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7501
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6936
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2995

Overview

Erwin B. Montgomery is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research spans several fields primarily within medicine and neuroscience, with significant contributions to neurology and cellular and molecular neuroscience. They have also worked in related subfields including cognitive neuroscience, pediatrics, perinatology, child health, and statistical and nonlinear physics.

The scientist's research topics cover a broad spectrum of neurological and brain-related areas. Key topics include:

  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
  • Stochastic dynamics and bifurcation

Recent publications by Erwin B. Montgomery highlight their focus on Parkinson's disease and basal ganglia pathophysiology as well as adaptive deep brain stimulation techniques. Some notable papers include:

  • "Debugging Adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease," 2020, Movement Disorders
  • "Starting from Scratch-Basal Ganglia Pathophysiology," 2020, Movement Disorders

Publications where Montgomery is not the primary author but connected through collaboration include works on neuronal network activities and spectral dependencies in spike trains, appearing in Scientific Reports and Journal of Neuroscience Methods.

Frequent coauthors provide insight into collaborative aspects of their work. These include:

  • Olivier Darbin
  • Hamid R. Eghbalnia
  • Andrew R. Romeo
  • Dwi Wahyu Indriani
  • Adel Ardalan

The venues in which Montgomery has frequently published demonstrate a consistency in neurodegenerative and neuroscience research, including:

  • Movement Disorders
  • Scientific Reports
  • Neuroscience Research
  • Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Montgomery's work is situated at the intersection of clinical neurology and fundamental neuroscience, addressing mechanisms and treatments of Parkinson's disease and exploring neural network dynamics. Through both original and collaborative research, they contribute to an understanding of brain function and neurological disease mechanisms.

Best Publications

  • Posteroventral Medial Pallidotomy in Advanced Parkinson's Disease

    Anthony E. Lang;Andres M. Lozano;Erwin Montgomery;Jan Duff

  • Mechanisms of deep brain stimulation and future technical developments.

    Erwin B. Montgomery;Kenneth B. Baker

  • Mechanisms of action of deep brain stimulation (DBS)

    Erwin B. Montgomery;John T. Gale

  • Deep brain stimulation in epilepsy.

    Tobias Loddenkemper;Andrew Pan;Silvia Neme;Kenneth B. Baker

  • Subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulus evoked potentials: Physiological and therapeutic implications

    Kenneth B. Baker;Erwin B. Montgomery;Ali R. Rezai;Richard Burgess

  • Practice Parameter: Diagnosis and prognosis of new onset Parkinson disease (an evidence-based review): Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology

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  • Effects of GPi stimulation on human thalamic neuronal activity

    Erwin B. Montgomery

  • A longitudinal study of neuropsychological change in individuals with Parkinson's disease

    Tamiko Azuma;Robyn F. Cruz;Kathryn A. Bayles;Cheryl K. Tomoeda

  • Clinical response to varying the stimulus parameters in deep brain stimulation for essential tremor.

    Alexis M. Kuncel;Scott E. Cooper;Barbara R. Wolgamuth;Merlise A. Clyde

  • Short latency activation of cortex during clinically effective subthalamic deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease.

    Harrison C. Walker;He Huang;Christopher L. Gonzalez;James E. Bryant

  • Heavy metals and the etiology of Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders

    Erwin B. Montgomery

  • Chronic thalamic stimulation for the tremor of multiple sclerosis.

    Erwin B. Montgomery;Kenneth B. Baker;R. Philip Kinkel;Gene Barnett

  • PARK3 Influences Age at Onset in Parkinson Disease: A Genome Scan in the GenePD Study

    Anita L. DeStefano;Mark F. Lew;Lawrence I. Golbe;Margery H. Mark

  • Abnormal performance on the PD test battery by asymptomatic first-degree relatives.

    Erwin B. Montgomery;Kenneth B. Baker;Kelly Lyons;William C. Koller

  • EEG and evoked potential recording from the subthalamic nucleus for deep brain stimulation of intractable epilepsy

    Dudley S Dinner;Silvia Neme;Dileep Nair;Erwin B Montgomery

  • Practice Parameter: Neuroprotective strategies and alternative therapies for Parkinson disease (an evidence-based review): Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology

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  • Generative naming in parkinson disease patients

    Kathryn A. Bayles;Michael W. Trosset;Cheryl K. Tomoeda;Erwin B. Montgomery

  • Comparing the difficulty of letter, semantic, and name fluency tasks for normal elderly and patients with Parkinson's disease

    Tamiko Azuma;Kathryn A. Bayles;Robyn F. Cruz;Cheryl K. Tomoeda

  • Epidemiologic study of 203 sibling pairs with Parkinson’s disease The GenePD study

    N. E. Maher;L. I. Golbe;A. M. Lazzarini;M. H. Mark

  • Therapeutic mechanisms of high-frequency stimulation in Parkinson’s disease and neural restoration via loop-based reinforcement

    Sabato Santaniello;Michelle M. McCarthy;Erwin B. Montgomery;John T. Gale

  • Basal ganglia physiology and pathophysiology: a reappraisal.

    Erwin B. Montgomery

  • Genome-wide scan for Parkinson's disease: the GenePD Study.

    A. L. DeStefano;L. I. Golbe;M. H. Mark;A. M. Lazzarini

  • Microelectrode targeting of the subthalamic nucleus for deep brain stimulation surgery.

    Erwin B. Montgomery

  • Predictors of effective bilateral subthalamic nucleus stimulation for PD. Authors' reply

    Erwin B. Montgomery;P. D. Charles;N. Van Blercom;P. Krack

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth B. Baker
Kenneth B. Baker Cleveland Clinic
Kathryn A. Bayles
Kathryn A. Bayles University of Arizona
Hans Lüders
Hans Lüders Case Western Reserve University
Christine Klein
Christine Klein University of Lübeck
Lyn S. Turkstra
Lyn S. Turkstra McMaster University
Anita L. DeStefano
Anita L. DeStefano Boston University
Peter Watson
Peter Watson University of Cambridge
Kirk A. Frey
Kirk A. Frey University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
James F. Gusella
James F. Gusella Harvard University
Marcy E. MacDonald
Marcy E. MacDonald Harvard University

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