Selected Publications

Research Articles:

Lenglet C*, Abosch A*, Yacoub E, Sapiro G, Harel N. (2012). Comprehensive in vivo mapping of the human basal ganglia and thalamic connectome in individuals using 7T MRI. *Denotes equal contribution by these two authors.  PLoS One, January 2012, 7(1): 1-14.

Wang H, Black AJ, Zhu J, Stigen TW, Al-Qaisi MK, Netoff TI, Abosch A, Akkin T. (2011). Reconstructing micrometer-scale fiber pathways in the brain: multi-contrast optical coherence tomography based tractography. NeuroImage 58(4): 984-991.

Onaran I, Ince F, Cetin AE, Abosch A. (2011). A hybrid SVM/HMM based system for the state detection of individual finger movements from multichannel ECoG signals. Proceedings of the 5th International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neuroal Engineering, pages 457-460.

Gupte AA, Shrivastava D, Spaniol MA, Abosch A. (2011) MRI-related heating near deep brain stimulation electrodes: More data are needed. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 89: 131-140.

Divani AA, Majidi S, Luo X, Zhang J, Souslian FG, Abosch A, Tummala R. The ABCs of accurate volumetric measurement of cerebral hematoma. Stroke, 42(6): 1569-74.

Ince NF, Gupte A, Wichmann T, Ashe J, Henry T, Bebler M, Eberly L, Abosch A (2010). Selection of Optimal Programming Contacts Based on Local Field Potential Recordings from Subthalamic Nucleus in Patients with Parkinson's Disease. Neurosurgery, 2010 Aug; 67(2):390-397. PMID: 20644424.

Abosch A, Yacoub E, Ugurbil K, Harel N (2010). An Assessment of Current Brain Targets for Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery using Susceptibility-Weighted Imaging at 7T. Neurosurgery, 2010 Dec, in press.

Shrivastava D*, Abosch A*, Hanson T, Tian J, Gupte A, Iaizzo PA, Vaughan JT. Effect of the Extracranial Deep Brain Stimulation Lead on Radiofrequency Heating at 9.4 Tesla (400.2 MHz). *Denotes equal contribution by these two authors. JMRI, 2010 Sep; 32:600-607.

Abosch A, Gupte A, Eberly LE, Tuite PJ, Nance M, Grant JE. Impulsive Behavior and Associated Clinical Variables in Parkinson's Disease. Psychosomatics. 2010, in press.

Janson C, Maxwell R, Abosch A. Bowstringing as a complication of deep brain stimulation: a case series. Neurosurg 2010 Jun; 66(6):E1205; discusson. PMID: 20495391.

Chhabra V, Sung E, Holder C, Mewes K, Bakay RAE, Abosch A, Gross RE. Safety of Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Deep Brain Stimulator Systems: A Serial MRI and Clinical Retrospective Study. J Neurosurgery 2009 Mar; 112(3):497-502. PMID: 19681685.

Benzil DL, Abosch A, Germano I, Gilmer H, Maraire JN, Muraszko K, Pannullo S, Rosseau G, Schwartz L, Todor R, Ullman J, Zusman E. WINS White Paper Committee: The future of neurosurgery: a white paper on the recruitment and retention of women in neurosurgery. J Neurosurg 2008 Sep; 109(3):378-386. PMID: 18759565.

Abosch A, Cosgrove GR. Biological basis for the surgical treatment of depression. Neurosurg Focus 2008; 25(1):E2. Review. PMID: 18590379.

Roark C, Whicher S, Abosch A. Reversible neurological symptoms caused by diathermy in a patient with deep brain stimulators. Neurosurgery 62(1):E256, 2008. PMID: 18300881.

Papavassiliou E, Rau G, Heath S, Abosch A, Barbaro NM, Larson PS, Lamborn K, Starr PA. Thalamic deep brain stimulation for essential tremor: relation of lead location to outcome.  Neurosurgery, 54(5):1120-29; discussion 1129-30, 2004. PMID: 18596419.

Abosch A, Gross RE. Surgical treatment of Parkinson's disease: deep brain stimulation versus radiofrequency ablation. Clin Neurosurg 51:296-303, 2004. PMID: 15571158.

Lozano AM, Abosch A. Pallidal stimulation for dystonia. Adv Neurol 94:301-308, 2004. Review. PMID: 14509687.

Abosch A, Kapur S, Lang, AE, Hussey D, Sime E, Miyasaki J, Houle S, Lozano AM. Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus in Parkinson’s disease does not produce Striatal Dopamine Release; Neurosurgery 53(5):1095-1102, 2003. PMID: 14580276.

Abosch A, Bernasconi N, Boling W, Jones-Gotman M, Poulin N, Dubeau F, Andermann F, Olivier A. Factors predictive of suboptimal seizure control following selective amygdalohippocampectomy; J Neurosurg 97(5):1142-1151, 2002. PMID: 12450037.

Abosch A, Hutchinson WD, Saint-Cyr JA, Dostrovsky JO, Lozano AM. Movement-related neurons of the subthalamic nucleus in patients with Parkinson disease; J Neurosurg 97(5):1167-1172, 2002. PMID: 12450039.

Saint-Cyr JA, Hoque T, Periera LCM, Dostrovsky JO, Hutchison WD, Mikulis DJ, Abosch A, Sime E, Lang AE, Lozano AM. Localization of clinically effective stimulating electrodes in the human subthalamic nucleus on magnetic resonance imaging. J Neurosurg 97(5):1152-1166, 2002. PMID: 12450038.

Oh MY, Abosch A, Kim SH, Lang AE, Lozano AM. Long-term hardware-related complications of deep brain stimulation. Neurosurgery 50(6):1268-74, discussion 1274-6, 2002. PMID: 12015845.

Theodosopoulos PV, Abosch A, McDermott MW.  Intraoperative Fiber-Optic Endoscopy for Ventricular Catheter Insertion.  Can J Neuro Sci 28(1):56-60, 2001. PMID: 11252296.

Cooper EC, Aldape KD, Abosch A, Barbaro NM, Berger MS, Peacock WS, Jan YN, Jan LY.  Colocalization and co-assembly of two human brain M-type potassium channels that are mutated in epilepsy.  Proc Natl Acad Sci 97:4914-4919, 2000. PMID: 10781098.

Abosch A, Tyrrell JB, Lamborn K, Hannegan L, Applebury C, Wilson CB.   Transsphenoidal microsurgery for growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenomas: Initial outcome and long-term results. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 83:3411-3418, 1998. PMID: 9768640

Pleasure SJ, Abosch A, Friedman J, Ko NU, Barbaro NM, Dillon W, Fishman RA, Poncelet A.  Spontaneous intracranial hypotension resulting in stupor caused by diencephalic compression.  Neurol 50(6):1854-7, 1998. PMID: 9633740.

Abosch A.  Commission on the Future of Medical Education: Adapting the education and training of physicians to meet the requirements of the emerging environment.  Western Journal of Medicine 168(5): 442-82, 1998.

Abosch A, Lagenaur C.  Sensitivity of neurite outgrowth to microfilament disruption varies with adhesion molecule substrate.  J Neurobiol 24(3):344-355, 1992. PMID: 8492111.

Fairfield AS, Abosch A, Ranz A, Eaton JW, Meshnick SR.  Oxidant defense enzymes of Plasmodium falciparum.  Molec Biochem Parasitol 30(1):7-82, 1988. PMID: 3041278.

Book Chapters:

Walter BL, Abosch A, Vitek JL. Current Neurosurgical Treatments for Parkinson’s Disease: Where Did They Come From?  In Waxman ed. From Neuroscience to Neurology, Kolam. Elsevier (Oxford) 2005

Abosch A and Gross RE.  Surgical Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease:  Deep Brain Stimulation versus Radiofrequency Ablation.  In McKhann ed. Clinical Neurosurgery , Vol. 51.   Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins (Philadelphia), 2004.

Abosch A, Jodaie M, Davis KD, Lozano AM, Dostrovsky JO.  Microelectrode Recordings in the Cingulate Gyrus and the Anterior Thalmus.  In: Israel Z, Burchiel K, eds.  Microelectrode Recordings in Movement Disorder Surgery .  Thieme (NY).  2004.

Abosch A, Lozano AM.  Stereotactic Ablative Procedures for Pain Relief.  In: Fisher W, Paramore C, eds.  Neurosurgery (3^rd ed.).  Seminars in Neurosurgery Vol. 15 : Thieme Medical Publishers (NY).  2004

Lozano AM, Abosch A.  Pallidal Stimulation for Dystonia.  In: S Fahn, M. Hallett, M. DeLong eds.  Advances in Neurology, Volume 94, Dystonia 4.  Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (Philadelphia).  2004.

Abosch A, Lang AE, Lozano AM.  Subthalamic Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease.  In: Tarsy D, Vitek J, Lozano AM, eds.  Surgical Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease and Other Movement Disorders .   Humana Press.  Oct 2002.

Abosch A, Vitek JL, Lozano AM.  Pallidotomy and Deep Brain Stimulation for Dystonia.  In: Tarsy D, Vitek J, Lozano AM, eds.  Surgical Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease and Other Movement Disorders .  Humana Press.  Oct 2002.

Abosch A, Wilson CB.  Pituitary Neoplasms.  In: Holland JF, Frei E 3^rd, Bast RC, Pollock RE, Kufe DW, Weichselbaum RR, eds.  Cancer Medicine (5^th ed.).  Hamilton, Ontario: BC Decker Inc., 2000.

Abosch A, Ferriero D, Chan PH.  Cell Maturation, Migration, Plasticity and Death in the Development of the Nervous System.  In: Crockard A, Hayward R, Hoff J, eds.  Neurosurgery: The Scientific Basis of Clinical Practice (3^rd ed.).  Oxford: Blackwell Science, 2000.

Abosch A, McDermott M, Wilson CB.  Lateral Ventricular Tumors.  In: Kaye AH, Black PMcL, eds.  Operative Neurosurgery .  London: Churchill Livingstone, 1999.

Abstracts:

Lenglett C, Abosch A, Yacoub E, Sapiro G, Ugurbil K, Harel N. In-vivo visualization of the human basal ganglia and their structural connectivity using high resolution 7T MRI. Society for Neurosciences Meeting, San Diego, CA, Nov, 2010.

Harel, N, Yacoub E, Ugurbil K, and Abosch A. Direct visualization of surgical DBS targets using high-field (yT) MRI. In: Proceedings of the 18th Annual Meeting of ISMRM; Stockholm, Sweden; 2010.

Shrivastava D, Hanson T, Abosch A, Vaughan JT. Radiofrequency heating due to deep brain stimulation in ultra-high strength magnetic fields. International Society of Magnetic  Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) Meeting, 2009.

Divani A, Vaqquez G, Netoff T, Tummala R, Abosch A. Validation and Accuracy of Different Volumentric Measurement Techniques for Intracerebral Hemorrhage. American Acdemy of Neurology Annual Meeting (AAN), Seattle, April, 2009.

Roark C, Whicher S, Abosch A. Reversible neurological symptoms caused by diathermy in a patient with deep brain stimulators, CNS Meeting, San Diego, September, 2007.

Skrinjar O, Gross RE, and Abosch A.  An Epilepsy Surgery Planning Software Tool.  AANS Meeting, New Orleans, April, 2005.  

Abosch A, Kapur S, Lang AE, Hussey D, Sime E, Miyasaki J, Houle S, Lozano AM. Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus in Not Associated with Increased Striatal Dopamine Release as Assessed by [11C]-Raclopride Displacement.  Quadrennial Meeting of the American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, 2003.

Abosch A, Hutchison WD, Saint-Cyr JA, Dostrovsky JO, Lozano AM.  Movement-related Neurons within the Human Parkinsonian Subthalamic Nucleus.  XIV International Congress on Parkinson’s Disease, 2001.

Abosch A, Marks WJ, Barbaro NM, Starr PA.  Thalamic stimulation for tremor: Relationship of efficacy and side effects to lead location as assessed by postoperative MR imaging.  Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 1999.

Cooper EC, Abosch A, Peacock WJ, Berger MS, Barbaro NM, Jan YN, Jan LY.  Molecular characterization and subcellular localization of heteromeric KCNQ2/KCNQ3 potassium channels from human cortex and hippocampus.  American Epilepsy Association, 1999.

Abosch A, Sargent M, Fischbein N, Gean AD, Pitts LH.  Correlation between pre-operative imaging characteristics and biopsy diagnosis for enhancing intra-axial lesions in AIDS patients.  American Association of Neurological Surgeons, 1999.

Theodosopoulos P, Abosch A, Ojermann S, McDermott M.  Endoscopic ventricular catheter placement.  Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 1998.

Abosch A, Lowenstein DH.  Netrin responsiveness of the developing hippocampus.  American Epilepsy Society, 1998.

Abosch A,Tyrrell JB, Hannegan L, Lamborn K, Wilson CB.  The results of transsphenoidal microsurgery for growth hormone-secreting pituitary tumors.  American Association of Neurological Surgeons, 1998.

Abosch A, Hannegan L, WilsonCB.  Decreasing length of stay and complication rate following transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary tumors.  Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 1997.

Abosch A, Lagenaur C.  Cell adhesion molecule substrate effects on growth come morphology.  Soc.Neurosci. Abstr., 1991.

Abosch A, Lagenaur C.  Structural and functional analysis of L1 via proteolytic cleavages.  Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 16(2): 1010, 1990.