2026
Imperio, C. G., Parmon, E., Steele, V. R., Blevins, D., Chalme, R., Wai, J. M., Brady, K., Heilig, M., Hanlon, C. A., Levin, F. R., & Martinez, D. (2026). Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in cocaine use disorder and the risk of seizure: A review of the evidence. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 17, 1748184.
Souki, A., Sharifzadeh, S., Brady, K., Hanlon, C. A., Jha, M. C., Lim, K. O., Rakesh, G., Young, J. R., Steele*, V. R., Tang*, V. M., & Ekhtiari*, H. (in press). Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in substance use disorders is safe and tolerable: A systematic review of 141 clinical trials including 4,299 participants. Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Wang, Z., Sheng, R., Shi, R., Zou, Z., Steele, V. R., Guo, X., Yuan, T-F. (in press). Acute and long-term effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in major depressive episodes: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of randomized sham-controlled trials. BMX Medicine.
2025
Michel†*, A., Kang†*, D., Fillingim, R. B., Balderston, N. L., Bond, D. S., & Steele, V. R. (2025). Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for substance use disorders and chronic pain: A review of the evidence and call for increased mechanistic understanding. Current Addiction Reports, 12(1), 1-35.
Bond, D. S., Papasavas, P. K., Raynor, H. A., Grilo, C. M., Wu, Y., Kang, D., & Steele, V. R. (2025). Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Reducing Food Reinforcement in Patients Pursuing Metabolic Bariatric Surgery: A Within-Participants Sham-Controlled Pilot Trial. Obesity Surgery, 1-4.
Stam, C. H., van der Veen, F. M., Steele, V. R., & Franken, I. H. (2025). Tobacco smoking is associated with attenuated error monitoring. Biological Psychology, 109075
Stryjewski, A. M., Chung, T. J., McCurdy, L. Y., Spitzen, T. L., Zhang, K., Morie*, K. P., Steele*, V. R., Crowley*, M. J., & Potenza*, M. N. (2025). Study protocol of a pilot randomized controlled trial of transcranial direct current stimulation paired with reappraisal training for treatment of cannabis use disorder. PLoS One, 20(8), e0328205.
Steele, V. R., Addicott, M. A., Addolorato, G., Baker, T., Bonci, A., Brady, K. T., Daughters, S. B., Diana, M., Durazzo, T. C., Ekhtiari, H., Fecteau, S., Fede, S. J., Froeliger, B., Gallimberti, L., Garza-Villerreal, E. A., George, T. P., Goudriaan, Heilig, M., Kang, D., Kearny-Ramos, T. E., Li, X., Lile, J. A., Madeo, G., Madore, M., Martinez, D., McCalley, D. M., Montemitro, C., Padula, C. B., Petersen, N., Pettorruso, M., Rakesh, G., Salmeron, B. J., Sahlem, G. L., Sanna, A., Shutz, C. G., Shellekens, A., Sheffer, C. E., Soleimani, G., Spagnolo, P. A., Stein, E. A., Trivedi, M., Ward, H. B., Wesley, M. J., Young, J. R., Yuan, K., Yuan, T-F. , Zangen, A., Zhao, D., Zhao, M., & Hanlon, C. A. (2025). Toward Inclusive, Evidence-Based rTMS Care for Patients with Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorders.American Journal of Psychiatry. 182(12), 1095-1096.
2024
Mehta, D. D., Praecht, A., Ward, H. B., Sanches, M, Sorkhou, M., Tang, V. M., Steele, V. R., Hanlon, C. A., George, T. P. (2024). A systematic review and meta-analysis of neuromodulation therapies for substance use disorders. Neuropsychopharmacology, 49(4), 649-680.
Sangchooli, A., Zare-Bidoky, M., Jouzdani, A. F., Schacht, J., Bjork, J. M., Claus, E. D., Prisciandaro, J. J., Wilson, S. J, Wüstenberg, T., Potvin. S., Ahmadi, P., Bach, P., Baldacchino, A., Beck, A., Brady, K. T., Brewer, J. A., Childress, A. R., Courtney, K. E., Ebrahimi, M., Filbey, F. M., Garavan, H., Ghahremani, D. G, Goldstein, R. Z., Goudriaan, A. E., Grodin, E. N., Hanlon, C. A., Haugg, A., Heilig, M., Heinz, A., Holczer, A., Van Holst, R. J., Joseph, J. E., Juliano, A. C., Kaufman, M. J., Kiefer. F., Zonoozi, A. K., Kuplicki, R. T., Leyton, M., London, E. D., Mackey, S., McClernon, F. J., Mellick, W. H., Morley, K., Noori, H. R., Oghabian, M. A., Oliver, J. A., Owens, M., Paulus, M. P., Perini, I., Rafei, P., Ray, L. A., Sinha, R., Smolka, M. N., Soleimani, G., Spanagel, R., Steele, V. R., Tapert, S. F., Vollstädt-Klein, S., Wetherill, R. R., Witkiewitz, K., Yuan, K., Zhang, X., Verdejo-Garcia, A., Potenza, M. N., Janes, A. C., Kober, H., Zilverstand, A., Ekhtiari, H., Addiction Cue-Reactivity Initiative (2024). Parameter space and potential for biomarker development in 25 years of fMRI drug cue reactivity: A systematic review. JAMA Psychiatry, 81(4), 414-425.
Mehta, D., Siddiqui, S., Ward, H. B., Steele, V. R., Pearlson, G.D., George, T.P. (2024). Functional and structural effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for the treatment of auditory verbal hallucinations in schizophrenia: A systematic review of rTMS-neuroimaging studies. Schizophrenia Research, 267, 86-98. Neuropsychopharmacology Editors' Award for a Transformative Original Report (NEATOR).
Kang, T., Zhang, Y., Zhao, J, Li, X, Jiang, H., Niu, X., Xie, R., Ding, X., Steele*, V. R., & Yuan*, T-F. (2024). Characterizing impulsivity in individuals with heroin use disorder. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 22, 1530-1545.
LoFaro, F. M., Jordan, T., Apostol, M. R., Steele, V. R., Konova, A. B., & Petersen, N. (2024). Stimulating the posterior parietal cortex reduces risk-taking propensity in people with tobacco use disorder. Addiction Neuroscience, 12, 100160.
Steele, V. R., Rotenberg, A., Philip, N. S., Hallett, M., Stein, E. A., & Salmeron, B. J. (2024). Tremor in the placebo condition of a blinded clinical trial of intermittent theta-burst stimulation for cocaine use disorder. Frontiers in Psychiatry – Neurostimulation, 15, 1391771.
2023
Bond, D. S., Papasavas, P. K., Raynor, H. A., Grilo, C. M. & Steele, V. R. (2023). Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Reducing the Relative Reinforcing Value of Food in Adult Patients with Obesity Pursuing Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: Protocol for A Within-Participants Sham-Controlled Pilot Trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 12(1), e50714.
Kang†, D. Baker, T. E., & Steele, V. R. (2023). Editorial: New discoveries in the field of brain stimulation and addiction disorders. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 17, 133773.
Kang, T., Zhang, Y., Jiang, H., Xie, R., Zhao, J., Steele, V. R., Ding, X., & Yuan, T-F. (in press). Characterizing impulsivity in heroin use disorder. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction.
Bond, D. S., Papasavas, P. K., Raynor, H. A., Grilo, C. M. & Steele, V. R. (in press). Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Reducing the Relative Reinforcing Value of Food in Adult Patients with Obesity Pursuing Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: Protocol for A Within-Participants Sham-Controlled Pilot Trial. JMIR Research Protocols.
2022
Johnstone S., Sorkhou M., Al-Saghir N., Lowe Darby J. E., Steele V. R., Pearlson G. D., Castle D. J., George T. P. (2022). Neuromodulation to Treat Substance Use Disorders in People With Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses: A Systematic Review. Frontiers in Psychiatry: 13, https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.793938343/full
Ekhtiari, H., Zare-Bidoky, M., Sangchooli, A., Janes, A., Kaufman, M., Oliver, J., Prisciandaro, J., Wüstenberg, T., Anton, R., Bach, P., Baldacchino, A., Beck, A., Biorks, J., Brewer, J., Childress, A., Claus, E., Courtney, K., Ebrahimi, M., Filbey, F., Ghahremani, D., Ghobadi-Azbari, P., Goldstein, R., Goudrian, A., Grodin, E., Hamilton, P, Hanlon, C., Abharian, P., Heinz, A., Joseph, J., Kiefer, F., Khojasteh Zonoozi, A., Kober, H., Kuplicki, R., Li, Q., London, E., McClernon, J., Noori, H., Owens, M., Paulus, M., Perini, I., Potenza, M., Potvin, S., Ray, L., Schacht, J., Seo, D., Sinha, R., Smolka, M., Spanagel, R., Steele, V. R., Stein, E. A., Loeber, S., Tapert, S., Verdejo-Garcia, A., Vollstaedt-Klein, S., Wetherill, R., Wilson, S., Witkiewitz, K., Yuan, K., Zhang, X., and Zilverstand, A. (2022). A Methodological Checklist for fMRI Drug Cue Reactivity Studies: A Consensus Statement. Nature Protocols, 17, 567-595.
2021
Steele, V. R. (2021). A Circuit-Based Approach to Treating Substance Use Disorders With Noninvasive Brain Stimulation. Biological Psychiatry, 89(10), 944–946. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.03.021
Steele, V. R., & Maxwell, A. M. (2021). Treating cocaine and opioid use disorder with transcranial magnetic stimulation: A path forward. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 209, 173240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbb.2021.173240
Montry, K. M., Simmonite, M., Steele, V. R., Brook, M. A., Kiehl, K. A., & Kosson, D. S. (2021). Phonological processing in psychopathic offenders. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 168, 43–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2021.07.627
2020
Steele, V. R. (2020). Transcranial magnetic stimulation as an interventional tool for addiction. Frontiers in Neuroscience: Neural Technologies, 14, 592343. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2020.592343/full
Steele, V. R. (2020). Transcranial magnetic stimulation and addiction: Toward uncovering known unknowns. EBioMedicine, 57, 102839. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/ebiom/article/PIIS2352-3964(20)30214-0/fulltext
Lee, M. R., Caparelli, E. C., Leff, M., Steele, V. R., Maxwell, A. M., McCullough, K., & Salmeron, B. J. (2020). Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation delivered with an H-coil to the right insula reduces functional connectivity between insula and medial prefrontal cortex. Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface, 23(3), 384-392. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ner.13033
2019
Maurer, J. M., Steele, V. R., Vincent, G. M., Rao, V., Calhoun, V. D., & Kiehl, K. A. (2019). Adolescent psychopathic traits negatively related to hemodynamic activity within the basal ganglia during error-related processing. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 47(12), 1917-1929. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10802-019-00560-3
Steele, V. R., Maxwell, A. M., Ross, T. J., Stein, E. A., & Salmeron, B. J. (2019). Accelerated intermittent theta-burst stimulation as a treatment for cocaine use disorder: A proof-of-concept study. Frontiers in Neuroscience: Neural Technologies, 13, 1147. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2019.01147/full
Liu, Y., van den Wildenberg, W. P. M., de Graaf, Y., Ames, S. L., Baldacchino, A., Bø, R., Cadaveira, F., Campanella, S., Christiansen, P., Claus, E. D., Colzato, L. S., Filbey, F. M., Foxe, J. F., Garavan, H., Hendershot, C. S., Hester, R., Jester, J. R., Karoly, H. C., Kräplin, A., Kreusch, F., Landrø, N. I., Littel, M., Steins-Loeber, S., London, E. D., López-Caneda, E., Lubman, D. I., Luijten, M., Marczinski, C. A., Metrik, J., Montgomery, C., Papachristou, H., Park, S. M., Paz, A. L., Petit, G., Prisciandaro, J. J., Quednow, B. B., Ray, L. A., Roberts, C. A., Roberts, G. M. P., de Ruiter, M. B., Rupp, C. I., Steele, V. R., Sun, D., Takagi, M., Tapert, S. F., van Holst, R. J., Verdejo-Garcia, A., Vonmoos, M., Wojnar, M., Yao, Y., Yücel, M., Zack, M., Zucker, R. A., Huizenga, H. M., & Wiers, R. W. (2019). Is (poly-) substance use associated with impaired inhibitory control? A mega-analysis controlling for confounders. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 105, 288-304. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014976341830633X
Ekhtiari, H., Tavakoli, H., Addolorato, G., Baeken, C., Bonci, A., Campanella, S., Castelo-Branco, L., Challet-Bouju, G., Clark, V. P., Claus, E. D., Dannon, P. N., Del Felice, A., den Uyl, T., Diana, M., di Giannantonio, M., Fedota, J. R., Fitzgerald, P., Gallimberti, L., Grall-Bronnec, M., Herremans, S. C., Herrmann, M. J., Jamil, A., Khedr, E., Kouimtsidis, C., Kozak, K., Krupitsky, E., Lamm, C., Lechner, W. V., Madeo, G., Malmir, N., Martinotti, G., McDonald, W., Montemitro, C., Nakamura-Palacios, E., Nasehi, M., Noël, X., Nosratabadi, M., Paulus, M., Pettorruso, M., Pradhan, B., Praharaj, S. K., Rafferty, H., Sahlem, G., Salmeron, B. J., Sauvaget, A., Schluter, R. S., Sergiou, C., Shahbabaie, A., Sheffer, C., Spagnolo, P. A., Steele, V. R., Yuan, T-F., van Dongen, J., Van Waes, V., Venkatasubramanian, G., Verdejo-García, A., Verveer, I., Welsh, J., Wesley, M. J., Witkiewitz, K., Yavari, F., Zarrindast, M-R., Zawertailo, L., Zhang, X., Cha, Y-H., George, T. P., Frohlich, F., Goudriaan, A. E., Fecteau, S., Daughters, S., Stein, E. A., Fregni, F., Nitsche, M. A., Zangen, A., Bikson, M., Hanlon, C. A. (2019). Transcranial electrical and magnetic stimulation (tES and TMS) for addiction medicine: A consensus paper on the present state of the science and the road ahead. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 104, 118-140. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0149763419303070
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† Denotes first-author mentee