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.



Publications
PLoS One
Dumoulin M, Liberati G, Mouraux A, Santos SF, El Tahry R.
16(7):e0254480.
Transcutaneous auricular VNS applied to experimental pain: A paired behavioral and EEG study using thermonociceptive CO2 laser.
2021
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
Insular responses to transient painful and non-painful thermal and mechanical spinothalamic stimuli recorded using intracerebral EEG
2020
Acta Neurologica Belgica
Borrelli S, El Tahry R.
119(3):315-324
Therapeutic approach to Lennox-Gastaut syndrome: a systematic review
2019
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
Vagus Nerve Stimulation-Induced Laryngeal Motor Evoked Potentials: A Possible Biomarker of Effective Nerve Activation
2019
World Neurosurgery
Finet P, Santos LP, El Tahry R, Santos SF, Vaz GR, Raftopoulos C.
126:e1155-e1159
Clinical Outcome of Radiating Multiple Subpial Transections Alone for Drug Resistant Epilepsy After More Than 5 Years Follow-Up
2019
Neuroimage
Liberati G, Algoet M, Ferrao Santos S, Ribeiro-Vaz JG, Raftopoulos C, Mouraux A.
188:70-83
Tonic thermonociceptive stimulation selectively modulates ongoing neural oscillations in the human posterior insula: evidence from intracerebral EEG
2018
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
Magnetoencephalography and ictal SPECT in patients with failed epilepsy surgery
2018
Nature: Scientific Reports
Liberati G, Algoet M, Klöcker A, Ferrao Santos S, Ribeiro-Vaz JG, Raftopoulos C, Mouraux A.
8(1): 8265
Habituation of phase-locked local field potentials and gamma-band oscillations recorded from the human insula
2018
Sleep Breath
Albdewi MA, Liistro G, El Tahry R.
22(2):277-286
Sleep-disordered breathing in patients with neuromuscular disease
2018
Brain Stimulationation
Lenoir C*, Algoet M*, Vanderclausen C, Peeters A, Ferrao Santos S, Mouraux A.
11(5):1187-1188
Report of one confirmed generalized seizure and one suspected partial seizure induced by deep continuous theta burst stimulation of the right operculo-insular cortex
2018
Acta Neurologica Belgica
El Tahry R, Wang IZ.
117(2):433-440
Failed epilepsy surgery: is this the end?
2017
Clinical Neurophysiology
El Tahry R, Krishnan B, Wang ZI, Nair D, Alexopoulos A.
128(10):1821-1822
Unexpected increase of seizures in a patient treated with responsive neurostimulation: Check the lead!
2017
Acta Neurologica Belgica
Hohenbichler K, Duprez T, Ribeiro Vaz JG, Ferrao Santos S, El Tahry R.
117(3):737-739
Syndrome of the trephined revealed by vertical diplopia
2017
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.
Gamma-band oscillations preferential for nociception can be recorded in the human insula
2017
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
A single tight MEG cluster may only represent a fragment of type I FCD
2016