Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Marvel, C.L. and Desmond, J.E. From storage to manipulation: How the neural correlates of verbal working memory reflect varying demands on inner speech.  Brain & Language. 2012; 120: 42-51.

Yau, J.M., Hua, J., Liao, D.A. and Desmond, J.E. Efficient and robust identification of cortical targets in concurrent TMS-fMRI experiments. Neuroimage, 2013, 76: 134-144.

Cheng, D.T., Meintjes, E.M., Stanton, M.E., Desmond, J.E., Pienaar, Dodge, N.C., Power, J.M., Molteno, C.D., Disterhoft, J.F., Jacobson, J.L., and Jacobson, S.W.  Functional MRI of cerebellar activity during eyeblink classical conditioning in children and adults. Human Brain Mapping, 2014; 35: 1390-1403.

Keren-Happuch, E., Chen, S.H.A., Ho, M-H.R., and Desmond, J.E.  A meta-analysis of cerebellar contributions to higher cognition from PET and fMRI Studies. Human Brain Mapping, 2014; 35: 593-615.

Marien, P., Ackermann, H., Adamaszek, M., Barwood, C.H., Beaton, A., Desmond, J., De Witte, E., Fawcett, A.J., Hertrich, I., Kuper, M., Leggio, M., Marvel, C., Molinari, M., Murdoch, B.E., Nicolson, R.I., Schmahmann, J.D., Stoodley, C.J., Thurling, M., Timmann, D., Wouters, E. and Ziegler, W., Consensus paper: Language and the cerebellum: an ongoing enigma, Cerebellum, 2014; 13: 386-410.

Yau, J.M., Celnik, P., Hsiao, S.S., and Desmond, J.E. Feeling better: separate pathways for targeted enhancement of spatial and temporal touch, Psychological Science, 2014; 25: 555-565.

Yau, J.M., Jalinous, R., Cantarero, G.L. and Desmond, J.E., Static field influences on transcranial magnetic stimulation: considerations for TMS in the scanner environment. Brain Stimulation; 2014, 7: 388-393.

Liao, D.L., Kronemer, S.I., Yau, J.M., Desmond, J.E., and Marvel, C.L. Motor system contributions to verbal and non-verbal working memory. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2014, 8:753

Cheng, D.H., Jacobson, S.W., Jacobson, J.L., Molteno, C.D., Stanton, M.E., and Desmond, J.E. Eyeblink classical conditioning in alcoholism and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2015, 6: 155

Peterburs, J., Cheng, D.T., and Desmond, J.E. The association between eye movements and cerebellar activation in a verbal working memory task. Cerebral Cortex, 2016, 26: 3802-3813.

Peterburs, J. and Desmond, J.E., The role of the human cerebellum in performance monitoring, Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 2016, 40: 38-44.

Cheng, D.T., Meintjes, E. M., Stanton, M. E., Dodge, N. C., Pienaar, M., Warton, C. M. R., Desmond, J. E., Moteno, C. D., Peterson, B. S., Jacobson, J. L., and Jacobson, S. W. Functional MRI of human eyeblink classical conditioning in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Cerebral Cortex, 2017, 27:3752-3767.

Peterburs J, Blevins LC., Sheu Y-S, Desmond JE. Cerebellar contributions to sequence prediction in verbal working memory. Brain structure & function, 2019, 224:485-499. PMC6373538.

Sheu Y-S, Liang Y, Desmond JE. Disruption of Cerebellar Prediction in Verbal Working Memory. Frontiers in human neuroscience. 2019, 13:61. PMC6393359.

Cheng DT., Katzenelson AM., Faulkner ML., Disterhoft JF., Power JM., Desmond JE. Contingency awareness, aging, and the parietal lobe. Neurobiology of Aging, 2020, 91: 125-135. PMC7953809

Cheng DT., Rice LC., McCaul ME., Rilee JJ., Faulkner ML., Sheu Y-S, Mathena JR., Desmond JE. Neural substrates underlying eyeblink classical conditioning in adults with alcohol use disorders. Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research 2020, 44: 620-631. PMC7894057

 Desmond, JE, Rice, LC, Cheng, DT, Hua, J, Qin, Q, Rilee, JJ, Faulkner, ML, Sheu, Y-S, Mathena, JR, Wand, GS, McCaul, ME. Changes in hemodynamic response function resulting from chronic alcohol consumption. Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research, 2020, 44: 1099-1111. PMC7233451

Peterburs, J., Liang, Y., Cheng, D. T., & Desmond, J. E.. Sensory acquisition functions of the cerebellum in verbal working memory. Brain structure & function, 2021, 226, 833–844. PMC7981326

Sheu, Y.-S., & Desmond, J. E.. Cerebro-Cerebellar Response to Sequence Violation in a Cognitive Task: an fMRI Study. 2021, Cerebellum (London, England), PMC8606618

Bhattacharjee, S., Kashyap, R., Goodwill, A. M., O'Brien, B. A., Rapp, B., Oishi, K., Desmond, J. E., & Chen, S. H. A. Sex difference in tDCS current mediated by changes in cortical anatomy: A study across young, middle and older adults. Brain Stimulation, 2022, 15, 125–140. PMC9041842

Vinas-Guasch, N., Ng, T.H.B, Heng, J.G., Chan, Y.C., Chew, E., Desmond, J.E., & Chen, S.H.A. Cerebellar transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) impairs visual working memory. Cerebellum, 2022. PMC9522915

Licata AE., Zhao Y, Herrmann O, Hillis AE., Desmond J, Onyike C, Tsapkini K (2023) Sex differences in effects of tDCS and language treatments on brain functional connectivity in primary progressive aphasia. NeuroImage. Clinical 37:103329. PMC2997358.

Mundorf A, Siebert A, Desmond JE., Peterburs J (2023) The role of the cerebellum in internet gaming disorder-A systematic review. Addiction biology 28:e13331. PMC10662475.

Rice LC., Langan MT., Cheng DT., Sheu Y-S, Peterburs J, Hua J, Qin Q, Rilee JJ., Faulkner ML., Mathena JR., Munro CA., Wand GS., McCaul ME., Desmond JE. (2024) Disrupted executive cerebro-cerebellar functional connectivity in alcohol use disorder. Alcohol, clinical & experimental research 48:33–47. PMC10784638.

Bhattacharjee S, Sivakumar PT., Venkatasubramanian G, Bharath RDawn, Oishi K, Rapp B, Desmond JE., Chen SHA, Sathyaprabha TN., Udupa K, Kashyap R Personalized Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Behavioral and Neurophysiologic Outcomes. JAMA network open, 2025, 8:e2526148. PMC12379099.

Bhattacharjee S, Sivakumar PT., Venkatasubramanian G, Oishi K, Tsapkini K, Chen SH. Annabel, Rapp B, Desmond JE., Sathyaprabha TN., Udupa K, Kashyap R The role of structural and functional parameters in designing pathology-specific tDCS protocols for primary progressive aphasia. Alzheimer's research & therapy, 2025, 17:156. PMC12257812.

Kashyap R, Bharath RDawn, Zhou C, Tsapkini K, Desmond JE., Chen SH. Annabel, Udupa K, Sivakumar PT., Bhattacharjee S Longitudinal evaluation of common and unique brain-networks in variants of primary progressive aphasia. Alzheimer's research & therapy, 2025, 17:192. PMC12362973.

Mundorf A, Rice LC., Peterburs J, Desmond JE. Dynamic inferior olive activation in a cognitive task: an fMRI study. Brain structure & function, 2025, 230:72. PMC12095361.

Zekelman LR., Cetin-Karayumak S, Chen Y, Almeida M, Legarreta JHaitz, Rushmore J, Pieper S, Lan Z, Desmond JE., Baird LC., Makris N, Rathi Y, Zhang F, Golby AJ., O'Donnell LJ. Consistent cerebellar pathway-cognition associations across pre-adolescents & young adults: a diffusion MRI study of 9000+ participants. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2025, PMC11839066.

Johnson MA., Keser Z, Lammers B, Sydnor MJ., Murter JL., Sadil P, Zhang Y, Desmond JE., Hillis AE., Lindquist MA., Sebastian R. White matter predictors of cerebellar tDCS treatment effects in aphasia rehabilitation. Frontiers in neurology, 2026, 17:1659337, PMC12962960.

Wang Z, Gallegos J, Tippett D, Onyike CU., Desmond JE., Hillis AE., Frangakis CE., Caffo B, Tsapkini K. Baseline Functional Connectivity Predicts Who Will Benefit From Neuromodulation: Evidence From Primary Progressive Aphasia. Neurorehabilitation and neural repair, 2026, 40:4–15. PMC12795312.