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Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer

Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer

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Neuroscience

D-Index
40
Citations
7092
World Ranking
8052
National Ranking
3459

Overview

Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer is affiliated with the Cleveland Clinic in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a focus on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Physiology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems.

Their work concentrates on key topics within sleep and neurological research, including:

  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Restless Legs Syndrome Research

Foldvary-Schaefer has contributed to a number of scientific publications, with frequent appearances in notable journals such as:

  • SLEEP
  • Neurology
  • Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
  • Epilepsy & Behavior
  • Sleep Medicine

Significant papers authored or co-authored by Foldvary-Schaefer include:

  • Management of REM sleep behavior disorder: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine clinical practice guideline, 2022, Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
  • Efficacy and safety of calcium, magnesium, potassium, and sodium oxybates (lower-sodium oxybate [LXB]; JZP-258) in a placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomized withdrawal study in adults with narcolepsy with cataplexy, 2020, SLEEP
  • Safety and efficacy of lower-sodium oxybate in adults with idiopathic hypersomnia: a phase 3, placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomised withdrawal study, 2021, The Lancet Neurology
  • Bidirectional relationships of sleep and epilepsy in adults with epilepsy, 2021, Epilepsy & Behavior
  • Association of Sleep-Related Hypoxia With Risk of COVID-19 Hospitalizations and Mortality in a Large Integrated Health System, 2021, JAMA Network Open

The scientist frequently collaborates with a team of researchers including:

  • Reena Mehra
  • Richard Bogan
  • James Bena
  • Michael J. Thorpy
  • Yves Dauvilliers

Best Publications

  • Terminology and classification of the cortical dysplasias.

    André Palmini;Imad Najm;G. Avanzini;T. Babb

  • A multisite randomized trial of portable sleep studies and positive airway pressure autotitration versus laboratory-based polysomnography for the diagnosis and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea: The HomePAP study

    Carol L. Rosen;Dennis Auckley;Ruth Benca;Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer

  • Video-electrographic and clinical features in patients with ictal asystole

    S. U. Schuele;A. C. Bermeo;A. V. Alexopoulos;E. R. Locatelli

  • Race and residential socioeconomics as predictors of CPAP adherence.

    Martha E. Billings;Martha E. Billings;Dennis Auckley;Dennis Auckley;Ruth Benca;Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer;Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer

  • Gabapentin Increases Slow-wave Sleep in Normal Adults

    Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer;Isabel De Leon Sanchez;Matthew Karafa;Edward J. Mascha

  • Localizing and lateralizing features of auras and seizures

    Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer;Kanjana Unnwongse

  • Treating obstructive sleep apnea in adults with epilepsy: A randomized pilot trial

    B. A. Malow;Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer;B. V. Vaughn;L. M. Selwa

  • Sleep and epilepsy: what we know, don't know, and need to know.

    Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer;Madeleine Grigg-Damberger

  • Catamenial epilepsy: pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management.

    Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer;Tommaso Falcone

  • Sleep complaints and epilepsy: the role of seizures, antiepileptic drugs and sleep disorders.

    Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer

  • Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

    Charalampos Mermigkis;Jeffrey Chapman;Joseph Golish;Demetrios Mermigkis

  • Focal cortical dysplasia and intractable epilepsy in adults: clinical, EEG, imaging, and surgical features

    Jocelyn F. Bautista;Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer;William E. Bingaman;Hans O. Lüders

  • Validation of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) for depression screening in adults with epilepsy

    Jaivir S. Rathore;Jaivir S. Rathore;Lara E. Jehi;Youran Fan;Sima I. Patel;Sima I. Patel

  • FAILURE OF GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY FOR MESIAL TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY: REPORT OF FIVE CASES

    Teeradej Srikijvilaikul;Imad Najm;Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer;Tara Lineweaver

  • Longitudinal assessment of excessive daytime sleepiness in early Parkinson’s disease

    Amy W Amara;Lama M Chahine;Chelsea Caspell-Garcia;Jeffrey D Long

  • Sleep apnea and epilepsy: Who's at risk?

    Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer;Noah D. Andrews;Darakul Pornsriniyom;Darakul Pornsriniyom;Douglas E. Moul

  • Sleep and Epilepsy

    Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer;Madeleine Grigg-Damberger

  • Effect of positive airway pressure therapy on seizure control in patients with epilepsy and obstructive sleep apnea.

    Darakul Pornsriniyom;Darakul Pornsriniyom;Hu won Kim;Hu won Kim;James Bena;Noah D. Andrews

  • Sleep-Disordered Breathing.

    Nancy R Foldvary-Schaefer;Tina E Waters

  • Long-term study of the safety and maintenance of efficacy of solriamfetol (JZP-110) in the treatment of excessive sleepiness in participants with narcolepsy or obstructive sleep apnea.

    Atul Malhotra;Colin Shapiro;Jean-Louis Pepin;Jan Hedner

  • Hormones and seizures.

    Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer;Cynthia Harden;Andrew Herzog;Tommaso Falcone

  • Mesial frontal lobe epilepsy.

    Kanjana Unnwongse;Tim Wehner;Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer

  • From the American Epilepsy Society 2009 Annual Course Localizing and lateralizing features of auras and seizures

    Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer;Kanjana Unnwongse

Frequent Co-Authors

Dudley S. Dinner
Dudley S. Dinner Cleveland Clinic
Yves Dauvilliers
Yves Dauvilliers University of Montpellier
Lara Jehi
Lara Jehi Cleveland Clinic
William Bingaman
William Bingaman Cleveland Clinic
Imad Najm
Imad Najm Cleveland Clinic
Stephen M. Rao
Stephen M. Rao Cleveland Clinic
James B. Leverenz
James B. Leverenz Cleveland Clinic
Isabelle Arnulf
Isabelle Arnulf Sorbonne University
Hans Lüders
Hans Lüders Case Western Reserve University
Beth A. Malow
Beth A. Malow Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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