Xiaoxu Na

Researcher

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

faculty

5 h-index 20 pubs 78 cited

Research Areas

Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Birth, Development, and Health Child and Adolescent Health Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Diet and metabolism studies Behavioral and Psychological Studies Health and Medical Research Impacts Obesity

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Xiaoxu Na's research investigates the complex interplay between maternal health behaviors during pregnancy and offspring neurodevelopment. Her work has explored how maternal nutrition, physical activity, and mental health, specifically depressive symptoms, correlate with various aspects of newborn brain development, including cortical development and white matter microstructure. Na has also examined the long-term associations between white matter integrity and cognitive functioning in school-aged children.

Beyond prenatal influences, her research extends to the health of adolescents with obesity. This includes evaluating the efficacy of supervised exercise training on liver fat reduction and assessing the diagnostic accuracy of transient elastography for hepatosteatosis in this population. Na collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Xiawei Ou, Charles M. Glasier, Thomas M. Badger, and Jayne Bellando, contributing to a body of work focused on health and medical research impacts.

Metrics

  • h-index: 5
  • Publications: 20
  • Citations: 78

Selected Publications

  • Body mass index, cortical thickness and executive function in late childhood (2025) DOI
  • Relationships Between Body Composition and Mental Health During Pregnancy Are Moderated by Physical Activity and Diet (2025) DOI
  • ADHD diagnostics and severity assessment using topological manifold learning of resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) (2025) DOI
  • Functional Connectivity to the Amygdala in the Neonate Is Impacted by the Maternal Anxiety Level During Pregnancy (2025) DOI
  • White matter functional networks in the developing brain (2024) DOI
  • Maternal Nutrition during Pregnancy and Offspring Brain Development: Insights from Neuroimaging (2024) DOI
  • Diagnostic Accuracy of Transient Elastography in Hepatosteatosis in Youth With Obesity (2024) DOI
  • Maternal Diet Quality during Pregnancy Is Associated with Neonatal Brain White Matter Development (2023) DOI
  • Effects of short‐term supervised exercise training on liver fat in adolescents with obesity: a randomized controlled trial (2023) DOI
  • Associations between mother’s depressive symptoms during pregnancy and newborn’s brain functional connectivity (2023) DOI
  • Mother’s physical activity during pregnancy and newborn’s brain cortical development (2022) DOI
  • Associations Between White Matter Microstructures and Cognitive Functioning in 8-Year-Old Children: A Track-Weighted Imaging Study (2022) DOI
  • Track-weighted imaging analysis of white matter microstructures in healthy children: Sex and hemispheric differences (2022) DOI
  • Associations between Cortical Asymmetry and Domain Specific Cognitive Functions in Healthy Children (2021) DOI
  • Correlations between sleep disturbance and brain cortical morphometry in healthy children (2021) DOI

Collaborators

Researchers in the database who share publications

Xiawei Ou University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 19 shared publications Charles M. Glasier University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 11 shared publications Thomas M. Badger University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 5 shared publications Jayne Bellando University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 4 shared publications Aline Andres University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 3 shared publications Elisabet Børsheim University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 2 shared publications Marinna R. Tadros University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 2 shared publications Natalie E. Phelan University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 2 shared publications

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