Bilateral invasive electroencephalography in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex: a path to surgery?Chad Carlson
Department of Neurology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
J Neurosurg Pediatr 7:421-30. 2011
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- Detecting nocturnal convulsions: efficacy of the MP5 monitor
Chad Carlson
New York University Langone Medical Center, Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, New York, NY 10016, USA
Seizure 18:225-7. 2009
..3%, which requires further validation...
- Heterogeneous neuronal firing patterns during interictal epileptiform discharges in the human cortex
Corey J Keller
Department of Neurology, 30 Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Brain 133:1668-81. 2010
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- Individual differences in verbal abilities associated with regional blurring of the left gray and white matter boundary
Karen Blackmon
Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, New York University, New York, New York 10016, USA
J Neurosci 31:15257-63. 2011
..Such lateralized and focal results provide support for GWC as a measure of regional functional integrity and highlight its potential role in probing the neuroanatomical substrates of cognition in healthy and diseased populations...
- Structural evidence for involvement of a left amygdala-orbitofrontal network in subclinical anxiety
Karen Blackmon
Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, New York University, NY, NY, USA
Psychiatry Res 194:296-303. 2011
..Such findings raise the possibility that structural abnormalities may result in a greater vulnerability to anxiety or conversely that elevated anxiety symptoms may result in focal structural changes...
- Local epileptogenic networks in tuberous sclerosis complex: a case review
Deepak Madhavan
New York University Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, 403 East 34th Street, Fourth Floor, New York, NY 10016, USA
Epilepsy Behav 11:140-6. 2007
..This article describes three patients with TSC who underwent three-stage epilepsy surgery at our center, with the intention of examining local electrophysiological changes after each stage of the procedure...
- Volume of the human septal forebrain region is a predictor of source memory accuracy
Tracy Butler
Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, New York University Medical Center, 223 East 34th Street, New York, NY 10016, USA
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 18:157-61. 2012
..Results indicate specific involvement of septal forebrain in human source memory, and recall the need for additional research into the role of septal nuclei in memory and other impairments associated with human diseases...
- Refractory epilepsy in tuberous sclerosis: vagus nerve stimulation with or without subsequent resective surgery
Robert E Elliott
Department of Neurosurgery, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY 10016, USA
Epilepsy Behav 16:454-60. 2009
..Furthermore, we examined the impact of vagus nerve stimulation failure on the ultimate outcome following subsequent intracranial epilepsy surgery...
- Cortical thickness abnormalities associated with depressive symptoms in temporal lobe epilepsy
Tracy Butler
Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, New York University, New York, NY 10016, USA
Epilepsy Behav 23:64-7. 2012
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- Detection of epileptogenic cortical malformations with surface-based MRI morphometry
Thomas Thesen
Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America
PLoS ONE 6:e16430. 2011
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- Efficacy of vagus nerve stimulation over time: review of 65 consecutive patients with treatment-resistant epilepsy treated with VNS > 10 years
Robert E Elliott
Department of Neurosurgery, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
Epilepsy Behav 20:478-83. 2011
..We analyzed the efficacy of VNS over time in patients with treatment-resistant epilepsy (TRE) who underwent VNS therapy 10 or more years...
- Effects of subdural application of lidocaine in patients with focal epilepsy
Deepak Madhavan
New York University Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, 403 East 34th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10016, United States
Epilepsy Res 78:235-9. 2008
..The direct cortical application of lidocaine appears to affect local epileptogenic activity in human patients with intractable focal epilepsy...
- Do tubers contain function? Resection of epileptogenic foci in perirolandic cortex in children with tuberous sclerosis complex
Yaron A Moshel
Department of Neurosurgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
Epilepsia 51:1242-51. 2010
..In this study, we examine our results in children undergoing surgery for resection of tubers and associated seizure foci in rolandic and perirolandic cortex...
- Bilateral intracranial electroencephalographic monitoring immediately following corpus callosotomy
Alyson Silverberg
Department of Neurosurgery, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, USA
Epilepsia 51:2203-6. 2010
..No patients were seizure free following callosotomy or resection. No differences in postoperative outcomes were seen between patients with intracranial EEG versus those without...
- Extraoperative functional mapping and staged resection of supratentorial tumors near eloquent cortex in children
Robert J Bollo
Department of Neurosurgery, Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, NYU Langone Medical Center and New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
Pediatr Neurosurg 45:175-80. 2009
..Staged resection of pediatric brain tumors near the eloquent cortex appears safe, allows functional mapping in awake patients, and may assist in decisions between maximal tumor resection and optimal functional outcome...
- Vagus nerve stimulation for children with treatment-resistant epilepsy: a consecutive series of 141 cases
Robert E Elliott
Departments of Neurosurgery, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
J Neurosurg Pediatr 7:491-500. 2011
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- Epilepsy surgery in young children with tuberous sclerosis: results of a novel approach
Howard L Weiner
Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York 10016, USA
Pediatrics 117:1494-502. 2006
..To identify patients who might benefit from surgery and to maximize outcome, we used a novel surgical approach in young children that consists of invasive intracranial monitoring, which is typically 3-staged and often bilateral...
- Epilepsy surgery and tuberous sclerosis complex: special considerations
Robert J Bollo
Department of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurology, New York University School of Medicine and New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York 10016, USA
Neurosurg Focus 25:E13. 2008
..Epilepsy surgery has not only benefited many children with TSC, but it also facilitates the understanding of epileptogenesis in TSC...
- Medically refractory epilepsy in autism
Gemma Sansa
Departments of Neurology Neurosurgery, NYU Langone School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
Epilepsia 52:1071-5. 2011
..We sought to define the clinical and electrophysiologic characteristics and treatment outcomes in these patients...
- Intracranial microprobe for evaluating neuro-hemodynamic coupling in unanesthetized human neocortex
Corey J Keller
Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
J Neurosci Methods 179:208-18. 2009
..This device can provide a new and robust means for obtaining detailed, quantitative data for defining neurovascular coupling in awake humans...
- Vagus nerve stimulation in 436 consecutive patients with treatment-resistant epilepsy: long-term outcomes and predictors of response
Robert E Elliott
Department of Neurosurgery, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY USA
Epilepsy Behav 20:57-63. 2011
..The goal of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of vagus nerve stimulation in a consecutive series of adults and children with treatment-resistant epilepsy (TRE)...
- Mental retardation and relation to seizure and tuber burden in tuberous sclerosis complex
Charles M Zaroff
NYU Medical Center, Neurology, 403 East 34th St, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10016, USA
Seizure 15:558-62. 2006
..Neither age nor gender was related to cognitive status. Further investigation incorporating additional neuroimaging factors, antiepileptic treatment effects, and genetic variables, is needed...
- Pediatric language mapping: sensitivity of neurostimulation and Wada testing in epilepsy surgery
Catherine A Schevon
Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Neurological Institute of New York, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
Epilepsia 48:539-45. 2007
..In pediatric patients, however, functional mapping studies frequently fail to localize language. Wada testing has also been reported to be less sensitive in children...
- Default mode network abnormalities in idiopathic generalized epilepsy
Megan L McGill
NYU Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Epilepsy Behav 23:353-9. 2012
..The observed pattern of disruption provides evidence for integration- and segregation-type network abnormalities and supports aberrant network organization among people with IGE...
- Epilepsy control following intracranial monitoring without resection in young children
Jonathan Roth
Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
Epilepsia 53:334-41. 2012
..IM itself is not considered to have therapeutic potential. We describe a cohort of patients with improved seizure control following IM without resective surgery...
- Postictal psychosis in partial epilepsy: a case-control study
Kenneth Alper
Department of Neurology, Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, New York, NY 10016, USA
Ann Neurol 63:602-10. 2008
..Divergent findings among prior studies on correlates of risk for postictal psychosis (PIP) suggest the value of a controlled study involving a relatively large number of patients...
- An implantable triple-function device for local drug delivery, cerebrospinal fluid removal and EEG recording in the cranial subdural/subarachnoid space of primates
Nandor Ludvig
NYU Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, New York University School of Medicine NYU Langone Medical Center, 223 East 34th Street, New York, NY 10016, USA
J Neurosci Methods 203:275-83. 2012
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- Phonetically irregular word pronunciation and cortical thickness in the adult brain
Karen Blackmon
Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, New York University, New York, NY 10016, USA
Neuroimage 51:1453-8. 2010
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- The intracarotid amobarbital procedure: when is it worth repeating?
Lindsay A Whitman
Department of Neurology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA
Epilepsia 53:721-7. 2012
..The current investigation sought to: (1) evaluate the frequency of and reasons for repeated IAPs and (2) describe the test-retest reliability of repeated IAPs in a large tertiary epilepsy center...
- Vacuum cleaner epilepsy
Chad Carlson
Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Department of Neurology, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Neurology 63:190-1. 2004
