2023
Mapping Lesion-Related Epilepsy to a Human Brain Network
Schaper F, Nordberg J, Cohen A, Lin C, Hsu J, Horn A, Ferguson M, Siddiqi S, Drew W, Soussand L, Winkler A, Simó M, Bruna J, Rheims S, Guenot M, Bucci M, Nummenmaa L, Staals J, Colon A, Ackermans L, Bubrick E, Peters J, Wu O, Rost N, Grafman J, Blumenfeld H, Temel Y, Rouhl R, Joutsa J, Fox M. Mapping Lesion-Related Epilepsy to a Human Brain Network. JAMA Neurology 2023, 80: 891-902. PMID: 37399040, PMCID: PMC10318550, DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2023.1988.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk of epilepsyLesion locationBrain regionsPoststroke epilepsyControl patientsSeizure controlBrain lesionsIndependent cohortBrain networksLesion typeBrain stimulation sitesLesion network mappingLesion-related epilepsyImproved seizure controlDrug-resistant epilepsyCase-control studyBrain stimulation therapyHuman brain networksSpecific brain regionsDifferent lesion typesSpecific brain networksBasal gangliaVascular territoriesStimulation therapyMAIN OUTCOME
2022
Human visual consciousness involves large scale cortical and subcortical networks independent of task report and eye movement activity
Kronemer S, Aksen M, Ding J, Ryu J, Xin Q, Ding Z, Prince J, Kwon H, Khalaf A, Forman S, Jin D, Wang K, Chen K, Hu C, Agarwal A, Saberski E, Wafa S, Morgan O, Wu J, Christison-Lagay K, Hasulak N, Morrell M, Urban A, Todd Constable R, Pitts M, Mark Richardson R, Crowley M, Blumenfeld H. Human visual consciousness involves large scale cortical and subcortical networks independent of task report and eye movement activity. Nature Communications 2022, 13: 7342. PMID: 36446792, PMCID: PMC9707162, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-35117-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubcortical networksConscious visual perceptionVisual perception taskNeurophysiology of consciousnessExecutive control networkMajor brain networksDefault mode networkFrontal eye fieldOvert reportPerception taskVisual consciousnessConscious perceptionFusiform cortexVisual perceptionAnterior insulaConscious experienceSalience networkBrain networksMode networkAnterior cingulateEye fieldTask reportControl networkFMRI changesNeural circuits
2017
Functional MRI in Basic Epilepsy Research☆
Englot D, Blumenfeld H. Functional MRI in Basic Epilepsy Research☆. 2017 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-809324-5.00092-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFunctional magnetic resonance imagingInvasive electrophysiological techniquesPathophysiology of seizuresMagnetic resonance imagingWidespread brain networksUse of anestheticsBasic epilepsy researchConvulsive seizuresAnimal fMRI studiesSeizure onsetResonance imagingElectrophysiological techniquesFunctional MRIEpilepsy researchBrain functionSeizuresFMRI studyBrain networksEpilepsyFMRI investigationSignal changesPathophysiologyAnestheticsMRI
2016
Chapter 1 Neuroanatomical Basis of Consciousness
Blumenfeld H. Chapter 1 Neuroanatomical Basis of Consciousness. 2016, 3-29. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-800948-2.00001-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSubcortical componentsAssociation cortexArousal systemGamma-amino butyric acidSubcortical arousal systemsHeteromodal association cortexFrontoparietal association cortexLevel of consciousnessAmino butyric acidUpper brainstemBasal forebrainWidespread projectionsLevel of alertnessCortical componentsSpecialized brain networksClinical disordersNeuroanatomical basisFunctional neuroanatomyCortical anatomyBrain networksCortexHemispheric specializationConsciousness systemMemory encodingVisual processing
2009
IMAGING | Functional MRI in Basic Epilepsy Research
Englot D, Blumenfeld H. IMAGING | Functional MRI in Basic Epilepsy Research. 2009, 539-544. DOI: 10.1016/b978-012373961-2.00023-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFunctional magnetic resonance imagingInvasive electrophysiological techniquesPathophysiology of seizuresMagnetic resonance imagingWidespread brain networksUse of anestheticsBasic epilepsy researchConvulsive seizuresAnimal fMRI studiesSeizure onsetResonance imagingElectrophysiological techniquesFunctional MRIEpilepsy researchBrain functionSeizuresFMRI studyBrain networksEpilepsyFMRI investigationSignal changesImagingPathophysiologyAnestheticsMRI