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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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The Caudate Is a Promising Neuromodulation Target for Disorders of Learning and Memory
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have demonstrated for the first time that stimulation of the caudate improves human learning.
Epilepsy contributors
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Bob S. Carter, MD, PhD
Chief, Neurosurgery Service
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Patient-derived Dopamine Neurons Show Promise in Parkinson's Treatment
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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
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Why Mass General Neurologists Are Animated About Big Data -
Erica Seiguer Shenoy, MD, PhD
Associate Physician
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Jeffrey S. Schweitzer, MD, PhD
Neurosurgeon
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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
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Neural Network Beats Experts at Detecting Epileptiform Discharges on EEGs -
Mirela Simon, MD
Medical Director, Intraoperative Neurophysiology Unit, Neurology Service
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Loading Dose of Antiepileptic Reduces Seizure Risk During Functional Mapping -
Robert (Mark) Richardson, MD, PhD
Director of Functional Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital
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Functional Neurosurgeons Innovate New Methods for Improved Patient Care -
Sydney Samuel Cash, MD, PhD
Associate, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital
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Evidence That Human Brains Replay Our Waking Experiences While We Sleep -
W. Taylor Kimberly, MD, PhD
Associate Director, Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit, Chief, Division of Neurocritical Care and Emergency Neurology
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Taurine May Predict Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Outcomes -
Ziv Williams, MD
Associate Professor in Neurosurgery
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Spine Surgeon Specialty Does Not Influence Short-term Outcomes of Percutaneous Kyphoplasty
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