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Christian G. Bénar

Christian G. Bénar

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Neuroscience

D-Index
50
Citations
10134
World Ranking
5702
National Ranking
242

Overview

Christian G. Bénar is affiliated with Aix-Marseille University in France, focusing research primarily within the fields of neuroscience and medicine. Their work concentrates on several subfields, including cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, cellular and molecular neuroscience, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, as well as neurology.

The scientist's research topics cover a broad range of areas related to brain function and neurological disorders. Key themes in their work include EEG and brain-computer interfaces, functional brain connectivity studies, epilepsy research and treatment, neural dynamics and brain function, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, advanced MRI techniques and applications, and blind source separation techniques.

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Christian G. Bénar are:

  • The Ictal Signature of Thalamus and Basal Ganglia in Focal Epilepsy, 2020, Neurology
  • Virtual epileptic patient brain modeling: Relationships with seizure onset and surgical outcome, 2022, Epilepsia
  • The "Connectivity Epileptogenicity Index " (cEI), a method for mapping the different seizure onset patterns in StereoElectroEncephalography recorded seizures, 2020, Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Interictal Functional Connectivity in Focal Refractory Epilepsies Investigated by Intracranial EEG, 2022, Brain Connectivity
  • The past, present, and future of the brain imaging data structure (BIDS), 2024, Imaging Neuroscience

Christian G. Bénar collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Fabricē Bartolomei, Samuel Médina Villalon, Francesca Pizzo, Agnès Trébuchon, and Julia Makhalova. This network of coauthors reflects an active engagement in multidisciplinary research teams across related domains.

The scientist has published extensively in several key venues known for advancing clinical and neurophysiological research. Frequent publication outlets include Clinical Neurophysiology, Epilepsia, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), NeuroImage, and Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology.

Best Publications

  • High-performance transistors for bioelectronics through tuning of channel thickness

    Jonathan Rivnay;Pierre Leleux;Marc Ferro;Michele Sessolo

  • Defining epileptogenic networks: Contribution of SEEG and signal analysis

    Fabrice Bartolomei;Stanislas Lagarde;Fabrice Wendling;Fabrice Wendling;Aileen McGonigal

  • fMRI activation during spike and wave discharges in idiopathic generalized epilepsy.

    Y Aghakhani;A P Bagshaw;C G Bénar;C Hawco

  • The Virtual Epileptic Patient: Individualized whole-brain models of epilepsy spread

    Viktor K. Jirsa;Timothée Proix;Dionysios Perdikis;Michael Marmaduke Woodman

  • Pitfalls of high-pass filtering for detecting epileptic oscillations: a technical note on "false" ripples.

    Christian Bénar;Laeticia Chauvière;Fabrice Bartolomei;Fabrice Wendling;Fabrice Wendling

  • A systematic framework for functional connectivity measures

    Huifang E. Wang;Huifang E. Wang;Christian G. Bénar;Christian G. Bénar;Pascale P. Quilichini;Pascale P. Quilichini;Karl J. Friston

  • Quality of EEG in simultaneous EEG-fMRI for epilepsy

    Christian G. Bénar;Yahya Aghakhani;Yunhua Wang;Aaron Izenberg

  • Combining EEG and fMRI: A multimodal tool for epilepsy research

    Jean Gotman;Eliane Kobayashi;Andrew P. Bagshaw;Christian-G. Bénar

  • Evaluation of EEG localization methods using realistic simulations of interictal spikes.

    Christophe Grova;Jean Daunizeau;Jean Daunizeau;Jean-Marc Lina;Jean-Marc Lina;Christian G. Bénar

  • The BOLD response to interictal epileptiform discharges.

    Christian G. Bénar;Donald W. Gross;Yunhua Wang;Valentina Petre

  • EEG-fMRI of focal epileptic spikes: analysis with multiple haemodynamic functions and comparison with gadolinium-enhanced MR angiograms.

    Andrew P. Bagshaw;Yahya Aghakhani;Christian‐G. Bénar;Eliane Kobayashi

  • fMRI activation in continuous and spike-triggered EEG-fMRI studies of epileptic spikes.

    Abdulla Al-Asmi;Christian G. Bénar;Don W. Gross;Yayha Agha Khani

  • High-frequency oscillations are not better biomarkers of epileptogenic tissues than spikes.

    Nicolas Roehri;Francesca Pizzo;Stanislas Lagarde;Isabelle Lambert

  • Electrophysiological Brain Connectivity: Theory and Implementation

    Bin He;Laura Astolfi;Pedro Antonio Valdes-Sosa;Daniele Marinazzo

  • Single-trial analysis of oddball event-related potentials in simultaneous EEG-fMRI

    Christian-G. Bénar;Christian-G. Bénar;Daniele Schön;Stephan Grimault;Bruno Nazarian

  • EEG-fMRI of epileptic spikes: concordance with EEG source localization and intracranial EEG.

    Christian G. Bénar;Christophe Grova;Eliane Kobayashi;Andrew P. Bagshaw

  • Interictal stereotactic-EEG functional connectivity in refractory focal epilepsies.

    Stanislas Lagarde;Nicolas Roehri;Isabelle Lambert;Agnès Trebuchon

  • Temporal and extratemporal BOLD responses to temporal lobe interictal spikes.

    Eliane Kobayashi;Andrew P. Bagshaw;Christian‐George Bénar;Yahya Aghakhani

  • Rostral Cingulate Zone and correct response monitoring: ICA and source localization evidences for the unicity of correct- and error-negativities

    Clémence Roger;Christian G. Bénar;Franck Vidal;Thierry Hasbroucq

  • Interictal functional connectivity of human epileptic networks assessed by intracerebral EEG and BOLD signal fluctuations.

    Gaelle Bettus;Jean Philippe Ranjeva;Jean Philippe Ranjeva;Fabrice Wendling;Christian G. Bénar;Christian G. Bénar

Frequent Co-Authors

Fabrice Bartolomei
Fabrice Bartolomei Aix-Marseille University
Patrick Chauvel
Patrick Chauvel University of Pittsburgh
Jean Gotman
Jean Gotman Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Catherine Liégeois-Chauvel
Catherine Liégeois-Chauvel Aix-Marseille University
Fabrice Wendling
Fabrice Wendling University of Rennes
Martine Gavaret
Martine Gavaret Université Paris Cité
François Dubeau
François Dubeau McGill University
Christophe Bernard
Christophe Bernard Aix-Marseille University
Romain Carron
Romain Carron Hôpital de la Timone
Andrew P. Bagshaw
Andrew P. Bagshaw University of Birmingham

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