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Overview

Gordon H. Baltuch is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and neuroscience, with a significant number of publications related to neurology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and cellular and molecular neuroscience. They have also contributed to fields such as cardiology and cardiovascular medicine and cognitive neuroscience.

The main topics covered in their work include neurological disorders and treatments, advanced MRI techniques and applications, neuroscience and neural engineering, Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments, transcranial magnetic stimulation studies, cardiac arrhythmias and treatments, and advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Baltuch include:

  • Safety and Efficacy of Staged, Bilateral Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy in Essential Tremor, 2024, JAMA Neurology
  • Trial of Globus Pallidus Focused Ultrasound Ablation in Parkinson's Disease, 2023, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Deep Brain Stimulation Is Effective for Treatment-Resistant Depression: A Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression, 2020, Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • How technology is driving the landscape of epilepsy surgery, 2020, Epilepsia
  • Ethical Issues in Intraoperative Neuroscience Research: Assessing Subjects' Recall of Informed Consent and Motivations for Participation, 2021, AJOB Empirical Bioethics

Frequent publication venues for Baltuch's research include:

  • Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
  • Neurosurgical Focus Video
  • New England Journal of Medicine
  • JAMA Neurology
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine

Among frequent co-authors collaborating with Baltuch are Andrew I. Yang, Frederick L. Hitti, Vibhor Krishna, Howard M. Eisenberg, and Michael G. Kaplitt. These collaborations span multiple projects and publications over time.

Best Publications

  • Electrical stimulation of the anterior nucleus of thalamus for treatment of refractory epilepsy

    Robert Fisher;Vicenta Salanova;Thomas Witt;Robert Worth

  • Pallidal versus subthalamic deep-brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease.

    Kenneth A. Follett;Kenneth A. Follett;Frances M. Weaver;Matthew Stern;Kwan Hur

  • Microglia as mediators of inflammatory and degenerative diseases.

    Francisco Gonzalez-Scarano;Gordon Baltuch

  • Long-term efficacy and safety of thalamic stimulation for drug-resistant partial epilepsy

    Vicenta Salanova;Thomas Witt;Robert Worth;Thomas R. Henry

  • Gene delivery of AAV2-neurturin for Parkinson's disease: a double-blind, randomised, controlled trial.

    William J Marks;Raymond T Bartus;Joao Siffert;Charles S Davis

  • High‐frequency oscillations and seizure generation in neocortical epilepsy

    Greg A. Worrell;Landi Parish;Stephen D. Cranstoun;Rachel Jonas

  • Randomized trial of deep brain stimulation for Parkinson disease: thirty-six-month outcomes.

    Frances M. Weaver;Frances M. Weaver;Kenneth A. Follett;Matthew B. Stern;Matthew B. Stern;Ping Luo

  • A Randomized Sham-Controlled Trial of Deep Brain Stimulation of the Ventral Capsule/Ventral Striatum for Chronic Treatment-Resistant Depression

    Darin D. Dougherty;Ali R. Rezai;Linda L. Carpenter;Robert H. Howland

  • Electrical stimulation of the anterior nucleus of the thalamus for the treatment of intractable epilepsy.

    John F. Kerrigan;Brian Litt;Robert S. Fisher;Stephen Cranstoun

  • Subthalamic deep brain stimulation with a constant-current device in Parkinson's disease: an open-label randomised controlled trial.

    Michael S. Okun;Bruno V. Gallo;George Mandybur;Jonathan Jagid

  • Deep brain stimulation for movement disorders: morbidity and mortality in 109 patients

    Atsushi Umemura;Jurg L. Jaggi;Howard I. Hurtig;Andrew D. Siderowf

  • Human Substantia Nigra Neurons Encode Unexpected Financial Rewards

    Kareem A. Zaghloul;Justin A. Blanco;Christoph T. Weidemann;Kathryn McGill

  • A Phase II Study of Fornix Deep Brain Stimulation in Mild Alzheimer's Disease.

    Andres M. Lozano;Lisa Fosdick;M. Mallar Chakravarty;Jeannie Marie Leoutsakos

  • Gene delivery of neurturin to putamen and substantia nigra in Parkinson disease: A double-blind, randomized, controlled trial.

    C. Warren Olanow;Raymond T. Bartus;Tiffany L. Baumann;Stewart Factor

  • Oscillatory patterns in temporal lobe reveal context reinstatement during memory search.

    Jeremy R. Manning;Sean M. Polyn;Gordon H. Baltuch;Brian Litt

  • Ventricular asystole during vagus nerve stimulation for epilepsy in humans

    William O. Tatum;D. B. Moore;M. M. Stecker;G. H. Baltuch

  • Differential expression of glutamate and GABA-A receptor subunit mRNA in cortical dysplasia

    Peter B. Crino;Anne–Christine Duhaime;Gordon Baltuch;Ricarda White

  • Biallelic TSC gene inactivation in tuberous sclerosis complex

    Peter B. Crino;Eleonora Aronica;Gordon Baltuch;Katherine L. Nathanson

  • Vagus nerve stimulation for epilepsy and depression

    Andrew H. Milby;Casey H. Halpern;Gordon H. Baltuch

  • Deep brain stimulation for epilepsy

    Casey H. Halpern;Uzma Samadani;Brian Litt;Jurg L. Jaggi

Frequent Co-Authors

Casey H. Halpern
Casey H. Halpern University of Pennsylvania
Michael J. Kahana
Michael J. Kahana University of Pennsylvania
Brian Litt
Brian Litt University of Pennsylvania
Andres M. Lozano
Andres M. Lozano University of Toronto
Jacqueline A. French
Jacqueline A. French New York University
Ashwini Sharan
Ashwini Sharan Thomas Jefferson University
Kelly D. Foote
Kelly D. Foote University of Florida
John A. Wolf
John A. Wolf University of Pennsylvania
Kareem A. Zaghloul
Kareem A. Zaghloul National Institutes of Health
Michael S. Okun
Michael S. Okun University of Florida

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