Selected Publications

E ye movements reflect memory-related theta activity in the human brain. (2026) H. Zubair, M. Stangl, U. Topalovic, C. Inman, M. Seeber, S. Hiller, V. Rao, C. Halpern, D. Eliashiv, I. Fried, N. Suthana. PLOS Biology.

Brain activity associated with breakthrough food preoccupation in an individual on tirzepatide. (2025) Y. Nho, L. Qiu, A. Chang, G. Campos, R. Seilheimer, B. Wilent, D. Bakalov, N. Firdous, M. Kerr, D. Joshi, G. Maze, U. Topalovic, D. Batista, N. Suthana, A. Amaro, M. Hayes, I. Cajigas, M. Cristancho, K. Allison, B. Pesaran, K. Scangos, J. Gold, T. Wadden, C. Halpern. Nature Medicine.

Effects of virtual reality on spatiotemporal gait parameters and freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease. (2025) L. Ma, Yosef, B., Talu, I., Batista, D., Jenkens-Drake, E., Suthana, N., Cross, K npj Parkinson’s Disease.

Human neural dynamics of real-world and imagined navigation. (2025) M. Seeber, M. Stangl, M. Vallejo Martelo, U. Topalovic, S. Hiller, C. Halpern, J. Langevin, V. Rao, I. Fried, D. Eliashiv, N. Suthana. Nature Human Behaviour.

Responsive deep brain stimulation guided by ventral striatal electrophysiology of obsession durably ameliorates compulsion. (2024) Y. Nho, C. E. Rolle, U. Topalovic, R. Shivacharan, T. Cunningham, S. Hiller, D.Batista, A. Feng, F. Espil, I. H. Kratter, M. T. Bhati, M. Kellogg, A. Raslan, N. Williams, J. Garnett, B. Pesaran, D. Oathes, N. Suthana, D. N. Barbosa, C. Halpern. Neuron.

Dynamic neural representations of memory and space during human ambulatory navigation. (2023) S.L. L. Maoz, M. Stangl, U. Topalovic, D. Batista, S. Hiller, Z. M. Aghajan, B. Knowlton, J. Stern, J.P. Langevin, I. Fried, D. Eliashiv & N. Suthana. Nature Communications.

A pilot study of closed-loop neuromodulation for treatment-resistant post-traumatic stress disorder. (2023) J. Gill*, J. Schneiders*, M. Stangl, Z. M. Aghajan, M. Vallejo, S. Hiller, U. Topalovic, C. S. Inman, D. Villaroman, A. Bari, A. Adhikari, V. R. Rao, M. Fanselow, M. Craske, S. Krahl, J. W. Y. Chen, M. Vick, N. Hasulak, J. Kao, R. Koek, N. Suthana**, J.P. Langevin**. Nature Communications. *Equal contributions. **Co-Senior Authors.

Mobile cognition: imaging the human brain in the ‘real world’. (2023) M. Stangl, S.L. Maoz, and N. Suthana. Nature Reviews Neuroscience. Perspective.

A wearable platform for closed-loop stimulation and recording of single-neuron and local field potential activity in freely moving humans. (2023) U. Topalovic, S. Barclay, C. Ling, A. Alzuhair, W. Yu, V. Hokhikyan, H. Chandrakumar, D. Rozgic, W. Jiang, S. Basir-Kazeruni, S. L. Maoz, C. S. Inman, M. Stangl, J. Gill, A. Bari, A. Fallah, D. Eliashiv, N. Pouratian, I. Fried, N. Suthana* and D. Markovic*. Nature Neuroscience. *Co-Senior Authors.

Ethical commitments, principles, and practices guiding intracranial neuroscientific research in humans. (2022) A. Feinsinger, N. Pouratian, H. Ebadi, R. Adolphs, R. Andersen, M. S. Beauchamp, E. F. Chang, N. E. Crone, J. L. Collinger, I. Fried, A. Marmelak, M. Richardson, U. Rutishauser, S. A. Sheth, N. Suthana, N. Tandon, D. Yoshor , on behalf of the NIH Research Opportunities in Human Consortium. Neuron, NeuroReview, Volume 110 (2), p. 188-194

Promises and challenges of human computational ethology. (2021) D. Mobbs, T. Wise, N. Suthana, N. Guzman, N. Kriegeskorte, J.Z. Leibo. Neuron, Perspective, Volume 109 (14), p. 2224-2238

Pattern Separation in the Human Hippocampus: Response to Quiroga. (2021) N. Suthana, A. Ekstrom, M. Yassa, C. Stark. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Volume 25 (6), p. 423-424

Boundary-anchored neural mechanisms of location-encoding for self and others. (2021) M. Stangl, U. Topalovic, C.S. Inman, S. Hiller, D. Villaroman, Z.M. Aghajan, L. Christov-Moore, N. R. Hasulak, V. R. Rao, C. H. Halpern, D. Eliashiv, I. Fried and N. Suthana. Nature, Volume 589, p. 420-425

Stimulation of the right entorhinal white matter enhances visual memory encoding in humans. (2021) E. A. Mankin*, Z. M. Aghajan*, P. Schuette*, M. E. Tran, N. Tchemodanov, A. Titiz, G. Kalender, D. Eliashiv, J. Stern, S. A. Weiss, D. Kirsch, B. Knowlton, I. Fried and N. Suthana. Brain Stimulation, Volume 14, p. 131-140. *Equal contributions.

Wireless Programmable Recording and Stimulation of Deep Brain Activity in Freely Moving Humans.(2020) U. Topalovic, Z. M. Aghajan, D. Villaroman, S. Hiller, L. Christov-Moore, T. J. Wishard, M. Stangl, N. R. Hasulak, C. S. Inman, T. A. Fields, V. R. Rao, D. Eliashiv, I. Fried and N. Suthana. Neuron, Volume 108, p. 322-334

Reporting Guidelines and Issues to Consider for Using Intracranial Brain Stimulation in Studies of Human Declarative Memory. (2018) N. Suthana, Z. M. Aghajan, E. A. Mankin, and A. Lin. Frontiers in Neuroscience, Mini-review, Volume 12, p. 905

Enhancing the Ecological Validity of fMRI Memory Research Using Virtual Reality. (2018) N. Reggente, J. K. Essoe, Z. M. Aghajan, A. V. Tavakoli, J. F. McGuire, N. Suthana, and J. Rissman. Frontiers in Neuroscience, Mini-review, Volume 12, p. 408

Theta Oscillations in the Human Medial Temporal Lobe during Real-World Ambulatory Movement. (2017) Z. M. Aghajan, P. Schuette, T. A. Fields, M. E. Tran, S. M. Siddiqui, N. R. Hasulak, T. K. Tcheng, D. Eliashiv, E. A. Mankin, J. Stern, I. Fried, and N. Suthana. Current Biology, Volume 27, p. 3743-3751

Theta-burst microstimulation in the human entorhinal area improves memory specificity. (2017) A. S. Titiz*, M. R. H. Hill*, E. A. Mankin, Z. M. Aghajan, D. Eliashiv, N. Tchemodanov, U. Maoz, J. Stern, M. E. Tran, P. Schuette, E. Behnke, N. Suthana**, and I. Fried**. eLife, Volume 6, p. 29515. *Equal contributions. **Co-senior authors.

A harmonized segmentation protocol for hippocampal and parahippocampal subregions: why do we need one and what are the key goals? (2017) L. Wisse*, A. M. Daugherty*, R. K. Olsen, D. Berron, V. A. Carr, C. E. L. Stark, R. S. C. Amaral, K. Amunts, J. C. Augustinack, A. R. Bender, J. D. Bernstein, M. Boccardi, M. Bocchetta, A. Burggren, M. M. Chakravarty, M. Chupin, A. D. Ekstrom, R. E. Flores, R. Insausti, P. Kanel, O. Kedo, K. M. Kennedy, G. A. Kerchner, K. LaRocque, X. Liu, A. Maass, N. Malykhin, S. G. Mueller, N. Ofen, D. J. Palombo, M. B. Parekh, J. B. Pluta, J. C. Pruessner, N. Raz, K. M. Rodrigue, D. Schoemaker, A. T. Shafer, T. A. Steve, N. Suthana, L. Wang, J. L. Winterburn, M. A. Yassa, P. A. Yushkevich, and R. LaJoie. Hippocampus, Volume 27, 1, p. 3-11. *Equal contributions.

Effects of aging on value-directed modulation of semantic network activity during verbal learning. (2016) M. S. Cohen, J. Rissman, N. Suthana, A. D. Castel, B. J. Knowlton. Neuroimage, Volume 125, p. 1046-52

Specific responses of human hippocampal neurons are associated with better memory. (2015) N. Suthana, N. Parikshak, A. D. Ekstrom, M. Ison, B. J. Knowlton, S. Y. Bookheimer, and I. Fried. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 112, p. 10503-8

Repeating spatial activations in human entorhinal cortex. (2015) J. Miller, N. Suthana, I. Fried, and J. Jacobs. Current Biology, Volume 25, p. 1080-5

Quantitative Comparison of 21 Protocols for Labeling Hippocampal Subfields and Parahippocampal Cortical Subregions in In Vivo MRI: Towards Developing a Harmonized Segmentation Protocol. (2015) P. Yushkevich, J. Augustinack, A. Bender, J. Bernstein, M. Boccardi, M. Bocchetta, A. Burggren, V. Carr, M. M. Chakravarty, G. Chetelat, A. Daugherty, L. Davachi, S. Ding, A. Ekstrom, M. Geerlings, A. Hassan, Y. Huang, J. Iglesias, R. LaJoie, G. Kerchner, K. LaRocque, L. Libby, N. Malykhin, S. Mueller, R. Olsen, D. Palombo, M. Parekh, J. Pluta, A. Preston, J. Pruessner, C. Ranganath, C. Raz, M. Schlichting, D. Schoemaker, S. Singh, C. Stark, N. Suthana, A. Tompary, M. Turowski, K. Leemput, A. Wagner, L. Wang, J. Winterburn, L. Wisse, M. Yassa, and M. Zeineh. Neuroimage, Volume 111, p. 526-41

High-resolution 7-Tesla fMRI of Human Hippocampal Subregions during Associative Learning. (2015) N. Suthana, M. Donix, D. Wozny, A. Bazih, M. Jones, R. Heidemann, R. Trampel, A. D. Ekstrom, M. Scharf, B. J. Knowlton, R. Turner, S. Y. Bookheimer. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Volume 27, p. 1194-206

Value-based modulation of memory encoding involves strategic engagement of fronto-temporal semantic processing regions. (2014) Cohen, M.S., Rissman, J., Suthana, N., Castel, A.D., Knowlton, B.J. Cognitive Affect Behav Neuroscience, Volume 14, p. 578-92

Evidence for corticostriatal dysfunction during cognitive skill learning in adolescent siblings of patients with childhood-onset schizophrenia. (2014) Wagshal, D., Knowlton, B., Suthana, N., Cohen, J., Poldrack, R., Bookheimer, S., Bilder, B., Asarnow, R. Schizophrenia Bulletin, Volume 40, p. 1030-9

Deep Brain Stimulation for Enhancement of Learning and Memory. (2014) Suthana, N. and Fried, I. Neuroimage, Review, Volume 85, p. 996-1002

APOE associated hemispheric asymmetry of entorhinal cortical thickness in aging and Alzheimer’s disease. (2013) Donix, M., Burggren, A., Scharf, M., Marschner, K., Suthana, N., Siddarth, P., Krupa, A., Jones, M., Martin-Harris, L., Ercoli, L., Miller, K., Werner, A., Kummer, R., Sauer, C., Small, G., Holthoff, A. and Bookheimer, S. A Psychiatry Research: Neuroimage, Volume 214, p. 212-20

Direct recordings of grid-likeneuronal activity in human spatial navigation. (2013) Jacobs, J., Weidemann, C., Miller, J., Solway, A., Burke, J., Wei, X., Suthana, N., Sperling, M., Sharan, A., Fried, I., Kahana, M. Nature Neuroscience, Volume 16, p. 1188-90

Percepts to recollections: Insight from single neuron recordings in the human brain. (2012) Suthana, N., Fried, I. Trends in Cognitive Science, Review, Volume16, p. 427-36

Fornix damage limits verbal memory. (2012) Kern, K., Ekstrom, A., Suthana, N., Giesser, B., Montag, M., Arshanapalli, A., Bookheimer, S., Sicotte, N. Neuroimage, Volume 59, p.2932-40

Memory Enhancement and Deep Brain Stimulation of Entorhinal Area. (2012) Suthana, N., Haneef, Z., Stern, J., Mukamel, R., Behnke, E., Knowlton, B., Fried, I. (2012) New England Journal of Medicine, Volume 366, p. 502-510

Project Brainstorm: Using Neuroscience To Connect College Students with Local Schools. (2012) Romero-Calderón, R., O’Hare, E., Suthana, N., Scott-Van Zeeland, A., Rizk- Jackson, A., Attar, A., Madsen, S., Ghiani, C., Evans, C., Watson, J. PLoS Biology, Volume 10, p. e1001310

Gray matter loss correlates with mesial temporal lobe neuronal hyperexcitability inside the human seizure onset zone. (2012) Staba, R., Ekstrom, A., Suthana, N., Burggren, A., Fried, I, Engel, J. Jr., Bookheimer, S. Epilepsia, Volume 53, p. 25-34

Dissociations within Human Hippocampal Subregions during Encoding and Retrieval of Spatial Information. (2011) Suthana, N., Ekstrom, A., Moshirvaziri, S., Knowlton B., Bookheimer, S.Y. Hippocampus, Volume 21, p. 694-701

Thickness in Entorhinal and Subicular Cortex Predicts Episodic Memory Decline in Mild Cognitive Impairment. (2011) Burggren, A.C., Renner, B., Jones, M., Donix M., Suthana, N., Martin-Harris L., Ercoli L.M., Miller K.J., Siddarth P., Small G.W., Bookheimer S.Y. International Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, Volume 2011, p. 956053,

Longitudinal Changes in Medial Temporal Cortical Thickness in Normal Subjects with the APOE-4 polymorphism. (2010) Donix, M., Burggren, A.B., Suthana, N., Siddarth, P., Ekstrom, A.D., Krupa, A., Jones, M., Rao, A., Martin-Harris, L. *, Ercoli, L.M., Miller, K.J., Small, G.W., Bookheimer, S.Y. Neuroimage, Volume 53, p. 37-43

Reduced hippocampal CA2, CA3, and dentate gyrus activity in asymptomatic people at genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease. (2010) Suthana, N., Krupa, A., Donix, M., Burggren, A.B., Ekstrom, A.D., Jones, M., Ercoli, L.M., Miller, K.J., Siddarth, P., Small, G.W., Bookheimer, S.Y. Neuroimage, Volume 53 p. 1077-84

Family History of Alzheimer’s Disease and Hippocampal Structure in Healthy People. (2010) Donix, M., Burggren, A.B., Suthana, N., Siddarth, P., Ekstrom, A.D., Krupa, A., Jones, M. *, Martin-Harris, L. *, Ercoli, L.M., Miller, K.J., Small, G.W., Bookheimer, S.Y. American Journal of Psychiatry, Volume 167, p. 1399-406

Advances in High-resolution Imaging and Computational Unfolding of the Human Hippocampus. (2009) Ekstrom A.D., Bazih, A., Suthana, N., Al-Hakim, R., Ogura, K., Zeineh, M., Burggren, A., Bookheimer S.Y. Neuroimage, Volume 47, p. 42-9

Correlation Between BOLD fMRI and Theta-band Local Field Potentials In the Human Hippocampal Area. (2009) Ekstrom, A.D., Suthana, N., Millet, D., Fried I., Bookheimer S.Y. Journal of Neurophysiology, Volume 101, p. 2668-78

Human hippocampal CA1 involvement during allocentric encoding of spatial information. (2009) Suthana, N., Ekstrom, A., Moshirvaziri, S., Knowlton B., Bookheimer, S.Y. Journal of Neuroscience, Volume 29, p. 10512-9

High-Resolution Depth Electrode Localization and Imaging in Patients with Pharmacologically Intractable Epilepsy. (2008) Ekstrom, A., Suthana, N., Salamon, N., Behnke, E., Bookheimer, S.Y., Fried, I. Journal of Neurosurgery, Volume 108, p. 812-5

Melatonin inhibits hippocampal long-term potentiation. (2005) Wang, L.M., Suthana, N., Chaudhury D, Weaver, D.R., Colwell, C.S. European Journal of Neuroscience, Volume 22, p. 2231-7

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