Thomas Bast

10.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
134 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Thomas Bast is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Clinical Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Bast has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 72 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 28 papers in Clinical Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Thomas Bast's work include Epilepsy research and treatment (93 papers), Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies (56 papers) and Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (28 papers). Thomas Bast is often cited by papers focused on Epilepsy research and treatment (93 papers), Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies (56 papers) and Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (28 papers). Thomas Bast collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Thomas Bast's co-authors include D. Rating, Andreas Schulze‐Bonhage, Georgia Ramantani, Josef Zentner, Susanne Schubert‐Bast, Michael Scherg, Karl Strobl, Susanne Fauser, Armin Brandt and Christian Wolf and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Bast

127 papers receiving 4.1k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Bast Germany	41	2.5k	1.6k	1.1k	1.0k	567	134	4.2k
Ronit Pressler United Kingdom	33	2.6k 1.0×	2.2k 1.4×	895 0.8×	1.3k 1.3×	342 0.6×	87	4.3k
Tammy N. Tsuchida United States	28	1.5k 0.6×	1.9k 1.2×	542 0.5×	1.0k 1.0×	731 1.3×	66	3.9k
Anna Kamińska France	30	1.5k 0.6×	982 0.6×	964 0.9×	748 0.7×	953 1.7×	177	3.7k
Richard A. Hrachovy United States	31	2.2k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	949 0.9×	831 0.8×	449 0.8×	66	3.2k
Perrine Plouin France	27	3.6k 1.4×	2.3k 1.4×	1.3k 1.2×	1.0k 1.0×	814 1.4×	59	5.2k
Michael Duchowny United States	39	3.1k 1.2×	2.3k 1.4×	1.1k 1.0×	770 0.8×	262 0.5×	116	4.2k
A. Simon Harvey Australia	51	4.7k 1.9×	2.9k 1.8×	1.8k 1.7×	1.9k 1.9×	905 1.6×	151	7.5k
C. P. Panayiotopoulos United Kingdom	42	3.4k 1.4×	1.9k 1.2×	1.8k 1.7×	942 0.9×	542 1.0×	128	5.0k
Youssef G. Comair United States	36	2.7k 1.1×	1.9k 1.2×	1.2k 1.2×	874 0.9×	368 0.6×	74	4.3k
Norimichi Higurashi Japan	15	2.6k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	1.0k 1.0×	780 0.8×	437 0.8×	40	3.4k

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Korinthenberg, Rudolf, Thomas Bast, Edda Haberlandt, et al.. (2024). Efficacy and safety of corticosteroids and ACTH in epileptic syndromes beyond Infantile Epileptic Spasms Syndrome (IESS): A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Epilepsia. 65(5). 1155–1175. 5 indexed citations

Coenen, Volker A., Martin Hirsch, Peter C. Reinacher, et al.. (2024). Technical note: preliminary surgical experience with a new implantable epicranial stimulation device for chronic focal cortex stimulation in drug-resistant epilepsy. Acta Neurochirurgica. 166(1). 145–145. 2 indexed citations

Rau, Alexander, Theo Demerath, Thomas Bast, et al.. (2023). Valproate associated brain volume‐loss in pediatric epilepsy—A case series. Epilepsia Open. 8(4). 1581–1587. 3 indexed citations

Schröter, Julian, Saskia Biskup, Kerstin Alexandra Klotz, et al.. (2021). Refining Genotypes and Phenotypes in KCNA2-Related Neurological Disorders. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(6). 2824–2824. 25 indexed citations

Schröter, Julian, Marjolein H. Willemsen, Thomas Bast, et al.. (2021). Further evidence for de novo variants in SYNCRIP as the cause of a neurodevelopmental disorder. Human Mutation. 42(9). 1094–1100. 12 indexed citations

Fauser, Susanne, Armin Brandt, Gert Wiegand, et al.. (2018). Long-term seizure outcome in pediatric patients with focal cortical dysplasia undergoing tailored and standard surgical resections. Seizure. 62. 66–73. 27 indexed citations

Chibbaro, Salvatore, H. Cébula, Julia Scholly, et al.. (2017). Pure endoscopic management of epileptogenic hypothalamic hamartomas. Neurosurgical Review. 40(4). 647–653. 19 indexed citations

Lang, Nicolas, Stefan Evers, Christoph Kellinghaus, et al.. (2015). Intravenous levetiracetam in clinical practice – Results from an independent registry. Seizure. 29. 109–113. 6 indexed citations

Schwarz, Niklas, Andreas Hahn, Thomas Bast, et al.. (2015). Mutations in the sodium channel gene SCN2A cause neonatal epilepsy with late-onset episodic ataxia. Journal of Neurology. 263(2). 334–343. 64 indexed citations

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Borggraefe, Ingo, Michaela Bonfert, Thomas Bast, et al.. (2013). Levetiracetam vs. sulthiame in benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes in childhood: A double-blinded, randomized, controlled trial (German HEAD Study). European Journal of Paediatric Neurology. 17(5). 507–514. 34 indexed citations

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Ramantani, Georgia, Louis Maillard, Thomas Bast, et al.. (2013). Epilepsy in Aicardi–Goutières syndrome. European Journal of Paediatric Neurology. 18(1). 30–37. 18 indexed citations

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Bölsterli, Bigna K., Bernhard Schmitt, Thomas Bast, et al.. (2011). Impaired slow wave sleep downscaling in encephalopathy with status epilepticus during sleep (ESES). Clinical Neurophysiology. 122(9). 1779–1787. 97 indexed citations

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Kluger, Gerhard, Edda Haberlandt, Gerhard Kurlemann, et al.. (2010). First European long-term experience with the orphan drug rufinamide in childhood-onset refractory epilepsy. Epilepsy & Behavior. 17(4). 546–548. 44 indexed citations

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Ramantani, Georgia, Friedrich Ebinger, Heike Philippi, et al.. (2010). Levetiracetam in the treatment of neonatal seizures: A pilot study. Seizure. 19(3). 185–189. 66 indexed citations

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Philippi, Heike, Gabriele Wohlrab, Peter Borusiak, et al.. (2008). Electroencephalographic evolution of hypsarrhythmia: Toward an early treatment option. Epilepsia. 49(11). 1859–1864. 26 indexed citations

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Kölker, Stefan, et al.. (2007). Gamma-Hydroxybutyric Acid Sedation in Neonates and Children Undergoing MR Imaging. Klinische Pädiatrie. 219(4). 217–219. 7 indexed citations

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Bast, Thomas, Thomas W. Wright, Rainer Boor, et al.. (2007). Combined EEG and MEG analysis of early somatosensory evoked activity in children and adolescents with focal epilepsies. Clinical Neurophysiology. 118(8). 1721–1735. 31 indexed citations

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Bast, Thomas, Sabine Rona, Christoph Stippich, et al.. (2004). EEG and MEG Source Analysis of Single and Averaged Interictal Spikes Reveals Intrinsic Epileptogenicity in Focal Cortical Dysplasia. Epilepsia. 45(6). 621–631. 144 indexed citations

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Bast, Thomas, et al.. (2003). The Influence of Sulthiame on EEG in Children with Benign Childhood Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes (BECTS). Epilepsia. 44(2). 215–220. 67 indexed citations

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Bast, Thomas, et al.. (2001). Hyponatraemia in children with acute CNS disease: SIADH or cerebral salt wasting?. Child s Nervous System. 17(9). 575–575. 35 indexed citations

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