Nanthia A Suthana
Associate Professor-in-Residence, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles
Associate Professor-in-Residence, Neurosurgery, University of California Los Angeles
NSuthana@mednet.ucla.edu
(310) 794-4021
300 Stein Plaza Ste 562
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Affiliations
Member, Neuroscience GPB Home Area
Biography:
Nanthia Suthana is an assistant professor of psychiatry, neurosurgery and bioengineering, Associate Director of the Neuromodulation Division in the Jane and Terry Semel Institute of Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA and the Associate Director of Outreach at the UCLA Brain Research Institute. Dr. Suthana’s primary research focus is on the neural basis of human learning and memory. She combines single-neuron and local field potential recordings with deep brain stimulation and high-resolution structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in human participants with implanted electrodes. Her lab is the first to combine freely moving virtual reality and motion tracking in human participants with implanted depth electrodes. The lab also investigates neural changes underlying successful learning and memory and develops non-invasive methods for improving cognitive function using transcranial magnetic stimulation guided by high-resolution functional magnetic resonance imaging. The lab includes members with diverse backgrounds in neuroscience, physics, electrical engineering, bioengineering, psychology, and computer science and has ongoing collaborations with the department of engineering to develop a novel wireless neuroprosthetic device for treatment of neuropyschiatric disorders. Her research currently works towards the development of a computational model that can be incorporated into neuroprosthetic devices used to restore function in afflicted patients. Dr. Suthana completed her Ph.D. in Neuroscience at UCLA and her postdoctoral fellowship in UCLA Neurosurgery before joining faculty. Dr. Suthana also spends part of her time teaching undergraduate courses on Neuroanatomy, Introduction to Signal Processing, Cognitive Neuroscience, Learning and Memory, Behavioral Neuroscience, and Introductory Psychobiology. She is currently the Ruth and Raymond Stotter chair in Neurosurgery, a recipient of the Joseph Drown Foundation Friends Scholar Award and a NIH Brain Inititative grant in support of her work.
Publications
- Feinsinger A, Pouratian N, Ebadi H, Adolphs R, Andersen R, Beauchamp MS, Chang EF, Crone NE, Collinger JL, Fried I, Mamelak A, Richardson M, Rutishauser U, Sheth SA, Suthana N, Tandon N, Yoshor D, NIH Research Opportunities in Humans Consortium. Ethical commitments, principles, and practices guiding intracranial neuroscientific research in humans.. Neuron, 2022.
- Vedam-Mai V, Deisseroth K, Giordano J, Lazaro-Munoz G, Chiong W, Suthana N, Langevin JP, Gill J, Goodman W, Provenza NR, Halpern CH, Shivacharan RS, Cunningham TN, Sheth SA, Pouratian N, Scangos KW, Mayberg HS, Horn A, Johnson KA, Butson CR, Gilron R, de Hemptinne C, Wilt R, Yaroshinsky M, Little S, Starr P, Worrell G, Shirvalkar P, Chang E, Volkmann J, Muthuraman M, Groppa S, Kühn AA, Li L, Johnson M, Otto KJ, Raike R, Goetz S, Wu C, Silburn P, Cheeran B, Pathak YJ, Malekmohammadi M, Gunduz A, Wong JK, Cernera S, Hu W, Wagle Shukla A, Ramirez-Zamora A, Deeb W, Patterson A, Foote KD, Okun MS. Corrigendum: Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Deep Brain Stimulation Think Tank: Advances in Optogenetics, Ethical Issues Affecting DBS Research, Neuromodulatory Approaches for Depression, Adaptive Neurostimulation, and Emerging DBS Technologies.. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2021.
- Mobbs D, Wise T, Suthana N, Guzmán N, Kriegeskorte N, Leibo JZ. Promises and challenges of human computational ethology.. Neuron, 2021.
- Vedam-Mai V, Deisseroth K, Giordano J, Lazaro-Munoz G, Chiong W, Suthana N, Langevin JP, Gill J, Goodman W, Provenza NR, Halpern CH, Shivacharan RS, Cunningham TN, Sheth SA, Pouratian N, Scangos KW, Mayberg HS, Horn A, Johnson KA, Butson CR, Gilron R, de Hemptinne C, Wilt R, Yaroshinsky M, Little S, Starr P, Worrell G, Shirvalkar P, Chang E, Volkmann J, Muthuraman M, Groppa S, Kühn AA, Li L, Johnson M, Otto KJ, Raike R, Goetz S, Wu C, Silburn P, Cheeran B, Pathak YJ, Malekmohammadi M, Gunduz A, Wong JK, Cernera S, Hu W, Wagle Shukla A, Ramirez-Zamora A, Deeb W, Patterson A, Foote KD, Okun MS. Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Deep Brain Stimulation Think Tank: Advances in Optogenetics, Ethical Issues Affecting DBS Research, Neuromodulatory Approaches for Depression, Adaptive Neurostimulation, and Emerging DBS Technologies.. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2021.
- Suthana N, Ekstrom AD, Yassa MA, Stark C. Pattern Separation in the Human Hippocampus: Response to Quiroga.. Trends in cognitive sciences, 2021.
- Stangl M, Topalovic U, Inman CS, Hiller S, Villaroman D, Aghajan ZM, Christov-Moore L, Hasulak NR, Rao VR, Halpern CH, Eliashiv D, Fried I, Suthana N. Boundary-anchored neural mechanisms of location-encoding for self and others.. Nature, 2020.
- Mankin EA, Aghajan ZM, Schuette P, Tran ME, Tchemodanov N, Titiz A, Kalender G, Eliashiv D, Stern J, Weiss SA, Kirsch D, Knowlton B, Fried I, Suthana N. Stimulation of the right entorhinal white matter enhances visual memory encoding in humans.. Brain stimulation, 2020.
- Topalovic U, Aghajan ZM, Villaroman D, Hiller S, Christov-Moore L, Wishard TJ, Stangl M, Hasulak NR, Inman CS, Fields TA, Rao VR, Eliashiv D, Fried I, Suthana N. Wireless Programmable Recording and Stimulation of Deep Brain Activity in Freely Moving Humans.. Neuron, 2020.
- Ramirez-Zamora A, Giordano J, Gunduz A, Alcantara J, Cagle JN, Cernera S, Difuntorum P, Eisinger RS, Gomez J, Long S, Parks B, Wong JK, Chiu S, Patel B, Grill WM, Walker HC, Little SJ, Gilron R, Tinkhauser G, Thevathasan W, Sinclair NC, Lozano AM, Foltynie T, Fasano A, Sheth SA, Scangos K, Sanger TD, Miller J, Brumback AC, Rajasethupathy P, McIntyre C, Schlachter L, Suthana N, Kubu C, Sankary LR, Herrera-Ferrá K, Goetz S, Cheeran B, Steinke GK, Hess C, Almeida L, Deeb W, Foote KD, Okun MS. Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Deep Brain Stimulation Think Tank: Advances in Neurophysiology, Adaptive DBS, Virtual Reality, Neuroethics and Technology.. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2020.
- Ralph-Nearman C, Arevian AC, Puhl M, Kumar R, Villaroman D, Suthana N, Feusner JD, Khalsa SS. A Novel Mobile Tool (Somatomap) to Assess Body Image Perception Pilot Tested With Fashion Models and Nonmodels: Cross-Sectional Study.. JMIR mental health, 2019.
- Olsen RK, Carr VA, Daugherty AM, La Joie R, Amaral RSC, Amunts K, Augustinack JC, Bakker A, Bender AR, Berron D, Boccardi M, Bocchetta M, Burggren AC, Chakravarty MM, Chételat G, de Flores R, DeKraker J, Ding SL, Geerlings MI, Huang Y, Insausti R, Johnson EG, Kanel P, Kedo O, Kennedy KM, Keresztes A, Lee JK, Lindenberger U, Mueller SG, Mulligan EM, Ofen N, Palombo DJ, Pasquini L, Pluta J, Raz N, Rodrigue KM, Schlichting ML, Lee Shing Y, Stark CEL, Steve TA, Suthana NA, Wang L, Werkle-Bergner M, Yushkevich PA, Yu Q, Wisse LEM, Hippocampal Subfields Group. Progress update from the hippocampal subfields group.. Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 2019.
- Saravanapandian V, Sparck EM, Cheng KY, Yu F, Yaeger C, Hu T, Suthana N, Romero-Calderón R, Ghiani CA, Evans CJ, Carpenter EM, Ge W. Quantitative assessments reveal improved neuroscience engagement and learning through outreach.. Journal of neuroscience research, 2019.
- Suthana N, Aghajan ZM, Mankin EA, Lin A. Reporting Guidelines and Issues to Consider for Using Intracranial Brain Stimulation in Studies of Human Declarative Memory.. Frontiers in neuroscience, 2018.
- Reggente N, Essoe JK, Aghajan ZM, Tavakoli AV, McGuire JF, Suthana NA, Rissman J. Enhancing the Ecological Validity of fMRI Memory Research Using Virtual Reality.. Frontiers in neuroscience, 2018.
- M Aghajan Z, Schuette P, Fields TA, Tran ME, Siddiqui SM, Hasulak NR, Tcheng TK, Eliashiv D, Mankin EA, Stern J, Fried I, Suthana N. Theta Oscillations in the Human Medial Temporal Lobe during Real-World Ambulatory Movement.. Current biology : CB, 2017.
- Nir Y, Andrillon T, Marmelshtein A, Suthana N, Cirelli C, Tononi G, Fried I. Selective neuronal lapses precede human cognitive lapses following sleep deprivation.. Nature medicine, 2017.
- Titiz AS, Hill MRH, Mankin EA, M Aghajan Z, Eliashiv D, Tchemodanov N, Maoz U, Stern J, Tran ME, Schuette P, Behnke E, Suthana NA, Fried I. Theta-burst microstimulation in the human entorhinal area improves memory specificity.. eLife, 2017.
- Wisse LEM, Daugherty AM, Olsen RK, Berron D, Carr VA, Stark CEL, Amaral RSC, Amunts K, Augustinack JC, Bender AR, Bernstein JD, Boccardi M, Bocchetta M, Burggren A, Chakravarty MM, Chupin M, Ekstrom A, de Flores R, Insausti R, Kanel P, Kedo O, Kennedy KM, Kerchner GA, LaRocque KF, Liu X, Maass A, Malykhin N, Mueller SG, Ofen N, Palombo DJ, Parekh MB, Pluta JB, Pruessner JC, Raz N, Rodrigue KM, Schoemaker D, Shafer AT, Steve TA, Suthana N, Wang L, Winterburn JL, Yassa MA, Yushkevich PA, la Joie R, Hippocampal Subfields Group. A harmonized segmentation protocol for hippocampal and parahippocampal subregions: Why do we need one and what are the key goals?. Hippocampus, 2016.
- Suthana NA, Parikshak NN, Ekstrom AD, Ison MJ, Knowlton BJ, Bookheimer SY, Fried I. Specific responses of human hippocampal neurons are associated with better memory.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2015.
- Cohen MS, Rissman J, Suthana NA, Castel AD, Knowlton BJ. Effects of aging on value-directed modulation of semantic network activity during verbal learning.. NeuroImage, 2015.
- Miller JF, Fried I, Suthana N, Jacobs J. Repeating spatial activations in human entorhinal cortex.. Current biology : CB, 2015.
- Yushkevich PA, Amaral RS, Augustinack JC, Bender AR, Bernstein JD, Boccardi M, Bocchetta M, Burggren AC, Carr VA, Chakravarty MM, Chételat G, Daugherty AM, Davachi L, Ding SL, Ekstrom A, Geerlings MI, Hassan A, Huang Y, Iglesias JE, La Joie R, Kerchner GA, LaRocque KF, Libby LA, Malykhin N, Mueller SG, Olsen RK, Palombo DJ, Parekh MB, Pluta JB, Preston AR, Pruessner JC, Ranganath C, Raz N, Schlichting ML, Schoemaker D, Singh S, Stark CE, Suthana N, Tompary A, Turowski MM, Van Leemput K, Wagner AD, Wang L, Winterburn JL, Wisse LE, Yassa MA, Zeineh MM, Hippocampal Subfields Group (HSG). Quantitative comparison of 21 protocols for labeling hippocampal subfields and parahippocampal subregions in in vivo MRI: towards a harmonized segmentation protocol.. NeuroImage, 2015.
- Suthana NA, Donix M, Wozny DR, Bazih A, Jones M, Heidemann RM, Trampel R, Ekstrom AD, Scharf M, Knowlton B, Turner R, Bookheimer SY. High-resolution 7T fMRI of Human Hippocampal Subfields during Associative Learning.. Journal of cognitive neuroscience, 2014.
- Cohen MS, Rissman J, Suthana NA, Castel AD, Knowlton BJ. Value-based modulation of memory encoding involves strategic engagement of fronto-temporal semantic processing regions.. Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience, 2014.
- Wagshal D, Knowlton BJ, Suthana NA, Cohen JR, Poldrack RA, Bookheimer SY, Bilder RM, Asarnow RF. Evidence for corticostriatal dysfunction during cognitive skill learning in adolescent siblings of patients with childhood-onset schizophrenia.. Schizophrenia bulletin, 2013.
- Donix M, Burggren AC, Scharf M, Marschner K, Suthana NA, Siddarth P, Krupa AK, Jones M, Martin-Harris L, Ercoli LM, Miller KJ, Werner A, von Kummer R, Sauer C, Small GW, Holthoff VA, Bookheimer SY. APOE associated hemispheric asymmetry of entorhinal cortical thickness in aging and Alzheimer's disease.. Psychiatry research, 2013.
- Jacobs J, Weidemann CT, Miller JF, Solway A, Burke JF, Wei XX, Suthana N, Sperling MR, Sharan AD, Fried I, Kahana MJ. Direct recordings of grid-like neuronal activity in human spatial navigation.. Nature neuroscience, 2013.
- Suthana N, Fried I. Deep brain stimulation for enhancement of learning and memory.. NeuroImage, 2013.
- Suthana N, Fried I. Percepts to recollections: insights from single neuron recordings in the human brain.. Trends in cognitive sciences, 2012.
- Romero-Calderón R, O'Hare ED, Suthana NA, Scott-Van Zeeland AA, Rizk-Jackson A, Attar A, Madsen SK, Ghiani CA, Evans CJ, Watson JB. Project brainstorm: using neuroscience to connect college students with local schools.. PLoS biology, 2012.
- Suthana N, Haneef Z, Stern J, Mukamel R, Behnke E, Knowlton B, Fried I. Memory enhancement and deep-brain stimulation of the entorhinal area.. The New England journal of medicine, 2012.
- Staba RJ, Ekstrom AD, Suthana NA, Burggren A, Fried I, Engel J, Bookheimer SY. Gray matter loss correlates with mesial temporal lobe neuronal hyperexcitability inside the human seizure-onset zone.. Epilepsia, 2011.
- Kern KC, Ekstrom AD, Suthana NA, Giesser BS, Montag M, Arshanapalli A, Bookheimer SY, Sicotte NL. Fornix damage limits verbal memory functional compensation in multiple sclerosis.. NeuroImage, 2011.
- Suthana N, Ekstrom A, Moshirvaziri S, Knowlton B, Bookheimer S. Dissociations within human hippocampal subregions during encoding and retrieval of spatial information.. Hippocampus, 2010.
- Donix M, Burggren AC, Suthana NA, Siddarth P, Ekstrom AD, Krupa AK, Jones M, Martin-Harris L, Ercoli LM, Miller KJ, Small GW, Bookheimer SY. Family history of Alzheimer's disease and hippocampal structure in healthy people.. The American journal of psychiatry, 2010.
- Donix M, Burggren AC, Suthana NA, Siddarth P, Ekstrom AD, Krupa AK, Jones M, Rao A, Martin-Harris L, Ercoli LM, Miller KJ, Small GW, Bookheimer SY. Longitudinal changes in medial temporal cortical thickness in normal subjects with the APOE-4 polymorphism.. NeuroImage, 2010.
- Suthana NA, Krupa A, Donix M, Burggren A, Ekstrom AD, Jones M, Ercoli LM, Miller KJ, Siddarth P, Small GW, Bookheimer SY. Reduced hippocampal CA2, CA3, and dentate gyrus activity in asymptomatic people at genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease.. NeuroImage, 2009.
- Suthana NA, Ekstrom AD, Moshirvaziri S, Knowlton B, Bookheimer SY. Human hippocampal CA1 involvement during allocentric encoding of spatial information.. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2009.
- Ekstrom AD, Bazih AJ, Suthana NA, Al-Hakim R, Ogura K, Zeineh M, Burggren AC, Bookheimer SY. Advances in high-resolution imaging and computational unfolding of the human hippocampus.. NeuroImage, 2009.
- Ekstrom A, Suthana N, Millett D, Fried I, Bookheimer S. Correlation between BOLD fMRI and theta-band local field potentials in the human hippocampal area.. Journal of neurophysiology, 2009.
- Ekstrom A, Suthana N, Behnke E, Salamon N, Bookheimer S, Fried I. High-resolution depth electrode localization and imaging in patients with pharmacologically intractable epilepsy.. Journal of neurosurgery, 2008.
- Wang LM, Suthana NA, Chaudhury D, Weaver DR, Colwell CS. Melatonin inhibits hippocampal long-term potentiation.. The European journal of neuroscience, 2005.