Alexa E Walter, PhD

Research Associate of Neurology
Research Associate, Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Neurology
Contact information
3535 Market St.
Suite 701
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Suite 701
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Education:
BS (Biology: Neuroscience)
Pennsylvania State University, 2015.
MS (Kinesiology)
Pennsylvania State University, 2017.
PhD (Kinesiology)
Pennsylvania State University, 2020.
Permanent linkBS (Biology: Neuroscience)
Pennsylvania State University, 2015.
MS (Kinesiology)
Pennsylvania State University, 2017.
PhD (Kinesiology)
Pennsylvania State University, 2020.
Selected Publications
Walter, A. E., Gugger, J. J., Law, C. A., Brennan, D. J., Mosley, T. H., Reid, R. I., Jack, C. R., Gottesman, R. F., Diaz-Arrastia, R., & Schneider, A. L. C. : Neuroimaging Correlates of Traumatic Brain Injury in an Older Community-Dwelling Population: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Neurology 104(8): e213506, 2025.Griffith O, Fornini R, Walter AE, Wilkes J, Bai X, Slobounov SM.: Comorbidity of concussion and depression alters brain functional connectivity in collegiate student-athletes. Brain Res 1845: 149200, Dec 2024.
Walter AE, Savalia K, Yoon J, Morrison J, Schneider ALC, Diaz-Arrastia R, Sandsmark DK.: Change in Enlarged Perivascular Spaces over Time and Associations with Outcomes After Traumatic Brain Injury. Neurotrauma Rep 5: 738-748, Jul 2024.
Hunzinger KJ, Walter AE, Rosenthal KA, Windham BG, Palta P, Juraschek SP, Hicks CW, Gottesman RF, Schneider ALC.: Associations Between Prior Head Injury, Physical Functioning, and Frailty in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 79: glae032, Apr 2024.
Griffith, O., Bai, X., Walter, A.E., Gay, M., R., Kelly, J.T., Sebastianelli, W.J., Papa, L., Slobounov, S.: Association of player position and functional connectivity alterations in collegiate American football players: an fMRI study. Frontiers in Neurology 15(1511915), 2024.
Shaik, N., Law, C., Walter, A.E., Stulberg, E., Schneider, A.L.C. : Correlations Between County-Level Social Determinants of Health and Traumatic Brain Injury-Related Mortality in the United States. Neurotrauma reports Page: online, 2024.
Gugger JJ, Walter AE, Diaz-Arrastia R, Huang J, Jack CR, Reid R, Kucharska-Newton AM, Gottesman RF, Schneider ALC, Johnson EL.: Association between structural brain MRI abnormalities and epilepsy in older adults. Ann Clin Transl Neurol 2024.
Walter AE, Wilkes JR, Scaramuzzo M, Johns-Bostick T, Lynch S, Sebastianelli W, Seidenberg P, Bream T, Slobounov SM.: Head acceleration event exposure and cognitive and functional outcomes: a comparison of multiple football seasons. Res Sports Med 2024.
Hunzinger KJ, Law CA, Elser H, Walter AE, Windham BG, Palta P, Juraschek SP, Hicks CW, Gottesman RF, Schneider ALC.: Associations Between Head Injury and Subsequent Risk of Falls: Results From the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. Neurology 101: e2234-e2242, Nov 2023.
Walter AE, Bai X, Wilkes J, Neuberger T, Sebastianelli W, Slobounov SM.: Selective head cooling in the acute phase of concussive injury: a neuroimaging study. Front Neurol 14: 1272374, Oct 2023.