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Danielle M. Andrade

Danielle M. Andrade

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Neuroscience

D-Index
45
Citations
6937
World Ranking
6965
National Ranking
408

Overview

Danielle M. Andrade is affiliated with Toronto Western Hospital in Canada. Their research focuses on several interconnected fields within medicine, particularly genetics and neurology. The primary areas of study include epilepsy research and treatment, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, genomics and rare diseases, pharmacological effects and toxicity studies, glycogen storage diseases and myoclonus, as well as metabolism and genetic disorders. Their work also covers genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities.

The scientist's main fields of study encompass medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with notable contributions in the subfields of genetics, psychiatry and mental health, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, neurology, and molecular biology.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Epilepsia
  • Epilepsy Currents
  • Epilepsy & Behavior
  • Neurology
  • Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including:

  • Quratulain Zulfiqar Ali
  • Paula Marques
  • Chantal Depondt
  • Pasquale Striano
  • Orrin Devinsky

Recent notable publications by Danielle M. Andrade reflect a focus on genetic factors underlying epilepsy and clinical guidelines for related syndromes. These include:

  • GWAS meta-analysis of over 29,000 people with epilepsy identifies 26 risk loci and subtype-specific genetic architecture, 2023, Nature Genetics
  • Updated clinical practice recommendations for managing adults with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, 2023, Genetics in Medicine
  • Epilepsy subtype-specific copy number burden observed in a genome-wide study of 17,458 subjects, 2020, Brain
  • A systematic review of adults with Dravet syndrome, 2021, Seizure
  • Sub-genic intolerance, ClinVar, and the epilepsies: A whole-exome sequencing study of 29,165 individuals, 2021, The American Journal of Human Genetics

Best Publications

  • Targeted resequencing in epileptic encephalopathies identifies de novo mutations in CHD2 and SYNGAP1

    Gemma L Carvill;Sinéad B Heavin;Simone C Yendle;Jacinta M McMahon

  • High Rate of Recurrent De Novo Mutations in Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies

    Fadi F. Hamdan;Candace T. Myers;Patrick Cossette;Philippe Lemay

  • A recurrent de novo mutation in KCNC1 causes progressive myoclonus epilepsy

    Mikko Muona;Samuel F. Berkovic;Leanne M. Dibbens;Karen L. Oliver

  • Long-term follow-up of patients with thalamic deep brain stimulation for epilepsy.

    D. M. Andrade;D. Zumsteg;C. Hamani;M. Hodaie

  • Tonic seizures: A diagnostic clue of anti-LGI1 encephalitis?

    Danielle M. Andrade;Peter Tai;Josep Dalmau;Richard Wennberg

  • Delineating the 15q13.3 microdeletion phenotype: a case series and comprehensive review of the literature.

    Chelsea Lowther;Gregory Costain;Dimitri J. Stavropoulos;Rebecca Melvin

  • Deep brain stimulation of the anterior nucleus of the thalamus: effects of electrical stimulation on pilocarpine-induced seizures and status epilepticus.

    Clement Hamani;Mojgan Hodaie;Mojgan Hodaie;Jason Chiang;Martin del Campo

  • Anterior Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation for Refractory Epilepsy: Insights Into Patterns of Seizure Control and Efficacious Target.

    Vibhor Krishna;Nicolas Kon Kam King;Francesco Sammartino;Ido Strauss

  • Epilepsy: Transition from pediatric to adult care. Recommendations of the Ontario epilepsy implementation task force

    Danielle M. Andrade;Anne S. Bassett;Eduard Bercovici;Felippe Borlot

  • Neonatal hypocalcemia, neonatal seizures, and intellectual disability in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome

    Evelyn Ning Man Cheung;Susan R. George;Danielle M. Andrade;Eva W.C. Chow

  • Prevalence of Pathogenic Copy Number Variation in Adults With Pediatric-Onset Epilepsy and Intellectual Disability

    Felippe Borlot;Felippe Borlot;Brigid M. Regan;Anne S. Bassett;Anne S. Bassett;D. James Stavropoulos

  • Prevalence of hypocalcaemia and its associated features in 22q11·2 deletion syndrome

    Evelyn Ning Man Cheung;Susan R George;Gary A Costain;Danielle M Andrade

  • Skin biopsy in Lafora disease: genotype-phenotype correlations and diagnostic pitfalls.

    D. M. Andrade;C. A. Ackerley;T. S.C. Minett;H. A.G. Teive

  • Mitochondrial Encephalopathy With Lactic Acidosis and Stroke-like Episodes (MELAS) May Respond to Adjunctive Ketogenic Diet

    Claude Steriade;Danielle M. Andrade;Hanna Faghfoury;Mark A. Tarnopolsky

  • Sub-genic intolerance, ClinVar, and the epilepsies: A whole-exome sequencing study of 29,165 individuals.

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  • Response to clozapine in a clinically identifiable subtype of schizophrenia

    Nancy J. Butcher;Wai Lun Alan Fung;Laura Fitzpatrick;Alina Guna

  • Dravet syndrome: seizure control and gait in adults with different SCN1A mutations.

    Jennifer J. Rilstone;Fernando M. Coelho;Fernando M. Coelho;Berge A. Minassian;Danielle M. Andrade

  • Genetic basis in epilepsies caused by malformations of cortical development and in those with structurally normal brain

    Danielle M. Andrade

  • Deep brain stimulation for the treatment of epilepsy.

    Clement Hamani;Danielle Andrade;Mojgan Hodaie;Richard Wennberg

  • Laforin is a cell membrane and endoplasmic reticulum-associated protein tyrosine phosphatase.

    Berge A. Minassian;Danielle M. Andrade;Leonarda Ianzano;Edwin J. Young

  • Antecollis and levodopa-responsive parkinsonism are late features of Dravet syndrome.

    Alfonso Fasano;Felippe Borlot;Anthony E. Lang;Danielle M. Andrade

  • Progressive myoclonus epilepsies: EPM1, EPM2A, EPM2B.

    Elayne M. Chan;Danielle M. Andrade;Silvana Franceschetti;Berge Minassian

Frequent Co-Authors

Ingrid E. Scheffer
Ingrid E. Scheffer University of Melbourne
Richard Wennberg
Richard Wennberg University Health Network
Stephen W. Scherer
Stephen W. Scherer University of Toronto
Andres M. Lozano
Andres M. Lozano University of Toronto
Samuel F. Berkovic
Samuel F. Berkovic University of Melbourne
Lynette G. Sadleir
Lynette G. Sadleir University of Otago
Mary Pat McAndrews
Mary Pat McAndrews University Health Network
Alfonso Fasano
Alfonso Fasano University Health Network
Jacques L. Michaud
Jacques L. Michaud University of Montreal
Heather C. Mefford
Heather C. Mefford University of Washington

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