Congratulations Drs. Deeb, Okun and Zamora on the publication of “Potential indications for deep brain stimulation in neurological disorders: an evolving field,” in the December 2017 issue of the European Journal of Neurology. Abstract Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an established therapy for appropriately selected patients with movement disorders…
Congratulations to Drs. Okun, Ramirez-Zamora, and Foote on the publication of “Neuromedicine Service and Science Hub Model,” in the January 2, 2018 issue of JAMA Neurology. The US health care system is founded on a primary care gatekeeper model, in which patients are encouraged to select a primary care…
Congratulations to Drs. Okun, Wagle-Shukla and Vaillencourt on the publication of “A widespread visually-sensitive functional network relates to symptoms in essential tremor.” This article was published in the December 22, 2017 issue of Brain; A Journal of Neurology. Abstract Essential tremor is a neurological syndrome of heterogeneous pathology…
Congratulations to Drs. Heilman and Williamson on the publication of “Leftward Bias of Visual Attention in Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease Receiving Dialysis: A Neglected Phenomenon.” This article was published in the December issue of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology. Abstract Background and Objective: Patients…
Congratulations to Dr. Kalamangalam on the acceptance of his poster “Disconnectedness versus hypersynchronicity in human sleep: Dependence on frequency-specific metrics.” This poster was presented at the American Neurological Association Works in Progress Section at the ANA annual meeting in San Diego, California October 2017.
Congratulations Drs. Deeb, Okun and Almedia on the publication of “Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson Disease Dementia A New Frontier?” This article was published in the December issue of JAMA Neurology. Parkinson disease dementia (PDD) is one of the nonmotor complications of Parkinson disease, characterized by impairment of visuospatial…
Congratulations Drs. Rameriz-Zamora, Gunduz, Foote, Almedia, Hu, Deeb and Okun on the acceptance of “Evolving applications, technological challenges and future opportunities in neuromodulation: Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Deep Brain Stimulation Think Tank.” This article will be published soon in Frontiers in Neuroscience. Check here for an email reminder…
Congratulations to Drs. Williamson and Heilman on the publication of “Alterations of emotional reactivity following right temporal lobectomy,” which was published in Neurocase: The Neural Basis of Cognition. ABSTRACT To learn if a right temporal lobectomy altered a patient’s autonomic and cognitive responses to aversive and appetitive pictures, we…
Congratulations Dr. Michael Okun on the publication of “A Marked Point Process Framework for Extracellular Electrical Potentials” which was published in the December issue of Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. Neuromodulations are an important component of extracellular electrical potentials (EEP), such as the Electroencephalogram (EEG), Electrocorticogram (ECoG) and Local Field…
Congratulations to Dr. Giridhar Kalamangalam on the acceptance of “Ictal-Interictal Continuum” in the Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology. Publication date to come soon. Summary The term “ictal–interictal” continuum has seen wide adoption in the critical care EEG domain, referring to the presence of abnormal periodic activity on the scalp EEG…
