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Julia Jacobs is affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada and has a research focus primarily in the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their scholarly work spans over 83 publications in Medicine and 65 in Neuroscience, reflecting a broad engagement with clinical and basic science aspects of brain function and disease.

The scientist's research subfields include Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Molecular Biology. These areas indicate a multidisciplinary approach bridging clinical neurology and molecular mechanisms.

Their main research topics encompass:

  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Neonatal and fetal brain pathology
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
  • Neural dynamics and brain function

Frequent publication venues for Julia Jacobs include Epilepsia with 8 publications, Frontiers in Neurology with 6, Brain with 3, Epilepsy & Behavior with 3, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 3 publications. This range of journals and preprint servers reflects engagement with both clinical and experimental epilepsy research communities.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Julia Jacobs include:

  • "Gain-of-function and loss-of-function GABRB3 variants lead to distinct clinical phenotypes in patients with developmental and epileptic encephalopathies," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Interictal spikes with and without high-frequency oscillation have different single-neuron correlates," 2021, Brain
  • "Spike ripples localize the epileptogenic zone best: an international intracranial study," 2024, Brain
  • "Scalp Ripples Can Predict Development of Epilepsy After First Unprovoked Seizure in Childhood," 2020, Annals of Neurology
  • "HFO to Measure Seizure Propensity and Improve Prognostication in Patients With Epilepsy," 2020, Epilepsy Currents

The scientist has collaborated extensively, with frequent co-authors including Kerstin Alexandra Klotz (19 joint publications), Jan Schönberger (14), Andreas Schulze-Bonhage (13), Peter C. Reinacher (7), and Maeike Zijlmans (6). These collaborations suggest active involvement in multi-institutional and interdisciplinary research projects.

Best Publications

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

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

  • 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 (HFOs) in clinical epilepsy.

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

  • High-frequency oscillations: The state of clinical research

    Birgit Frauscher;Fabrice Bartolomei;Katsuhiro Kobayashi;Jan Cimbalnik

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

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

  • Effect of sleep stage on interictal high‐frequency oscillations recorded from depth macroelectrodes in patients with focal epilepsy

    Andrew P. Bagshaw;Julia Jacobs;Pierre LeVan;François Dubeau

  • High-frequency oscillations mirror disease activity in patients with epilepsy.

    M. Zijlmans;J. Jacobs;R. Zelmann;F. Dubeau

  • High-frequency oscillations, extent of surgical resection, and surgical outcome in drug-resistant focal epilepsy

    Claire Haegelen;Piero Perucca;Claude Edouard Châtillon;Luciana Andrade-Valença

  • Ictal and interictal high frequency oscillations in patients with focal epilepsy.

    Maeike Zijlmans;Julia Jacobs;Yusuf U. Kahn;Rina Zelmann

  • Removing high-frequency oscillations: A prospective multicenter study on seizure outcome

    Julia Jacobs;Joyce Y. Wu;Piero Cesare Perucca;Rina Zelmann

  • A comparison between detectors of high frequency oscillations.

    R. Zelmann;F. Mari;J. Jacobs;M. Zijlmans

  • Scalp EEG is not a Blur: It Can See High Frequency Oscillations Although Their Generators are Small

    R. Zelmann;J. M. Lina;A. Schulze-Bonhage;J. Gotman

  • High frequency oscillations (80–500 Hz) in the preictal period in patients with focal seizures

    Julia Jacobs;Rina Zelmann;Jeffrey Jirsch;Rahul Chander

  • High-frequency oscillations in epilepsy and surgical outcome. A meta-analysis.

    Yvonne Höller;Raoul Kutil;Lukas Klaffenböck;Aljoscha Thomschewski

  • Vigabatrin with hormonal treatment versus hormonal treatment alone (ICISS) for infantile spasms: 18-month outcomes of an open-label, randomised controlled trial.

    Finbar J K O'Callaghan;Finbar J K O'Callaghan;Stuart W Edwards;Stuart W Edwards;Fabienne Dietrich Alber;Mario Cortina Borja

  • Differentiation of specific ripple patterns helps to identify epileptogenic areas for surgical procedures.

    Karolin Kerber;Matthias Dümpelmann;Björn Schelter;Pierre Le Van

  • Improving the identification of High Frequency Oscillations.

    Rina Zelmann;Maeike Zijlmans;Julia Jacobs;Claude-E. Châtillon

  • Hemodynamic changes preceding the interictal EEG spike in patients with focal epilepsy investigated using simultaneous EEG-fMRI.

    Julia Jacobs;Pierre LeVan;Friederike Moeller;Friederike Moeller;Rainer Boor

  • Mutations in GABRB3: From febrile seizures to epileptic encephalopathies

    Rikke S Møller;Thomas V Wuttke;Ingo Helbig;Carla Marini

  • Temporal and spatial characteristics of high frequency oscillations as a new biomarker in epilepsy

    Matthias Dümpelmann;Julia Jacobs;Andreas Schulze-Bonhage

  • Ripples on rolandic spikes : A marker of epilepsy severity

    Nicole E. C. van Klink;Maryse A. van ‘t Klooster;Frans S. S. Leijten;Julia Jacobs

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Schulze-Bonhage
Andreas Schulze-Bonhage University of Freiburg
Jean Gotman
Jean Gotman Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
François Dubeau
François Dubeau McGill University
Rina Zelmann
Rina Zelmann Massachusetts General Hospital
Maeike Zijlmans
Maeike Zijlmans Utrecht University
Ulrich Stephani
Ulrich Stephani Kiel University
Thomas Bast
Thomas Bast Kork Epilepsy Center, Kehl-Kork
Gerhard Kluger
Gerhard Kluger Paracelsus Medical University
Rainer Boor
Rainer Boor Kiel University
André Olivier
André Olivier McGill University

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