Skip to main content

2026

Lord, B., Lord, E. N., Schachtner, J., Beaman, L., Young, S., Allen, J. J., & Sanguinetti, J. L. (2026). Facilitating Mindfulness Training with Ultrasonic Neuromodulation. bioRxiv, 2026-03.

Bishay, A. A., Schafer, S., Bystritsky, A., Tyler, W. J., Monti, M. M., Kubanek, J., ... & Spivak, N. M. (2026). Risk of low-frequency ultrasound stimulation: Response to “Brain injury during focused ultrasound Neuromodulation for substance use disorder”. Brain Stimulation: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation, 19(3).

Healey, M. R., Sanchez-Gama, Y., Ding, M., McMahon, J. T., Bourbon, C., Jesani, R., ... & Ferguson, M. A. (2026). A network for self-transcendence derived from patients with brain lesions. bioRxiv, 2026-03.

 

2025

Ehmann, S., Lord, B., Cook, E., Brookman, H. B., Roces, J., Peck, T., Young, S., Sacchet, M. D.,  Allen, J. J. B. & Sanguinetti, J. L. (2025, October 8). Enhancing Meditative Development with Transcranial Focused Ultrasound: A Mixed-Methods Phenomenological Study of Neuromodulation in Experienced Meditators During a Ten-Day Retreat. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/uxrwy_v2 

Chen, K., Lacey, J. N., Sanguinetti, J. L., Ray, K. L., Schnyer, D. M., & Allen, J. J. (2025). Simultaneous EEG and fMRI investigation of frontal alpha power and frontal alpha asymmetry in young adults with a history of major depressive disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders, 120905.

Sanguinetti, J. L. (2025). Modulation neuronaler Oszillationen mit transkraniellem fokussiertem Ultraschall. In Rhythmische Vorteile in Big Data und Machine Learning (pp. 27-45). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore

Lord, B., Allen, J. J., Young, S., & Sanguinetti, J. L. (2025). Enhancing equanimity with noninvasive brain stimulation: A novel framework for mindfulness interventions. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 10(4), 384-392

 

2024

Lord, B., Sanguinetti, J. L., Ruiz, L., Miskovic, V., Segre, J., Young, S., Fini, M. E., & Allen, J. J. B. (2024). Transcranial focused ultrasound to the posterior cingulate cortex modulates default mode network and subjective experience: an fMRI pilot study. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 18. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2024.1392199

Lord, B. (2024). How to Use Transcranial Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation to Enhance Mindfulness (Doctoral dissertation, University of Arizona). Retrieved from https://repository.arizona.edu/handle/10150/672697

Goyal, M., Goyal, R., & Sanguinetti, J. L. (2024). Ultrasound stimulation of the vagus nerve as a treatment modality for anxiety. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15, 1376140.

 

2023

Galante, J., Grabovac A., Wright M., Ingram D. M., Van Dam N. T., Sanguinetti J. L., Sparby T., van Lutterveld R., & Sacchet M. (2023). A Framework for the Empirical Investigation of Mindfulness Meditative Development. Mindfulness. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-023-02113-8

Wright, M. J., Sanguinetti, J. L., Young, S., & Sacchet, M. D. (2023). Uniting Contemplative Theory and Scientific Investigation: Toward a Comprehensive Model of the Mind. Mindfulness, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-023-02101-y

Lord, B., & Allen, J. J. B. (2023). Evaluating EEG complexity metrics as biomarkers for depression. Psychophysiology, 00, e14274. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14274 

Forster, A., Rodrigues, J., Ziebell, P., Sanguinetti, J. L., Allen, J. J., & Hewig, J. (2023). Transcranial focused ultrasound modulates the emergence of learned helplessness via midline theta modification. Journal of Affective Disorders, 329, 273-284.

Forster, A., Rodrigues, J., Ziebell, P., Sanguinetti, J. L., Allen, J. J., & Hewig, J. (2023). Investigating the role of the right inferior frontal gyrus in control perception: A double-blind cross-over study using ultrasonic neuromodulation. Neuropsychologia, 187, 108589.

Ziebell, P., Rodrigues, J., Forster, A., Sanguinetti, J. L., Allen, J. J., & Hewig, J. (2023). Inhibition of midfrontal theta with transcranial ultrasound explains greater approach versus withdrawal behavior in humans. Brain Stimulation, 16(5), 1278-1288.

 

2022

Gupta, P., Maxfield, K. E., & Sanguinetti, J. L. (2022). Low-Intensity Unfocused Ultrasound Vagus Nerve Stimulation to Increase Heart Rate Variability and Reduce Anxiety.

Spivak, N. M., Sanguinetti, J. L., & Monti, M. M. (2022). Focusing in on the Future of Focused Ultrasound as a Translational Tool. Brain Sciences, 12(2), 158. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12020158

Dell’Italia, J., Sanguinetti, J. L., Monti, M. M., Bystritsky, A., & Reggente, N. (2022). Current state of potential mechanisms supporting low intensity focused ultrasound for neuromodulation. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2022.872639

Sanguinetti, J. L. (2022). Modulating Neural Oscillations with Transcranial Focused Ultrasound. Rhythmic Advantages in Big Data and Machine Learning, 23-38. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5723-8_2

Ziebell, P., Rodrigues, J., Forster, A., Sanguinetti, J., Allen, J. J., & Hewig, J. (2022). Inhibition of midfrontal theta with transcranial ultrasound predicts greater approach versus withdrawal behavior in humans. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/yvmsp

 

2020

Sanguinetti, J. L., Hameroff, S., Smith, E. E., Sato, T., Daft, C. M., Tyler, W. J., & Allen, J. J. (2020). Transcranial focused ultrasound to the right prefrontal cortex improves mood and alters functional connectivity in humans. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 52. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2020.00052

Reznik, S. J., Sanguinetti, J. L., Tyler, W. J., Daft, C., & Allen, J. J. (2020). A double-blind pilot study of transcranial ultrasound (TUS) as a five-day intervention: TUS mitigates worry among depressed participants. Neurology, Psychiatry and Brain Research, 37, 60-66.