Human Brain Mapping Laboratory
We study how brain dynamics give rise to different cognitive and autonomic functions using intracranial EEG (iEEG, ECoG) and electrical brain stimulation in humans. We are part of The Institute of Bioelectronic Medicine at The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research in the Northwell Health System in New York.
We aim to map and modulate functional and pathological networks in the human brain, by working with patients with epilepsy who have electrodes implanted in their brains in preparation for surgery to treat their seizures.
Our group works alongside the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit at NorthShore University Hospital and other epilepsy centers in the Northwell System.
News
4/18/2025Liz succesfully defended her PhD thesis! Congratulations Dr. Espinal!! We are so proud of you! Thanks also go to the outstanding committee: Josh Jacobs, Ash Mehta, Maria Schultheis, Loren Frank. We are grateful for your support and guidance! Your mentors Stephan Bickel, Lila Chrysikou
March 2025Samruddhi Anikhindijoined the team as a RA with Jose!! Welcome!
1/16/2025Christine's abstract to the CNS meeting wins the postdoctoral fellow award. Congrats!
1/10/2025Akash's paper: *Hippocampal and cortical high frequency oscillations orchestrate human semantic networks during word list memory* was accepted for publication in iScience. Congratulations to Akash and everyone involved!
11/15/2024Akash is in the news, here and here!
10/2024HBML showings at SFN 2024 in Chicago: - Detecting when the mind wanders off task without self-report using intracranial EEG and eye movements, CB Chesebrough, M Nentwich, A Mehta, S Bickel - Anterior insula activation, the global signal, and their relation to state-related modulation of auditory processing in human intracranial EEG, M Nentwich, CB Chesebrough, N Markowitz, E Freund, A Mehta, S Bickel - Intracranial Responses to Respiratory Challenges in Sensorimotor and Insular cortices are modulated by the Strength and the Perception of the Challenge, JR Herrero, S Bickel, T Similowski, N Mesgarani, A Mehta - Human hippocampal and cortical ripple oscillations as a coordinating mechanism in the processing and memory of continuous, naturalistic stimuli, A Mishra, G Tostaeva, M Nentwich, E Espinal, N Markowitz, S Gherman, A Mehta, S Bickel
August 2024Max presented his recent work on connectiviity and encoding models at CCN 2024. Congrats, Max!
July 30th 2024Liz Espinal adds to her growing list of awards. Congrats for the 2024 APA Dissertation Research Award!!
July 28th 2024Akash's F30 award application just scored in the 1st percentile!!!! Wow, huge congrats!