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Michael T. Lawton is a researcher affiliated with the Barrow Neurological Institute in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with significant contributions to Neurology as a subfield. Lawton's research spans multiple topics related to neurovascular conditions and treatments.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications
  • Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research
  • Meningioma and schwannoma management
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
  • Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
  • Moyamoya disease diagnosis and treatment

Lawton has authored numerous papers across notable journals and publication venues, supporting a diverse and active research profile. The frequent venues for their publications are:

  • World Neurosurgery
  • Neurosurgery
  • Journal of neurosurgery
  • Operative Neurosurgery
  • Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B Skull Base

Recent publications include several significant contributions such as:

  • "A single-cell atlas of the normal and malformed human brain vasculature," 2022, Science
  • "PIK3CA and CCM mutations fuel cavernomas through a cancer-like mechanism," 2021, Nature
  • "Brain arteriovenous malformations," 2020, Neurology
  • "A propensity-adjusted comparison of middle meningeal artery embolization versus conventional therapy for chronic subdural hematomas," 2021, Journal of neurosurgery
  • "Virtual neurosurgery anatomy laboratory: A collaborative and remote education experience in the metaverse," 2023, Surgical Neurology International

Lawton's collaborative network includes frequent coauthors such as:

  • Joshua S. Catapano
  • Visish M. Srinivasan
  • Christopher S. Graffeo
  • Ethan A. Winkler
  • Lea Scherschinski

Their work covers subfields connected to clinical and surgical aspects, with additional research contributions in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery, Epidemiology, and Rheumatology.

Michael T. Lawton's academic output provides insights into complex vascular neurological disorders, treatment innovations, and educational methods in neurosurgery, reflected by a substantial number of publications and sustained collaborations within the neuroscientific community.

Best Publications

  • Unique astrocyte ribbon in adult human brain contains neural stem cells but lacks chain migration

    Nader Sanai;Anthony D Tramontin;Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa;Nicholas M Barbaro

  • Programmed cell death, mitochondria and the plant hypersensitive response

    Eric Lam;Naohiro Kato;Michael Lawton

  • Global brain inflammation in stroke.

    Kaibin Shi;De-Cai Tian;Zhi-Guo Li;Andrew F Ducruet

  • Surgical management of spinal epidural hematoma: relationship between surgical timing and neurological outcome

    Michael T. Lawton;Randall W. Porter;Joseph E. Heiserman;Ronald Jacobowitz

  • Cavernous malformations of the brainstem: experience with 100 patients.

    Randall W. Porter;Paul W. Detwiler;Robert F. Spetzler;Michael T. Lawton

  • Late Angiographic Follow-Up Review of Surgically Treated Aneurysms

    C A David;A G Vishteh;R F Spetzler;M Lemole

  • Predictors of Rehemorrhage After Treatment of Ruptured Intracranial Aneurysms: The Cerebral Aneurysm Rerupture After Treatment (CARAT) Study

    S. Claiborne Johnston;Christopher F. Dowd;Randall T. Higashida;Michael T. Lawton

  • Aneurysm Growth Occurs at Region of Low Wall Shear Stress. Patient-Specific Correlation of Hemodynamics and Growth in a Longitudinal Study

    Loic Boussel;Vitaliy Rayz;Charles McCulloch;Alastair Martin

  • Predictors of Neurocardiogenic Injury After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

    Poyee P Tung;Alexander Kopelnik;Nader Banki;Ken Ong

  • Revascularization and aneurysm surgery: current techniques, indications, and outcome.

    Michael T. Lawton;Mark G. Hamilton;Jacques J. Morcos;Robert F. Spetzler

  • The unruptured intracranial aneurysm treatment score: A multidisciplinary consensus

    Nima Etminan;Robert D. Brown;Kerim Beseoglu;Seppo Juvela

  • A supplementary grading scale for selecting patients with brain arteriovenous malformations for surgery.

    Michael T. Lawton;Helen Kim;Charles E. McCulloch;Bahar Mikhak

  • Spinal cord stimulation for chronic, intractable pain: Superiority of “multi-channel” devices

    Richard B. North;Matthew G. Ewend;Michael T. Lawton;Steven Piantadosi

  • Vascular remodeling after ischemic stroke: mechanisms and therapeutic potentials.

    Jialing Liu;Yongting Wang;Yosuke Akamatsu;Chih Cheng Lee

  • Idiopathic intracranial hypertension.

    Devin K. Binder;Jonathan C. Horton;Michael T. Lawton;Michael W. McDermott

  • Characteristics and surgical treatment of dolichoectatic and fusiform aneurysms

    John A. Anson;Michael T. Lawton;Robert F. Spetzler

  • Failed back surgery syndrome: 5-year follow-up after spinal cord stimulator implantation.

    Richard B. North;Matthew G. Ewend;Michael T. Lawton;David H. Kidd

  • Analysis of the subcomponents and cortical terminations of the perisylvian superior longitudinal fasciculus: a fiber dissection and DTI tractography study.

    Juan Martino;Philip C De Witt Hamer;Mitchel S Berger;Michael T Lawton

  • Redefined role of angiogenesis in the pathogenesis of dural arteriovenous malformations

    Michael T. Lawton;Ronald Jacobowitz;Robert F. Spetzler

  • Critical Roles of Macrophages in the Formation of Intracranial Aneurysm

    Yasuhisa Kanematsu;Miyuki Kanematsu;Chie Kurihara;Yoshiteru Tada

Frequent Co-Authors

William L. Young
William L. Young University of California, San Francisco
Robert F. Spetzler
Robert F. Spetzler St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
Charles E. McCulloch
Charles E. McCulloch University of California, San Francisco
Randall T. Higashida
Randall T. Higashida University of California, San Francisco
Christopher F. Dowd
Christopher F. Dowd University of California, San Francisco
Van V. Halbach
Van V. Halbach University of California, San Francisco
Wade S. Smith
Wade S. Smith University of California, San Francisco
Nalin Gupta
Nalin Gupta University of California, San Francisco
Michael W. McDermott
Michael W. McDermott University of California, San Francisco
Yoav Ben-Shlomo
Yoav Ben-Shlomo University of Bristol

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