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Prakash Kotagal is affiliated with the Cleveland Clinic in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on epilepsy, with extensive work in epilepsy research and treatment as well as EEG and brain-computer interfaces. They have contributed significantly to both the medical and neuroscience fields, with a particular emphasis on psychiatry and mental health, cognitive neuroscience, and pediatric neurology.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neonatal and fetal brain pathology
  • Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research
  • Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
  • Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism

Kotagal has published multiple papers, notable among them are:

  • "Surgical candidates in children with epileptic spasms can be selected without invasive monitoring: A report of 70 cases," 2021, Epilepsy Research
  • "Epilepsy with Eyelid myoclonias − A diagnosis concealed in other genetic generalized epilepsies with photoparoxysmal response," 2022, Epilepsy Research
  • "Investigation of networks underlying hyperkinetic seizures utilizing ictal SPECT," 2020, Neurology
  • "Exacerbation of eyelid myoclonia in patients with epilepsy and eyelid myoclonia receiving cannabidiol," 2021, Epileptic Disorders
  • "Perampanel associated with developmental regression in patient with FRRS1L mutation (251)," 2020, Neurology

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Elia Pestana-Knight
  • Ajay Gupta
  • Deepak Lachhwani
  • Elaine Wyllie
  • Ifrah Zawar

Publication venues where Kotagal has contributed multiple works are:

  • Epilepsy Research
  • Neurology
  • Epilepsy Currents
  • Epileptic Disorders
  • Seizure

Kotagal's research spans several subfields, notably psychiatry and mental health, cognitive neuroscience, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and neurology. This multidisciplinary approach supports their work in understanding and treating epilepsy through a variety of perspectives within medicine and neuroscience.

Best Publications

  • Semiological Seizure Classification

    H. Lüders;Jayant Acharya;C. Baumgartner;S. Benbadis

  • Seizure outcome after epilepsy surgery in children and adolescents

    Elaine Wyllie;Youssef G. Comair;Prakash Kotagal;Juan Bulacio

  • Calcium-sensitive potassium channelopathy in human epilepsy and paroxysmal movement disorder

    Wei Du;Jocelyn F. Bautista;Jocelyn F. Bautista;Huanghe Yang;Ana Diez-Sampedro

  • Complications of invasive video-EEG monitoring with subdural grid electrodes.

    H.M. Hamer;H.H. Morris;E.J. Mascha;M.T. Karafa

  • Dystonic posturing in complex partial seizures of temporal lobe onset A new lateralizing sign

    P. Kotagal;H. Lüders;H. H. Morris;D. S. Dinner

  • Successful surgery for epilepsy due to early brain lesions despite generalized EEG findings

    E. Wyllie;D. K. Lachhwani;A. Gupta;A. Chirla

  • Paroxysmal Nonepileptic Events in Children and Adolescents

    Prakash Kotagal;Maristela Costa;Elaine Wyllie;Barbara Wolgamuth

  • Developmental outcome after epilepsy surgery in infancy.

    Tobias Loddenkemper;Katherine D. Holland;Lisa D. Stanford;Prakash Kotagal

  • Epilepsy surgery in infants.

    Elaine Wyllie;Youssef G. Comair;Prakash Kotagal;Shanker Raja

  • Postictal psychiatric events during prolonged video-electroencephalographic monitoring studies.

    Andres M. Kanner;Susan Stagno;Prakash Kotagal;Harold H. Morris

  • Lateralizing signs during seizures in focal epilepsy.

    Tobias Loddenkemper;Prakash Kotagal

  • Temporal lobe epilepsy due to hippocampal sclerosis in pediatric candidates for epilepsy surgery

    A. Mohamed;Elaine Wyllie;P. Ruggieri;P. Kotagal

  • Psychiatric features of children and adolescents with pseudoseizures.

    Elaine Wyllie;John P. Glazer;Selim Benbadis;Prakash Kotagal

  • Lateralizing signs in intractable partial epilepsy: Blinded multiple‐observer analysis

    M. W L Chee;P. Kotagal;P. C. Van Ness;L. Gragg

  • Seizure outcome after epilepsy surgery in patients with normal preoperative MRI

    K. Chapman;Elaine Wyllie;Imad Najm;P. Ruggieri

  • Mental Retardation in Pediatric Candidates for Epilepsy Surgery: The Role of Early Seizure Onset

    Elza Vasconcellos;Elaine Wyllie;Shawn Sullivan;Lisa Stanford

  • Surgical Treatment of the Epilepsies

    Prakash Kotagal

  • Ganglioglioma and Intractable Epilepsy: Clinical and Neurophysiologic Features and Predictors of Outcome After Surgery

    H. H. Morris;Z. Matkovic;M. L. Estes;Y. A. Prayson

  • Long-term results with vagus nerve stimulation in children with pharmacoresistant epilepsy

    Andreas V. Alexopoulos;Prakash Kotagal;Tobias Loddenkemper;Jeffrey Hammel

  • Frontal lobe seizures: electroclinical syndromes.

    V. Salanova;H. H. Morris;P. Van Ness;P. Kotagal

  • Epilepsy surgery outcome Comprehensive assessment in children

    Frank Gilliam;E. Wyllie;J. Kashden;E. Faught

Frequent Co-Authors

Elaine Wyllie
Elaine Wyllie Cleveland Clinic
Hans Lüders
Hans Lüders Case Western Reserve University
William Bingaman
William Bingaman Cleveland Clinic
Dudley S. Dinner
Dudley S. Dinner Cleveland Clinic
Imad Najm
Imad Najm Cleveland Clinic
Harold H. Morris
Harold H. Morris Cleveland Clinic
Youssef G. Comair
Youssef G. Comair Johns Hopkins University
Tobias Loddenkemper
Tobias Loddenkemper Boston Children's Hospital
Andreas V. Alexopoulos
Andreas V. Alexopoulos Cleveland Clinic
Lara Jehi
Lara Jehi Cleveland Clinic

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