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Overview

Johan Arends is affiliated with Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands and focuses primarily on research in medicine and neuroscience. Their work spans multiple subfields, notably psychiatry and mental health, cognitive neuroscience, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

The researcher's main topics of interest revolve around epilepsy research and treatment, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, pharmacological effects and toxicity studies, neonatal and fetal brain pathology, sleep and wakefulness research, functional brain connectivity studies, and ECG monitoring and analysis.

Frequent co-authors contributing to Johan Arends's research include R.H.C. Lazeron, Johannes van Dijk, Francis Tan, C P J A Monté, and Paul Boon. These collaborations appear consistently across various publications, indicating ongoing partnerships in their areas of study.

Johan Arends's work has been featured in several scientific venues, with notable publications in:

  • Epilepsy & Behavior
  • Epilepsia Open
  • Physiological Measurement
  • Clinical EEG and Neuroscience
  • Schizophrenia Bulletin

Their recent published papers include:

  • "Multimodal nocturnal seizure detection: Do we need to adapt algorithms for children?" (2022) in Epilepsia Open
  • "Update review on SUDEP: Risk assessment, background & seizure detection devices" (2024) in Epilepsy & Behavior
  • "False alarms reduction in non-convulsive status epilepticus detection via continuous EEG analysis" (2020) in Physiological Measurement
  • "Seizure-related complication rate in a residential population with epilepsy and intellectual disability (ECOMRAID-trial)" (2023) in Epilepsy & Behavior
  • "Pitfalls in EEG Analysis in Patients With Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus: A Preliminary Study" (2021) in Clinical EEG and Neuroscience

Best Publications

  • The Relative Influence of Epileptic EEG Discharges, Short Nonconvulsive Seizures, and Type of Epilepsy on Cognitive Function

    AP Albert Aldenkamp;Jbam Johan Arends

  • Gammahydroxybutyrate and narcolepsy : a double-blind placebo-controlled study

    G. J. Lammers;J. Arends;A. C. Declerck;M. D. Ferrari

  • Effects of epileptiform EEG discharges on cognitive function: Is the concept of “transient cognitive impairment” still valid?

    Albert P. Aldenkamp;Johan Arends

  • Cognitive and behavioral effects of nocturnal epileptiform discharges in children with benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes.

    Joost Nicolai;Albert P. Aldenkamp;Johan Arends;Jacobiene W. Weber

  • Treatment of negative symptoms: Where do we stand, and where do we go?

    André Aleman;Tania M Lincoln;Richard Bruggeman;Ingrid Melle

  • The potential value of three-dimensional accelerometry for detection of motor seizures in severe epilepsy.

    Tamara M.E. Nijsen;Johan B.A.M. Arends;Paul A.M. Griep;Pierre J.M. Cluitmans

  • A model of heart rate changes to detect seizures in severe epilepsy

    Wouter J.C. van Elmpt;Tamara M.E. Nijsen;Paul A.M. Griep;Johan B.A.M. Arends

  • Randomized double-blind parallel-group study comparing cognitive effects of a low-dose lamotrigine with valproate and placebo in healthy volunteers.

    A. P. Aldenkamp;J. Arends;H. P. R. Bootsma;L. Diepman

  • Topiramate in clinical practice: long-term experience in patients with refractory epilepsy referred to a tertiary epilepsy center

    H.P.R. Bootsma;F Coolen;A P Aldenkamp;J. Arends

  • Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy patients: Risk factors. A systematic review.

    C.P.J.A. Monté;J.B.A.M. Arends;I.Y. Tan;A.P. Aldenkamp

  • Sympathetic activity and hypothalamo-pituitary— adrenal axis activity during sleep in post-traumatic stress disorder: A study assessing polysomnography with simultaneous blood sampling

    Saskia van Liempt;Johan Arends;Pierre J.M. Cluitmans;Herman G.M. Westenberg

  • Miniaturized wireless ECG monitor for real-time detection of epileptic seizures

    Fabien Massé;Martien Van Bussel;Aline Serteyn;Johan Arends

  • Cognitive effects of interictal epileptiform discharges in children

    S.C.M. Ebus;J.B.A.M. Arends;J.G.M. Hendriksen;van der E. Horst

  • HTR2C Gene Polymorphisms and the Metabolic Syndrome in Patients With Schizophrenia A Replication Study

    Hans Mulder;Dan Cohen;Hans Scheffer;Christine Gispen-de Wied

  • Acute Cognitive Effects of Nonconvulsive Difficult-to-Detect Epileptic Seizures and Epileptiform Electroencephalographic Discharges

    Albert P. Aldenkamp;Johan Arends;Truus C.G. Overweg-Plandsoen;Karin C. van Bronswijk

  • The association between HTR2C gene polymorphisms and the metabolic syndrome in patients with schizophrenia.

    Hans Mulder;Barbara Franke;Annemarie Aart van der Beek van der;Johan Arends

  • Multimodal nocturnal seizure detection in a residential care setting: A long-term prospective trial.

    Johan Arends;Roland D. Thijs;Thea Gutter;Constantin Ungureanu

  • EEG characteristics related to educational impairments in children with benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes.

    Joost Nicolai;Inge Van Der Linden;Johan B. A. M. Arends;Saskia G. M. Van Mil

  • The cognitive effects of interictal epileptiform EEG discharges and short nonconvulsive epileptic seizures

    J Joost Nicolai;Scm Ebus;Danielle Pljjg Biemans;Jbam Johan Arends

  • The Added Value of [18F]‐Fluoro‐D‐deoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography in Screening for Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Surgery

    Sabine G. Uijl;Frans S. S. Leijten;Johan B. A. M. Arends;Jaime Parra

  • Relative Influence of Epileptic Seizures and of Epilepsy Syndrome on Cognitive Function

    Selma C. Tromp;Jacobina W. Weber;Albert P. Aldenkamp;Johan Arends

Frequent Co-Authors

Albert P. Aldenkamp
Albert P. Aldenkamp Eindhoven University of Technology
Frans S.S. Leijten
Frans S.S. Leijten Utrecht University
Paul Boon
Paul Boon Ghent University
André Aleman
André Aleman University Medical Center Groningen
Roland D. Thijs
Roland D. Thijs Leiden University
Gerdina H. M. Pijnenborg
Gerdina H. M. Pijnenborg University of Groningen
Alexander C. van Huffelen
Alexander C. van Huffelen Utrecht University
Eric Vermetten
Eric Vermetten Leiden University Medical Center
Chin Keong Ho
Chin Keong Ho Senserbot
Hans Scheffer
Hans Scheffer Radboud University

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