Kara A. Johnson

Kara A. Johnson, PhD

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Neurosurgery

Education History

Undergraduate University of Utah
 BS
Graduate Training University of Utah
 MS
Doctoral Training University of Utah
 PhD

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Baldermann JC, Petry-Schmelzer JN, Schüller T, Mahfoud L, Brandt GA, Dembek TA, van der Linden C, Krauss JK, Szejko N, Müller-Vahl KR, Ganos C, Al-Fatly B, Heiden P, Servello D, Galbiati T, Johnson KA, Butson CR, Okun MS, Andrade P, Domschke K, Fink GR, Fox MD, Horn A, Kuhn J, Visser-Vandewalle V, Barbe M (2024). A critical role of action-related functional networks in Gilles de la Tourette syndrome. Nature communications, 15(1), 10687.
  2. Sarmento F, Lamp G, Lavu VS, Madamangalam AS, Reddy Dwarampudi JM, Yuan Q, Martinez-Nunez AE, Choi J, A Johnson K, de Hemptinne C, Wong J (2024). Exploring the layers of fatigue in Parkinson's Disease: A comprehensive analysis of its prevalence and contributing factors. Clinical parkinsonism & related disorders, 11, 100288.
  3. Coutinho PB, Johnson KA, Seritan AL, Galifianakis NB, Coleman R, Wang D, Racine CA, Ostrem JL, Starr PA, de Hemptinne (2024). Elevated Mood Induced by Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation: A Video-Recorded Case Report. Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.), 14, 37.
  4. Cernera S, Long S, Kelberman M, Hegland KW, Hicks J, Smith-Hublou M, Taylor B, Mou Y, de Hemptinne C, Johnson KA, Cagle JN, Moore K, Foote KD, Okun MS, Gunduz (2024). Responsive Versus Continuous Deep Brain Stimulation for Speech in Essential Tremor: A Pilot Study. Movement disorders, 39(9), 1619-1623.
  5. Cagle JN, de Araujo T, Johnson KA, Yu J, Fanty L, Sarmento FP, Little S, Okun MS, Wong JK, de Hemptinne (2024). Chronic intracranial recordings in the globus pallidus reveal circadian rhythms in Parkinson's disease. Nature communications, 15(1), 4602.
  6. Johnson KA, Dosenbach NUF, Gordon EM, Welle CG, Wilkins KB, Bronte-Stewart HM, Voon V, Morishita T, Sakai Y, Merner AR, Lázaro-Muñoz G, Williamson T, Horn A, Gilron R, O'Keeffe J, Gittis AH, Neumann WJ, Little S, Provenza NR, Sheth SA, Fasano A, Holt-Becker AB, Raike RS, Moore L, Pathak YJ, Greene D, Marceglia S, Krinke L, Tan H, Bergman H, Pötter-Nerger M, Sun B, Cabrera LY, McIntyre CC, Harel N, Mayberg HS, Krystal AD, Pouratian N, Starr PA, Foote KD, Okun MS, Wong J (2024). Proceedings of the 11th Annual Deep Brain Stimulation Think Tank: pushing the forefront of neuromodulation with functional network mapping, biomarkers for adaptive DBS, bioethical dilemmas, AI-guided neuromodulation, and translational advancements. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 18, 1320806.
  7. Cagle JN, Johnson KA, Almeida L, Wong JK, Ramirez-Zamora A, Okun MS, Foote KD, de Hemptinne (2023). Brain Recording Analysis and Visualization Online (BRAVO): An open-source visualization tool for deep brain stimulation data. Brain stimulation, 16(3), 793-797.
  8. Johnson KA, Cagle JN, Lopes JL, Wong JK, Okun MS, Gunduz A, Wagle Shukla A, Hilliard JD, Foote KD, de Hemptinne (2023). Globus pallidus internus deep brain stimulation evokes resonant neural activity in Parkinson's disease. Brain communications, 5(2), fcad025.
  9. Charlebois CM, Anderson DN, Johnson KA, Philip BJ, Davis TS, Newman BJ, Peters AY, Arain AM, Dorval AD, Rolston JD, Butson C (2022). Patient-specific structural connectivity informs outcomes of responsive neurostimulation for temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsia, 63(8), 2037-2055.
  10. Cagle JN, Wong JK, Johnson KA, Foote KD, Okun MS, de Hemptinne (2021). Suppression and Rebound of Pallidal Beta Power: Observation Using a Chronic Sensing DBS Device. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 15, 749567.
  11. Vedam-Mai V, Deisseroth K, Giordano J, Lazaro-Munoz G, Chiong W, Suthana N, Langevin JP, Gill J, Goodman W, Provenza NR, Halpern CH, Shivacharan RS, Cunningham TN, Sheth SA, Pouratian N, Scangos KW, Mayberg HS, Horn A, Johnson KA, Butson CR, Gilron R, de Hemptinne C, Wilt R, Yaroshinsky M, Little S, Starr P, Worrell G, Shirvalkar P, Chang E, Volkmann J, Muthuraman M, Groppa S, Kühn AA, Li L, Johnson M, Otto KJ, Raike R, Goetz S, Wu C, Silburn P, Cheeran B, Pathak YJ, Malekmohammadi M, Gunduz A, Wong JK, Cernera S, Hu W, Wagle Shukla A, Ramirez-Zamora A, Deeb W, Patterson A, Foote KD, Okun M (2021). Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Deep Brain Stimulation Think Tank: Advances in Optogenetics, Ethical Issues Affecting DBS Research, Neuromodulatory Approaches for Depression, Adaptive Neurostimulation, and Emerging DBS Technologies. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 15, 644593.
  12. Johnson KA, Duffley G, Foltynie T, Hariz M, Zrinzo L, Joyce EM, Akram H, Servello D, Galbiati TF, Bona A, Porta M, Meng FG, Leentjens AFG, Gunduz A, Hu W, Foote KD, Okun MS, Butson C (2021). Basal Ganglia Pathways Associated With Therapeutic Pallidal Deep Brain Stimulation for Tourette Syndrome. Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging, 6(10), 961-972.
  13. Johnson KA, Duffley G, Anderson DN, Ostrem JL, Welter ML, Baldermann JC, Kuhn J, Huys D, Visser-Vandewalle V, Foltynie T, Zrinzo L, Hariz M, Leentjens AFG, Mogilner AY, Pourfar MH, Almeida L, Gunduz A, Foote KD, Okun MS, Butson C (2020). Structural connectivity predicts clinical outcomes of deep brain stimulation for Tourette syndrome. Brain, 143(8), 2607-2623.
  14. Clark DL, Johnson KA, Butson CR, Lebel C, Gobbi D, Ramasubbu R, Kiss ZH (2020). Tract-based analysis of target engagement by subcallosal cingulate deep brain stimulation for treatment resistant depression. Brain stimulation, 13(4), 1094-1101.
  15. Johnson KA, Fletcher PT, Servello D, Bona A, Porta M, Ostrem JL, Bardinet E, Welter ML, Lozano AM, Baldermann JC, Kuhn J, Huys D, Foltynie T, Hariz M, Joyce EM, Zrinzo L, Kefalopoulou Z, Zhang JG, Meng FG, Zhang C, Ling Z, Xu X, Yu X, Smeets AY, Ackermans L, Visser-Vandewalle V, Mogilner AY, Pourfar MH, Almeida L, Gunduz A, Hu W, Foote KD, Okun MS, Butson C (2019). Image-based analysis and long-term clinical outcomes of deep brain stimulation for Tourette syndrome: a multisite study. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry, 90(10), 1078-1090.
  16. Chelu MG, King JB, Kholmovski EG, Ma J, Gal P, Marashly Q, AlJuaid MA, Kaur G, Silver MA, Johnson KA, Suksaranjit P, Wilson BD, Han FT, Elvan A, Marrouche N (2018). Atrial Fibrosis by Late Gadolinium Enhancement Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: 5-Year Follow-Up Data. Journal of the American Heart Association, 7(23), e006313.
  17. Athawale TM, Johnson KA, Butson CR, Johnson C (2019). A statistical framework for quantification and visualisation of positional uncertainty in deep brain stimulation electrodes. Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering. Imaging & visualization, 7(4), 438-449.
  18. Johnson KA, Coutinho PB, Sarmento FP, Vo E, Wong JK, Hilliard JD, Foote KD, de Hemptinne (2025). Pallidal Evoked Resonant Neural Activity as a Candidate Biomarker for Deep Brain Stimulation in Dystonia. Movement disorders,
  19. Haslam S, Johnson K, Anderson DN, Mahant N, Anderson C (2025). Neuromodulation for Tourette syndrome: current techniques and future perspectives. Journal of neural engineering, 22(6),
  20. Kamo H, Eisel MLS, Cagle JN, Johnson KA, Wong J, de Hemptinne (2025). Finely Tuned Gamma Oscillations in the Globus Pallidus Internus in Parkinson's Disease. Movement disorders clinical practice,

Review

  1. Johnson KA, Okun MS, Scangos KW, Mayberg HS, de Hemptinne (2024). Deep brain stimulation for refractory major depressive disorder: a comprehensive review. Molecular psychiatry, 29(4), 1075-1087.
  2. Sandoval-Pistorius SS, Hacker ML, Waters AC, Wang J, Provenza NR, de Hemptinne C, Johnson KA, Morrison MA, Cernera (2023). Advances in Deep Brain Stimulation: From Mechanisms to Applications. The Journal of neuroscience, 43(45), 7575-7586.
  3. Johnson KA, Worbe Y, Foote KD, Butson CR, Gunduz A, Okun M (2023). Tourette syndrome: clinical features, pathophysiology, and treatment. The Lancet. Neurology, 22(2), 147-158.
  4. Frey J, Cagle J, Johnson KA, Wong JK, Hilliard JD, Butson CR, Okun MS, de Hemptinne (2022). Past, Present, and Future of Deep Brain Stimulation: Hardware, Software, Imaging, Physiology and Novel Approaches. Frontiers in neurology, 13, 825178.
  5. Baldermann JC, Schüller T, Kohl S, Voon V, Li N, Hollunder B, Figee M, Haber SN, Sheth SA, Mosley PE, Huys D, Johnson KA, Butson C, Ackermans L, Bouwens van der Vlis T, Leentjens AFG, Barbe M, Visser-Vandewalle V, Kuhn J, Horn (2021). Connectomic Deep Brain Stimulation for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Biological psychiatry, 90(10), 678-688.

Editorial

  1. Johnson KA, Giordano JJ, Ramirez-Zamora A, San Luciano M, Miocinovic S, Okun MS, Wong J (2024). Editorial: Deep brain stimulation think tank: updates in neurotechnology and neuromodulation, volume IV. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 18, 1441212.

Letter

  1. Kamo H, Eisel MLS, Cagle JN, Johnson KA, Wong J, de Hemptinne C (2025). Finely Tuned Gamma Oscillations in the Globus Pallidus Internus in Parkinson's Disease. [Letter to the editor]. Mov Disord Clin Pract.
  2. Johnson KA, Sarmento FP, Wong JK, Hilliard JD, Foote KD, de Hemptinne (2024). Evoked resonant neural activity in the pallidal-subthalamic circuit during dual lead deep brain stimulation in DYT-TOR1A dystonia: A case study. Brain stimulation, 17(6), 1253-1255.
  3. Johnson KA, Worbe Y, Foote KD, Butson CR, Gunduz A, Okun M (2023). Neurosurgical lesioning for Tourette syndrome - Authors' reply. The Lancet. Neurology, 22(4), 292-293.