Richard Wennberg, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest papers

Complex motor imagery in elite female ice hockey players: a cortical arena of imagination revealed by magnetoencephalography
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience · 2026 · senior author
Striatal stimulation causing movements mimicking faciobrachial dystonic seizures.
Epileptic disorders : international epilepsy journal with videotape · 2026 · senior author
Cardiorespiratory cross‐frequency coupling biomarker for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy
Epilepsia · 2025

All 63 publications

Latest funding

The impact of prior knowledge on hippocampal-neocortical interactions during memory consolidation
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$359,550
Cortical and basal ganglia mechanisms in movement disorders
CIHR · 2016 · Co-investigator
$3,268,959
Clozapine Levels, Clinical Response, and Side Effects
CIHR · 2013 · Co-investigator
$442,650

All 3 grants and awards

63 publications.

01

Complex motor imagery in elite female ice hockey players: a cortical arena of imagination revealed by magnetoencephalography

Audrey Alice Potts, Luís Garcia Dominguez, David Gold, Mary Pat McAndrews, Richard A Wennberg

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2026.1754371 PMID: 41834909

02

Striatal stimulation causing movements mimicking faciobrachial dystonic seizures.

Gilani K, Fields M, Bolden D, Davitz M, Wennberg R

Epileptic disorders : international epilepsy journal with videotape2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/epd2.70123 PMID: 41251154

03

Cardiorespiratory cross‐frequency coupling biomarker for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy

Adam C. Gravitis, Richard A Wennberg, Peter Louis Carlen, Yotin Chinvarun, Victor Lira, Juliana Laze, Orrin Devinsky, Berj L. Bardakjian

Epilepsia20251 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1002/epi.70057 PMID: 41389016

04

Alpha Rhythm, Alpha Coma, and Entropy in EEG

José Luis Pérez Velázquez, Diego Martin Mateos, Richard A Wennberg

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/wnp.0000000000001177 PMID: 40512606

05

Identifying the infraslow activity associated with faciobrachial dystonic seizures in EEG.

Wennberg R, Hébert J, Tang-Wai D

Epileptic disorders : international epilepsy journal with videotape2025First author

DOI: 10.1002/epd2.20296 PMID: 39380508

06

Unifying biophysical consciousness theories with MaxCon: maximizing configurations of brain connectivity

José Luis Pérez Velázquez, Diego Martin Mateos, Ramón Guevara, Richard A Wennberg

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience20245 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2024.1426986 PMID: 39135560

07

Slow wave sleep is associated with forgetting in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy

Sam Audrain, Richard A Wennberg, Apameh Tarazi, Mary Pat McAndrews

Epilepsy & Behavior20245 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2024.109931 PMID: 38970895

08

Wavelet phase coherence of ictal scalp EEG-extracted muscle activity (SMA) as a biomarker for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP)

Gravitis AC, Sivendiran K, Tufa U, Zukotynski K, Chinvarun Y, Devinsky O, Wennberg R, Carlen PL, Bardakjian BL

PLoS ONE20241 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0298943

09

Comments on: Surgical Management of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension in Pregnancy.

Tyndel F, Wennberg R, Radovanovic I

Journal of neuro-ophthalmology : the official journal of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society2024

DOI: 10.1097/wno.0000000000002006 PMID: 37797087

10

Acetazolamide as an effective treatment for pilomotor seizures in autoimmune encephalitis.

Gilani K, Tarazi A, Wennberg R

Epilepsia2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/epi.17962 PMID: 38536044

The impact of prior knowledge on hippocampal-neocortical interactions during memory consolidation

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: McAndrews, Mary Pat

Keywords: Connecitivity; Eeg/Meg; Epilepsy; Fmri; Hippocampus; Medial Prefrontal Cortex; Memory Consolidation; Sleep; Temporal Neocortex

$359,550

Cortical and basal ganglia mechanisms in movement disorders

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Foundation Grant

Principal investigators: Chen, Robert E

Keywords: Basal Ganglia; Deep Brain Stimulation; Dystonia; Human Subjects; Motor Control; Motor Cortex; Parkinson'S Disease; Plasticity; Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

$3,268,959

Clozapine Levels, Clinical Response, and Side Effects

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Remington, Gary

Keywords: Clozapine; Clozapine Levels; Clozapine Response; Clozapine Side Effects; Schizophrenia; Therapeutic Drug Monitoring; Treatment Resistant Schizophrenia

$442,650

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke, Brain Canada and the New Frontiers in Research Fund.

Frequent collaborators

Berj Bardakjian and Peter Carlen: 65 shared papers
David Mikulis and Karen Davis: 48 shared papers
David Mikulis and Carmela Tartaglia: 35 shared papers
Taufik Valiante and Peter Carlen: 35 shared papers
Mojgan Hodaie and Alexandre Boutet: 34 shared papers
Robert Chen and Mojgan Hodaie: 28 shared papers
Karen Davis and Carmela Tartaglia: 25 shared papers
Mojgan Hodaie and Clement Hamani: 24 shared papers
Mojgan Hodaie and Karen Davis: 19 shared papers
David Mikulis and Mary McAndrews: 16 shared papers
Taufik Valiante and Mary McAndrews: 15 shared papers
Robert Chen and Clement Hamani: 14 shared papers
Brian Levine and Carmela Tartaglia: 14 shared papers
Taufik Valiante and Alexandre Boutet: 14 shared papers
Ivan Radovanovic and Timo Krings: 14 shared papers
Carmela Tartaglia and Charles Tator: 12 shared papers
David Mikulis and Timo Krings: 10 shared papers
Berj Bardakjian and Taufik Valiante: 9 shared papers
David Mikulis and Charles Tator: 9 shared papers
Karen Davis and Charles Tator: 8 shared papers
Robert Chen and Alexandre Boutet: 7 shared papers
Mojgan Hodaie and Andres Lozano: 6 shared papers
Taufik Valiante and Richard Wennberg: 6 shared papers
Mary McAndrews and Richard Wennberg: 6 shared papers
Peter Carlen and Richard Wennberg: 6 shared papers
Clement Hamani and Alexandre Boutet: 6 shared papers
Richard Wennberg and Carmela Tartaglia: 6 shared papers
David Mikulis and Richard Wennberg: 5 shared papers
Douglas Cheyne and Richard Wennberg: 5 shared papers
Taufik Valiante and Timo Krings: 5 shared papers
Karen Davis and Richard Wennberg: 5 shared papers
Katherine Zukotynski and Berj Bardakjian: 4 shared papers
Katherine Zukotynski and Peter Carlen: 4 shared papers
Berj Bardakjian and Richard Wennberg: 4 shared papers
David Mikulis and Ivan Radovanovic: 4 shared papers
Taufik Valiante and Ivan Radovanovic: 4 shared papers
Andres Lozano and Clement Hamani: 4 shared papers
Andres Lozano and Alexandre Boutet: 4 shared papers
David Lloyd Streiner and Katherine Zukotynski: 3 shared papers
Brian Levine and Mary McAndrews: 3 shared papers
Taufik Valiante and Peter Tai: 3 shared papers
Clement Hamani and Richard Wennberg: 3 shared papers
Richard Wennberg and Peter Tai: 3 shared papers
Richard Wennberg and Charles Tator: 3 shared papers
Katherine Zukotynski and Richard Wennberg: 2 shared papers
Robert Chen and Richard Wennberg: 2 shared papers
David Mikulis and Cheryl Jaigobin: 2 shared papers
Mojgan Hodaie and Richard Wennberg: 2 shared papers
Mary McAndrews and Peter Tai: 2 shared papers
Andres Lozano and Richard Wennberg: 2 shared papers
Ivan Radovanovic and Richard Wennberg: 2 shared papers
Ivan Radovanovic and Felix Tyndel: 2 shared papers
Danielle Andrade and Richard Wennberg: 2 shared papers
Richard Wennberg and Felix Tyndel: 2 shared papers
Richard Wennberg and Timo Krings: 2 shared papers
David Lloyd Streiner and Berj Bardakjian: 1 shared paper
David Lloyd Streiner and David Mikulis: 1 shared paper
David Lloyd Streiner and Richard Wennberg: 1 shared paper
Robert Chen and Douglas Cheyne: 1 shared paper
Robert Chen and Danielle Andrade: 1 shared paper
David Mikulis and Brian Levine: 1 shared paper
Mojgan Hodaie and Danielle Andrade: 1 shared paper
Brian Levine and Richard Wennberg: 1 shared paper
Douglas Cheyne and Taufik Valiante: 1 shared paper
Taufik Valiante and Aylin Reid: 1 shared paper
Aylin Reid and Peter Carlen: 1 shared paper
Aylin Reid and Richard Wennberg: 1 shared paper
Alexandre Boutet and Richard Wennberg: 1 shared paper
Richard Wennberg and Cheryl Jaigobin: 1 shared paper

Department of Medicine
Department of Surgery
Department of Psychology
Department of Medical Imaging
Institute of Medical Science
Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Medical Imaging
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1 shared papers, latest 2022

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Wennberg, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Complex motor imagery in elite female ice hockey players: a cortical arena of imagination revealed by magnetoencephalography" (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]