Publications

2024

 

Dasgupta, I., Klein, E., Cabrera, L.Y. et al. What Happens After a Neural Implant Study? Expert Workshop on Post Trial Obligations. Neuroethics. 2024 (Accepted)
Sullivan, C. R.P., Henry, A., Lehman, J., Nahas, Z., Widge, A.S., Cabrera, L.Y., Randolph, A., Wilson, S. Rewriting the Script: The Need for Effective Education to Address Racial Disparities in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Uptake in BIPOC Communities. Neuroethics, 17 :8, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12152-024-09542-9
Brown, T., Martinez-Martin, N., Cabrera, L. Y. Transforming International Bioethics Conferencing. (Editorial Board Review), AJOB Neuroscience, (Accepted).
Johnson, K.A., Dosenbach, N., Gordon, E., Welle, C.G. ….Cabrera, L.Y., McIntyre, C.C., Harel, N., Mayberg, H.S., Krystal, A.D., Pouratian, N., Starr, P.A., Foote, K.D., Okun, M. S., and Wong, J.K. 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, section Brain Imaging and Stimulation. 2024. (accepted)
Cortright, M., Chen, S., Bluhm, R., Achtyes, E., McCright, A.M., Cabrera, L.Y. Perceived Barriers to Using Neurostimulation: A National Survey of Psychiatrists, Patients, Caregivers, and the General Public. Journal of ECT. doi:10.1097/YCT.0000000000000990

2023

  • Cabrera, L.Y., van den Heuvel, O. A. Ethical Considerations Regarding the Use of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Mental Health Practice. Biological Psychiatry. 2023 May 11:S0006 3223(23)01271-4. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2023.05.003. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37172711.
  • R. Bluhm, E. D. Sipahi, E. D. Achtyes, A. M. McCright & L. Y. Cabrera. Stakeholders’ Ethical Concerns Regarding Psychiatric Electroceutical Interventions: Results from a US Nationwide Survey, AJOB Empirical Bioethics, 2023. doi: 10.1080/23294515.2023.2224592
  • Bluhm, R. and Cabrera, L.Y. Re-examining Different Stakeholder Views on Changes in Personality: Adding Nuance to the Discussion (Editorial Board Review), AJOB Neuroscience, 14(3):302-304. 2023. doi: 10.1080/21507740.2023.2243872. PMID: 37682670; PMCID: PMC10503202.
  • Chen, S. C., Bluhm, R., Achtyes, E., McCright, A.M., Cabrera, L.Y. Through the lens of stigma: Understanding and anticipating concerns about the responsible development and use of psychiatric electroceutical interventions (PEIs). Social Science and Medicine-Mental Health, Volume 4, 15 December 2023, 100261. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2023.100261
  • Cunningham, J., Bluhm, R., Achtyes, E., McCright, A.M., Cabrera, L.Y. Guideline-Based Care for Psychiatric Electroceuticals: Results from a National Survey of Board-Certified Psychiatrists. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jep.13948
  • Cunningham, J., Bluhm, R., Achtyes, E., McCright, A.M., Cabrera, L.Y. The Differential Effects of Psychiatrists’ and Patients’ Prior Experiences on Views about Psychiatric Electroceutical Interventions. Journal of Psychiatry Research 1:170:11-18, 2023, doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.12.013..
  • Tyron, J., Bluhm, R., Achtyes, E., McCright, A.M., Cabrera, L.Y. Prior Awareness Influence on Views about Psychiatric Electroceutical Interventions among Non-Clinician Stakeholders. NPJ Mental Health Research, 2023; 2:6; https://doi.org/10.1038/s44184-023-00028-9

 

  • Cabrera, L.Y., Bluhm, R, Achtyes, E., McCright, A.M. Views about Psychiatric Electroceutical Interventions by Stakeholder Group, Treatment Modality, and Depression Severity. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 2023; 122:152365 (online ahead of print).

 

  • Cabrera, L.Y., Douglas J. Weber. Rethinking the Ethical Priorities for Brain–Computer Interfaces. Nature Electronics. 2023. [Commissioned Commentary].

 

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  • Alonso, D, Cabrera, L.Y., Sidiropoulos, C.,  Wang, F.,  Sarva, H. How Parkinson's Patients in the USA Perceive DBS in the 21st Century: Results of a Nationwide Survey. Clinical Neuroscience, 2022; 95, 20-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2021.11.017.
  • Reuben, A., Manczak, E. M., Cabrera, L.Y., Alegria, M., Bucher, M., Freeman, E.C., Miller, G.W., Solomon, G.M., Perry, M. The Interplay of Environmental Exposures and Mental Health: Setting an Agenda. Environmental Health Perspectives, 2022; 130(2), https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP9889.
  • Quiroz, Y.T, Aranda, M.P., Arbaje, A.I., Arroyo-Miranda, M., Cabrera, L.Y. et al. Addressing the Disparities in Dementia Risk, Early Detection and Care in Latino Populations: Highlights from the Second Latinos and Alzheimer’s Symposium. Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association. 2022; 18(9): 1677-1686. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.12589.
  • Bluhm, R. and Cabrera, L.Y. Self-implant Ambiguity? Understanding Self-related Changes in Deep Brain Stimulation. Philosophical Explorations: An International Journal of Mind and Action, 2022; 25:3, 367-385. https://doi.org/10.1080/13869795.2022.2065342.  
  • Cabrera, L.Y., Gilbert, M., Achtyes, E., McCright, A.M., Bluhm, R. Jumping through the Hoops: Barriers and other Ethical Concerns to the use of Psychiatric Electroceutical Interventions. Psychiatric Research, 2022; 313:114612. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2022.114612.
  • Montemayor, J., Sarva, H, Karen Kelly-Blake, Cabrera, L.Y. Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease: Why Earlier Use Makes Shared Decision Making Important. Neuroethics, 2022; 15:17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12152-022-09496-w
  • Apantaku, G., McDonald P.J., Aguiar, M., Cabrera, L.Y., Chiong, W., Connolly, M.B., Hrincu, V., Ibrahim, G.M., Kaal, K.J., Lawson, A., Naftel, R., Racine, E., Safari, A., Harrison, M., Illes, J. Clinician Preferences for Neurotechnologies in Pediatric Drug Resistant Epilepsy: A Discrete Choice Experiment. Epilepsy, 2022: 6 (9): 2338-2349. https://doi.org/10.1111/epi.17328
  • Wyman, M. F., Vega, I. V., Cabrera, L.Y., Amini, R., Kim, K., Tarraf, W. Influence of care network characteristics on the physician visit experience for older adults with dementia. Journal of Gerontology: Social Science. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2022; gbac150, https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbac150
  • Prins, N.*, Monteleone, R.*, Soldado-Magraner, J. Nash, J., Young, M., Cabrera, L. Reexamining the Ethical, Legal, Social, and Cultural Implications for Cochlear Implants Through a Novel Neuroethics Framework. Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society. 2022. (Accepted)
  • Vitale, F., Gelinas, J.N., Cabrera, L.Y. Backstory. Neurotechnology: Bridging the Dialogue between Engineers, Material Scientists, Clinicians, and Ethicists. iScience, 2022; 25, 105432.
  • Fernandez, K.A., Hamilton, R.H., Cabrera, L.Y., & Medaglia, J.D. (2022). Context-dependent Risk & Benefit Sensitivity Mediate Judgments About Cognitive Enhancement. AJOB Neuroscience.  

 

  • Cabrera, L.Y., Nowak, G., McCright, A.M., Achtyes, E., Bluhm, R. A qualitative study of key stakeholders’ perceived risks and benefits of psychiatric electroceutical interventions. Health, Risk and Society 23(5-6)-217-235, doi:  10.1080/13698575.2021.1979194
  • Bluhm, R., Castillo, E., Achtyes, E., McCright, A., Cabrera, L.Y. They Affect the Person, but for Better or Worse? Perceptions of Psychiatric Electroceutical Interventions Among Psychiatrists, Patients, and the Public. Qualitative Health Research, 2021; 31(13):2542-2553. doi: 10.1177/10497323211037642. [senior author] PMID: 34672815.
  • Bluhm, R., Cortright, M., Achtyes, E., Cabrera, L.Y.  “They are Invasive in Different Ways.”: Stakeholders’ Perceptions of the Invasiveness of Psychiatric Electroceutical Interventions. AJOB Neuroscience, 2021; 14(1):1-12 [senior author]. PMID: 34387539. https://doi.org/10.1080/21507740.2021.1958098.
  • Cabrera, L.Y., Parker, K., Vega, I.E. Knowledge and Attitudes of Two Latino Groups about Alzheimer’s Disease: A Qualitative Study. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 2021; 36(3)-265-284. PMID: 34196838. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10823-021-09432-0
  • Cabrera, L.Y. and Carter-Johnson, J. Emergent Neurotechnologies and Challenges to Responsibility Frameworks. Akron Law Review, 2021; 54(1). https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/akronlawreview/vol54/iss1/1/.
  • Testini, T., Sarva, H., Schwalb, J., Barkan, S., Cabrera, L.Y. Neurosurgeons Perspective on the Shift Towards Earlier Use of Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease. Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery: Advanced Techniques and Case Management, 2021; 25: 101224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inat.2021.101224.
  • Cabrera, L.Y.*, Han, C*, Ostendorf, T. Jimenez-Shahed, J., Sarva, H. Neurologists’ Attitudes Toward Use and Timing of Deep Brain Stimulation. Neurology: Clinical Practice, December 2021; 11 (6). PMCID: PMC8723941.https://doi.org/10.1212/CPJ.0000000000001098.
  • Cabrera, L.Y., Bluhm, R., Gilbert, M., McCright, A.M., Achtyes, E. Beyond the Cuckoo’s Nest: Patient and Public Attitudes about Psychiatric Electroceutical Interventions. Psychiatry Quarterly. 2021; 92(4):1425-1438. PMID: 33864542. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11126-021-09916-9.
  • Cabrera, L.Y., Michael, S., Tvedten, E., Bender, A., Sidiropoulos, C., Sarva, H. Attitudes Toward Use and Timing of Deep Brain Stimulation: A Patient’s with DBS Perspective. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2021; 203: 106553. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clineuro.2021.106553.
  • Cabrera, L.Y. The need for guidance around recruitment and consent practices in intracranial electrophysiology research. AJOB Neuroscience. 2021; 12:1, 1-2 [Invited Editorial].
  • Chandler, JA., Cabrera, L.Y., Doshi, P., Fecteau, S., Herrera-Ferra, K. et al. International Legal Approaches to Neurosurgery for Psychiatric Disorders. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2021; 14.  https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2020.588458
  • Cabrera, L.Y., Courchesne, C., Bittlinger, M., Müller, S., Martinez, R., Racine, E., and Illes, J. Authentic Self and Last Resort: International Perceptions of Psychiatry Neurosurgery. Cult Med Psychiatry, 2021; 45, 141-161. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11013-020-09679-1.
  • Cabrera, L.Y. and Bluhm, R. Challenges and Opportunities of Creating Conceptual Maps. AJOB Neuroscience, 2021; 12(2): 197-189. (Editorial Board Review). PMID: 33960890. https://doi.org/10.1080/21507740.2021.1904033.
  • Cabrera, L.Y, Brandt, M., McKenzie, R., Bluhm, R. Online comments about psychiatric neurosurgery and psychopharmacological interventions: public perceptions and concerns.  Social Science and Medicine, 2019, 220:184-192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.11.021.
  • Cabrera, L.Y., Sarva, H., Sidiropoulos, C. Perspectives on the Earlier Use of Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease from a Qualitative Study of US Clinicians. World Neurosurgery, 2019, pii: S1878-8750(19)30683-7.
  • Bluhm, R., Cabrera, LY, McKenzie, R. What we (should) talk about when we talk about deep brain stimulation and personal identity. Neuroethics, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12152-019-09396-6
  • Cabrera, L.Y., Sadle, C., Purcell, E.  Neuroethical considerations of next-generation electrode arrays for interfacing the brain. Nature Biomedical Engineering, 2019, 3: 586-589. Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41551-019-0407-2.
  • Emerging Issues Task Force, International Neuroethics Society (Kellmeyer, P., Chandler, J., Cabrera, L.Y., Carter, A., Kreitmair, K., Weiss, A., Illes, J.) Neuroethics at 15: The current and future environment for neuroethics. AJOB Neuroscience, 2019, 10:3, 104-110, Doi: 10.1080/21507740.2019.1632958
  • Cabrera, L.Y. A human rights approach to low data reporting in clinical trials of psychiatric deep brain stimulation. Bioethics, 2019, 33:1050–1058. Doi: 10.1111/bioe.12648.
  • Cabrera, L.Y.*, Courchesne, C.*, Kiss, Z., Illes, J. Clinical perspectives on psychiatric neurosurgery. Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery, 2019; 97(5-6):391-398. doi:10.1159/000505080
  • Bluhm, R. and Cabrera, L.Y. It's not just counting that counts: A reply to Gilbert, Viaña, and Ineichen. Neuroethics, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12152-018-9391-6.
  • Cabrera, L.Y. and Bluhm, R. Interpreting patients’ beliefs about deep brain stimulation for treatment resistant depression: the need for caution and for context. AJOB Neuroscience, 2018, 9:4, 230-232 (editorial board review).
  • Cabrera, L.Y. McKenzie, R., Brandt, M., Bluhm, R. Comparison of concerns between professionals and the lay public regarding two psychiatric treatments. AJOB Empirical Bioethics, 2018, 9(4):252-266. https://doi.org/10.1080/23294515.2018.1512534
  • Cabrera, L.Y. Bittlinger, M., Lou, H., Müller, S. and Illes, J. Reader comments to media reports on psychiatric neurosurgery: Past history casts shadows on the future. Acta Neurochirurgica, 2018, 160(12), 2501-2507. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-018-3696-4.
  • Cabrera, L.Y., Boyce, H, McKenzie, R., Bluhm, R. Conflicts of interest and industry professional relationships in psychiatric neurosurgery: a comparative literature review. Neuro FOCUS, 2018, 45(2). doi:10.3171/2018.4.FOCUS17399.
  • Cabrera, L.Y., Sidiropoulos, C., Goudreau, J. A critical appraisal of the recent U.S. FDA approval for earlier DBS intervention. Neurology, 2018, 91 (3):133-136. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000005829.
  • Cabrera, L.Y., Bittlinger, M., Lou, H., Müller, S. and Illes, J. The re-emergence of psychiatric neurosurgery: Insights from a cross-cultural study of newspapers and magazine coverage. Acta Neurochirurgica, 2018, 160(3):625-635.
  • Stahl,D.*, Cabrera, L.Y.*, Gibb, T. Should DBS for psychiatric disorders be considered a form of psychosurgery? Ethical and legal considerations. Science and Engineering Ethics, 2018, 24(4):1119-1142. DOI 10.1007/s11948-017-9934-y [First and second author contributed equally and is stated in the article]. PMID: 28653164.
  • Engel-Glatter, S., Cabrera, L.Y., Marzouki, Y. & Elger, B.S. Teaching bioethics to a large number of biology and pharma students: Lessons learned. Ethics and Behavior, 2018, 28(1):70-90. DOI: 10.1080/10508422.2016.1196361.
  • Cabrera, L.Y. Pesticides: A case domain for Environmental Neuroethics. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 2017, 26 (4): 602-615. doi:10.1017/S0963180117000111. PMID: 28937341
  • Shriver, A., Cabrera, L.Y, and Illes, J. Environmental Neuroethics: Bridging Environmental ethics and mental health. AJOB Bioethics, 2017, 17 (9): 26-27. DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2017.1353172 (editorial board review). PMID: 28829259
  • Cabrera, L.Y., McKenzie, R., and Bluhm, R. Beyond the Technology: Attribution and Agency in Treatments for Mental Disorders. AJOB Neuroscience, 2017, 2(8): 92-94 (editorial board review). DOI:10.1080/21507740.2017.1326410
  • Vega, I.E., Cabrera, L.Y., Wygant, C.M., Velez-Ortiz, D., and Counts, S. E. Alzheimer’s disease in the Latino community: intersection of genetics and social determinants of health. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2017, 58 (4). PMID: 28527211. http://www.j-alz.com/vol58-4
  • Eijkholt, M.,* Cabrera, L.Y,* Ramirez-Zamora, A. and Pilitsis, J.G. Shaking up the debate: Ensuring the ethical use of DBS intervention criteria for mid-stage Parkinson’s patients. Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface, 2017, 20(5):411-416. doi: 10.1111/ner.12608 [First and second author contributed equally and is stated in the article] PMID: 28497554
  • Cabrera, L.Y. Reframing human enhancement: a population health perspective. Front Sociol, 2017, 2, art 4. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2017.00004.

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  • Cabrera, L.Y. Is external pressure really the key objection against neurosurgery for imprisoned psychopaths? AJOB Neuroscience, 2016, 7:3, 173-175. DOI: 10.1080/21507740.2016.1218383 (editorial board review).
  • Cabrera, L.Y. and Reiner, P. A novel sequential mixed-method technique for contrastive analysis of unscripted qualitative data: Contrastive quantitized content analysis. Sociological Methods and Research, 2016, 1-17. DOI: 10.1177/0049124116661575.
  • Cabrera, L. Y. Inductive risks, inferences and the role of values in disorders of consciousness. AJOB Neuroscience, 2016, 7:1, 57-59. DOI:10.1080/21507740.2016.1150915 (editorial board review).
  • Cabrera, L.Y., Tesluk, J., Chakraborti, M., Matthews, R., and Illes, J. Brain matters: From environmental ethics to environmental neuroethics. Environmental Health, 2016, 15:20 DOI: 10.1186/s12940-016-0114-3. PMID: 26880112
  • Cabrera, L.Y. and Elger, B. Memory interventions in the criminal justice system: Some practical ethical considerations. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 2016, 13:95-103. DOI 10.1007/s11673-015-9680-2.  PMID: 26880112
  • Cabrera, L.Y., Beattie, B.L., Dwosh, E., Illes, J. Converging approaches to understanding early onset familial Alzheimer Disease: a first nations study. SAGE Open Medicine, 2015, DOI: 10.1177/2050312115621766. PMCID: PMC4821204
  • Cabrera, L.Y. and Reiner, P.B. Understanding public (mis)understanding of tDCS for enhancement. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 2015, 9 (30). DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2015.00030. PMCID: PMC4410608
  • Cabrera, L.Y. How does enhancing cognition affect human values? How does this translate into social responsibility? Curr top Behav Neurosci, 2015, 19:223-41. DOI: 10.1007/7854_2014_334. PMID: 25048389
  • Cabrera, L.Y., Fitz, NS., Reiner, PB. Empirical support for the moral salience of the therapy-enhancement distinction in the debate over cognitive, affective and social enhancement. Neuroethics, 2015, 8: 243-256. DOI: 10.1007/s12152-014-9223-2
  • Cabrera, L.Y., Fitz, N., Reiner, P.B. Reasons for comfort and discomfort with pharmacological enhancement of cognitive, affective, and social domains. Neuroethics, 2015, 8:93-106. DOI: 10.1007/s12152-014-9222-3
  • Cabrera, L.Y. and Engel, S. Human-animal chimera: a neuro driven discussion?: comparison of three leading European research countries. Science and Engineering Ethics. 2015, 21:595–617. DOI: 10.1007/s11948-014-9556-6
  • Cabrera, L.Y. Visioneering and the active role of engagement and assessment. Nanoethics, 2014, 8:201–206. DOI 10.1007/s11569-014-0199-5
  • Cabrera, L.Y., Evans, E. and Hamilton, R. Ethics of the electrified mind: Defining issues and perspectives on the principled use of brain stimulation in research and clinical care. Brain Topogr, 2014, 27 (1): 33-45. doi:10.1007/s10548-013-0296-8. PMID:23733209, PMCID: PMC3806889
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  • Gkotsi, G.M., Cabrera, L.Y. and Andorno, R. Assessing the impact of the neuroscientific revolution on ethics and law. Bioethica Forum, 2013, 6 (1).
  • Cabrera, L.Y. and Reiner, P. The emotional impact of ‘study drugs’: unsurprising and unconvincing. AJOB Neuroscience, 2013, 4 (1): 20-21. doi:10.1080/21507740.2012.762066. (editorial board review).
  • Cabrera, L. and Weckert, J. Human enhancement and communication: on meaning and shared understanding. Science and Engineering Ethics, 2013, 19 (3): 1039-1056. PMID: 23054673
  • Cabrera, L. Social enhancement: Innovation for all. International Journal of Design Research and Innovation, 2012, 7 (1).
  • Elger, B. and Cabrera, L. Ethical ways to increase donation of haematopoietic stem cells. Bioethica Forum, 2012, 5(3): 92-99.
  • Cabrera, L.Y. Neuroethics: a new way to do ethics or a new understanding of ethics?,  AJOB Neuroscience, 2011, 2 (2): 25-26. (editorial board review).
  • Cabrera, L.Y. Memory enhancement: The issues we should not forget about. Journal of Evolution and Technology. 2011, 22(1).
  • Cabrera, L. They might retain capacities to consent but do they even care? AJOB Neuroscience, 2011, 2(1):41-42. (editorial board review)
  •  Cabrera, L. Salud pública: Caminando hacia el mejoramiento humano Social. Perspectivas Bioéticas, Special issue devoted to Fondation Brocher. 2011, 16(30):123-141..

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