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Overview

Vahe E. Amassian was affiliated with SUNY Downstate Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily focused on the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with particular involvement in Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Developmental Neuroscience.

The scientist's work concentrated on several main topics, including:

  • Intraoperative Neuromonitoring and Anesthetic Effects
  • Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
  • Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research

Throughout their career, Vahe E. Amassian collaborated frequently with several colleagues, including:

  • José Luis Agulló
  • Jeffrey E. Arle
  • Beatriz Arranz
  • Jeffrey Balzer
  • Lorenzo Bello

Best Publications

  • Suppression of visual perception by magnetic coil stimulation of human occipital cortex

    Vahe E. Amassian;Roger Q. Cracco;Paul J. Maccabee;Joan B. Cracco

  • Single and multiple-unit analysis of cortical stage of pyramidal tract activation.

    Unknown

  • Physiological basis of motor effects of a transient stimulus to cerebral cortex.

    V E Amassian;M Stewart;G J Quirk;J L Rosenthal

  • Rapid modulation of human cortical motor outputs following ischaemic nerve block.

    Joaquim P. Brasil-Neto;Josep Valls-Solè;Alvaro Pascual-Leone;Ange Cammarota

  • Modelling magnetic coil excitation of human cerebral cortex with a peripheral nerve immersed in a brain-shaped volume conductor: the significance of fiber bending in excitation.

    Vahe E. Amassian;Larry Eberle;Paul J. Maccabee;Roger Q. Cracco

  • Focal stimulation of human cerebral cortex with the magnetic coil: a comparison with electrical stimulation.

    Vahe E. Amassian;Roger Q. Cracco;Paul J. Maccabee

  • A comparison of corticospinal activation by magnetic coil and electrical stimulation of monkey motor cortex.

    VahéE. Amassian;Gregory J. Quirk;Mark Stewart

  • Comparison of human transcallosal responses evoked by magnetic coil and electrical stimulation.

    Roger Q. Cracco;Vahe E. Amassian;Paul J. Maccabee;Joan B. Cracco

  • Focal magnetic coil stimulation reveals motor cortical system reorganized in humans after traumatic quadriplegia.

    Walter J. Levy;Vahe E. Amassian;Monique Traad;John Cadwell

  • Unit activity in reticular formation and nearby structures.

    Unknown

  • TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION IN STUDY OF THE VISUAL PATHWAY

    Vahe E. Amassian;Roger Q. Cracco;Paul J. Maccabee;Joan B. Cracco

  • Neurophysiological mechanisms underlying motor evoked potentials in anesthetized humans.: Part 2. Relationship between epidurally and muscle recorded MEPs in man

    Vedran Deletis;Zoran Rodi;Vahe E. Amassian

  • Neurophysiological mechanisms underlying motor evoked potentials in anesthetized humans. Part 1. Recovery time of corticospinal tract direct waves elicited by pairs of transcranial electrical stimuli.

    Vedran Deletis;Velimir Isgum;Vahe E Amassian

  • Studies on organization of a somesthetic association area, including a single unit analysis.

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  • An analysis of peripheral motor nerve stimulation in humans using the magnetic coil

    P.J. Maccabee;V.E. Amassian;R.Q. Cracco;J.A. Cadwell

  • Human cerebral cortical responses to contralateral transcranial stimulation.

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  • Measurement of information processing delays in human visual cortex with repetitive magnetic coil stimulation

    Vahe E. Amassian;Paul J. Maccabee;Roger Q. Cracco;Joan B. Cracco

  • Unmasking human visual perception with the magnetic coil and its relationship to hemispheric asymmetry

    Vahe E. Amassian;Roger Q. Cracco;Paul J. Maccabee;Joan B. Cracco

  • Cortical representation of visceral afferents.

    Unknown

  • Focal stimulation of human peripheral nerve with the magnetic coil: a comparison with electrical stimulation.

    Vahe E. Amassian;Paul J. Maccabee;Roger Q. Cracco

  • Cerebral function revealed by transcranial magnetic stimulation.

    Roger Q. Cracco;Joan B. Cracco;Paul J. Maccabee;Vahe E. Amassian

  • The polarity of the induced electric field influences magnetic coil inhibition of human visual cortex: implications for the site of excitation.

    V.E. Amassian;P.J. Maccabee;R.Q. Cracco;J.B. Cracco

  • A sense of movement elicited in paralyzed distal arm by focal magnetic coil stimulation of human motor cortex.

    Vahe E. Amassian;Roger Q. Cracco;Paul J. Maccabee

  • Magnetic stimulation of the human motor cortex evokes skin sympathetic nerve activity

    David H. Silber;Lawrence I. Sinoway;Lawrence I. Sinoway;Urs A. Leuenberger;Vahe E. Amassian

  • Paraesthesias are elicited by single pulse, magnetic coil stimulation of motor cortex in susceptible humans.

    V. E. Amassian;Mahendra Somasundaram;J. C. Rothwell;T. Britton

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter L. Strick
Peter L. Strick University of Pittsburgh
Paul Witkovsky
Paul Witkovsky New York University
Burton M. Slotnick
Burton M. Slotnick American University
Mark Hallett
Mark Hallett National Institutes of Health
Alvaro Pascual-Leone
Alvaro Pascual-Leone Harvard University
Rae Silver
Rae Silver Columbia University
Leonardo G. Cohen
Leonardo G. Cohen National Institutes of Health

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