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  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
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Overview

Sarah H. Lisanby is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a focus on Neurology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Pharmacology, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, and Imaging.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Pain Management and Treatment

Lisanby has contributed to frequent publications in several venues, notably:

  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Brain Stimulation
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry

Recent papers by Lisanby include:

  • Safety and recommendations for TMS use in healthy subjects and patient populations, with updates on training, ethical and regulatory issues: Expert Guidelines, 2020, Clinical Neurophysiology
  • A randomized proof-of-mechanism trial applying the 'fast-fail' approach to evaluating κ-opioid antagonism as a treatment for anhedonia, 2020, Nature Medicine
  • Selective kappa-opioid antagonism ameliorates anhedonic behavior: evidence from the Fast-fail Trial in Mood and Anxiety Spectrum Disorders (FAST-MAS), 2020, Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Training in the practice of noninvasive brain stimulation: Recommendations from an IFCN committee, 2020, Clinical Neurophysiology
  • A generalized workflow for conducting electric field-optimized, fMRI-guided, transcranial magnetic stimulation, 2020, Nature Protocols

The scientist frequently collaborates with colleagues including:

  • Zhi-De Deng
  • Bruce Luber
  • Lysianne Beynel
  • Shawn M. McClintock
  • Angel V. Peterchev

Sarah H. Lisanby holds membership in the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Safety and recommendations for TMS use in healthy subjects and patient populations, with updates on training, ethical and regulatory issues: Expert Guidelines

    Simone Rossi;Andrea Antal;Sven Bestmann;Marom Bikson

  • Daily left prefrontal transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy for major depressive disorder: a sham-controlled randomized trial

    Mark S. George;Sarah H. Lisanby;David Avery;William M. McDonald

  • Electric field depth-focality tradeoff in transcranial magnetic stimulation: simulation comparison of 50 coil designs.

    Zhi-De Deng;Sarah H. Lisanby;Angel V. Peterchev

  • A prospective, randomized, double-blind comparison of bilateral and right unilateral electroconvulsive therapy at different stimulus intensities.

    Harold A. Sackeim;Joan Prudic;D. P. Devanand;Mitchell S. Nobler

  • Lateral prefrontal cortex and self-control in intertemporal choice

    Bernd Figner;Daria Knoch;Eric J Johnson;Amy R Krosch;Amy R Krosch

  • Therapeutic application of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: a review.

    Eric M Wassermann;Sarah H Lisanby

  • Parietal cortex and representation of the mental Self

    Hans C. Lou;Hans C. Lou;Hans C. Lou;Bruce Luber;Michael Crupain;Julian P. Keenan

  • Transcranial magnetic stimulation: applications in neuropsychiatry.

    Mark S. George;Sarah H. Lisanby;Harold A. Sackeim

  • Vagus nerve stimulation: a new tool for brain research and therapy∗

    Mark S. George;Mark S. George;Harold A. Sackeim;A.John Rush;Lauren B. Marangell

  • Consensus Recommendations for the Clinical Application of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) in the Treatment of Depression

    Shawn M. McClintock;Shawn M. McClintock;Irving M. Reti;Linda L. Carpenter;William M. McDonald

  • Neuropsychiatric applications of transcranial magnetic stimulation: a meta analysis.

    Tal Burt;Tal Burt;Sarah H. Lisanby;Harold A. Sackeim

  • Electroconvulsive therapy for depression.

    Sarah H. Lisanby

  • Effects of Pulse Width and Electrode Placement on the Efficacy and Cognitive Effects of Electroconvulsive Therapy

    Harold A. Sackeim;Joan Prudic;Mitchell S. Nobler;Linda Fitzsimons

  • Antidepressant-Induced Neurogenesis in the Hippocampus of Adult Nonhuman Primates

    Tarique D. Perera;Jeremy D. Coplan;Sarah H. Lisanby;Cecilia M. Lipira

  • Subcallosal cingulate deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant depression: a multisite, randomised, sham-controlled trial

    Paul E. Holtzheimer;Mustafa M. Husain;Mustafa M. Husain;Sarah H. Lisanby;Stephan F. Taylor

  • Sham TMS: intracerebral measurement of the induced electrical field and the induction of motor-evoked potentials

    Sarah H Lisanby;David Gutman;Bruce Luber;Charles Schroeder

  • The Effects of Electroconvulsive Therapy on Memory of Autobiographical and Public Events

    Sarah H. Lisanby;Jill H. Maddox;Joan Prudic;D. P. Devanand

  • Fundamentals of transcranial electric and magnetic stimulation dose: Definition, selection, and reporting practices

    Angel V. Peterchev;Timothy A. Wagner;Pedro C. Miranda;Michael A. Nitsche

  • Efficacy and safety of deep transcranial magnetic stimulation for major depression: a prospective multicenter randomized controlled trial

    Yechiel Levkovitz;Moshe Isserles;Frank Padberg;Sarah H. Lisanby

  • Two-Year Outcome of Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) for Treatment of Major Depressive Episodes

    Ziad Nahas;Lauren B. Marangell;Mustafa M. Husain;A. John Rush

  • Enhancement of human cognitive performance using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

    Bruce Luber;Sarah H. Lisanby

  • Daily Left Prefrontal Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Therapy for Major Depressive Disorder

    Mark S. George;Sarah H. Lisanby;David Avery;William M. McDonald

Frequent Co-Authors

Angel V. Peterchev
Angel V. Peterchev Duke University
Shawn M. McClintock
Shawn M. McClintock The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Mark S. George
Mark S. George Medical University of South Carolina
Roberto Cabeza
Roberto Cabeza Duke University
Devangere P. Devanand
Devangere P. Devanand Columbia University
Donel Martin
Donel Martin University of New South Wales
Simone Rossi
Simone Rossi University of Siena
Paul E. Holtzheimer
Paul E. Holtzheimer Dartmouth College
Sanjay J. Mathew
Sanjay J. Mathew Baylor College of Medicine
Stefan M. Goetz
Stefan M. Goetz Duke University

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