Catherine J. Stoodley, BS, MS, DPhil
Director, Cerebellar Cognition and Learning (CerCL) Lab
Catherine J. Stoodley, BS, MS, DPhil, joined the Developing Brain Institute and the Center for Prenatal, Neonatal & Maternal Health Research in January 2024. Dr. Stoodley comes to Children’s National Hospital from American University’s Department of Neuroscience and Center for Neuroscience and Behavior. She investigates the role of the human cerebellum in cognition and cognitive development.
Key Studies
| January 2026 | Dust J, Rice LC, Lee MM, Tegiacchi RF, Stoodley CJ. Cerebellar tDCS Modulates Corticocortical Functional Networks in a Regionally Specific Manner. JNeurosci. 2026 Jan 7;46(1):e0499252025. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0499-25.2025. PMID: 41130799; PMCID: PMC12782753 | view |
| July 2021 | Stoodley CJ, Tsai PT. Adaptive Prediction for Social Contexts: The Cerebellar Contribution to Typical and Atypical Social Behaviors. Annual Review of Neuroscience. 2021 Jul 8;44:475-493. doi: 10.1146/annurev-neuro-100120-092143. PMID: 34236892; PMCID: PMC9037460 | view |
| December 2017 | Stoodley CJ, D'Mello AM, Ellegood J, Jakkamsetti V, Liu P, Nebel MB, … Tsai PT. Altered Cerebellar Connectivity in Autism and Cerebellar-Mediated Rescue of Autism-Related Behaviors in Mice. Nature Neuroscience. 2017 Dec;20(12):1744-1751. doi: 10.1038/s41593-017-0004-1. Epub 2017 Oct 30. Erratum in: Nat Neurosci. 2018 Jul;21(7):1016. doi: 10.1038/s41593-018-0096-2. PMID: 29184200; PMCID: PMC5867894 | view |
| January 2009 | Stoodley CJ, Schmahmann JD. Functional Topography in the Human Cerebellum: A Meta-Analysis of Neuroimaging Studies. Neuroimage. 2009 Jan 15;44(2):489-501. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.08.039. Epub 2008 Sep 16. PMID: 18835452 | view |
Date: April 2022
Seed M, Limperopoulos C. In Utero Brain Growth Matters for Fetuses With Congenital Heart Disease. Circulation. 2022 Apr 12;145(15):1120-1122. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.058683. Epub 2022 Apr 11. PMID: 35404677
View: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35404677
Date: January 2010
Limperopoulos C, Tworetzky W, McElhinney DB, Newburger JW, Brown DW, Robertson RL Jr, Guizard N, McGrath E, Geva J, Annese D, Dunbar-Masterson C, Trainor B, Laussen PC, du Plessis AJ. Brain Volume and Metabolism in Fetuses With Congenital Heart Disease: Evaluation With Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy. Circulation. 2010 Jan 5;121(1):26-33. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.865568. Epub 2009 Dec 21. PMID: 20026783; PMCID: PMC2819908
View: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2819908
Date: February 2024
Wu Y, De Asis-Cruz J, Limperopoulos C. Brain Structural and Functional Outcomes in the Offspring of Women Experiencing Psychological Distress During Pregnancy. Molecular Psychiatry. 2024 Jul;29(7):2223-2240. doi: 10.1038/s41380-024-02449-0. Epub 2024 Feb 28. PMID: 38418579; PMCID: PMC11408260
View: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38418579
Date: April 2022
Wu Y, Espinosa KM, Barnett SD, Kapse A, Quistorff JL, Lopez C, Andescavage N, Pradhan S, Lu YC, Kapse K, Henderson D, Vezina G, Wessel D, du Plessis AJ, Limperopoulos C. Association of Elevated Maternal Psychological Distress, Altered Fetal Brain, and Offspring Cognitive and Social-Emotional Outcomes at 18 Months. JAMA Network Open. 2022 Apr 1;5(4):e229244. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.9244. PMID: 35486403; PMCID: PMC9055453
View: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35486403