Vahé E. Amassian

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

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Vahé E. Amassian is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Vahé E. Amassian has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 20 papers in Neurology and 17 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Vahé E. Amassian's work include Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies (19 papers), EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (17 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (14 papers). Vahé E. Amassian is often cited by papers focused on Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies (19 papers), EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (17 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (14 papers). Vahé E. Amassian collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Vahé E. Amassian's co-authors include Roger Q. Cracco, Harry D. Patton, Paul J. Maccabee, P.J. Maccabee, L. Eberle, Joan B. Cracco, Larry Eberle, Alan P. Rudell, John Cadwell and John C. Rothwell and has published in prestigious journals such as Brain, The Journal of Physiology and Journal of Neurophysiology.

In The Last Decade

Vahé E. Amassian

56 papers receiving 3.4k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vahé E. Amassian United States	33	2.1k	1.7k	864	811	433	56	3.6k
P. Asselman United Kingdom	18	2.9k 1.4×	2.0k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	561 0.7×	516 1.2×	23	4.7k
Domenico Restuccia Italy	34	1.7k 0.8×	1.7k 1.0×	700 0.8×	484 0.6×	642 1.5×	109	4.0k
C.H. Lücking Germany	17	2.2k 1.0×	1.6k 0.9×	685 0.8×	533 0.7×	285 0.7×	34	3.8k
E. Kunesch Germany	28	2.3k 1.1×	1.8k 1.0×	910 1.1×	547 0.7×	168 0.4×	44	3.5k
E. Saturno Italy	25	2.4k 1.2×	1.5k 0.8×	810 0.9×	412 0.5×	213 0.5×	42	3.1k
B.-U. Meyer Germany	28	1.9k 0.9×	1.4k 0.8×	692 0.8×	417 0.5×	177 0.4×	60	3.1k
Claude Tomberg Belgium	15	2.2k 1.1×	2.3k 1.3×	711 0.8×	320 0.4×	173 0.4×	37	3.7k
Takashi Kujirai United Kingdom	6	2.9k 1.4×	1.6k 0.9×	979 1.1×	430 0.5×	148 0.3×	10	3.4k
Toshiaki Furubayashi Japan	29	2.6k 1.2×	1.7k 1.0×	968 1.1×	472 0.6×	154 0.4×	70	3.4k
P. Mazzone Italy	32	3.7k 1.8×	2.2k 1.3×	1.4k 1.6×	849 1.0×	264 0.6×	66	4.6k

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Amassian, Vahé E., et al.. (2011). Cortical control of voluntary saccades in Parkinson's disease and pre-emptive perception. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 18. S100–S103. 8 indexed citations

Silverberg, Jonathan I., David Ginsburg, Rena Orman, et al.. (2009). Lymphocyte infiltration of neocortex and hippocampus after a single brief seizure in mice. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 24(2). 263–272. 38 indexed citations

Forgács, P, Hans von Gizycki, Ivan Selesnick, et al.. (2008). Perisaccadic Parietal and Occipital Gamma Power in Light and in Complete Darkness. Perception. 37(3). 419–432. 14 indexed citations

Lalli, Stefania, et al.. (2006). Role of the calcarine cortex (V1) in perception of visual cues for saccades. Clinical Neurophysiology. 117(9). 2030–2038. 16 indexed citations

Bódis-Wollner, Iván, et al.. (2004). A comparison of posterior cortical gamma in man when saccades are executed to visual targets and without visual targets in the dark.. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 45(13). 2516–2516. 1 indexed citations

Novak, Klaus, Adauri Bueno de Camargo, Michael G. Neuwirth, et al.. (2004). The refractory period of fast conducting corticospinal tract axons in man and its implications for intraoperative monitoring of motor evoked potentials. Clinical Neurophysiology. 115(8). 1931–1941. 19 indexed citations

Bestmann, Sven, HR Siebner, Nicola Modugno, Vahé E. Amassian, & John C. Rothwell. (2003). Inhibitory interactions between pairs of subthreshold conditioning stimuli in the human motor cortex. Clinical Neurophysiology. 115(4). 755–764. 16 indexed citations

Deletis, Vedran, et al.. (2001). Neurophysiological mechanisms underlying motor evoked potentials in anesthetized humans.. Clinical Neurophysiology. 112(3). 438–444. 74 indexed citations

Cracco, Roger Q., Joan B. Cracco, Paul J. Maccabee, & Vahé E. Amassian. (1999). Cerebral function revealed by transcranial magnetic stimulation. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 86(2). 209–219. 42 indexed citations

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Amassian, Vahé E., Roger Q. Cracco, Paul J. Maccabee, et al.. (1998). Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Study of the Visual Pathway. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology. 15(4). 288–304. 86 indexed citations

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Tokimura, Hiroshi, Michael C. Ridding, Yoshika Tokimura, Vahé E. Amassian, & John C. Rothwell. (1996). Short latency facilitation between pairs of threshold magnetic stimuli applied to human motor cortex. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology/Electromyography and Motor Control. 101(4). 263–272. 225 indexed citations

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Roth, Bradley J., P.J. Maccabee, L. Eberle, et al.. (1994). In vitro evaluation of a 4-leaf coil design for magnetic stimulation of peripheral nerve. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology/Evoked Potentials Section. 93(1). 68–74. 43 indexed citations

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Brasil‐Neto, Joaquim P., Josep Valls‐Solé, Álvaro Pascual‐Leone, et al.. (1993). Rapid modulation of human cortical motor outputs following ischaemic nerve block. Brain. 116(3). 511–525. 255 indexed citations

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Amassian, Vahé E., Larry Eberle, Paul J. Maccabee, & Roger Q. Cracco. (1992). Modelling magnetic coil excitation of human cerebral cortex with a peripheral nerve immersed in a brain-shaped volume conductor: the significance of fiber bending in excitation. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology/Evoked Potentials Section. 85(5). 291–301. 172 indexed citations

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Maccabee, P.J., L. Eberle, Vahé E. Amassian, Roger Q. Cracco, & Alan P. Rudell. (1990). Spatial distribution of the electric field induced in volume by round and figure ‘8’ magnetic coils: relevance to activation of sensory nerve fibers. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology. 76(2). 131–141. 77 indexed citations

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Cracco, Roger Q., Vahé E. Amassian, Paul J. Maccabee, & Joan B. Cracco. (1990). Excitatory and Inhibitory Effects of Magnetic Coil Stimulation of Human Cortex. Elsevier eBooks. 41. 134–139. 11 indexed citations

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Levy, Walter J., et al.. (1990). Focal magnetic coil stimulation reveals motor cortical system reorganized in humans after traumatic quadriplegia. Brain Research. 510(1). 130–134. 139 indexed citations

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Amassian, Vahé E., Roger Q. Cracco, & Paul J. Maccabee. (1989). A sense of movement elicited in paralyzed distal arm by focal magnetic coil stimulation of human motor cortex. Brain Research. 479(2). 355–360. 38 indexed citations

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Amassian, Vahé E., Roger Q. Cracco, & Paul J. Maccabee. (1989). Focal stimulation of human cerebral cortex with the magnetic coil: a comparison with electrical stimulation. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology/Evoked Potentials Section. 74(6). 401–416. 189 indexed citations

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Maccabee, P.J., Vahé E. Amassian, Roger Q. Cracco, & John Cadwell. (1988). An analysis of peripheral motor nerve stimulation in humans using the magnetic coil. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology. 70(6). 524–533. 78 indexed citations

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