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Mohammad Sendi, Mark Halko, Jenna Traynor, Joshua Brown, Marc Copersino, Lisa Nickerson, Nathaniel Harnett, Sanne van Rooij, Diego Pizzagalli, Stacey House, Francesca Beaudoin, Xinming An, Thomas Neylan, Gari Clifford, Tanja Jovanovic, Sarah Linnstaedt, Laura Germine, Kenneth Bollen, Scott Rauch, John Haran, Alan Storrow, Christopher Lewandowski, Paul Musey, Phyllis Hendry, Sophia Sheikh, Christopher Jones, Brittany Punches, Robert Swor, Nina Gentile, Lauren Hudak, Jose Pascual, Mark Seamon, Erica Harris, Claire Pearson, David Peak, Robert Domeier, Niels Rathlev, Brian O'Neil, Paulina Sergot, Leon Sanchez, Steven Bruce, John Sheridan, Steven Harte, Ronald Kessler, Karestan Koenen, Elizabeth Phelps, David Salat, Helen Mayberg, Samuel McLean, Jennifer Stevens, Vince Calhoun, Kerry Ressler, Daniel Dillon. Comprehensive mapping of cognitive and emotion networks in stress, anxiety, and depression implicates the precuneus as a critical hub. 2025 August. DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-7200801/v1.
Dost Öngür, Michael J Coleman, Kathryn E Lewandowski, Carrie E Bearden, Daphne J Holt, Mark A Halko, Adam Beermann, Karlos Manzanarez Felix, Jing Xie, Jean Addington, Diana O Perkins, Ming T Tsuang, Sylvain Bouix, Kristin Cadenhead, Stephan Heckers, Gulcan Yildiz, William S Stone, Scott Woods, Heather Burrell Ward, Matcheri Keshavan, Roscoe O Brady, Daniel Mathalon, Tyrone D Cannon, Barbara Cornblatt, Martha E Shenton, Larry Seidman, Alan Breier, Elaine F Walker. Robust Brain Correlates of Cognitive Performance in Psychosis and its Prodrome. Elsevier. 2025. doi: 10.17615/f5hf-hg10.
Dost Öngür, Michael J Coleman, Kathryn E Lewandowski, Carrie E Bearden, Daphne J Holt, Mark A Halko, Adam Beermann, Karlos Manzanarez Felix, Jing Xie, Jean Addington, Diana O Perkins, Ming T Tsuang, Sylvain Bouix, Kristin Cadenhead, Stephan Heckers, Gulcan Yildiz, William S Stone, Scott Woods, Heather Burrell Ward, Matcheri Keshavan, Roscoe O Brady, Daniel Mathalon, Tyrone D Cannon, Barbara Cornblatt, Martha E Shenton, Larry Seidman, Alan Breier, Elaine F Walker. Robust Brain Correlates of Cognitive Performance in Psychosis and its Prodrome. Elsevier. 2025. doi: 10.17615/f5hf-hg10.
Sierra, L.A., Kaur, J., Frank, S.A., Halko, M.A., Curiel Cid, R.E., Loewenstein, D.A., Corey-Bloom, J., Laganiere, S.. Unraveling progressive verbal memory deficits in Huntington’s disease: insights from the LASSI-L. Frontiers in Neurology. 2025; 16. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2025.1494816.
Ward, H.B., Beermann, A., Xie, J., Yildiz, G., Felix, K.M., Addington, J., Bearden, C.E., Cadenhead, K., Cannon, T.D., Cornblatt, B., Keshavan, M., Mathalon, D., Perkins, D.O., Seidman, L., Stone, W.S., Tsuang, M.T., Walker, E.F., Woods, S., Coleman, M.J., Bouix, S., Holt, D.J., \"Ong\"ur, D., Breier, A., Shenton, M.E., Heckers, S., Halko, M.A., Lewandowski, K.E., Brady, R.O.. Robust Brain Correlates of Cognitive Performance in Psychosis and Its Prodrome. Biological Psychiatry. 2025; 97(2):139-147. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2024.07.012.
Agustin G. Yip, Marc L. Copersino, Mark A. Halko, Oscar Morales, Paula Bolton, Joshua C. Brown, Kerry J. Ressler, Stephen J. Seiner. Early comparative outcomes of electroconvulsive therapy and transcranial magnetic stimulation among depressed patients from a neurotherapeutics registry. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. 2025 August. doi: 10.1016/j.transm.2025.100172.
Sierra, L.A., Wynn, A., Lanzaro, E., Dzekon, K., Russell, A., Halko, M., Claassen, D.O., Frank, S., Considine, C.M., Laganiere, S.. Deciphering Cognitive Impairments in Huntington's Disease: A Comparative Study of Stroop Test Variations. Journal of Huntington's disease. 2024; 13(2):249-257. doi: 10.3233/JHD-231528.
Feola B, Beermann A, Manzanarez Felix K, Coleman M, Bouix S, Holt DJ, Lewandowski KE, Öngür D, Breier A, Shenton ME, Heckers S, Brady RO Jr, Blackford JU, Ward HB. Data-driven, connectome-wide analysis identifies psychosis-specific brain correlates of fear and anxiety. Mol Psychiatry. 2024 Sep;29(9):2601-2610. doi: 10.1038/s41380-024-02512-w. Epub 2024 Mar 19. PubMed PMID: 38503924; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11411017.
Moussa-Tooks AB, Beermann A, Manzanarez Felix K, Coleman M, Bouix S, Holt D, Lewandowski KE, Öngür D, Breier A, Shenton ME, Heckers S, Walther S, Brady RO Jr, Ward HB. Isolation of Distinct Networks Driving Action and Cognition in Psychomotor Processes. Biol Psychiatry. 2024 Sep 1;96(5):390-400. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2024.02.1013. Epub 2024 Mar 5. PubMed PMID: 38452884; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11414019.
Yip, Agustin, Copersino, Marc, Halko, Mark, Morales, Oscar, Ressler, Kerry, Seiner, Stephen. Comparative Effectiveness of Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) inDepressed Inpatients: Feasibility and Early Results. Biological Psychiatry. 2023.
Halko, Mark, Lewandowski, Kathryn, Hwang, Melissa, Beermann, Adam, Ward, Heather, Xie, Jing, Nye, Madelaine, McCarthy, Julie, Du, Fei, Hall, Mei-Hua, Keshavan, Matcheri, Li, Huijun, McCarley, Robert, Niznikiewicz, Margaret, Ongur, Dost, Seidman, Larry, Shinn, Ann K., Shenton, Martha, Stone, William S., Tang, Yingying, Zhang TianHong, Wang, Jijun, Whitfield-Gabrieli, Susan, Brady, Roscoe. Cerebellar Circuit Manipulation Ameliorates Hallucinations, Negative Symptoms, and Cognitive Deficits in Psychosis. Biological Psychiatry. 2023.
Ward, Heather, Beermann, Adam, Yildiz, Gulcan, Addington, Jean, Bearden, Carrie, Breier, Alan, Cadenhead, Kristin, Cannon, Tyrone, Cornblatt, Barbara, Heckers, Stephan, Holt, Daphne, Keshavan, Matcheri, Lewandowski, Kathryn, Mathalon, Daniel, McGlashan, Thomas, Ongur, Dost, Perkins, Diana, Seidman, Larry, Shenton, Martha, Stone, William, Tsuang, Ming, Walker, Elaine, Woods, Scott, Halko, Mark, Brady, Roscoe. Disease-Informed Assessment Identifies Robust Brain Correlates of Cognitive Performance in Psychosis and its Prodrome. Biological Psychiatry. 2023.
Sierra, Luis A., Hughes, Shelby B., Ullman, Clementina J., Hall, Andrew, Pandeya, Sarbesh R., Schubert, Robin, Frank, Samuel A., Halko, Mark A., Corey-Bloom, Jody, Laganiere, Simon. LASSI-L detects early cognitive changes in pre-motor manifest Huntington's disease: a replication and validation study. Frontiers in Neurology. 2023. doi: 10.3389/FNEUR.2023.1191718.
Sierra, L.A., Hughes, S.B., Ullman, C.J., Hall, A., Pandeya, S.R., Schubert, R., Frank, S.A., Halko, M.A., Corey-Bloom, J., Laganiere, S.. LASSI-L detects early cognitive changes in pre-motor manifest Huntington’s disease: a replication and validation study. Frontiers in Neurology. 2023; 14. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2023.1191718.
Bègue I, Elandaloussi Y, Delavari F, Cao H, Moussa-Tooks A, Roser M, Coupé P, Leboyer M, Kaiser S, Houenou J, Brady R, Laidi C. The Cerebellum and Cognitive Function: Anatomical Evidence from a Transdiagnostic Sample. Cerebellum. 2024 Aug;23(4):1399-1410. doi: 10.1007/s12311-023-01645-y. Epub 2023 Dec 27. PubMed PMID: 38151675; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11269336.
Ward, H.B., Brady, R.O., Halko, M.A., Lizano, P.. Noninvasive Brain Stimulation for Nicotine Dependence in Schizophrenia: A Mini Review. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2022; 13. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.824878.
Ward, H.B., Beermann, A., Nawaz, U., Halko, M.A., Janes, A.C., Moran, L.V., Brady, R.O.. Evidence for Schizophrenia-Specific Pathophysiology of Nicotine Dependence. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2022; 13. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.804055.
Ward HB, Brady RO, Halko MA, Lizano P. Noninvasive Brain Stimulation for Nicotine Dependence in Schizophrenia: A Mini Review. Front Psychiatry. 2022;13:824878. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.824878. eCollection 2022. Review. PubMed PMID: 35222123; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8863675.
Ward HB, Beermann A, Nawaz U, Halko MA, Janes AC, Moran LV, Brady RO Jr. Evidence for Schizophrenia-Specific Pathophysiology of Nicotine Dependence. Front Psychiatry. 2022;13:804055. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.804055. eCollection 2022. PubMed PMID: 35153877; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8829345.
Lo, O.-Y., Halko, M.A., Devaney, K.J., Wayne, P.M., Lipsitz, L.A., Manor, B.. Gait Variability Is Associated with the Strength of Functional Connectivity between the Default and Dorsal Attention Brain Networks: Evidence from Multiple Cohorts. Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. 2021; 76(10):E328-E334. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glab200.
Ward, H.B., Brady, R.O., Halko, M.A.. Bridging the Gap: Strategies to Make Psychiatric Neuroimaging Clinically Relevant. Harvard Review of Psychiatry. 2021; 29(3):185-187. doi: 10.1097/HRP.0000000000000295.
Basavaraju, R., Ithal, D., Thanki, M.V., Ramalingaiah, A.H., Thirthalli, J., Reddy, R.P., Brady, R.O., Halko, M.A., Bolo, N.R., Keshavan, M.S., Pascual-Leone, A., Mehta, U.M., Kesavan, M.. Intermittent theta burst stimulation of cerebellar vermis enhances fronto-cerebellar resting state functional connectivity in schizophrenia with predominant negative symptoms: A randomized controlled trial. Schizophrenia Research. 2021; 238:108-120. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2021.10.005.
Brissenden, J.A., Tobyne, S.M., Halko, M.A., Somers, D.C.. Stimulus-specific visual working memory representations in human cerebellar lobule VIIb/VIIIa. Journal of Neuroscience. 2021; 41(5):1033-1045. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1253-20.2020.
James A. Brissenden, Sean M. Tobyne, Mark A. Halko, David C. Somers. Stimulus-Specific Visual Working Memory Representations in Human Cerebellar Lobule VIIb/VIIIa. The Journal of Neuroscience. 2021 February. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1253-20.2020.
Low, A.Y.T., Goldstein, N., Gaunt, J.R., Huang, K.-P., Zainolabidin, N., Yip, A.K.K., Carty, J.R.E., Choi, J.Y., Miller, A.M., Ho, H.S.T., Lenherr, C., Baltar, N., Azim, E., Sessions, O.M., Ch?ng, T.H., Bruce, A.S., Martin, L.E., Halko, M.A., Brady, R.O., Holsen, L.M., Alhadeff, A.L., Chen, A.I., Betley, J.N.. Reverse-translational identification of a cerebellar satiation network. Nature. 2021; 600(7888):269-273. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04143-5.
Low AYT, Goldstein N, Gaunt JR, Huang KP, Zainolabidin N, Yip AKK, Carty JRE, Choi JY, Miller AM, Ho HST, Lenherr C, Baltar N, Azim E, Sessions OM, Ch'ng TH, Bruce AS, Martin LE, Halko MA, Brady RO Jr, Holsen LM, Alhadeff AL, Chen AI, Betley JN. Reverse-translational identification of a cerebellar satiation network. Nature. 2021 Dec;600(7888):269-273. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04143-5. Epub 2021 Nov 17. PubMed PMID: 34789878; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8665128.
Ward HB, Brady RO Jr, Halko MA. Bridging the Gap: Strategies to Make Psychiatric Neuroimaging Clinically Relevant. Harv Rev Psychiatry. 2021 May-Jun 01;29(3):185-187. doi: 10.1097/HRP.0000000000000295. PubMed PMID: 33882534; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8592022.
Ozdemir, R.A., Tadayon, E., Boucher, P., Momi, D., Karakhanyan, K.A., Fox, M.D., Halko, M.A., Pascual-Leone, A., Shafi, M.M., Santarnecchi, E.. Individualized perturbation of the human connectome reveals reproducible biomarkers of network dynamics relevant to cognition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2020; 117(14):8115-8125. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1911240117.
Zhou, J., Lo, O.-Y., Halko, M.A., Harrison, R., Lipsitz, L.A., Manor, B.. The functional implications and modifiability of resting-state brain network complexity in older adults. Neuroscience Letters. 2020; 720. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2020.134775.
Zhou J, Lo OY, Halko MA, Harrison R, Lipsitz LA, Manor B. The functional implications and modifiability of resting-state brain network complexity in older adults. Neurosci Lett. 2020 Feb 16;720:134775. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2020.134775. Epub 2020 Jan 20. PubMed PMID: 31972253; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7069223.
Schmahmann, J.D., Guell, X., Stoodley, C.J., Halko, M.A.. The Theory and Neuroscience of Cerebellar Cognition. In: Annual Review of Neuroscience 2019. 337-364p.
Brady, R.O., Gonsalvez, I., Lee, I., \"Ong\"ur, D., Seidman, L.J., Schmahmann, J.D., Eack, S.M., Keshavan, M.S., Pascual-Leone, A., Halko, M.A.. Cerebellar-prefrontal network connectivity and negative symptoms in schizophrenia. American Journal of Psychiatry. 2019; 176(7):512-520. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2018.18040429.
Roscoe O. Brady, Irene Gonsalvez, Ivy Lee, Dost Öngür, Larry J. Seidman, Jeremy D. Schmahmann, Shaun M. Eack, Matcheri S. Keshavan, Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Mark A. Halko. Cerebellar-Prefrontal Network Connectivity and Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia. American Journal of Psychiatry. 2019 January; :appi.ajp.2018.1. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2018.18040429.
Schmahmann JD, Guell X, Stoodley CJ, Halko MA. The Theory and Neuroscience of Cerebellar Cognition. Annu Rev Neurosci. 2019 Jul 8;42:337-364. doi: 10.1146/annurev-neuro-070918-050258. Epub 2019 Apr 2. Review. PubMed PMID: 30939101.
Brady RO Jr, Gonsalvez I, Lee I, Öngür D, Seidman LJ, Schmahmann JD, Eack SM, Keshavan MS, Pascual-Leone A, Halko MA. Cerebellar-Prefrontal Network Connectivity and Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia. Am J Psychiatry. 2019 Jul 1;176(7):512-520. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2018.18040429. Epub 2019 Jan 30. PubMed PMID: 30696271; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6760327.
Lefebvre, G., Chamard, E., Proulx, S., Tremblay, S., Halko, M., Soman, S., De Guise, E., Pascual-Leone, A., Th\'eoret, H.. Increased myo-inositol in primary motor cortex of contact sports athletes without a history of concussion. Journal of Neurotrauma. 2018; 35(7):953-962. doi: 10.1089/neu.2017.5254.
Brissenden JA, Tobyne SM, Osher DE, Levin EJ, Halko MA, Somers DC. Topographic Cortico-cerebellar Networks Revealed by Visual Attention and Working Memory. Curr Biol. 2018 Nov 5;28(21):3364-3372.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.08.059. Epub 2018 Oct 18. PubMed PMID: 30344119; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6257946.
Lefebvre G, Chamard E, Proulx S, Tremblay S, Halko M, Soman S, de Guise E, Pascual-Leone A, Théoret H. Increased Myo-Inositol in Primary Motor Cortex of Contact Sports Athletes without a History of Concussion. J Neurotrauma. 2018 Apr 1;35(7):953-962. doi: 10.1089/neu.2017.5254. Epub 2018 Feb 9. PubMed PMID: 29279021; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5865614.
Lo, O.-Y., Halko, M.A., Zhou, J., Harrison, R., Lipsitz, L.A., Manor, B.. Gait speed and gait variability are associated with different functional brain networks. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 2017; 9(NOV). doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2017.00390.
Eldaief, M.C., Mcmains, S., Hutchison, R.M., Halko, M.A., Pascual-Leone, A.. Reconfiguration of Intrinsic Functional Coupling Patterns Following Circumscribed Network Lesions. Cerebral Cortex. 2017; 27(5):2894-2910. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhw139.
Lo OY, Halko MA, Zhou J, Harrison R, Lipsitz LA, Manor B. Gait Speed and Gait Variability Are Associated with Different Functional Brain Networks. Front Aging Neurosci. 2017;9:390. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2017.00390. eCollection 2017. PubMed PMID: 29249961; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5715372.
Esterman M, Thai M, Okabe H, DeGutis J, Saad E, Laganiere SE, Halko MA. Network-targeted cerebellar transcranial magnetic stimulation improves attentional control. Neuroimage. 2017 Aug 1;156:190-198. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.05.011. Epub 2017 May 8. PubMed PMID: 28495634; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5973536.
Eldaief MC, McMains S, Hutchison RM, Halko MA, Pascual-Leone A. Reconfiguration of Intrinsic Functional Coupling Patterns Following Circumscribed Network Lesions. Cereb Cortex. 2017 May 1;27(5):2894-2910. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhw139. PubMed PMID: 27226439; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6059247.
Farzan, F., Pascual-Leone, A., Schmahmann, J.D., Halko, M.. Enhancing the Temporal Complexity of Distributed Brain Networks with Patterned Cerebellar Stimulation. Scientific Reports. 2016; 6. doi: 10.1038/srep23599.
James A. Brissenden, Emily J. Levin, David E. Osher, Mark A. Halko, David C. Somers. Functional Evidence for a Cerebellar Node of the Dorsal Attention Network. The Journal of Neuroscience. 2016 June. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0344-16.2016.
Brissenden, J.A., Levin, E.J., Osher, D.E., Halko, M.A., Somers, D.C.. Functional evidence for a cerebellar node of the dorsal attention network. Journal of Neuroscience. 2016; 36(22):6083-6096. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0344-16.2016.
Halko, M.A., Farzan, F., Eldaief, M.C., Schmahmann, J.D., Pascual-Leone, A.. Intermittent theta-burst stimulation of the lateral cerebellum increases functional connectivity of the default network. Journal of Neuroscience. 2014; 34(36):12049-12056. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1776-14.2014.
Mark A. Halko, Faranak Farzan, Mark C. Eldaief, Jeremy D. Schmahmann, Alvaro Pascual-Leone. Intermittent Theta-Burst Stimulation of the Lateral Cerebellum Increases Functional Connectivity of the Default Network. The Journal of Neuroscience. 2014 September. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1776-14.2014.
Camprodon, J.A., Halko, M.A.. Combination of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) with functional magnetic resonance imaging. In: Neuromethods 2014. 179-196p.
M. A. Halko, F. Farzan, M. C. Eldaief, J. D. Schmahmann, A. Pascual-Leone. Intermittent Theta-Burst Stimulation of the Lateral Cerebellum Increases Functional Connectivity of the Default Network. Journal of Neuroscience. 2014 September; 34(36):12049--12056. doi: 10.1523/jneurosci.1776-14.2014.
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