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Richard S. McLachlan

Richard S. McLachlan

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52
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6918
World Ranking
5417
National Ranking
318

Overview

Richard S. McLachlan is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of medicine and neuroscience, with a significant focus on psychiatry and mental health, neurology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

The main topics covered in their work include epilepsy research and treatment, neurological disorders and treatments, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, vagus nerve stimulation research, pharmacological effects and toxicity studies, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, and anesthesia and sedative agents.

McLachlan's recent publications include:

  • Stereoelectroencephalography Versus Subdural Strip Electrode Implantations: Feasibility, Complications, and Outcomes in 500 Intracranial Monitoring Cases for Drug-Resistant Epilepsy, 2020, Neurosurgery
  • Vagus nerve stimulation in patients with therapy-resistant generalized epilepsy, 2020, Epilepsy & Behavior
  • Effect of lifetime antiepileptic drug treatment history on efficacy and tolerability of adjunctive brivaracetam in adults with focal seizures: Post-hoc analysis of a randomized, placebo-controlled trial, 2020, Epilepsy Research
  • Seizure Freedom in Temporal Plus Epilepsy Surgery Following Stereo-Electroencephalography, 2020, Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques
  • Extraoperative electrical stimulation mapping in epilepsy presurgical evaluation: a proposal and review of the literature, 2022, Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Jorge G. Burneo
  • David Steven
  • Ana Suller Martí
  • Andrew G. Parrent
  • Keith W. MacDougall

McLachlan has published extensively in several journals, with notable frequent publication venues as follows:

  • Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques
  • Neurology
  • Epilepsy Research
  • Epilepsy & Behavior
  • Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Best Publications

  • Hippocampal electrical stimulation in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

    J. F. Tellez-Zenteno;R. S. McLachlan;A. Parrent;C. S. Kubu

  • Health-related quality of life and seizure control in temporal lobe epilepsy

    Richard S. McLachlan;Kristopher J. Rose;Paul A. Derry;Casey Bonnar

  • Suppression of interictal spikes and seizures by stimulation of the vagus nerve.

    Richard S. McLachlan

  • Amygdaloid sclerosis in temporal lobe epilepsy

    Lawrence P. Hudson;David G. Munoz;Laurie Miller;Richard S. McLachlan

  • Febrile convulsions. Is seizure duration the most important predictor of temporal lobe epilepsy

    John Maher;Richard S. McLachlan

  • An electroencephalographic classification for coma.

    G.B. Young;R.S. McLachlan;J.H. Kreeft;J.D. Demelo

  • Psychiatric disorders in candidates for surgery for epilepsy.

    R Manchanda;B Schaefer;R S McLachlan;W T Blume

  • Recommendations for neuroimaging of patients with epilepsy

    A. J. Barkovich;S. F. Berkovic;G. D. Cascino;C. Chiron

  • Bilateral hippocampal stimulation for intractable temporal lobe epilepsy: Impact on seizures and memory

    Richard S. McLachlan;Susan Pigott;Jose F. Tellez-Zenteno;Samuel Wiebe

  • MR in temporal lobe epilepsy: analysis with pathologic confirmation.

    Donald H. Lee;Fu-Qiang Gao;John M. Rogers;Irene Gulka

  • Vagus nerve stimulation for intractable epilepsy: a review.

    Richard S. McLachlan

  • Amygdalar sclerosis: preoperative indicators and outcome after temporal lobectomy.

    L A Miller;R S McLachlan;M S Bouwer;L P Hudson

  • Psychosis after resection of ganglioglioma or DNET : Evidence for an association

    Lisa F. Andermann;Ghislaine Savard;Heinz Joachim Meencke;Richard McLachlan

  • Outcome assessment in epilepsy: comparative responsiveness of quality of life and psychosocial instruments.

    Samuel Wiebe;Kris Rose;Paul Derry;Richard McLachlan

  • An autosomal dominant disorder with episodic ataxia, vertigo, and tinnitus

    J. L. Steckley;G. C. Ebers;M. Z. Cader;R. S. McLachlan

  • Morbidity associated with the use of intracranial electrodes for epilepsy surgery.

    Jorge G. Burneo;David A. Steven;Richard S. McLachlan;Andrew G. Parrent

  • Alpha, theta and alpha-theta coma: a clinical outcome study utilizing serial recordings.

    G.B. Young;W.T. Blume;V.M. Campbell;J.D. Demelo

  • Rasmussen's chronic encephalitis in adults.

    Richard S. McLachlan;John P. Girvin;Warren T. Blume;Howard Reichman

  • Propofol sedation during awake craniotomy for seizures: electrocorticographic and epileptogenic effects

    Ian A. Herrick;Rosemary A. Craen;Adrian W. Gelb;Richard S. McLachlan

  • The effect of sevoflurane and isoflurane anesthesia on interictal spike activity among patients with refractory epilepsy.

    Andrew D. J. Watts;Ian A. Herrick;Richard S. McLachlan;Rosemary A. Craen

  • Seizure identification by clinical description in temporal lobe epilepsy: how accurate are we?

    C. Deacon;S. Wiebe;W. T. Blume;R. S. McLachlan

Frequent Co-Authors

Jorge G. Burneo
Jorge G. Burneo University of Western Ontario
Warren T. Blume
Warren T. Blume University of Western Ontario
Samuel Wiebe
Samuel Wiebe University of Calgary
Jose F. Tellez-Zenteno
Jose F. Tellez-Zenteno University of Saskatchewan
Laurie A. Miller
Laurie A. Miller Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
François Dubeau
François Dubeau McGill University
Samuel F. Berkovic
Samuel F. Berkovic University of Melbourne
L. Stan Leung
L. Stan Leung University of Western Ontario
William H. Theodore
William H. Theodore National Institutes of Health
Gregory Krauss
Gregory Krauss Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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