Christi Heck

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Christi Heck is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christi Heck has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 13 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 10 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Christi Heck's work include EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (15 papers), Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (11 papers) and Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research (10 papers). Christi Heck is often cited by papers focused on EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (15 papers), Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (11 papers) and Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research (10 papers). Christi Heck collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belarus and United Kingdom. Christi Heck's co-authors include Christopher M. DeGiorgio, Jorge Correale, Adrián L. Rabinowicz, Charles Y. Liu, Spencer Kellis, Richard A. Andersen, Christian Klaes, Sandra L. Helmers, Brian Lee and Mindy Aisen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Neuroscience and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Christi Heck

26 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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Decoding motor imagery from the posterior parietal cortex of a tetraplegic human

2015 387 citations Tyson Aflalo, Spencer Kellis et al. Science profile →

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Christi Heck

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Kiyohito Terada Japan

Anli Liu United States

Sigride Thomé-Souza Brazil

Sergio Bagnato Italy

Louise Tyvaert France

Firas Fahoum Israel

Mohamad Z. Koubeissi United States

Yongjie Li China

Flavia Pauri Italy

Walter G. Besio United States

Kiyohito Terada Japan

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361 ×0.5

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christi Heck

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20 of 20 papers shown

Mason, Xenos, et al.. (2025). Beta-band desynchronization in the human hippocampus during movement preparation in a delayed reach task. Experimental Brain Research. 243(7). 180–180.

Heck, Christi, et al.. (2025). Beta-band power modulation in the human amygdala during a delayed reach task. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 135. 111151–111151.

Mason, Xenos, et al.. (2024). Beta-band power modulation in the human amygdala differentiates between go/no-go responses in an arm-reaching task. Journal of Neural Engineering. 21(4). 46019–46019. 2 indexed citations

Mason, Xenos, et al.. (2024). Understanding the human conflict processing network: A review of the literature on direct neural recordings during performance of a modified stroop task. Neuroscience Research. 206. 1–19. 5 indexed citations

Mason, Xenos, Christi Heck, George Nune, et al.. (2023). A review of neurophysiological effects and efficiency of waveform parameters in deep brain stimulation. Clinical Neurophysiology. 152. 93–111. 11 indexed citations

Leahy, Richard M., et al.. (2022). Neuroanatomic Markers of Posttraumatic Epilepsy Based on MR Imaging and Machine Learning. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 43(3). 347–353. 3 indexed citations

Heck, Christi, et al.. (2022). Baseline hippocampal beta band power is lower in the presence of movement uncertainty. Journal of Neural Engineering. 19(4). 46019–46019. 3 indexed citations

Lee, Brian, Daniel R. Kramer, M Salas, et al.. (2018). Engineering Artificial Somatosensation Through Cortical Stimulation in Humans. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. 12. 24–24. 56 indexed citations

Aflalo, Tyson, Spencer Kellis, Christian Klaes, et al.. (2015). Decoding motor imagery from the posterior parietal cortex of a tetraplegic human. Science. 348(6237). 906–910. 387 indexed citations breakdown →

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Klaes, Christian, Spencer Kellis, Tyson Aflalo, et al.. (2015). Hand Shape Representations in the Human Posterior Parietal Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(46). 15466–15476. 58 indexed citations

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Soss, Jason, Christi Heck, Daniela Markovic, et al.. (2014). A prospective long-term study of external trigeminal nerve stimulation for drug-resistant epilepsy. Epilepsy & Behavior. 42. 44–47. 42 indexed citations

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DeGiorgio, Christopher M., Jason Soss, Ian A. Cook, et al.. (2013). Randomized controlled trial of trigeminal nerve stimulation for drug-resistant epilepsy. Neurology. 80(9). 786–791. 139 indexed citations

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Berger, Theodore W., Dong Song, Rosa H. M. Chan, et al.. (2012). Role of the Hippocampus in Memory Formation : Restorative Encoding Memory Integration Neural Device As a Cognitive Neural Prosthesis. IEEE Pulse. 3(5). 17–22. 11 indexed citations

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Song, Dong, et al.. (2012). Spatio-temporal inter-ictal activity recorded from human epileptic hippocampal slices. PubMed. 1. 5166–5169. 2 indexed citations

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Herzog, Andrew G., Kristen M. Fowler, Laura A. Kalayjian, et al.. (2011). Premenstrual dysphoric disorder in women with epilepsy: Relationships to potential epileptic, antiepileptic drug, and reproductive endocrine factors. Epilepsy & Behavior. 21(4). 391–396. 4 indexed citations

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Bunch, S. E., Christopher M. DeGiorgio, Scott E. Krahl, et al.. (2007). Vagus nerve stimulation for epilepsy: is output current correlated with acute response?. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica. 116(4). 217–220. 29 indexed citations

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DeGiorgio, Christopher M., et al.. (2001). Vagus Nerve Stimulation: Analysis of Device Parameters in 154 Patients during the Long‐Term XE5 Study. Epilepsia. 42(8). 1017–1020. 77 indexed citations

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Amar, Arun Paul, Christi Heck, Christopher M. DeGiorgio, & Michael L.J. Apuzzo. (1999). Experience with Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Intractable Epilepsy: Some Questions and Answers. Neurologia medico-chirurgica. 39(7). 489–495. 11 indexed citations

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Amar, Arun Paul, Christi Heck, Michael L. Levy, et al.. (1998). An Institutional Experience with Cervical Vagus Nerve Trunk Stimulation for Medically Refractory Epilepsy: Rationale, Technique, and Outcome. Neurosurgery. 43(6). 1265–1276. 117 indexed citations

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DeGiorgio, Christopher M., Peggy S. Gott, Adrián L. Rabinowicz, et al.. (1996). Neuron‐Specific Enolase, a Marker of Acute Neuronal Injury, is Increased in Complex Partial Status Epilepticus. Epilepsia. 37(7). 606–609. 92 indexed citations

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