Matthew Spraker
Education and Training
College: Indiana University; BS Biology
Graduate School: University of Illinois at Chicago; Ph.D. Bioengineering
Medical Education: University of Illinois
College: Indiana University; BS Biology
Graduate School: University of Illinois at Chicago; Ph.D. Bioengineering
Medical Education: University of Illinois
Peer Reviewed Journal
Spraker, M.B. Zeng, J. Jordan, L. Kane, G.M. Ford, E.C. Validation of a Causal Factor Taxonomy Used in Radiation Oncology Incident Learning. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 93(3), S15 (2015)
Prodoehl J, Spraker MB, Corcos D, Comella C, Vaillancourt D. Blood oxygenation level-dependent activation in basal ganglia nuclei relates to specific symptoms in de novo Parkinson’s disease. Movement Disorders. 2010 Oct; 25(13): 2035-43. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 20725915.
Spraker, M., Corcos, D., Kurani, A., Prodoehl, J., Swinnen, S., Vaillancourt, D.. Specific cerebellar regions are related to force amplitude and rate of force development. Neuroimage. 2011 Sep; 59(2): 1647-56. Cited in PubMed; PMID:
Spraker, M., Corcos, D., Vaillancourt, D.. Cortical and subcortical mechanisms for precisely controlled force generation and force relaxation. Cerebral Cortex. 2009 Mar; 19(11): 2640-50. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 19254959.
Spraker, M., Prodoehl, J., Corcos, D., Comella, C., Vaillancourt, D.. Basal ganglia hypoactivity during grip force in drug naive Parkinson’s disease. Human Brain Mapping. 2011 Mar; 31(12): 1928-41. Cited in PubMed; PMID:
Spraker, M., Yu, H., Corcos, D., Vaillancourt, D.. Role of individual basal ganglia nuclei in force amplitude generation. Journal of Neurophysiology. 2007 Jun; 98(2): 821-34. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 17567775.
Vaillancourt DE, Spraker MB, Prodoehl J, Abraham I, Corcos DM, Zhou XJ, Comella CL, Little DM. High-resolution diffusion tensor imaging in the substantia nigra of de novo Parkinson disease. Neurology. 2009 Apr; 72(16): 1378-84. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 19129507.
Vaillancourt, D., Spraker, M., Prodoehl, J., Zhou X., Little, D.. Effects of Aging on the Ventral and Dorsal Substantia Nigra Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging. Neurobiology of Aging. 2010 Mar; 33(1): 35-42. Cited in PubMed; PMID:20359780.
Peer Reviewed Book Chapter
Spraker, M., Corcos, D., Vaillancourt, D.. (2009). Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Studies of the Basal
Ganglia and the Precision Grip. In J. Hermsdorfer, D.A. Nowak (Ed.), Sensorimotor Control of Grasping: Physiology and Pathophysiology (pp. 99-109). Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
Presentations
Spraker, M.B. Zeng, J. Jordan, L. Kane, G.M. Ford, E.C. Validation of a Causal Factor Taxonomy Used in Radiation Oncology Incident Learning. Presented at the ASTRO 57th Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, USA 2015. Oral Presentation and Best of ASTRO 2015 Selection.
Spraker, M.B., Kim J.N. An Analysis of Patient Characteristics and Clinical Outcomes in Subcentimeter Breast Carcinomas. ASTRO Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX. October 2015.