Natalie is a first-year rotation student in the Neuroscience Graduate Group. She received her B.S. in Neuroscience from UCLA in 2019, and continued at UCLA as a research assistant in Dr. Susan Bookheimer's lab investigating the effects of low intensity focused ultrasound in patients with neurodegenerative disease and psychiatric illness. In her free time, Natalie enjoys going to concerts, exploring nature, and trying to find the best restaurants in Philly. 

Publications

Rotstein, N.M.^, Z.D. Cohen, A. Welborn, T.D. Zbozinek, S. Akre, K.G. Jones, K.E. Null, J. Pontanares, K.L. Sanchez, D.C. Flanagan, S.E. Halavi, E. Kittle, M.G. McClay, A.A.T. Bui, K.L. Narr, R.C. Welsh, M.G. Craske, and T.P. Kuhn. (2025). Investigating low intensity focused ultrasound pulsation in anhedonic depression - a randomized controlled trial. Front. Hum. Neurosci.19:1478534. pdf file link (^Corresponding author)

Kuhn, T.P., A. Indahlastari, F. Vila-Rodriguez, G. Fonzo, N. Petersen, N. Rotstein, T. Davis, S. Halavi, D. Mehler, J. Repple, T. Hahn, G. Bertazzoli, N. Reggente, A. Woods, B. Hoang-Dang, X. Mason, C. Laidi, T. Chou, M. Bortoletto, E. Kallioniemi, I. Begue, N. Balderston, E. Porges, L. Oberman, D. Oathes, S.H. Lisanby, O. van den Huevel, N. Kroemer, M. Monti, G. Venkatasubramian, S. Thomopoulos, N. Jahanshad, and P Thompson. (2025). The ENIGMA-Neuromodulation working group – A mission statement. Brain Stimul. 18(2):142-144. pdf file link

Gorka, S.M., J. Jimmy, K. Koning, K.L. Phan, N. Rotstein, B. Hoang-Dang, S. Halavi, N. Spivak, M.M. Monti, N. Reggente, S.Y. Bookheimer, and T.P. Kuhn. (2024). Alterations in large-scale resting-state network nodes following transcranial focused ultrasound of deep brain structures. Front. Hum. Neurosci. 18:1486770. pdf file link

Hoang-Dang, B., S.E. Halavi°, N.M. Rotstein°, N.M. Spivak, N.H. Dang, L. Cvijanovic, S.H. Hiller, M. Vallejo-Martelo, B.M. Rosenberg, A. Swenson, S. Becerra, M. Sun, M.E. Revett, D. Kronemyer, R. Berlow, M.G. Craske, N. Suthana, M.M. Monti, T.D. Zbozinek, S. Bookheimer, and T.P. Kuhn. (2024). Transcranial focused ultrasound targeting the amygdala may increase psychophysiological and subjective negative emotional reactivity in healthy aging adults. Biol. Psychiatry Glob. Open Sci. 4(5):100342. pdf file link (°Co-second author)

Kuhn, T.P., N.M. Spivak, B. Hoang-Dang, S. Becerra, S.E. Halavi, N.M. Rotstein, B.M. Rosenberg, S. Hiller, A. Swenson, L. Cvijanovic, N. Dang, M. Sun, D. Kronemyer, R. Berlow, M.R. Revett, N. Suthana, M.M. Monti, and S. Bookheimer. (2023). Transcranial focused ultrasound selectively increases perfusion and modulates functional connectivity of deep brain regions in humans. Front. Neural Circuits. 17:1120410. pdf file link

Wong, W.W., D. Rangaprakash, J.P. Diaz-Fong, N.M. Rotstein, G.S. Hellemann, and J.D. Feusner. (2022). Neural and behavioral effects of modification of visual attention in body dysmorphic disorder. Transl. Psychiatry. 12(1):325. pdf file link

Hunter, A.M., M.J. Minzenberg, I.A. Cook, D.E. Krantz, J.G. Levitt, N.M. Rotstein, S.A. Chawla, and A.F. Leuchter. (2019). Concomitant medication use and clinical outcome of repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) treatment of Major Depressive Disorder. Brain Behav. 9(5):e01275. pdf file link