Claudia D. Tesche

Professor
Email: ctesche@unm.edu
Office: Logan 138
Office Hours: Monday & Wednesday, 2:30-4:00 p.m.
Phone: 505-277-3544

Research Interests
Functional neuroimaging and cognitive neuroscience: We utilize magnetoencephalography (MEG) and electroencephalography (EEG) to image brain dynamics during the processing of sensory input and performance of various memory tasks. Our focus is on developing and applying analysis methods that reveal and characterize network phenomena in the normal and abnormal human brain. We are particularly interested in the participation of limbic structures and cerebellum in cognitive brain networks. Recently we have initiated several research projects that utilize stereotactic transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to induce transient changes in network function. This effort is conducted in collaboration with colleagues in central Finland.

Recent Publications

Houck, J.M., Martin, T., Pearson Bish, J., Moses, S.N., Woodruff, C.C., Kicic, D., & Tesche, C.D. (2007). Early cerebellar activation predicts choice reaction time. International Congress Series, 1300, 413-416. DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2007.02.054
Martin, T., McDaniel, M.A., Guynn, M.J., Houck, J.M., Woodruff, C.C., Pearson Bish, J., Moses, S.N., Kicic, D., & Tesche, C.D. (2007). Brain Regions and Their Dynamics in Prospective Memory Retrieval: A MEG Study. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 64 (3), 247-258. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2006.09.010
Moses, S.N., Houck, J.M., Martin, T., Hanlon, F.M., Ryan, J. D., Thoma, R.J., Weisend, M.P., Jackson, E.M., Pekkonen, E., & Tesche, C.D. (2007). Dynamic neural activity recorded from human amygdala during fear conditioning using magnetoencephalography. Brain Research Bulletin, 71, 452-460. DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2006.08.016
Tesche, C.D., Moses, S.N., Houck, J.M., Martin, T., Hanlon, F.M., Jackson, E.M., & Kicic, D. (2007). Dynamics of frontal and cerebellar activation during aversive conditioning: A MEG study. International Congress Series, 1300, 437-440. DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2007.02.057
Martin, T., Houck, J. M., Pearson Bish, J., Kicic, D., Woodruff, C. C., Moses, S. N., Lee, D.C., & Tesche, C.D. (2006). MEG reveals different contributions of somatomotor cortex and cerebellum to simple reaction time after temporally structured cues. Human Brain Mapping, 27, 552-561. DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20200
Martin, T., Egly, R., Houck, J.M., Pearson-Bish, J., Barrera, B., Lee, D., & Tesche, C. (2005). Chronometric Evidence for Entrained Attention. Perception & Psychophysics, 67, 168-184.
Moses, S. N., Martin, T., Houck, J. M., Ilmoniemi, R. J., & Tesche, C. D. (2005). The C50m response: Conditioned magnetocerebral activity recorded from the human brain. NeuroImage, 27(4), 778-788. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.05.017
Tesche, C.D. (2004) Using MEG to Explore Issues in Psychology. Chapter 7, Fundamental physics technologies for exploration and astronaut health. Proceedings of the 2004 NASA/JPL Workshop on Physics for Planetary Exploration. 4-17.
Tesche, C. (2004). SQUIDs from Physics to Brain Research. J Low Temp Phys 135(4-5),773-791.
Pearson-Bish, J., Martin, T., Houck, J., Ilmoniemi, R.J., & Tesche, C. (2004). Phase shift detection in thalamocortical oscillations using magnetoencephalography in humans. Neuroscience Letters 362, 48-52
Jensen, O., & Tesche, C.D. (2002). Frontal theta activity in humans increases with memory load in a working memory task. European Journal of Neuroscience, 15, 1395-1399.
Tesche, C.D. (2000). Evidence for Somatosensory Evoked Responses in Human Temporal Lobe. NeuroReport, 11, 2655-2658.
Tesche, C.D. (2000). Schrödinger's Cat Is Out of the Hat. Science, 290, 720-721.
Tesche, C.D., & Karhu, J. (2000). Theta Oscillations Index Human Hippocampal Activation During a Working Memory Task. PNAS, 97(2), 919-924.
Tesche, C.D., & Karhu, J. (2000). Anticipatory Cerebellar Responses During Somatosensory Omission in Man. Human Brain Mapping, 9, 119-142.
Karhu, J., & Tesche, C.D. (1999). Simultaneous Early Processing of Sensory Input in Human Primary (SI) and Secondary (SII) Somatosensory Cortecies. J Neurophysiol., 81, 2017-2025.
Tesche, C.D., & Karhu, J. (1999). Interactive Processing of Sensory Input and Motor Output in Human Hippocampus. J. Cogn. Neurosci., 11(4), 424-436.
Swithenby, S.J., Bailey, A.J., Bräutigam, S., Josephs, O.E., Jousmäki, V., & Tesche, C.D. (1998). Neural Processing of Human Faces: a Magnetoencephalographic Study. Exp. Brain Res., 118, 501-510.
Tesche, C.D. (1997). Non-invasive Detection of Ongoing Neuronal Population Activity in Normal Human Hippocampus. Brain Research, 749, 53-60.
Tesche, C.D. (1997). Detecting Activity from Deep Brain Areas with MEG Arrays. Biomedizinische Technik, 42, 60-63.
Tesche, C.D. (1996). Non-invasive Imaging of Neuronal Population Dynamics in Human Thalamus. Brain Research, 729, 253-258.
Tesche, C.D., & Karhu, J. (1997). Somatosensory Evoked Magnetic Fields arising from Sources in the Human Cerebellum. Brain Research, 744, 23-31.
Tesche, C.D., Tissari, S.O., & Karhu, J. (1996). Non-invasive Detection of Neuronal Population Activity in Human Hippocampus. Cognitive Brain Research, 4, 39-47.
Tesche, C.D., Uusitalo, M.A., Ilmoniemi, R.J., & Kajola, M.J. (1995). Characterizing the Local Oscillatory Content of Spontaneous Cortical Activity During Mental Imagery. Cognitive Brain Research, 2, 243-249.
Tesche, C.D., Uusitalo, M.A., Ilmoniemi, R.J., Huotilainen, M., Kajola, M., & Salonen, O. (1995). Signal-space Projections of MEG Data Characterize both Distributed and Well-localized Neuronal Sources. Electroenceph. clin. Neurophysiol., 95, 189-200.
Ahonen, A.I., Hämäläinen, M.S., Knuutila, J.E.T., Kajola, M.J., Laine, P.P., Lounasmaa, O.V., Parkkonen, L.T., Simola, J.T., & Tesche, C.D. (1993). 122-channel SQUID Instrument for Investigating the Magnetic Signals from the Human Brain. Physica Scripta, T49, 198-205.
Tesche, C.D., & Hari, R. (1993). Independence of Steady-state 40-Hz Response and Spontaneous 10-Hz Activity in the Human Auditory Cortex. Brain Research, 629, 19-22.
Tesche, C.D., & Kajola, M. (1993). Spontaneous Neuromagnetic Activity in the Frequency and Time Domains. Electroencephalogr. clin. Neurophysiol., 87, 408-416.
Ahonen, A.I., Hämäläinen, M.S., Kajola, M.J., Knuutila, J.E.T., Lounasmaa, O.V., Simola, J.T., Tesche, C.D., & Vilkman, V.A. (1991). Multichannel SQUID systems for brain research. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 27, 2786-2792.
Tesche, C.D. (1990). Can a noninvasive measurement of magnetic-flux be performed with superconducting circuits. Physical Review Letters, 64, 2358-2361.
Tesche, C.D., & Clarke, J. (1979). DC SQUID: Current noise. Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 37, 397-403.