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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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Aura Type Is Useful When Evaluating Candidates for Anterior Temporal Lobectomy
Ziv M. Williams, MD, and colleagues found that cephalic auras, gustatory auras and visual auras among patients with temporal lobe epilepsy correlated with worse Engel class after anterior temporal lobectomy, whereas patients who reported multiple aura types had a better outcome.
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Mass General's CTRU Advances Research in Complex Brain Disorders
Massachusetts General Hospital's Clinical and Translational Research Unit (CTRU) supports investigators conducting complex brain disorders research.
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Hippocampal Spindles and Barques Are Normal Intracranial EEG Entities
Vasileios Kokkinos, PhD, and R. Mark Richardson, MD, PhD, of the Department of Neurosurgery, and colleagues have conducted the first direct testing that demonstrates hippocampal spindles and barques on intracranial EEG are normal findings.
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
Hippocampal Spindles and Barques Are Normal Intracranial EEG Entities
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Sydney Samuel Cash, MD, PhD
Associate, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Recent Article
Adaptation of Neuropixels Probe Permits High-Resolution Neural Recording in Humans
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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
Risk Score for Early Brain Injury Predicts 90-Day Outcome of Nontraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage -
Ziv Williams, MD
Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate Professor in Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Aura Type Is Useful When Evaluating Candidates for Anterior Temporal Lobectomy
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