Posts by Catherine J. Chu, MD, MA, MMSC
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EEG Findings Explain Cognitive Dysfunction in Rolandic Epilepsy
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers have determined that deficits in healthy sleep, not abnormal neural activity, drive the cognitive dysfunction in Rolandic epilepsy. Furthermore, EEG abnormalities that signal poor sleep occur in multiple cortical regions, not just the sensorimotor cortex where seizures occur.
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Mass General Renews Focus on Pediatric Epilepsy
A new team approach at Mass General is applying advances in adult epileptics, such as epilepsy surgery and responsive neurostimulation, to children.
Biography
Dr. Chu is a board-certified child neurologist and neurophysiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Associate Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Chu is the director of neonatal and pediatric EEG monitoring at Mass General. Clinically, she specializes in EEG analysis, seizure localization, surgical planning, and neuromodulation for patients with difficult to control epilepsy. Dr Chu’s research focuses on understanding brain rhythms that contribute to seizures and cognitive symptoms in epilepsy using invasive and noninvasive multimodal imaging,. Active federally funded projects in the Chu Lab include studies on thalamocortical circuit dysfunction in developmental epileptic encephalopathies, neuromodulation in cortical epilepsy, and hippocampal rhythms and sleep-dependent memory function. She is also active in several multicenter collaborative networks to improve our understanding of neonatal seizures and early life epilepsies.
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