gore. "Functional networks in non-human primate spinal cord and the effects of injury: Functional networks in primate spinal cord." NeuroImage (2021): 118391.

Muwei Li, Yurui Gao, Fei Gao, Adam W. Anderson, Zhaohua Ding, John C. Gore, Functional engagement of white matter in resting-state brain networks, NeuroImage, Volume 220, (2020): 117096.

Mishra, Arabinda, Muwei Li, Adam W. Anderson, Allen T. Newton, Zhaohua Ding, and John C. Gore. "Concomitant modulation of BOLD responses in white matter pathways and cortex." NeuroImage (2020): 116791.

Li, Muwei, Zhaohua Ding, and John C. Gore. "Identification of White Matter Networks Engaged in Object (Face) Recognition Showing Differential Responses to Modulated Stimulus Strength." Cerebral cortex communications 1, no. 1 (2020): tgaa067.

John C. Gore, Muwei Li, Yurui Gao, Tung-Lin Wu, Kurt G. Schilling, Yali Huang, Arabinda Mishra, Allen T. Newton, Baxter P. Rogers, Li Min Chen, Adam W. Anderson, Zhaohua Ding. “Functional MRI and resting state connectivity in white matter - a mini-review.” Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2019.

Li, Muwei, Allen T. Newton, Adam W. Anderson, Zhaohua Ding, and John C. Gore. "Characterization of the hemodynamic response function in white matter tracts for event-related fMRI." Nature communications 10, no. 1 (2019): 1140.

Wu, Tung-Lin, Feng Wang, Muwei Li, Kurt G. Schilling, Yurui Gao, Adam W. Anderson, Li Min Chen, Zhaohua Ding, and John C. Gore. "Resting-state white matter-cortical connectivity in non-human primate brain." NeuroImage 184 (2019): 45-55.

Gao, Fei, Guangbin Wang, Wen Ma, Fuxin Ren, Muwei Li, Yuling Dong, Cheng Liu et al. "Decreased auditory GABA+ concentrations in presbycusis demonstrated by edited magnetic resonance spectroscopy." Neuroimage 106 (2015): 311-316.

Gao F, Wang G, Ma W, Ren F, Li M, Dong Y, Liu C, Liu B, Bai X, Zhao B, Edden RA. Decreased auditory GABA+ concentrations in presbycusis demonstrated by edited magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Neuroimage [print-electronic]. 2015 Feb 2/1/2015; 106: 311-6. PMID: 25463460, PMCID: PMC4285773, PII: S1053-8119(14)00940-9, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.11.023, ISSN: 1095-9572.

Li M, Qin Y, Gao F, Zhu W, He X. Discriminative analysis of multivariate features from structural MRI and diffusion tensor images. Magn Reson Imaging [print-electronic]. 2014 Oct; 32(8): 1043-51. PMID: 24970026, PII: S0730-725X(14)00180-5, DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2014.05.008, ISSN: 1873-5894.

Li M, Ratnanather JT, Miller MI, Mori S. Knowledge-based automated reconstruction of human brain white matter tracts using a path-finding approach with dynamic programming. Neuroimage [print-electronic]. 2014 Mar; 88: 271-81. PMID: 24135166, PMCID: PMC3944922, PII: S1053-8119(13)01023-9, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.10.011, ISSN: 1095-9572.

Li M, Oishi K, He X, Qin Y, Gao F, Mori S, . An efficient approach for differentiating Alzheimer's disease from normal elderly based on multicenter MRI using gray-level invariant features. PLoS ONE. 2014; 9(8): e105563. PMID: 25140532, PMCID: PMC4139346, PII: PONE-D-14-10283, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105563, ISSN: 1932-6203.

Li, Muwei, Kenichi Oishi, Xiaohai He, Yuanyuan Qin, Fei Gao, Susumu Mori, and Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. "An efficient approach for differentiating Alzheimer's disease from normal elderly based on multicenter MRI using gray-level invariant features." PloS one 9, no. 8 (2014): e105563.

Li, Muwei, J. Tilak Ratnanather, Michael I. Miller, and Susumu Mori. "Knowledge-based automated reconstruction of human brain white matter tracts using a path-finding approach with dynamic programming." Neuroimage 88 (2014): 271-281.

Li, Muwei, Yuanyuan Qin, Fei Gao, Wenzhen Zhu, and Xiaohai He. "Discriminative analysis of multivariate features from structural MRI and diffusion tensor images." Magnetic resonance imaging 32, no. 8 (2014): 1043-1051.

Gao, Fei, Richard AE Edden, Muwei Li, Nicolaas AJ Puts, Guangbin Wang, Cheng Liu, Bin Zhao et al. "Edited magnetic resonance spectroscopy detects an age-related decline in brain GABA levels." Neuroimage 78 (2013): 75-82.