College of Medicine
Pontone Lab
Led by Gregory M Pontone · Neurology
What we study
The Pontone Lab studies brain networks in Parkinson's disease using fMRI to understand how dopamine affects cognitive and psychiatric symptoms. The lab also explores visual hallucinations and memory impairment in Parkinson's patients.
What working here is like
- Clinical
- Human participants
- Projects
- 2
- Papers
- 4
Current projects
Anxiety in Parkinson’s disease: using fMRI to evaluate amygdala networks in the on and off dopamine state
This project examines how dopamine affects brain networks linked to anxiety in Parkinson's patients.
Visual hallucinations and memory impairment in Parkinson's Disease: The role of hippocampal networks
This study investigates how brain networks in the hippocampus contribute to visual hallucinations and memory problems in Parkinson's disease.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Prognostic Value of Blood-Based P-Tau217 Levels for Progression to Cognitive Impairment
2026 · JAMA
Measured blood markers to predict how likely people are to develop cognitive problems.
- Normative Modeling of Brain Volume in Multiple Sclerosis Using Healthy Controls
2026 · Neurology Open Access
Created personalized brain volume models to compare MS patients to healthy people.
Show 2 more papersShow fewer
- Assessing Microstructural and Molecular Brain Changes in Early Cognitive Decline Using Multiparametric 3T Magnetic Resonance Imaging
2026 · Neurology International
Used advanced MRI scans to detect early brain changes in people with cognitive decline.
- Transdiagnostic mechanisms underlying non-affective psychosis: A role for hippocampal networks?
2026 · American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
Plain-language summaries are AI-written and reviewed by us; check the paper for details.
How to reach out
Gregory M Pontone hasn't set up this page yet. Their UF Scholars profile lists their publications.