Dr. Mark George, MD

• Psychiatry

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• Low frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex transiently increases cue-induced craving for methamphetamine: A preliminary study, 2013-08-26

• Regional Brain Activity in Abstinent Methamphetamine Dependent Males Following Cue Exposure, 2016-02-19

• Developing Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) as a Treatment Tool for Cocaine Use Disorder: a Series of Six Translational Studies, 2017-10-23

• A visual and narrative timeline of US FDA milestones for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) devices, 2021-11-11

• Interregional cerebral metabolic associativity during a continuous performance task Part I: Healthy adults, 2008-09-17

• Can transcranial electrical stimulation motor threshold estimate individualized tDCS doses over the prefrontal cortex? Evidence from reverse-calculation electric field modeling, 2020-05-19

• A pilot randomized controlled trial of supervised, at-home, self-administered transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) to manage long COVID symptoms, 2022-08-25

• Update on the Use of Transcranial Electrical Brain Stimulation to Manage Acute and Chronic COVID-19 Symptoms, 2020-11-12

• Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Post-Stroke Upper Extremity Motor Recovery Studies Exhibit a Dose-Response Relationship, 2015-09-07

• Imaging the neural mechanisms of TMS neglect-like bias in healthy volunteers with the interleaved TMS/fMRI technique: preliminary evidence, 2012-12-17

• Brain stimulation in zero gravity: transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) motor threshold decreases during zero gravity induced by parabolic flight, 2020-09-21

• Multi-site harmonization of diffusion MRI data in a registration framework, 2020-10-04

• Functional MRI Detection of Deception After Committing a Mock Sabotage Crime*, 2008-11-29

• Real-time fMRI in the Treatment of Nicotine Dependence: A Conceptual Review and Pilot Studies, 2012-05-07

• Brain stimulation and brain lesions converge on common causal circuits in neuropsychiatric disease, 2021-07-08

• Simultaneous aerobic exercise and rTMS: Feasibility of combining therapeutic modalities to treat depression, 2017-10-31

• The Painfulness of Active, But Not Sham, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Decreases Rapidly Over Time: Results from the Double-Blind Phase of the OPT-TMS Trial, 2013-05-21

• Focal Electrically Administered Therapy (FEAT): Device parameter effects on stimulus perception in humans, 2010-04-26

• From adults to pediatrics: A review noninvasive brain stimulation (NIBS) to facilitate recovery from brain injury, 2021-02-23

• Pursuing personalized medicine for depression by targeting the lateral or medial prefrontal cortex with Deep TMS, 2023-02-22

• Interventional Psychiatry: Why Now?, 2014-10-30

• Consensus Recommendations for the Clinical Application of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) in the Treatment of Depression, 2018-02-28

• The Effects of Focal Electrically-Administered Seizure Therapy (FEAST) Compared to Ultrabrief Pulse Right Unilateral Electroconvulsive Therapy on Suicidal Ideation: A Two Site Clinical Trial, 2021-12-01

• Four Electric Field Modeling Methods of Dosing Prefrontal Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS): Introducing APEX MT Dosimetry, 2021-06-26

• Improving the antidepressant efficacy of transcranial magnetic stimulation: Maximizing the number of stimulations and treatment location in treatment resistant depression, 2011-09-02

• BDNF genotype and tDCS interaction in aphasia treatment, 2018-08-18

• Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Reduces Nicotine Cue Craving, 2013-02-26

• Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) for improving oromotor function in newborns, 2018-06-30

• Use of imperceptible wrist vibration to modulate sensorimotor cortical activity., 2019-01-03

• Synchronized cervical VNS with accelerated theta burst TMS for treatment resistant depression, 2020-08-07

• Reward Circuit DBS Improves Parkinson's Gait along with Severe Depression and OCD, 2015-12-07

• Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Post-Stroke Motor Recovery: Challenges and Opportunities, 2020-03-29

• Tragus or cymba conchae? Investigating the anatomical foundation of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS), 2018-06-06

• Prefrontal versus motor cortex transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) effects on post-surgical opioid use, 2017-09-06

• The Clinical TMS Society Consensus Review and Treatment Recommendations for TMS Therapy for Major Depressive Disorder, 2016-03-16

• Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in the treatment of substance addiction, 2014-07-28

• Motor Threshold in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: The Impact of White Matter Fiber Orientation and Skull-to-Cortex Distance, 2010-06-10

• A comprehensive study of sensorimotor cortex excitability in chronic cocaine users: Integrating TMS and functional MRI data, 2015-09-26

• Oscillating square wave Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) delivered during slow wave sleep does not improve declarative memory more than sham: A randomized sham controlled crossover study, 2015-02-16

• Combining therapeutic approaches: rTMS and aerobic exercise in post-stroke depression: a case series, 2017-10-06

• High-Intensity Aerobic Exercise Acutely Increases Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor, 2019-03-07

• Quantitative Reassessment of Safety Limits of tDCS for Two Animal Studies, 2017-07-24

• NMDA receptor partial agonist, d -cycloserine, enhances 10 Hz rTMS-induced motor plasticity, suggesting long-term potentiation (LTP) as underlying mechanism, 2020-01-08

• Optimized APPS-tDCS electrode position, size, and distance doubles the on-target stimulation magnitude in 3000 electric field models, 2022-11-22

• Probing the Frontostriatal Loops Involved in Executive and Limbic Processing via Interleaved TMS and Functional MRI at Two Prefrontal Locations: A Pilot Study, 2013-07-09

• Replication of Functional MRI Detection of Deception, 2009-01-01

• Neural Correlates of Craving and Resisting Craving for Tobacco in Nicotine Dependent Smokers, 2011-07-25

• Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Tobacco Treatment in Cancer Patients: A Preliminary Report of a One-Week Treatment, 2022-07-11

• A reexamination of motor and prefrontal TMS in tobacco use disorder: time for personalized dosing based on electric field modeling?, 2021-07-10

• Right anterior insula connectivity is important for cue-induced craving in nicotine-dependent smokers, 2014-02-13

• Laboratory Administration of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (taVNS): Technique, Targeting, and Considerations, 2019-01-07

• LONG-TERM EFFICACY OF REPEATED DAILY PREFRONTAL TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION (TMS) IN TREATMNT-RESISTANT DEPRESSION, 2012-06-11

• The Effect of Daily Prefrontal Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Over Several Weeks on Resting Motor Threshold, 2009-07-01

• Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of the Dorsal Lateral Prefrontal Cortex Inhibits Medial Orbitofrontal Activity in Smokers, 2017-09-12

• Treatment of Adults with Autism and Major Depressive Disorder using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: An Open Label Pilot Study, 2020-01-15

• Resisting the Urge to Smoke and Craving during a Smoking Quit Attempt on Varenicline: Results from a Pilot fMRI Study, 2015-07-09

• Are EMG and visual observation comparable in determining resting motor threshold? A reexamination after twenty years, 2018-11-08

• What goes up, can come down: Novel brain stimulation paradigms may attenuate craving and craving-related neural circuitry in substance dependent individuals, 2015-03-11

• Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) administration to heavy cannabis users, 2017-08-14

• Reduction of cue-induced craving through realtime neurofeedback in nicotine users: The role of region of interest selection and multiple visits, 2013-05-15

• Feature selection for fMRI-based deception detection, 2009-09-17

• Beyond Neural Cubism: Promoting a Multidimensional View of Brain Disorders by Enhancing the Integration of Neurology and Psychiatry in Education, 2014-09-12

• Individual variability in the locus of prefrontal craving for nicotine: Implications for brain stimulation studies and treatments, 2012-03-28

• State-Dependent Effects of Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex Continuous Thetaburst Stimulation on Cocaine Cue Reactivity in Chronic Cocaine Users, 2019-05-08

• Neurophysiologic effects of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) via electrical stimulation of the tragus: A concurrent taVNS/fMRI study and review, 2017-12-29

• Fast Left Prefrontal rTMS Acutely Suppresses Analgesic Effects of Perceived Controllability on the Emotional Component of Pain Experience, 2010-11-30

• Ruminative reflection is associated with anticorrelations between the orbitofrontal cortex and the default mode network in depression: implications for repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, 2021-12-03

• Single pulse TMS to the DLPFC, compared to a matched sham control, induces a direct, causal increase in caudate, cingulate, and thalamic BOLD signal, 2018-02-24

• A Randomized, Controlled Investigation of Motor Cortex Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Effects on Quantitative Sensory Measures in Healthy Adults: Evaluation of TMS Device Parameters, 2011-01-26

• Charge Density, not Current Density, is a More Comprehensive Safety Measure of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, 2017-08-10

• Safety and Tolerability of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to Stroke Patients - A Phase I Current Escalation Study, 2017-02-27

• Reducing Procedural Pain and Discomfort Associated with Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, 2010-06-03

• Presenting ERIK, the TMS phantom: A novel device for training and testing operators, 2019-05-08

• Imaging in StrokeNet: Realizing the Potential of Big Data, 2015-06-04

• Safety and recommendations for TMS use in healthy subjects and patient populations, with updates on training, ethical and regulatory issues: Expert Guidelines, 2020-10-24

• Cerebral Cortex Plasticity After 90 Days of Bed Rest: Data from TMS and fMRI, 2010-04-20

• Unilateral ultra-brief pulse electroconvulsive therapy for depression in Parkinson's disease, 2016-05-31

• Personalized TMS helmets for quick and reliable TMS administration outside of a laboratory setting, 2020-01-14

• A Double-Blind, Sham-Controlled Pilot Trial of Pre-Supplementary Motor Area (Pre-SMA) 1 Hz rTMS to Treat Essential Tremor, 2016-08-05

• White matter abnormalities in mild traumatic brain injury with and without post-traumatic stress disorder: A subject-specific diffusion tensor imaging study, 2017-11-15

• TMS and CBT-I for comorbid depression and insomnia. Exploring feasibility and tolerability of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) for comorbid major depressive disorder and insomnia during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021-09-23

• Bilateral Assessment of the Corticospinal Pathways of the Ankle Muscles Using Navigated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, 2019-02-19

• Decreasing Procedural Pain Over Time of Left Prefrontal rTMS for Depression: Initial Results from the Open-Label Phase of a Multi-site Trial (OPT-TMS), 2009-04-01

• Left frontal pole theta burst stimulation decreases orbitofrontal and insula activity in cocaine users and alcohol users, 2017-05-30

• Evidence of transcranial direct current stimulation-generated Electric Fields at Subthalamic Level in Human Brainin vivo, 2018-03-13

• Volitional Reduction of Anterior Cingulate Cortex Activity Produces Decreased Cue Craving in Smoking Cessation: A Preliminary Real-Time fMRI Study, 2012-03-28

• Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) given for poor feeding in at-risk infants also improves their motor abilities, 2023-02-23

• Endogenous opioids mediate left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex rTMS-induced analgesia, 2012-03-22

• Identifying response and predictive biomarkers for Transcranial magnetic stimulation outcomes: protocol and rationale for a mechanistic study of functional neuroimaging and behavioral biomarkers in veterans with Pharmacoresistant depression, 2021-01-13

• Adverse Outcome Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Is Associated with Microstructure Alterations at the Gray and White Matter Boundary, 2023-08-21

• Lower subcortical gray matter volume in both younger smokers and established smokers relative to non-smokers, 2014-08-13

• Brain Stimulation, Revolutions, and the Shifting Time Domain of Depression, 2008-09-15

• Hunting for right and left parietal hot spots using single-pulse TMS: modulation of visuospatial perception during line bisection judgment in the healthy brain, 2014-10-31

• A pilot study to investigate the induction and manipulation of learned helplessness in healthy adults, 2014-06-16

• Adjunctive Triple Chronotherapy (Combined Total Sleep Deprivation, Sleep Phase Advance, and Bright Light Therapy) Rapidly Improves Mood and Suicidality in Suicidal Depressed Inpatients: An Open Label Pilot Study, 2014-09-03

• Transcranial direct current stimulation to treat aphasia: Longitudinal analysis of a randomized controlled trial, 2018-09-29

• Daily prefrontal closed-loop repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) produces progressive EEG quasi-alpha phase entrainment in depressed adults, 2022-02-26

• Differential abnormalities of functional connectivity of the amygdala and hippocampus in unipolar and bipolar affective disorders, 2014-06-02

• Prefrontal Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Depression in US Military Veterans - A Naturalistic Cohort Study in the Veterans Health Administration, 2021-10-20

• Transcranial electrical stimulation motor threshold can estimate individualized tDCS dosage from reverse-calculation electric-field modeling, 2020-04-21

• Sonication of the anterior thalamus with MRI-Guided transcranial focused ultrasound (tFUS) alters pain thresholds in healthy adults: A double-blind, sham-controlled study, 2020-10-24

• Altered brain activity and functional connectivity after MDMA-assisted therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder, 2023-01-12

• 10 Sessions of Adjunctive Left Prefrontal rTMS Significantly Reduces Fibromyalgia Pain: A Randomized, Controlled, Pilot Study, 2011-07-20

• A case series exploring the effect of twenty sessions of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on cannabis use and craving, 2019-09-30

• Executive Control Circuitry Differentiates Degree of Success in Weight Loss Following Gastric-Bypass Surgery, 2013-10-17

• A pilot randomized controlled trial of supervised, at-home, self-administered transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) to manage long COVID symptoms, 2022-06-21

• Prefrontal rTMS for Treating Depression: Location and Intensity Results from the OPT-TMS Multi-Site Clinical Trial, 2012-03-14

• Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) of the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Reduces Resting-State Insula Activity and Modulates Functional Connectivity of the Orbitofrontal Cortex in Cigarette Smokers, 2017-02-28

• Tolerability and Feasibility of Accelerated Repetitive Transcranial Stimulation for Reduction of Nicotine Craving, 2019-06-20

• Fractional anisotropy (FA) changes after several weeks of daily left high frequency rTMS of the prefrontal cortex to treat major depression, 2010-07-23

• Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Chronic Stroke: Is Neuroimaging the Answer to the Next Leap Forward?, 2023-03-30

• Zero gravity induced by parabolic flight enhances automatic capture and weakens voluntary maintenance of visuospatial attention, 2021-07-27

• Epigenome-wide meta-analysis of PTSD across 10 military and civilian cohorts identifies methylation changes inAHRR, 2020-11-24

• Two Weeks of Image-guided Left Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Improves Smoking Cessation: A Double-Blind, Sham-Controlled, Randomized Clinical Trial, 2020-06-10

• NMDA-Receptor Agonist Reveals LTP-like Properties of 10-Hz rTMS in the Human Motor Cortex, 2021-03-29

• Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation-Paired Rehabilitation for Oromotor Feeding Problems in Newborns: An Open-Label Pilot Study, 2020-03-18

• Neuronavigation maximizes accuracy and precision in TMS positioning: Evidence from 11,230 distance, angle, and electric field modeling measurements, 2022-08-27

• A Two-Site, Open-Label, Non-Randomized Trial Comparing Focal Electrically-Administered Seizure Therapy (FEAST) and Right Unilateral Ultrabrief Pulse Electroconvulsive Therapy (RUL-UBP ECT), 2020-07-29

• Design and Validation of a Closed-Loop, Motor-Activated Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (MAAVNS) System for Neurorehabilitation, 2020-02-27

• A Transdiagnostic Review of Safety, Efficacy, and Parameter Space in Accelerated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, 2022-06-28

• Neurocognitive markers of childhood abuse in individuals with PTSD: Findings from the INTRuST Clinical Consortium, 2019-11-23

• Short trains of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) have parameter-specific effects on heart rate, 2018-04-06