This curriculum vitae summarizes the educational and professional history of James C. Eliassen. He received a B.A. in Human Biology from Stanford University in 1988, and a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of California, Davis in 1997. He is currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Cincinnati, and has held research positions there since 2010. His primary areas of research involve neuroimaging studies of conditions such as bipolar disorder, anxiety, and cognitive impairment. He has over 30 peer-reviewed publications and has received honors including an NARSAD Young Investigator Award.

1. Curriculum Vitae
James C. Eliassen, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology (859) 835-7521
EDWARDS 1 (859) 341-1366 (home)
45 W. Corry Blvd james.eliassen@gmail.com
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati OH 45221-0376
http://www.artsci.uc.edu/departments/psychology/fac_staff.html?eid=eliassjc&thecomp=uceprof
Educational History
1988 B.A. Human Biology
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.
1991-1992 Program in Cognitive Neuroscience with M. S. Gazzaniga
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.
1992-1997 Ph.D. Neuroscience with Michael S. Gazzaniga
University of California, Davis, CA.
1997-2002 Post-Doctoral Research Associate with Jerome N. Sanes
Department of Neuroscience
Brown University, Providence, RI.
Professional History
2015-pres. Adjunct Assistant Professor Psychology, University of
Cincinnati, McMicken College of Arts & Sciences
2016-pres. President, Board of Directors, Transitions, Inc., a Northern
KY, Drug Rehabilitation Community Service Provider
2010-2015 Research Assistant Professor of Psychology (Secondary
Appointment). University of Cincinnati, College of
Arts & Sciences
2014-2015 Vice-President, Board of Directors, Transitions, Inc.
2014-2015 Board of Directors, Grateful Life Foundation, Fundraising
for Transitions, Inc.
2005-2015 Assoc. Director, Center for Imaging Research. University
of Cincinnati, College of Medicine
2003-2015 Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry &
Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati, College
of Medicine.
2011-2014 Assoc. Director, Neuroscience Graduate Program,
University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine.
2012-2014 Board of Directors, Transitions, Inc., a Residential and
Outpatient Drug Abuse Treatment Facility located in
Northern Kentucky (http://www.transitionsky.org/)
2003-2005 Assistant Director, Center for Imaging Research, University
of Cincinnati, College of Medicine.
2002-2003 Assistant Research Director, Brown University MRI
Research Facility
Investigator (Research), Department of Neuroscience.

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1992-1997 Research Assistant with Michael Gazzaniga
Center for Neuroscience
University of California, Davis.
1991-1992 Research Assistant with Michael Gazzaniga
PhD Program in Cognitive Neuroscience
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.
1988-1991 Research Assistant with Early Mayeri
Department of Physiology
University of California, San Francisco.
Honors & Awards
2013-pres Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Peer Review Program.
Reviewer for Pennsylvania Department of Health, Master Tobacco
Settlement research program.
2013-pres NIH Early Career Reviewer (ECR) program at the Center for
Scientific Review (CSR).
2012-2014 National Institutes of Health, Special Emphasis Panel 2013/01
ZDA1 GXM-A (03) 1.
2010 President, Ohio-Miami Valley Chapter of the Society for
Neuroscience.
2008-2009 Member-at-large, Ohio-Miami Valley Chapter of the Society for
Neuroscience.
2008 Fellow ERP Bootcamp, University of California, Davis.
2006-2008 NARSAD Young Investigator Award. “Identifying a neurochemical
basis for fMRI abnormalities in Bipolar Disorder with phosphorus
MRSI.”
2005 Faculty Development Council, Interdisciplinary Grants, University of
Cincinnati. “Creating a UC Core of Multi-Modal Neuroimaging
Researchers and Teachers”.
2002 Beginning Faculty Mentoring Program, Brown University, School of
Medicine.
2002 Burroughs Wellcome Interfaces Innovation Grant – Brown University
Brain Science Program: Assessing inter-regional functional
connectivity in fMRI measures of brain activation with spectral
coherence techniques.
2002 Ittleson Foundation Flexible Fund for Brain Research - Brown
University MRI Research Facility: Assessing inter-regional
functional connectivity in fMRI measures of brain activation with
spectral coherence techniques.
2002 Burroughs Wellcome Interfaces Innovation Grant – Brown University
Brain Science Program: Brain Voyager software for use in
analysis of fMRI data.
1991 Fellow James S. McDonnell Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience.
Publications
1. E.L. Boespflug, R.K. McNamara, J.C. Eliassen, M.D. Schidler, R. Krikorian. Fish oil supplementation
increases event-related posterior cingulate activation in older adults with subjective memory impairment.
Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging, 24 October 2015, DOI 10.1007/s12603-015-0609-6.

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2. Strawn JR, Cotton S, Luberto CM, Patino LR, Stahl LA, Weber WA, Eliassen JC, Sears R, DelBello MP.
Neurofunctional changes associated with mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in anxious adolescents at
risk for developing bipolar disorder. Journal of Child & Adolescent Psychopharmacology (accepted)
3. Davis AK, DelBello MP, Eliassen J, Welge J, Blom TJ, Fleck DE, Weber WA, Jarvis KB, Rummelhoff E,
Strakowski SM, Adler CM. Neurofunctional effects of quetiapine in patients with bipolar mania. Bipolar
Disorders, 2015, 17(4):444-9. PMID: 25359589.
4. Jacob, S.N., Shear, P.K., Norris, M., Smith, M., Osterhage, J., Strakowski, S.M., Cerullo, M., Fleck, D.E.,
Lee, J.-H., and Eliassen, J.C. Impact of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanner noise on
affective state and attentional performance. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 2015,
37(6):563-70. PMID: 26059389.
5. Padula, C.B., Anthenelli, R.M., Eliassen, J.C., Nelson, E., Lisdahl, K.M. Gender Effects in Alcohol
Dependence: An fMRI Pilot Study Examining Affective Processing. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental
Research, 2015, 39(2): 272-281. PMID: 25684049.
6. Jonathan A. Dudley, Jing-Huei Lee, Michelle Durling, Stephen M. Strakowski, James C. Eliassen. Age-
dependent decreases of high energy phosphates in cerebral gray matter of patients with bipolar I
disorder: A preliminary phosphorus-31 magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging study. Journal of
Affective Disorders, 2015, 175: 251–255.
7. Espay AJ, Norris M, Eliassen J, Dwivedi A, Smith M, Banks C, Allendorfer JB, Lang AE, Fleck D, Linke M,
Szaflarski JP. (In Press). Placebo effect of cost in Parkinson’s disease: a randomized, double-blind
cross-over study. Neurology, 2015, 84(8): 794-802.
8. Wehry AM, McNamara RK, Adler CM, Eliassen JC, Croarkin P, Cerullo MA, DelBello MP, Strawn JR.
Neurostructural impact of co-occurring anxiety in pediatric patients with major depressive disorder: A
voxel-based morphometry study. J Affect Disord. 2014, 171C:54-59.
9. Barzman D, Eliassen J, McNamara R, Abonia P, Mossman D, Durling M, Adler C, DelBello M, Lin PI.
Correlations of inflammatory gene pathways, corticolimbic functional activities, and aggression in
pediatric bipolar disorder: A preliminary study. Psychiatry Res. 2014, 224(2):107-11.
10. Strawn JR, Wegman CJ, Dominick KC, Schwartz MS, Wehry AM, Patino LR, Adler CM, Eliassen JC,
DelBello MP. (In Press). Cortical surface anatomy in pediatric patients with generalized anxiety disorder.
J Affective Disorders.
11. Allendorfer JB, Heyse H, Mendoza L, Nelson EB, Eliassen JC, Storrs JM, and Szaflarski JP (In Press).
Physiologic and cortical response to acute psychosocial stress in left temporal lobe epilepsy – a pilot
cross-sectional fMRI study. Epilepsy and Behavior, June, 2014.
12. Krikorian, R. Boespflug, EL, Dudley, JA, Norris, MM, Chu, W, Summer, S, Eliassen, JC. (In Press).
Enhanced cerebral bioenergetics and cognitive performance with dietary ketosis in Mild Cognitive
Impairment. Nutrition and Aging, June, 2014.
13. Bitter SM, Adler CM, Eliassen JC, Weber WA, Burciaga J, Shear PK, Strakowski SM, DelBello MP. (In
Press) Neurofunctional Changes in Adolescent Cannabis Users with and without Bipolar Disorder.
Addiction, June, 2014.
14. Bitter SM, Weber WA, Chu WJ, Adler CM, Eliassen JC, Strakowski SM, Delbello MP. N-acetyl Aspartate
Levels in Adolescents With Bipolar and/or Cannabis Use Disorders. J Dual Diagn. 2014 10(1):39-43.
PMID:24729763.
15. Boespflug EL, Eliassen J, Welge J, Krikorian R. Associative Learning and Regional White Matter Deficits
in Mild Cognitive Impairment. J Alzheimers Dis. 2014 Mar 10. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 24614901.
16. Michael A. Cerullo, MD, James C. Eliassen, PhD, Christopher T. Smith BS, David E. Fleck PhD, Erik B.
Nelson, Jeffrey R. Strawn, Martine Lamy, Melissa P. DelBello, MD, Caleb M. Adler, Stephen M.
Strakowski, MD. (In Press). Bipolar I Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder Show Similar Brain
Activation During Depression. Bipolar Disorders, 2014.
17. Strawn JR, Wehry AM, Chu W-J, Adler CM, Eliassen JC, Strakowski SM, DelBello MP. (2013)
Neuroanatomic abnormalities in adolescents with generalized anxiety disorder: a voxel-based
morphometry study. Depression & Anxiety:30(9):842-8. PMID:23495075.

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18. Strawn JR, Chu W-J, Whitsel RM, Weber WA, Eliassen J, Phan KL Strakowski SM, DelBello MP. (2013).
A pilot study of anterior cingulate cortex neurochemistry in adolescents with generalized anxiety disorder.
Neuropsychobiology:67(4):224-9. PMID:23635944.
19. Boespflug EL, Storrs J, Sadat-Hossieny S, Eliassen J, Shidler M, Norris M, Krikorian R. (2013) Full
diffusion characterization implicates regionally disparate neuropathology in Mild Cognitive Impairment.
Brain Struct Funct. 2013 Jan 24. PMID:23344962.
20. Jenessa S. Price, M.A.; Judith Strong, Ph.D.; James Eliassen, Ph.D.; Tim McQueeny, M.A.; Megan Miller,
B.S.; Claudia B Padula, M.A.; Paula Shear, Ph.D.; Krista Lisdahl Medina, Ph.D. (2012) Serotonin
transporter gene moderates associations between mood, memory and hippocampal volume. Behav Brain
Res. 242, 1, 158-65. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.11.013. PMID:23266326.
21. James C. Eliassen, Martine Lamy, Jane B. Allendorfer, Erin Boespflug, Daniel P. Bullard, Matthew S.
Smith, Jing-Huei Lee, Stephen M. Strakowski. (2012). Selective role for striatal and prefrontal regions in
processing first trial feedback during single-trial associative learning. Brain Research. Jun 6; 1458:56-66.
doi:10.1016/j.brainres.2012.04.010. Epub 2012 Apr 17. PMID:22560503.
22. Kwang Ki Kim, James C. Eliassen, Sang Kun Lee and Eunjoo Kang. (2012) Functional Neuroanatomy of
Visual Search with Differential Attentional Demands: an fMRI study. Brain Research, Aug 5. [Epub ahead
of print]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2012.07.004. PMID: 22889940.
23. Chang K, Delbello M, Chu WJ, Garrett A, Kelley R, Mills N, Howe M, Bryan H, Adler C, Eliassen J,
Spielman D, Strakowski SM. Neurometabolite Effects of Response to Quetiapine and Placebo in
Adolescents with Bipolar Depression. J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol. Epub ahead of print 2012 Jul
31. PMID:22849427.
24. Jeffrey R. Strawn, MD, Samantha M. Bitter, Wade A. Weber, MS, Wen-Jang Chu, PhD, Rachel A. Whitsel,
BA, Caleb Adler, MD, Michel A. Cerullo, MD, James Eliassen, PhD, Stephen M. Strakowski, MD, and
Melissa P. DelBello, MD. (2012). Neurocircuitry of Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Adolescents: a
functional neuroimaging and functional connectivity study. Depression & Anxiety. May 24. DOI
10.1002/da.21961. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID:22628125.
25. Boespflug EL, Storrs JM, Allendorfer JB, Lamy M, Eliassen JC, Page S. (2011). Mean diffusivity as a
potential diffusion tensor biomarker of motor rehabilitation after electrical stimulation incorporating task
specific exercise in stroke: a pilot study. Brain Imaging Behav. Dec 28. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID
22203524.
26. Schneider MR, Adler CM, Whitsel R, Weber W, Mills NP, Eliassen J, Strakowski SM, DelBello MP. (2012).
The Effects of Ziprasidone on Prefrontal and Amygdalar Activation in Manic Youth with Bipolar Disorder.
Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci. 49(2):112-20. PMID:22801290.
27. Michael A. Cerullo, MD, David E. Fleck PhD, James C. Eliassen, PhD, Matt S Smith, BA, Melissa P.
DelBello, MD; Caleb M. Adler, MD, Stephen M. Strakowski, MD. (2012). A Longitudinal Functional
Connectivity Analysis of the Amygdala in Bipolar I Disorder across Mood States. Bipolar Disorders.
Mar;14(2):175-84. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2012.01002.x. PMID:22420593.
28. Fleck DE, Eliassen JC, Durling M, Lamy M, Adler CM, DelBello MP, Shear PK, Cerullo MA, Lee JH,
Strakowski SM. (2012). Functional MRI of Sustained Attention in Bipolar Mania. Molecular Psychiatry,
2012 Mar;17(3):325-36. doi: 10.1038/mp.2010.108. Epub 2010 Oct 26. PMID:20975662.
29. C.-Y. (Peter) Chiu, Sarah J. Tlustos, Nicolay Chertkoff Walz, Scott K. Holland, James C. Eliassen, Lori
Bernard, & Shari L. Wade. (2012). Neural Correlates of Risky Decision Making in Adolescents with and
without Traumatic Brain Injury using the Balloon Analog Risk Task. Developmental Neuropsychology
37(2): 176-183. PMID 22339229.
30. Zhang F, Deshpande A, Benson C, Smith M, Eliassen J, Fu QJ. (2011). The adaptive pattern of the
auditory N1 peak revealed by standardized low-resolution brain electromagnetic tomography. Brain Res.
1400:42-52. PMID 21658681.
31. Jonathan A. Bernstein, M.D., Lloyd Hastings, Ph.D., Erin L. Boespflug, B.S., Jane B. Allendorfer, Ph.D.,
Martine Lamy, Ph.D., and James C. Eliassen, Ph.D. (2011). Alteration of Brain Activation Patterns in
Non-Allergic Rhinitis Patients Using Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Before and After Treatment
With Intranasal Azelastine. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 106(6):527-32. PMID 21624753.

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32. Fleck DE, Kotwal R, Eliassen JC, Lamy M, Delbello MP, Adler CM, Durling M, Cerullo MA, Strakowski SM.
(2011). Preliminary evidence for increased frontosubcortical activation on a motor impulsivity task in
mixed episode bipolar disorder. J Affect Disord. 133(1-2):333-9. PMID 21546091.
33. Stephen M. Strakowski, MD; James C. Eliassen, PhD; Martine Lamy, PhD; Michael A. Cerullo, MD; Jane
B. Allendorfer, PhD; Michelle Madore; Jing-Huei Lee, PhD; Jeffrey A. Welge, PhD; Melissa P. DelBello,
MD; David E. Fleck, PhD; Caleb M. Adler, MD. (2011). “Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging brain
activation in bipolar mania: Evidence for disruption of the ventrolateral prefrontal-amygdala emotional
pathway.” Biological Psychiatry, 69(4):381-388. PMID:21051038.
34. Harnish, S.M., Neils-Strunjas, J., Eliassen, J., Reilly, J., Meinzer, M., Clark, J.G., Joseph, J. (2010). Visual
discrimination predicts naming and semantic association accuracy in Alzheimer disease. Cognitive and
Behavioral Neurology, 23(4):231-239. PMID:21042208.
35. Robert Krikorian, James C Eliassen, Tiffany A Nash, Erin L Boespflug, and Marcelle D Shidler. (2010).
Improved Cognitive-Cerebral Function in Older Adults with Chromium Supplementation. Nutritional
Neuroscience,13(3):116-122. PMID 20423560.
36. McNamara RK, Able J, Jandacek R, Rider T, Tso P, Eliassen JC, Alfieri D, Weber W, Jarvis K, Delbello
MP, Strakowski SM, Adler CM. (2010). Docosahexaenoic acid supplementation increases prefrontal
cortex activation during sustained attention in healthy boys: a placebo-controlled, dose-ranging,
functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Am J Clin Nutr, 91(4):1060-7. PMID 20130094.
37. Page SJ, Harnish S, Lamy M, Eliassen J, Szaflarski J. (2010). Affected Arm Use, Motor, and Cortical
Change in Stroke Patients Exhibiting Minimal Hand Movement. Neurorehabil Neural Repair, 24(2):195-
203. PMID: 20107135. Erratum in: Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2010 Jun;24(5):495. PMID 20107135.
38. Fawen Zhang, James Eliassen, Jill Anderson, Peter Scheifele, and David Brown. (2009). The Time
Course of the Amplitude and Latency in the Auditory Late Response Evoked by Repeated Tone Bursts.
Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 20(4):239-250. PMID: 19927696.
39. Myers EB, Blumstein SE, Walsh E, Eliassen J. (2009). Inferior Frontal Regions Underlie the Perception of
Phonetic Category Invariance. Psychological Science. 20(7):895-903. PMID: 19515116.
40. Cerullo MA, Adler CM, Lamy M, Eliassen JC, Fleck DE, Strakowski SM, DelBello MP. (2009). Differential
brain activation during response inhibition in bipolar and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorders. Early
Intervention in Psychiatry, 3(3): 189-197. DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7893.2009.00132.x.
41. Stephen J. Sheinkopf, Ph.D.; Barry M. Lester, Ph.D.; Jerome N. Sanes, Ph.D.; James C. Eliassen, Ph.D.;
Emmette R. Hutchison, B.S.; Ronald Seifer, Ph.D.; Linda L. LaGasse, Ph.D.; Sarah Durston, Ph.D.; and
B. J. Casey, Ph.D. (2009). Functional MRI and Response Inhibition in Children Exposed to Cocaine In
Utero: Preliminary Findings. Developmental Neuroscience, 31(1-2):159-66. PMID: 19372696.
42. Stephen M. Strakowski, MD; Caleb M. Adler, MD; Michael A. Cerullo, MD; James C. Eliassen, PhD;
Martine Lamy; David E. Fleck, PhD; Jing-Huei Lee, PhD; Melissa P. DelBello, MD. (2008). Magnetic
Resonance Imaging Brain Activation in First-episode Bipolar Mania during a Response Inhibition Task.
Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 2(4):225-233. PMID 19190727.
43. Page, Stephen, Szaflarski, Jerzy, Eliassen James, Pan, Hai, and Cramer, Steven. (2009). Cortical
Plasticity Following Motor Skill Learning During Mental Practice in Stroke. Neurorehabilitation and Neural
Repair, 23(4):382-8. PMID: 19155350.
44. Harnish SM, Lamy M, Page SJ, Eliassen JC, Neils-Strunjas, JR. (2008). Use of fMRI in the study of
chronic aphasia recovery after therapy: A case study. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitiation, 15(5):468-481.
PMID: 19008206.
45. James C. Eliassen, Scott K. Holland, Jerzy P. Szaflarski. (2008). Compensatory brain activation for
recognition memory in patients with medication-resistant epilepsy. Epilepsy & Behavior, 13:463-469.
PMID: 18611446.
46. Cerullo MA, Nasrallah HA, Eliassen JC, Adler CM, Nasrallah AT, Strakowski SM. (2007). Memantine
normalizes brain activity in the inferior frontal gyrus: A controlled pilot fMRI study. Schizophrenia
Research, 97(1-3):94-96. PMID: 17855055.

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47. Stephen M. Strakowski, MD, Caleb M. Adler, MD, Scott K. Holland, PhD, Neil Mills, Melissa P. DelBello,
MD, James C. Eliassen, PhD. (2005) Abnormal fMRI Brain Activation in Euthymic Bipolar Disorder
During a Counting Stroop Task. American Journal of Psychiatry, 162(9):1697-1705. PMID: 16135630.
48. Kim, J.A., Eliassen, J.C., Sanes, J.N. (2005) Movement Quantity and Frequency Coding in Human Motor
Areas. Journal of Neurophysiology, 94(4):2504-2511. PMID: 15944229.
49. Rissman, J., Eliassen, J.C., and Blumstein, S.E. (2003) Lexical-Semantic processing: an event related
fMRI investigation of semantic priming. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 15(8):1160-1175. PMID:
14709234.
50. Herz, R.S., Eliassen, J., Beland, S.L., and Souza, T. (2004) Neuroimaging Evidence for the Emotional
Potency of Odor-Evoked Memories. Neuropsychologia, 42(3):371-378. PMID: 14670575.
51. Eliassen, J.C., Souza, T and Sanes J.N. (2003) Experience-dependent activation patterns in human brain
during visual-motor associative learning. Journal of Neuroscience, 23(33):10540-10547. PMID:
14627638.
52. Acuna, B.D., Eliassen, J.C., Donoghue, J.P., and Sanes, J.N. (2002) Frontal and parietal lobe activation
during transitive inference in humans. Cerebral Cortex 12:1312-1321. PMID: 12427681.
53. Eliassen, J.C., Souza, T., and Sanes, J.N. (2001) Human Brain activation accompanying explicitly directed
movement sequence learning. Experimental Brain Research 141:269–280. PMID: 11715072.
54. Eliassen, J.C., Baynes, K., and Gazzaniga, M.S. (2000) Anterior and posterior callosal contributions to
bimanual movements of the fingers, hands and arms. Brain 123(12):2501-11. PMID: 11099451.
55. Eliassen, J.C., Baynes, K. and Gazzaniga, M.S. (1999) Direction information coordinated via the posterior
third of the corpus callosum. Experimental Brain Research 128(4): 573-577. PMID: 10541755.
56. Baynes, K., Eliassen, J.C., Lutsep, H. and Gazzaniga, M.S. (1998) Modular organization of cognitive
systems masked by interhemispheric integration. Science 280:902-905. PMID: 9572734.
57. Gazzaniga, M.S., Eliassen, J.C., Nisenson, L., Wessinger, C.M., Fendrich, R. & Baynes, K. (1996)
Collaboration between the hemispheres of a callosotomy patient: Emerging right hemisphere speech and
the left hemisphere interpreter. Brain 119(4):1255-1262. PMID: 8813288.
58. Miller, M.B., Fendrich, R., Eliassen, J.C., Demirel, S., and Gazzaniga, M.S. (1996) Transcranial magnetic
stimulation: Visual supression delays due to luminance changes. Neuroreport 7(11):1740-1744. PMID:
8905655.
59. Stone, V.E., Nisenson, L., Eliassen, J.C., Gazzaniga, M.S. (1996). Left hemisphere representations of
facial expressions. Neuropsychologia, 34(1):23-29. PMID: 8852690.
60. Franz, E.A., Eliassen, J.C., Ivry, R.B., and Gazzaniga, M.S. (1996) Dissociation of spatial and temporal
coupling in the bimanual movements of callosotomy patients. Psychological Science 7(5): 306-310.
61. Rajpara, S.M., Garcia, P.D., Roberts, R., Eliassen, J.C., Owens, D.F., Maltby, D., Myers, R., and Mayeri,
E. (1992) “Identification and molecular cloning of a neuropeptide Y homolog that produces prolonged
inhibition in Aplysia neurons.” Neuron, 9:1-20. PMID: 1524828.
62. Eliassen, J.C., Rajpara, S.M., and Mayeri, E. (1991) Isolation and partial characterization of
neuropeptides that mimc prolonged inhibition produced by bag cell neurons in Aplysia. Journal of
Neurobiology 22(7):698-706. PMID: 1765778.
Reviews
1. Eliassen J, Boespflug, EL, Lamy M, Allendorfer, J, Chu, W-J, Szaflarski, JP. (2008). Brain mapping
techniques for evaluating post-stroke recovery and rehabilitation: A review. Topics in Stroke
Rehabilitation, 15(5):427-450. PMID: 19008203.
2. Fleck DE, Nandagopal J, Cerullo MA, Eliassen JC, DelBello MP, Adler CM, Strakowski SM. (2008).
Morphometric Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Psychiatry. Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging,
Apr;19(2):131-42. PMID: 19363434.

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Book Chapters
Baynes, K. and Eliassen, J.C. (1998) The visual lexicon: Its access and organization in commissurotomy
patients. In C. Chiarello and M. Beeman (Eds) Getting it right: The cognitive neuroscience of right
hemisphere language comprehension. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Submitted and Prepared Manuscripts (available upon request)
1. Michael L. Smith, Jane B. Allendorfer, Martine Lamy, Krishna V. Patel, Maria M. Martini, Almira M.
Kustubayeva, Jessica L. Kestler, Shawna Tan, James C. Eliassen. Effects of recreational MDMA and
marijuana use on working memory fMRI brain activation. (Revising for Resubmission to Psychiatry
Research: Neuroimaging, 2016).
2. Nery F, Norris M, Eliassen J, Weber W, Blom T, Welge J, Barzman D, Strawn J, Adler C, Strakowski S,
DelBello M. Decreased White Matter Volumes in Youth Offspring of Bipolar Parents: A Marker of Risk or
Reslience? Submitted to Biological Psychiatry.
3. Kustubayeva AM, Nelson EB, Patel KV, Smith ML, Kestler JL, Erb CD, Smith MS, Allendorfer JB, Lamy M,
Cerullo MA, and Eliassen JC. Brain activation differences between healthy individuals and MDD patients
during feedback-based reinforcement learning. Submitted to Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
(Revsing for resubmission)
4. Jane B. Allendorfer, Martine Lamy, Judd M. Storrs, Amanda N. Stover, and James C. Eliassen. To do or
not to do: An fMRI study of feedback learning during uncertainty. (Revising for Resubmission).
5. Lamy M, Allendorfer JB, Strakowski SM. Eliassen JC. Alteration of Prefrontal Circuits during Risky
Decision Making in Euthymic Bipolar Disorder (Revising for Resubmission).
6. James C. Eliassen, Jane B. Allendorfer, Jessica L. Kestler, Martine Lamy, Maria M. MartinI, Krishna V.
Patel, Shawna Tan, Michael L. Smith, Almira Kustubayeva, Margaret x. Balfour, Gene B. Southers, Krista
x. Medina, Paula K. Shear. Support for aberrant learning theories of addiction in brain activation patterns
from recreational marijuana and ecstasy users during visual-motor associative learning. (In Preparation).
Research Support.
ACTIVE
Shire Plc (Biopharmaceuticals) (10%) Eliassen & McElroy (MultiPI) 2015-2017
Effect of Lisdexamfetamine on Prefrontal Brain Dysfunction in Binge Eating Disorder
Role: Multiple Principal Investigator
R01MH105464 (0%) DelBello & McNamara (MultiPI) 2015-2020
Neuroimaging Study of Risk Factors for Adolescent Bipolar Disorder
Role: Co-Investigator
K23 MH106037 (0%) Strawn (PI) 2014-2018
NIH/NIMH
Neurofunctional Predictors of Treatment Response in Adolescents with GAD.
Role: Consultant
K23 MH092735 (10%) Espay 2011-2016
NIH/NIMH
PSYCHOGENIC TREMOR: FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE STUDY ON EMOTIONAL
PROCESSING.
This study seeks to understand what changes occur in the activity of the brain of people with psychogenic
tremor and how cognitive behavioral therapy may help to treat the tremor and psychological profile of patients.

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Role: Consultant.
University of Cincinnati (0%) Johnson (PI) 2013-2014
University Research Council
Hemispheric Differentiation for Approach/Avoidance Achievement Motivation
Role: Co-Investigator
Total Costs: $6500
Cincinnati VA Medical Center (0%) Chard (PI) 2014-2015
VISN10 Health Systems Council
Neurological Change in Cognitive Processing Therapy.
Role: Co-Investigator
Total Costs: $10,000
R01 DA030354 (0%) Medina (PI) 2011-2016
NIH/NIDA
Effects of Physical Activity & Marijuana Use on Frontolimbic Functioning During Adolescence: An fMRI Study.
This project will establish whether physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness normalize the negative
consequences of MJ exposure on frontal and limbic neocortical functioning during adolescence.
Role: Consultant.
COMPLETED
Mayfield Education Research Fund (0%) Kosty 2013-2015
Use of Diffusion Tensor Imaging to evaluate the effects of minimally invasive surgical evacuation of
intracerebral hemorrhage on the corticospinal tract
This study examines the potential for DTI to predict surgical outcomes in patients with traumatic brain injury.
Role: Co-Investigator.
Center for Clinical & Translational Science & Training (0%) Zhang (PI) 2014-2015
JIT Grant
Effects of Music Training on Human Brain: Implications for Cochlear Implant Users
Role: Co-investigator
Procter and Gamble (5%) Eliassen 2013-2014
This study is covered by a confidentiality disclosure agreement. This study examines the effects of a consumer
product on brain activity.
Role: sub-contract PI.
Just-In-Time Core Grant (0%) Eliassen 2012-2013
University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center, Center for Clinical and Trainslational Science and Training
Predicting discontinuation of methadone maintenance therapy with functional MRI.
This grant supports the recruitment and brain scanning of patients currently receiving methadone maintenance
therapy and will assess whether functional brain activation can predict treatment retention.
UC Neuroscience Institute/Network for Neuroscience Discovery (0%) DelBello (PI) 2013-2014
UCNI/NND Pilot Grant
Neural Basis of Arousal and Reward in Bipolar Disorder
Role: Co-Investigator
Total Costs: $25,000
R01 AG034617 (10%) Krikorian (PI) 2009-2012
NIH/NIA,OD
OMEGA-3 AND BLUEBERRY SUPPLMENTATION IN AGE-RELATED COGNITIVE DECLINE.

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As an initial step to establish early intervention and prevention strategies, this application proposes a double-
bind placebo-controlled treatment trial to evaluate the neurocognitive benefits of combined omega-3 fatty acid
and blueberries in elderly subjects at risk for age-related cognitive decline.
Role: Co-investigator
K23 MH081214 (0%) Cerullo (PI) 2008-2013
NIH/NIDA
IDENTIFYING THE CORE BRAIN NETWORK DYSFUNCTION IN BIPOLAR DEPRESSION WITH FMRI.
We propose to use fMRI to compare regional brain activation between bipolar and unipolar depressed patients
using a task designed to evaluate both the emotional and cognitive networks and their intersection.
Role: Consultant.
UC Neuroscience Institute (0%) Divine and Adler (PI’s) 2013-2014
Evidence of Neuropathic Changes in College Football Players.
This study uses functional and structural brain imaging to identify the consequences of football head injuries.
Role: Consultant.
R15 DC011004 (0%) Zhang (PI) 2010-2013
NIH/NIDA
TEMPORAL PROCESSING PROPERTIES OF THE AUDITORY SYSTEM IN COCHLEAR IMPLANT
SYSTEMS.
The goal of this project is to investigate the temporal properties of four types of auditory evoked potentials
(AEPs) in CI patients: 1) the electric compound action potential (ECAP), 2) the electric auditory brainstem
response (EABR), 3) the electric late auditory evoked potential (ELAEP), and 4) the acoustic LAEP.
Role: Co-investigator.
1 P50 MH077138 (5%) Strakowski (PI) 2007-2012 (No Cost Ext. 6/30/13)
NIH/NIDA
U. of Cincinnati Bipolar Disorder Imaging & Treatment Research Center (BITREC)
This proposal seeks to establish a Mental Health Center for Intervention Development and Applied Research
(CIDAR) from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio. The proposed projects will
conduct a series of studies that will integrate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and spectroscopy (MRS)
measures with outcome measures in clinical trials designed to identify trait and state aspects of selected
metabolism markers which can be used as specific markers of treatment response and illness progression.
Role: Co-investigator.
K25 MH085103 (0%) Chu (PI) 2010-2012
NIH/NIDA
CONTRASTING GLUTAMATERGIC NEUROTRANSMISSION IN BIPOLAR DISORDER AND
SCHIZOPHRENIA.
The scientific goal of this proposal is to differentiate the neuropathology of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia
using functional MRI (fMRI)-guided MRS.
Role: Consultant.
F30 MH081461 (0%) Lamy (PI) 2008-2013
NIH/NIDA
NEURAL MECHANISMS OF IMPULSIVITY AND REWARD PROCESSING IN BIPOLAR DISORDER
This project investigates the neural mechanism of impulsivity and reward processing in bipolar disorder using a
delay discounting task where subjects decide between monetary gains at different times.
Role: Co-sponsor
1 K01 DA020485-01A1 (90%) Eliassen (PI) 2006-2011 (No Cost Ext. 8/31/2012)
NIH/NIDA
Linking serotonin and memory functions in MDMA users by concurrent EEG and fMRI.

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This project examines the hypothesis that serotonergic neurotoxicity causes the learning and memory
impairments in recreational MDMA users by examining the electrophysiological markers of memory processing
and serotonergic function using concurrent EEG and fMRI.
Role: Principal Investigator.
R03 DA027457 (0%) Medina (PI) 2009-2011(No Cost Ext. 2012)
NIH/NIDA
EFFECTS OF SLC6A4, BDNF AND ECSTASY USE ON BRAIN STRUCTURE IN YOUNGADULTS.
Our primary aim is to determine whether ecstasy use, in combination with genotypes associated with low
serotonin signaling, predicts poorer cognitive function and frontolimbic structural abnormalities in young adult
ecstasy users, after controlling for polydrug use.
Role: Co-investigator.
R01 DA022221 (0%) Delbello (PI) 2006-2011
NIH/NIDA
TOPIRAMATE FOR CO-OCCURRING CANNABIS USE AND BIPOLAR DISORDERS IN ADOLESCENTS.
The goal of this proposal is to conduct a double-blind placebo-controlled 16-week pilot study examining the
efficacy and tolerability of topiramate as a treatment for reducing cannabis consumption in adolescents with co-
occurring bipolar and cannabis use disorders.
Role: Co-investigator.
R01 AT004454 (0%) Page (PI) 2009-2014
NIH/NIDA
MENTAL PRACTICE IN CHRONIC, STROKE-INDUCED HEMIPARESIS.
This study will test efficacy of a promising technique in reducing disability and increasing function, thereby
improving outcomes and health, and reducing care costs, for community dwelling patients with stroke-induced
hemiparesis.
Role: Co-investigator.
R01 MH071931 (0%) Strakowski (PI) 2004-2009
NIMH
Anterior limbic network dysfunction in bipolar disorder.
This project investigates whether dysfunction in the anterior limbic network is a characteristic trait of bipolar
disorder.
Role: Co-investigator
Young Investigator Award (1.8%) Eliassen (PI) 2006-2008
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD)
Identifying a neurochemical basis for fMRI abnormalities in Bipolar Disorder with phosphorus MRSI
This project examines bipolar disorder patients to determine if neurochemical abnormalities, as measured by
MR spectroscopy, and functional activation deficits, as measured by fMRI arise in the same brain regions.
Davis Phinney Foundation (0)% Mandybur (PI) 2009-2010
Use of high resolution multimodal MRI to predict Subthalamic Nucleus location during Deep Brain Stimulation
procedures for medically intractable Parkinson’s disease.
Using diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging fiber tracking for improved subthalamic nucleus border
delineation, we will attempt to predict STN size and position with confirmation by intraoperative.
Role: Co-investigator.
American Heart Association (3.2%) Page (PI) 2005-2009
The effects of various durations of electrical stimulation on cortical reorganization and motor recovery in
subacute stroke.
This project examines the effects of varying level of electrical stimulation on post-stroke recovery using fMRI to
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Role: Consultant
Indiana University Medical Center (0%) Neils (PI) 2006-2007
Alzheimers Disease Center Grants Program
fMRI Study of Dedifferentiation and Compensation in Alzheimers Disease.
Role: Co-investigator
University of Cincinnati (0%) Neils (PI) 2005-2006
University Research Council’s Faculty Research Program
Dedifferentiation of the aging brain and its relationship to ability level, an fMRI study.
Role: Co-investigator
The Neuroscience Institute (0%) Szaflarski (PI) 2005-2006
Language Recovery after Stroke
This study investigates the mechanisms of cortical language reorganization following stroke.
Role: Co-investigator
University of Cincinnati (0%) Komoroski (PI) 2006-2007
Nanoscale Institute Seed Grant
Smart Contrast Agents for MRI Using Nanotechnology
Role: Co-investigator
University of Cincinnati (0%) Eliassen (PI) 2005-2006
University Research Council’s Faculty Research Program
Brain Activation Differences in Odor Detection and Odor Identification
This proposal aims to identify the brain circuits that participate in odor detection and identification and to
understand how pleasant and unpleasant odors may differ in terms of which brain regions they activate.
University of Cincinnati (0%) Eliassen (PI) 2004-2005
Dean’s Discovery Fund, Translational Grants Program
Regional correspondence among spectroscopic, anatomical, and functional MRI measures of “ecstasy”
neurotoxicity
This study examines the neurotoxic effects of MDMA (“ecstasy” or 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine) on
human recreational users by simultaneously analyzing several MRI measures of brain function and integrity.
University of Cincinnati (0%) Kotwal (PI) 2005-2006
Dean’s Discovery Fund, Translational Grants Program
Functional MRI of Impulsivity in the Mixed State of Bipolar Disorder.
This study investigates the use of fMRI as a method to predict suicidal behavior in bipolar disorder.
Role: Co-investigator.
Teaching and Mentoring Experience
Courses
Course Director, PSYC 3062, Brains on Drugs. Spring Semester 2015, University of Cincinnati, Department of
Psychology. Introduction to psychopharmacology of psychotropic drugs. Prescription psychiatric drugs,
alcohol, nicotine, and illicit drugs, have become a significant factor in daily life. This course is designed to
introduce students to the biochemical basis of behavior as the foundation for understanding the effects and
acute and chronic side effects of the major classes of psychotropic drugs. Students will learn how chemical
substances affect the brain and behavior.
Course Director, PSYC 7051, Proposal Writing. Fall Semester 2014, University of Cincinnati, Department of
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proposal-writing for graduate students in Psychology. Students successfully completing the course will know
how to write a research proposal. In addition, they will have acquired knowledge about the role of funding in
career options and about how to look for research funding.
Course Director, Psyc 3024, Functional Neuroanatomy. Co-directed with Visiting Scholar Almira Kustubayeva.
Spring Semester, 2014, University of Cincinnati, Department of Psychology. This course provides students
with the understanding of brain anatomy needed to interpret neuroimaging studies. Students gain an
appreciation of the brain's three-dimensional architecture and an understanding of the functions of major
systems. Additionally, there is a focus on how sensory signals are processed from lower centers to cortical
regions.
Course Director, NS 910, Neuroscience Journal Club. Fall Quarter, 2005-2011, University of Cincinnati. This
course emphasizes critical analysis of current issues in neuroscience research, interpretation of published
peer-reviewed research, and examination of review process at scientific journals. Presentations are made by
students and group discussion is guided by students and instructor.
Instructor, BN293, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Theory and Practice. Co-directed with Post-
Doctoral advisor, Jerome Sanes. Fall Semester, 2001, Brown University, Department of Neuroscience. This
course provides an introduction to principles, techniques and findings in functional magnetic resonance
imaging research, including an analysis of theoretical, biological and technological issues. A laboratory
component includes the acquisition and analysis of a small group experimental dataset.
Lectures and Short Courses.
Lectured in Neuroscience Graduate Program’s Fundamentals of Neuroscience I and II on topics of Memory
and Frontal lobe/Executive Function. Also conducted fMRI laboratory for small group project including
imaging acquisition and data analysis. 2014-2015.
Lectured in Neuroscience Graduate Program’s Fundamentals of Neuroscience I and II on topics of Memory,
Neuroimaging, and Frontal lobe/Executive Function. Also conducted fMRI laboratory for small group project
including imaging acquisition and data analysis. 2013-2014.
Lectured in Neuroscience Graduate Program’s Fundamentals of Neuroscience I and II on topics of Vision,
Memory, and Frontal lobe/Executive Function. Also conducted fMRI laboratory for small group project
including imaging acquisition and data analysis. 2012-2013.
Conducted fMRI laboratory for small group project including imaging acquisition and data analysis as part of
Brain & Behavior. 2011-2012.
Lecture in Neuroscience Graduate Program’s Fundamentals of Neuroscience I and II on topics of Vision and
Frontal lobe/Executive Function. 2011-2012
Conducted tutorial sessions/lectures covering fMRI techniques including image reconstruction, image
coregistration and censoring, data preprocessing, time series analysis and statistical evaluation. Fall 2011.
Lectured on fMRI analysis techniques for Neuroimaging Software Seminar Series (NS3
) sponsored by
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital’s Pediatric Brain Imaging Research Program. This course met in Fall 2006.
AFNI Tutorial Classes: Eight week training session (~Aug. 1-Oct 1, 2005) on the use of AFNI brain imaging
software for employees and researchers at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Center for
Imaging Research.
Mentoring
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience
2012-2014. Leader, Junior Faculty Grants Meeting
Neuroscience Graduate Program
2011-2014 Associate Director, Neuroscience Graduate Program.

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2006-2012 Dissertation Co-advisor: Erin Boespflug. “Component diffusion tensor analysis suggests
disparate temporal stem and fornix white matter pathology in Mild Cognitive Impairment.”
2005-2009 Dissertation Advisor: Martine Lamy. “Neural Correlates of Impulsivity and Risk Taking in Bipolar
Disorder.”
2005-2009 Dissertation Advisor: Jane Allendorfer. “Linking Impulsivity and Novelty Processing in Healthy
and Bipolar Individuals: An fMRI and Behavioral Approach.”
2012-2015 Dissertation Committee Chair: Sriparna Ghosal.
2012-2015 Dissertation Committee Chair: Jessica McKlveen.
2012-2015 Dissertation Committee Chair: Isaiah Rolle.
2012-pres. Dissertation Committee Chair: Maggie Schneider.
2011-2013 Dissertation Committee Chair: Benjamin Kay.
2007-2012 Dissertation Committee Chair: Nicholas Jury.
2007-2011 Dissertation Committee Chair: Erica Doczy.
2008-2015 Dissertation Committee member: Travis Beckwith.
2012-2014 Dissertation Committee Member: Joe Korfhagen.
2009-2011 Dissertation Committee member: Stefanie Bronson.
2008-2010 Dissertation Committee member: Jonathan Dickerson.
2007-2012 Dissertation Committee member: Karen Scott.
2007-2009 Dissertation Committee member: Susan Melhorn.
2009 Qualifying Exam Committee Chair: Stefanie Bronson.
2009 Qualifying Exam Committee Chair: Susan Israel.
2012 Qualifying Exam Committee Chair: Sriparna Ghosal
2014 Qualifying Exam Committee Member: Monwabisi Makola.
2014 Qualifying Exam Committee Member: Nicole Dangelo.
2013 Qualifying Exam Committee Member: Tara Kyser.
2012 Qualifying Exam Committee Member: Maggie Schneider.
2012 Qualifying Exam Committee Member: Isaiah Rolle.
2011 Qualifying Exam Committee Member: Benjamin Kay.
2010 Qualifying Exam Committee Member: Travis Beckwith.
2009 Qualifying Exam Committee Member: Paul Niklewski.
2008 Qualifying Exam Committee Member: Nicholas Jury
2008 Qualifying Exam Committee Member: Kim Krawczewski.
2007 Qualifying Exam Committee Member: Karen Scott.
2007 Qualifying Exam Committee Member: Katrina Paumier.
2007 Qualifying Exam Committee Member: Anne Engemann.
2006 Qualifying Exam Committee Member: Valerie Thompson.
2006 Qualifying Exam Committee Member: Jane Allendorfer.
2006 Qualifying Exam Committee Member: Martine Lamy.
Psychology Doctoral Program
2014-pres. Dissertation and Master’s Thesis Committee member: Christina Estrada (Clinical).
2011-pres. Dissertation and Master’s Thesis Committee member: Shawna Bonner (Clinical).
2011-2013 Dissertation and Master’s Thesis Committee member: Jenessa Price (Clinical).
2011-2013 Dissertation and Master’s Thesis Committee member: Tim McQueeny (Clinical).
2012-2013 Master’s Thesis Committee member: Cristina Bigras (Clinical).
2011-2013 Dissertation and Master’s Thesis Committee member: Claudia Padula (Clinical).
2010-2012 Dissertation Committee member: Joaquin Burciaga (Clinical).
Communication Sciences and Disorders Doctoral Program
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2010-2011 Dissertation Committee member: Jill M. Anderson.
Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program
2006-2010 Dissertation Committee member: Judd Storrs.
Research Students (Undergrad. (UG), Post-graduate (PG), Graduate (G), Volunteer (V), High School (HS)
2015 Heather Woodall (Psychology, UG), Brady Williamson (Neuroscience Capstone project, UG), Max
Tallman (UG), Almira Kustubayeva (Visiting Scholar).
2014 Heather Woodall (Psychology, UG), Brady Williamson (Neuroscience Capstone project, UG), Max
Tallman (UG), Mike Smith (PG), Almira Kustubayeva (Visiting Scholar), Jessica Kestler (CECH, Ed.
Psych, graduate student), Aigerim Kustubayeva (HS).
2013 Mike Smith (PG), Shawna Tan (V), Almira Kustubayeva (Visiting Scholar), Blaine Lewis (Centre
College, UG), Jessica Kestler (CECH, Ed. Psych, graduate student), Aigerim Kustubayeva (HS).
2012 Christopher Valentic (UG), Bryce Fish (UG), Shawna Tan (V).
2011 Antwyn Jones(UG), Rodrigo Gerardo(PG), Molly Grainger(PG).
2010 Christopher Erb(UG), Amanda Opaskar(UG), Nancy Fru(G), Nasrin Shahana(G), Tyler Thompson(UG).
2009 Amanda Stover(G), David Caldwell(UG).
2008 Krishna Patel(UG), Maria Martini(UG).
Brown University
Undergraduate Honors Thesis co-Advisor to Jennifer A. Kim (2004). Brain Activation for Spatially and Non-
spatially Cued Arbitrary Association Learning. Department of Neuroscience, Brown University.
Undergraduate Honors Thesis co-Advisor to Matthew Johnson (2002). Brain Activation Associated With
Arbitrary Visuomotor Association Learning: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study. Department of
Neuroscience, Brown University.
Departmental, College, and University Committees
2014 Organizing Committee. Neurobiology of Stress Workshop, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati,
OH, June 17-20, 2014.
2011-2014 Neuroscience Graduate Program, Admissions Committee Chair.
2011-2014 Neuroscience Graduate Program, Advisory Committee Chair.
2011-2014 Neuroscience Graduate Program, Curriculum Committee.
2009-2014 Center for Education, Treatment, and Research in Addictive Disorders, Research Workgroup.
2010-2011 (Undergraduate) Academic Internship Advisory Board.
2003-2015 Scientific Advisory Committee, Center for Imaging Research.
2010-2012 Physician Scientist Training Program Pathway Committee.
2010-2012 Physician Scientist Training Program Promotion Board.
2009-2012 Physician Scientist Training Program Executive Committee.
2009-2011 Appointment, Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure committee, Dept. of Psychiatry.
Professional Memberships
Society for Neuroscience
Ohio-Miami Valley Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience.
Professional Reviews
Grants
Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Review Panel
Medical Research Council (UK), Ad Hoc reviewer.
National Institutes of Health, Early Career Reviewer program at the Center for Scientific Review (CSR).
National Institutes of Health, Special Emphasis Panel 2013/01 ZDA1 GXM-A (03) 1.

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National Science Foundation.
Stemmler Foundation.
Journals
Neuroscience
Bipolar Disorders
Physiology & Behavior
Nature Neuroscience
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
Journal of Neurophysiology
Journal of Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair
Journal of Neuroscience Methods
Acta Psychologica
Biological Psychiatry
Invited Presentations
“Learning, Brain Activity, and The Effects of Recreational Drug Use.” Eli Lilly & Company, Indianapolis,
Indiana. Interview for Clinical Research Scientist, February 22nd
, 2016.
“Learning, Brain Activity, and The Effects of Recreational Drug Use.” Nationwide Children’s Hospital,
Columbus, OH. Interview for Neuroimaging Core Director, October 26th
, 2015.
“Learning, Brain Activity, and The Effects of Recreational Drug Use.” University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.
Interview for Director of MRI Operations, June 18th
, 2014.
“Learning, Brain Activity, and The Effects of Recreational Drug Use.” Wright State University, Dayton, OH.
Faculty Interview, April 8th
, 2014.
“Careers in Biomedical Research.” Indian Hill High School, Presentations to Senior Biology Classes, May 3rd
,
2013.
“Brain bases for psychiatric illnesses and the effects of drug abuse on brain function.” Butler-Warren chapter of
the Society of Human Resource Managers, Tylersville, OH. May 3rd
, 2012.
“Learning, Brain Activity, and The Effects of Recreational Drug Use.” University of Cincinnati Physiology
Department seminar. April 3rd
, 2012.
“Learning, Brain Activity, and The Effects of Recreational Drug Use.” Thomas More College, Edgewood, KY.
January 27th
, 2012.
“Learning, Brain Activity, and The Effects of Recreational Drug Use.” Lecture to UC NeuroSociety. University of
Cincinnati, November 30th
, 2011.
“Agony & Ecstasy? Effects of Recreational Drug Abuse with Cannabis and MDMA: an fMRI Study.” 2011
Center for Treatment, Research and Education in Addictive Disorders (CeTREAD)/UC Health: Addiction
Update. University of Cincinnati. September 23rd
, 2011.
“Effects of recreational substance use on P300 ERPs during associative learning.” Lecture to Advances in
Clinical Neurophysiology research group. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Thursday, August 4th
,
2011.
“Value of Collaborative Research within the Allied Health Fields.” Key Note Lecture for Presentations of
Research and Innovative/Scholarly Endeavors (PRaISE) Conference at the University of Cincinnati, College of
Allied Health Sciences, Friday, May 21, 2010.
"Positive and negative feedback effects on future decision-making brain activation.“ Comparative Decision-
Making Colloquium, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, March 4th, 2010.
"Effects of Recreational Ecstasy Use on Associative Learning and Memory Brain Function.“ Local NIDA
Seminar Series, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, March 4th, 2010.

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“Alterations in Brain Activation and Brain Biochemistry in Bipolar Disorder.“ BITREC Seminar Series,
Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, August 21st, 2008.
"Brain Imaging the Neural Circuitry of Substance Abuse“ Wallace Kettering Neuroscience Institute, Kettering
Medical Center, Kettering, OH, Friday, February 16th, 2007.
“Brain Imaging the Neural Circuitry of Addiction.“ Ohio-Miami Valley Regional Chapter of the Society for
Neuroscience, 2007 Winter Meeting at the University of Cincinnati, January 10th, 2007, Genome Research
Institute (GRI).
"Modulation and Temporal Dynamics of Human-Brain Movement representations during learning." Brown
University Mind Brain Retreat, Killington, Vermont, March 17th, 2002.
"Modulation of human brain movement representations during explicit learning." Faculty candidate talk
presented to the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Kentucky, July 16, 2001.
"Functional MRI investigations of motor learning: Block designs versus Event-related approaches." Presented
to Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Program in Cognitive Neuroscience, Dartmouth College, December 7,
1999.
"Reduced synchronization of bimanual limb movement initiation times in an anterior callosotomy patient
following surgery." Presented at the Sixth Annual Spring Retreat of the Mcdonnell-Pew Center for Cognitive
Neuroscience, University of California, San Diego, May 20, 1995.
Selected Conference Presentations and Abstracts (since 2001)
Egan AE, Eliassen JC, Norris M, Lemen LC, Lasance K, Ulrich-Lai YM. Use of FDG positron emission
tomography to visualize brain activation in a model of stress relief by "comfort" food. Poster Presentation at
Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, Illinois, Sunday, Oct 18, 2015.
Williamson B and Eliassen J. Evidence for associative learning disorder theories of addiction: Brain activation
differences during two-trial associative learning. 2015 URSC + PRaISE Conference, University of Cincinnati,
April 24, 2015.
Woodall H, Williamson B, and Eliassen J. Brain activation correlates of verbal learning and memory
performance: an fMRI study. 2015 URSC + PRaISE Conference, University of Cincinnati, April 24, 2015.
Tallman M, Williamson B, and Eliassen J. Age of First Use of Marijuana and its Effects on Associative
Learning Brain Activation. 2015 URSC + PRaISE Conference, University of Cincinnati, April 24, 2015.
Strawn JR, Cotton S, Luberto LCM, Patino LR, Stahl LA, Weber WA, Eliassen JC, Sears R, DelBello MP.
Neurofunctional changes associated with mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in anxious adolescents youth
at risk for developing bipolar disorder. American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, presentation
at 61st
Annual Meeting, October 20-25, 2014, San Diego, California.
Espay AJ, Norris MM, Eliassen JC, Banks C, Allendorfer JB, Chen R, Fleck DE, Szaflarski JP. Sensory and
emotional processing in Psychogenic Dystonia: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Presentation
at 139th
Annuual Meeting, American Neurological Association, October 12-14, 2014, Baltimore, Maryland.
Padula CB, Anthenelli RM, Eliassen JC, Nelson E, Lisdahl KM. Alcohol dependence and task accuracy predict
left amygdala functional connectivity during fearful affective processing. Presentation at Research Society on
Alcoholism, 37th
Annual Scientific Meeting, June 21-25, 2014, Bellevue, Washington.
Welge JA, Strakowski SM, Eliassen JC, Lamy M, Allendorfer J, Adler CM, DelBello MP, Fleck DM. Factor
Analysis of Regional Brain Activation in Bipolar and Healthy Individuals Reveals a Consistent Modular
Structure. Presentation at 69th
Annual Scientific Meeting, Society of Biological Psychiatry, May 8-10, 2014,
New York, New York.
DelBello MP, Saliba LJ, Strawn JR, Barzman DH, Eliassen J, Patino LR, Weber W, Welge JA, Adler CM,
Strakowski S, McNamara RM. Functional Prefrontal Differences in Youth with and At-Risk for Developing
Mania. Presentation at 60th
Annual Meeting, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, October
22-27, 2013, Orlando, Florida.
Schneider MR, Patino LR, Bitter S, Weber W, Eliassen J, Lamy M, Adler CM, Strakowski S, DelBello MP.
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Bipolar Disorder. Presentation at 60th
Annual Meeting, American Academy of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry, October 22-27, 2013, Orlando, Florida.
Danielyan A, Weber W, Blom TJ, Klein C, Eliassen J, Adler CM, Strawn JR, DelBello MP. Quality of Life in
Adolescents with Bipolar Disorder with Comorbid ADHD: Role of Impaired Facial Emotion Processing and
Social Cognition. Presentation at 60th
Annual Meeting, American Academy of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry, October 22-27, 2013, Orlando, Florida.
Adler C, DelBello M, Cerullo M, Welge J, Strawn J, Eliassen J, Fleck D, Rummelhoff E, Weber W, Strakowski
S. Neurochemical and Neurophysiological Effects of Lithium Across Mood State. Presentation to 68th
Annual
Scientific Meeting of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, May 16-18, 2013, San Francisco, California.
Eliassen JC, Stover AN, Smith MS, Tan S, Valentic C, Fish B, Allendorfer JB, Storrs JM, and Lamy M.
Deficient learning-related brain activation changes in recreational drug users during two-trial visuomotor
associative learning. Program No. 286.17. 2012 Neuroscience Meeting Planner. New Orleans, LA: Society
for Neuroscience, 2012. Online.
Schneider M, Bitter S, Mills NP, Weber W, Eliassen J, Lamy M, Adler C, Strakowski S, DelBello MP.
Longitudinal Changes in Amygdala Volume and Activation Following the First Episode of Bipolar Disorder.
Presentation at 59th
Annual Meeting, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, October 23-28,
2012, San Francisco, California.
Danielyan A, Weber W, Blom TJ, Eliassen J, Adler C, Strawn JR, DelBello MP. Quality of Life in Adolescents
with Bipolar Disorder with Comorbid ADHD: Role of Impaired Facial Emotion Processing and Social
Cognition. Presentation at 59th
Annual Meeting, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,
October 23-28, 2012, San Francisco, California.
Strawn JR, Wehry AM, Cerullo MA, Eliassen J, Strakowski SM, DelBello MP. Gray matter abnormalities in
adolescents with generalized anxiety disorder: a voxel-based morphometry study. Annual Meeting of the
American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Hollywood, Florida, 2012.
J.C. Eliassen, J.B. Allendorfer, J.M. Storrs, M. Lamy, and A.N. Stover. Brain activation to positive feedback
differs from negative feedback and yields decreased brain activation on subsequent learning trials. Program
No. 723.05. 2011 Neuroscience Meeting Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, 2011. Online.
Wen-Jang Chu, James C. Eliassen, Jing-Huei Lee, Caleb M. Adler, Melissa P. DelBello, David E. Fleck,
Richard K. Komoroski, Mathew M. Norris, Stephen M. Strakowski. Correlation between Functional MRI
Activation and Glutamate Levels in Healthy and Bipolar Subjects. Late Breaking Poster #1065. 67th Annual
Scientific Convention & Program of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, May 3-5, 2012, Philadelphia, PA.
Michael A Cerullo, James C Eliassen, David E Fleck, Wade A Weber, Melissa P DelBello, Stephen M
Strakowski. A Functional Connectivity Analysis of Subjects With Bipolar Disorder and Major Depressive
Disorder During a Depressive Episode. American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Waikaloa Beach,
Hawaii, December 4-8 2011.
Jeffrey R. Strawn, M.D., Samantha M. Bitter, B.S., Michael A. Cerullo, M.D., Rachel Whitsel, B.A., Wade A.
Weber, M.S., James C. Eliassen, Ph.D., Caleb M. Adler, M.D., Stephen Strakowski, M.D., Melissa P.
DelBello, M.D., M.S. Neurocircuitry of Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Adolescents: A Functional
Connectivity Study. New Research Poster presentation at the AACAP/CACAP Joint Annual Meeting in
Toronto, ON, Canada, October 18-23, 2011.
Shawna Bonner, Matthew Smith, Matthew Norris, Jeff Osterhage, David Fleck, Michael Cerullo, Stephen
Strakowski, Jing-Huei Lee, James Eliassen, Paula Shear. Scanner Noise Impacts Attentional Performance
and Self-Reported Affect. 40th Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society in Montreal,
Canada, February 15-18, 2012.
J.C. Eliassen, M.S. Smith, M. Lamy, J.B. Allendorfer. Multi-modal ERP/fMRI study of novelty processing in
recreational ecstasy users during feedback-based associative learning. Program No. 813.16. 2010
Neuroscience Meeting Planner. San Diego, CA: Society for Neuroscience, 2010. Online.
Zhang F., Benson C., Deshpande A., Smith M., Eliassen J., and Fu Q. (2010). Effects of Stimulus Repetition
on the Auditory N1 Peak Revealed by Standardized Low-resolution Brain Electromagnetic Tomography
(sLORETA). To be presented at 34th ARO annual midwinter conference. Baltimore, MD.
J.C. Eliassen; J.B. Allendorfer; M. Lamy; M.M. Martini; K.V. Patel; J.M. Storrs. fMRI and DTI differences
between healthy subjects and drug users with and without a history of MDMA use. Program No. 347.14.
2009 Neuroscience Meeting Planner. Chicago, IL: Society for Neuroscience, 2009. Online.

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J.B. Allendorfer, J.C. Eliassen, M. Lamy, J.A. Welge, M.P. DelBello. Impulsivity and novelty responsiveness
in co-occurring bipolar and cannabis use disorders. Frontiers in Addiction Research NIDA Mini-
Convention. Chicago, IL. 2009.
Medina, K.L., Jenessa Price, Tim McQueeny, Claudia Padula, James Eliassen, & Susan F. Tapert, Ph.D.
(2009). Neurocognitive consequences of alcohol, marijuana and nicotine use in late adolescence and
emerging adulthood. Paper presented orally for symposium addressing college drug use for the annual
meeting of the APA.
Page SJ, Szaflarski J, Eliassen J, Pan H. Cortocal plasticity following motor skill learning during mental
practice in stroke. Poster presented at the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine/American Society
for Neurorehabilitation; October, 2008. Published in Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2008; 89 (10): E15.
Eliassen JC, Allendorfer JB, Lamy M. (2008). Recreational MDMA use reduces fMRI brain activation in
serotonin target regions during associative learning. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Washington,
DC.
Lamy M, Allendorfer JB, Eliassen JC. (2008). Alterations in brain activation during risky decision-making in
bipolar disorder. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
Allendorfer JB, Lamy M, Eliassen JC (2008). Human recreational ecstasy (MDMA) use affects fMRI brain
activation during working memory. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
Fleck DE, Eliassen JC, Adler CM, Delbello MP, Shear PK, Durling M, Cerullo MA, Lamy M, Strakowski SM.
The neurophysiological correlates of sustained attention deficits in bipolar mania. J Invest Med 2008, 56:628-
629.
Jane Allendorfer, Martine Lamy, James Eliassen. Human recreational (MDMA) use affects fMRI brain
activation during working memory. Cognitive Neuroscience Meeting, April 11-15, 2008, San Francisco, CA.
Martine Lamy, Wenjang Chu, Xin Wang, Stephen Strakowski, Jing-Huei Lee, James Eliassen. Alterations in
Brain activation during impulsive behavior is associated with biochemical abnormalities in bipolar disorder.
Cognitive Neuroscience Meeting, April 11-15, 2008, San Francisco, CA.
J. C. ELIASSEN, J. B. ALLENDORFER, M. LAMY Recreational MDMA use affects fMRI brain activation in
serotonin target regions during associative learning. Cognitive Neuroscience Meeting, April 11-15, 2008, San
Francisco, CA.
J. C. ELIASSEN, J. B. ALLENDORFER, M. LAMY, A. L. SPIELES-ENGEMANN, M. E. BALFOUR.
Recreational MDMA use affects fMRI brain activation during associative learning. Society for Neuroscience
2007, San Diego, CA.
J. B. ALLENDORFER, M. LAMY, A. L. SPIELES-ENGEMANN, M. E. BALFOUR, J. C. ELIASSEN. Human
recreational ecstasy (MDMA) use affects fMRI brain activation but not performance during an N-back task.
Society for Neuroscience 2007, San Diego, CA.
Lamy, M; Cerullo, MC; Allendorfer JB; Mills, NP; Eliassen, JC; Adler, CM; Strakowski, SM; DelBello MP.
Differences in brain activation in bipolar and ADHD adolescents in an emotional expression discrimination
task. Society for Neuroscience 2007, San Diego, CA.
James C. Eliassen, Michael Cerullo, Jane B. Allendorfer, Martine Lamy, Staci Gruber, Caleb M. Adler, John
N. Adams, Kyle Karches, David Olson, Mary Kujawa, Georges Gharabawi, Perry F. Renshaw, Jing-Huei
Lee, Deborah Yurgelun-Todd, Stephen M. Strakowski. FMRI brain activation differences among tasks in
frequently relapsing bipolar patients later treated with long-acting injectable risperidone. American College of
Neuropsychopharmacology, Hollywood, FL, December 2006.
Stephen M. Strakowski, James C. Eliassen, Staci Gruber, Caleb M. Adler, Michael Cerullo, Martine Lamy,
David Olson, Jane Allendorfer, Mary Kujawa, Georges Gharabawi, Perry F. Renshaw, Jing-Huei Lee,
Deborah Yurgelun-Todd. Changes in fMRI brain activation in frequently relapsing bipolar disorder treated
with long-acting injectable risperidone. American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Hollywood, FL,
December 2006.
Caleb M. Adler, James C. Eliassen, Deborah Yurgelun-Todd, Staci Gruber, Michael Cerullo, Martine Lamy,
David Olson, Jane Allendorfer, Mary Kujawa, Georges Gharabawi, Perry F. Renshaw, Jing-Huei Lee,
Stephen M. Strakowski. fMRI brain activation associated with mood state differences in frequently relapsing
bipolar patients treated with long-acting injectable risperidone. American College of
Neuropsychopharmacology, Hollywood, FL, December 2006.
Deborah A. Yurgelun-Todd, David P. Olson Eric Jensen, Amy Ross, Staci A. Gruber, Marisa Silveri, Perry F.
Renshaw, James C. Eliassen, Wen-Jang Chu, Jing-Huei Lee, Caleb M. Adler, Mary Kujawa, Georges

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Gharabawi, Stephen M. Strakowski. Changes in Brain Metabolites in Frequently Relapsing Bipolar Patients
Treated with Long-Acting Risperidone. American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Hollywood, FL,
December 2006.
Michael A. Cerullo, Henry A. Nasrallah, James C. Eliassen, Caleb M. Adler, and Stephen M. Strakowski. The
Partial NMDA Antagonist Memantine Normalizes Brain Activity in Frontal and Parietal Regions: A Controlled
fMRI Study. American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Hollywood, FL, December 2006.
J. C. Eliassen, D. P. Bullard, M. Lamy, J. H. Lee, S. M. Strakowski; Experience dependent and task-familiarity
dependent changes in brain activation differ during visual-motor associative learning. Program Number
164.2. 2006 Neuroscience Meeting Planner. Atlanta, GA: Society for Neuroscience, 2006. Online.
M. Lamy; M. Cerullo; J.C. Eliassen; C.M. Adler; M.P. DelBello; S.M. Strakowski. Pregenual Prefrontal Cortex
Activation Correlates with Psychiatric Measures of Mania in Bipolar Disorder. Program Number 367.18. 2006
Neuroscience Meeting Planner. Atlanta, GA: Society for Neuroscience, 2006. Online.
J.B. Allendorfer; M. Lamy; J.C. Eliassen; J. Adams; N.P. Mills; C.M. Adler; M.P. DelBello; J.H. Lee; S.M.
Strakowski. Attentional and emotional networks differ in manic bipolars compared to healthy controls.
Program Number 368.16. 2006 Neuroscience Meeting Planner. Atlanta, GA: Society for Neuroscience, 2006.
Online..
James C. Eliassen, Caleb M. Adler, Deborah Yurgelun-Todd, Jing-Huei Lee, Perry F. Renshaw, Staci Gruber,
David Olson, Blaise Frederick, Earle E. Bain, Mary Kujawa, Georges Gharabawi, Stephen M. Strakowski
(2006). Changes in fMRI brain activation in frequently relapsing bipolar patients treated with long-acting
injectable risperidone. Society of Biological Psychiatry, Toronto, May 17-19th
, 2006.
David P. Olson, Amy Ross, Stephen M. Strakowski, Staci A. Gruber, Eric Jensen, James C. Eliassen, Wen-
Jang Chu, Jing-Huei Lee, Caleb M. Adler, Earle E. Bain, Mary Kujawa, Georges Gharabawi, Perry F.
Renshaw, Deborah A. Yurgelun-Todd. Altered Metabolite Concentrations in the Brains of Frequently
Relapsing Bipolar Patients Treated with Long-Acting Injectable (LAI) Risperidone. Society of Biological
Psychiatry, Toronto, May 17-19th
, 2006.
Judd Storrs, J. C. Eliassen, S. M. Strakowski, and Jing-Huei Lee. Real-time fMRI-guided MR spectroscopy. In
Proc of Int. Soc. for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine155 (ISMRM) 13th Scientific meeting, Miami, 2005.156.
Eliassen, James C., Jerzy P. Szaflarski, Scott K. Holland, Vince J. Schmithorst, Paula K. Shear, Stephen M.
Strakowski, Michael D. Privitera (2005). Compensatory processing outside medial temporal lobe during
verbal recognition memory in patients with medial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE). Abstract presented to the
57th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, Miami Beach, FL, April 9-16, 2005.
Strakowski SM, Eliassen J, Adler CM, DelBello MP, Lee JH. The neural basis of impulse dyscontrol in mania:
an fMRI study of a stop-signal task. Bipolar Disorders 2005; 7(suppl 2):25.
Eliassen, JC, Lee, J.-H., and Strakowski, S.M. (2004) Reward and Punishment Processing in Trial-and-Error
Arbitrary Visual-Motor Associative Learning. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 30:710.5.
Eliassen, JC, Kim, JA, Sanes, JN (2003) Brain Activation for forming and rehearsing arbitrary associations
driven by object location of features. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 29:556.4.
Eliassen, JC, Johnson, MB, Sanes, JN (2003) Experience dependent modulation of stimulus- and feedback-
related hemodynamic responses during arbitrary association learning. Organization for Human Brain
Mapping, New York, NY, June 19-22.
Eliassen, JC, Kim, JA, Sanes, JN (2003) Differences in brain activation for arbitrary associations between
responses and stimulus location or stimulus features. Organization for Human Brain Mapping, New York,
NY, June 19-22.
Sanes, JN, Kim, JA, Eliassen, JC (2003) Movement parameter coding in human neocortical and subcortical
motor structures. Organization for Human Brain Mapping, New York, NY, June 19-22.
Eliassen, JC, Johnson, MB, Sanes, JN (2002) Brain activation to feedback modulated by arbitrary visual motor
association learning. Program No. 163.6. 2002 Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner. Washington, DC: Society
for Neuroscience. CD-ROM.
Sanes, JN, Kim, JA, Eliassen, JC (2002) Movement Frequency and Quantity Activation Coding in Human
Motor Cortex. Program No. 459.7. 2002 Abstract/Viewer Itinerary Planner. Washington, DC: Society for
Neuroscience. CD-ROM.

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Eliassen, J.C., Souza, T., Acuña, B.D., Donoghue, J.P. and Sanes, J.N. (2001) Cortical activation for applying
and learning reasoning rules. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 27:80.2.
Sanes, J.N., and Eliassen, J.C. (2001) Learning rules for arbitrary visual motor associations. Society for
Neuroscience Abstracts 27:940.3.
Eliassen, J.C., Souza, T. and Sanes, J.N. (2001) Distinct cortical activation for rule formation and
implementation related to arbitrary spatial visual motor associations. Organization for Human Brain
Mapping, Brighton, UK, June 10-14.