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Fiona Mitchell Baumer

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Language Dysfunction Associated with Pathological Brain Connectivity in Children with Epilepsy

Xiwei Shé, Olivia Peony, Wendy Qi, Miguel S. Menchaca, Kerry C. Nix, Wei Wu, Zihuai He, Fiona Mitchell Baumer

The paper identifies specific brain connectivity patterns in children with SeLECTS that predict language ability and distinguish epilepsy-related language dysfunction from normal variation.

bioRxiv · Jul 28, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Abnormal Elevated Connectivity During Language Processing is Associated with Poor Cognitive Performance in Children with Self-limited Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes

Wendy Qi, Katharine Lee, Kerry C. Nix, Miguel S. Menchaca, Xiwei Shé, Lorelei Santa Maria, Wei Wu, Zihuai He, Fiona Mitchell Baumer

The paper finds that children with SeLECTS show elevated motor-language connectivity during language tasks, which predicts worse phonological awareness.

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology · Apr 21, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Functional Connectivity in Self-limited Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes (SeLECTS) Increases with Epilepsy Duration and Interictal Spike Exposure.

Marie E. Vasitas, Miguel S. Menchaca, Beatrice Southby Goad, Xiwei Shé, Christopher Lee‐Messer, Zihuai He, Fiona Mitchell Baumer

This study shows that functional connectivity in children with SeLECTS increases with epilepsy duration and interictal spike exposure, suggesting spikes drive neural network changes.

Epilepsia · Mar 30, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

TMS timed to interictal epileptiform discharges

Matilda Makkonen, Olli‐Pekka Kahilakoski, Miguel S. Menchaca, Ivan Zubarev, Oula Siljamo, Umair Hassan, Xiwei Shé, Wendy Qi, Tuomas P. Mutanen, Risto Juhani Ilmoniemi, Pantelis Lioumis, Fiona Mitchell Baumer

This study demonstrates the feasibility of timing transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to interictal epileptiform discharges (IEDs) in children with SeLECTS using a CNN-based EEG pipeline.

bioRxiv · Feb 18, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Elevated Thalamic Blood Flow in Self-Limited Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes

Niki Iasinovschi, Elizabeth Tong, Lucia Bicknell, Fiona Mitchell Baumer

The paper finds elevated thalamic blood flow in children with SeLECTS compared to controls, with variations based on spike distribution and antiseizure medications.

Epilepsy Research · Dec 2, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience