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O. Carter Snead

O. Carter Snead

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Neuroscience

D-Index
85
Citations
22609
World Ranking
1352
National Ranking
72

Overview

O. Carter Snead is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with substantial work in subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology, and Molecular Biology.

Their scholarly contributions span several main topics, such as:

  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Biomedical Ethics and Regulation
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms

Among recent publications authored or co-authored by Snead are:

  • "Temporal-plus epilepsy in children: A connectomic analysis in magnetoencephalography," published in 2020 in Epilepsia
  • "Which is more deleterious to cognitive performance? Interictal epileptiform discharges vs anti-seizure medication," published in 2023 in Epilepsia
  • "Epilepsy disrupts hippocampal phase precision and impairs working memory," published in 2022 in Epilepsia
  • "Interictal discharges delay target-directed eye movements and impair attentional set-shifting in children with epilepsy," published in 2022 in Epilepsia
  • "A Reset for Bioethics: A Statement from the Global Observatory for Genome Editing," published in 2025 in The CRISPR Journal

Snead frequently publishes in several venues, notably:

  • Epilepsia (4 publications)
  • The CRISPR Journal (2 publications)
  • Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques (2 publications)
  • Harvard University Press eBooks (1 publication)

Collaborations have been a consistent part of Snead's work, with frequent co-authors including Elizabeth Donner, Simeon M. Wong, Mary Lou Smith, Ayako Ochi, and Hiroshi Otsubo, each contributing to multiple joint publications.

In addition to articles, Snead has contributed to academic books, including a publication with Harvard University Press titled What It Means to Be Human, released in 2020.

Best Publications

  • GABA, γ-hydroxybutyric acid, and neurological disease

    C. Guin Ting Wong;Teodoro Bottiglieri;O. Carter Snead

  • Mutations in a gene encoding a novel protein tyrosine phosphatase cause progressive myoclonus epilepsy.

    Berge A. Minassian;R. Lee Jeffrey;Jo Anne Herbrick;Jack Huizenga

  • Improved diagnostic yield compared with targeted gene sequencing panels suggests a role for whole-genome sequencing as a first-tier genetic test.

    Anath C Lionel;Gregory Costain;Nasim Monfared;Susan Walker

  • Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.

    O. Carter Snead;K. Michael Gibson

  • Evidence-based guideline update: Medical treatment of infantile spasms Report of the Guideline Development Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the Practice Committee of the Child Neurology Society

    C.Y. Go;M.T. Mackay;S.K. Weiss;D. Stephens

  • Focal resection of fast ripples on extraoperative intracranial EEG improves seizure outcome in pediatric epilepsy

    Tomoyuki Akiyama;Bláthnaid McCoy;Cristina Y. Go;Ayako Ochi

  • Complications of invasive subdural grid monitoring in children with epilepsy.

    Çagatay Önal;Hiroshi Otsubo;Takashi Araki;Shiro Chitoku

  • Magnetic resonance imaging in childhood intractable partial epilepsies: pathologic correlations.

    Ruben Kuzniecky;A. Murro;D. King;R. Morawetz

  • Dynamic changes of ictal high-frequency oscillations in neocortical epilepsy: using multiple band frequency analysis.

    Ayako Ochi;Hiroshi Otsubo;Elizabeth J. Donner;Irene Elliott

  • Sudden unexplained death in children with epilepsy

    Elizabeth J. Donner;Charles R. Smith;O. Carter Snead

  • Diagnostic yield of genetic testing in epileptic encephalopathy in childhood

    Saadet Mercimek-Mahmutoglu;Jaina Patel;Dawn Cordeiro;Stacy Hewson

  • From the street to the brain: neurobiology of the recreational drug γ-hydroxybutyric acid

    C.Guin Ting Wong;K.Michael Gibson;O.Carter Snead

  • Evidence for GABAB-mediated mechanisms in experimental generalized absence seizures.

    O.Carter Snead

  • Neuromagnetic imaging of movement-related cortical oscillations in children and adults: age predicts post-movement beta rebound.

    William Gaetz;Matt J. MacDonald;Douglas O. Cheyne;O. C. Snead

  • MEG predicts epileptic zone in lesional extrahippocampal epilepsy: 12 pediatric surgery cases.

    Hiroshi Otsubo;Ayako Ochi;Irene Elliott;Sylvester H. Chuang

  • Anticonvulsant properties of acetone, a brain ketone elevated by the ketogenic diet.

    Sergei S. Likhodii;Irina Serbanescu;Miguel A. Cortez;Patricia Murphy

  • Enhanced Synchrony in Epileptiform Activity? Local versus Distant Phase Synchronization in Generalized Seizures

    Luis Garcia Dominguez;Richard A. Wennberg;William Gaetz;Douglas Cheyne

  • MEG predicts outcome following surgery for intractable epilepsy in children with normal or nonfocal MRI findings.

    Rajesh RamachandranNair;Hiroshi Otsubo;Manohar M. Shroff;Ayako Ochi

  • Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumors in childhood: long-term outcome and prognostic features.

    M. A. Nolan;R. Sakuta;N. Chuang;H. Otsubo

  • Magnetoencephalographic localization in pediatric epilepsy surgery: comparison with invasive intracranial electroencephalography.

    Berge A. Minassian;Hiroshi Otsubo;Shelly Weiss;Irene Elliott

  • Exacerbation of seizures in children by carbamazepine.

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Hiroshi Otsubo
Hiroshi Otsubo University of Toronto
James T. Rutka
James T. Rutka University of Toronto
Ayako Ochi
Ayako Ochi University of Toronto
Elysa Widjaja
Elysa Widjaja University of Toronto
Elizabeth J. Donner
Elizabeth J. Donner University of Toronto
Miguel A. Cortez
Miguel A. Cortez Hospital for Sick Children
Shelly K. Weiss
Shelly K. Weiss University of Toronto
Mary Lou Smith
Mary Lou Smith University of Toronto
Sam M. Doesburg
Sam M. Doesburg Simon Fraser University
Elizabeth W. Pang
Elizabeth W. Pang Hospital for Sick Children

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