Kara A. Johnson

Kara A. Johnson, PhD

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Neurosurgery

Education History

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

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Johnson KA, Provenza NR, Robinson Schwartz SE, Yu J, Merner AR, Neumann WJ, Sheth SA, Wong JK, Okun MS, Frankowski MM (2026). Deep brain stimulation clinical trials: a framework to accelerate recruitment, retention, and technology translation. Front Hum Neurosci, 20, 1851931.
  2. Johnson KA, Coutinho PB, Sarmento FP, Vo E, Wong JK, Hilliard JD, Foote KD, de Hemptinne C (2025). Pallidal Evoked Resonant Neural Activity as a Candidate Biomarker for Deep Brain Stimulation in Dystonia. Mov Disord.
  3. Haslam S, Johnson K, Anderson DN, Mahant N, Anderson CJ (2025). Neuromodulation for Tourette syndrome: current techniques and future perspectives. J Neural Eng, 22(6).
  4. 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. Mov Disord Clin Pract.
  5. Baldermann JC, Petry-Schmelzer JN, Schller T, Mahfoud L, Brandt GA, Dembek TA, van der Linden C, Krauss JK, Szejko N, Mller-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 MT (2024). A critical role of action-related functional networks in Gilles de la Tourette syndrome. Nat Commun, 15(1), 10687.
  6. 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 JK (2024). Exploring the layers of fatigue in Parkinson's Disease: A comprehensive analysis of its prevalence and contributing factors. Clin Park Relat Disord, 11, 100288.
  7. 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 A (2024). Responsive Versus Continuous Deep Brain Stimulation for Speech in Essential Tremor: A Pilot Study. Mov Disord, 39(9), 1619-1623.
  8. Coutinho PB, Johnson KA, Seritan AL, Galifianakis NB, Coleman R, Wang D, Racine CA, Ostrem JL, Starr PA, de Hemptinne C (2024). Elevated Mood Induced by Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation: A Video-Recorded Case Report. Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y), 14, 37.
  9. Cagle JN, de Araujo T, Johnson KA, Yu J, Fanty L, Sarmento FP, Little S, Okun MS, Wong JK, de Hemptinne C (2024). Chronic intracranial recordings in the globus pallidus reveal circadian rhythms in Parkinson's disease. Nat Commun, 15(1), 4602.
  10. Johnson KA, Dosenbach NUF, Gordon EM, Welle CG, Wilkins KB, Bronte-Stewart HM, Voon V, Morishita T, Sakai Y, Merner AR, Lzaro-Muoz G, Williamson T, Horn A, Gilron R, OKeeffe 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, Ptter-Nerger M, Sun B, Cabrera LY, McIntyre CC, Harel N, Mayberg HS, Krystal AD, Pouratian N, Starr PA, Foote KD, Okun MS, Wong JK (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. Front Hum Neurosci, 18, 1320806.
  11. Cagle JN, Johnson KA, Almeida L, Wong JK, Ramirez-Zamora A, Okun MS, Foote KD, de Hemptinne C (2023). Brain Recording Analysis and Visualization Online (BRAVO): An open-source visualization tool for deep brain stimulation data. Brain Stimul, 16(3), 793-797.
  12. Johnson KA, Cagle JN, Lopes JL, Wong JK, Okun MS, Gunduz A, Wagle Shukla A, Hilliard JD, Foote KD, de Hemptinne C (2023). Globus pallidus internus deep brain stimulation evokes resonant neural activity in Parkinson's disease. Brain Commun, 5(2), fcad025.
  13. Charlebois CM, Anderson DN, Johnson KA, Philip BJ, Davis TS, Newman BJ, Peters AY, Arain AM, Dorval AD, Rolston JD, Butson CR (2022). Patient-specific structural connectivity informs outcomes of responsive neurostimulation for temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsia, 63(8), 2037-2055.
  14. 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 CR (2020). Basal Ganglia Pathways Associated With Therapeutic Pallidal Deep Brain Stimulation for Tourette Syndrome. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging, 6(10), 961-972.
  15. Cagle JN, Wong JK, Johnson KA, Foote KD, Okun MS, de Hemptinne C (2021). Suppression and Rebound of Pallidal Beta Power: Observation Using a Chronic Sensing DBS Device. Front Hum Neurosci, 15, 749567.
  16. 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, Khn 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 MS (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. Front Hum Neurosci, 15, 644593.
  17. 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 CR (2019). Structural connectivity predicts clinical outcomes of deep brain stimulation for Tourette syndrome. Brain, 143(8), 2607-2623.
  18. Clark DL, Johnson KA, Butson CR, Lebel C, Gobbi D, Ramasubbu R, Kiss ZHT (2020). Tract-based analysis of target engagement by subcallosal cingulate deep brain stimulation for treatment resistant depression. Brain Stimul, 13(4), 1094-1101.
  19. 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 CR (2019). Image-based analysis and long-term clinical outcomes of deep brain stimulation for Tourette syndrome: a multisite study. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 90(10), 1078-1090.
  20. Athawale TM, Johnson KA, Butson CR, Johnson CR (2018). A statistical framework for quantification and visualisation of positional uncertainty in deep brain stimulation electrodes. Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Eng Imaging Vis, 7(4), 438-449.
  21. 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 NF (2018). Atrial Fibrosis by Late Gadolinium Enhancement Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: 5-Year Follow-Up Data. J Am Heart Assoc, 7(23), e006313.

Review

  1. Johnson KA, Okun MS, Scangos KW, Mayberg HS, de Hemptinne C (2024). Deep brain stimulation for refractory major depressive disorder: a comprehensive review. [Review]. Mol 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 S (2023). Advances in Deep Brain Stimulation: From Mechanisms to Applications. [Review]. J Neurosci, 43(45), 7575-7586.
  3. Johnson KA, Worbe Y, Foote KD, Butson CR, Gunduz A, Okun MS (2022). Tourette syndrome: clinical features, pathophysiology, and treatment. [Review]. Lancet Neurol, 22(2), 147-158.
  4. Frey J, Cagle J, Johnson KA, Wong JK, Hilliard JD, Butson CR, Okun MS, de Hemptinne C (2022). Past, Present, and Future of Deep Brain Stimulation: Hardware, Software, Imaging, Physiology and Novel Approaches. [Review]. Front Neurol, 13, 825178.
  5. Baldermann JC, Schller 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 A (2021). Connectomic Deep Brain Stimulation for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. [Review]. Biol Psychiatry, 90(10), 678-688.

Editorial

  1. Johnson KA, Giordano JJ, Ramirez-Zamora A, San Luciano M, Miocinovic S, Okun MS, Wong JK (2024). Editorial: Deep brain stimulation think tank: updates in neurotechnology and neuromodulation, volume IV. Front Hum Neurosci, 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 C (2024). Evoked resonant neural activity in the pallidal-subthalamic circuit during dual lead deep brain stimulation in DYT-TOR1A dystonia: A case study. [Letter to the editor]. Brain Stimul, 17(6), 1253-1255.
  3. Johnson KA, Worbe Y, Foote KD, Butson CR, Gunduz A, Okun MS (2023). Neurosurgical lesioning for Tourette syndrome - Authors' reply. [Letter to the editor]. Lancet Neurol, 22(4), 292-293.

Other

  1. 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, Khn 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 MS (2021). Corrigendum: 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. Front Hum Neurosci (15, p. 765150). Switzerland.