2022
Wischnewski M.*, Alekseichuk I.* ,Opitz A. (2022). Neurocognitive, physiological, and biophysical effects of transcranial alternating current stimulation. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. *Contributed Equally
Turi Z., Hananeia N., Shirinpour S., Opitz A., Jedlicka P., Vlachos A. (2022). Dosing transcranial magnetic stimulation of the primary motor and dorsolateral prefrontal cortices with multi-scale modeling. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 16:929814
Wischnewski M., Haigh ZJ., Shirinpour S., Alekseichuk I., Opitz A. (2022) The phase of sensorimotor mu and beta oscillations has the opposite effect on corticospinal excitability. Brain Stimulation. 15(5):1093-1100.
Alekseichuk I, Wischnewski M, Opitz A. (2022). A minimum effective dose for (transcranial) alternating current stimulation. Brain Stimulation 28;S1935-861
Ekhtiari, H., Ghobadi-Azbari, P., Thielscher, A., Antal, A., Li, L. M., Shereen, A Duke, … Opitz, A. et. al. (2022). A Checklist for Assessing the Methodological Quality of Concurrent tES-fMRI Studies (ContES Checklist): A Consensus Study and Statement. Nature Protocols, 1-24
Tran, H., Shirinpour, S., Opitz, A. (2022). Effects of transcranial alternating current stimulation on spiking activity in computational models of single neocortical neurons. NeuroImage, 250, 118953.
2021
Shirinpour, S., Hananeia, N., Rosado, J., Tran, H. Galanis, C., Vlachos, A., Jedlicka, P., Queisser, G., Opitz, A. (2021). Multi-scale Modeling Toolbox for Single Neuron and Subcellular Activity under (repetitive) Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. Brain Simulation, 140, 1470-1482.
Wischnewski, M., Mantell, K. E., & Opitz, A. (2021). Identifying regions in prefrontal cortex related to working memory improvement: a novel meta-analytic method using electric field modeling. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 130, 147-161.
Mantell K, Sutter E, Shirinpour S, Nemanich S, Lench D, Gillick B, Opitz A (2021). Evaluating transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) induced electric fields in pediatric stroke. NeuroImage: Clinical 29
2020
Johnson L*, Alekseichuk I*, Krieg J, Doyle A, Yu Y, Vitek J, Johnson M, Opitz A (2020). Dose-dependent effects of transcranial alternating current stimulation on spike timing in awake nonhuman primates. Science Advances 6(36)
Shirinpour S, Alekseichuk I, Mantell K, Opitz A (2020). Experimental evaluation of methods for real-time EEG phase-specific transcranial magnetic stimulation. Journal of Neural Engineering 17(4)
Boayue NM, Csifcsak G, Aslaksen P, Turi Z, Antal A, Groot J, Hawkins GE, Forstmann B, Opitz A, Thielscher A, Mittner M (2020). Increasing propensity to mind‐wander by transcranial direct current stimulation? A registered report. European Journal of Neuroscience 51(3)
2019
Li LM, Violante IR, Zimmerman K, Leech R, Hampshire A, Patel M, Opitz A, McArthur D, Jolly A, Carmichael DW, Sharp DJ (2019). Traumatic axonal injury influences the cognitive effect of non-invasive brain stimulation. Brain 142(10)
Alekseichuk I, Falchier AY, Linn G, Xu T, Milham MP, Schroeder CE, Opitz A (2019). Electric field dynamics in the brain during multi-electrode transcranial electric stimulation. Nature Communications 10
Alekseichuk I, Shirinpour S, Mantell K, Opitz A (2019). Comparative modeling of transcranial magnetic and electric stimulation in mouse, monkey, and human. NeuroImage 194
Turi Z, Csifcsak G, Boayue NM, Aslaksen P, Antal A, Paulus W, Groot J, Hawkins GE, Forstmann B, Opitz A, Thielscher A, Mittner M (2019). Blinding is compromised for transcranial direct current stimulation at 1 mA for 20 min in young healthy adults. European Journal of Neuroscience 50(8)
Li LM, Violante IR, Leech R, Ross E, Hampshire A, Opitz A, Rothwell JC, Carmichael DW, Sharp DJ (2019). Brain state and polarity dependent modulation of brain networks by transcranial direct current stimulation. Human Brain Mapping 40(3)
Li LM, Violante IR, Leech R, Hampshire A, Opitz A, McArthur D, Carmichael DW, Sharp DJ (2019). Cognitive enhancement with Salience Network electrical stimulation is influenced by network structural connectivity. NeuroImage 185
2018
Liu A, Vöröslakos M, Kronberg G, Henin S, Krause MR, Huang Y, Opitz A, Mehta A, Pack CC, Krekelberg B, Berenyi A, Parra LC, Melloni L, Devinsky O, Buzsaki G (2018). Immediate neurophysiological effects of transcranial electrical stimulation. Nature Communications 9
Opitz A, Yeagle E, Thielscher A, Schroeder C, Mehta AD, Milham MP (2018). On the importance of precise electrode placement for targeted transcranial electric stimulation. NeuroImage 181
Xu T, Falchier A, Sullivan EL, Linn G, Ramirez JSB, Ross D, Feczko E, Opitz A, Bagley J, Sturgeon D, Earl E, Miranda-Domínguez O, Perrone A, Craddock RC, Schroeder CE, Colcombe S, Fair DA, Milham MP (2018). Delineating the macroscale areal organization of the macaque cortex In vivo. Cell Reports 23(2)
2017
Kunz P, Antal A, Hewitt M, Neef A, Opitz A, Paulus W (2017). 5 kHz transcranial alternating current stimulation: lack of cortical excitability changes when grouped in a theta burst pattern Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 10
Opitz A, Falchier A, Linn GS, Milham MP, Schroeder CE (2017). Limitations of ex vivo measurements for in vivo neuroscience. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114(20)
Opitz A, WJ Tyler (2017). No implant needed. Nature Biomedical Engineering 1(8)
Faber H, Opitz A, Müller-Dahlhaus F, Ziemann U (2017). Polarity-independent effects of tDCS on paired associative stimulation-induced plasticity. Brain Stimulation 10(6)
2016
Opitz A, Fox MD, Craddock RC, Colcombe S, Milham MP (2016). An integrated framework for targeting functional networks via transcranial magnetic stimulation. NeuroImage 127
Lenz M, Galanis C, Müller-Dahlhaus F, Opitz A, Wierenga CJ, Szabó G, Ziemann U, Deller T, Funke K, Vlachos A (2016). Repetitive magnetic stimulation induces plasticity of inhibitory synapses. Nature communications 7
Cabral-Calderin Y, Williams KA, Opitz A, Dechent P, Wilke M. (2016). Transcranial alternating current stimulation modulates spontaneous low frequency fluctuations as measured with fMRI. NeuroImage 141
Opitz A, Falchier A, Yan CG, Yeagle E, Linn G, Megevand P, Thielscher A, Ross DA, Milham MP, Mehta A, Schroeder CE (2016). Spatiotemporal structure of intracranial electric fields induced by transcranial electric stimulation in humans and nonhuman primates. Scientific reports
Xu T, Opitz A, Craddock RC, Wright MJ, Zuo XN, Milham MP (2016). Assessing Variations in Areal Organization for the Intrinsic Brain: From Fingerprints to Reliability. Cerebral Cortex 26
2015
Turi Z,* Mittner M*, Opitz A*, Popkes M, Paulus W, Antal A (2015). Towards functional differentiation between prefrontal and striatal components of instrumental learning by prefrontal transcranial direct current stimulation. Cortex 63
Opitz A, Paulus W, Will S, Antunes A, Thielscher A (2015). Anatomical determinants of the electric field during transcranial direct current stimulation. NeuroImage 109
Polanía R, Moisa M, Opitz A, Grueschow M, Ruff CC (2015). The precision of value-based choices depends causally on fronto-parietal phase coupling. Nature communications 6
2014
Chaieb L, Antal A, Pisoni A, Saiote C, Opitz A, Ambrus GG, Focke N, Paulus W. (2014). Safety of 5 kHz tACS. Brain Stimulation 7
Legon W, Sato TF, Opitz A, Mueller J, Barbour A, Williams A, Tyler WJ (2014). Transcranial focused ultrasound modulates the activity of primary somatosensory cortex in humans. Nature Neuroscience 17
Saiote C, Goldschmidt T, Timäus C, Steenwijk M.D., Opitz A, Antal A, Paulus W, Nitsche M. (2014). Impact of transcranial direct current stimulation on fatigue in multiple sclerosis. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience 32
Opitz A*, Zafar N*, Bockermann V, Rohde V, Paulus W. (2014). Validating computationally predicted TMS stimulation areas using direct electrical stimulation in patients with brain tumors near precentral regions. Neuroimage: Clinical 4
Romero Lauro L, Rosanova M, Mattavelli G, Convento S, Pisoni A, Opitz A, Bolognini N, Valla G. (2014). TDCS increases cortical excitability: Direct evidence from TMS–EEG. Cortex 58
Mueller J, Legon W, Opitz A, Sato TF, Tyler WJ (2014). Transcranial focussed ultrasound modulates intrinsic and evoked EEG dynamics. Brain Stimulation 7
Opitz A*, Legon W*, Mueller J, Barbour A, Paulus W, Tyler WJ (2014). Is sham cTBS real cTBS? The effect on EEG dynamics. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
2013
Windhoff M, Opitz A, Thielscher A (2013). Electric field calculations in brain stimulation based on finite elements: an optimized processing pipeline for the generation and usage of accurate individual head models. Human Brain Mapping 34
Paulus W, Opitz A (2013). Ohm's law and tDCS over the centuries. Clinical Neurophysiology 124
Opitz A, Legon W, Rowlands A, Bickel WK, Paulus W, Tyler WJ (2013). Physiological observations validate finite element models for estimating subject-specific electric field distributions induced by transcranial magnetic stimulation of the human motor cortex. NeuroImage 81
2012
Thielscher A, Opitz A, Will S, Windhoff W (2012). Electric field calculations in brain stimulation: The importance of geometrically accurate head models. Biomedical Engineering/Biomedizinische Technik 57
Legon W, Rowlands A, Opitz A, Sato TF, Tyler WJ (2012). Pulsed ultrasound differentially stimulates somatosensory circuits in humans as indicated by EEG and FMRI. PloS One 7
2011
Thielscher A, Opitz A, Windhoff M (2011). Impact of the gyral geometry on the electric field induced by transcranial magnetic stimulation. NeuroImage 54
Opitz A, Windhoff M, Heidemann RM, Turner R, Thielscher A (2011). How the brain tissue shapes the electric field induced by transcranial magnetic stimulation. NeuroImage 58