Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc - Reference Center for Refractory Epilepsy (CRE)




The Reference Center for Refractory Epilepsy of the Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc is headed by Profs. Susana Ferrao Santos (neurologist and head coordinator of the epilepsy surgery program) and Prof. Riëm El Tahry (neurologist and head of the epileptology research laboratory at IoNS). The unit conducts basic and applied research on the treatment of refractory epilepsy including neurostimulation. The unit also provides access to intracerebral EEG for basic research.
Group members
Publications
2021
Transcutaneous auricular VNS applied to experimental pain: A paired behavioral and EEG study using thermonociceptive CO2 laser.
PLoS One
Dumoulin M, Liberati G, Mouraux A, Santos SF, El Tahry R.
16(7):e0254480.
2020
Insular responses to transient painful and non-painful thermal and mechanical spinothalamic stimuli recorded using intracerebral EEG
Nature: Scientific Reports
Liberati G, Mulders D, Algoet M, van den Broeke EN, Ferrao Santos S, Ribeiro Vaz JG, Raftopoulos C, Mouraux A.
10: 22319
2019
Therapeutic approach to Lennox-Gastaut syndrome: a systematic review
Acta Neurologica Belgica
Borrelli S, El Tahry R.
119(3):315-324
2019
Vagus Nerve Stimulation-Induced Laryngeal Motor Evoked Potentials: A Possible Biomarker of Effective Nerve Activation
Frontiers in Neuroscience
Vespa S, Stumpp L, Bouckaert C, Delbeke J, Smets H, Cury J, Ferrao Santos S, Rooijakkers H, Nonclercq A, Raedt R, Vonck K, El Tahry R.
1.152777778
2019
Clinical Outcome of Radiating Multiple Subpial Transections Alone for Drug Resistant Epilepsy After More Than 5 Years Follow-Up
World Neurosurgery
Finet P, Santos LP, El Tahry R, Santos SF, Vaz GR, Raftopoulos C.
126:e1155-e1159
2018
Tonic thermonociceptive stimulation selectively modulates ongoing neural oscillations in the human posterior insula: evidence from intracerebral EEG
Neuroimage
Liberati G, Algoet M, Ferrao Santos S, Ribeiro-Vaz JG, Raftopoulos C, Mouraux A.
188:70-83
2018
Magnetoencephalography and ictal SPECT in patients with failed epilepsy surgery
Clinical Neurophysiology
El Tahry R, Wang ZI, Thandar A, Podkorytova I, Krishnan B, Tousseyn S, Guiyun W, Burgess RC, Alexopoulos AV.
129(8):1651-1657
2018
Habituation of phase-locked local field potentials and gamma-band oscillations recorded from the human insula
Nature: Scientific Reports
Liberati G, Algoet M, Klöcker A, Ferrao Santos S, Ribeiro-Vaz JG, Raftopoulos C, Mouraux A.
8(1): 8265
2018
Sleep-disordered breathing in patients with neuromuscular disease
Sleep Breath
Albdewi MA, Liistro G, El Tahry R.
22(2):277-286
2018
Report of one confirmed generalized seizure and one suspected partial seizure induced by deep continuous theta burst stimulation of the right operculo-insular cortex
Brain Stimulationation
Lenoir C*, Algoet M*, Vanderclausen C, Peeters A, Ferrao Santos S, Mouraux A.
11(5):1187-1188
2017
Failed epilepsy surgery: is this the end?
Acta Neurologica Belgica
El Tahry R, Wang IZ.
117(2):433-440
2017
Unexpected increase of seizures in a patient treated with responsive neurostimulation: Check the lead!
Clinical Neurophysiology
El Tahry R, Krishnan B, Wang ZI, Nair D, Alexopoulos A.
128(10):1821-1822
2017
Syndrome of the trephined revealed by vertical diplopia
Acta Neurologica Belgica
Hohenbichler K, Duprez T, Ribeiro Vaz JG, Ferrao Santos S, El Tahry R.
117(3):737-739
2017
Gamma-band oscillations preferential for nociception can be recorded in the human insula
Cerebral Cortex
Liberati G, Klöcker A, Algoet M, Mulders D, Safronova MM, Ferrao Santos S, Vaz JG, Raftopoulos C, Mouraux A.
28(10):3650-3664.
2016
A single tight MEG cluster may only represent a fragment of type I FCD
Clinical Neurophysiology
El Tahry R, Wang ZI, Kakisaka Y, Murakami H, Shibata S, Krishnan B, Kotagal P, Alexopoulos A, Burgess RC.
127(7):2570-2