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Advances in Epilepsy Surgery
In this video, Ziv WIlliams, MD, describes new advances in epilepsy surgery such as responsive neural stimulators, which identify seizure activity, stimulate the areas causing seizures and stop them, and thermal laser ablation, which uses pulses of laser light to remove areas that are causing seizures.
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Loading Dose of Antiepileptic Reduces Seizure Risk During Functional Mapping
The risk of triggering intraoperative seizures during functional mapping of the cortex was cut nearly in half by administering a loading dose of an antiepileptic drug just before surgery.
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Why Mass General Neurologists Are Animated About Big Data
Neurologists at Massachusetts General Hospital are using big data and machine learning to make better and more informed decisions on patient care.
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Extrapial Hippocampal Resection in Anterior Temporal Lobectomy for Drug-Resistant Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Mark Richardson, MD, PhD, of the Department of Neurosurgery, and colleagues describe an extrapial approach to hippocampal resection in anterior temporal lobectomy for treatment of drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy that has proven to be safe and as effective as subpial techniques.
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Direct Electrical Stimulation Networks Reflects Structural and Functional Connectivity in the Human Brain
Neurologists at Massachusetts General Hospital have demonstrated that measuring different types of connectivity in the brain can have entirely different implications for the interpretation of brain function as well as for understanding connectivity relative to clinical diagnoses.
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Microscale Electrophysiological Markers May Help in the Development Antiseizure Therapies
Jimmy C. Yang, MD, and Sydney S. Cash, MD, PhD, of the Department of Neurology, and colleagues made microelectrode recordings during neurosurgeries and identified cortex microdomains that seem to contribute to the seizure network—an important step toward understanding how to develop better treatments for epilepsy.
Epilepsy Contributors
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Bob S. Carter, MD, PhD
Chief, Neurosurgery Service
Recent Article
The Future of Neurosurgery and Neuroscience at Mass General: Q&A With Bob S. Carter, MD, PhD
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Eric S. Rosenthal, MD
Associate Director of the Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit, Director, Neurocritical Care Fellowship Training Program, Director, Critical Care Neuromonitoring
Recent Article
Peak Epileptiform Activity Burden Linked to Neurologic Outcome in a Range of Hospitalized Patients -
Erica Seiguer Shenoy, MD, PhD
Associate Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate Chief of the Infection Control Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital
Recent Article
Diagnostic Algorithm Supports Evaluation of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients After Initial Negative Test
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Jeffrey S. Schweitzer, MD, PhD
Neurosurgeon
Recent Article
Patient-derived Dopamine Neurons Show Promise in Parkinson's Treatment
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M. Brandon Westover, MD, PhD
Physician Investigator (Cl), Neurology, Mass General Research Institute, Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Associate Neurologist, Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Recent Article
Peak Epileptiform Activity Burden Linked to Neurologic Outcome in a Range of Hospitalized Patients -
Mirela Simon, MD
Medical Director, Intraoperative Neurophysiology Unit, Neurology Service, Massachusetts General Hospital
Recent Article
Direct Cortical Recordings Feasible for Monitoring Thalamocortical Tract During Craniotomy
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Robert (Mark) Richardson, MD, PhD
Director of Functional Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital
Recent Article
Extrapial Hippocampal Resection in Anterior Temporal Lobectomy for Drug-Resistant Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
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Sydney Samuel Cash, MD, PhD
Associate, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Recent Article
Direct Electrical Stimulation Networks Reflects Structural and Functional Connectivity in the Human Brain
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W. Taylor Kimberly, MD, PhD
Associate Director, Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit, Chief, Division of Neurocritical Care and Emergency Neurology
Recent Article
Epileptiform Abnormalities Predict Long-term Outcome After Subacute Hemorrhage -
Ziv Williams, MD
Associate Professor in Neurosurgery
Recent Article
Manipulation of Gene Linked to Autism Spectrum Disorder Restores Neuronal Processing of Social Behavior in Mice
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