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Aatif M. Husain

Aatif M. Husain

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Neuroscience

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41
Citations
6776
World Ranking
7857
National Ranking
3375

Overview

Aatif M. Husain is a researcher affiliated with Duke University in the United States, with a significant body of work in medicine and neuroscience. Their primary focus spans several subfields including surgery, cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, neurology, and experimental and cognitive psychology. The research encompasses a variety of topics mainly related to neurological and neurophysiological conditions.

Their main research topics include:

  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Intraoperative neuromonitoring and anesthetic effects
  • EEG and brain-computer interfaces
  • Sleep and wakefulness research
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Spinal fractures and fixation techniques
  • Traumatic brain injury and neurovascular disturbances

Aatif M. Husain has published extensively in a number of prominent venues, with the most frequent publication sites being:

  • Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Sleep Medicine
  • Epiliepsy currents/Epilepsy currents
  • Epilepsia

Notable recent papers include:

  • "American Clinical Neurophysiology Society's Standardized Critical Care EEG Terminology: 2021 Version" (2021, Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology)
  • "Automated Interpretation of Clinical Electroencephalograms Using Artificial Intelligence" (2023, JAMA Neurology)
  • "Intravenous ganaxolone for the treatment of refractory status epilepticus: Results from an open-label, dose-finding, phase 2 trial" (2022, Epilepsia)
  • "The Impact of COVID-19 on Epilepsy Care: A Survey of the American Epilepsy Society Membership" (2020, Epiliepsy currents/Epilepsy currents)
  • "Standardization of neurophysiology signal data into the DICOM® standard" (2021, Clinical Neurophysiology)

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Douglas S. Fuller
  • Phyllis C. Zee
  • Marc R. Nuwer
  • Susan T. Herman
  • Logan Schneider

Best Publications

  • American Clinical Neurophysiology Society's Standardized Critical Care EEG Terminology: 2021 Version.

    Lawrence J. Hirsch;Michael W.K. Fong;Markus Leitinger;Suzette M. LaRoche

  • Consensus statement on continuous EEG in critically ill adults and children, part I: indications.

    Susan T. Herman;Nicholas S. Abend;Thomas P. Bleck;Kevin E. Chapman

  • Rare deletions at 16p13.11 predispose to a diverse spectrum of sporadic epilepsy syndromes.

    Erin L. Heinzen;Rodney A. Radtke;Thomas J. Urban;Gianpiero L. Cavalleri

  • Handbook of EEG Interpretation

    Peter W. Kaplan;Selim Benbadis;Aatif Husain;William O. Tatum

  • Non-convulsive status epilepticus: usefulness of clinical features in selecting patients for urgent EEG

    A M Husain;G J Horn;M P Jacobson

  • Consensus Statement on Continuous EEG in Critically Ill Adults and Children, Part II: Personnel, Technical Specifications and Clinical Practice

    Susan T. Herman;Nicholas S. Abend;Thomas P. Bleck;Kevin E. Chapman

  • Common genetic variation and susceptibility to partial epilepsies: a genome-wide association study

    Dalia Kasperavičiūtė;Claudia B. Catarino;Erin L. Heinzen;Chantal Depondt

  • Automated Interpretation of Clinical Electroencephalograms Using Artificial Intelligence

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  • Generalized periodic epileptiform discharges: etiologies, relationship to status epilepticus, and prognosis.

    Aatif M. Husain;Kimberly A. Mebust;Rodney A. Radtke

  • Changes in depressive symptoms after continuous positive airway pressure treatment for obstructive sleep apnea.

    Melanie K Means;Kenneth L Lichstein;Jack D Edinger;Jack D Edinger;Daniel J Taylor

  • Rem sleep behavior disorder: potential relationship to post-traumatic stress disorder.

    Aatif M. Husain;Patricia P. Miller;Sandra T. Carwile

  • Exome Sequencing Followed by Large-Scale Genotyping Fails to Identify Single Rare Variants of Large Effect in Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy

    Erin L. Heinzen;Chantal Depondt;Gianpiero L. Cavalleri;Elizabeth K. Ruzzo

  • Electroencephalographic assessment of coma.

    Aatif M Husain

  • Normal adult EEG and patterns of uncertain significance

    William O. Tatum;Aatif M. Husain;Selim R. Benbadis;Peter W. Kaplan

  • Long-term safety and efficacy in patients with uncontrolled partial-onset seizures treated with adjunctive lacosamide: Results from a phase III open-label extension trial

    Aatif Husain;Steve Chung;Edward Faught;Jouko Isojarvi

  • Assessment of Hairline EEG as a Screening Tool for Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus

    Brad J. Kolls;Aatif M. Husain;Aatif M. Husain

  • Brainstem auditory evoked potential monitoring: when is change in wave V significant?

    Michael L. James;Aatif M. Husain

  • Brexanolone as adjunctive therapy in super‐refractory status epilepticus

    Eric S. Rosenthal;Jan Claassen;Mark S. Wainwright;Aatif M. Husain

  • Levetiracetam in children with refractory status epilepticus

    William B. Gallentine;Addie S. Hunnicutt;Aatif M. Husain;Aatif M. Husain

  • Characteristics of valproic acid resistant juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

    Maria C. Fernando-Dongas;Rodney Allan Radtke;Kevan E. VanLandingham;Aatif Mairaj Husain;Aatif Mairaj Husain

  • Guideline twelve: Guidelines for long-term monitoring for epilepsy

    Richard P. Brenner;Frank W. Drislane;John S. Ebersole;Madeleine Grigg-Damberger

  • Krabbe disease: Neurophysiologic studies and MRI correlations

    Aatif M. Husain;Maha Altuwaijri;Mohammed Aldosari

Frequent Co-Authors

Rodney A. Radtke
Rodney A. Radtke Duke University
Lawrence J. Hirsch
Lawrence J. Hirsch Yale University
Paul M. Matthews
Paul M. Matthews Imperial College London
Norman Delanty
Norman Delanty Beaumont Hospital
William O. Tatum
William O. Tatum Mayo Clinic
Mohamad A. Mikati
Mohamad A. Mikati Duke University
Selim R. Benbadis
Selim R. Benbadis University of South Florida
Chantal Depondt
Chantal Depondt Université Libre de Bruxelles
Gianpiero L. Cavalleri
Gianpiero L. Cavalleri Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Erin L. Heinzen
Erin L. Heinzen University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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