Evaluating place cell detection methods in rats and humans: implications for cross-species spatial coding
Zhang, W., Donoghue, T., Qasim, S.E., Jacobs, J.
PLOS Computational Biology (in press), 2026
Publications
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Peer-reviewed papers from the lab, grouped by year. For a complete list, see our Google Scholar profile.
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Media coverage
- Deep brain stimulation could reduce emotional impact of memories — New Scientist , 2023
- A New Way to Understand the Brain's Intricate Rhythm — Wired , 2021
- Neurons Unexpectedly Encode Information in the Timing of Their Firing — Quanta Magazine , 2021
2026
Coordinated prefrontal dynamics sustain task-state representations during learning
Maher, C., Qasim, S.E., Tostaeva, G., Nunez Martinez, L., Panov, F., Radulescu, A., Saez, I.
bioRxiv, 2026
Sustained activity of human substantia nigra neurons reflect prior rewards
Imtiaz, Z., Kato, A., Kopell, B.H., Qasim, S.E., Davis, A.N., Martinez, L.N., Heflin, M., Kulkarni, K., Morsi, A., Charney, A.W., Gu, X., Saez, I.
iScience, 2026
2024
Positive affect modulates memory by regulating the influence of reward prediction errors
Qasim, S.E., Deswal, A., Saez, I., Gu, X.
Communications Psychology, 2024
2023
Acetylcholine modulates memory-related theta oscillations in the human hippocampal formation
Gedankian, T., Tan, R., Qasim, S.E., Jacobs, J., Lega, B.
Nature Communications, 2023
Neuronal activity in the human amygdala and hippocampus enhances emotional memory encoding
Qasim, S.E., Mohan, U.R., Stein, J.M., Jacobs, J.
Nature Human Behaviour, 2023
Neurons in the human entorhinal cortex encode a grid-like map of emotion space
Qasim, S.E., Reinacher, P.C., Brandt, A., Schulze-Bonhage, A., Kunz, L.
bioRxiv (in revision at Cell), 2023
2021
Phase precession in the human hippocampus and entorhinal cortex
Qasim, S.E., Fried, I., Jacobs, J.
Cell, 2021
2020
Functionally distinct high and low theta oscillations in the human hippocampus
Goyal, A., Miller, J., Qasim, S.E., Watrous, A.J., Stein, J., Inman, C., Gross, R., Willie, J.T., Lega, B., Lin, J.-J., Sharan, A., Wu, C., Sperling, M.R., Sheth, S., McKhann, G., Smith, E.H., Schevon, C., Jacobs, J.
Nature Communications, 2020
Single-neuron representations of spatial memory targets in humans
Tsitsiklis, M., Miller, J., Qasim, S.E., Inman, C., Gross, R., Willie, J., Smith, E., Sheth, S., Schevon, C., Sperling, M., Sharan, A., Stein, J., Jacobs, J.
Current Biology, 2020
2019
Memory retrieval modulates spatial tuning of single neurons in the human entorhinal cortex
Qasim, S.E., Miller, J., Inman, C., Gross, R., Willie, J.T., Lega, B., Lin, J.-J., Sharan, A., Wu, C., Sperling, M.R., Sheth, S., McKhann, G., Smith, E.H., Schevon, C., Stein, J., Jacobs, J.
Nature Neuroscience, 2019
2018
Phase-tuned neuronal firing encodes human contextual representations for navigational goals
Watrous, A.J., Miller, J., Qasim, S.E., Fried, I., Jacobs, J.
eLife, 2018
2016
Electrocorticography reveals beta desynchronization in the basal ganglia-cortical loop during rest tremor in Parkinson's disease
Qasim, S.E., de Hemptinne, C., Swann, N.C., Miocinovic, S., Ostrem, J.L., Starr, P.A.
Neurobiology of Disease, 2016
Subthalamic local field potentials in Parkinson's disease and isolated dystonia: an evaluation of potential biomarkers
Wang, D.D., de Hemptinne, C., Miocinovic, S., Qasim, S.E., Miller, A., Ostrem, J.L., Galifianakis, N.B., Luciano, M.S., Starr, P.A.
Neurobiology of Disease, 2016
2015
Patterns of cortical synchronization in isolated dystonia compared with Parkinson disease
Miocinovic, S., de Hemptinne, C., Qasim, S., Ostrem, J.L., Starr, P.A.
JAMA Neurology, 2015
Savings upon Re-Aiming in Visuomotor Adaptation
Morehead, J.R., Qasim, S.E., Crossley, M.J., Ivry, R.
Journal of Neuroscience, 2015