Tamara Vasilkovska, MD, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar UCSF Profile Publications First worldwide multicenter validation of the POLARIS preclinical polarizer across biological models and imaging paradigms. Hyperpolarized 13C MRI uncovers early and progressive metabolic dysfunction in the hAPP-J20 mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. Long-term dietary interventions fail to mitigate functional connectivity loss and cognitive decline in the TgF344-AD rat model of Alzheimer's disease. Mapping brain volume changes in the zQ175DN mouse model of Huntington's disease: a longitudinal MRI study. Resveratrol supplementation and caloric restriction exert sex-specific effects on cerebrovascular function in a rat model of Alzheimer's Disease. Short-term caloric restriction or resveratrol supplementation alters large-scale brain network connectivity in male and female rats. See All Publications