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Birgit Frauscher

ResearcherNeurologyMcGill University

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Birgit Frauscher

Researcher

Neurology

Health Sciences

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
70 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 39 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (2 NSERC, 1 CIHR), most recently in 2020.
Supervised 3 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2022.

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Research

Epilepsy Epilepsy Surgery High-Density Electroencephalography High-Frequency Oscillations Intracranial Electroencephalography Multimodal Imaging Postsurgical Outcome Source Localization

Latest papers

Complementary predictive value of electromagnetic source imaging and hemodynamic responses in epilepsy surgery: A quantitative spatial analysis.
Epilepsia · 2026
Epilepsy surgery outcomes and their determinants: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis.
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry · 2026 · senior author
Thalamic interictal epileptic and non-epileptic events during NREM sleep in patients with focal epilepsy: a Stereo-EEG study.
EBioMedicine · 2026 · senior author

All 116 publications

Latest funding

Simultaneous non-invasive and invasive electro-encephalography to localize the epileptic focus
CIHR · 2022 · Supervisor
$105,000
Development of seizure-independent electroencephalography features for predicting the epileptogenic zone and epilepsy surgery outcome
CIHR · 2022 · Supervisor
$90,000
The coupling of spindles and high frequency oscillations during sleep: role in memory and in epilepsy.
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$937,125

All 8 grants and awards

116 publications.

Complementary predictive value of electromagnetic source imaging and hemodynamic responses in epilepsy surgery: A quantitative spatial analysis.

Abdallah C, Delaire E, Dascal A, González A, Cai Z, Hedrich T, Khajehpour H, Ikemoto S, Tanaka M, Bernhardt BC, Kobayashi E, Gotman J, Frauscher B, Grova C

Epilepsia2026

DOI: 10.1002/epi.70347 PMID: 42423621

Epilepsy surgery outcomes and their determinants: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis.

Avigdor T, Ho A, Moye M, Davalan W, Minato E, Hannan S, Holden T, Bouchet T, Wang YL, Jaber K, Khweileh M, Kaplan S, Travnicek V, Carlson D, Frauscher B

Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2025-337158 PMID: 41951360

Thalamic interictal epileptic and non-epileptic events during NREM sleep in patients with focal epilepsy: a Stereo-EEG study.

Ye H, Jaber K, Ho A, Ye L, Thomas J, Xu X, Chen C, Chen Y, Ren G, Moye M, Avigdor T, Doležalová I, Klimes P, Parikh P, Southwell D, Zheng Z, Zhu J, Wang S, Frauscher B

EBioMedicine2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2026.106287 PMID: 42119303

Thalamo-cortical synchrony shapes seizure expression in human temporal lobe epilepsy.

Aung T, Li J, Tumnark T, Belly C, Thomas J, Jaber K, Parikh P, Zafar M, Southwell D, Chauvel P, Frauscher B, Gonzalez-Martinez J

Nature communications2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-73053-9 PMID: 42185273

How vigilance states influence source imaging of physiological brain oscillations: Evidence from intracranial EEG.

Wei X, Afnan J, Avigdor T, von Ellenrieder N, Delaire É, Royer J, Ho A, Minato E, Schiller K, Jaber K, Wang YL, Moye M, Bernhardt BC, Lina JM, Grova C, Frauscher B

NeuroImage2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2026.121803 PMID: 41687693

Dreaming in patients with epilepsy: a cross-sectional cohort study.

Charpentier-Hélary M, de la Chapelle A, Linard M, André-Obadia N, Boulogne S, Catenoix H, Jung J, Rheims S, Schiller K, Frauscher B, Ruby P, Peter-Derex L

Journal of sleep research2025

DOI: 10.1111/jsr.14464 PMID: 39891348

The state of vigilance and not antiseizure medication dosage drive variability in interictal epilepsy biomarkers.

Travnicek V, Mansilla D, Abdallah C, Pail M, Avigdor T, Dubeau F, Klimes P, Frauscher B

Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2025.2110825 PMID: 40680641

Visual Features in Stereo-Electroencephalography to Predict Surgical Outcome: A Multicenter Study.

Abdallah C, Thomas J, Aron O, Avigdor T, Jaber K, Doležalová I, Mansilla D, Nevalainen P, Parikh P, Singh J, Beniczky S, Kahane P, Minotti L, Chabardes S, Colnat-Coulbois S, Maillard L, Hall J, Dubeau F, Gotman J, Grova C, Frauscher B

Annals of neurology2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/ana.27278 PMID: 40519108

Spectral and network investigation reveals distinct power and connectivity patterns between phasic and tonic REM sleep.

Avigdor T, Peter-Derex L, Ho A, Schiller K, Wang Y, Abdallah C, Delaire E, Jaber K, Travnicek V, Grova C, Frauscher B

Sleep2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsaf133 PMID: 40394955

Reduction of interictal epileptic burden by pulsatile corticoid therapy in children with drug-resistant epilepsy-How stable is the effect?

Schiller K, Avigdor T, Thomas J, Mansilla D, Abdallah C, Kortas A, Unterholzner G, Pana R, Rauchenzauner M, Frauscher B

Epileptic disorders : international epilepsy journal with videotape2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/epd2.70036 PMID: 40347442

Simultaneous non-invasive and invasive electro-encephalography to localize the epileptic focus

SupervisorCIHR2022Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Abdallah, Chifaou

Keywords: Neurophysiology; Neuroscience

$105,000

Development of seizure-independent electroencephalography features for predicting the epileptogenic zone and epilepsy surgery outcome

SupervisorCIHR2022CIHR Fellowship

Principal investigators: Thomas, John

Keywords: Biomedical Signal Processing; Data-Driven Models; Epilepsy Surgery; Health Systems; Intracranial Eeg

$90,000

The coupling of spindles and high frequency oscillations during sleep: role in memory and in epilepsy.

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Peyrache, Adrien

Keywords: Brain Dynamics; Epilepsy; Learning And Memory; Sleep

$937,125

Neuroimaging of disease progression and tauopathy in temporal lobe epilepsy

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Bernhardt, Boris; Ladbon Bernasconi, Neda

Keywords: Cognitive Decline; Connectomics; Epilepsy; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Neuroimaging; Tau Imaging

$734,400

Simplifying and improving the pre-surgical evaluation of epilepsy

Nominated PICIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Frauscher, Birgit

Keywords: Epilepsy; Epilepsy Surgery; High-Density Electroencephalography; High-Frequency Oscillations; Intracranial Electroencephalography; Multimodal Imaging; Postsurgical Outcome; Source Localization

$761,175

How does the human brain sleep: analysis of scalp-intracerebral correlates to better understand the region-specific neurophysiology of sleep

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Accelerator Supplements

Principal investigators: Frauscher, Birgit

$120,000

How does the human brain sleep: analysis of scalp-intracerebral correlates to better understand the region-specific neurophysiology of sleep

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Frauscher, Birgit

$234,000

Linking microstructure and macroscale function of affective brain networks in health and disease

SupervisorCIHR2019CIHR Fellowship

Principal investigators: Royer, Jessica

Keywords: Connectivity; Emotion; Epilepsy; Intracranial Electroencephalography; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Microstructure; Networks; Resting-State

$275,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Birgit Frauscher

Research

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Latest funding

Complementary predictive value of electromagnetic source imaging and hemodynamic responses in epilepsy surgery: A quantitative spatial analysis.

Epilepsy surgery outcomes and their determinants: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis.

Thalamic interictal epileptic and non-epileptic events during NREM sleep in patients with focal epilepsy: a Stereo-EEG study.

Thalamo-cortical synchrony shapes seizure expression in human temporal lobe epilepsy.

How vigilance states influence source imaging of physiological brain oscillations: Evidence from intracranial EEG.

Dreaming in patients with epilepsy: a cross-sectional cohort study.

The state of vigilance and not antiseizure medication dosage drive variability in interictal epilepsy biomarkers.

Visual Features in Stereo-Electroencephalography to Predict Surgical Outcome: A Multicenter Study.

Spectral and network investigation reveals distinct power and connectivity patterns between phasic and tonic REM sleep.

Reduction of interictal epileptic burden by pulsatile corticoid therapy in children with drug-resistant epilepsy-How stable is the effect?

Simultaneous non-invasive and invasive electro-encephalography to localize the epileptic focus

Development of seizure-independent electroencephalography features for predicting the epileptogenic zone and epilepsy surgery outcome

The coupling of spindles and high frequency oscillations during sleep: role in memory and in epilepsy.

Neuroimaging of disease progression and tauopathy in temporal lobe epilepsy

Simplifying and improving the pre-surgical evaluation of epilepsy

How does the human brain sleep: analysis of scalp-intracerebral correlates to better understand the region-specific neurophysiology of sleep

How does the human brain sleep: analysis of scalp-intracerebral correlates to better understand the region-specific neurophysiology of sleep

Linking microstructure and macroscale function of affective brain networks in health and disease

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