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Jeffrey J. Borckardt is affiliated with the Medical University of South Carolina in the United States. Their research spans multiple subfields within medicine and neuroscience, focusing notably on pain management, neuromodulation techniques, and biomedical applications related to brain stimulation.

The main fields of study in Borckardt's work comprise:

  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience

Within these areas, their investigations extend into several subfields, including:

  • Pharmacology
  • Neurology
  • Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Biomedical Engineering

Key research topics addressed by Borckardt include:

  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Pain Management and Treatment
  • Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications
  • Pain Management and Placebo Effect
  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

Their frequent coauthors reflect active collaboration with researchers in related domains, including:

  • Mark S. George
  • Kelly S. Barth
  • Bashar W. Badran
  • Kevin A. Caulfield
  • Xingbao Li

Borckardt's recent publications demonstrate a focus on brain stimulation methods and pain threshold modulation. Notable papers include:

  • "Sonication of the anterior thalamus with MRI-Guided transcranial focused ultrasound (tFUS) alters pain thresholds in healthy adults: A double-blind, sham-controlled study" (2020, Brain Stimulation)
  • "Transcranial electrical stimulation motor threshold can estimate individualized tDCS dosage from reverse-calculation electric-field modeling" (2020, Brain Stimulation)
  • "DLPFC stimulation alters working memory related activations and performance: An interleaved TMS-fMRI study" (2022, Brain Stimulation)
  • "Pain rehabilitation's dual power: Treatment for chronic pain and prevention of opioid-related risks." (2020, American Psychologist)
  • "ENIGMA-Chronic Pain: a worldwide initiative to identify brain correlates of chronic pain" (2024, Pain)

The venues where Borckardt frequently publishes include:

  • Brain Stimulation
  • BMC Medicine
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Pain Medicine
  • UNC Libraries

Best Publications

  • An efficient and accurate new method for locating the F3 position for prefrontal TMS applications

    William Beam;Jeffrey J. Borckardt;Scott T. Reeves;Mark S. George

  • A Pilot Study of the Tolerability and Effects of High-Definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (HD-tDCS) on Pain Perception

    Jeffrey J. Borckardt;Marom Bikson;Heather Frohman;Scott T. Reeves

  • Prefrontal cortex transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) temporarily reduces food cravings and increases the self-reported ability to resist food in adults with frequent food craving.

    Rachel L. Goldman;Jeffrey J. Borckardt;Heather A. Frohman;Patrick M. O’Neil

  • Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex reduces nicotine cue craving.

    Xingbao Li;Karen J. Hartwell;Karen J. Hartwell;Max Owens;Todd LeMatty

  • A two-site pilot randomized 3 day trial of high dose left prefrontal repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for suicidal inpatients.

    Mark S. George;Mark S. George;Rema Raman;David M. Benedek;Christopher G. Pelic;Christopher G. Pelic

  • Ten sessions of adjunctive left prefrontal rTMS significantly reduces fibromyalgia pain: A randomized, controlled pilot study

    E. Baron Short;Jeffrey J. Borckardt;Berry S. Anderson;Heather Frohman

  • Safety, tolerability, and effectiveness of high doses of adjunctive daily left prefrontal repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for treatment-resistant depression in a clinical setting.

    Dakota Hadley;Berry S. Anderson;Jeffrey J. Borckardt;Ashley Arana

  • Short trains of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) have parameter-specific effects on heart rate.

    Bashar W. Badran;Oliver J. Mithoefer;Caroline E. Summer;Nicholas T. LaBate

  • Shoulder pain: a comparison of wheelchair athletes and nonathletic wheelchair users.

    Heather D. Fullerton;Jeffrey J. Borckardt;Alan P. Alfano

  • Cloninger's temperament and character dimensions of personality in patients with major depressive disorder.

    Feryal Cam Celikel;Samet Kose;Birgul Elbozan Cumurcu;Unal Erkorkmaz

  • Estimating resting motor thresholds in transcranial magnetic stimulation research and practice: a computer simulation evaluation of best methods.

    Jeffrey J. Borckardt;Jeffrey J. Borckardt;Ziad Nahas;Jejo Koola;Mark S. George

  • Intermittent "real-time" fMRI feedback is superior to continuous presentation for a motor imagery task: a pilot study.

    Kevin A. Johnson;Karen Hartwell;Todd LeMatty;Jeffrey Borckardt

  • Noninvasive cortical modulation of experimental pain

    Veit Mylius;Jeffrey J. Borckardt;Jean-Pascal Lefaucheur

  • Endogenous opioids mediate left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex rTMS-induced analgesia

    Joseph J. Taylor;Jeffrey J. Borckardt;Mark S. George;Mark S. George

  • Fifteen minutes of left prefrontal repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation acutely increases thermal pain thresholds in healthy adults

    Jeffrey J Borckardt;Arthur R Smith;Scott T Reeves;Mitchell Weinstein

  • Sonication of the anterior thalamus with MRI-Guided transcranial focused ultrasound (tFUS) alters pain thresholds in healthy adults: A double-blind, sham-controlled study.

    Bashar W. Badran;Kevin A. Caulfield;Sasha Stomberg-Firestein;Philipp M. Summers

  • Inverse effects of oxytocin on attributing mental activity to others in depressed and healthy subjects: a double-blind placebo controlled FMRI study

    David Pincus;Samet Kose;Ashley Arana;Kevin Johnson

  • Pain Control and Quality of Life After Pancreatectomy with Islet Autotransplantation for Chronic Pancreatitis

    Katherine Morgan;Stefanie M. Owczarski;Jeffrey Borckardt;Alok Madan

  • Bilateral Epidural Prefrontal Cortical Stimulation for Treatment-Resistant Depression

    Ziad Nahas;Berry S. Anderson;Jeff Borckardt;Ashley B. Arana

  • Significant analgesic effects of one session of postoperative left prefrontal cortex repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: a replication study.

    Jeffrey J. Borckardt;Scott T. Reeves;Mitchel Weinstein;Arthur R. Smith

  • Postoperative Left Prefrontal Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Reduces Patient-controlled Analgesia Use

    Jeffrey J. Borckardt;Mitchel Weinstein;Scott T. Reeves;F Andrew Kozel

  • Reducing procedural pain and discomfort associated with transcranial direct current stimulation.

    James L. McFadden;Jeff J. Borckardt;Mark S. George;Mark S. George;William Beam

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark S. George
Mark S. George Medical University of South Carolina
Xingbao Li
Xingbao Li Medical University of South Carolina
Colleen A. Hanlon
Colleen A. Hanlon Wake Forest University
Kathleen T. Brady
Kathleen T. Brady Medical University of South Carolina
Carla Kmett Danielson
Carla Kmett Danielson Medical University of South Carolina
Peter W. Tuerk
Peter W. Tuerk University of Virginia
Marom Bikson
Marom Bikson City College of New York
Michael E. Saladin
Michael E. Saladin Medical University of South Carolina
Rochelle F. Hanson
Rochelle F. Hanson Medical University of South Carolina
Eric L. Garland
Eric L. Garland University of Utah

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