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Aviva Abosch is affiliated with the University of Colorado Denver in the United States and has a body of work primarily concentrated in the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. They have published extensively on topics related to neurological disorders and treatments, with a particular focus on Parkinson's disease mechanisms and therapies, as well as obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders.

Their research covers a range of interdisciplinary subfields including Neurology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Psychiatry and Mental Health. Their scholarship integrates aspects of neuroscience and neural engineering alongside clinical applications.

Among their main topics of scientific investigation are:

  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Epilepsy research and treatment

Their recent publications demonstrate engagement with clinical and translational neuroscience issues, including studies on deep brain stimulation (DBS) and its accessibility for treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder, investigations of parental leave among neurosurgeons, and biomarker research in Parkinson's disease. Notable papers include:

  • "Deep brain stimulation for obsessive-compulsive disorder: a crisis of access," 2022, published in Nature Medicine
  • "Pregnancy and parental leave among neurosurgeons and neurosurgical trainees," 2020, published in Journal of Neurosurgery
  • "Deep Brain Stimulation for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Real World Experience Post-FDA-Humanitarian Use Device Approval," 2021, published in Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • "Restriction of Access to Deep Brain Stimulation for Refractory OCD: Failure to Apply the Federal Parity Act," 2021, published in Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • "Basal Ganglia Local Field Potentials as a Potential Biomarker for Sleep Disturbance in Parkinson's Disease," 2021, published in Frontiers in Neurology

Aviva Abosch frequently publishes in journals such as Frontiers in Psychiatry, Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery, Graduate Medical Education Research Journal, and Epilepsy & Behavior. These venues reflect a consistent emphasis on neurosurgical techniques, psychiatric and neurological interventions, and educational aspects of the medical field.

Collaborations have been a substantial element of Abosch's research output, with frequent coauthors including John A. Thompson, Steven Ojemann, Drew S. Kern, Dulce Maroni, and Joseph Menousek. These partnerships point to a networked approach involving clinical and research experts in neurology, neurosurgery, and related neuroscience disciplines.

Best Publications

  • Long-term hardware-related complications of deep brain stimulation.

    Michael Y. Oh;Aviva Abosch;Seong H. Kim;Anthony E. Lang

  • Subcallosal cingulate deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant depression: a multisite, randomised, sham-controlled trial

    Paul E. Holtzheimer;Mustafa M. Husain;Mustafa M. Husain;Sarah H. Lisanby;Stephan F. Taylor

  • Transsphenoidal Microsurgery for Growth Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Adenomas: Initial Outcome and Long-Term Results

    A Abosch;J B Tyrrell;K R Lamborn;L T Hannegan

  • Localization of clinically effective stimulating electrodes in the human subthalamic nucleus on magnetic resonance imaging.

    Jean A. Saint-Cyr;Tasnuva Hoque;Luiz C. M. Pereira;Jonathan O. Dostrovsky

  • Colocalization and coassembly of two human brain M-type potassium channel subunits that are mutated in epilepsy

    Edward C. Cooper;Kenneth D. Aldape;Aviva Abosch;Nicholas M. Barbaro

  • The future of neurosurgery: a white paper on the recruitment and retention of women in neurosurgery

    Deborah L Benzil;Aviva Abosch;Isabelle Germano

  • An assessment of current brain targets for deep brain stimulation surgery with susceptibility-weighted imaging at 7 tesla.

    Aviva Abosch;Essa Yacoub;Kamil Ugurbil;Noam Harel

  • Thalamic deep brain stimulation for essential tremor: relation of lead location to outcome.

    Efstathios Papavassiliou;Geoff Rau;Susan Heath;Aviva Abosch

  • Spontaneous intracranial hypotension resulting in stupor caused by diencephalic compression

    Samuel J. Pleasure;A. Abosch;J. Friedman;N. U. Ko

  • Movement-related neurons of the subthalamic nucleus in patients with Parkinson disease.

    Aviva Abosch;William D. Hutchison;Jean A. Saint-Cyr;Jonathan O. Dostrovsky

  • Comprehensive in vivo mapping of the human basal ganglia and thalamic connectome in individuals using 7T MRI.

    Christophe Lenglet;Aviva Abosch;Essa Yacoub;Federico De Martino;Federico De Martino

  • An international survey of deep brain stimulation procedural steps.

    Aviva Abosch;Lars Timmermann;Sylvia Bartley;Hans Guido Rietkerk

  • Women in neurosurgery: inequality redux

    Aviva Abosch;James T Rutka

  • Deep brain stimulation for obsessive-compulsive disorder: systematic review and evidence-based guideline sponsored by the American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) and endorsed by the CNS and American Association of Neurological Surgeons.

    Clement Hamani;Julie Pilitsis;Anand I. Rughani;Joshua M. Rosenow

  • Reconstructing micrometer-scale fiber pathways in the brain: multi-contrast optical coherence tomography based tractography.

    Hui Wang;Adam J. Black;Junfeng Zhu;Tyler W. Stigen

  • Stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson's disease does not produce striatal dopamine release.

    Aviva Abosch;Shitij Kapur;Anthony E. Lang;Doug Hussey

  • Feasibility of Using Ultra-High Field (7 T) MRI for Clinical Surgical Targeting

    Yuval Duchin;Aviva Abosch;Essa Yacoub;Guillermo Sapiro

  • Long-term recordings of local field potentials from implanted deep brain stimulation electrodes.

    Aviva Abosch;David Lanctin;Ibrahim Onaran;Lynn E Eberly

  • Deep brain stimulation for obsessive–compulsive disorder: a crisis of access

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  • Improved spatial targeting with directionally segmented deep brain stimulation leads for treating essential tremor

    Maureen Keane;Steve Deyo;Aviva Abosch;Jawad A Bajwa

  • Tracking Career Paths of Women in Neurosurgery.

    Jaclyn J Renfrow;Analiz Rodriguez;Taylor A Wilson;Isabelle M Germano

  • Pallidal stimulation for dystonia.

    Andres M. Lozano;Aviva Abosch

Frequent Co-Authors

Andres M. Lozano
Andres M. Lozano University of Toronto
Clement Hamani
Clement Hamani University of Toronto
R. Mark Richardson
R. Mark Richardson Harvard University
Parag G. Patil
Parag G. Patil University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Nicholas M. Barbaro
Nicholas M. Barbaro The University of Texas at Austin
Emad N. Eskandar
Emad N. Eskandar Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Essa Yacoub
Essa Yacoub University of Minnesota
Philip A. Starr
Philip A. Starr University of California, San Francisco
G. Rees Cosgrove
G. Rees Cosgrove Brigham and Women's Hospital
Kathleen R. Lamborn
Kathleen R. Lamborn University of California, San Francisco

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