Nigel Pedersen

Title(s)Associate Professor, Med: Neurology
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    1. Bayesian Estimation Improves Prediction of Outcomes After Epilepsy Surgery. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2026 Mar; 13(3):618-621. Dickey AS, Reddy V, Rashied AA, Pedersen NP, Krafty RT. PMID: 41413724; PMCID: PMC12968459.
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    2. Non-invasive temporal interference stimulation of the hippocampus suppresses epileptic biomarkers in patients with Epilepsy: biophysical differences between kilohertz and amplitude modulated stimulation. Brain Stimul. 2026 Jan-Feb; 19(1):102981. Missey F, Acerbo E, Dickey AS, Trajlinek J, Studnicka O, Lubrano C, de Araújo E Silva M, Brady E, Všianský V, Szabo J, Dolezalova I, Fabo D, Pail M, Gutekunst CA, Migliore R, Migliore M, Lagarde S, Carron R, Karimi F, Astorga RC, Cassara AM, Kuster N, Neufeld E, Bartolomei F, Pedersen NP, Gross RE, Jirsa V, Drane DL, Brázdil M, Williamson A. PMID: 41232758; PMCID: PMC12858428.
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    3. Automated Classification of Sleep-Wake States and Seizures in Mice. eNeuro. 2025 Oct; 12(10). Harvey BJ, Olah VJ, Aiani LM, Rosenberg LI, Lasky DJ, Moxon B, Pedersen NP. PMID: 41062272; PMCID: PMC12562536.
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    4. Temporal Interference Stimulation Can Enhance or Disrupt Human Memory Encoding as a Function of Brain Location and Frequency. bioRxiv. 2025 Sep 22. Missey F, Jouval-Missey E, de Araújo E Silva M, Arantes A, Lubrano C, Trajlinek J, Klus S, Studnicka O, Violante IR, Boly M, Jirsa V, Tononi G, Pedersen NP, Drane DL, Williamson A. PMID: 41040248; PMCID: PMC12485769.
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    5. Automated Classification of Sleep-Wake States and Seizures in Mice. bioRxiv. 2025 Jun 02. Harvey BJ, Olah VJ, Aiani LM, Rosenberg LI, Lasky DJ, Moxon B, Pedersen NP. PMID: 37066377; PMCID: PMC10104108.
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    6. American Clinical Neurophysiology Society Technical Standards for Electrical Stimulation With Intracranial Electrodes for Functional Brain Mapping and Seizure Induction. J Clin Neurophysiol. 2025 Mar 01; 42(3):190-200. Arya R, Baumer FM, Chauvel P, Frauscher B, Jayakar P, Kheder A, Lega B, Lesser RP, Miller KJ, Nuwer MR, Pedersen NP, Ritaccio AL, Sabsevitz DS, Sinha SR, So EL, Tatum WO, Templer JW, Schuele SU. PMID: 39946166.
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    7. Non-invasive Temporal Interference Stimulation of the Hippocampus Suppresses Epileptic Biomarkers in Patients with Epilepsy: Biophysical Differences between Kilohertz and Amplitude Modulated Stimulation. medRxiv. 2025 Jan 14. Missey F, Acerbo E, Dickey A, Trajlinek J, Studnicka O, Lubrano C, De Araujo E Silva M, Brady E, Vsiansky V, Szabo JP, Dolezalova I, Fabo D, Pail M, Gutekunst CA, Migliore R, Migliore M, Lagarde S, Carron R, Karimi F, Astorga R, Cassara A, Kuster N, Neufeld E, Bartolomei F, Pedersen NP, Gross R, Jirsa V, Drane D, Brazdil M, Williamson A. PMID: 39711722; PMCID: PMC11661391.
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    8. Does familiarity-detection flip attention inward? The familiarity-flip-of-attention account of the primacy effect in memory for repetitions. Mem Cognit. 2025 Jul; 53(5):1622-1635. Cleary AM, McNeely-White KL, Neisser J, Drane DL, Liégeois-Chauvel C, P Pedersen N. . PMID: 39775501.
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    9. The involvement of the piriform cortex in non-lesional temporal lobe epilepsy: an uncommon component of the epileptogenic network. Brain Commun. 2024; 6(4):fcae179. Pedersen NP, Raghu A, Shivamurthy VKN, Chern JJ, Gross RE, Willie JT, Dingledine RJ, Kheder A. PMID: 39015765; PMCID: PMC11249973.
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    10. Bayesian Estimation Improves Prediction of Outcomes after Epilepsy Surgery. medRxiv. 2024 Jun 22. Dickey AS, Reddy V, Pedersen NP, Krafty RT. PMID: 38947027; PMCID: PMC11213074.
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    11. Impact of white matter networks on risk for memory decline following resection versus ablation in temporal lobe epilepsy. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2024 Jun 17; 95(7):663-670. Kaestner E, Stasenko A, Schadler A, Roth R, Hewitt K, Reyes A, Qiu D, Bonilha L, Voets N, Hu R, Willie J, Pedersen N, Shih J, Ben-Haim S, Gross R, Drane D, McDonald CR. PMID: 38212059; PMCID: PMC11187680.
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    12. Comparison of minimally invasive to standard temporal lobectomy approaches to epilepsy surgery: Seizure relief and visual confrontation naming outcomes. Epilepsy Behav. 2024 Jun; 155:109669. Hageboutros K, Hewitt KC, Lee GP, Bansal A, Block C, Pedersen NP, Willie JT, Loring DW, Schoenberg MR, Smith KA, Giller CA, Gross RE, Drane DL. PMID: 38663142.
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    13. Selective Posterior Cerebral Artery Wada Better Predicts Good Memory and Naming Outcomes Following Selective Stereotactic Thermal Ablation for Medial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Than Internal Carotid Artery Wada. medRxiv. 2024 Mar 26. Drane DL, Acerbo E, Rogers A, Pedersen NP, Williamson A, Stern MA, Dickey AS, Howard BM, Bearden DJ, Okada N, Staikova E, Gutekunst CA, Alwaki A, Gershon T, Jirsa V, Gross RE, Loring DW, Kheder A, Willie JT. PMID: 38585976; PMCID: PMC10996748.
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    14. Interfering with sleep apnea. Bioelectron Med. 2024 Jan 24; 10(1):5. Pedersen NP, Astorga RC. PMID: 38263264; PMCID: PMC10807225.
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    15. A virtual reality paradigm with dynamic scene stimuli for use in memory research. Behav Res Methods. 2024 10; 56(7):6440-6463. Okada NS, McNeely-White KL, Cleary AM, Carlaw BN, Drane DL, Parsons TD, McMahan T, Neisser J, Pedersen NP. PMID: 37845424; PMCID: PMC11018716.
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    16. Intracranial investigation of piriform cortex epilepsy during odor presentation. Neurocase. 2023 Feb-Apr; 29(1):14-17. Bearden DJ, Selawski R, Chern JJ, Del Valle Martinez E, Bhalla S, Al-Ramadhani R, Ono KE, Pedersen NP, Zhang G, Drane DL, Kheder A. PMID: 37021713; PMCID: PMC10556192.
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    17. Opening a conceptual space for metamemory experience. New Ideas Psychol. 2023 Apr; 69. Neisser J, Abreu G, Drane DL, Pedersen NP, Parsons TD, Cleary AM. PMID: 38223256; PMCID: PMC10786624.
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    18. Electrical Wada for pre-surgical memory testing: a case report. Epileptic Disord. 2022 Apr 01; 24(2):411-416. Kaestner E, Pedersen NP, Hu R, Vosoughi A, Alwaki A, Ruiz AR, Staikova E, Hewitt KC, Epstein C, McDonald CR, Gross RE, Drane DL. PMID: 34874269; PMCID: PMC9133096.
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    19. Ordinal regression increases statistical power to predict epilepsy surgical outcomes. Epilepsia Open. 2022 06; 7(2):344-349. Dickey AS, Krafty RT, Pedersen NP. PMID: 35156772; PMCID: PMC9159244.
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    20. Loss of efferent projections of the hippocampal formation in the mouse intrahippocampal kainic acid model. Epilepsy Res. 2022 02; 180:106863. Fernandez AM, Gutekunst CA, Grogan DP, Pedersen NP, Gross RE. PMID: 35114430.
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    21. Superior Verbal Memory Outcome After Stereotactic Laser Amygdalohippocampotomy. Front Neurol. 2021; 12:779495. 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, Miller JW, Gross RE. PMID: 34956059; PMCID: PMC8695842.
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    22. Radiological identification of temporal lobe epilepsy using artificial intelligence: a feasibility study. Brain Commun. 2022; 4(2):fcab284. Gleichgerrcht E, Munsell B, Keller SS, Drane DL, Jensen JH, Spampinato MV, Pedersen NP, Weber B, Kuzniecky R, McDonald C, Bonilha L. PMID: 35243343; PMCID: PMC8887904.
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    23. Subjective distinguishability of seizure and non-seizure Déjà Vu: A case report, brief literature review, and research prospects. Epilepsy Behav. 2021 12; 125:108373. Cleary AM, Neisser J, McMahan T, Parsons TD, Alwaki A, Okada N, Vosoughi A, Kheder A, Drane DL, Pedersen NP. PMID: 34735965; PMCID: PMC8639800.
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    24. Low statistical power in a study predicting seizure outcome. Epilepsia. 2021 10; 62(10):2565-2566. Dickey AS, Pedersen NP. PMID: 34350995; PMCID: PMC10323975.
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    25. Cognitive and Emotional Mapping With SEEG. Front Neurol. 2021; 12:627981. Drane DL, Pedersen NP, Sabsevitz DS, Block C, Dickey AS, Alwaki A, Kheder A. PMID: 33912122; PMCID: PMC8072290.
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    26. The precuneal cortex: anatomy and seizure semiology. Epileptic Disord. 2021 Apr 01; 23(2):218-227. Al-Ramadhani RR, Shivamurthy VKN, Elkins K, Gedela S, Pedersen NP, Kheder A. PMID: 33772513; PMCID: PMC8525033.
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    27. The Referential Montage Inadequately Localizes Corticocortical Evoked Potentials in Stereoelectroencephalography. J Clin Neurophysiol. 2022 Jul 01; 39(5):412-418. Dickey AS, Alwaki A, Kheder A, Willie JT, Drane DL, Pedersen NP. PMID: 33337663; PMCID: PMC10069706.
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    28. Supervised and unsupervised machine learning for automated scoring of sleep-wake and cataplexy in a mouse model of narcolepsy. Sleep. 2020 05 12; 43(5). Exarchos I, Rogers AA, Aiani LM, Gross RE, Clifford GD, Pedersen NP, Willie JT. PMID: 31693157; PMCID: PMC7215268.
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    29. Reconfigurable 3D-Printed headplates for reproducible and rapid implantation of EEG, EMG and depth electrodes in mice. J Neurosci Methods. 2020 03 01; 333:108566. Zhu KJ, Aiani LM, Pedersen NP. PMID: 31870688; PMCID: PMC7676379.
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    30. Mechanisms and Risk Factors Contributing to Visual Field Deficits following Stereotactic Laser Amygdalohippocampotomy. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2019; 97(4):255-265. Voets NL, Alvarez I, Qiu D, Leatherday C, Willie JT, Sotiropoulos S, Gleichgerrcht E, Bonilha L, Pedersen NP, Kadom N, Saindane AM, Gross RE, Drane DL. PMID: 31618749; PMCID: PMC6979425.
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    31. Finding the Sweet Spot: Fine-Tuning DBS Parameters to Cure Seizures While Avoiding Psychiatric Complications. Epilepsy Curr. 2019 May-Jun; 19(3):174-176. Drane DL, Pedersen NP. PMID: 31068005; PMCID: PMC6610392.
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    32. Cingulum stimulation enhances positive affect and anxiolysis to facilitate awake craniotomy. J Clin Invest. 2019 03 01; 129(3):1152-1166. Bijanki KR, Manns JR, Inman CS, Choi KS, Harati S, Pedersen NP, Drane DL, Waters AC, Fasano RE, Mayberg HS, Willie JT. PMID: 30589643; PMCID: PMC6391096.
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    33. The sleep-wake cycle regulates brain interstitial fluid tau in mice and CSF tau in humans. Science. 2019 02 22; 363(6429):880-884. Holth JK, Fritschi SK, Wang C, Pedersen NP, Cirrito JR, Mahan TE, Finn MB, Manis M, Geerling JC, Fuller PM, Lucey BP, Holtzman DM. PMID: 30679382; PMCID: PMC6410369.
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    34. Knowledge of language function and underlying neural networks gained from focal seizures and epilepsy surgery. Brain Lang. 2019 02; 189:20-33. Drane DL, Pedersen NP. PMID: 30615986; PMCID: PMC7183240.
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    35. Noradrenergic Transmission at Alpha1-Adrenergic Receptors in the Ventral Periaqueductal Gray Modulates Arousal. Biol Psychiatry. 2019 02 01; 85(3):237-247. Porter-Stransky KA, Centanni SW, Karne SL, Odil LM, Fekir S, Wong JC, Jerome C, Mitchell HA, Escayg A, Pedersen NP, Winder DG, Mitrano DA, Weinshenker D. PMID: 30269865; PMCID: PMC6326840.
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    36. Stereotactic laser amygdalohippocampotomy for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Ann Neurol. 2018 03; 83(3):575-587. Gross RE, Stern MA, Willie JT, Fasano RE, Saindane AM, Soares BP, Pedersen NP, Drane DL. PMID: 29420840; PMCID: PMC5877322.
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    37. Supramammillary glutamate neurons are a key node of the arousal system. Nat Commun. 2017 11 10; 8(1):1405. Pedersen NP, Ferrari L, Venner A, Wang JL, Abbott SBG, Vujovic N, Arrigoni E, Saper CB, Fuller PM. PMID: 29123082; PMCID: PMC5680228.
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    38. Basal forebrain control of wakefulness and cortical rhythms. Nat Commun. 2015 Nov 03; 6:8744. Anaclet C, Pedersen NP, Ferrari LL, Venner A, Bass CE, Arrigoni E, Fuller PM. PMID: 26524973; PMCID: PMC4659943.
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    39. Glutamatergic signaling from the parabrachial nucleus plays a critical role in hypercapnic arousal. J Neurosci. 2013 May 01; 33(18):7627-40. Kaur S, Pedersen NP, Yokota S, Hur EE, Fuller PM, Lazarus M, Chamberlin NL, Saper CB. PMID: 23637157; PMCID: PMC3674488.
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    40. Sleep state switching. Neuron. 2010 Dec 22; 68(6):1023-42. Saper CB, Fuller PM, Pedersen NP, Lu J, Scammell TE. PMID: 21172606; PMCID: PMC3026325.
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    41. Locus ceruleus and anterior cingulate cortex sustain wakefulness in a novel environment. J Neurosci. 2010 Oct 27; 30(43):14543-51. Gompf HS, Mathai C, Fuller PM, Wood DA, Pedersen NP, Saper CB, Lu J. PMID: 20980612; PMCID: PMC2989851.
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