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Listing of peer reviewed manuscripts:

Vashee, S., Willie, J., & Kodadek, T. (1998). Synergistic activation of transcription by physiologically unrelated transcription factors through cooperative DNA-binding.  Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 247(2), 530-535. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1998.8820

Chemelli, R. M., Willie, J. T., Sinton, C. M., Elmquist, J. K., Scammell, T., Lee, C., Yanagisawa, M. (1999). Narcolepsy in orexin knockout mice: molecular genetics of sleep regulation. Cell, 98(4), 437-451. doi:10.1016/s0092-8674(00)81973-x

Kisanuki, Y. Y., Chemelli, R. M., Tokita, S., Willie, J. T., Sinton, C. M., & Yanagisawa, M. (2001). Behavioral and polysomnographic characterization of orexin-1 receptor and orexin-2 receptor double knockout mice. SLEEP, 24, A22. Retrieved from here.

Tokita, S., Chemelli, R. M., Willie, J. T., & Yanagisawa, M. (2001). Behavioral characterization of orexin-2 receptor (OX2R) knockout mice. SLEEP, 24, A20-A21. Retrieved from here.

Beuckmann, C. T., Hara, J., Willie, J. T., Chemelli, R. M., Sinton, C. M., Sakurai, T., & Yanagisawa, M. (2001). Genetic ablation of orexin neurons causes narcolepsy in mice. SLEEP, 24, A26-A27. Retrieved from here.

Chemelli, R. M., Willie, J. T., Xiong, Y., & Yanagisawa, M. (2001). Metabolic characterization of orexin knockout mice. SLEEP, 24, A21-A22. Retrieved from here.

Willie, J. T., Sinton, C. M., Yanagisawa, M., & Chemelli, R. M. (2001). Narcoleptic behavioral arrests in orexin ligand and orexin-2 receptor knockout mice are neurophysiologically distinct. SLEEP, 24, A24. Retrieved from here.

Hara, J., Beuckmann, C. T., Nambu, T., Willie, J. T., Chemelli, R. M., Sinton, C. M., Sakurai, T. (2001). Genetic ablation of orexin neurons in mice results in narcolepsy, hypophagia, and obesity. Neuron, 30(2), 345-354. doi:10.1016/s0896-6273(01)00293-8

Chou, T. C., Lee, C. E., Lu, J., Elmquist, J. K., Hara, J., Willie, J. T., Scammell, T. E. (2001). Orexin (hypocretin) neurons contain dynorphin. JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE, 21(19), 6 pages. Retrieved from here.

Willie, J. T., Sakurai, T., Hara, J., Takahira, H., Yun, Z., Beuckmann, C. T., Yanagisawa, M. (2002). Ectopic expression of orexin transgene rescues narcolepsy in orexin neuron-ablated mice. SLEEP, 25, A74-A75. Retrieved from here.

Beuckmann, C. T., Willie, J. T., Hara, J., Yamanaka, A., Sakurai, T., & Yanagisawa, M. (2002). Orexin neuron-ablated mice fail to increase vigilance and locomotor activity in response to fasting. SLEEP, 25, A353-A354. Retrieved from here.

Georgescu, D., Zachariou, V., Barrot, M., Mieda, M., Willie, J. T., Eisch, A. J., DiLeone, R. J. (2003). Involvement of the lateral hypothalamic peptide orexin in morphine dependence and withdrawal. J Neurosci, 23(8), 3106-3111. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12716916

Willie, J. T., Chemelli, R. M., Sinton, C. M., Tokita, S., Williams, S. C., Kisanuki, Y. Y., Yanagisawa, M. (2003). Distinct narcolepsy syndromes in Orexin receptor-2 and Orexin null mice: molecular genetic dissection of Non-REM and REM sleep regulatory processes. Neuron, 38(5), 715-730. doi:10.1016/s0896-6273(03)00330-1

Yamanaka, A.*, Beuckmann, C. T.*, Willie, J. T.*, Hara, J., Tsujino, N., Mieda, M., Sakurai, T. (2003). Hypothalamic orexin neurons regulate arousal according to energy balance in mice. Neuron, 38(5), 701-713. doi:10.1016/s0896-6273(03)00331-3. *Contributed equally.

Mieda, M.*, Willie, J. T.*, Hara, J., Sinton, C. M., Sakurai, T., & Yanagisawa, M. (2004). Orexin peptides prevent cataplexy and improve wakefulness in an orexin neuron-ablated model of narcolepsy in mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 101(13), 4649-4654. doi:10.1073/pnas.0400590101 *Contributed equally.

Yamanaka, A., Beuckmann, C. T., Willie, J. T., Hara, J., Tsujino, N., Goto, K., Sakurai, T. (2004). Role of hypothalamic orexin neurons in the regulation of arousal according to energy balance. Sleep and Biological Rhythms, 2(SUPPL. 1). doi:10.1111/j.1479-8425.2004.00116.x

Willie, J. T., Renthal, W., Chemelli, R. M., Miller, M. S., Scammell, T. E., Yanagisawa, M., & Sinton, C. M. (2005). Modafinil more effectively induces wakefulness in orexin-null mice than in wild-type littermates. Neuroscience, 130(4), 983-995. doi:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2004.10.005

Willie, J. T., Dacey, R. G., Hodge, C. J., Findlay, J. M., Meyer, B., Harnof, S., Kitchen, N. (2008). Dependence of subarachnoid hemorrhage on climate conditions: A systematic meteorological analysis from the Dusseldorf metropolitan area – Comments. NEUROSURGERY, 62(5), 1038-1039. Retrieved from here.

Willie, J. T., Sinton, C. M., Maratos-Flier, E., & Yanagisawa, M. (2008). Abnormal response of melanin-concentrating hormone deficient mice to fasting: hyperactivity and rapid eye movement sleep suppression. Neuroscience, 156(4), 819-829. doi:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.08.048

Scammell, T. E., Willie, J. T., Guilleminault, C., Siegel, J. M., & International Working Group on Rodent Models of Narcolepsy. (2009). A consensus definition of cataplexy in mouse models of narcolepsy. Sleep, 32(1), 111-116. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19189786

Funato, H., Tsai, A. L., Willie, J. T., Kisanuki, Y., Williams, S. C., Sakurai, T., & Yanagisawa, M. (2009). Enhanced orexin receptor-2 signaling prevents diet-induced obesity and improves leptin sensitivity. Cell Metab, 9(1), 64-76. doi:10.1016/j.cmet.2008.10.010

Willie, J., & Dacey, R. G. (2009). Comment. Neurosurgery, 65(6), 1041-1042. doi:10.1227/01.NEU.0000359533.16214.04

Hondo, M., Nagai, K., Ohno, K., Kisanuki, Y., Willie, J. T., Watanabe, T., Sakurai, T. (2010). Histamine-1 receptor is not required as a downstream effector of orexin-2 receptor in maintenance of basal sleep/wake states. Acta Physiol (Oxf), 198(3), 287-294. doi:10.1111/j.1748-1716.2009.02032.x

Willie, J., & Dacey, R. G. (2010). Comments. Neurosurgery, 66(6), 1063. doi:10.1227/01.NEU.0000369187.95163.5D

Kalogiannis, M., Hsu, E., Willie, J. T., Chemelli, R. M., Kisanuki, Y. Y., Yanagisawa, M., & Leonard, C. S. (2011). Cholinergic modulation of narcoleptic attacks in double orexin receptor knockout mice. PLoS One, 6(4), e18697. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0018697

Willie, J. T., Takahira, H., Shibahara, M., Hara, J., Nomiyama, M., Yanagisawa, M., & Sakurai, T. (2011). Ectopic overexpression of orexin alters sleep/wakefulness states and muscle tone regulation during REM sleep in mice. J Mol Neurosci, 43(2), 155-161. doi:10.1007/s12031-010-9437-7

Kumar, A., Dhar, R., Willie, J. T., & Keyrouz, S. G. (2012). Reversible Obstructive Hydrocephalus from Hypertensive Encephalopathy. Neurocritical Care, 1-7. doi:10.1007/s12028-011-9663-z

Willie, J. T., & Gross, R. E. (2013). Beyond therapeutic nihilism? The neurosurgical treatment of intracerebral hemorrhage. World Neurosurg, 80(5), e135-e137. doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2012.01.029

Kumar, A., Keyrouz, S. G., Willie, J. T., & Dhar, R. (2012). Reversible obstructive hydrocephalus from hypertensive encephalopathy. Neurocrit Care, 16(3), 433-439. doi:10.1007/s12028-011-9663-z

Willie, J. T., Lim, M. M., Bennett, R. E., Azarion, A. A., Schwetye, K. E., & Brody, D. L. (2012). Controlled cortical impact traumatic brain injury acutely disrupts wakefulness and extracellular orexin dynamics as determined by intracerebral microdialysis in mice. J Neurotrauma, 29(10), 1908-1921. doi:10.1089/neu.2012.2404

Limbrick, D. D., Lake, S., Talcott, M., Alexander, B., Wight, S., Willie, J. T., Leuthardt, E. C. (2012). The baric probe: a novel long-term implantable intracranial pressure monitor with ultrasound-based interrogation. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 10(6), 518-524. doi:10.3171/2012.8.PEDS11565

Willie, J. T., Laxpati, N. G., Drane, D. L., Gowda, A., Appin, C., Hao, C., Gross, R. E. (2014). Real-time magnetic resonance-guided stereotactic laser amygdalohippocampotomy for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Neurosurgery, 74(6), 569-584. doi:10.1227/NEU.0000000000000343

Nour, S. G., Willie, J. T., & Gross, R. E. (2014). Percutaneous selective laser amygdalohippocampotomy (SLAH) for treatment of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy within an interventional MRI suite. Photonics and Lasers in Medicine, 3(2), 117-128. doi:10.1515/plm-2014-0003

Gross, R. E., Willie, J. T., Sharan, A. D., Sperling, M., Shih, J. J., Wharen,
R. E., Curry, D. (2014). 103 Stereotactic laser amygdalohippocampotomy for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: collective experience from 7 single-center, prospective, investigator-initiated studies.. Neurosurgery, 61 Suppl 1, 192. doi:10.1227/01.neu.0000452377.10458.80

Epstein, C. M., Adhikari, B. M., Gross, R., Willie, J., & Dhamala, M. (2014). Application of high-frequency Granger causality to analysis of epileptic seizures and surgical decision making. Epilepsia, 55(12), 2038-2047. doi:10.1111/epi.12831

Shaikh, A. G., Mewes, K., DeLong, M. R., Gross, R. E., Triche, S. D., Jinnah, H. A., Factor, S. A. (2015). Temporal profile of improvement of tardive dystonia after globus pallidus deep brain stimulation. Parkinsonism Relat Disord, 21(2), 116-119. doi:10.1016/j.parkreldis.2014.11.013

Willie, J. T. (2014). Frameless Stereotactic Drilling for Placement of Depth Electrodes in Refractory Epilepsy: Operative Technique and Initial Experience COMMENT. OPERATIVE NEUROSURGERY, 10(4), 590-591. Retrieved from here.

Drane, D. L., Loring, D. W., Voets, N. L., Price, M., Ojemann, J. G., Willie, J. T., Gross, R. E. (2015). Better object recognition and naming outcome with MRI-guided stereotactic laser amygdalohippocampotomy for temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsia, 56(1), 101-113. doi:10.1111/epi.12860

Gummadavelli, A., Kundishora, A. J., Willie, J. T., Andrews, J. P., Gerrard, J. L., Spencer, D. D., & Blumenfeld, H. (2015). Neurostimulation to improve level of consciousness in patients with epilepsy. Neurosurg Focus, 38(6), E10. doi:10.3171/2015.3.FOCUS1535

Willie, J. T., & Gross, R. E. (2015). 202 Role of Repeat Ablation to Treat Seizure Recurrence Following Stereotactic Laser Amygdalohippocampotomy. Neurosurgery, 62 Suppl 1, 233-234. doi:10.1227/01.neu.0000467119.69709.ae

Drane, D. L., Loring, D. W., Voets, N. L., Price, M., Ojemann, J. G., Willie, J. T., . . . Gross, R. E. (2015). In response: Naming and recognition after laser amygdalohippocampotomy: Is the hippocampus involved?  Epilepsia, 56(8), 1318-1319. doi:10.1111/epi.13065

Gross, R. E., & Willie, J. T. (2015). Response to Journal Club: Real-time Magnetic Resonance-Guided Stereotactic Laser Amygdalohippocampotomy for Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Neurosurgery, 77(3), E502-E504. doi:10.1227/NEU.0000000000000876

McCracken, D. J., Willie, J. T., Fernald, B. A., Saindane, A. M., Drane, D. L., Barrow, D. L., & Gross, R. E. (2016). Magnetic Resonance Thermometry-Guided Stereotactic Laser Ablation of Cavernous Malformations in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy: Imaging and Clinical Results. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown), 12(1), 39-48. doi:10.1227/NEU.0000000000001033

Kundishora, A. J., Gummadavelli, A., Ma, C., Liu, M., McCafferty, C., Schiff, N. D.,. Blumenfeld, H. (2017). Restoring Conscious Arousal During Focal Limbic Seizures with Deep Brain Stimulation.. Cereb Cortex, 27(3), 1964-1975. doi:10.1093/cercor/bhw035

Sharma, V. D., Mewes, K., Wichmann, T., Buetefisch, C., Willie, J. T., & DeLong, M. (2017). Deep brain stimulation of the centromedian thalamic nucleus for essential tremor: a case report. Acta Neurochir (Wien), 159(5), 789-793. doi:10.1007/s00701-017-3143-y

Larson, P. S., Willie, J. T., Vadivelu, S., Azmi-Ghadimi, H., Nichols, A., Fauerbach, L. L., . . . Graham, D. (2017). MRI-guided stereotactic neurosurgical procedures in a diagnostic MRI suite: Background and safe practice recommendations. J Healthc Risk Manag, 37(1), 31-39. doi:10.1002/jhrm.21275

Inman, C. S., Manns, J. R., Bijanki, K. R., Bass, D. I., Hamann, S., Drane, D. L., Willie, J. T. (2018). Direct electrical stimulation of the amygdala enhances declarative memory in humans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 115(1), 98-103. doi:10.1073/pnas.1714058114

Bari, A. A., Mikell, C. B., Abosch, A., Ben-Haim, S., Buchanan, R. J., Burton, A. W., Sheth, S. A. (2018). Charting the road forward in psychiatric neurosurgery: proceedings of the 2016 American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery workshop on neuromodulation for psychiatric disorders. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 89(8), 886-896. doi:10.1136/jnnp-2017-31708

Gross, R. E., Stern, M. A., Willie, J. T., Fasano, R. E., Saindane, A. M., Soares, B. P., Drane, D. L. (2018). Stereotactic laser amygdalohippocampotomy for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Ann Neurol, 83(3), 575-587. doi:10.1002/ana.25180

Miocinovic, S., de Hemptinne, C., Chen, W., Isbaine, F., Willie, J. T., Ostrem, J. L., & Starr, P. A. (2018). Cortical Potentials Evoked by Subthalamic Stimulation Demonstrate a Short Latency Hyperdirect Pathway in Humans. J Neurosci, 38(43), 9129-9141. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1327-18.2018

Bijanki, K. R., Manns, J. R., Inman, C. S., Choi, K. S., Harati, S., Pedersen, N. P., Willie, J. T. (2019). Cingulum stimulation enhances positive affect and anxiolysis to facilitate awake craniotomy. J Clin Invest, 129(3), 1152-1166. doi:10.1172/JCI120110 [Cover Article]

Willie, J. T., Malcolm, J. G., Stern, M. A., Lowder, L. O., Neill, S. G., Cabaniss, B. T., Gross, R. E. (2019). Safety and effectiveness of stereotactic laser ablation for epileptogenic cerebral cavernous malformations. Epilepsia, 60(2), 220-232. doi:10.1111/epi.14634

Sharma, V. D., Bezchlibnyk, Y. B., Isbaine, F., Naik, K. B., Cheng, J., Gale, J. T., Gross, R. E. (2019). Clinical outcomes of pallidal deep brain stimulation for dystonia implanted using intraoperative MRI. J Neurosurg, 1-13. doi:10.3171/2019.6.JNS19548

Voets, N. L., Alvarez, I., Qiu, D., Leatherday, C., Willie, J. T., Sotiropoulos, S., Drane, D. L. (2019). Mechanisms and Risk Factors Contributing to Visual Field Deficits following Stereotactic Laser Amygdalohippocampotomy. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg, 97(4), 255-265. doi:10.1159/000502701

Exarchos, I., Rogers, A. A., Aiani, L. M., Gross, R. E., Clifford, G. D., Pedersen, N. P., & Willie, J. T. (2019). Supervised and Unsupervised Machine Learning for Automated Scoring of Sleep-Wake and Cataplexy in a Mouse Model of Narcolepsy. Sleep. doi:10.1093/sleep/zsz272

Qasim, S. E., Miller, J., Inman, C. S., Gross, R. E., Willie, J. T., Lega, B., Jacobs, J. (2019). Memory retrieval modulates spatial tuning of single neurons in the human entorhinal cortex. Nat Neurosci, 22(12), 2078-2086. doi:10.1038/s41593-019-0523-z

Inman, C. S., Bijanki, K. R., Bass, D. I., Gross, R. E., Hamann, S., & Willie, J. T. (2020). Human amygdala stimulation effects on emotion physiology and emotional experience. Neuropsychologia. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2018.03.019. Epub 2018 Mar 15.PMID: 29551365

Tsitsiklis, M., Miller, J., Qasim, S. E., Inman, C. S., Gross, R. E., Willie, J. T., Jacobs, J. (2020). Single-Neuron Representations of Spatial Targets in Humans. Curr Biol, 30(2), 245-253.e4. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2019.11.048

Vakharia, V. N., Sparks, R. E., Vos, S. B., Bezchlibnyk, Y., Mehta, A. D., Willie, J. T., Duncan, J. S. (2020). Computer-assisted planning for minimally invasive anterior two-thirds laser corpus callosotomy: A feasibility study with probabilistic tractography validation. Neuroimage Clin, 25, 102174. doi:10.1016/j.nicl.2020.102174

Bezchlibnyk, Y. B., Sharma, V. D., Naik, K. B., Isbaine, F., Gale, J. T., Cheng, J., . . . Gross, R. E. (2020). Clinical outcomes of globus pallidus deep brain stimulation for Parkinson disease: a comparison of intraoperative MRI- and MER-guided lead placement. J Neurosurg, 1-11. doi:10.3171/2019.12.JNS192010

Bijanki, K. R., van Rooij, S. J. H., Ely, T. D., Stevens, J. S., Inman, C. S., Fasano, R. E., Willie, J. T. (2020). Case Series: Unilateral Amygdala Ablation Ameliorates Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Biomarkers. Neurosurgery. doi:10.1093/neuros/nyaa051 [Cover Article]

Rogers, A. A., Aiani, L. M., Blanpain, L. T., Yuxian, S., Moore, R., & Willie, J. T. (2020). Deep Brain Stimulation of Hypothalamus for Narcolepsy-Cataplexy in Mice. Brain Stimul. doi:10.1016/j.brs.2020.04.006

Goyal A., Miller J., Qasim S. E., Watrous A. J., Zhang H., Stein J. M., Inman C. S., Gross R. E., Willie J. T., Lega B., Lin J. J., Sharan A., Wu C., Sperling M. R., Sheth S. A., McKhann G. M., Smith E. H., Schevron C., Jacobs J. (2020). Functionally distinct high and low theta oscillations in the human hippocampus. Nat Commun. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15670-6.

Gupta K., CabanissB., KhederA., GedelaS., Koch P., Hewitt K. C., Alwaki A., Rich C., Ramesha S, Hu R., Drane D. L., Gross R. E., Willie J. T. (2020). Stereotactic MRI-guided Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for Extra-Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Epilepsia, doi:10.1111/epi.16614.

Sendi, M. S. E., Kanta V., Inman C. S., Manns J. R., Hamann S., Gross R. E., Willie J. T., Mahmoudi B. (2020). Amygdala Stimulation Leads to Functional Network Connectivity State Transitions in the Hippocampus. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. doi: 10.1109/EMBC44109.2020.9176742.

Ashraf O., Arzumanov G., Luther E., McMahon J. T., Malcolm J. G., Mansour S., Lee I. Y., Willie J. T., Komotar R. J., Danish S. F. (2020). Magnetic resonance-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy for posterior fossa neoplasms. J Neurooncol. doi: 10.1007/s11060-020-03645-y.

Stern M. A., Malcolm J. G., Willie J. T., Gross R. E., Drane D. L. (2020). Letter: Magnetic Resonance Imaging- Guided Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for Epilepsy: Systematic Review of Technique, Indications, and Outcomes. Neurosurgery. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyaa274

Dickey A. S., Alwaki A., Kheder A., Willie J. T., Drane D. L., Pedersen N. P. (2020). The Referential Montage Inadequately Localizes Corticocortical Evoked Potentials in Stereoelectroencephalography. J Clin Neurophysiology. Publish Ahead of Print. doi: 10.1097/WNP.0000000000000792. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33337663

Gupta K., Dickey A. S., Hu R., Faught E., Willie J. T. (2021). Robot Assisted MRI-Guided LITT of the Anterior, Lateral, and Medial Temporal Lobe for Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Front Neurol. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2020.572334. eCollection 2020. PMID: 33329314 

Joshi H., Hoch M.J., Braileanu M., Gore A., Willie J.T., Hu R. (2021). Reduced Gray-White Matter Contrast Localizes the Motor Cortex on Double Inversion Recovery (DIR) 3T MRI. Neuroradiology. doi: 10.1007/s00234-020-02631-5. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33415349

Chen D.F., Willie J.T., Cabrera D., Bullinger K.L., Karakis I. (2021). Continuous Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring of the Motor Pathways Using Depth Electrodes During Surgical Resection of an Epileptogenic Lesion: A Novel Technique. Operative Neurosurgery. doi: 10.1093/ons/opaa463. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33475704

Rich C.W., Fasano R.E., Isbaine F., Saindane A.M., Qiu D., Curry D.J., Gross R.E., Willie J.T. (2021). MRI-Guided Stereotactic Laser Corpus Callosotomy for Epilepsy: Distinct Methods and Outcomes. J Neurosurgery. doi: 10.3171/2020.7. JNS20498. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33482642

van Rooij SJH, Bijanki KR, Willie JT. (2021). In Reply: Case Series: Unilateral Amygdala Ablation Ameliorates Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Biomarkers. Neurosurgery. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyab028. PMID: 33611569

Howell B., Isbaine F., Willie J.T., Opri E., Gross R.E., De Hemptinne C., Starr P.A., McIntyre C.C., Miocinovic S. (2021). Image-Based Biophysical Modeling Predicts Cortical Potentials Evoked with Subthalamic Deep Brain Stimulation. Brain Stimul. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2021.03.009. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33757931

Connolly MJ, Cole ER, Isbaine F, de Hemptinne C, Starr PA, Willie JT, Gross RE, Miocinovic S. (2021). Multi-objective data-driven optimization for improving deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease. J Neural Eng. doi: 10.1088/1741-2552/abf8ca. PMID: 33862604

Malcolm JG, Douglas JM, Greven A, Rich C, Dawoud RA, Hu R, Reisner A, Barrow DL, Gross RE, Willie JT. (2021). Feasibility and Morbidity of Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Stereotactic Laser Ablation of Deep Cerebral Cavernous Malformations: A Report of 4 Cases. Neurosurgery. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyab241. PMID: 34270738

Athreya A, Fasano RE, Drane DL, Millis SR, Willie JT, Gross RE, Karakis I. (2021). Withdrawal of antiepileptic drugs after stereotactic laser amygdalohippocampotomy for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsy Res. doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2021.106721. Epub 2021 Jul 13. PMID: 34273722

Sendi MSE, Inman CS, Bijanki KR, Blanpain L, Park JK, Hamann S, Gross RE, Willie JT, Mahmoudi B. (2021). Identifying the neurophysiological effects of memory-enhancing amygdala stimulation using interpretable machine learning. Brain Stimul. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2021.09.009. Epub 2021 Oct 5. PMID: 34619386

Drane DL, Willie JT, Pedersen NP, Qiu D, Voets NL, Millis SR, Soares BP, Saindane AM, Hu R, Kim MS, Hewitt KC, Hakimian S, Grabowski T, Ojemann JG, Loring DW, Meador KJ, Faught E Jr, Miller JW, Gross RE. (2021). Superior Verbal Memory Outcome After Stereotactic Laser Amygdalohippocampotomy. Front Neurol. 2021 Dec 9;12:779495. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2021.779495. eCollection 2021. PMID: 34956059

Gleichgerrcht E, Drane DL, Keller SS, Davis KA, Gross R, Willie JT, Pedersen N, de Bezenac C, Jensen J, Kuzniecky R, Bonilha L. (2022). Association Between Anatomical Location of Surgically Induced Lesions and Postoperative Seizure Outcome in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Neurology. Doi 10.1212/WNL.0000000000013033. Epub 2021 Oct 29. PMID: 34716254

Hedaya AA, Hewitt KC, Hu R, Epstein CM, Gross RE, Drane DL, Willie JT. (2022). Open surgery or laser interstitial thermal therapy for low-grade epilepsy-associated tumors of the temporal lobe: A single-institution consecutive series. Epilepsy Behav. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2022.108659. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35339067

Yang JC, Bullinger KL, Isbaine F, Alwaki A, Opri E, Willie JT, Gross RE. (2022). Centromedian thalamic deep brain stimulation for drug-resistant epilepsy: single-center experience. J Neurosurg. doi: 10.3171/2022.2.JNS212237. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35395630