Associate Professor of Radiology

Email: martab@mgh.harvard.edu

Further Information
Brainstem Imaging Laboratory
Magnetic Resonance - Physics & Instrumentation Group

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Recent Publications

• Zhang J, Chen D, Deming P, Srirangarajan T, Theriault J, Kragel PA, Hartley L, Lee KM, McVeigh K, Wager TD, Wald LL, Satpute AB, Quigley KS, Whitfield-Gabrieli S, Barrett LF, Bianciardi M. Cortical and subcortical mapping of the allostatic-interoceptive system in the human brain using 7 Tesla fMRI. bioRxiv. 2025 Jan 13.
• Chowdhury A, Bianciardi M, Chapdelaine E, Riaz OS, Timmermann C, van Lutterveld R, Sparby T, Sacchet MD. Multimodal neurophenomenology of advanced concentration absorption meditation: An intensively sampled case study of Jhana. Neuroimage. 2025 01. 305:120973
• Hansen JY, Cauzzo S, Singh K, García-Gomar MG, Shine JM, Bianciardi M, Misic B. Integrating brainstem and cortical functional architectures. Nat Neurosci. 2024 Dec. 27(12):2500-2511
• Fischbach AK, Satpute AB, Quigley K, Kragel PA, Chen D, Bianciardi M, Wald L, Wager TD, Choi JK, Zhang J, Barrett LF, Theriault JE. Seven Tesla Evidence for Columnar and Rostral-Caudal Organization of the Human Periaqueductal Gray Response in the Absence of Threat: A Working Memory Study. J Neurosci. 2024 Jun 26. 44(26)
• Yang WFZ, Chowdhury A, Bianciardi M, van Lutterveld R, Sparby T, Sacchet MD. Intensive whole-brain 7T MRI case study of volitional control of brain activity in deep absorptive meditation states. Cereb Cortex. 2024 01 14. 34(1)