Nanthia Suthana is professor of neurosurgery, biomedical engineering and neurobiology at Duke University. Her lab studies the neural mechanisms of human memory, emotion and spatial navigation using intracranial recordings, neuromodulation and wearable technologies during real-world behavior. Her work bridges basic neuroscience and clinical translation, with the goal of developing novel treatments for neurological and psychiatric disorders. Suthana earned her B.S. and Ph.D. at the University of California, Los Angeles. She has led interdisciplinary research programs integrating neuroscience, engineering and clinical practice, with an emphasis on studying brain function in naturalistic settings.
Nanthia Suthana
Professor of neurosurgery, biomedical engineering and neurobiology
Duke University
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Selected articles
- “Human neural dynamics of real-world and imagined navigation” | Nature Human Behavior
- “Boundary-anchored neural mechanisms of location-encoding for self and others” | Nature
- “Wireless programmable recording and stimulation of deep brain activity in freely moving humans” | Neuron
- “A wearable platform for closed-loop stimulation and recording of single-neuron and local field potential activity in freely moving humans” | Nature Neuroscience
- “A pilot study of closed-loop neuromodulation for treatment-resistant post-traumatic stress disorder” | Nature Communications
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