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Csaba Juhasz, M.D., Ph.d

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 EDUCATION:

1983     Sándor Petofi High School, Bonyhád, Hungary 

1989     M.D., Summa cum laude, University Medical School Pécs, Hungary, 

1993     Board certification in Neurology, Hungarian Board of Neurology 

2002     Ph.D. degree, Summa cum laude, Semmelweis University, Medical School, Budapest, Hungary 

 TRAINING: 

1989 – 1993 Residency, Department of Neurology, University Medical School, Pécs, Hungary 

1994 -1995 Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University of California, Los Angeles, USA (3 months, on leave of absence at Semmelweis University) 

1998 – 2001 Postdoctoral Fellow, PET imaging, Wayne State University, Detroit 

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS: 

1994 - 1997     Assistant Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology, Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest, Hungary 

1997 - 2000     Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest, Hungary (on leave of absence between 2/1998-2/2000) 

2001 - 2003     Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 

2003 – 2005     Assistant Professor on tenure-track, Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 

2005 – Present     Assistant Professor on tenure-track, Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 

MAJOR PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: 

Member     American Epilepsy Society (since 2002) 

Member     American Academy of Neurology (since 2003) 

HONORS/AWARDS: 

1989     Graduated with “Summa cum laude” at the Medical University of Pecs, Hungary 

1994     Received a 3-month Eotvos Research Scholarship from the Hungarian Ministry of Culture and Education to visit UCLA, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology 

2000     The presentation of Juhasz C et al., ‘Epileptogenicity of Metabolic Borderzones in Human Neocortical Epilepsy” was selected as the highest ranked presentation in epilepsy, and has been highlighted at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, San Diego, CA (www.med.wayne.edu/Scribe/scribe99-00/scribesu00/notes.htm) 

2001     The article of Juhasz et al., ‘Relationship of flumazenil and glucose PET abnormalities to neocortical epilepsy surgery outcome’ (Neurology 2001;56:1650-1658) was featured in the August 2001 issue of ‘Neurology Alert’ (a monthly survey of developments in neurology; page 94) 

2002     The article of Juhasz et al., ‘Chronic vigabatrin treatment modifies developmental changes of GABAA receptor binding in young children with epilepsy’ (Epilepsia 2001;42:1320-1326) has been highlighted on the “Tuberous sclerosis Alliance” website on January 10, 2002 

2002     The presentation of Juhasz et al., ‘Decreased GABAA receptor binding and increased uptake of a[11C]methyl-L-tryptophan on PET can independently identify human epileptogenic cortex’ (Neurology 2002;58, Suppl 3:A150) has been highlighted as one of the best presentations in neuroimaging at the 54th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, Denver, CO 

2003     The paper entitled “Alpha-methyl-L-tryptophan PET detects epileptogenic cortex in children with intractable epilepsy” (Juhasz et al.: Neurology 2003;60:960-968) was highlighted as one of the most remarkable studies in the March 25 issue of Neurology, the official journal of the American Academy of Neurology 

SERVICE: 

Patient care: 

1989-1994     Neurology resident, Department of Neurology, University Medical School, Pécs, Hungary 

1994-1998     Head of Neurointensive Care Unit and the Epilepsy Clinic, Dept. of Neurology, Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest, Hungary 

1998-Present     Involved in the Comprehensive Epilepsy Surgery team at WSU: providing multimodality (3-dimensional surface MRI, and objectively analyzed PET) imaging datasets for presurgical evaluation of epilepsy 

2003-Present     Involved in patient and family education for the Sturge-Weber Foundation at Sturge-Weber conferences and with families visiting CHM as well as on-line. 

Journal/Editorial Activity:

Regular reviewer for Neurology (reviewed more than 20 papers in 2004-06), which is one of the top international clinical neurology journals (impact factor: 5.0); Ad hoc reviewer for Epilepsia, Brain, Annals of Neurology, Archives of Neurology, Lancet Neurology, Journal of Neurological Sciences, Neuroimage, Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Journal of Pediatrics, Expert Review of Medical Devices, Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics 

Grant review: 

2003     Invited Reviewer for the Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance (reviewed 4 grant applications) 

National and International Boards/Committees:

2006     Sturge-Weber Foundation’s Translational Research Planning meeting, organized at the Rockefeller University, New York, February 2-3 

2006     Invited panel member at the “Angiogenesis in the Nervous System Workshop”, organized by the NIH on December 11-13 in Bethesda, Maryland 

2007     Invited panel member on the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Subcommission on Neuroimaging in Epilepsy, responsible for PET imaging issues. This subcomission is working on international guidelines for use of neuroimaging in the management of patients with epilepsy. 

Other service: 

2007     Faculty evaluator for the Sheldon Brenner Resident Research and Wolf Zuelzer Fellow Research Presentations, Children’s Hospital of Michigan (4 x 1.5 hours) 

TEACHING ACTIVITY 

Years at Wayne State: 9 

Years at other universities: 4 (Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest, Hungary) 

1994-1998     Lecturer, Department of Neurology, Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest, Hungary 

1998-Present     Supervisor and mentor of Research Fellows and Graduate Students at the PET Center, Children’s Hospital of Michigan 

        Eishi Asano M.D. 1998-2000 

        Zoltan Pfund M.D. 1999-2002 

        Joonsoo Lee M.D. 1999-2001 

        Krisztina Benedek M.D. 2002-2003 

        Kenji Kagawa M.D. 2001-2003 

        Albert Ho, med. student 2002 Summer 

        Ross Ondersma, med. stud. 2003 Summer 

        Tomomi Kimiwada M.D. 2003-2004 

        Bharathi D Jagadeesan M.D. 2003-2004 

        Thomas Elutvathingal M.D. 2004-2006 

        Mohsin Maqbool M.D. 2005- 

        Carlos E.A. Batista, visiting medical student (Brazil) 2005 Oct-Nov. 

        Carlos E. Batista M.D. res. fellow 2006 Jan.- 

        Wakamoto Hiroyuki M.D. 2005 

        Rajkumar Govindan M.D. res. assoc. 2006- 

        Chris Lai student 2006 Summer 

        Lesley Lawrence MD/PhD student 2006-2007 

        Paul Brady M.S., student 2006 June-present 

        Aimee Luat M.D. 2006 July-present 

Faculty mentoring:

 2004-Present     Mentor for Eishi Asano M.D., Ph.D. on his NIH-funded K08 grant 

Resident teaching: 

2002     Neurology Grand Round, WSU: “PET scanning in epilepsy” 

2003     Pediatrics Grand Round, St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit 

2004-2007     Pediatric neurology weekly seminars: PET applications in epilepsy (1 seminar/ year)

2005-2007     Radiology residents rotating in the PET Center, CHM: Brain PET imaging consultation and case discussions (2x1 hour per each resident). Teaching material: Brain PET collection on representative disorders with epilepsy, developmental anomalies, brain tumors and dementias 

2005-2007     Neurology residents noon conference: lectures on PET applications in neurological disorders (1 lecture/ year) 

2005     Neurology Grand Round, WSU: “Imaging epileptic foci and networks” (Dec. 9.) 

Postgraduate lectures and teaching:

2004-2007     Clinical neurophysiology lecture series to neurology fellows: PET and SPECT applications in epilepsy (1 lecture/ year) 

2004-2007     PET Center seminar series to PET Center fellows and faculty (2 lectures/year) 

2004     CME credited Platform presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society 

2005     New York Medical College, Continuing Medical Education program “Role of neuroimaging in epilepsy: in autism and other syndromes.” 

GRANT SUPPORT: 

Grants Completed:

10/00 – 9/03     National Institutes of Health, RO1 grant, PI: O. Muzik $525,000 Co-Investigator: Csaba Juhasz, 10% effort “Ontogeny of human GABAA receptor complex measured with PET” 

10/02 - 9/04     National Institutes of Health, R21 grant, PI: O. Muzik $200,000 Co-Investigator: Csaba Juhasz, 10% effort “Software tools for pediatric neuroimaging” 

1/04 - 12/06     Children Research Center of Michigan Grant, $100,000 PI: Csaba Juhasz, 50% effort “Imaging Brain Tumors by a[11C]-methyl-L-tryptophan PET in Children” Current Grants 

7/03 – 6/08     National Institutes of Health, RO1 grant, $1,150,000 PI: Csaba Juhasz, 35% effort “Longitudinal neuroimaging in Sturge-Weber Syndrome” 

1/1/04 – 12/07     National Institutes of Health, RO1 grant, PI: DC Chugani, $925,000 Co-Investigator: Csaba Juhasz, 10% effort 

10/05-9/10     National Institutes of Health, RO1 grant, PI: HT Chugani, $1,500,000 Co-Investigator: Csaba Juhasz, 10% effort 

10/06 – 10/08     National Cancer Institute, SAIC Contract, $88,000 PI: Csaba Juhasz, 5% effort Pending Grants: 12/07 – 11/12 NIH/National Cancer Institute, RO1 grant, $1,250,000 PI: Csaba Juhasz, 40% effort “Tryptophan metabolism in human brain tumors” 

12/07 – 11/12     National Institutes of health, RO1 grant, $1,250,000 (competitive renewal) PI: Csaba Juhasz, 35% effort “Longitudinal neuroimaging in Sturge-Weber syndrome” 

12/07 – 11/09     National Institutes of health, R21 grant, PI: O. Korzyukov Co-Investigator: Csaba Juhasz, 5% effort “Maturational changes at the cortical areas that are associated with auditory functions

PUBLICATIONS:

FULL-LENGTH ORIGINAL PAPERS IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS:

1. Szirmai I, Juhász C, Surek Gy, Dologh E. EEG mapping in neurological disorders. Lege Artis Medicinae (Budapest) 1992; 2:118-127.

2. Juhász C, Szirmai I. EEG analysis in patients with tick-borne encephalitis. Clin Neurosci (Budapest) 1992; 45:340-345.

3. Juhász C, Szirmai I. Spectral EEG-parameters in patients with tick-borne encephalitis. A follow-up study. Clinical Electroencephalography 1993; 24: 53-58.

4. Szirmai I, Kamondi A, Magyar H, Juhász C. Relation of laboratory and clinical variables to the grade of carotid atherosclerosis. Stroke 1993; 24: 1811-1816.

5. Szirmai I, Kamondi A, Magyar H, Juhász C. Langzeituntersuchungen von Patienten mit zerebraler Ischemie unter Pentosanpolysulfat (SP 54). Perfusion 1993; 6: 314-320.

6. Juhász C, Vespa PM, Nuwer MR, Martin N. Quantitative monitoring of EEG variability following subarachnoid hemorrhage. Clin Neurosci (Budapest) 1996; 49: 365-370.

7. Juhász C, Kamondi A, Szirmai I. Spectral EEG analysis following hemispheric stroke. Evidences of transhemispheric diaschisis. Acta Neurol Scand1997; 96: 397-400.

8. Amrein I, Juhász C, Szirmai I. Clinical course and prognosis of intraventricular hemorrhages. Clin Neurosci (Budapest) 1997.

9. Vespa PM, Nuwer MR, Juhász C, Alexander M, Nenov V, Martin N, Becker DP. Early detection of vasospasm after acute subarachnoid hemorrhage using continuous EEG ICU monitoring. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol  1997;103: 607-615.

10. Juhász C, Nagy F, Muzik O, Watson C, Shah J, Chugani HT. 11C-Flumazenil PET in patients with epilepsy with dual pathology. Epilepsia 1999;40:566-574.

11. Nagy F,  Chugani DC, Juhász C, da Silva EA, Muzik O, Kupsky W, Canady A, Watson C, Shah J, Chugani HT. Altered in vitro and in vivo flumazenil binding in human epileptogenic neocortex. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 1999;19:939-947.

12. Szirmai I, Juhász C, Nagy F, Amrein I, Kamondi A. Analysis of the activity of neurologic intensive care units. Orv Hetil (Budapest) 1999;140:979-986.

13. Juhász C, Nagy F, Watson C, da Silva EA, Muzik O, Chugani DC, Shah J, Chugani HT. Glucose and [11C]flumazenil positron emission tomography abnormalities of thalamic nuclei in temporal lobe epilepsy. Neurology 1999;53:2037-2045.

14. Muzik O, da Silva E, Juhász C, Chugani DC, Shah J, Nagy F, Canady A, von Stockhausen HM, Herholz K, Gates J, Frost M, Ritter F, Watson C, Chugani HT. Intracranial EEG vs. flumazenil and glucose PET in children with extratemporal lobe epilepsy. Neurology 2000;54:171-179.

15. Asano E, Chugani DC, Muzik O, Shen C, Juhász C, Janisse J, Ager J, Canady A, Shah JR, Shah AK, Watson C, Chugani HT. Multimodality imaging for improved detection of epileptogenic lesions in children with tuberous sclerosis complex. Neurology 2000;54:1976-1984.

16. Pfund Z, Chugani DC, Juhász C, Muzik O, Chugani HT, Wilds IB, Seraji-Bozorgzad N, Moore GJ. Evidence for coupling between glucose metabolism and glutamate cycling using FDG PET and 1H Magnetic resonance spectroscopy in patients with epilepsy. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab  2000;20:871-878.

17. Juhász C, Chugani DC, Muzik O, Watson C, Shah J, Shah A, Chugani HT. Is epileptogenic cortex truly hypometabolic on interictal positron emission tomography? Ann Neurol 2000;48:88-96.

18. Juhász C, Chugani DC, Muzik O, Watson C, Shah J, Shah A, Chugani HT. Electroclinical correlates of flumazenil and fluorodeoxyglucose PET abnormalities in lesional epilepsy. Neurology 2000;55:825-834.

19. Muzik O, Chugani DC, Juhász C, Shen C, Chugani HT. Statistical parametric mapping: assessment of application in children. Neuroimage 2000;12:538-549.

20. Pfund Z, Chugani HT, Juhász C, Muzik O, Behen ME, Chugani DC, Nigro MA, Trock GL, Squires LA. Lissencephaly: fetal pattern of glucose metabolism on positron emission tomography. Neurology 2000 55: 1683-1688.

21. Chugani DC, Muzik O, Juhász C, Janisse JJ, Ager J, Chugani HT. Postnatal maturation of human GABAA receptors measured with positron emission tomography. Ann Neurol 2001;49:618-626.

22. Juhász C, Chugani DC, Muzik O, Shah A, Shah J, Watson C, Canady A, Chugani HT. Relationship of flumazenil and glucose PET abnormalities to neocortical epilepsy surgery outcome. Neurology 2001;56:1650-1658.

23. Lee JS, Asano E, Muzik O, Chugani DC, Juhász C, Pfund Z, Philip S, Behen ME, Chugani HT. Sturge-Weber syndrome: correlation between clinical course and FDG PET findings. Neurology 2001;57: 2001; 57:189-195.

24. Juhász C, Behen ME, Muzik O, Chugani DC, Chugani HT.  Bilateral prefrontal and temporal neocortical hypometabolism in children with epilepsy and aggression. Epilepsia 2001;42:991-1001.

25. Juhász C, Muzik O, Chugani DC, Chengang Shern, Janisse J, Chugani HT. Chronic vigabatrin treatment modifies developmental changes of GABAA receptor binding in young children with epilepsy. Epilepsia 2001;42:1320-1326.

26. Lee JS, Juhász C, Kaddurah AK, Chugani HT. Patterns of cerebral glucose metabolism in early and late stages of Rasmussen’s syndrome. J Child Neurol 2001;16:798-805.

27. Chugani HT, Behen ME, Muzik O, Juhász C, Nagy F, Chugani DC. Local brain functional activity following early deprivation: a study of post-institutionalized Romanian orphans. Neuroimage 2001;14:1290-301.

28. Pfund Z, Chugani DC, Muzik O, Juhász C, Behen ME, Lee J, Chakraborty P, Mangner T, Chugani HT. a[11C]Methyl-L-tryptophan PET in patients with alternating hemiplegia of childhood. J Child Neurol 2002;17:253-260.

29. Lee JS, Pfund Z, Juhász C, Behen ME, Muzik O, Chugani DC, Nigro MA, Chugani HT. Altered regional brain glucose metabolism in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a PET study. Muscle Nerve 2002;26:506-12.

30. Asano E, Muzik O, Shah A, Juhász C, Chugani DC, Sood S, et al. Quantitative interictal subdural EEG analyses in children with neocortical epilepsy. Epilepsia 2003;44:425-434.

31. Juhász C, Chugani DC, Muzik O, Shah A, Asano E, Mangner T, Chakraborty PK, Sood S, Chugani HT. Alpha-methyl-L-tryptophan PET detects epileptogenic cortex in children with intractable epilepsy. Neurology 2003;60:960-968.

32. Pfund Z, Kagawa K, Juhász C, Shen C, Lee JS, Chugani DC, Muzik O, Chugani HT. Quantitative analysis of gray and white matter volumes and glucose metabolism in Sturge-Weber syndrome. J Child Neurol 2003;18:119-126.

33. Juhász C, Chugani DC, Padhye UN, Muzik O, Shah A, Asano E, Mangner T, Chakraborty PK, Sood S, Chugani HT. Evaluation with a-[11C]methyl-L-tryptophan PET for reoperation after failed epilepsy surgery. Epilepsia 2004;45:124-30.

34. D'Agostino MD, Bastos A, Piras C, Bernasconi A, Grisar T, Tsur VG, Snipes J, Juhász C, Chugani H, Guerrini R, Cross H, Andermann E, Dubeau F, Montes J, Olivier A, Andermann F. Posterior quadrantic dysplasia or hemi-hemimegalencephaly: a characteristic brain malformation. Neurology 2004;62:2214-20.      

35. Asano E, Benedek K, Shah A, Juhász C, Shah J, Sood S, Chugani HT. Is intraoperative electrocorticography reliable in children with intractable neocortical epilepsy? Epilepsia 2004;45:1091-9.

36. Benedek K, Juhász C, Muzik O, Chugani DC, Chugani HT. Metabolic changes of subcortical structures in intractable focal epilepsy. Epilepsia 2004;45:1100-5.

37. Asano E,Muzik O,Shah A, Juhász C,Chugani DC,Kagawa K,Benedek K,Sood S, Gotman J,Chugani HT. Quantitative visualization of ictal subdural EEG changes in children with neocortical focal seizures. Clin Neurophysiol 2004;115:2718-2727.

38. Kagawa K, Chugani DC, Asano E, Juhász C, Muzik O, Shah A, Shah J, Sood S, Kupsky WJ, Mangner TJ, Chakraborty PK, Chugani HT. Epilepsy surgery outcome in children with tuberous sclerosis evaluated with a-[11C]methyl-L-tryptophan PET. J Child Neurol 2005;20:429-438.

39. Chandana SR, Behen ME,  Juhász C, Muzik O, Rothermel RD, Thomas J. Mangner TJ, Chakraborty PK, Harry T. Chugani HT, Chugani DC. Significance of abnormalities in developmental trajectory and asymmetry of cortical serotonin synthesis in autism.  Int J Dev Neurosci 2005;23:171-182.

40. Muzik O, Pourabdollah S, Juhász C, Chugani DC, Janisse J, Draghici S. Application of an objective method for localizing bilateral cortical FDG PET abnormalities to guide the resection of epileptic foci.  IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2005;52:1574-81.

41. Luat AF, Asano E, Juhász C, Chandana SR, Shah A, Sood S, Chugani HT. Relationship between brain glucose PET and EEG in children with continuous spike and wave during slow wave sleep. J Child Neurol 2005;20:682-90.

42. Asano E, Juhász C, Shah A, Muzik O, Chugani DC, Shah J, Sood S, Chugani HT. Origin and propagation of epileptic spasms delineated on electrocorticography. Epilepsia 2005;46:1086-1097.

43. Benedek K, Juhász C, Chugani DC, Muzik O, Chugani HT. Longitudinal changes of cortical glucose hypometabolism in children with intractable epilepsy. J Child Neurol 2006;21:26-30.

44. Juhász C, Chugani DC, Muzik O, Wu D, Sloan A, Barger G, Watson C, Shah A, Sood S, Ergun EL, Mangner T, Chakraborty P, Kupsky WJ, Chugani HT. In vivo uptake and metabolism of a-[11C]methyl-L-tryptophan in human brain tumors. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2006;26:345-57.

45. Kimiwada T, Juhász C, Makki M, Muzik O, Chugani DC, Asano A, Chugani HT. Hippocampal and thalamic diffusion abnormalities in children with temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsia 2006;47:167-75.

46. Eluvathingal T, Chugani HT, Behen ME, Juhász C, Muzik O, Maqbool M, Chugani DC, Makki M. Abnormal brain connectivity in children following early severe socio-emotional deprivation: a diffusion tensor imaging study. Pediatrics 2006;117:2093-100.

47. Wakamoto H, Eluvathingal T, Makki M, Juhász C, Muzik O, Chugani HT. Diffusion tensor imaging of the corticospinal tract following cerebral hemispherectomy. J Child Neurol 2006;21:566-71.

48. Eluvathingal TJ, Behen ME, Chugani DC, Janisse J, Bernardi B, Chakraborty P, Juhasz C, Muzik O, Chugani HT. Cerebellar lesions in tuberous sclerosis complex: neurobehavioral and neuroimaging correlates. J Child Neurol 2006;846-51.

49. Juhász C, Batista EA, Chugani DC, Muzik O, Chugani HT. Evolution of cortical metabolic abnormalities and their clinical correlates in Sturge-Weber syndrome. Eur J Paediatr Neurol 2007 doi:10.1016/j.ejpn.2007.02.001

50. Asano E, Mihaylova T, Juhász C, Sood S, Chugani HT. Effect of sleep on interictal spikes and distribution of sleep spindles on electrocorticography in children with focal epilepsy. Clinical Neurophysiology 2007 Mar 28 [Epub ahead of print].

51. Kovacs T, Osztie E, Bodrogi L, Pajor P, Farsang M, Juhász C, Szirmai I. Cerebellar developmental venous anomalies with associated vascular pathology. Br J Neurosurg 2007;21:217-23.

52. Juhász C, Haacke M, Hu J, Xuan Y, Makki M, Behen ME, Maqbool M, Muzik O, Chugani DC, Chugani HT. Multimodality imaging of cortical and white matter abnormalities in Sturge-Weber syndrome. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2007; 28:900-6.

53. Juhász C, Lai C, Behen ME, Muzik O, Helder EJ, Chugani DC, Chugani HT. White matter volume is a major predictor of cognitive function in Sturge-Weber syndrome. Arch Neurol (in press)

54. Batista EA, Juhász C, Muzik O, Chugani DC, Chugani HT. Increased visual cortex glucose metabolism contralateral to the angioma in children with Sturge-Weber syndrome. Dev Med Child Neurol (in press)

Case reports:

1. Juhász C, Scheidl E, Szirmai I. Reversible focal MRI abnormalities following status epilepticus. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 1998;107:402-407.

2. Pandey P, Shah J, Juhász C, Pfund Z, Chugani HT. Spontaneous long-term remission of intractable partial epilepsy in childhood. J Child Neurol 2002;17:466-470.

3. Chander S, Ergun EL, Chugani HT, Chugani DC Juhász C, Shields AF, Weaver DW. High 2-deoxy-[18F]fluoro-D-glucose accumulation in a case of retroperitoneal fibrosis following resection of carcinoid tumor. Mol Imag Biol 2002;4:363-368.

4. Shah JR, Juhász C, Kupsky W, Asano E, Sood S, Fain D, Chugani HT. Rasmussen’s encephalitis associated with Parry-Romberg syndrome. Neurology 2003;61:395-397.

5. Luat AF, Chugani HT, Asano E, Juhász C, Trock G, Rothermel R. Episodic receptive aphasia in a child with Landau-Kleffner Syndrome: PET correlates. Brain Dev 2006 28:592-6.

6. Juhász C, Chugani HT. An almost missed leptomeningeal angioma in Sturge-Weber syndrome. Neurology 2007;68:243.

7. Batista CEA, Chugani HT, Juhász C, Behen ME, Shankaran S. Transient hypermetabolism of the basal ganglia following perinatal hypoxia. Ped Neurol 2007;36:330-333.

8. Peng F, Juhász C, Bhambhani K, Chugani HT. Assessment of progression and treatment response of optic pathway glioma with positron emission tomography using a-[11C]-methyl-L-tryptophan. Mol Imaging Biol 2007 Feb 21 [Epub ahead of print] DOI 10.1007/s11307-007-0090-7


REVIEW ARTICLES

1. Juhász C, Chugani DC, Chugani HT. The utility of PET in the evaluation of brain development and neuropsychiatric disorders of childhood. Hungarian Science, 1999 October:41-56.

2. Juhász C, Chugani DC, Muzik O, Watson C, Shah J, Shah A, Chugani HT. Relationship between EEG and PET abnormalities in clinical epilepsy. J Clin Neurophysiol 2000;17:29-42.

3. Juhász C, Chugani HT, Muzik O, Chugani DC. Neuroradiological assessment of brain structure and function and its implication in the pathogenesis of West syndrome. Brain Dev 2001;23:488-495.

4. Asano E, Juhász C, Chugani DC, Muzik O, Chugani HT. Surgical treatment of West syndrome. Brain Dev 2001;23;668-676

5. Juhász C, Chugani HT, Muzik O, Chugani DC. Epilepsy, infantile spasms and developmental encephalopathy. Hypotheses from functional neuroimaging studies. Int Rev Neurobiol 2002;49:37-55.

6. Juhász C. Positron emission tomography in presurgical localization of epileptic foci. Ideggy Szle (Clin Neurosci) (Budapest) 2003;56(3-4):121-125.

7. Juhász C, Chugani HT. Imaging the epileptic brain with positron emission tomography. Neuroimag Clin N Am 2003;13:705-716.

8. Juhász C, Chugani DC, Chugani HT. Pathophysiology and functional consequences of human partial epilepsy: lessons from positron emission tomography studies. Acta Physiol Hung 2003;90:281-303

BOOK CHAPTERS

1. Szirmai I, Juhász C, Kamondi A, Surek Gy. EEG-mapping in the follow-up of cerebrovascular lesions. In: Quantitative EEG-analysis - clinical utility and new methods. Eds.: M. Rother, U. Zwiener. Universitats-Verlag, Jena, Germany, 1993;42-45.

2. Muzik O, Chugani DC, Shen C, Juhász C, von Stockhausen HM, Chugani HT. Assessment of the performance of FDG and FMZ PET imaging against the gold standard of invasive EEG monitoring for the detection of extratemporal lobe epileptic foci in children. In: Gjedde A, Hansen SB, Knudsen GM, Paulson OB (eds.): Physiological imaging of the brain with PET. Academic Press, San Diego, USA. 2001; 381-387.

3. Asano E, Juhász C, Chugani DC, Muzik O, Chugani HT. Positron emission tomography – Localization for epilepsy surgery. In: Reisin RC, Nuwer MR, Hallett M, Medina C (eds.). Advances in Clinical Neurophysiology (vol. 54), Elsevier, 2002;351-358.

4. Juhász C, Chugani HT. Functional Neuroimaging. In: Wallace SJ, Farrell K (eds.): Epilepsy in children, 2nd edition. E. Arnold Publ. Ltd. 2004; 342-351.

5. Juhász C, Chugani DC, Muzik O, Chugani HT. Positron-Emission Tomography in epilepsy. In: Kuzniecky R & Jackson G (eds.), Magnetic resonance in epilepsy: and other neuroimaging techniques; 2nd edition. Academic Press 2005; 395-411.

6. Juhász C, Chugani HT. Flumazenil PET. In: Miller JW & Silbergeld DL (eds.), Epilepsy Surgery. Principles and controversies. Taylor & Francis, New York, NY 2006;768-778.

7. Jagadeesan B, Juhász C, Chugani HT. Pediatric cortical dysplasia: PET studies. In:  Bioimaging in Neurodegeneration. Eds: Broderick PA, Rahni DN, Kolodny EH. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. 2005;131-140.

8. Chugani HT, Juhász C. Functional Imaging. In: Pediatric Neuropsychiatry.2nd edition. Coffey CE & Brumback RA (eds.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Philadelphia, PA; 2006:109-133.

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTATIONS


1. Juhász C, Szirmai I. EEG and CT examinations in stroke patients. International Congress of Medical Students, Minsk, Belarussia, 1988.

2. Kamondi A, Juhász C. Spectral analysis of monoton alpha rhythm. Annual Conference of the Hungarian Society of EEG and Clinical Neurophysiology, Sopron, Hungary, 1988.

3. Juhász C, Salamon E. Statistical methods of EEG mapping in cerebrovascular diseases. National Conference of Young Neurologists, Pecsvarad, Hungary, 1991.

4. Szirmai I, Juhász C, Grexa E, Kamondi A, Surek Gy. Comparison of results of CT and EEG-mapping examinations. 2nd Annual Meeting of the Hungarian Neuroradiological Society, Szeged, Hungary, 1991.

5. Juhász C. EEG-mapping of patients with Tick-borne encephalitits. Annual Conference of the Hungarian Society of EEG and Clinical Neurophysiology, Szeged, Hungary, 1991.

6. Juhász C, Kamondi A, Szirmai I. EEG mapping in stroke. A follow-up study. 25th International Danube Symposium for Neurological Sciences, Budapest, Hungary, 1992.

7. Juhász C. The use of EEG-mapping in organic brain diseases. Annual Conference of the Hungarian Society of EEG and Clinical Neurophysiology, Gyor, Hungary, 1992.

8. Kamondi A, Szirmai I, Juhász C. Follow-up investigation of cerebral ischemic patients treated with Pentosan Polysulfat. 8th Meeting of the Danubian League against Thrombosis and     Haemorrhagic Disorders, Munich, Germany, 1992.

9. Juhász C, Szirmai I. Relation of rheological parameters to the grade of carotid atherosclerosis. National Conference of the Hungarian Rheological Society, Balatonkenese, Hungary,     1994.

10. Szirmai I, Juhász C, Magyar H, Kamondi A. Relation of vascular abnormalities and laboratory findings in cerebral ischemias. Clin Neurosci/Ideggy Szle 1993;46:199-200.

11. Juhász C, Szirmai I, Kamondi A, Surek Gy. Follow-up of cerebrovascular patients by spectral EEG-analysis. Clin Neurosci/Ideggy Szle 1993;46:208-209.

12. Juhász C, Vespa PM, Nuwer MR. EEG trend analysis for monitoring patients with acute subarachnoid hemorrhage. Clin Neurosci/Ideggy Szle 1995;48:342-343.

13. Vespa PM, Juhász C, Alexander M, Alsina G, Martin N, Becker DP. Early detection of vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage by decreased relative alpha variability. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 1995;95: 9P.

14. Juhász C, Vespa PM, Nuwer MR. EEG monitoring in neurological intensive care unit. Medical Science Monitor 1996;2(Suppl 3): 45.

15. Scheidl E, Juhász C, Szirmai I. Antiphospholipid syndrome or SLE ? A case report. Medical Science Monitor 1996; 2 (Suppl 3): 46.

16. Juhász C, Vespa PM, Nuwer MR, Martin N. Correlation between dominant frequency and long-term variability of EEG during continuous ICU monitoring. European Journal of Neurology 1996;3(suppl 5):230. (presented: Meeting of the European Federation of Neurological Societies [EFNS], Rome, Italy, 1996).

17. Juhász C, Scheidl E, Szirmai I. Reversible cortical abnormalities in focal status epilepticus: an MRI, SPECT, TCD, EEG follow-up study. European Journal of Neurology 1997; 4(Suppl 1): S84. (Presented: Meeting of the European Federation of Neurological Societies, Prague, Czech Republic, 1997).

18. Juhász C, Szirmai I. Changes of spectral EEG variables in patients with hemispheric stroke. Electro-encephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 1997; 102: 6P. (Presented: Annual Meeting of the American EEG Society, Washington DC, USA, 1995)

19. Juhász C, Nagy F, Muzik O, Watson C, Shah J, Chugani HT. [11C]-flumazenil PET in epileptic patients with dual pathology. Epilepsia 1998; 39(Suppl 6): 102.  (Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, San Diego, CA, 1998)

20. Nagy F, Juhász C, da Silva EA, et al. Decreased [11C]-flumazenil binding in dorsomedial thalamic nucleus in human focal epilepsy: a PET study. Epilepsia 1998; 39(Suppl 6): 102. (Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, San Diego, CA, 1998)

21. da Silva EA, Nagy F, Juhász C, et al. Flumazenil and glucose PET scanning in extratemporal lobe epilepsy: correlation with intracranial EEG. Epilepsia 1998; 9 (Suppl 6): 83. (Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, San Diego, CA, 1998)

22. Shah J, Watson C, da Silva EA, Nagy F, Juhász C, Fuerst D, Reddy R, Chugani HT. Lateralizing value of abdominal aura in temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsia 1998; 39(Suppl 6): 112. (Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, San Diego, CA, 1998)

23. Juhász C, da Silva EA, Watson C, Muzik O, Shah J, Chugani DC, von Stockhausen HM, Chugani HT. Comparison of [11C]flumazenil and glucose PET abnormalities in patients with epilepsy and brain lesions. Neurology 1999;52(suppl.2): A58. (Presented: 51st Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, Toronto, ON, Canada)

24. Kaddurah AK, Juhász C, Chugani HT. Predilection of frontal-temporal cortex involvement in early Rasmussen’s syndrome: a PET study. Annals of Neurology  1999;46(3):532-533. (Presented: Annual Meeting of the American Child Neurology Society, 1999, Nashville, TN)

25. Chugani HT, Juhász C, Behen MA. Children with epilepsy and aggression: a distinct pattern of glucose metabolism. Annals of Neurology  1999;46(3):533. (Annual Meeting of the American Child Neurology Society, 1999, Nashville, TN)

26. Juhász C, Muzik O, Chugani DC, Shah J, Canady A, Shah A, Watson C, Gates J, Frost M, Ritter F, Chugani HT. Non-resected [11C]flumazenil PET abnormalities predict poor  outcome in extratemporal lobe epilepsy surgery. Epilepsia 1999;40(Suppl.7):216. (Presented: Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, Orlando, FL, December 1999)

27. Juhász C, Watson C, Chugani DC, Muzik O, Shah J, Shah A, Chugani HT. Epileptogenicity of “metabolic borderzones” in human neocortical epilepsy. Neurology 2000;54(suppl 3):A107-108  (Presented: 52nd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology,     San Diego, CA, USA, May 2000)

28. Juhász C, Muzik O, Chugani DC, Rothermel RD, Behen ME, Chugani HT. Ontogeny of human GABAA receptors studied by positron emission tomography. Annals of Neurology 2000;48(3):517. (Annual Meeting of the American Child Neurology Society, St. Louis, MO, 2000)

29. Lee JS, Asano E, Juhász C, Pfund Z, Behen M, Muzik O, Chugani DC, Chugani HT. Sturge-Weber syndrome with unihemispheric involvement: correlation between clinical characteristics and positron emission tomography fluorodeoxyglucose findings. Annals of Neurology 2000;48(3):531-532. (Annual Meeting of the American Child Neurology Society, St. Louis, MO, 2000)

30. Juhász C, Muzik O, Chugani DC, Chugani HT. GABAA receptors in epileptic children: age-related changes and effect of antiepileptic drugs. Epilepsia 2000; 41 (suppl 7):83. (Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2000)

31. Asano E, Chugani DC, Juhász C, Muzik O, Philip S, Shah J, Shah A, Watson C, Canady A, Chugani HT. Epileptogenic zones in tuberous sclerosis complex: subdural EEG vs. MRI and FDG PET. Epilepsia 2000; 41 (suppl 7):128. (Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, Los Angeles, CA, USA)

32. Lee JS, Asano E, Juhász C, Pfund Z, Muzik O, Chugani DC, Chugani HT. Sturge-Weber syndrome with unilateral leptomeningeal angioma: degree and extent of glucose hypometabolism are related to epileptiform pattern. Epilepsia 2000;41(Suppl 7):188. (Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, Los Angeles, CA, USA)

33. Pfund Z, Chugani DC, Juhász C, et al. Evidence for coupling between glucose metabolism and glutamate cycling using FDG PET and 1H MRS in epilepsy patients. Epilepsia 2000;41(Suppl 7):67. (Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, Los Angeles, CA, USA)

34. Juhász C, Chugani DC, Muzik O, Shah A, Shah J, Chugani HT.  Role of alpha[11C]methyl-L-tryptophan PET in Localization of Epileptic Foci  in Intractable Partial Epilepsy. Neurology 2001;56:A265. (Presented: 53rd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology,2001, Philadelphia, USA)

35. Joshi CN, Shah A, Asano E, Juhász C, Canady A, Watson C, Muzik O, Chugani HT. Multimodal localization of the sensorimotor cortex in pediatric epilepsy surgery patients. Neurology 2001;56:A390-391. (Presented: 53rd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, 2001, Philadelphia, USA)

36. Muzik O, Chugani DC, Juhász C, Chugani HT. Effect of chronic vigabatrin treatment on benzo-diazepine receptor binding in children with epilepsy. Epilepsia 2001;42(Suppl. 2):125. (Presented: 24th International Epilepsy Congress, Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 13-18, 2001)

37. Pfund Z, Juhász C, Chugani DC, Muzik O, Lee JS, Chugani HT. Sturge-Weber syndrome: quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography correlations. Epilepsia 2001;42(Suppl. 7):168. (Presented: Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, Philadelphia, PA, USA).

38. Chugani HT, Juhász C, Chugani DC, Muzik O. Increased ipsilateral striatal serotonin synthesis after frontal cortical resection in children with epilepsy. Epilepsia 2001;42(Suppl. 7):166.

39. Juhász C, Chugani DC, Muzik O, Asano E, Shah A, Shah J, Canady A, Chugani HT. Increased cortical uptake of a[11C]methyl-L-tryptophan detected by positron emission tomography (PET) in children with intractable epilepsy. Epilepsia 2001;42(Suppl. 7):167.

40. Chandana S, Pfund Z, Juhász C, Muzik O, Behen M, Chugani D, Chugani H. Re-evaluation of brain glucose metabolic abnormalities in autistic boys – an FDG-PET study. International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR) 2001, San Diego. B-48, Abstract No. 20.05.

41. D’Agostino DM, Bastos A, Piras C, Bernasconi A, Grisar T, Tsur VG, Andermann E, Snipes J, Juhász C, Chugani HT, Guerrini R, Olivier A, Andermann F. Posterior quadrantic dysplasia: a surgical approach to a characteristic brain malformation. Neurology 2002;58 (Suppl 3):A52. (Presented: 54th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, Denver, CO, USA)

42. Juhász C, Chugani DC, Muzik O, Shah A, Asano E, Chugani HT. Decreased GABAA receptor binding and increased uptake of a[11C]methyl-L-tryptophan on PET can independently identify human epileptogenic cortex. Neurology 2002;58 (Suppl 3):A150. (Presented: 54th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, Denver, CO, USA)

43. Juhász C, Chugani DC, Asano E, Shah A, Shah J, Muzik O, Sood S, Chugani HT. Alpha[11C]methyl-L-tryptophan positron emission tomography scanning in 176 patients with intractable epilepsy. Ann Neurol 2002;Suppl. 1:S118. (Presented: Annual meeting of the Child neurology Society, Washington, DC, October 2002)

44. Asano E, Muzik O, Juhász C, Chugani DC, Sood S, Janisse J, Ergun EL, Ahn-Ewing J, Shen C, Gotman J, Chugani HT. Quantitative interictal subdural EEG analyses in children with neocortical epilepsy. Epilepsia 2002;43(suppl. 7):43.

45. Chugani HT, Juhász C, Chugani DC, Muzik O, Shah A, Asano E, Mangner T, Chakraborty P. Surgery for intractable infantile spasms: the role of alpha[11C]methyl-L-tryptophan positron emission tomography scanning. Epilepsia 2002;43(suppl. 7):75.

46. Kagawa K, Juhász C, Chugani DC, Muzik O, Chugani HT. Maximal reduction of N-acetyl aspartate in metabolic borderzone of fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography in non-lesional extratemporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsia 2002;43(suppl. 7): 76.

47. Juhász C, Chugani DC, Muzik O, Asano E, Shah A, Sood S, Mangner T, Chakraborty P, Chugani HT. Alpha[11C]methyl-L-tryptophan (AMT) positron emission tomography can detect residual epileptic cortex after failed cortical resection in children with intractable epilepsy. Epilepsia 2002;43(suppl. 7): 126-127. (Presented: Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, Seattle, WA, December 2002)

48. Chugani DC, Pfund Z, Chandana S, Behen ME, Muzik O, Juhász C, Lee J, Chugani HT. GABAA receptors measured with [11C]flumazenil PET in children with autism, angelman and Landau-Kleffner syndromes. International Meeting for Autism Research; Abstract book pp 90; November 2002; Orlando, FL, USA.

49. Juhász C, Chugani DC, Heyes M, Muzik O, Chander S, Ergun EL, Sloan A, Sood S, Shah A, Watson C, Chugani HT. Tryptophan Metabolism in Epileptogenic Brain Tumors: A PET Study Using Alpha[C-11]Methyl-L-Tryptophan (AMT). Neurology 2003;Suppl 1:A6-7. (Platform presentation; 55th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology; March 29 – April 5, Honolulu, HI.)

50. Asano E, Muzik O, Shah A, Juhász C, Chugani DC, Benedek K, Shah J, Sood S, Gotman J, Chugani HT. Quantitative ictal subdural EEG analysis in children with intractable neocortical epilepsy. Neurology 2003;Suppl 1:A450. (Poster presentation; 55th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology; March 29 – April 5, Honolulu, HI.)

51. Kagawa K, Asano E, Juhász C, Muzik O, Janisse J, Shah A, Sood S, Mangner TJ, Chakraborty PK, Chugani HT, Chugani DC. Surgical Treatment and Outcome in Children with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex and Intractable Epilepsy in Relation to a[11C]Methy-L-Tryptophan PET. Neurology 2003;Suppl 1:A448-449. (Poster presentation; 55th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology; March 29 – April 5, Honolulu, HI.)

52. Ho A, Juhász C, Chugani HT, Behen ME. PET Scanning of Tryptophan Metabolism in Tourette Syndrome (TS). Neurology 2003;Suppl 1:A211. (Poster presentation; 55th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology; March 29 – April 5, Honolulu, HI.)

53. Chugani HT, Juhász C, Behen M, Ondersma R, Muzik O, Chugani DC. Autism with facial port-wine stain: a new syndrome? Ann Neurol 2003;54 (suppl 7):S129 (Poster presentation; Annual Meeting of the Child Neurology Society, October 2003, Miami, FL)

54. Muzik O, Kagawa K, Juhász C, Chugani HT, Chugani DC. Pattern of GABA-A receptor distribution in children with epilepsy. Epilepsia 2003;44(Suppl.8):183-184. (Poster presentation;25th International Epilepsy Congress, Lisbon, Portugal, 12-16 October, 2003)

55. Asano E, Benedek K, Shah A, Juhász C, Muzik O, Chugani DC, Sood S, Chugani HT. Is intraoperative electrocorticography reliable in children with intractable neocortical epilepsy? Epilepsia 2003; 44 (Suppl 9):163-164. (Platform presentation; Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, Boston, MA, December 5-10, 2003)

56. Juhász C, Chugani DC, Muzik O, Asano E, Shah A, Shah J, Sood S, Kagawa K, Benedek K, Chugani HT. Cortical GABAA receptor-binding abnormalities remote from the primary epileptic focus: what are their electrophysiologic and clinical significance? Epilepsia 2003; 44 (Suppl 9):311-312. (Poster presentation; Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, Boston, MA, December 5-10, 2003)

57. Muzik O, Pourabdollah S, Juhász C, Chugani DC, Draghici S, Chugani HT. Quantitative assessment of the spatial relationship between electrophysiological and functional data in the cortex of epileptic children. J Nucl Med 2003; 44 (5) (Suppl): 13P. (Poster presentation; Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, New Orleans, LA, June 21-25, 2003)

58.  Muzik O, Kagawa K, Juhász C, Chugani HT, Chugani DC.  Non-invasive imaging of the GABA-A receptor complex in children with epilepsy using PET. J Nucl Med 2003; 44 (5) (Suppl): 245P. (Poster presentation; Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, New Orleans, LA, June 21-25, 2003)

59. Muzik O, Pourabdollah S, Juhász C, Chugani DC, Draghici S, Chugani HT. Application of an objective method for localizing bilateral cortical abnormalities to guide the resection of epileptic foci. Brain 2003; 23 (suppl 6): S659 (Poster presentation; BrainPET '03, Calgary, Canada 29 June 29 - 3 July, 2003)

60. Juhász C, Chugani DC, Muzik O, Sloan A, Barger G, Watson C, Sood S, Chugani HT. PET imaging of recurrent brain tumors using alpha[C-11]methyl-L-tryptophan. Neurology 2004;62(Suppl 5): A470. (Poster presentation; 56th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, San Francisco, CA, April 24 – May 1, 2004)

61. Juhász C, Muzik O, Chugani DC, Hu J, Chugani HT. Frontal lobe magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (1H-MRSI) and FDG PET abnormalities in young children with Sturge-Weber syndrome. 10th Annual Meeting of the Organization Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Budapest, Hungary, June 13-17, 2004

62. Jagadeesan BD, Behen M, Makki M, Muzik O, Juhász C, Chugani DC, Chugani HT. Abnormal brain connectivity in children with early severe social deprivation: diffusion tensor imaging study. Ann Neurol 2004;56(suppl 8):S91. (Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Child Neurology Society, Ottawa, Canada, October, 2004)

63. Kagawa K, Chugani DC, Behen M, Chandana SR, Juhász C, Muzik O, Chugani HT. Altered brain growth in children with tuberous sclerosis complex and autism. Ann Neurol 2004;56(suppl 8):S93. (Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Child Neurology Society, Ottawa, Canada, October, 2004)

64. Chandana SR, Behen M, Rothermel R, Juhász C, Chugani HT, Chugani DC. Serotonergic abnormalities in caudate nucleus in autism. Ann Neurol 2004;56(suppl 8):S94. (Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Child Neurology Society, Ottawa, Canada, October, 2004)

65. Behen M, Solomon K, Luan Phan K, Makki M, Fitzgerald DA, Muzik O, Juhász C, Jagadeesan BD, Chugani DC, Chugani HT. Brain activation during emotional face recognition in children with early social deprivation. Ann Neurol 2004;56(suppl 8):S94. (Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Child Neurology Society, Ottawa, Canada, October, 2004)

66. Behen ME, Chandana SR, Rothermel R, Muzik O, Juhász C, Chugani HT, Chugani DC. Lateralized cortical serotonergic abnormalities in autistic children are associated with social subtypes. Ann Neurol 2004;56(suppl 8):S95. (Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Child Neurology Society, Ottawa, Canada, October, 2004)

67. Juhász C, Chugani DC, Muzik O, Asano E, Shah A, Shah J, Sood S, Chugani HT. Flumazenil PET in children with intractable partial epilepsy or infantile spasms: does it provide additional localizing information? Epilepsia 2004;45(suppl 7):366. (Platform presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, New Orleans, LA, Dec. 3-7, 2004.)

68. Guo X, Shah J, Juhász C, Johnson R, Kupsky W, Watson C. Paradoxical imaging findings in lesional epilepsy. Epilepsia 2004;45(suppl 7):111. (Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, New Orleans, LA, Dec. 3-7, 2004.)

69.  Shah AK, Asano E, Juhász C, Sood S, Chugani HT. Epilepsy surgery in multifocal (multilobar) partial epilepsy. Epilepsia 2004;45(suppl 7):170. (Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, New Orleans, LA, Dec. 3-7, 2004.)

70. Asano E, Juhász C, Shah A, Muzik O, Chugani DC, Shah J, Sood S, Chugani HT. Analysis of intracranial electrocorticography in children with epileptic spasms. Epilepsia 2004;45(suppl 7):249. (Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, New Orleans, LA, Dec. 3-7, 2004.)

71. Luat AF, Asano E, Juhász C, Chugani HT. Relationship between brain glucose PET and EEG in children with continuous spike and wave during slow-wave sleep. Epilepsia 2004;45(suppl 7):273. (Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, New Orleans, LA, Dec. 3-7, 2004.)

72. Kimiwada T, Juhász C, Makki M, Jagadeesan BD, Muzik O, Chugani DC, Chugani HT. Thalamic and hippocampal diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) abnormalities in children with temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsia 2004;45(suppl 7):295. (Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, New Orleans, LA, Dec. 3-7, 2004.)

73. Eluvathingal T, Juhász C, Chugani DC, Kagawa K, Muzik O, Shah A, Asano E, Sood S, Chugani HT. a-[11C]Methyl-L-tryptophan (AMT) PET can localize epileptogenic tubers when scalp EEG is poorly localizing in children with tuberous sclerosis. Epilepsia 2004;45(suppl 7):296-7. (Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, New Orleans, LA, Dec. 3-7, 2004.)

74. Juhász C, Chugani DC, Muzik O, Shah A, Asano E, Sood S, Chandana S, Chugani HT. Increased white matter GABAA receptor binding in children with intractable epilepsy. Presented at the 57th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, April, 2005, Miami, FL.

75. Juhász C, Chugani HT. PET imaging of the effect of epilepsy on the child’s brain. Epilepsia 2005;46(suppl 6): 26-27. Presented at the 26th International Epilepsy Congress, Paris, France, August 2005.

76. Watson C, Atkinson M, Shah J, Juhász C, Guo X, Kupsky W, Johnson R. Epilepsy and tumors: unusual imaging findings. Epilepsia 2005;46(suppl 6): 329. Presented at the 26th International Epilepsy Congress, Paris, France, August 2005.

77. Wakamoto H, Eluvathingal T, Makki M, Behen ME, Juhász C, Muzik O, Sundaram S, Chugani DC, Chugani HT. Diffusion tensor imaging of the corticospinal tract after cerebral hemispherectomy. Ann Neurol 2005;58 (S9): S94. Presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Child Neurology Society, Los Angeles, CA, September 2005.

78. Eluvathingal TJ, Behen ME, Makki M, Juhász C, Muzik O, Chugani DC, Chugani HT. Abnormal language network is associated with language dysfunction in children subjected to early social deprivation: a diffusion tensor imaging study. Ann Neurol 2005;58 (S9): S94-5. Presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Child Neurology Society, Los Angeles, CA, September 2005.

79. Behen ME, Eluvathingal TJ, Bernardi B, Janisse J, Juhász C, Muzik O, Chugani DC, Chugani HT. Cerebellar lesions in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex: neuroimaging and neurobehavioral findings. Ann Neurol 2005;58 (S9): S95. Presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Child Neurology Society, Los Angeles, CA, September 2005.

80. Karia S, Juhász C, Chugani HT. Bilateral Sturge-Weber syndrome: glucose metabolism PET findings and cognitive outcome. Ann Neurol 2005;58 (S9): S98. Presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Child Neurology Society, Los Angeles, CA, September 2005.

81. Juhász C, Chugani DC, Muzik O, Chugani HT. Patterns of abnormal brain glucose metabolism in Sturge-Weber syndrome. J Neurol Sci 2005;238(suppl 1):S258-9. Presented at the 18th World Congress of Neurology, 5-11 November 2005, Sydney, Australia

82. Juhász C, Chugani DC, Chugani HT. Longitudinal changes of brain glucose metabolism in children with Sturge-Weber syndrome and epilepsy. Epilepsia 2005;46 (suppl 8):50-51. (Presented at the Joint Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society and American Clinical Neurophysiology Society, Washington, DC, December 2-6, 2005)

83. Asano E, Juhász C, Shah A, Muzik O, Chugani DC, Sood S, Chugani HT. Quantitative analysis of ictal electrocorticography in children with tuberous sclerosis complex. Epilepsia 2005;46 (suppl 8):313. (Presented at the Joint Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society and American Clinical Neurophysiology Society, Washington, DC, December 2-6, 2005)

84. Batista CEA, Juhász C, Chugani HT. Glucose metabolism in contralateral cortex in children with unilateral Sturge-Weber syndrome. Ann Neurol 2006;60(suppl 3): S144-5. Presented the Annual Meeting of the Child Neurology Society, Pittsburgh, PA, October 2006.

85. Batista CEA, Juhász C, Chugani HT. Dynamic changes of cortical glucose metabolism in children with unilaterall Sturge-Weber syndrome. Ann Neurol 2006;60(suppl 3): S145. Presented the Annual Meeting of the Child Neurology Society, Pittsburgh, PA, October 2006.

86. Behen ME, Juhász C, Helder E, Batista CEA, Chugani DC, Chugani HT. Cognitive function in Sturge-Weber syndrome: Efect of side and extent of severe hypometabolism on PET scanning. Ann Neurol 2006;60(suppl 3): S122. Presented the Annual Meeting of the Child Neurology Society, Pittsburgh, PA, October 2006.

87. Sivaswamy L, Rajamani K, Maqbool M, Juhász C, Makki M, Chugani HT. DTI tractography detects abnormal cortico-spinal tract in children with Sturge-Weber syndrome and no severe motor deficit. Ann Neurol 2006;60(suppl 3): S125-6. Presented the Annual Meeting of the Child Neurology Society, Pittsburgh, PA, October 2006.

88. Haseeb A, Asano E, Shah A, Juhász C, Sood S, Chugani HT. Children with focal seizures may not have the primary motor cortex for the hand in the precentral gyrus. Ann Neurol 2006;60(suppl 3): S137. Presented the Annual Meeting of the Child Neurology Society, Pittsburgh, PA, October 2006.

89. Sundaram S, Chugani D, Munian Govindan R, Asano E, Juhász C, Chakraborty P, Muzik O, Sood S, Chugani HT. Alpha-methyl-L-tryptophan positron emission tomography (AMT-PET) predicts surgical outcome in children with intractable neocortical epilepsy. Ann Neurol 2006;60(suppl 3): S137. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Child Neurology Society, Pittsburgh, PA, October 2006.

90. Juhász C, Haacke EM, Hu J, Muzik O, Chugani DC, Chugani HT. Susceptibility weighted imaging (SWI) in Sturge-Weber syndrome: relation to cortical hypometabolism and seizures. Presented at the 1st North American Regional Epilepsy Congress / Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, San Diego, CA, December, 2006.

INVITED LECTURES

International and national meetings

1. Juhász C, Szirmai I. Changes of spectral EEG parameters in tick-borne encephalitis. Neurologia Croatica 1995; 44(Suppl 1): 8-9. Presented at the Southeastern European Neuropsychiatric Meeting, Pula, Croatia, June 1995.

2. Juhász C. PET in epilepsy. 6th Etnean Epilepsy Workshop. Linguaglossa, Italy, June 2000.

3. Juhász C. PET agents and techniques in mapping the epileptogenic zone for intracranial EEG correlation. 8th International Conference on Functional Mapping of the Human Brain. Sendai, Japan, June 6, 2002.

4. Juhász C. Mapping the epileptic circuit with PET. 9th International Seoul Epilepsy Conference. Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, February 22, 2003.

5. Juhász C. Use of multiple PET tracers during presurgical evaluation of epilepsy. 9th International Seoul Epilepsy Conference. Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, February 22, 2003.

6. Juhász C. Positron emission tomography: applications in pediatric epilepsy. Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea, February 24, 2003.

7. Juhász C. NIH grant research in Sturge-Weber syndrome.  The Sturge-Weber Foundation  International Conference. Denver, CO, July 11-13, 2003.

8. Juhász C. Flumazenil PET in the presurgical evaluation of children with intractable epilepsy. Investigators Workshop. Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, New Orleans, LA, Dec. 3-7, 2004.

9. Juhász C. Use of PET in drug resistant epilepsies. Symposium: PET in the clinical diagnosis. Budapest, Hungary, June 2005.

10. Juhász C. Update on Sturge-Webere syndrome research. International Sturge-Weber Conference, Harrisburg, PA, July 2005.

11. Juhász C. AMT PET in epilepsy. Satellite symposium: The new and very new PET tracers in epilepsy.  26th International Epilepsy Congress, Orsay, France, August 27, 2005.

12. Juhász C. PET imaging of the effect of epilepsy on the child’s brain. Parallel Session: Imaging epilepsy in the developing brain.  26th International Epilepsy Congress, Paris, France, August 2005.

13. Juhász C. Alpha-[11C]-methyl-L-tryptophan PET in epilepsy. Serotonin, depression, and epilepsy. Investigator’s Workshop (chair W. Theodore). Joint Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society and American Clinical Neurophysiology Society, Washington, DC, December 4, 2005

14. Juhász C. PET scanning for presurgical evaluation for reoperation after failed epilepsy surgery. Reoperation after failed epilepsy surgery: what type of imaging? Special Interest Group. Joint Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society and American Clinical Neurophysiology Society, Washington, DC, December 4, 2005

15. Juhász C. Multimodal imaging of epileptic foci and networks. Annual Meeting of the Korean Epilepsy Society, Seoul, Korea, June 7-9, 2007.

16. Juhász C. Receptor PET scanning in intractable epilepsy: beyond FDG PET. Annual Meeting of the Korean Epilepsy Society, Seoul, Korea, June 7-9, 2007.

17. Juhász C. Evidence-based PET imaging in pediatric epilepsy. World Congress of Epilepsy, Singapore, July, 2007.

Invited lectures at regional meetings

1. Juhász C. Role of neuroimaging in epilepsy: in autism and other syndromes. Update on epilepsy in adults with developmental disabilities (Annual symposium). New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY. March 30, 2005.

2. Juhász C, Chugani HT. Functional neuroimaging in Sturge-Weber syndrome. Vascular Anomalies 2007 – Update in Research & Controversies in Clinical management. New York, April 27-28, 2007.

Other invited lectures

1. Juhász C. PET scanning of the epileptic brain. Grand Rounds, Department of Neurology, University of Texas at San Antonio, Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX. January 20, 2005.

2. Juhász C. Use of multiple PET tracers for imaging epilepsy. Clinical Applications. Department of Neurology, University of Texas at San Antonio, Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX. January 20, 2005.

3. Juhász C. Neuroimaging in pediatric epilepsies and associated disorders. Pediatrics Grand Rounds, St. Johns Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit, MI. March 6, 2007.

4. Juhász C. Multimodal imaging of epileptic networks. Neurology Postgraduate Seminar series, Medical School, University of Pecs, Hungary. November 2007.


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