Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology
Shishir Duble and Anita N. Datta
DOI: 10.1097/WNP.000000000000120303 / 2026
Neurology Education
Anita N. Datta and Kristin M. Ikeda and Carlos Ivan Salazar Cerda and Aristides Hadjinicolaou and Gianluca D'Onofrio and Julia Jacobs-LeVan and Juan Pablo Appendino and Eliane Kobayashi and Rajesh Ramachandrannair and Esther Bui
DOI: 10.1212/NE9.000000000020028703 / 2026
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques
Kristin M. Ikeda and Anita N. Datta and Aristides Hadjinicolaou and Gianluca DOnofrio and Juan Pablo Appendino and Julia Jacobs-Levan and Eliane Kobayashi and Rajesh Ramachandrannair and Esther Bui
DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2025.1051902 / 2026
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques
Kyah Kang and Ria Grewal and Cyrus Boelman and Mary B. Connolly and Linda Huh and Anita N. Datta
DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2026.1055401 / 2026
Journal of Clinical Medicine
Anita N. Datta
DOI: 10.3390/jcm1422807111 / 2025
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques
Sunita Bond and Jillian Murray and Anita N. Datta and Mubeen F. Rafay and Laura McAdam and Calum S Neish and Elsa Rossignol
DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2025.1047511 / 2025
Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy
Anita N. Datta and Sylvia Stockler
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2025.08.02411 / 2025
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques
Alexander Freibauer and Linda Huh and Mary B. Connolly and Anita N. Datta
DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2025.10442 PubMed: 4106365510 / 2025
Epilepsia
Robyn Whitney and Anne Keller and Shelly-Anne Li and Anita N. Datta and Matthew MacDonald and Maryam Nabavi Nouri and Daniela Pohl and Erick Sell and Gabriel M. Ronen and Mandeep Sidhu and Elisabeth Simard-Tremblay and Michael S. Pollanen and Elizabeth J. Donner
DOI: 10.1111/epi.1833906 / 2025
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
Tessa Kolar and Courtney B Cook and Anthony Cooper and Tom Blydt-Hansen and Mary B. Connolly and Cyrus Boelman and Harpreet Chhina and Michelle Demos and Kyla J. Hildebrand and Kathryn Selby and Ye Shen and Scott E. Wenderfer and GenCOUNSEL Study and Alison Elliott
DOI: 10.1111/jep.1418702 / 2025
Epileptic Disorders
Alexander Freibauer and Bashayer Almohaimeed and Anita Datta
DOI: 10.1002/epd2.2029302 / 2025
Journal of Child Neurology
Yvonne Nyakeri and Qi Xu and Maryam Nouri and Denait Haile and Anita N. Datta
DOI: 10.1177/0883073824128290301 / 2025
Epilepsia
The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences
Epileptic Disorders
Vanita Shukla and Sylvia Cheng and Juliette Hukin and Linda Huh and Anita N. Datta
DOI: 10.1002/epd2.2028012 / 2024
Clinical EEG and Neuroscience
Jacqueline Crawford and Cassie McFarlane and Anita N Datta
DOI: 10.1177/1550059424124650509 / 2024
Brain and Development Case Reports
Anita N. Datta and Mandeep Tamber
DOI: 10.1016/j.bdcasr.2024.10003209 / 2024
Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology
Peter K.H. Wong
DOI: 10.1097/wnp.000000000000111208 / 2024
Epileptic Disorders
Anita N. Datta
DOI: 10.1002/epd2.2017604 / 2024
Epilepsy & Behavior
James Wheless and Robert T. Wechsler and Patricia Penovich and Eric Segal and Michael Chez and Antonietta Coppola and Anita Datta and Wendyl D'Souza and Imad Najm and Sheri Cappucci and Ricardo Sainz-Fuertes and Vicente Villanueva
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2023.10936910 / 2023
Journal of Child Neurology
Anita N. Datta and Jacqueline Crawford and Laura Wallbank and Peter K. H. Wong
DOI: 10.1177/0883073823118839708 / 2023
Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry / Journal de l'Academie canadienne de psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent
PubMed: 3753412408 / 2023
Neurology
Hannah Happ and Lynette G. Sadleir and Matthew Zemel and Guillem de Valles-Ibez and Michael S. Hildebrand and Allyn McConkie-Rosell and Marie McDonald and Halie May and Tristan Sands and Vimla Aggarwal and Christopher Elder and Timothy Feyma and Allan Bayat and Rikke S. Mller and Christina D. Fenger and Jens Erik Klint Nielsen and Anita N. Datta and Kathleen M. Gorman and Mary D. King and Natalia D. Linhares and Barbara K. Burton and Andrea Paras and Sian Ellard and Julia Rankin and Anju Shukla and Purvi Majethia and Rory J. Olson and Karthik Muthusamy and Lisa A. Schimmenti and Keith Starnes and Lucie Sedlckov and Katalin terbov and Markta Vlckov and Petra Lauthov and Alena Jahodov and Brenda E. Porter and Nathalie Couque and Estelle Colin and Clment Prouteau and Corinne Collet and Thomas Smol and Roseline Caumes and Fleur Vansenne and Francesca Bisulli and Laura Licchetta and Richard Person and Erin Torti and Kirsty McWalter and Richard Webster and Elizabeth E. Gerard a
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.000000000020149202 / 2023
Epileptic Disorders
Min Jung Kim and Linda Huh and Anita N. Datta
DOI: 10.1002/epd2.2005102 / 2023
Journal of Pediatric Neurology and Neuroscience
DOI: 10.36959/595/44412 / 2022
Journal of International Medical Research
Anita N. Datta and Peter K.H. Wong
DOI: 10.1177/0300060522108103204 / 2022
Frontiers in Neurology
Aaron M. Spring and Daniel J. Pittman and Arsalan Rizwan and Yahya Aghakhani and Jeffrey Jirsch and Mary Connolly and Samuel Wiebe and Juan Pablo Appendino and Trevor Steve and Neelan Pillay and Manouchehr Javidan and Morris Scantlebury and Chantelle Hrazdil and Colin Bruce Josephson and Cyrus Boelman and Donald Gross and Shaily Singh and Luis Bello-Espinosa and Linda Huh and Nathalie Jett and Paolo Federico
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2022.79466802 / 2022
Epilepsy & Behavior Reports
Stephanie Kwok and Jennifer Engle
DOI: 10.1016/j.ebr.2021.100520Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology
DOI: 10.1097/wnp.000000000000072211 / 2021
Journal of Child Neurology
Matthew Macdonald and Jacqueline Crawford and Anita N. Datta
DOI: 10.1177/0883073821102607210 / 2021
Journal of Child Neurology
Anita N. Datta and Laura Wallbank and Johann Micallef and Peter K. H. Wong
DOI: 10.1177/088307382098404206 / 2021
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques
Jacqueline Crawford and Peter K.H. Wong
DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2021.1201 / 2021
Journal of Pediatric Epilepsy
Anita N. Datta
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-171438909 / 2020
Journal of Child Neurology
Michelle Chiu and Anita Datta
DOI: 10.1177/088307381987257901 / 2020
Journal of Child Neurology
Anita N. Datta and Laura Wallbank and Jeremy C. H. Mak and Peter K. H. Wong
DOI: 10.1177/088307381984863910 / 2019
Journal of Child Neurology
Anita N. Datta and Aspasia Michoulas and Ilaria Guella and Michelle Demos
DOI: 10.1177/088307381985485310 / 2019
Frontiers in neurology
Marna McKenzie and Sarah Elisabeth Buerki and Bruce H. Bjornson and Shelin Adam and Tanya Nelson and Corneliu Bolbocean
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2019.00434 PubMed: 3116485805 / 2019
Journal of Child Neurology
Qi Xu and Shimrit Uliel-Sibony and Christopher Dunham and Harvey Sarnat and Laura Flores-Sarnat and Ledia Brunga and Scott Davidson and Winnie Lo and Adam Shlien and Mary Connolly and Cyrus Boelman
DOI: 10.1177/088307381881323803 / 2019
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques
Laura Wallbank and Peter K. H. Wong
DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2018.36401 / 2019
Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology
Laura Wallbank and Qi Xu and Peter K. H. Wong
DOI: 10.1097/wnp.000000000000051611 / 2018
Epilepsia
Adam L. Numis and Umesh Nair and Tristan T. Sands and Michael S. Oldham and Akash Patel and Melody Li and Elena Gazina and Steven Petrou and Maria Roberta Cilio
DOI: 10.1111/epi.1455110 / 2018
Journal of Human Genetics
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2017.05.01606 / 2017
Pediatric Neurology
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2017.06.00306 / 2017
Journal of Child Neurology
DOI: 10.1177/088307381770919505 / 2017
Scientific Times Journal of Paediatrics
02 / 2017
Journal of Child Neurology
DOI: 10.1177/088307381668550801 / 2017
Canadian Journal Neurological Sciences
DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2016.311The Official Journal of the Hong Kong Society of Child Neurology and Developmental Paediatrics
Scientific Times Journal of Paediatrics
Epilepsy Research
Jos F. Tllez-Zenteno and Lizbeth Hernndez Ronquillo and Nathalie Jette and Jorge G. Burneo and Dang Khoa Nguyen and Elizabeth J. Donner and Mark Sadler and Mano Javidan M and Donald W. Gross and Samuel Wiebe
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2012.04.01811 / 2012
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques
Anita Datta
DOI: 10.1017/s031716710005094003 / 2012
Pediatric Neurology
Thomas J. Snyder and Matt B. Wheatley and Laura Jurasek and Nizam S. Ahmed and Donald W. Gross and D. Barry Sinclair
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2010.10.01102 / 2011
Journal of Child Neurology
Jonathan Picker and Alexander Rotenberg
DOI: 10.1177/088307380935736110 / 2010
The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques
S. Nizam Ahmed
PubMed: 1937871203 / 2009
American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics
David Alexandre Dyment and M. Zameel Cader and S. John Broxholme and Stacey S. Cherny and Cristen J. Willer and Sreeram Ramagopalan and Blanca M. Herrera and Sarah Orton and Michael Chao and A. Dessa Sadovnick and Mary Hader and Walter Hader and George C. Ebers
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.3062006 / 2008
Journal of Child Neurology
Cecil D. Hahn and Mustafa Sahin
DOI: 10.1177/088307380730925003 / 2008
Pediatric Neurology
D. Barry Sinclair and Laura Jurasek and Matt Wheatley and Donald Gross and Nizam Ahmed and Daphne Quigley and Thomas Snyder and Keith Aronyk and John McKean
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2007.05.00409 / 2007
Pediatric Neurology
D. Barry Sinclair
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2006.12.00303 / 2007
Pediatric Neurology
Elaine C Wirrell
DOI: 10.1016/s0887-8994(00)00130-205 / 2000
The impact of interictal epileptiform discharges (IEDs) on cognitive and emotional dysfunction is not well understood, particularly in children who often experience frequent IEDs alongside mild cognitive or emotional issues. There are concerns that IEDs may negatively affect cognitive and emotional processes, leading to potential treatment needs. Since anti-seizure medications do not fully suppress IEDs and can have adverse effects, this prospective study aims to explore the connection between the frequency and location of IEDs and cognitive-emotional dysfunction in children with self-limited focal epilepsy and genetic generalized epilepsy.
Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) is a malformation of cortical development and the primary cause of drug-resistant epilepsy in children, often leading to surgery in those under three. Increasing evidence suggests that the mTOR pathway is vital in various epilepsy syndromes, including FCD. This open-label pilot study evaluates the efficacy of the mTOR inhibitor, sirolimus, for treating refractory seizures due to FCD in children awaiting epilepsy surgery.
This prospective study aims to assess the prevalence of children and adolescents aged 8 to 18 at risk for Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) in a pediatric epilepsy clinic. We will identify clinical risk factors for ARFID, such as age of seizure onset, sex, seizure types, drug-resistant epilepsy, number of anti-seizure medications, epilepsy syndrome, neurodevelopmental status, and history of autism spectrum disorder. Additionally, we will screen for depression and anxiety, as these may independently contribute to ARFID risk in epilepsy patients.
In this retrospective multi-center study, we are reviewing clinical data from patients with Trisomy 21 syndrome and infantile spasms across various tertiary pediatric care centers in Canada and the United States. The aim is to compare the treatment responses and long-term outcomes of patients receiving first-line Vigabatrin versus those receiving first-line hormonal therapy for infantile spasms associated with Trisomy 21.
Rett syndrome (RTT) exhibits variability in EEG findings and clinical severity. Some patients maintain ambulation and have no seizure history into adulthood, while others become non-ambulatory early or experience drug-resistant epilepsy. Common EEG features associated with developmental delay and severe seizures include background suppression, slowed activity, poorly formed sleep architecture, and frequent epileptiform discharges. However, the relationship between these EEG findings and clinical features in RTT is not well understood. This study aims to identify EEG predictors of clinical severity by examining the initial EEG during the plateau or rapid regression phase.
Further research is necessary to understand anatomical, metabolic, and functional changes in the brains of children with RTT, and to link these changes with measures of genetics, disease progression and clinical features. The primary aim of the current study will be to investigate white matter (WM) architectural and metabolic differences between girls with RTT (aged 5-12 years; n = 10) compared to healthy age-matched girls (aged 5-12 years; n = 5-10), as well as explore the relationship between these WM measures and RTT clinical severity scores, age, genetic MECP2 mutations, and seizures. Secondary aims will explore novel functional abnormalities in RTT and its association with severity, age, genetic mutations, and seizures.
Research Mentor Award (Neurology Program, UBC), 2019.
Research Mentor Award (Neurology Program, UBC), 2017.
Research Mentor Award (Neurology Program, UBC), 2016.
Research Mentor Award (Neurology Program, UBC), 2015.
Professional Development Grant from Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada ($5000), 2017
Brain Behavior and Development: Open Access Publication Award, October, 2024.
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