Publications

Publications

Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Lee JW, Andermann F, Dubeau F, Bernasconi A, MacDonald D, Evans A, Reutens DC. Morphometric analysis of the temporal lobe in temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsia 39: 727-736, 1998.

Bernasconi N, Bernasconi A, Andermann F, Dubeau F, Reutens DC. Entorhinal cortex in temporal lobe epilepsy: a quantitative MRI study. Neurology 52: 1870-1876, 1999.

Bernasconi A, Gotman J, Cendes F, Reutens DC, Lee JW, Andermann F. EEG background delta activity in temporal lobe epilepsy: correlation with volumetric and spectroscopic imaging. Epilepsia 40: 1580-1586, 1999.

Bernasconi N, Bernasconi A, Caramanos Z, Dubeau F, Andermann F, Arnold DL. Morphometric MRI analysis of the parahippocampal region in temporal lobe epilepsy. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 911: 495-500, 2000.

Bernasconi A, Bernasconi N, Caramanos Z, Reutens DC, Andermann F, Dubeau F, Tampieri D, Pike BG, Arnold DL. T2 relaxometry can lateralize mesial temporal lobe epilepsy in patients with normal MRI. Neuroimage 12: 739-746, 2000.

Bernasconi N, Bernasconi A, Caramanos Z, Dubeau F, Richardson J, Andermann F, Arnold DL. Entorhinal cortex atrophy in epilepsy patients exhibiting normal hippocampal volumes. Neurology 56: 1335-1339, 2001.

Bernasconi A, Tasch E, Cendes F, Arnold DL. Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging suggests progressive neuronal damage in human temporal lobe epilepsy. In: T. Sutula and A. Pitkaenen eds. Do seizures cause brain damage? Prog Brain Res: 135: 297-304, 2002.

Bernasconi N, Bernasconi A, Caramanos Z, Antel SB *, Andermann F, Arnold DL. Mesial temporal damage in temporal lobe epilepsy: a volumetric MRI study of the hippocampus, amygdala and parahippocampal region. Brain 126: 462-469, 2003.

Natsume J, Kumakura Y, Bernasconi N, Soucy JP, Nakai A, Rosa P, Fedi M, Dubeau F, Andermann F, Lisbona R, Bernasconi A, Diksic M. Alpha-[11C] methyl-L-tryptophan and glucose metabolism in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. Neurology 60: 756-761, 2003.

Natsume J, Bernasconi N, Andermann F, Bernasconi A. MRI volumetry of the thalamus in temporal, extra-temporal and idiopathic generalized epilepsy. Neurology 60: 1296-1300, 2003.

Bernasconi N, Andermann F, Arnold DL, Bernasconi A. Entorhinal cortex MRI assessment in temporal, extra-temporal and idiopathic generalized epilepsy. Epilepsia 44: 1070-1074, 2003.

Duchesne S, Bernasconi N, Bernasconi A, Collins DL. On the classification of temporal lobe epilepsy from MR image appearance. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR) 2002, Kasturi R, Laurendeau D, Suen C. (Eds). IEEE Computer Society: 1: 520-523, 2002.

Bernasconi A. Monitoring neuronal damage in temporal lobe epilepsy with magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy. Klinik und Forschung 9: 6-9, 2003.

Duchesne S, Bernasconi N, Janke A, Bernasconi A, Collins DL. Temporal lobe epilepsy lateralization using MR image intensity and registration features. Proceedings of Medical Image Processing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Ellis RE, Peters TM (Eds), 2879: 367-374.

Bernasconi N, Bernasconi A, Andermann F. Entorhinal cortex in human temporal lobe epilepsy. In: J.W. Miller and D.L. Silbergeld eds. Controversies in epilepsy surgery (in press), 2003

Extra-temporal lobe epilepsy

Bernasconi A, Antel SB, Collins DL, Bernasconi N, Olivier A, Dubeau F, Pike GB, Andermann F, Arnold DL. Texture analysis and morphological processing of MRI assist detection of focal cortical dysplasia in extra-temporal partial epilepsy. Annals of Neurology 49:770-775, 2001.

Bastos A, Bernasconi A, Bernasconi N, Duncan J, Lemieux L, Sisodiya S. Structural image analysis in epilepsy. Epilepsia 43: 19-24, 2002

D'Agostino M, Bernasconi A, Valerio RM, Bastos A, Dobyns WB, Palmini A, Costa da Costa J, Scheffer I, Berkovic S, Barkovich J, Guerrini R, Dravet C, Ono J, Gigli G, Federico A, Booth F, Bernardi B, Volpi L, Tassinari C, Guggenheim MA, Ledbetter DH, Mercho S, Dubeau F, Andermann F, Andermann E. Subcortical band heterotopia (SBH) in males: clinical, imaging and genetic findings incomparison with females. Brain 125: 2507-2522, 2002.

Antel SB, Bernasconi A, Bernasconi N, Collins DL, Kearney RE, Shinghal R, Arnold DL. Computational models of MRI characteristics of focal cortical dysplasia improve lesion detection. Neuroimage17: 1755-1760, 2002.

Antel SB, Collins DL, Bernasconi N, Shinghal R, Kearney RE, Arnold DL, Bernasconi A. Automated detection of focal cortical dysplasia lesions using computational models of their MRI characteristics and texture analysis. Neuroimage, 19:1748-1759, 2003.

Bernasconi A. Advanced MRI analysis methos for detection of focal cortical dysplasia. Epileptic Disorders 5 (Suppl 2): S81-84, 2003.

Bernasconi A. Structural Analysis applied to epilepsy. In: R. Kuzniecky and G. Jackson eds. Magnetic resonance in epilepsy and other neuroimaging techniques (in press), 2003.

Bernasconi A. In: J. Duncan ed. Epilepsy Imaging. Neuroimaging Clinics of North America. Quantitative MRI of the neocortex (in press), 2004.

Other publications

Schorderet DF, Pescia G, Bernasconi A, Regli F. An additional family with startle disease and G1192A mutation at the alpha-1 subunit of the inhibitory glycine receptor gene. Human Molecular Genetics 3: 1201,1994.

Bernasconi A, Ladbon N, Schaller M, Regli F. Hematomes cerebraux multiples: un cas de choriocarcinome apres FIVET et hormonotherapie. Archives Suisses de Neurologie et Psychiatrie 147: 151-155, 1996.

Bogousslavsky J, Bernasconi A, Kumral E. Acute multiple infarction involving the anterior circulation. Archives of Neurology 53: 50-57, 1996.

Bernasconi A, Bogousslavsky J, Bassetti C, Regli F. Acute multiple infarcts in the posterior circulation. Journal of Neurosurgery, Neurology and Psychiatry 60:289-296, 1996.

Bernasconi A, Regli F, Schorderet DF, Pescia G. Hyperexplexie familiale: la maladie du sursaut. Etude clinique, electrophysiologique et genetique d'une famille. Revue Neurologique 152, 6-7: 447-450, 1996.

Bernasconi A, Kuntzer T, Ladbon N, Regli F. Complications neurologiques peripheriques et spinales de toxicomanes intraveineux ˆ l'heroine. Revue Neurologique 152,11: 688-694, 1996.

Bassetti C, Bogousslavsky J, Mattle H, Bernasconi A. Medullary stroke: report of seven patients and review of the literature. Neurology, 48: 882-890, 1997.

Bernasconi A, Cendes F, Shoubridge EA, Andermann E, Li LM, Arnold DL, Andermann F. Spectroscopic imaging of frontal neuronal dysfunction in hyperekplexia. Brain 121: 1507-1512, 1998.

Reddy H, Lassonde M, Bernasconi N, Bernasconi A, Matthews PM, Andermann F, Arnold DL. An fMRI study of the lateralization of motor cortex activation in acallosal patients. NeuroReport 11: 2409-2413, 2000.

Bernasconi A, Bernasconi N, Lassonde M, Toussaint PJ, Meyer E, Reutens DC, Gotman J, Andermann F, Villemure JG. Sensorimotor organization in patients who have undergone hemispherectomy: a study with 15 O-water PET and somatosensory evoked potentials. NeuroReport 11: 3085-3090, 2000.

Guerrini R, Moro F, Andermann E, Hughes E, D'Agostino D, Carrozzo R, Bernasconi A, Flinter F, Parmeggiani L, Volzone A, Parrini E, Mei D, Jarosz JM, Morris RG, Pratt P, Tortorella G, Dubeau F, Andermann F, Dobyns WB, Das S. Nonsyndromic mental retardation and cryptogenic in women with double cortin gene mutations. Annals of Neurology 54: 30-37, 2003.

Bernasconi A, Bernasconi N, Natsume J, Antel SB, Andermann F, Arnold DL. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy and imaging of the thalamus in idiopathic generalized epilepsy. Brain 126: 2447-2454, 2003