Publications

Ludovichetti L, Chow CT, Kashyap S, et al. Phantom Safety Assessment of 3 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Directional and Sensing Deep Brain Stimulation Devices. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2024. Provides a safety evaluation of modern directional and sensing DBS systems during 3T MRI, using phantom-based testing to inform clinical guidelines.

Boutet A, Loh A, Chow CT, et al. A literature review of magnetic resonance imaging sequence advancements in visualizing functional neurosurgery targets. J Neurosurg. 2021;135(5):1445-1458. Reviews MRI sequence developments for visualizing DBS and functional neurosurgery targets, highlighting key advances and future clinical impact.

Boutet A, Elias GJ, Joel SE, et al.** Probabilistic mapping of deep brain stimulation: insights from 15 years of therapy. Ann Neurol. 2021;89(3):426-43. Large-scale probabilistic mapping of DBS outcomes identifies therapeutic “sweet spots” and guides future targeting strategies.

Boutet A, Germann J, Gwun D, et al.** Sign-specific stimulation ‘hot’ and ‘cold’ spots in Parkinson’s disease validated with machine learning. Brain Commun. 2021;3(2):fcab027. Machine learning uncovers symptom-specific stimulation zones in DBSfor Parkinson’s disease.

Boutet A, Chow CT, Narang K, et al. Improving Safety of MRI in Patients with Deep Brain Stimulation Devices. Radiology. 2020;296(2):250-62. Reviews MRI safety for patients with DBS, shaping access to imaging in clinical care.

Boutet A, Rashid T, Hancu I, et al. Functional MRI Safety and Artifacts during Deep Brain Stimulation: Experience in 102 Patients. Radiology. 2019;293(1):174-83. One of the largest studies evaluating fMRI safety and artifacts in DBS patients, supporting safe clinical implementation.

Hancu I, Boutet A, Fiveland E, et al. On the (Non‐) equivalency of monopolar and bipolar settings for deep brain stimulation fMRI studies of Parkinson's disease patients. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2019;49(6):1736-49. Shows monopolar vs. bipolar DBS settings produce distinct fMRI patterns, informing both clinical and research use.

Boutet A, Ranjan M, Zhong J, et al. Focused ultrasound thalamotomy location determines clinical benefits in patients with essential tremor. Brain. 2018;141(12):3405-14. Demonstrates that lesion placement during focused ultrasound thalamotomy predicts tremor control and side effects.

Vetkas A, Sumarac S, Chau S, Clinton R, Haniff E, Boutet A, et al. The effects of intracranial stimulation on local neurovascular responses in humans. Brain Stimul. 2025 Sept 25;S1935-861X(25)00341-9. 

Vetkas A, Yang A, Boutet A, Cheyuo C, Santyr B, Sarica C, et al. One Side or Two? A Systematic Review of Deep Brain Stimulation Approaches in Movement Disorders. Mov Disord Clin Pract. 2025 Aug 14; 

Boutet A, Germann J, Fasano A. Imaging and neuromodulation in Parkinson’s disease. Curr Opin Neurol. 2025 Aug 1;38(4):322–7. 

Xue T, Qiu Y, Tian W, Xie H, Fan S, Fan H, et al. Optimal Stimulation Sites and Connectomes for GPi and STN-DBS in Cervical Dystonia. CNS Neurosci Ther. 2025 Aug;31(8):e70561. 

Buongermini R, Bichsel O, Schmidt FA, Hajiabadi MM, Cabrera-Montes J, Mueller MC, et al. MR-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy in a patient with thrombocytopenia: illustrative case. J Neurosurg Case Lessons. 2025 July 21;10(3):CASE2525. 

Santyr B, Boutet A, Abbass M, Vetkas A, Germann J, Ajala A, et al. Functional network differences between unilateral and bilateral deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus. NPJ Parkinsons Dis. 2025 July 17;11(1):215. 

Spencer KA, Boogers A, Sumarac S, Crompton DBJ, Steiner LA, Zivkovic L, et al. Modulating inhibitory synaptic plasticity to restore basal ganglia dynamics in Parkinson’s disease. Brain. 2025 July 7;148(7):2299–305. 

Sarica C, Yamamoto K, Iorio-Morin C, Germann J, Yang AZ, Santyr B, et al. Bilateral Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy for Essential Tremor: Clinical Outcomes Compared to Bilateral Deep Brain Stimulation and Probabilistic Lesion Mapping. Mov Disord. 2025 July;40(7):1265–78. 

Elias GJB, Iskin SA, Beyn ME, Omere U, Rizvi SJ, Ceniti AK, et al. Fluorodeoxyglucose-Positron Emission Tomography as a Preoperative Biomarker for Predicting and Optimizing Response to Subcallosal Cingulate Area Deep Brain  Stimulation. Biol Psychiatry. 2025 May 20;S0006-3223(25)01193-X. 

Yang AZ, Rodrigues T, Kashyap S, Patel Y, Balachandar A, Davidson BA, et al. Cerebellar Dentate Cavernoma Enlargement and Tremor Emergence: Longitudinal Neuroimaging Analysis of Case Report and Literature Review. Mov Disord Clin Pract. 2025 May 19; 

Chua MMJ, Pinzon AM, Neudorfer C, Ng PR, Blitz SE, Meyer GM, et al. Optimal focused ultrasound lesion location in essential tremor. Sci Adv. 2025 May 16;11(20):eadp0532. 

Falzon A, Abdelghafar A, Hendriks E, Barazarte HA, Kostynskyy A, Boutet A, et al. The effect of pre-treatment hematoma size and unilateral vs bilateral MMA embolization on volume reduction in the treatment of chronic subdural hematomas:  A retrospective cohort study. Interv Neuroradiol. 2025 Apr 29;15910199251328563. 

Boutet A, Son HJ, Malik M, Haile S, Yang AZ, Pai V, et al. Enlarging and shrinking focal perivascular spaces. Neuroradiol J. 2025 Apr;38(2):224–9. 

Ozkara BB, Boutet A, Comstock BA, Van Goethem J, Huisman TAGM, Ross JS, et al. Artificial Intelligence-Generated Editorials in Radiology: Can Expert Editors Detect Them? AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2025 Mar 4;46(3):559–66. 

Santyr B, Boutet A, Ajala A, Germann J, Qiu J, Fasano A, et al. Emerging Techniques for the Personalization of Deep Brain Stimulation Programming. Can J Neurol Sci. 2025 Feb 18;1–13. 

Yang AZ, Boutet A, Pai V, Colditz MJ, Vetkas A, Santyr B, et al. Imaging Findings of Intracerebral Infection after Deep Brain Stimulation: Pediatric Case Series and Literature Review. Mov Disord Clin Pract. 2025 Feb;12(2):242–5. 

Vetkas A, Cheyuo C, Zemmar A, Santyr B, Chow CT, Kashyap S, et al. Functional MRI reveals brain activation patterns associated with optimization of spinal cord stimulation parameters in treating chronic pain. Brain Stimul. 2025 Feb;18(1):173–5. 

Yang AZ, MacKillop J, Boutet A, Fomenko A, Vetkas A, Sloan ME, et al. Deep Brain Stimulation for Substance Use Disorder: Case Report of Fentanyl Use Disorder and Review of the Literature. Can J Neurol Sci. 2025 Jan 30;1–4. 

Shah BR, Tanabe J, Jordan JE, Kern D, Harward SC, Feltrin FS, et al. State of Practice on Transcranial MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound: A Report from the ASNR Standards and Guidelines Committee and ACR Commission on Neuroradiology  Workgroup. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2025 Jan 8;46(1):2–10. 

Ludovichetti R, Chow CT, Kashyap S, Connell I, Yang B, Graham SJ, et al. Phantom Safety Assessment of 3 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Directional and Sensing Deep Brain Stimulation Devices. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2025;103(1):42–54.

Boutet A, Malik M, Yang AZ, Germann J, Haile SS, Son HJ, et al. Focal leptomeningeal vascular anomalies on brain MRI: A mimic of leptomeningeal metastatic disease. Neurooncol Pract. 2024 Dec;11(6):772–8. 

Lizarraga KJ, Gnanamanogaran B, Al-Ozzi TM, Cohn M, Tomlinson G, Boutet A, et al. Lateralized Subthalamic Stimulation for Axial Dysfunction in Parkinson’s Disease: Exploratory Outcomes and Open-Label Extension. Mov Disord Clin Pract. 2024 Nov;11(11):1421–6. 

Marushchak O, Maralani PJ, Boutet A. Avoiding Cognitive Bias in Radiology: New Brain Lesions in Homeopathically Treated Breast Cancer Patient. Can J Neurol Sci. 2024 Oct 9;1–2. 

Boutet A, Haile SS, Yang AZ, Son HJ, Malik M, Pai V, et al. Assessing the Emergence and Evolution of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Research in Neuroradiology. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2024 Sept 9;45(9):1269–75. 

Suresh H, Morgan BR, Mithani K, Warsi NM, Yan H, Germann J, et al. Postoperative cerebellar mutism syndrome is an acquired autism-like network disturbance. Neuro Oncol. 2024 May 3;26(5):950–64. 

Steiner LA, Crompton D, Sumarac S, Vetkas A, Germann J, Scherer M, et al. Neural signatures of indirect pathway activity during subthalamic stimulation in Parkinson’s disease. Nat Commun. 2024 Apr 11;15(1):3130. 

Elias GJB, Germann J, Joel SE, Li N, Horn A, Boutet A, et al. A large normative connectome for exploring the tractographic correlates of focal brain interventions. Sci Data. 2024 Apr 8;11(1):353. 

Vetkas A, Boutet A, Sarica C, Germann J, Gwun D, Yamamoto K, et al. Successful magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound treatment of tremor in patients with a skull density ratio of 0.4 or less. J Neurosurg. 2024 Mar 1;140(3):639–47. 

Santyr B, Loh A, Vetkas A, Gwun D, Fung WK, Qazi S, et al. Uncovering neuroanatomical correlates of impaired coordinated movement after pallidal deep brain stimulation. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2024 Jan 11;95(2):167–70. 

Germann J, Santyr B, Boutet A, Sarica C, Chow CT, Elias GJB, et al. Comparative neural correlates of DBS and MRgFUS lesioning for tremor control in essential tremor. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2024 Jan 11;95(2):180–3. 

Oxenford S, Ríos AS, Hollunder B, Neudorfer C, Boutet A, Elias GJB, et al. WarpDrive: Improving spatial normalization using manual refinements. Med Image Anal. 2024 Jan;91:103041. 

Qiu J, Ajala A, Karigiannis J, Germann J, Santyr B, Loh A, et al. Deep Learning and fMRI-Based Pipeline for Optimization of Deep Brain Stimulation During Parkinson’s Disease Treatment: Toward Rapid Semi-Automated Stimulation  Optimization. IEEE J Transl Eng Health Med. 2024;12:589–99.

Di Luca DG, Ramirez-Gomez C, Germann J, Santyr B, Boutet A, Milosevic L, et al. Deep Brain Stimulation of the Globus Pallidus Internus and Externus in Multiple System Atrophy. Mov Disord. 2023 Nov;38(11):2121–5. 

Warsi NM, Wong SM, Germann J, Boutet A, Arski ON, Anderson R, et al. Dissociable default-mode subnetworks subserve childhood attention and cognitive flexibility: Evidence from deep learning and stereotactic electroencephalography. Neural Netw. 2023 Oct;167:827–37. 

Elias GJB, Germann J, Boutet A, Beyn ME, Giacobbe P, Song HN, et al. Local neuroanatomical and tract-based proxies of optimal subcallosal cingulate deep brain stimulation. Brain Stimul. 2023 Oct;16(5):1259–72. 

Gouveia FV, Germann J, Elias GJB, Boutet A, Loh A, Lopez Rios AL, et al. Multi-centre analysis of networks and genes modulated by hypothalamic stimulation in patients with aggressive behaviours. Elife. 2023 May 22;12. 

Balachandar A, Boutet A, Vetkas A, Germann J, Chan IYM, Mikulis D, et al. Reply to: Glioblastoma, IDH-Wildtype, CNS WHO Grade 4, Associated with Deep Brain Stimulation in a Patient with Essential Tremor: Report of a Case with Molecular  Characterization and Review of the Literature. Mov Disord Clin Pract. 2023 Mar;10(3):529–30. 

Balachandar A, Boutet A, Vetkas A, Germann J, Chan IYM, Mikulis D, et al. The Role of Safe MRI in Diagnosing an Unusual Case of High-Grade Glioma Adjacent to Globus Pallidus Interna DBS Electrode. Mov Disord Clin Pract. 2023 Jan;10(1):138–40. 

Schulder M, Mishra A, Mammis A, Horn A, Boutet A, Blomstedt P, et al. Advances in Technical Aspects of Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2023;101(2):112–34.

Ríos AS, Oxenford S, Neudorfer C, Butenko K, Li N, Rajamani N, et al. Optimal deep brain stimulation sites and networks for stimulation of the fornix in Alzheimer’s disease. Nat Commun. 2022 Dec 14;13(1):7707. 

Loh A, Germann J, Qazi S, Husain R, Boutet A, Lozano AM, et al. Lesion network mapping of ectopic craniopharyngioma identifies potential cause of psychosis: a case report. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2022 Dec;164(12):3285–9. 

Yamamoto K, Sarica C, Loh A, Vetkas A, Samuel N, Milano V, et al. Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound for the treatment of tremor. Expert Rev Neurother. 2022 Oct;22(10):849–61. 

Yan H, Elkaim LM, Venetucci Gouveia F, Huber JF, Germann J, Loh A, et al. Deep brain stimulation for extreme behaviors associated with autism spectrum disorder converges on a common pathway: a systematic review and connectomic  analysis. J Neurosurg. 2022 Sept 1;137(3):699–708. 

Loh A, Elias GJB, Germann J, Boutet A, Gwun D, Yamamoto K, et al. Neural Correlates of Optimal Deep Brain Stimulation for Cervical Dystonia. Ann Neurol. 2022 Sept;92(3):418–24. 

Boutet A, Loh A, Germann J, Machnowska M, Scantlebury N, Vetkas A, et al. A Cautionary Tale of Magnetic Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy-Induced White Matter Lesions. Mov Disord. 2022 Sept;37(9):1953–5.

Yamamoto K, Sarica C, Elias GJB, Boutet A, Germann J, Loh A, et al. Ipsilateral and axial tremor response to focused ultrasound thalamotomy for essential tremor: clinical outcomes and probabilistic mapping. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2022 Aug 22;jnnp-2021-328459. 

Vetkas A, Fomenko A, Germann J, Sarica C, Iorio-Morin C, Samuel N, et al. Response: Deep brain stimulation targets in epilepsy: Systematic review and meta-analysis of anterior and centromedian thalamic nuclei and hippocampus. Epilepsia. 2022 July;63(7):1885–6. 

Elias GJB, Germann J, Boutet A, Loh A, Li B, Pancholi A, et al. 3T MRI of rapid brain activity changes driven by subcallosal cingulate deep brain stimulation. Brain. 2022 June 30;145(6):2214–26. 

Loh A, Gwun D, Chow CT, Boutet A, Tasserie J, Germann J, et al. Probing responses to deep brain stimulation with functional magnetic resonance imaging. Brain Stimul. 2022 June;15(3):683–94. 

Loh A, Boutet A, Chow CT, Elias GJB, Germann J, Kucharczyk W, et al. Letter: Unforeseen Hurdles Associated With Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients With Deep Brain Stimulation Devices. Neurosurgery. 2022 May 1;90(5):e129. 

Lizárraga KJ, Gnanamanogaran B, Al-Ozzi TM, Cohn M, Tomlinson G, Boutet A, et al. Lateralized Subthalamic Stimulation for Axial Dysfunction in Parkinson’s Disease: A Randomized Trial. Mov Disord. 2022 May;37(5):1079–87. 

Elias GJB, Germann J, Boutet A, Pancholi A, Beyn ME, Bhatia K, et al. Structuro-functional surrogates of response to subcallosal cingulate deep brain stimulation for depression. Brain. 2022 Mar 29;145(1):362–77. 

Vetkas A, Fomenko A, Germann J, Sarica C, Iorio-Morin C, Samuel N, et al. Deep brain stimulation targets in epilepsy: Systematic review and meta-analysis of anterior and centromedian thalamic nuclei and hippocampus. Epilepsia. 2022 Mar;63(3):513–24. 

Sasikumar S, Cohn M, Harmsen IE, Loh A, Cho SS, Sáenz-Farret M, et al. Single-Trajectory Multiple-Target Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinsonian Mobility and Cognition. Mov Disord. 2022 Mar;37(3):635–40. 

Germann J, Zadeh G, Mansouri A, Kucharczyk W, Lozano AM, Boutet A. Untapped Neuroimaging Tools for Neuro-Oncology: Connectomics and Spatial Transcriptomics. Cancers (Basel). 2022 Jan 18;14(3). 

De Vloo P, Boutet A, Elias GJB, Gramer RM, Joel SE, Llinas M, et al. Dysgeusia induced and resolved by focused ultrasound thalamotomy: case report. J Neurosurg. 2022 Jan 1;136(1):215–20. 

Yamamoto K, Elias GJB, Beyn ME, Zemmar A, Loh A, Sarica C, et al. Neuromodulation for Pain: A Comprehensive Survey and Systematic Review of Clinical Trials and Connectomic Analysis of Brain Targets. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2022;100(1):14–25. 

Visanji NP, Ghani M, Yu E, Kakhki EG, Sato C, Moreno D, et al. Axial Impairment Following Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson’s Disease: A Surgicogenomic Approach. J Parkinsons Dis. 2022;12(1):117–28. 

Vetkas A, Germann J, Elias G, Loh A, Boutet A, Yamamoto K, et al. Identifying the neural network for neuromodulation in epilepsy through connectomics and graphs. Brain Commun. 2022;4(3):fcac092. 

Vetkas A, Germann J, Boutet A, Samuel N, Sarica C, Yamamoto K, et al. Laser interstitial thermal therapy for the treatment of insular lesions: A systematic review. Front Neurol. 2022;13:1024075. 

Loh A, Boutet A, Germann J, Al-Fatly B, Elias GJB, Neudorfer C, et al. A Functional Connectome of Parkinson’s Disease Patients Prior to Deep Brain Stimulation: A Tool for Disease-Specific Connectivity Analyses. Front Neurosci. 2022;16:804125. 

Germann J, Boutet A, Elias GJB, Gouveia FV, Loh A, Giacobbe P, et al. Brain Structures and Networks Underlying Treatment Response to Deep Brain Stimulation Targeting the Inferior Thalamic Peduncle in Obsessive-Compulsive  Disorder. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2022;100(4):236–43. 

Elias GJB, Germann J, Loh A, Boutet A, Pancholi A, Beyn ME, et al. Habenular Involvement in Response to Subcallosal Cingulate Deep Brain Stimulation for Depression. Front Psychiatry. 2022;13:810777. 

Germann J, Elias GJB, Neudorfer C, Boutet A, Chow CT, Wong EHY, et al. Potential optimization of focused ultrasound capsulotomy for obsessive compulsive disorder. Brain. 2021 Dec 16;144(11):3529–40. 

McInnis MC, Chow CT, Boutet A, Mafeld S, Granton J, McRae K, et al. Global trends in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension clinical trials and dissemination of results. Pulm Circ. 2021 Dec;11(4):20458940211059994. 

Boutet A, Loh A, Chow CT, Taha A, Elias GJB, Neudorfer C, et al. A literature review of magnetic resonance imaging sequence advancements in visualizing functional neurosurgery targets. J Neurosurg. 2021 Nov 1;135(5):1445–58. 

Iorio-Morin C, Yamamoto K, Sarica C, Zemmar A, Levesque M, Brisebois S, et al. Bilateral Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy for Essential Tremor (BEST-FUS Phase 2 Trial). Mov Disord. 2021 Nov;36(11):2653–62. 

Neudorfer C, Elias GJB, Jakobs M, Boutet A, Germann J, Narang K, et al. Mapping autonomic, mood and cognitive effects of hypothalamic region deep brain stimulation. Brain. 2021 Oct 22;144(9):2837–51. 

Elias GJB, Boutet A, Parmar R, Wong EHY, Germann J, Loh A, et al. Neuromodulatory treatments for psychiatric disease: A comprehensive survey of the clinical trial landscape. Brain Stimul. 2021 Oct;14(5):1393–403. 

De Vloo P, Lam E, Elias GJ, Boutet A, Sutandar K, Giacobbe P, et al. Long-term follow-up of deep brain stimulation for anorexia nervosa. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2021 Oct;92(10):1135–6. 

Sarica C, Yamamoto K, Loh A, Elias GJB, Boutet A, Madhavan R, et al. Blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) response patterns with thalamic deep brain stimulation in patients with medically refractory epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav. 2021 Sept;122:108153. 

Soh D, Maciel R, Algarni M, Lizarraga K, Loh A, Germann J, et al. Flexible vs. standard subthalamic stimulation in Parkinson disease: A double-blind proof-of-concept cross-over trial. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2021 Aug;89:93–7. 

Paff M, Boutet A, Germann J, Elias GJB, Chow CT, Loh A, et al. Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy Sensory Side Effects Follow the Thalamic Structural Homunculus. Neurol Clin Pract. 2021 Aug;11(4):e497–503. 

Lee DJ, Drummond NM, Saha U, De Vloo P, Dallapiazza RF, Gramer R, et al. Acute low frequency dorsal subthalamic nucleus stimulation improves verbal fluency in Parkinson’s disease. Brain Stimul. 2021 Aug;14(4):754–60. 

Elias GJB, Germann J, Neudorfer C, Namasivayam AA, Loh A, Gramer RM, et al. Impact of Mesial Temporal Lobe Resection on Brain Structure in Medically Refractory Epilepsy. World Neurosurg. 2021 Aug;152:e652–65. 

Mansouri A, Beyn ME, Pancholi A, Chow CT, Wang R, Boutet A, et al. Evolution of the Neurosurgeon’s Role in Clinical Trials for Glioblastoma: A Systematic Overview of the Clinicaltrials.Gov Database. Neurosurgery. 2021 July 15;89(2):196–203. 

Oliveira LM, Ruiz-Lopez M, Boutet A, Elias GJB, Kalia SK, Hodaie M, et al. Self-adjustment of deep brain stimulation delays optimization in Parkinson’s disease. Brain Stimul. 2021 June;14(3):676–81. 

Neudorfer C, Chow CT, Boutet A, Loh A, Germann J, Elias GJ, et al. Kilohertz-frequency stimulation of the nervous system: A review of underlying mechanisms. Brain Stimul. 2021 June;14(3):513–30. 

Boutet A, Madhavan R, Elias GJB, Joel SE, Gramer R, Ranjan M, et al. Predicting optimal deep brain stimulation parameters for Parkinson’s disease using functional MRI and machine learning. Nat Commun. 2021 May 24;12(1):3043. 

Germann J, Elias GJB, Boutet A, Narang K, Neudorfer C, Horn A, et al. Brain structures and networks responsible for stimulation-induced memory flashbacks during forniceal deep brain stimulation for Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimers Dement. 2021 May;17(5):777–87. 

Elias GJB, Loh A, Gwun D, Pancholi A, Boutet A, Neudorfer C, et al. Deep brain stimulation of the brainstem. Brain. 2021 Apr 12;144(3):712–23. 

Yan H, Elkaim L, Loh A, Boutet A, Germann J, Elias GJB, et al. Lesions causing self-injurious behavior engage putative networks modulated by deep brain stimulation. Brain Stimul. 2021 Apr;14(2):273–6. 

Coblentz A, Elias GJB, Boutet A, Germann J, Algarni M, Oliveira LM, et al. Mapping efficacious deep brain stimulation for pediatric dystonia. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2021 Mar 1;27(3):346–56. 

Paff M, Boutet A, Elias GJB, Germann J, Mansouri A, Loh A, et al. Lateralizing magnetic resonance imaging findings in mesial temporal sclerosis and correlation with seizure and neurocognitive outcome after temporal lobectomy. Epilepsy Res. 2021 Mar;171:106562. 

Mithani K, Neudorfer C, Boutet A, Germann J, Elias GJB, Weil AG, et al. Surgical targeting of large hypothalamic hamartomas and seizure-freedom following MR-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy. Epilepsy Behav. 2021 Mar;116:107774. 

Elias GJB, Boutet A, Joel SE, Germann J, Gwun D, Neudorfer C, et al. Probabilistic Mapping of Deep Brain Stimulation: Insights from 15 Years of Therapy. Ann Neurol. 2021 Mar;89(3):426–43. 

Mansouri A, Germann J, Boutet A, Elias GJB, Karmur B, Neudorfer C, et al. An exploratory study into the influence of laterality and location of hippocampal sclerosis on seizure prognosis and global cortical thinning. Sci Rep. 2021 Feb 25;11(1):4686.

M Oliveira L, Yan H, Algarni M, J B Elias G, Germann J, Boutet A, et al. Probabilistic characterisation of deep brain stimulation in patients with tardive syndromes. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2021 Feb 9;jnnp-2020-324270. 

Sáenz-Farret M, Loh A, Boutet A, Germann J, Elias GJB, Kalia SK, et al. Theta Burst Deep Brain Stimulation in Movement Disorders. Mov Disord Clin Pract. 2021 Feb;8(2):282–5. 

Krauss JK, Lipsman N, Aziz T, Boutet A, Brown P, Chang JW, et al. Technology of deep brain stimulation: current status and future directions. Nat Rev Neurol. 2021 Feb;17(2):75–87. 

Harmsen IE, Hasanova D, Elias GJB, Boutet A, Neudorfer C, Loh A, et al. Trends in Clinical Trials for Spinal Cord Stimulation. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2021;99(2):123–34. 

Germann J, Mameli M, Elias GJB, Loh A, Taha A, Gouveia FV, et al. Deep Brain Stimulation of the Habenula: Systematic Review of the Literature and Clinical Trial Registries. Front Psychiatry. 2021;12:730931. 

Boutet A, Germann J, Gwun D, Loh A, Elias GJB, Neudorfer C, et al. Sign-specific stimulation “hot” and “cold” spots in Parkinson’s disease validated with machine learning. Brain Commun. 2021;3(2):fcab027. 

Neudorfer C, Bhatia K, Boutet A, Germann J, Elias GJ, Loh A, et al. Endovascular deep brain stimulation: Investigating the relationship between vascular structures and deep brain stimulation targets. Brain Stimul. 2020 Dec;13(6):1668–77. 

Elias GJB, De Vloo P, Germann J, Boutet A, Gramer RM, Joel SE, et al. Mapping the network underpinnings of central poststroke pain and analgesic neuromodulation. Pain. 2020 Dec;161(12):2805–19. 

Ranjan M, Elias GJB, Boutet A, Zhong J, Chu P, Germann J, et al. Tractography-based targeting of the ventral intermediate nucleus: accuracy and clinical utility in MRgFUS thalamotomy. J Neurosurg. 2020 Oct 1;133(4):1002–9. 

Neudorfer C, Germann J, Elias GJB, Gramer R, Boutet A, Lozano AM. A high-resolution in vivo magnetic resonance imaging atlas of the human hypothalamic region. Sci Data. 2020 Sept 15;7(1):305. 

Kapadia AN, Elias GJB, Boutet A, Germann J, Pancholi A, Chu P, et al. Multimodal MRI for MRgFUS in essential tremor: post-treatment radiological markers of clinical outcome. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2020 Sept;91(9):921–7. 

Boutet A, Chow CT, Narang K, Elias GJB, Neudorfer C, Germann J, et al. Improving Safety of MRI in Patients with Deep Brain Stimulation Devices. Radiology. 2020 Aug;296(2):250–62. 

Mansouri AM, Germann J, Boutet A, Elias GJB, Mithani K, Chow CT, et al. Identification of neural networks preferentially engaged by epileptogenic mass lesions through lesion network mapping analysis. Sci Rep. 2020 July 3;10(1):10989. 

Li N, Baldermann JC, Kibleur A, Treu S, Akram H, Elias GJB, et al. A unified connectomic target for deep brain stimulation in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Nat Commun. 2020 July 3;11(1):3364. 

Boutet A, Gwun D, Gramer R, Ranjan M, Elias GJB, Tilden D, et al. The relevance of skull density ratio in selecting candidates for transcranial MR-guided focused ultrasound. J Neurosurg. 2020 June 1;132(6):1785–91. 

Boutet A, Elias GJB, Gramer R, Neudorfer C, Germann J, Naheed A, et al. Safety assessment of spine MRI in deep brain stimulation patients. J Neurosurg Spine. 2020 June 1;32(6):973–83. 

Yan H, Boutet A, Mithani K, Germann J, Elias GJB, Yau I, et al. Aggressiveness after centromedian nucleus stimulation engages prefrontal thalamocortical circuitry. Brain Stimul. 2020 Apr;13(2):357–9. 

Harmsen IE, Elias GJB, Beyn ME, Boutet A, Pancholi A, Germann J, et al. Clinical trials for deep brain stimulation: Current state of affairs. Brain Stimul. 2020 Apr;13(2):378–85. 

Boutet A, Hancu I, Saha U, Crawley A, Xu DS, Ranjan M, et al. 3-Tesla MRI of deep brain stimulation patients: safety assessment of coils and pulse sequences. J Neurosurg. 2020 Feb 1;132(2):586–94. 

Elias GJB, Giacobbe P, Boutet A, Germann J, Beyn ME, Gramer RM, et al. Probing the circuitry of panic with deep brain stimulation: Connectomic analysis and review of the literature. Brain Stimul. 2020 Feb;13(1):10–4. 

Mansouri A, Boutet A, Elias G, Germann J, Yan H, Babu H, et al. Lesion Network Mapping Analysis Identifies Potential Cause of Postoperative Depression in a Case of Cingulate Low-Grade Glioma. World Neurosurg. 2020 Jan;133:278–82. 

Paff M, Boutet A, Neudorfer C, Elias GJB, Germann J, Loh A, et al. Magnetic Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy to Treat Essential Tremor in Nonagenarians. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2020;98(3):182–6.

Mithani K, Boutet A, Germann J, Elias GJB, Weil AG, Shah A, et al. Lesion Network Localization of Seizure Freedom following MR-guided  Laser Interstitial Thermal Ablation. Sci Rep. 2019 Dec 9;9(1):18598. 

Boutet A, Jain M, Elias GJB, Gramer R, Germann J, Davidson B, et al. Network Basis of Seizures Induced by Deep Brain Stimulation: Literature Review and Connectivity Analysis. World Neurosurg. 2019 Dec;132:314–20. 

Ranjan M, Boutet A, Bhatia S, Wilfong A, Hader W, Lee MR, et al. Neuromodulation beyond neurostimulation for epilepsy: scope for focused ultrasound. Expert Rev Neurother. 2019 Oct;19(10):937–43. 

Boutet A, Rashid T, Hancu I, Elias GJB, Gramer RM, Germann J, et al. Functional MRI Safety and Artifacts during Deep Brain Stimulation: Experience in 102 Patients. Radiology. 2019 Oct;293(1):174–83. 

Lozano CS, Ranjan M, Boutet A, Xu DS, Kucharczyk W, Fasano A, et al. Imaging alone versus microelectrode recording-guided targeting of the STN in patients with Parkinson’s disease. J Neurosurg. 2019 June 1;130(6):1847–52. 

Hancu I, Boutet A, Fiveland E, Ranjan M, Prusik J, Dimarzio M, et al. On the (Non-)equivalency of monopolar and bipolar settings for deep brain stimulation fMRI studies of Parkinson’s disease patients. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2019 June;49(6):1736–49. 

Boutet A, Gramer R, Steele CJ, Elias GJB, Germann J, Maciel R, et al. Neuroimaging Technological Advancements for Targeting in Functional Neurosurgery. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2019 May 30;19(7):42. 

Lee DJ, Dallapiazza RF, De Vloo P, Elias GJB, Fomenko A, Boutet A, et al. Inferior thalamic peduncle deep brain stimulation for treatment-refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder: A phase 1 pilot trial. Brain Stimul. 2019 Apr;12(2):344–52. 

Hajjar F, Saint-Lary O, Cadwallader JS, Chauvin P, Boutet A, Steinecker M, et al. Development of Primary Care Research in North America, Europe, and Australia From 1974 to 2017. Ann Fam Med. 2019 Jan;17(1):49–51.

Boutet A, Ranjan M, Zhong J, Germann J, Xu D, Schwartz ML, et al. Focused ultrasound thalamotomy location determines clinical benefits in patients with essential tremor. Brain. 2018 Dec 1;141(12):3405–14. 

Meng Y, Solomon B, Boutet A, Llinas M, Scantlebury N, Huang Y, et al. Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy for treatment of essential tremor: A 2-year outcome study. Mov Disord. 2018 Oct;33(10):1647–50. 

Lizarraga KJ, Naghibzadeh M, Boutet A, Elias GJB, Fasano A. Management of Pisa syndrome with lateralized subthalamic stimulation. J Neurol. 2018 Oct;265(10):2442–4. 

Lipsman N, Meng Y, Bethune AJ, Huang Y, Lam B, Masellis M, et al. Blood-brain barrier opening in Alzheimer’s disease using MR-guided focused ultrasound. Nat Commun. 2018 July 25;9(1):2336. 

Ranjan M, Boutet A, Xu DS, Lozano CS, Kumar R, Fasano A, et al. Subthalamic Nucleus Visualization on Routine Clinical Preoperative MRI Scans: A Retrospective Study of Clinical and Image Characteristics Predicting Its  Visualization. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2018;96(2):120–6.

Ng MY, Boutet A, Carette S, de Perrot M, Cusimano RJ, Nguyen ET. Behcet Disease Presenting With Cardiac and Pulmonary Masses. Can J Cardiol. 2015 Sept;31(9):1204.e5-7. 

Bull SJ, Bin JM, Beaumont E, Boutet A, Krimpenfort P, Sadikot AF, et al. Progressive disorganization of paranodal junctions and compact myelin due to loss of DCC expression by oligodendrocytes. J Neurosci. 2014 July 16;34(29):9768–78.