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Steven C. Schachter is affiliated with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in the United States and has a research focus primarily in the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their work spans several subfields including Psychiatry and Mental Health, Neurology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Philosophy.

The scientist's research topics cover a diverse range of areas, notably:

  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Neurology and Historical Studies
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases

Recent publications by Steven C. Schachter include:

  • The Epileptic Heart: Concept and clinical evidence, 2020, Epilepsy & Behavior
  • Epileptic heart: A clinical syndromic approach, 2021, Epilepsia
  • Targeting NMDA Receptor Complex in Management of Epilepsy, 2022, Pharmaceuticals
  • The Epileptic Heart Syndrome: Epidemiology, pathophysiology and clinical detection, 2024, Epilepsy & Behavior Reports
  • T-wave heterogeneity crescendo in the surface EKG is superior to heart rate acceleration for seizure prediction, 2022, Epilepsy & Behavior

Steven C. Schachter frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Markus Reuber
  • Gregg H. Rawlings
  • Richard L. Verrier
  • Trudy Pang
  • Bruce D. Nearing

Several venues frequently publish their work. These include:

  • Epilepsy & Behavior
  • Epilepsy & Behavior Reports
  • Neurologic Clinics
  • Epilepsia
  • Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics

In addition to articles, Steven C. Schachter has contributed to book publications, including a title published by Oxford University Press:

  • Non-Epileptic Seizures in Our Experience, 2020

Best Publications

  • Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

    Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

  • Vagus nerve stimulation therapy for partial-onset seizures A randomized active-control trial

    Adrian Handforth;Adrian Handforth;C. M. DeGiorgio;S. C. Schachter;B. M. Uthman

  • Drug-Resistant Epilepsy

    Patrick Kwan;Steven C. Schachter;Martin J. Brodie

  • Efficacy and tolerability of the new antiepileptic drugs I: treatment of new onset epilepsy: report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee and Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society.

    J. A. French;A. M. Kanner;J. Bautista;B. Abou-Khalil

  • Prospective Long-Term Study of Vagus Nerve Stimulation for the Treatment of Refractory Seizures

    C. M. DeGiorgio;S. C. Schachter;A. Handforth;M. Salinsky

  • Vagus Nerve Stimulation

    Steven C. Schachter;Clifford B. Saper

  • Seizure detection, seizure prediction, and closed-loop warning systems in epilepsy

    Sriram Ramgopal;Sriram Ramgopal;Sigride Thome-Souza;Sigride Thome-Souza;Michele Jackson;Navah Ester Kadish;Navah Ester Kadish

  • Genome-wide mega-analysis identifies 16 loci and highlights diverse biological mechanisms in the common epilepsies

    Bassel Abou-Khalil;Pauls Auce;Andreja Avbersek;Melanie Bahlo

  • Depression and epilepsy: Epidemiologic and neurobiologic perspectives that may explain their high comorbid occurrence

    Andres M. Kanner;Steven C. Schachter;John J. Barry;Dale C. Hersdorffer

  • Drug treatment of epilepsy in adults

    Dieter Schmidt;Steven C Schachter

  • Epilepsy surveillance among adults--19 States, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2005.

    Rosemarie Kobau;Hatice Zahran;David J Thurman;Matthew M Zack

  • Mutations in the X-linked filamin 1 gene cause periventricular nodular heterotopia in males as well as in females.

    Volney L. Sheen;Peter H. Dixon;Jeremy W. Fox;Susan E. Hong

  • Core Competencies in Integrative Medicine for Medical School Curricula: A Proposal

    Benjamin Kligler;Victoria Maizes;Steven Schachter;Constance M. Park

  • Efficacy and Tolerability of the New Antiepileptic Drugs, II: Treatment of Refractory Epilepsy: Report of the TTA and QSS Subcommittees of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society

    Jacqueline A. French;Andres M. Kanner;Jocelyn Bautista;Bassel W. Abou-Khalil

  • Genetic determinants of common epilepsies: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies

    Richard Anney;A. Avbersek;D. Balding;L. Baum

  • Patient-specific seizure onset detection system

    John V. Guttag;Ali Hossam Shoeb;Blaise Bourgeois;S. Ted Treves

  • The NMDA receptor complex as a therapeutic target in epilepsy: a review

    Mehdi Ghasemi;Steven C. Schachter

  • Vagus nerve stimulation therapy summary: five years after FDA approval.

    Steven C. Schachter

  • Fast Facts: Epilepsy

    Martin J. Brodie;Steven C. Schachter;Patrick Kwan

  • Associations of handedness with hair color and learning disabilities.

    Steven C. Schachter;Bernard J. Ransil;Norman Geschwind

  • Clinical Research Prospective Long-Term Study of Vagus Nerve Stimulation for the Treatment of Refractory Seizures

    C. M. DeGiorgio;S. C. Schachter;A. Handforth;M. Salinsky

Frequent Co-Authors

Markus Reuber
Markus Reuber University of Sheffield
Donald L. Schomer
Donald L. Schomer Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Jacqueline A. French
Jacqueline A. French New York University
Andres M. Kanner
Andres M. Kanner University of Miami
Orrin Devinsky
Orrin Devinsky New York University
Marco Mula
Marco Mula St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Alexander Rotenberg
Alexander Rotenberg Boston Children's Hospital
Dieter Schmidt
Dieter Schmidt Freie Universität Berlin
George L. Morris
George L. Morris Medical College of Wisconsin
Georgia Montouris
Georgia Montouris Boston University

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