Luis Mercado

Post Doctoral Fellow

UAMS

Also affiliated: Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (2016–2021); University of Atlántico (2017); University of Arkansas Medical Center (2024)

Obstetrics & Gynecology, College of Medicine

4 h-index 18 pubs 56 cited

Research Areas

Biomedical Subjects

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Luis Mercado investigates the autonomic nervous system and brain activity in pregnant individuals and fetuses. His research explores the correlation between maternal health factors, such as pregestational diabetes and inflammatory markers, and fetal neurodevelopment, including brain activity recorded via magnetoencephalography. Mercado also studies the relationship between maternal inflammatory markers, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), and fetal heart rate dynamics.

His work also extends to the application of electroencephalography (EEG) and machine learning techniques for decoding movement-related signals. This includes analyzing EEG data to understand pre-gait movements and control artificial joints. Mercado has published on coherence analysis of EEG in locomotion and the performance of segmented trajectory reconstruction from EEG signals. He collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Diana Escalona‐Vargas, Hari Eswaran, Heather Moody, and Sallie S. Oliphant.

Metrics

h-index: 4
Publications: 18
Citations: 56

Positions

Post-doctoral fellow 2020–present

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences OB/GYN ORCID
Post Doctoral Fellow publications 2023–2026

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Obstetrics & Gynecology, College of Medicine Institutional directory

Selected Publications

Fetal Magnetoencephalographic Power Spectral Density and Neurobehavioral Correlation in Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR) (2026)

SSRN Electronic Journal DOI OpenAlex
Magnetoencephalography as a Novel Tool for Prenatal Diagnosis of Fetal Seizures (2026)

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology DOI OpenAlex
Magnetomyographic assessment of pelvic floor muscles compared to ultrasound during pregnancy (2025)

Physiological Reports DOI OpenAlex
Comparison of non-invasive magnetomyography to Brink score for assessment of pelvic floor muscle strength (2024)

Physiological Measurement 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Correlating maternal and cord-blood inflammatory markers and BDNF with human fetal brain activity recorded by magnetoencephalography: An exploratory study (2024)

Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
Feasibility of magnetoencephalography in fetuses with cyanotic congenital heart disease (2024)

Prenatal Diagnosis 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Correlation of fetal heart rate dynamics to inflammatory markers and brain-derived neurotrophic factor during pregnancy (2024)

Journal of Perinatal Medicine 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
Spatial characterization of functional neural activity during lower limb motion through functional connectivity (2024)

Journal of Applied Biomedicine 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Exploring the Influence of Fetal Sex on Heart Rate Dynamics Using Fetal Magnetocardiographic Recordings (2023)

Reproductive Sciences 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
The effect of maternal pregestational diabetes on fetal autonomic nervous system (2023)

Physiological Reports 7 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Grants & Funding

As listed on this researcher's institutional profile.

Magnetoencephalography based tracking of fetal neurodevelopment in diabetic pregnancies NIH/Nat. Inst. of Child Health & Human Development Co-Investigator
Development of low-cost optically pumped magnetometer system for fetal applications NIH/Nat. Heart, Lung & Blood Institute Co-Investigator
Studying the Effect of SSRI on Fetal Brain Development Using Magnetoencephalography Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Principal Investigator
Development of Analysis Tools to Enhance Magnetomyographic Assessment of Pelvic Floor Muscles NIH/Nat. Inst. of Biomedical Imaging & Bioengineering Co-Investigator