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Wim Van Paesschen

Wim Van Paesschen

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Neuroscience

D-Index
46
Citations
7766
World Ranking
6712
National Ranking
80

Overview

Wim Van Paesschen is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has contributed extensively to research in medicine and neuroscience, focusing particularly on epilepsy and brain function. Their work encompasses a broad spectrum of topics within these fields, including epilepsy research and treatment, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, neuroscience and neuropharmacology, functional brain connectivity, pharmacological effects and toxicity, neural dynamics, and neurological disorders and treatments.

Their recent publication record includes several papers spanning 2020 to 2023 with a focus on clinical and technological aspects of epilepsy. Notable papers include:

  • Seizure outcome and use of antiepileptic drugs after epilepsy surgery according to histopathological diagnosis: a retrospective multicentre cohort study, 2020, The Lancet Neurology
  • Visual seizure annotation and automated seizure detection using behind-the-ear electroencephalographic channels, 2020, Epilepsia
  • Deep Brain Stimulation of the Anterior Nucleus of the Thalamus in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy in the MORE Multicenter Patient Registry, 2023, Neurology
  • External validation of automated focal cortical dysplasia detection using morphometric analysis, 2021, Epilepsia
  • Accurate detection of typical absence seizures in adults and children using a two-channel electroencephalographic wearable behind the ears, 2021, Epilepsia

Van Paesschen has frequently collaborated with other researchers in their field. Prominent co-authors include Maarten De Vos, Tom Theys, Christos Chatzichristos, Evy Cleeren, and Lauren Swinnen, with collaboration counts ranging from 15 to 23 joint publications.

Their research is often published in specific academic venues known for neurological and neuroscientific scholarship. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Epilepsia
  • Acta Neurologica Belgica
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neurology
  • Journal of Neural Engineering

Van Paesschen's primary fields of study are medicine and neuroscience with particular engagement in subfields such as cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, cellular and molecular neuroscience, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, and neurology.

Best Publications

  • Mutations in GRIN2A cause idiopathic focal epilepsy with rolandic spikes

    Johannes R Lemke;Dennis Lal;Eva M Reinthaler;Isabelle Steiner

  • Paroxysmal exercise-induced dyskinesia and epilepsy is due to mutations in SLC2A1, encoding the glucose transporter GLUT1.

    Arvid Suls;Peter Dedeken;Karolien Goffin;Hilde Van Esch

  • Seizure outcome and use of antiepileptic drugs after epilepsy surgery according to histopathological diagnosis: a retrospective multicentre cohort study

    Herm J Lamberink;Willem M Otte;Ingmar Blümcke;Kees P J Braun

  • Automatic Removal of Ocular Artifacts in the EEG without an EOG Reference Channel

    German Gomez-Herrero;Wim Clercq;Haroon Anwar;Olga Kara

  • The use of SPECT and PET in routine clinical practice in epilepsy

    Wim Van Paesschen;Patrick Dupont;Stefan Sunaert;Karolien Goffin

  • Automated Epileptic Seizure Detection Based on Wearable ECG and PPG in a Hospital Environment.

    Kaat Vandecasteele;Thomas De Cooman;Ying Gu;Evy Cleeren

  • Adjunctive brivaracetam for uncontrolled focal and generalized epilepsies: results of a phase III, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, flexible-dose trial.

    Patrick Kwan;Patrick Kwan;Eugen Trinka;Wim Van Paesschen;Ivan Rektor

  • Efficacy and tolerability of adjunctive brivaracetam in adults with uncontrolled partial-onset seizures: A phase IIb, randomized, controlled trial

    Wim Van Paesschen;Edouard Hirsch;Martin Johnson;Ursula Falter

  • Neuronuclear assessment of patients with epilepsy.

    Karolien Goffin;Stefanie Dedeurwaerdere;Koen Van Laere;Wim Van Paesschen

  • Defective membrane expression of the Na+-HCO3− cotransporter NBCe1 is associated with familial migraine

    Masashi Suzuki;Wim Van Paesschen;Ingeborg Stalmans;Shoko Horita

  • The amygdala and intractable temporal lobe epilepsy A quantitative magnetic resonance imaging study

    W. Van Paesschen;A. Connelly;C. L. Johnson;J. S. Duncan

  • KOMET: an unblinded, randomised, two parallel-group, stratified trial comparing the effectiveness of levetiracetam with controlled-release carbamazepine and extended-release sodium valproate as monotherapy in patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy

    Eugen Trinka;Anthony G Marson;Wim Van Paesschen;Reetta Kälviäinen

  • Evaluation of anatomy based reconstruction for partial volume correction in brain FDG-PET.

    Kristof Baete;Johan Nuyts;Koen Van Laere;Wim Van Paesschen

  • Cerebral benzodiazepine receptors in hippocampal sclerosis. An objective in vivo analysis.

    M. I. Koepp;M. P. Richardson;D. I. Brooks;J. B. Poline

  • Epilepsy as part of the phenotype associated with ATP1A2 mutations.

    Liesbet Deprez;Sarah Weckhuysen;Katelijne Peeters;Tine Deconinck

  • Comparison between Scalp EEG and Behind-the-Ear EEG for Development of a Wearable Seizure Detection System for Patients with Focal Epilepsy

    Ying Gu;Evy Cleeren;Jonathan Dan;Kasper Claes

  • Improving the Interpretation of Ictal Scalp EEG: BSS–CCA Algorithm for Muscle Artifact Removal

    Anneleen Vergult;Wim De Clercq;André Palmini;Bart Vanrumste

  • In vivo [11C]flumazenil-PET correlates with ex vivo [3H]flumazenil autoradiography in hippocampal sclerosis

    M J Koepp;K S Hand;C Labbé;M P Richardson

  • Block term decomposition for modelling epileptic seizures

    Borbála Hunyadi;Daan Camps;Laurent Sorber;Laurent Sorber;Wim Van Paesschen

  • Ictal SPECT

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  • Paroxysmal exercise-induced dyskinesia and epilepsy due to mutations in SLC2A1, encoding the glucose transporter, Gluti

    David Cassiman;A Suls;P Dedeken;Karolien Goffin

Frequent Co-Authors

Sarah Weckhuysen
Sarah Weckhuysen University of Antwerp
André Palmini
André Palmini Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul

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