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Heidi E. Kirsch is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco, in the United States. Their research spans neuroscience and medicine, with a particular focus on cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, cellular and molecular neuroscience, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and genetics.

The scientist's work engages deeply with topics including functional brain connectivity studies, neural dynamics and brain function, epilepsy research and treatment, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, and advanced MRI techniques and applications.

Kirsch has contributed to multiple recent publications. Notable papers include:

  • Effect of Levetiracetam on Cognition in Patients With Alzheimer Disease With and Without Epileptiform Activity, 2021, JAMA Neurology
  • Neuronal synchrony abnormalities associated with subclinical epileptiform activity in early-onset Alzheimer's disease, 2021, Brain
  • Network connectivity predicts effectiveness of responsive neurostimulation in focal epilepsy, 2022, Brain Communications
  • The 10 Common Evidence-Supported Indications for MEG in Epilepsy Surgery: An Illustrated Compendium, 2020, Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Optimizing Magnetoencephalographic Imaging Estimation of Language Lateralization for Simpler Language Tasks, 2020, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

The researcher frequently collaborates with other scientists, with common coauthors including:

  • Srikantan S. Nagarajan
  • Kamalini G. Ranasinghe
  • Kiwamu Kudo
  • Keith Vossel
  • Bruce L. Miller

Kirsch's work is regularly published in venues such as Brain Communications, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, eLife, Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Best Publications

  • High gamma power is phase-locked to theta oscillations in human neocortex.

    Ryan T. Canolty;Erik Edwards;Erik Edwards;Sarang Dalal;M. Soltani;M. Soltani

  • De novo mutations in epileptic encephalopathies

    Andrew S. Allen;Samuel F. Berkovic;Patrick Cossette;Norman Delanty

  • Seizures and Epileptiform Activity in the Early Stages of Alzheimer Disease

    Keith A. Vossel;Alexander J. Beagle;Gil D. Rabinovici;Huidy Shu;Huidy Shu

  • Incidence and impact of subclinical epileptiform activity in Alzheimer's disease

    Keith A. Vossel;Kamalini G. Ranasinghe;Alexander J. Beagle;Danielle Mizuiri

  • Genome-wide mega-analysis identifies 16 loci and highlights diverse biological mechanisms in the common epilepsies

    Bassel Abou-Khalil;Pauls Auce;Andreja Avbersek;Melanie Bahlo

  • Emergent network topology at seizure onset in humans.

    Mark A. Kramer;Eric D. Kolaczyk;Heidi E. Kirsch

  • Five-dimensional neuroimaging: Localization of the time-frequency dynamics of cortical activity

    Sarang S. Dalal;Adrian G. Guggisberg;Adrian G. Guggisberg;Erik Edwards;Erik Edwards;Kensuke Sekihara

  • Spatiotemporal dynamics of word processing in the human brain.

    Ryan T. Canolty;Maryam Soltani;Maryam Soltani;Sarang S. Dalal;Erik Edwards;Erik Edwards;Erik Edwards

  • Effect of Levetiracetam on Cognition in Patients With Alzheimer Disease With and Without Epileptiform Activity: A Randomized Clinical Trial

    Keith Vossel;Kamalini G Ranasinghe;Alexander J Beagle;Alice La

  • The howling cortex: seizures and general anesthetic drugs.

    Logan J Voss;James W Sleigh;John P M Barnard;Heidi E Kirsch

  • Spatiotemporal imaging of cortical activation during verb generation and picture naming

    Erik Edwards;Srikantan S. Nagarajan;Sarang S. Dalal;Ryan T. Canolty

  • Global and regional functional connectivity maps of neural oscillations in focal epilepsy.

    Dario J. Englot;Leighton B. Hinkley;Naomi S. Kort;Brandon S. Imber

  • Single-Trial Speech Suppression of Auditory Cortex Activity in Humans

    Adeen Flinker;Edward F. Chang;Heidi E. Kirsch;Nicholas M. Barbaro

  • Mapping functional connectivity in patients with brain lesions.

    Adrian G. Guggisberg;Susanne M. Honma;Anne M. Findlay;Sarang S. Dalal

  • Ultra-rare genetic variation in common epilepsies: a case-control sequencing study.

    Andrew S Allen;Susannah T Bellows;Samuel F Berkovic;Joshua Bridgers

  • Hierarchy of prediction errors for auditory events in human temporal and frontal cortex

    Stefan Dürschmid;Erik Edwards;Christoph Reichert;Callum Dewar

  • Resting functional connectivity in patients with brain tumors in eloquent areas

    Juan Martino;Susanne M. Honma;Anne M. Findlay;Adrian G. Guggisberg

  • Epileptogenic zone localization using magnetoencephalography predicts seizure freedom in epilepsy surgery

    Dario J. Englot;Srikantan S. Nagarajan;Brandon S. Imber;Kunal P. Raygor

  • Neocortical hyperexcitability in a human case of tuberous sclerosis complex and mice lacking neuronal expression of TSC1

    Yanling Wang;Joel S. F. Greenwood;Maria Elisa Calcagnotto;Heidi E. Kirsch

  • Noninvasive testing, early surgery, and seizure freedom in tuberous sclerosis complex

    J. Y. Wu;N. Salamon;H. E. Kirsch;M. M. Mantle

  • Erratum: De Novo Mutations in Synaptic Transmission Genes Including DNM1 Cause Epileptic Encephalopathies (American Journal of Human Genetics (2014) 95(4) (360–370)(S0002929714003838)(10.1016/j.ajhg.2014.08.013))

    Silke Appenzeller;Rudi Balling;Nina Barisic;Stéphanie Baulac

Frequent Co-Authors

Srikantan S. Nagarajan
Srikantan S. Nagarajan University of California, San Francisco
Robert T. Knight
Robert T. Knight University of California, Berkeley
Nicholas M. Barbaro
Nicholas M. Barbaro The University of Texas at Austin
Robert C. Knowlton
Robert C. Knowlton University of California, San Francisco
Sarang S. Dalal
Sarang S. Dalal Aarhus University
Dennis J. Dlugos
Dennis J. Dlugos Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Adrian G. Guggisberg
Adrian G. Guggisberg University of Geneva
Edward F. Chang
Edward F. Chang University of California, San Francisco
Ingrid E. Scheffer
Ingrid E. Scheffer University of Melbourne
Samuel F. Berkovic
Samuel F. Berkovic University of Melbourne

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