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Paul A. Garcia is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine, with a notable focus on several subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Gender Studies, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their work covers a range of main topics such as Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, Neural Dynamics and Brain Function, Epilepsy Research and Treatment, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Diversity and Career in Medicine, and Brain Metastases and Treatment.

Recent publications include:

  • Neuronal synchrony abnormalities associated with subclinical epileptiform activity in early-onset Alzheimer's disease, 2021, Brain
  • Factors associated with preoperative and postoperative seizures in patients undergoing resection of brain metastases, 2022, Journal of neurosurgery
  • Abnormal gamma phase-amplitude coupling in the parahippocampal cortex is associated with network hyperexcitability in Alzheimer's disease, 2024, Brain Communications
  • Influences of electrode density on intracranial seizure localisation: a single-blinded randomised crossover study, 2025, EBioMedicine
  • An Innovative Faculty Travel Award Program to Support Child, Elder, or Dependent Care, 2022, JAMA Pediatrics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Paul A. Garcia include:

  • Kamalini G. Ranasinghe
  • Kiwamu Kudo
  • Bruce L. Miller
  • Katherine P. Rankin
  • Heidi E. Kirsch

The scholar's work has been published in venues such as Brain, Brain Communications, Journal of Neurosurgery, EBioMedicine, and JAMA Pediatrics. These journals reflect the interdisciplinary and clinical aspects of their research.

Best Publications

  • Electrical stimulation of the anterior nucleus of thalamus for treatment of refractory epilepsy

    Robert Fisher;Vicenta Salanova;Thomas Witt;Robert Worth

  • Long-term efficacy and safety of thalamic stimulation for drug-resistant partial epilepsy

    Vicenta Salanova;Thomas Witt;Robert Worth;Thomas R. Henry

  • Seizures and Epileptiform Activity in the Early Stages of Alzheimer Disease

    Keith A. Vossel;Alexander J. Beagle;Gil D. Rabinovici;Huidy Shu;Huidy Shu

  • Exaggerated phase–amplitude coupling in the primary motor cortex in Parkinson disease

    Coralie de Hemptinne;Elena S. Ryapolova-Webb;Ellen L. Air;Paul A. Garcia

  • Incidence and impact of subclinical epileptiform activity in Alzheimer's disease

    Keith A. Vossel;Kamalini G. Ranasinghe;Alexander J. Beagle;Danielle Mizuiri

  • Incidence and mortality of generalized convulsive status epilepticus in California

    Y. W. Wu;D. W. Shek;P. A. Garcia;S. Zhao

  • Epilepsy surgery trends in the United States, 1990–2008

    D.J. Englot;D. Ouyang;P.A. Garcia;N.M. Barbaro

  • 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

  • Quinacrine treatment trial for sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

    Michael D. Geschwind;Amy L. Kuo;Katherine S. Wong;Aissa Haman

  • Timing and significance of pathological features in C9orf72 expansion-associated frontotemporal dementia.

    Sarat C. Vatsavayai;Soo Jin Yoon;Raquel C. Gardner;Tania F. Gendron

  • 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

  • Focal cooling suppresses spontaneous epileptiform activity without changing the cortical motor threshold

    Kameel M. Karkar;Paul A. Garcia;Lisa M. Bateman;Matthew D. Smyth

  • Seizure control outcomes after resection of dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor in 50 patients.

    Edward F. Chang;Catherine Christie;Joseph E. Sullivan;Paul A. Garcia

  • Differential diagnosis of Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease.

    Ross W. Paterson;Charles C. Torres-Chae;Amy L. Kuo;Tim Ando

  • Long-term seizure control outcomes after resection of gangliogliomas.

    Derek G. Southwell;Paul A. Garcia;Mitchel S. Berger;Nicholas M. Barbaro;Nicholas M. Barbaro

  • Radiosurgery versus open surgery for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: The randomized, controlled ROSE trial.

    Nicholas M. Barbaro;Mark Quigg;Mariann M. Ward;Edward F. Chang

  • Subfield atrophy pattern in temporal lobe epilepsy with and without mesial sclerosis detected by high‐resolution MRI at 4 Tesla: Preliminary results

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

  • Seizure characteristics and control after microsurgical resection of supratentorial cerebral cavernous malformations.

    Edward F. Chang;Rodney A. Gabriel;Matthew B. Potts;Paul A. Garcia

  • Magnetoencephalography source localization and surgical outcome in temporal lobe epilepsy.

    Bassam A Assaf;Kameel M Karkar;Kenneth D Laxer;Paul A Garcia

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas M. Barbaro
Nicholas M. Barbaro The University of Texas at Austin
Edward F. Chang
Edward F. Chang University of California, San Francisco
Kenneth D. Laxer
Kenneth D. Laxer Sutter Health
Susanne G. Mueller
Susanne G. Mueller University of California, San Francisco
Dario J. Englot
Dario J. Englot Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Michael W. Weiner
Michael W. Weiner University of California, San Francisco
Mark Quigg
Mark Quigg University of Virginia
Heidi E. Kirsch
Heidi E. Kirsch University of California, San Francisco
Nathan B. Fountain
Nathan B. Fountain University of Virginia
Michael J. Aminoff
Michael J. Aminoff University of California, San Francisco

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