Featured Publications
Patient‐detectable responsive neurostimulation as a seizure warning system
Quraishi IH, Hirsch LJ. Patient‐detectable responsive neurostimulation as a seizure warning system. Epilepsia 2021, 62: e110-e116. PMID: 34018182, PMCID: PMC8629031, DOI: 10.1111/epi.16933.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResponsive neurostimulation systemFocal impaired awareness seizuresProportion of patientsQuality of lifeSeizure warningTolerable symptomsClinical seizuresLatter therapySelect patientsAwareness seizuresEpileptiform activityEarly recognitionResponsive neurostimulationEpileptiform patternsCognitive impairmentPatientsNeurostimulation systemSymptomsSeizuresTherapyTreatment of clustersStimulationSeizure warning systemSeizure recognitionEpilepsy
2022
Electronic seizure diaries for clinical care and research
Gray TE, Hirsch LJ, Quraishi IH. Electronic seizure diaries for clinical care and research. Epileptic Disorders 2022, 24: 803-811. PMID: 35811431, DOI: 10.1684/epd.2022.1451.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEvaluating consciousness and awareness during focal seizures: responsiveness testing versus recall testing
Ramirez V, Litvinov B, Gunawardane NA, Zhao CW, Yotter C, Quraishi IH, Blumenfeld H. Evaluating consciousness and awareness during focal seizures: responsiveness testing versus recall testing. Epileptic Disorders 2022, 24: 899-905. PMID: 35904040, PMCID: PMC10042123, DOI: 10.1684/epd.2022.1472.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFocal seizuresResponsiveness testingCurrent International LeagueClinical practice settingEEG-video monitoringEpilepsy monitoring unitImportant clinical settingsEpilepsy guidelinesPatient groupFocal epilepsyIctal eventsClinical careInternational LeagueSeizuresPatientsClinical settingPractice settingsClassification guidelinesFurther studiesEpilepsyResponsivenessRecall of experiencesPreliminary findingsRecall testingSettingHippocampal recording via the RNS system reveals marked ipsilateral activation of epileptiform activity during Wada testing
Quraishi IH, Brown FC, Johnson MH, Hirsch LJ. Hippocampal recording via the RNS system reveals marked ipsilateral activation of epileptiform activity during Wada testing. Epilepsy & Behavior 2022, 134: 108854. PMID: 35905518, DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2022.108854.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResponsive neurostimulation systemWada testingEpileptiform activityElicitation of seizuresTemporal lobe resectionInternal carotid arteryMedial temporal structuresHippocampal vasculatureIpsilateral activationLobe resectionPosterior circulationElectrographic seizuresTemporal lobectomyElectrographic changesIntractable epilepsyClinical correlatesWada testCarotid arteryHippocampal spikesNegative findingsNeurostimulation systemHippocampal EEGHippocampal activityPatientsTransient increase
2020
Impaired motor skill learning and altered seizure susceptibility in mice with loss or gain of function of the Kcnt1 gene encoding Slack (KNa1.1) Na+-activated K+ channels
Quraishi IH, Mercier MR, McClure H, Couture RL, Schwartz ML, Lukowski R, Ruth P, Kaczmarek LK. Impaired motor skill learning and altered seizure susceptibility in mice with loss or gain of function of the Kcnt1 gene encoding Slack (KNa1.1) Na+-activated K+ channels. Scientific Reports 2020, 10: 3213. PMID: 32081855, PMCID: PMC7035262, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-60028-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMaximum electroshock-induced seizuresEpilepsy of infancyPentylenetetrazole-induced seizuresVideo-EEG monitoringElectroshock-induced seizuresForms of epilepsyWild-type miceSlack channelsImpaired motor skillsProcedural motor learningMotor skillsWild-type animalsSevere intellectual disabilityOpen-field behaviorCortical seizuresKCNT1 geneSpontaneous seizuresFocal seizuresSeizure susceptibilitySeizure activityType miceMouse modelAnimal modelsInterictal spikesSeizures