Christoph Helmstaedter

21.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
330 papers, 15.3k citations indexed

About

Christoph Helmstaedter is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Christoph Helmstaedter has authored 330 papers receiving a total of 15.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 234 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 127 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 125 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Christoph Helmstaedter's work include Epilepsy research and treatment (226 papers), Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies (115 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (108 papers). Christoph Helmstaedter is often cited by papers focused on Epilepsy research and treatment (226 papers), Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies (115 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (108 papers). Christoph Helmstaedter collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Christoph Helmstaedter's co-authors include Christian E. Elger, Juri‐Alexander Witt, Martin Kurthen, Markus Reuber, Ulrike Gleißner, Silke Lux, Christian Hoppe, Johannes Schramm, Michael Lendt and Horst Urbach and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Christoph Helmstaedter

322 papers receiving 14.9k citations

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Chronic epilepsy and cognition

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Imad Najm United States

Gregory D. Cascino United States

Édouard Hirsch France

Prakash Kotagal United States

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Elaine Wyllie United States

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Laura Tassi Italy

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20 of 20 papers shown

Witt, Juri‐Alexander, et al.. (2025). Hyperphosphorylated Tau and Cognition in Epilepsy. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 14(2). 514–514.

Hoppe, Christian, Anna Tietze, Valeri Borger, et al.. (2025). Association of Cortical Atrophy Patterns With Clinical Phenotypes and Histopathological Findings in Patients With Rasmussen Syndrome. Neurology. 104(10). e213629–e213629. 1 indexed citations

Skogan, Annette Holth, et al.. (2024). Applications of teleneuropsychology to the screening and monitoring of epilepsy. Seizure. 128. 54–58. 2 indexed citations

Hoppe, Christian, et al.. (2023). How are they doing as adults? Psychosocial and socioeconomic outcomes 11‐30 years after pediatric epilepsy surgery. Epilepsia Open. 8(3). 797–810. 3 indexed citations

Diers, Kersten, Juri‐Alexander Witt, Valeri Borger, et al.. (2023). A novel geometry‐based analysis of hippocampal morphometry in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Human Brain Mapping. 44(12). 4467–4479. 1 indexed citations

Witt, Juri‐Alexander, Guido Widman, Niels Hansen, et al.. (2022). Evaluation of a Rapid Topiramate Titration Scheme for the Early Detection of Cognitive Side Effects. CNS Drugs. 36(12). 1325–1330. 4 indexed citations

Wrede, Randi von, Hans‐Jürgen Huppertz, Theodor Rüber, et al.. (2022). Large Phenotypic Variation of Individuals from a Family with a Novel ASPM Mutation Associated with Microcephaly, Epilepsy, and Behavioral and Cognitive Deficits. Genes. 13(3). 429–429. 1 indexed citations

Kanner, Andrés M., Anna Patten, Alan B. Ettinger, et al.. (2021). Does a psychiatric history play a role in the development of psychiatric adverse events to perampanel… and to placebo?. Epilepsy & Behavior. 125. 108380–108380. 15 indexed citations

Wrede, Randi von, Christoph Helmstaedter, & Rainer Surges. (2021). Cannabidiol in the Treatment of Epilepsy. Clinical Drug Investigation. 41(3). 211–220. 38 indexed citations

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Chaieb, Leila, et al.. (2020). Reduced past‐oriented mind wandering in left compared to right medial temporal lobe epilepsy. European Journal of Neuroscience. 52(5). 3411–3418. 6 indexed citations

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Benjamin, Christopher, Hal Blumenfeld, R. Todd Constable, et al.. (2018). Presurgical language fMRI: Clinical practices and patient outcomes in epilepsy surgical planning. Human Brain Mapping. 39(7). 2777–2785. 41 indexed citations

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Benjamin, Christopher, Isha Dhingra, Hal Blumenfeld, et al.. (2018). Presurgical language fMRI: Technical practices in epilepsy surgical planning. Human Brain Mapping. 39(10). 4032–4042. 34 indexed citations

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Witt, Juri‐Alexander, Viola Lara Vogt, Guido Widman, et al.. (2015). Loss of Autonoetic Awareness of Recent Autobiographical Episodes and Accelerated Long-Term Forgetting in a Patient with Previously Unrecognized Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase Antibody Related Limbic Encephalitis. Frontiers in Neurology. 6. 130–130. 26 indexed citations

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Schneider, Christine, Christoph Helmstaedter, Eileen Lüders, et al.. (2014). Relation of Callosal Structure to Cognitive Abilities in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Frontiers in Neurology. 5. 16–16. 10 indexed citations

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Helmstaedter, Christoph. (2013). Cognitive outcomes of different surgical approaches in temporal lobe epilepsy. Epileptic Disorders. 15(3). 221–239. 127 indexed citations

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Trimble, Michael, Albert P. Aldenkamp, Dale C. Hesdorffer, et al.. (2011). The Neuropsychiatry of Epilepsy. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 29 indexed citations

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Helmstaedter, Christoph, et al.. (2008). Positive and negative psychotropic effects of levetiracetam. Epilepsy & Behavior. 13(3). 535–541. 81 indexed citations

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Gleißner, Ulrike, Hans Clusmann, Robert Sassen, Christian E. Elger, & Christoph Helmstaedter. (2006). Postsurgical Outcome in Pediatric Patients with Epilepsy: A Comparison of Patients with Intellectual Disabilities, Subaverage Intelligence, and Average‐Range Intelligence. Epilepsia. 47(2). 406–414. 35 indexed citations

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Glasmacher, Axel, Hendrik Pels, Christoph Helmstaedter, et al.. (2001). Combined systemic and intraventricular chemotherapy in primary CNS lymphoma: Superior results in patients younger than 60 years. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations

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Helmstaedter, Christoph & Martin Kurthen. (2001). Memory and epilepsy: characteristics, course, and influence of drugs and surgery. Current Opinion in Neurology. 14(2). 211–216. 96 indexed citations

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