I remind my patients and their families that a physician is responsible not just for prescribing treatment, but for interpreting the medical science associated with the patient’s condition.

MEDICAL SERVICES

Specialties

Departments

Programs

Languages

  • English

  • Russian

EDUCATION

Undergraduate Degree

  • Johns Hopkins University , 1993 , Baltimore , MD

Medical School

  • SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn , 2000 , Brooklyn , NY

Residency

Pediatrics
  • Mount Sinai School of Medicine , 2002 , New York , NY

Residency

Neurology
  • Boston Children's Hospital , 2005 , Boston , MA

Fellowship

Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Boston Children's Hospital , 2006 , Boston , MA

Philosophy of Care

I remind my patients and their families that a physician is responsible not just for prescribing treatment, but for interpreting the medical science associated with the patient’s condition and with the treatment choice – these should be no more a mystery to my patients than to me. I spend my professional days in medicine and science so that I can share both with my patients.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

Alexander Rotenberg is a neurologist and epileptologist, and Director of the Neuromoduation Program within the Department of Neurology. He is the recipient of the 2016 Dreifuss-Penry Epilepsy Award from the American Academy of Neurology. He is also the 2015-2016 president of the Greater Boston Epilepsy Society. Dr. Rotenberg leads local efforts to adapt methods for transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and other forms of noninvasive brain stimulation to the pediatric population, particularly to children with epilepsy. He also heads a basic science laboratory where experiments focus on translational applications of noninvasive brain stimulation in animal models of epilepsy and traumatic brain injury. Among his ongoing scientific studies are clinical trials aimed to test the capacity of TMS and related methods for brain stimulation to stop drug-resistant seizures, clinical studies of human brain plasticity in autism, and preclinical studies aimed to describe the neurobiology of a range of brain stimulation methods in order to improve their efficacy in clinical practice.

CERTIFICATIONS

  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Child and Adolescent Neurology

PUBLICATIONS

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  1. VanHaerents S, Chang BS, Rotenberg A, Pascual-Leone A, Shafi MM. Noninvasive Brain Stimulation in Epilepsy. J Clin Neurophysiol. 2020 Mar; 37(2):118-130. View abstract
  2. Damar U, Lee Kaye H, Smith NA, Pennell PB, Rotenberg A. Safety and Tolerability of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation During Pregnancy: A Case Report and Literature Review. J Clin Neurophysiol. 2020 Mar; 37(2):164-169. View abstract
  3. Klein P, Friedman A, Hameed MQ, Kaminski RM, Bar-Klein G, Klitgaard H, Koepp M, Jozwiak S, Prince DA, Rotenberg A, Twyman R, Vezzani A, Wong M, Löscher W. Repurposed molecules for antiepileptogenesis: Missing an opportunity to prevent epilepsy? Epilepsia. 2020 Mar; 61(3):359-386. View abstract
  4. Baumer FM, Rotenberg A. Emerging Applications of Noninvasive Brain Stimulation. J Clin Neurophysiol. 2020 Mar; 37(2):89. View abstract
  5. Baumer FM, Pfeifer K, Fogarty A, Pena-Solorzano D, Rolle CE, Wallace JL, Rotenberg A, Fisher RS. Cortical Excitability, Synaptic Plasticity, and Cognition in Benign Epilepsy With Centrotemporal Spikes: A Pilot TMS-EMG-EEG Study. J Clin Neurophysiol. 2020 Mar; 37(2):170-180. View abstract
  6. Gersner R, Paredes C, Hameed MQ, Dhamne SC, Pascual-Leone A, Rotenberg A. Transcranial magnetic stimulation tracks subminute changes in cortical excitability during propofol anesthesia. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2020 Mar; 7(3):384-389. View abstract
  7. Wang S, Rotenberg A, Bolton J. Patterns of anti-seizure medication (ASM) use in pediatric patients with surgically managed epilepsy: A retrospective review of data from Boston Children's Hospital. Epilepsy Res. 2020 Feb; 160:106257. View abstract
  8. Dhamne SC, Ilmoniemi RJ, Tsuboyama M, Carpenter LL, Pascual-Leone A, Rotenberg A. Safety of rTMS in patients with intracranial metallic objects. Brain Stimul. 2019 Dec 28. View abstract
  9. Hameed MQ, Hsieh TH, Morales-Quezada L, Lee HHC, Damar U, MacMullin PC, Hensch TK, Rotenberg A. Ceftriaxone Treatment Preserves Cortical Inhibitory Interneuron Function via Transient Salvage of GLT-1 in a Rat Traumatic Brain Injury Model. Cereb Cortex. 2019 Dec 17; 29(11):4506-4518. View abstract
  10. Liu HH, He XK, Chen HY, Peng CW, Rotenberg A, Juan CH, Pei YC, Liu HL, Chiang YH, Wang JY, Feng XJ, Huang YZ, Hsieh TH. Neuromodulatory Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Motor Excitability in Rats. Neural Plast. 2019; 2019:4252943. View abstract
  11. Tsuboyama M, Lee Kaye H, Rotenberg A. Biomarkers Obtained by Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of the Motor Cortex in Epilepsy. Front Integr Neurosci. 2019; 13:57. View abstract
  12. Zullo JM, Drake D, Aron L, O'Hern P, Dhamne SC, Davidsohn N, Mao CA, Klein WH, Rotenberg A, Bennett DA, Church GM, Colaiácovo MP, Yankner BA. Regulation of lifespan by neural excitation and REST. Nature. 2019 10; 574(7778):359-364. View abstract
  13. Papadelis C, Kaye H, Shore B, Snyder B, Grant PE, Rotenberg A. Maturation of Corticospinal Tracts in Children With Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy Assessed by Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. Front Hum Neurosci. 2019; 13:254. View abstract
  14. Jannati A, Fried PJ, Block G, Oberman LM, Rotenberg A, Pascual-Leone A. Test-Retest Reliability of the Effects of Continuous Theta-Burst Stimulation. Front Neurosci. 2019; 13:447. View abstract
  15. Stergachis AB, Pujol-Giménez J, Gyimesi G, Fuster D, Albano G, Troxler M, Picker J, Rosenberg PA, Bergin A, Peters J, El Achkar CM, Harini C, Manzi S, Rotenberg A, Hediger MA, Rodan LH. Recurrent SLC1A2 variants cause epilepsy via a dominant negative mechanism. Ann Neurol. 2019 06; 85(6):921-926. View abstract
  16. Helbig KL, Lauerer RJ, Bahr JC, Souza IA, Myers CT, Uysal B, Schwarz N, Gandini MA, Huang S, Keren B, Mignot C, Afenjar A, Billette de Villemeur T, Héron D, Nava C, Valence S, Buratti J, Fagerberg CR, Soerensen KP, Kibaek M, Kamsteeg EJ, Koolen DA, Gunning B, Schelhaas HJ, Kruer MC, Fox J, Bakhtiari S, Jarrar R, Padilla-Lopez S, Lindstrom K, Jin SC, Zeng X, Bilguvar K, Papavasileiou A, Xing Q, Zhu C, Boysen K, Vairo F, Lanpher BC, Klee EW, Tillema JM, Payne ET, Cousin MA, Kruisselbrink TM, Wick MJ, Baker J, Haan E, Smith N, Sadeghpour A, Davis EE, Katsanis N, Corbett MA, MacLennan AH, Gecz J, Biskup S, Goldmann E, Rodan LH, Kichula E, Segal E, Jackson KE, Asamoah A, Dimmock D, McCarrier J, Botto LD, Filloux F, Tvrdik T, Cascino GD, Klingerman S, Neumann C, Wang R, Jacobsen JC, Nolan MA, Snell RG, Lehnert K, Sadleir LG, Anderlid BM, Kvarnung M, Guerrini R, Friez MJ, Lyons MJ, Leonhard J, Kringlen G, Casas K, El Achkar CM, Smith LA, Rotenberg A, Poduri A, Sanchis-Juan A, Carss KJ, Rankin J, Zeman A, Raymond FL, Blyth M, Kerr B, Ruiz K, Urquhart J, Hughes I, Banka S, Hedrich UBS, Scheffer IE, Helbig I, Zamponi GW, Lerche H, Mefford HC. De Novo Pathogenic Variants in CACNA1E Cause Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy with Contractures, Macrocephaly, and Dyskinesias. Am J Hum Genet. 2019 Mar 07; 104(3):562. View abstract
  17. Frohlich J, Miller MT, Bird LM, Garces P, Purtell H, Hoener MC, Philpot BD, Sidorov MS, Tan WH, Hernandez MC, Rotenberg A, Jeste SS, Krishnan M, Khwaja O, Hipp JF. Electrophysiological Phenotype in Angelman Syndrome Differs Between Genotypes. Biol Psychiatry. 2019 05 01; 85(9):752-759. View abstract
  18. Purtell H, Dhamne SC, Gurnani S, Bainbridge E, Modi ME, Lammers SHT, Super CE, Hameed MQ, Johnson EL, Sahin M, Rotenberg A. Electrographic spikes are common in wildtype mice. Epilepsy Behav. 2018 12; 89:94-98. View abstract
  19. Helbig KL, Lauerer RJ, Bahr JC, Souza IA, Myers CT, Uysal B, Schwarz N, Gandini MA, Huang S, Keren B, Mignot C, Afenjar A, Billette de Villemeur T, Héron D, Nava C, Valence S, Buratti J, Fagerberg CR, Soerensen KP, Kibaek M, Kamsteeg EJ, Koolen DA, Gunning B, Schelhaas HJ, Kruer MC, Fox J, Bakhtiari S, Jarrar R, Padilla-Lopez S, Lindstrom K, Jin SC, Zeng X, Bilguvar K, Papavasileiou A, Xing Q, Zhu C, Boysen K, Vairo F, Lanpher BC, Klee EW, Tillema JM, Payne ET, Cousin MA, Kruisselbrink TM, Wick MJ, Baker J, Haan E, Smith N, Sadeghpour A, Davis EE, Katsanis N, Corbett MA, MacLennan AH, Gecz J, Biskup S, Goldmann E, Rodan LH, Kichula E, Segal E, Jackson KE, Asamoah A, Dimmock D, McCarrier J, Botto LD, Filloux F, Tvrdik T, Cascino GD, Klingerman S, Neumann C, Wang R, Jacobsen JC, Nolan MA, Snell RG, Lehnert K, Sadleir LG, Anderlid BM, Kvarnung M, Guerrini R, Friez MJ, Lyons MJ, Leonhard J, Kringlen G, Casas K, El Achkar CM, Smith LA, Rotenberg A, Poduri A, Sanchis-Juan A, Carss KJ, Rankin J, Zeman A, Raymond FL, Blyth M, Kerr B, Ruiz K, Urquhart J, Hughes I, Banka S, Hedrich UBS, Scheffer IE, Helbig I, Zamponi GW, Lerche H, Mefford HC. De Novo Pathogenic Variants in CACNA1E Cause Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy with Contractures, Macrocephaly, and Dyskinesias. Am J Hum Genet. 2018 11 01; 103(5):666-678. View abstract
  20. Arya R, Rotenberg A. Dietary, immunological, surgical, and other emerging treatments for pediatric refractory status epilepticus. Seizure. 2019 May; 68:89-96. View abstract
  21. Vogel KR, Ainslie GR, Walters DC, McConnell A, Dhamne SC, Rotenberg A, Roullet JB, Gibson KM. Succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency, a disorder of GABA metabolism: an update on pharmacological and enzyme-replacement therapeutic strategies. J Inherit Metab Dis. 2018 07; 41(4):699-708. View abstract
  22. Yuskaitis CJ, Jones BM, Wolfson RL, Super CE, Dhamne SC, Rotenberg A, Sabatini DM, Sahin M, Poduri A. A mouse model of DEPDC5-related epilepsy: Neuronal loss of Depdc5 causes dysplastic and ectopic neurons, increased mTOR signaling, and seizure susceptibility. Neurobiol Dis. 2018 03; 111:91-101. View abstract
  23. Manganaro S, Loddenkemper T, Rotenberg A. The Need for Antiepileptic Drug Chronotherapy to Treat Selected Childhood Epilepsy Syndromes and Avert the Harmful Consequences of Drug Resistance. J Cent Nerv Syst Dis. 2017; 9:1179573516685883. View abstract
  24. Kelly E, Schaeffer SM, Dhamne SC, Lipton JO, Lindemann L, Honer M, Jaeschke G, Super CE, Lammers SH, Modi ME, Silverman JL, Dreier JR, Kwiatkowski DJ, Rotenberg A, Sahin M. mGluR5 Modulation of Behavioral and Epileptic Phenotypes in a Mouse Model of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2018 05; 43(6):1457-1465. View abstract
  25. Hsieh TH, Lee HHC, Hameed MQ, Pascual-Leone A, Hensch TK, Rotenberg A. Trajectory of Parvalbumin Cell Impairment and Loss of Cortical Inhibition in Traumatic Brain Injury. Cereb Cortex. 2017 12 01; 27(12):5509-5524. View abstract
  26. Damar U, Gersner R, Johnstone JT, Kapur K, Collins S, Schachter S, Rotenberg A. Alterations in the Timing of Huperzine A Cerebral Pharmacodynamics in the Acute Traumatic Brain Injury Setting. J Neurotrauma. 2018 01 15; 35(2):393-397. View abstract
  27. Tan WH, Bird LM, Sadhwani A, Barbieri-Welge RL, Skinner SA, Horowitz LT, Bacino CA, Noll LM, Fu C, Hundley RJ, Wink LK, Erickson CA, Barnes GN, Slavotinek A, Jeremy R, Rotenberg A, Kothare SV, Olson HE, Poduri A, Nespeca MP, Chu HC, Willen JM, Haas KF, Weeber EJ, Rufo PA. A randomized controlled trial of levodopa in patients with Angelman syndrome. Am J Med Genet A. 2018 05; 176(5):1099-1107. View abstract
  28. Jannati A, Block G, Oberman LM, Rotenberg A, Pascual-Leone A. Interindividual variability in response to continuous theta-burst stimulation in healthy adults. Clin Neurophysiol. 2017 11; 128(11):2268-2278. View abstract
  29. Kaye HL, Gersner R, Boes AD, Pascual-Leone A, Rotenberg A. Persistent uncrossed corticospinal connections in patients with intractable focal epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav. 2017 10; 75:66-71. View abstract
  30. Hsieh TH, Kang JW, Lai JH, Huang YZ, Rotenberg A, Chen KY, Wang JY, Chan SY, Chen SC, Chiang YH, Peng CW. Correction: Relationship of mechanical impact magnitude to neurologic dysfunction severity in a rat traumatic brain injury model. PLoS One. 2017; 12(7):e0182300. View abstract
  31. Bikson M, Grossman P, Zannou AL, Kronberg G, Truong D, Boggio P, Brunoni AR, Charvet L, Fregni F, Fritsch B, Gillick B, Hamilton RH, Hampstead BM, Kirton A, Knotkova H, Liebetanz D, Liu A, Loo C, Nitsche MA, Reis J, Richardson JD, Rotenberg A, Turkeltaub PE, Woods AJ. Response to letter to the editor: Safety of transcranial direct current stimulation: Evidence based update 2016. Brain Stimul. 2017 Sep - Oct; 10(5):986-987. View abstract
  32. Dhamne SC, Silverman JL, Super CE, Lammers SHT, Hameed MQ, Modi ME, Copping NA, Pride MC, Smith DG, Rotenberg A, Crawley JN, Sahin M. Replicable in vivo physiological and behavioral phenotypes of the Shank3B null mutant mouse model of autism. Mol Autism. 2017; 8:26. View abstract
  33. Hsieh TH, Kang JW, Lai JH, Huang YZ, Rotenberg A, Chen KY, Wang JY, Chan SY, Chen SC, Chiang YH, Peng CW. Relationship of mechanical impact magnitude to neurologic dysfunction severity in a rat traumatic brain injury model. PLoS One. 2017; 12(5):e0178186. View abstract
  34. Mei Z, Qiu J, Alcon S, Hashim J, Rotenberg A, Sun Y, Meehan WP, Mannix R. Memantine improves outcomes after repetitive traumatic brain injury. Behav Brain Res. 2018 03 15; 340:195-204. View abstract
  35. Leite J, Morales-Quezada L, Carvalho S, Thibaut A, Doruk D, Chen CF, Schachter SC, Rotenberg A, Fregni F. Surface EEG-Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) Closed-Loop System. Int J Neural Syst. 2017 Sep; 27(6):1750026. View abstract
  36. Bashir S, Yoo WK, Kim HS, Lim HS, Rotenberg A, Abu Jamea A. The Number of Pulses Needed to Measure Corticospinal Excitability by Navigated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: Eyes Open vs. Close Condition. Front Hum Neurosci. 2017; 11:121. View abstract
  37. Hameed MQ, Dhamne SC, Gersner R, Kaye HL, Oberman LM, Pascual-Leone A, Rotenberg A. Transcranial Magnetic and Direct Current Stimulation in Children. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2017 02; 17(2):11. View abstract
  38. Damar U, Gersner R, Johnstone JT, Schachter S, Rotenberg A. Huperzine A: A promising anticonvulsant, disease modifying, and memory enhancing treatment option in Alzheimer's disease. Med Hypotheses. 2017 Feb; 99:57-62. View abstract
  39. Kaye HL, Peters JM, Gersner R, Chamberland M, Sansevere A, Rotenberg A. Neurophysiological evidence of preserved connectivity in tuber tissue. Epilepsy Behav Case Rep. 2017; 7:64-68. View abstract
  40. Farzan F, Vernet M, Shafi MM, Rotenberg A, Daskalakis ZJ, Pascual-Leone A. Characterizing and Modulating Brain Circuitry through Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Combined with Electroencephalography. Front Neural Circuits. 2016; 10:73. View abstract
  41. Croarkin PE, Rotenberg A. Pediatric Neuromodulation Comes of Age. J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol. 2016 09; 26(7):578-81. View abstract
  42. Gersner R, Dhamne SC, Zangen A, Pascual-Leone A, Rotenberg A. Bursts of high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), together with lorazepam, suppress seizures in a rat kainate status epilepticus model. Epilepsy Behav. 2016 09; 62:136-9. View abstract
  43. Meyer M, Dhamne SC, LaCoursiere CM, Tambunan D, Poduri A, Rotenberg A. Correction: Microarray Noninvasive Neuronal Seizure Recordings from Intact Larval Zebrafish. PLoS One. 2016; 11(7):e0159472. View abstract
  44. Sun Y, Lipton JO, Boyle LM, Madsen JR, Goldenberg MC, Pascual-Leone A, Sahin M, Rotenberg A. Direct current stimulation induces mGluR5-dependent neocortical plasticity. Ann Neurol. 2016 08; 80(2):233-46. View abstract
  45. Tang AD, Lowe AS, Garrett AR, Woodward R, Bennett W, Canty AJ, Garry MI, Hinder MR, Summers JJ, Gersner R, Rotenberg A, Thickbroom G, Walton J, Rodger J. Construction and Evaluation of Rodent-Specific rTMS Coils. Front Neural Circuits. 2016; 10:47. View abstract
  46. Bikson M, Grossman P, Thomas C, Zannou AL, Jiang J, Adnan T, Mourdoukoutas AP, Kronberg G, Truong D, Boggio P, Brunoni AR, Charvet L, Fregni F, Fritsch B, Gillick B, Hamilton RH, Hampstead BM, Jankord R, Kirton A, Knotkova H, Liebetanz D, Liu A, Loo C, Nitsche MA, Reis J, Richardson JD, Rotenberg A, Turkeltaub PE, Woods AJ. Safety of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation: Evidence Based Update 2016. Brain Stimul. 2016 Sep-Oct; 9(5):641-661. View abstract
  47. Meyer M, Dhamne SC, LaCoursiere CM, Tambunan D, Poduri A, Rotenberg A. Microarray Noninvasive Neuronal Seizure Recordings from Intact Larval Zebrafish. PLoS One. 2016; 11(6):e0156498. View abstract
  48. Oberman LM, Ifert-Miller F, Najib U, Bashir S, Heydrich JG, Picker J, Rotenberg A, Pascual-Leone A. Abnormal Mechanisms of Plasticity and Metaplasticity in Autism Spectrum Disorders and Fragile X Syndrome. J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol. 2016 09; 26(7):617-24. View abstract
  49. Damar U, Gersner R, Johnstone JT, Schachter S, Rotenberg A. Huperzine A as a neuroprotective and antiepileptic drug: a review of preclinical research. Expert Rev Neurother. 2016 06; 16(6):671-80. View abstract
  50. Gersner R, Oberman L, Sanchez MJ, Chiriboga N, Kaye HL, Pascual-Leone A, Libenson M, Roth Y, Zangen A, Rotenberg A. H-coil repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy: A case report. Epilepsy Behav Case Rep. 2016; 5:52-6. View abstract
  51. Pereira LS, Müller VT, da Mota Gomes M, Rotenberg A, Fregni F. Safety of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with epilepsy: A systematic review. Epilepsy Behav. 2016 Apr; 57(Pt A):167-176. View abstract
  52. Gonzalez-Heydrich J, Enlow MB, D'Angelo E, Seidman LJ, Gumlak S, Kim A, Woodberry KA, Rober A, Tembulkar S, O'Donnell K, Hamoda HM, Kimball K, Rotenberg A, Oberman LM, Pascual-Leone A, Keshavan MS, Duffy FH. N100 Repetition Suppression Indexes Neuroplastic Defects in Clinical High Risk and Psychotic Youth. Neural Plast. 2016; 2016:4209831. View abstract
  53. Rubio B, Boes AD, Laganiere S, Rotenberg A, Jeurissen D, Pascual-Leone A. Noninvasive Brain Stimulation in Pediatric Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): A Review. J Child Neurol. 2016 May; 31(6):784-96. View abstract
  54. Gonzalez-Heydrich J, Bosquet Enlow M, D'Angelo E, Seidman LJ, Gumlak S, Kim A, Woodberry KA, Rober A, Tembulkar S, Graber K, O'Donnell K, Hamoda HM, Kimball K, Rotenberg A, Oberman LM, Pascual-Leone A, Keshavan MS, Duffy FH. Early auditory processing evoked potentials (N100) show a continuum of blunting from clinical high risk to psychosis in a pediatric sample. Schizophr Res. 2015 Dec; 169(1-3):340-345. View abstract
  55. Oberman LM, Enticott PG, Casanova MF, Rotenberg A, Pascual-Leone A, McCracken JT. Transcranial magnetic stimulation in autism spectrum disorder: Challenges, promise, and roadmap for future research. Autism Res. 2016 Feb; 9(2):184-203. View abstract
  56. Duffy FH, D'Angelo E, Rotenberg A, Gonzalez-Heydrich J. Neurophysiological differences between patients clinically at high risk for schizophrenia and neurotypical controls--first steps in development of a biomarker. BMC Med. 2015 Nov 02; 13:276. View abstract
  57. Gersner R, Ekstein D, Dhamne SC, Schachter SC, Rotenberg A. Huperzine A prophylaxis against pentylenetetrazole-induced seizures in rats is associated with increased cortical inhibition. Epilepsy Res. 2015 Nov; 117:97-103. View abstract
  58. Kondo A, Shahpasand K, Mannix R, Qiu J, Moncaster J, Chen CH, Yao Y, Lin YM, Driver JA, Sun Y, Wei S, Luo ML, Albayram O, Huang P, Rotenberg A, Ryo A, Goldstein LE, Pascual-Leone A, McKee AC, Meehan W, Zhou XZ, Lu KP. Antibody against early driver of neurodegeneration cis P-tau blocks brain injury and tauopathy. Nature. 2015 Jul 23; 523(7561):431-436. View abstract
  59. Dhamne SC, Ekstein D, Zhuo Z, Gersner R, Zurakowski D, Loddenkemper T, Pascual-Leone A, Jensen FE, Rotenberg A. Acute seizure suppression by transcranial direct current stimulation in rats. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2015 Aug; 2(8):843-56. View abstract
  60. Rotenberg A. Commentary on IL-1ß associations with posttraumatic epilepsy development: A genetics and biomarker cohort study. Epilepsia. 2015 Jul; 56(7):989-90. View abstract
  61. Guerriero RM, Giza CC, Rotenberg A. Glutamate and GABA imbalance following traumatic brain injury. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2015 May; 15(5):27. View abstract
  62. Mandel-Brehm C, Salogiannis J, Dhamne SC, Rotenberg A, Greenberg ME. Seizure-like activity in a juvenile Angelman syndrome mouse model is attenuated by reducing Arc expression. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Apr 21; 112(16):5129-34. View abstract
  63. Petr GT, Sun Y, Frederick NM, Zhou Y, Dhamne SC, Hameed MQ, Miranda C, Bedoya EA, Fischer KD, Armsen W, Wang J, Danbolt NC, Rotenberg A, Aoki CJ, Rosenberg PA. Conditional deletion of the glutamate transporter GLT-1 reveals that astrocytic GLT-1 protects against fatal epilepsy while neuronal GLT-1 contributes significantly to glutamate uptake into synaptosomes. J Neurosci. 2015 Apr 01; 35(13):5187-201. View abstract
  64. Oberman LM, Rotenberg A, Pascual-Leone A. Use of transcranial magnetic stimulation in autism spectrum disorders. J Autism Dev Disord. 2015 Feb; 45(2):524-36. View abstract
  65. Oberman LM, Enticott PG, Casanova MF, Rotenberg A, Pascual-Leone A, McCracken JT. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) therapy for autism: an international consensus conference held in conjunction with the international meeting for autism research on May 13th and 14th, 2014. Front Hum Neurosci. 2014; 8:1034. View abstract
  66. Rotenberg A. 15years of welcome contribution to epilepsy research. Epilepsy Behav. 2014 Nov; 40:127. View abstract
  67. Suarez RO, Taimouri V, Boyer K, Vega C, Rotenberg A, Madsen JR, Loddenkemper T, Duffy FH, Prabhu SP, Warfield SK. Passive fMRI mapping of language function for pediatric epilepsy surgical planning: validation using Wada, ECS, and FMAER. Epilepsy Res. 2014 Dec; 108(10):1874-88. View abstract
  68. Wang Y, Hameed MQ, Rakhade SN, Iglesias AH, Muller PA, Mou DL, Rotenberg A. Hippocampal immediate early gene transcription in the rat fluid percussion traumatic brain injury model. Neuroreport. 2014 Aug 20; 25(12):954-9. View abstract
  69. Oberman LM, Pascual-Leone A, Rotenberg A. Modulation of corticospinal excitability by transcranial magnetic stimulation in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. Front Hum Neurosci. 2014; 8:627. View abstract
  70. Thome-Souza S, Kadish NE, Ramgopal S, Sánchez Fernández I, Bergin AM, Bolton J, Harini C, Libenson M, Olson H, Peters J, Poduri A, Rotenberg A, Takeoka M, Kothare SV, Kapur K, Bourgeois BF, Loddenkemper T. Safety and retention rate of rufinamide in 300 patients: a single pediatric epilepsy center experience. Epilepsia. 2014 Aug; 55(8):1235-44. View abstract
  71. Heard TT, Ramgopal S, Picker J, Lincoln SA, Rotenberg A, Kothare SV. EEG abnormalities and seizures in genetically diagnosed Fragile X syndrome. Int J Dev Neurosci. 2014 Nov; 38:155-60. View abstract
  72. Sánchez Fernández I, Vendrame M, Kapur K, Klehm J, Uysal S, Gedik M, An S, Jillella D, Zelener J, Syed S, Gooty V, Rotenberg A, Loddenkemper T. Comparison of pediatric patients with status epilepticus lasting 5-29 min versus =30 min. Epilepsy Behav. 2014 Aug; 37:1-6. View abstract
  73. Sánchez Fernández I, Klehm J, An S, Jillella D, Kapur K, Zelener J, Rotenberg A, Loddenkemper T. Comparison of risk factors for pediatric convulsive status epilepticus when defined as seizures = 5 min versus seizures = 30 min. Seizure. 2014 Oct; 23(9):692-8. View abstract
  74. Duffy FH, Shankardass A, McAnulty GB, Eksioglu YZ, Coulter D, Rotenberg A, Als H. Corticosteroid therapy in regressive autism: a retrospective study of effects on the Frequency Modulated Auditory Evoked Response (FMAER), language, and behavior. BMC Neurol. 2014 May 15; 14:70. View abstract
  75. Hameed MQ, Goodrich GS, Dhamne SC, Amandusson A, Hsieh TH, Mou D, Wang Y, Rotenberg A. A rapid lateral fluid percussion injury rodent model of traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic epilepsy. Neuroreport. 2014 May 07; 25(7):532-6. View abstract
  76. Muller PA, Dhamne SC, Vahabzadeh-Hagh AM, Pascual-Leone A, Jensen FE, Rotenberg A. Suppression of motor cortical excitability in anesthetized rats by low frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation. PLoS One. 2014; 9(3):e91065. View abstract
  77. O'Rourke DJ, Bergin A, Rotenberg A, Peters J, Gorman M, Poduri A, Cryan J, Lidov H, Madsen J, Harini C. Rasmussen's encephalitis presenting as focal cortical dysplasia. Epilepsy Behav Case Rep. 2014; 2:86-9. View abstract
  78. Dhamne SC, Kothare RS, Yu C, Hsieh TH, Anastasio EM, Oberman L, Pascual-Leone A, Rotenberg A. A measure of acoustic noise generated from transcranial magnetic stimulation coils. Brain Stimul. 2014 May-Jun; 7(3):432-4. View abstract
  79. Hsieh TH, Huang YZ, Rotenberg A, Pascual-Leone A, Chiang YH, Wang JY, Chen JJ. Functional Dopaminergic Neurons in Substantia Nigra are Required for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation-Induced Motor Plasticity. Cereb Cortex. 2015 Jul; 25(7):1806-14. View abstract
  80. Klehm J, Thome-Souza S, Sánchez Fernández I, Bergin AM, Bolton J, Harini C, Kadish NE, Libenson M, Peters J, Poduri A, Rotenberg A, Takeoka M, Bourgeois B, Loddenkemper T. Clobazam: effect on frequency of seizures and safety profile in different subgroups of children with epilepsy. Pediatr Neurol. 2014 Jul; 51(1):60-6. View abstract
  81. Yu C, Ramgopal S, Libenson M, Abdelmoumen I, Powell C, Remy K, Madsen JR, Rotenberg A, Loddenkemper T. Outcomes of vagal nerve stimulation in a pediatric population: a single center experience. Seizure. 2014 Feb; 23(2):105-11. View abstract
  82. Sánchez Fernández I, Peters JM, An S, Bergin AM, Takeoka M, Rotenberg A, Kothare SV, Riviello JJ, Loddenkemper T. Long-term response to high-dose diazepam treatment in continuous spikes and waves during sleep. Pediatr Neurol. 2013 Sep; 49(3):163-170.e4. View abstract
  83. Sánchez Fernández I, Chapman KE, Peters JM, Harini C, Rotenberg A, Loddenkemper T. Continuous Spikes and Waves during Sleep: Electroclinical Presentation and Suggestions for Management. Epilepsy Res Treat. 2013; 2013:583531. View abstract
  84. Goodrich GS, Kabakov AY, Hameed MQ, Dhamne SC, Rosenberg PA, Rotenberg A. Ceftriaxone treatment after traumatic brain injury restores expression of the glutamate transporter, GLT-1, reduces regional gliosis, and reduces post-traumatic seizures in the rat. J Neurotrauma. 2013 Aug 15; 30(16):1434-41. View abstract
  85. Liu A, Pang T, Herman S, Pascual-Leone A, Rotenberg A. Transcranial magnetic stimulation for refractory focal status epilepticus in the intensive care unit. Seizure. 2013 Dec; 22(10):893-6. View abstract
  86. Fernández IS, Loddenkemper T, Datta A, Kothare S, Riviello JJ, Rotenberg A. Electroencephalography in the pediatric emergency department: when is it most useful? J Child Neurol. 2014 Apr; 29(4):475-82. View abstract
  87. Cleary RT, Sun H, Huynh T, Manning SM, Li Y, Rotenberg A, Talos DM, Kahle KT, Jackson M, Rakhade SN, Berry G, Berry G, Jensen FE. Bumetanide enhances phenobarbital efficacy in a rat model of hypoxic neonatal seizures. PLoS One. 2013; 8(3):e57148. View abstract
  88. Auvichayapat N, Rotenberg A, Gersner R, Ngodklang S, Tiamkao S, Tassaneeyakul W, Auvichayapat P. Transcranial direct current stimulation for treatment of refractory childhood focal epilepsy. Brain Stimul. 2013 Jul; 6(4):696-700. View abstract
  89. Kahn J, Ducharme P, Rotenberg A, Gonzalez-Heydrich J. "RAGE-Control": A Game to Build Emotional Strength. Games Health J. 2013 Feb; 2(1):53-7. View abstract
  90. Duffy FH, Eksioglu YZ, Rotenberg A, Madsen JR, Shankardass A, Als H. The frequency modulated auditory evoked response (FMAER), a technical advance for study of childhood language disorders: cortical source localization and selected case studies. BMC Neurol. 2013 Jan 25; 13:12. View abstract
  91. Chavakula V, Sánchez Fernández I, Peters JM, Popli G, Bosl W, Rakhade S, Rotenberg A, Loddenkemper T. Automated quantification of spikes. Epilepsy Behav. 2013 Feb; 26(2):143-52. View abstract
  92. Rotenberg A. Epilepsy. Handb Clin Neurol. 2013; 116:491-7. View abstract
  93. Auvichayapat P, Janyacharoen T, Rotenberg A, Tiamkao S, Krisanaprakornkit T, Sinawat S, Punjaruk W, Thinkhamrop B, Auvichayapat N. Migraine prophylaxis by anodal transcranial direct current stimulation, a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. J Med Assoc Thai. 2012 Aug; 95(8):1003-12. View abstract
  94. Vahabzadeh-Hagh AM, Muller PA, Gersner R, Zangen A, Rotenberg A. Translational neuromodulation: approximating human transcranial magnetic stimulation protocols in rats. Neuromodulation. 2012 Jul; 15(4):296-305. View abstract
  95. Ramgopal S, Vendrame M, Shah A, Gregas M, Zarowski M, Rotenberg A, Alexopoulos AV, Wyllie E, Kothare SV, Loddenkemper T. Circadian patterns of generalized tonic-clonic evolutions in pediatric epilepsy patients. Seizure. 2012 Sep; 21(7):535-9. View abstract
  96. Fernández IS, Peters JM, Hadjiloizou S, Prabhu SP, Zarowski M, Stannard KM, Takeoka M, Rotenberg A, Kothare SV, Loddenkemper T. Clinical staging and electroencephalographic evolution of continuous spikes and waves during sleep. Epilepsia. 2012 Jul; 53(7):1185-95. View abstract
  97. Sánchez Fernández I, Hadjiloizou S, Eksioglu Y, Peters JM, Takeoka M, Tas E, Abdelmoumen I, Rotenberg A, Kothare SV, Riviello JJ, Loddenkemper T. Short-term response of sleep-potentiated spiking to high-dose diazepam in electric status epilepticus during sleep. Pediatr Neurol. 2012 May; 46(5):312-8. View abstract
  98. Sánchez Fernández I, Takeoka M, Tas E, Peters JM, Prabhu SP, Stannard KM, Gregas M, Eksioglu Y, Rotenberg A, Riviello JJ, Kothare SV, Loddenkemper T. Early thalamic lesions in patients with sleep-potentiated epileptiform activity. Neurology. 2012 May 29; 78(22):1721-7. View abstract
  99. Fernández IS, Peters J, Takeoka M, Rotenberg A, Prabhu S, Gregas M, Riviello JJ, Kothare S, Loddenkemper T. Patients with electrical status epilepticus in sleep share similar clinical features regardless of their focal or generalized sleep potentiation of epileptiform activity. J Child Neurol. 2013 Jan; 28(1):83-9. View abstract
  100. Muller PA, Pascual-Leone A, Rotenberg A. Reply to letter to the editor. Brain Stimul. 2013 Jan; 6(1):95. View abstract
  101. Kabakov AY, Muller PA, Pascual-Leone A, Jensen FE, Rotenberg A. Contribution of axonal orientation to pathway-dependent modulation of excitatory transmission by direct current stimulation in isolated rat hippocampus. J Neurophysiol. 2012 Apr; 107(7):1881-9. View abstract
  102. Peterchev AV, Dhamne SC, Kothare R, Rotenberg A. Transcranial magnetic stimulation induces current pulses in transcranial direct current stimulation electrodes. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2012; 2012:811-4. View abstract
  103. Hsieh TH, Dhamne SC, Chen JJ, Carpenter LL, Anastasio EM, Pascual-Leone A, Rotenberg A. Minimal heating of aneurysm clips during repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation. Clin Neurophysiol. 2012 Jul; 123(7):1471-3. View abstract
  104. Hsieh TH, Dhamne SC, Chen JJ, Pascual-Leone A, Jensen FE, Rotenberg A. A new measure of cortical inhibition by mechanomyography and paired-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation in unanesthetized rats. J Neurophysiol. 2012 Feb; 107(3):966-72. View abstract
  105. Rubio-Morell B, Rotenberg A, Hernández-Expósito S, Pascual-Leone Á. [The use of noninvasive brain stimulation in childhood psychiatric disorders: new diagnostic and therapeutic opportunities and challenges]. Rev Neurol. 2011 Aug 16; 53(4):209-25. View abstract
  106. Pascual-Leone A, Freitas C, Oberman L, Horvath JC, Halko M, Eldaief M, Bashir S, Vernet M, Shafi M, Westover B, Vahabzadeh-Hagh AM, Rotenberg A. Characterizing brain cortical plasticity and network dynamics across the age-span in health and disease with TMS-EEG and TMS-fMRI. Brain Topogr. 2011 Oct; 24(3-4):302-15. View abstract
  107. Muller PA, Pascual-Leone A, Rotenberg A. Safety and tolerability of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with pathologic positive sensory phenomena: a review of literature. Brain Stimul. 2012 Jul; 5(3):320-329.e27. View abstract
  108. Alonso-Alonso M, Chang B, Press DZ, Rotenberg A, Pascual-Leone A. Commentary on Kratz et Al "seizure in a nonpredisposed individual induced by single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation". J ECT. 2011 Jun; 27(2):176-7. View abstract
  109. Guilhoto LM, Loddenkemper T, Gooty VD, Rotenberg A, Takeoka M, Duffy FH, Coulter D, Urion D, Bourgeois BF, Kothare SV. Experience with lacosamide in a series of children with drug-resistant focal epilepsy. Pediatr Neurol. 2011 Jun; 44(6):414-9. View abstract
  110. Benbadis SR. Teaching Video NeuroImages: complex partial seizure evolving into a psychogenic nonepileptic seizure. Neurology. 2011 May 10; 76(19):1681; author reply 1681. View abstract
  111. Brunoni AR, Nitsche MA, Bolognini N, Bikson M, Wagner T, Merabet L, Edwards DJ, Valero-Cabre A, Rotenberg A, Pascual-Leone A, Ferrucci R, Priori A, Boggio PS, Fregni F. Clinical research with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS): challenges and future directions. Brain Stimul. 2012 Jul; 5(3):175-195. View abstract
  112. Najib U, Bashir S, Edwards D, Rotenberg A, Pascual-Leone A. Transcranial brain stimulation: clinical applications and future directions. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2011 Apr; 22(2):233-51, ix. View abstract
  113. Rakhade SN, Klein PM, Huynh T, Hilario-Gomez C, Kosaras B, Rotenberg A, Jensen FE. Development of later life spontaneous seizures in a rodent model of hypoxia-induced neonatal seizures. Epilepsia. 2011 Apr; 52(4):753-65. View abstract
  114. Olson HE, Loddenkemper T, Vendrame M, Poduri A, Takeoka M, Bergin AM, Libenson MH, Duffy FH, Rotenberg A, Coulter D, Bourgeois BF, Kothare SV. Rufinamide for the treatment of epileptic spasms. Epilepsy Behav. 2011 Feb; 20(2):344-8. View abstract
  115. Bae EH, Theodore WH, Fregni F, Cantello R, Pascual-Leone A, Rotenberg A. An estimate of placebo effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav. 2011 Feb; 20(2):355-9. View abstract
  116. Vahabzadeh-Hagh AM, Muller PA, Pascual-Leone A, Jensen FE, Rotenberg A. Measures of cortical inhibition by paired-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation in anesthetized rats. J Neurophysiol. 2011 Feb; 105(2):615-24. View abstract
  117. Perez DL, Haldar A, Rotenberg A, Kothare SV. Teaching Video NeuroImages: complex partial seizure evolving into a psychogenic nonepileptic seizure. Neurology. 2010 Dec 14; 75(24):e98. View abstract
  118. Vendrame M, Loddenkemper T, Gooty VD, Takeoka M, Rotenberg A, Bergin AM, Eksioglu YZ, Poduri A, Duffy FH, Libenson M, Bourgeois BF, Kothare SV. Experience with rufinamide in a pediatric population: a single center's experience. Pediatr Neurol. 2010 Sep; 43(3):155-8. View abstract
  119. Oberman L, Ifert-Miller F, Najib U, Bashir S, Woollacott I, Gonzalez-Heydrich J, Picker J, Rotenberg A, Pascual-Leone A. Transcranial magnetic stimulation provides means to assess cortical plasticity and excitability in humans with fragile x syndrome and autism spectrum disorder. Front Synaptic Neurosci. 2010; 2:26. View abstract
  120. Datta A, Picker J, Rotenberg A. Trisomy 8 mosaicism and favorable outcome after treatment of infantile spasms: case report. J Child Neurol. 2010 Oct; 25(10):1275-7. View abstract
  121. Depositario-Cabacar DT, Peters JM, Pong AW, Roth J, Rotenberg A, Riviello JJ, Takeoka M. High-dose intravenous levetiracetam for acute seizure exacerbation in children with intractable epilepsy. Epilepsia. 2010 Jul; 51(7):1319-22. View abstract
  122. Rotenberg A. Prospects for clinical applications of transcranial magnetic stimulation and real-time EEG in epilepsy. Brain Topogr. 2010 Jan; 22(4):257-66. View abstract
  123. Rotenberg A, Muller PA, Vahabzadeh-Hagh AM, Navarro X, López-Vales R, Pascual-Leone A, Jensen F. Lateralization of forelimb motor evoked potentials by transcranial magnetic stimulation in rats. Clin Neurophysiol. 2010 Jan; 121(1):104-8. View abstract
  124. Rotenberg A, Bae EH, Muller PA, Riviello JJ, Bourgeois BF, Blum AS, Pascual-Leone A. In-session seizures during low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav. 2009 Oct; 16(2):353-5. View abstract
  125. Rotenberg A, Pascual-Leone A. Safety of 1 Hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in patients with titanium skull plates. Clin Neurophysiol. 2009 Jul; 120(7):1417. View abstract
  126. Rotenberg A, Muller P, Birnbaum D, Harrington M, Riviello JJ, Pascual-Leone A, Jensen FE. Seizure suppression by EEG-guided repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in the rat. Clin Neurophysiol. 2008 Dec; 119(12):2697-702. View abstract
  127. Rotenberg A, Bae EH, Takeoka M, Tormos JM, Schachter SC, Pascual-Leone A. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in the treatment of epilepsia partialis continua. Epilepsy Behav. 2009 Jan; 14(1):253-7. View abstract
  128. Rotenberg A, Depositario-Cabacar D, Bae EH, Harini C, Pascual-Leone A, Takeoka M. Transient suppression of seizures by repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in a case of Rasmussen's encephalitis. Epilepsy Behav. 2008 Jul; 13(1):260-2. View abstract
  129. Frye RE, Rotenberg A, Ousley M, Pascual-Leone A. Transcranial magnetic stimulation in child neurology: current and future directions. J Child Neurol. 2008 Jan; 23(1):79-96. View abstract
  130. Rotenberg A, Harrington MG, Birnbaum DS, Madsen JR, Glass IE, Jensen FE, Pascual-Leone A. Minimal heating of titanium skull plates during 1Hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation. Clin Neurophysiol. 2007 Nov; 118(11):2536-8. View abstract
  131. Meikle L, Talos DM, Onda H, Pollizzi K, Rotenberg A, Sahin M, Jensen FE, Kwiatkowski DJ. A mouse model of tuberous sclerosis: neuronal loss of Tsc1 causes dysplastic and ectopic neurons, reduced myelination, seizure activity, and limited survival. J Neurosci. 2007 May 23; 27(21):5546-58. View abstract
  132. Bae EH, Schrader LM, Machii K, Alonso-Alonso M, Riviello JJ, Pascual-Leone A, Rotenberg A. Safety and tolerability of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with epilepsy: a review of the literature. Epilepsy Behav. 2007 Jun; 10(4):521-8. View abstract
  133. Ives JR, Rotenberg A, Poma R, Thut G, Pascual-Leone A. Electroencephalographic recording during transcranial magnetic stimulation in humans and animals. Clin Neurophysiol. 2006 Aug; 117(8):1870-5. View abstract
  134. Liu X, Muller RU, Huang LT, Kubie JL, Rotenberg A, Rivard B, Cilio MR, Holmes GL. Seizure-induced changes in place cell physiology: relationship to spatial memory. J Neurosci. 2003 Dec 17; 23(37):11505-15. View abstract
  135. Rotenberg A, Abel T, Hawkins RD, Kandel ER, Muller RU. Parallel instabilities of long-term potentiation, place cells, and learning caused by decreased protein kinase A activity. J Neurosci. 2000 Nov 01; 20(21):8096-102. View abstract
  136. Rotenberg A, Muller RU. Variable place-cell coupling to a continuously viewed stimulus: evidence that the hippocampus acts as a perceptual system. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 1997 Oct 29; 352(1360):1505-13. View abstract
  137. Rotenberg A, Mayford M, Hawkins RD, Kandel ER, Muller RU. Mice expressing activated CaMKII lack low frequency LTP and do not form stable place cells in the CA1 region of the hippocampus. Cell. 1996 Dec 27; 87(7):1351-61. View abstract