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Kenneth D. Laxer

Kenneth D. Laxer

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Neuroscience

D-Index
65
Citations
10812
World Ranking
3194
National Ranking
1481

Overview

Kenneth D. Laxer is affiliated with Sutter Health in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of neuroscience. Their research spans multiple areas within neuroscience, including cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, neurology, psychiatry and mental health, and molecular biology.

Their work primarily addresses topics such as neural dynamics and brain function, neural and behavioral psychology studies, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, memory and neural mechanisms, functional brain connectivity studies, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, and neurological disorders and treatments.

Kenneth D. Laxer has published research in several venues, with frequent publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Neurology
  • JAMA Neurology

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Nine-year prospective efficacy and safety of brain-responsive neurostimulation for focal epilepsy" (2020), published in Neurology
  • "Left hemisphere dominance for bilateral kinematic encoding in the human brain" (2022), published in eLife
  • "Efficacy and Safety of XEN1101, a Novel Potassium Channel Opener, in Adults With Focal Epilepsy" (2023), published in JAMA Neurology
  • "A rapid theta network mechanism for flexible information encoding" (2023), published in Nature Communications
  • "Asymmetric coding of reward prediction errors in human insula and dorsomedial prefrontal cortex" (2023), published in Nature Communications

Laxer frequently collaborates with other researchers. Their most common co-authors include Jack J. Lin, David King-Stephens, Robert T. Knight, Peter B. Weber, and Colin W. Hoy.

Best Publications

  • The consequences of refractory epilepsy and its treatment

    Kenneth D. Laxer;Eugen Trinka;Lawrence J. Hirsch;Fernando Cendes

  • Nine-year prospective efficacy and safety of brain-responsive neurostimulation for focal epilepsy

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  • Calcium-binding protein (calbindin-D28K) and parvalbumin immunocytochemistry in the normal and epileptic human hippocampus.

    Robert S. Sloviter;Robert S. Sloviter;Anne L. Sollas;Nicholas M. Barbaro;Kenneth D. Laxer

  • Neuron loss localizes human temporal lobe epilepsy by in vivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging

    James W. Hugg;Kenneth D. Laxer;Gerald B. Matson;Andrew A. Maudsley

  • Magnetoencephalography in partial epilepsy : Clinical yield and localization accuracy

    R. C. Knowlton;K. D. Laxer;M. J. Aminoff;T. P.L. Roberts

  • SPATIO-TEMPORAL CORRELATIONS IN HUMAN GAMMA BAND ELECTROCORTICOGRAMS

    V. Menon;W.J. Freeman;B.A. Cutillo;J.E. Desmond

  • Temporal lobe epilepsy: bilateral hippocampal metabolite changes revealed at proton MR spectroscopic imaging.

    Gabriele R. Ende;Kenneth D. Laxer;Robert C. Knowlton;Gerald B. Matson

  • A multicenter, prospective pilot study of gamma knife radiosurgery for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: seizure response, adverse events, and verbal memory.

    Nicholas M. Barbaro;Mark Quigg;Donna K. Broshek;Mariann M. Ward

  • Oxcarbazepine: Double-blind, randomized, placebo-control, monotherapy trial for partial seizures

    S.C. Schachter;B. Vazquez;R.S. Fisher;K.D. Laxer

  • Presurgical multimodality neuroimaging in electroencephalographic lateralized temporal lobe epilepsy

    Robert C. Knowlton;Kenneth D. Laxer;Gabriele Ende;Gabriele Ende;Randall A. Hawkins

  • Lateralization of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with chronic ambulatory electrocorticography

    David King-Stephens;Emily Mirro;Peter B. Weber;Kenneth D. Laxer

  • Voxel-based optimized morphometry (VBM) of gray and white matter in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) with and without mesial temporal sclerosis

    Suzanne G. Mueller;Kenneth D. Laxer;Nathan Cashdollar;Shannon Buckley

  • Semiology of Temporal Lobe Seizures : Value in Lateralizing the Seizure Focus

    William J. Marks;Kenneth D. Laxer

  • Felbamate A double‐blind controlled trial in patients undergoing presurgical evaluation of partial seizures

    Bourgeois Bourgeois;I. E. Leppik;J. C. Sackellares;K. Laxer

  • Central apnea and acute cardiac ischemia in a sheep model of epileptic sudden death

    S. Claiborne Johnston;Ralf Siedenberg;Jeffrey K. Min;E. Heidi Jerome

  • Life-Threatening Focal Status Epilepticus due to Occult Cortical Dysplasia

    Richard Desbiens;Samuel F. Berkovic;François Dubeau;Frederick Andermann

  • Evidence for brainstem network disruption in temporal lobe epilepsy and sudden unexplained death in epilepsy.

    Susanne G. Mueller;Lisa M. Bateman;Kenneth D. Laxer

  • Prognostic Value of Qualitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging Hippocampal Abnormalities in Patients Undergoing Temporal Lobectomy for Medically Refractory Seizures

    Paul A. Garcia;Kenneth D. Laxer;Nicholas M. Barbaro;William P. Dillon

  • Widespread neocortical abnormalities in temporal lobe epilepsy with and without mesial sclerosis.

    Susanne G. Mueller;Kenneth D. Laxer;Jerome Barakos;I. Cheong

  • Assessment of Ganaxolone's Anticonvulsant Activity Using a Randomized, Double‐Blind, Presurgical Trial Design

    Kenneth Laxer;David Blum;Basil W. Abou‐Khalil;Martha J. Morrell

  • Clinical Applications of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

    Kenneth D. Laxer

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas M. Barbaro
Nicholas M. Barbaro The University of Texas at Austin
Michael W. Weiner
Michael W. Weiner University of California, San Francisco
Robert C. Knowlton
Robert C. Knowlton University of California, San Francisco
Paul A. Garcia
Paul A. Garcia University of California, San Francisco
Gabriele Ende
Gabriele Ende Heidelberg University
Alan Gevins
Alan Gevins San Francicso Brain Research Institute & SAM Technology
Steven L. Bressler
Steven L. Bressler Florida Atlantic University
Robert S. Fisher
Robert S. Fisher Stanford University
Robert S. Sloviter
Robert S. Sloviter University of Arizona
Jorge R. Oksenberg
Jorge R. Oksenberg University of California, San Francisco

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