R I Kuzniecky

Summary

Affiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Malformations of cortical development and epilepsy
    R I Kuzniecky
    UAB Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
    Brain Dev 23:2-11. 2001
  2. ncbi Magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging in temporal lobe epilepsy: neuronal dysfunction or cell loss?
    R Kuzniecky
    Department of Neurology, University of Alabama, Birmingham Station, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
    Arch Neurol 58:2048-53. 2001
  3. ncbi Temporal lobectomy in congenital porencephaly associated with hippocampal sclerosis
    Jorge G Burneo
    Department of Neurology, Epilepsy Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294, USA
    Arch Neurol 60:830-4. 2003
  4. ncbi Wisconsin Card Sorting performance in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy: clinical and neuroanatomical correlates
    R C Martin
    Department of Neurology, Epilepsy Center, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294 0021, USA
    Epilepsia 41:1626-32. 2000
  5. ncbi Investigation of executive function change following anterior temporal lobectomy: selective normalization of verbal fluency
    R C Martin
    Department of Neurology, Epilepsy Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294 0021, USA
    Neuropsychology 14:501-8. 2000
  6. ncbi MRI extrahippocampal volumes and visual memory: correlations independent of MRI hippocampal volumes in temporal lobe epilepsy patients
    R C Martin
    University of Alabama at Birmingham, Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology 35294 0021, USA
    J Int Neuropsychol Soc 5:540-8. 1999
  7. ncbi Visual confrontation naming and hippocampal function: A neural network study using quantitative (1)H magnetic resonance spectroscopy
    S M Sawrie
    Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294, USA
    Brain 123:770-80. 2000
  8. ncbi Chronic temporal lobe epilepsy: spatial extent and degree of metabolic dysfunction studied with magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS)
    J G Burneo
    UAB Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
    Epilepsy Res 62:119-24. 2004
  9. ncbi Hippocampal 1H-MRSI correlates with severity of depression symptoms in temporal lobe epilepsy
    F G Gilliam
    The Neurological Institute, Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Neurology 68:364-8. 2007
  10. ncbi Teddy bears: an observational finding in patients with non-epileptic events
    J G Burneo
    Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
    Neurology 61:714-5. 2003

Detail Information

Publications24

  1. ncbi Malformations of cortical development and epilepsy
    R I Kuzniecky
    UAB Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
    Brain Dev 23:2-11. 2001
    ..In this review, the most common malformations or cortical development associated with epilepsy are discussed in regard to their clinical manifestations, classification, imaging appearance and basic neurobiology...
  2. ncbi Magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging in temporal lobe epilepsy: neuronal dysfunction or cell loss?
    R Kuzniecky
    Department of Neurology, University of Alabama, Birmingham Station, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
    Arch Neurol 58:2048-53. 2001
    ..However, mounting evidence suggest that the N-acetylated compound decreases may be functional and reversible...
  3. ncbi Temporal lobectomy in congenital porencephaly associated with hippocampal sclerosis
    Jorge G Burneo
    Department of Neurology, Epilepsy Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294, USA
    Arch Neurol 60:830-4. 2003
    ..Clinical and neuroimaging features of patients with epilepsy and coexisting extratemporal porencephaly and hippocampal sclerosis have been previously described...
  4. ncbi Wisconsin Card Sorting performance in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy: clinical and neuroanatomical correlates
    R C Martin
    Department of Neurology, Epilepsy Center, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294 0021, USA
    Epilepsia 41:1626-32. 2000
    ..The present study investigated the contribution of several clinical variables and temporal lobe neuroanatomic features to performance on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) in a series of patients with TLE...
  5. ncbi Investigation of executive function change following anterior temporal lobectomy: selective normalization of verbal fluency
    R C Martin
    Department of Neurology, Epilepsy Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294 0021, USA
    Neuropsychology 14:501-8. 2000
    ..These findings are discussed in terms of recent research demonstrating extrahippocampal metabolic normalization following surgery...
  6. ncbi MRI extrahippocampal volumes and visual memory: correlations independent of MRI hippocampal volumes in temporal lobe epilepsy patients
    R C Martin
    University of Alabama at Birmingham, Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology 35294 0021, USA
    J Int Neuropsychol Soc 5:540-8. 1999
    ..Results suggest that visual memory, as measured by the Visual Reproduction Test, may be uniquely associated with extrahippocampal volumes in patients with TLE...
  7. ncbi Visual confrontation naming and hippocampal function: A neural network study using quantitative (1)H magnetic resonance spectroscopy
    S M Sawrie
    Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294, USA
    Brain 123:770-80. 2000
    ..These results provide evidence that the speech-dominant hippocampus is a significant component of the overall neuroanatomical network of visual confrontation naming. Clinical and theoretical implications are explored...
  8. ncbi Chronic temporal lobe epilepsy: spatial extent and degree of metabolic dysfunction studied with magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS)
    J G Burneo
    UAB Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
    Epilepsy Res 62:119-24. 2004
    ..264, p=.079). CONCLUSIONS: Hippocampal NAA/Cr does not correlate with duration of epilepsy in TLE. Our findings suggest that cross-sectional group measures of hippocampal neuronal function do not suggest damage progression...
  9. ncbi Hippocampal 1H-MRSI correlates with severity of depression symptoms in temporal lobe epilepsy
    F G Gilliam
    The Neurological Institute, Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Neurology 68:364-8. 2007
    ..To investigate the association of an indicator of hippocampal function with severity of depression symptoms in temporal lobe epilepsy...
  10. ncbi Teddy bears: an observational finding in patients with non-epileptic events
    J G Burneo
    Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
    Neurology 61:714-5. 2003
  11. ncbi Confirmatory factor analysis of the california verbal learning test in patients with epilepsy: relationship to clinical and neuropathological markers of temporal lobe epilepsy
    James H Banos
    University of Alabama at Birmingham UAB, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Birmingham, AL, USA
    Neuropsychology 18:60-8. 2004
    ..Only Verbal Learning was related to hippocampal neuropathology, supporting the distinction between learning and attention in the factor structure...
  12. ncbi Risk to verbal memory following anterior temporal lobectomy in patients with severe left-sided hippocampal sclerosis
    Roy C Martin
    Department of Neurology, UAB Epilepsy Center, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
    Arch Neurol 59:1895-901. 2002
    ..However, these conclusions have been established primarily with group-level analyses...
  13. ncbi Rey Osterrieth complex figure test spatial and figural scoring: relations to seizure focus and hippocampal pathology in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy
    Regina McConley
    Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294 0017, USA
    Epilepsy Behav 13:174-7. 2008
    ..This study provides further evidence for the lack of sensitivity of the RCFT as a surrogate measure of right temporal lobe memory function...
  14. ncbi Functional imaging: I. Relative predictive value of intracranial electroencephalography
    Robert C Knowlton
    Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham Epilepsy Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL 35294 0001, USA
    Ann Neurol 64:25-34. 2008
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  15. ncbi 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...
  16. ncbi Temporal lobe epilepsy does not impair visual perception
    Arthur C Grant
    Department of Neurology, New York University, New York, New York, USA
    Epilepsia 49:710-3. 2008
    ..Furthermore, since TLE subjects performed normally while taking therapeutic doses of multiple AEDs, the data suggest that these AEDs do not impair visual perception...
  17. ncbi 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...
  18. ncbi Temporal lobe surgery in patients with normal MRI
    Deepak Madhavan
    New York University Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, New York, New York 10016, USA
    Curr Opin Neurol 20:203-7. 2007
    ..This review focuses on several methods used to identify this ictal onset zone, with emphasis on the impact each modality has on surgical outcome...
  19. ncbi Verbal memory outcome in patients with normal preoperative verbal memory and left mesial temporal sclerosis
    Anthony LoGalbo
    Department of Neurology, Epilepsy Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
    Epilepsy Behav 6:337-41. 2005
    ..These results suggest that the functional integrity of the left mesial temporal lobe may play an important role in the verbal memory outcome in this patient group...
  20. ncbi Clinical applications of MR spectroscopy in epilepsy
    Ruben Kuzniecky
    NYU Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, New York University School of Medicine, 403 East 34th Street, New York, NY 10016, USA
    Neuroimaging Clin N Am 14:507-16. 2004
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  21. ncbi Catastrophic focal epilepsy
    Ruben Kuzniecky
    NYU Epilepsy Center, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA
    Epilepsia 45:2-3. 2004
    ..MRI and SPECT revealed abnormalities in the right frontal lobe. Surgical resection resulted in excellent outcome...
  22. ncbi Self-report of cognitive abilities in temporal lobe epilepsy: cognitive, psychosocial, and emotional factors
    James H Banos
    Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA
    Epilepsy Behav 5:575-9. 2004
    ..The results suggest caution in using such self-report measures as an ecological extension of objective testing, but suggest a role in assessing self-appraisal of deficits...
  23. ncbi Hypothalamic hamartoma and seizures: a treatable epileptic encephalopathy
    Samuel F Berkovic
    Epilepsy Research Institute and Department of Neurology, Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Heidelberg Melbourne, Australia
    Epilepsia 44:969-73. 2003
    ..The previously dismal outlook for children with severe seizures associated with this lesion has now dramatically changed. These insights may have implications for other epileptic encephalopathies of childhood...
  24. ncbi Functional imaging: II. Prediction of epilepsy surgery outcome
    Robert C Knowlton
    UAB Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL 35294 0001, USA
    Ann Neurol 64:35-41. 2008
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