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François Dubeau

François Dubeau

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Neuroscience

D-Index
103
Citations
34075
World Ranking
691
National Ranking
30

Medicine

D-Index
103
Citations
34075
World Ranking
7433
National Ranking
285

Overview

François Dubeau is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and has contributed extensively to the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine, with a focus on Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Neurology. Their research primarily centers on epilepsy, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, and functional brain connectivity.

The scientist has published numerous papers on topics such as epilepsy research and treatment, neural dynamics and brain function, advanced MRI techniques, and sleep and wakefulness research. Some of the recent publications include:

  • A brain atlas of axonal and synaptic delays based on modelling of cortico-cortical evoked potentials (2021) in Brain
  • Association of fast ripples on intracranial EEG and outcomes after epilepsy surgery (2020) in Neurology
  • Sleep Disruption in Epilepsy: Ictal and Interictal Epileptic Activity Matter (2020) in Annals of Neurology
  • A Subpopulation of Spikes Predicts Successful Epilepsy Surgery Outcome (2022) in Annals of Neurology
  • The human K-complex: Insights from combined scalp-intracranial EEG recordings (2020) in NeuroImage

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Jean Gotman
  • Birgit Frauscher
  • Nicolás von Ellenrieder
  • Chifaou Abdallah
  • Philippe Kahane

François Dubeau has published consistently in several scientific venues, including Clinical Neurophysiology, Neurology, Annals of Neurology, Epilepsia, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

The scientist has also contributed to academic literature in book form, with a publication titled Insular Epilepsies released by Cambridge University Press in 2022.

Their work integrates multiple domains of neuroscience, addressing clinical and functional aspects of brain activity, with an emphasis on epilepsy surgery outcomes, EEG analysis, and neurophysiological mechanisms underlying brain connectivity and sleep.

Best Publications

  • The clinicopathologic spectrum of focal cortical dysplasias: A consensus classification proposed by an ad hoc Task Force of the ILAE Diagnostic Methods Commission

    Ingmar Blümcke;Maria Thom;Eleonora Aronica;Dawna D. Armstrong

  • Intrinsic epileptogenicity of human dysplastic cortex as suggested by corticography and surgical results

    André Palmini;Antonio Gambardella;Frederick Andermann;Francois Dubeau

  • High-frequency electroencephalographic oscillations correlate with outcome of epilepsy surgery.

    Julia Jacobs;Maeike Zijlmans;Rina Zelmann;Claude-Édouard Chatillon

  • Generalized epileptic discharges show thalamocortical activation and suspension of the default state of the brain

    J. Gotman;C. Grova;A. Bagshaw;E. Kobayashi

  • Interictal high-frequency oscillations (80–500 Hz) are an indicator of seizure onset areas independent of spikes in the human epileptic brain

    Julia Jacobs;Pierre LeVan;Rahul Chander;Jeffery Hall

  • High-frequency oscillations during human focal seizures

    J. D. Jirsch;E. Urrestarazu;P. LeVan;A. Olivier

  • Intracranial electroencephalographic seizure-onset patterns: effect of underlying pathology.

    Piero Perucca;François Dubeau;Jean Gotman

  • Early childhood prolonged febrile convulsions, atrophy and sclerosis of mesial structures, and temporal lobe epilepsy: An MRI volumetric study

    F. Cendes;F. Andermann;F. Dubeau;P. Gloor

  • High-frequency oscillations (HFOs) in clinical epilepsy.

    J. Jacobs;R. Staba;E. Asano;H. Otsubo

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

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

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

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

  • Mutations in DEPDC5 cause familial focal epilepsy with variable foci

    Leanne M Dibbens;Boukje de Vries;Simona Donatello;Sarah E Heron

  • Periventricular and subcortical nodular heterotopia : a study of 33 patients

    François Dubeau;Donatella Tampieri;Namsoo Lee;Namsoo Lee;Eva Andermann

  • High frequency oscillations in intracranial EEGs mark epileptogenicity rather than lesion type.

    Julia Jacobs;Pierre LeVan;Claude-Édouard Châtillon;André Olivier

  • Neuroimaging evidence of progressive neuronal loss and dysfunction in temporal lobe epilepsy.

    Edwin Tasch;Fernando Cendes;Li Min Li;Francois Dubeau

  • Patterns of altered functional connectivity in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

    Francesca Pittau;Christophe Grova;Christophe Grova;Friederike Moeller;François Dubeau

  • Frequency and characteristics of dual pathology in patients with lesional epilepsy.

    F. Cendes;M. J. Cook;Craig Watson;F. Andermann

  • Mutations in the X-linked filamin 1 gene cause periventricular nodular heterotopia in males as well as in females.

    Volney L. Sheen;Peter H. Dixon;Jeremy W. Fox;Susan E. Hong

  • Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging and magnetic resonance imaging volumetry in the lateralization of temporal lobe epilepsy : a series of 100 patients

    Fernando Cendes;Zografos Caramanos;Frederick Andermann;François Dubeau

  • Quality of EEG in simultaneous EEG-fMRI for epilepsy

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean Gotman
Jean Gotman Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Frederick Andermann
Frederick Andermann McGill University
André Olivier
André Olivier McGill University
Eva Andermann
Eva Andermann McGill University
Fernando Cendes
Fernando Cendes State University of Campinas
Eliane Kobayashi
Eliane Kobayashi Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Birgit Frauscher
Birgit Frauscher Duke University
Douglas L. Arnold
Douglas L. Arnold Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Christophe Grova
Christophe Grova Concordia University
Andrew P. Bagshaw
Andrew P. Bagshaw University of Birmingham

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