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Steven Ojemann

TitleProfessor
InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus
DepartmentSOM-NS General Operations
Phone303/724-2305

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    1. Timmermann O, Ojemann SG, Thompson JA, Treat L, Kern DS. Case Report of Bilateral Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation in an Adolescent TUBB4A Patient: She Can Sit on a Horse. Mov Disord Clin Pract. 2025 May 07. PMID: 40331309.
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    2. Bayman E, Anigbogu C, Razmara A, Ojemann SG, Thompson JA, Kramer DR. Comparison of Deep Brain Stimulation and Responsive Neurostimulation Wound Complication Rates and Risk Factors: A Single-Center Retrospective Study. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2025 Apr 04; 1-7. PMID: 40188819.
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    3. Satzer D, Kaye LC, Ojemann SG, Kramer DR, Thompson JA. Aperiodic activity as a biomarker of seizures and neuromodulation. Brain Stimul. 2025 May-Jun; 18(3):738-744. PMID: 40180220.
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    4. Satzer D, Kaye LC, Ryan MV, Ojemann SG, Thompson JA, Kramer DR. Mapping Healthy and Epileptic States in the Centromedian Nucleus Region. Neuromodulation. 2025 Mar 28. PMID: 40152848.
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    5. Tien R, Platt J, Mendlen M, Kern D, Ojemann S, Thompson J, Kramer D. Neurons in human motor thalamus encode reach kinematics and positional errors related to braking. Res Sq. 2025 Mar 26. PMID: 40195992.
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    6. Weisbrod LJ, Schmidt AJ, Tanabe J, Sakai J, Ojemann S, Pawlowski JR, Shiffermiller JF, Abosch A. Deep Brain Stimulation for Methamphetamine Use Disorder: Perioperative Neuropsychiatric and Other Medical Considerations. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2025 Feb 18; appineuropsych20240142. PMID: 39962978.
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    7. Jensen MA, Neimat JS, Kerezoudis P, Ali R, Richardson RM, Halpern CH, Ojemann SG, Ponce FA, Lee KH, Haugen LM, Permezel FE, Klassen BT, Kondziolka D, Miller KJ. Principles of Stereotactic Surgery. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2025 Mar 01; 28(3):303-321. PMID: 39627171.
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    8. Jensen MA, Neimat JS, Kerezoudis P, Ali R, Richardson RM, Halpern CH, Ojemann S, Ponce FA, Lee KH, Haugen LM, Klassen BT, Kondziolka D, Miller KJ. A General Framework for Characterizing Inaccuracy in Stereotactic Systems. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2025 Mar 01; 28(3):322-336. PMID: 39627169.
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    9. Wang M, Graner AN, Knowles B, McRae C, Fringuello A, Paucek P, Gavrilovic M, Redwine M, Hanson C, Coughlan C, Grimaldo-Garcia S, Metzger B, Bolus V, Kopper TJ, Smith M, Zhou W, Lenz M, Abosch A, Ojemann S, Lillehei KO, Yu X, Graner MW. Differential Effects of Extracellular Vesicles from Two Different Glioblastomas on Normal Human Brain Cells. Neurol Int. 2024 Nov 06; 16(6):1355-1384. PMID: 39585062.
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    10. Baker SK, Radcliffe EM, Kramer DR, Ojemann S, Case M, Zarns C, Holt-Becker A, Raike RS, Baumgartner AJ, Kern DS, Thompson JA. Comparison of beta peak detection algorithms for data-driven deep brain stimulation programming strategies in Parkinson's disease. NPJ Parkinsons Dis. 2024 Aug 09; 10(1):150. PMID: 39122725.
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    11. Ryan MV, Satzer D, Ojemann SG, Kramer DR, Thompson JA. Neurophysiologic Characteristics of the Anterior Nucleus of the Thalamus during Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery for Epilepsy. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2024; 102(5):293-307. PMID: 39008968.
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    12. Bayman E, Chee K, Mendlen M, Denman DJ, Tien RN, Ojemann S, Kramer DR, Thompson JA. Subthalamic nucleus synchronization between beta band local field potential and single-unit activity in Parkinson's disease. Physiol Rep. 2024 May; 12(9):e16001. PMID: 38697943.
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    13. Wang M, Graner AN, Knowles B, McRae C, Fringuello A, Paucek P, Gavrilovic M, Redwine M, Hanson C, Coughlan C, Metzger B, Bolus V, Kopper T, Smith M, Zhou W, Lenz M, Abosch A, Ojemann S, Lillehei KO, Yu X, Graner MW. A tale of two tumors: differential, but detrimental, effects of glioblastoma extracellular vesicles (EVs) on normal human brain cells. bioRxiv. 2024 Apr 12. PMID: 38645117.
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    14. Nguyen KN, Freeman LM, Ung TH, Ojemann S, Grassia F. Immunocompetent isolated cerebral mucormycosis presenting with obstructive hydrocephalus: illustrative case. J Neurosurg Case Lessons. 2024 Mar 25; 7(13). PMID: 38531080.
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    15. Duffy KA, Fenstermacher EA, Thompson JA, Tanabe J, Patel MS, Ojemann S, Davis RA. Case report: Clinical efficacy of deep brain stimulation contacts corresponds to local field potential signals in a patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Front Psychiatry. 2023; 14:1279972. PMID: 38076699.
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    16. Zhang J, Ryu JY, Tirado SR, Dickinson LD, Abosch A, Aziz-Sultan MA, Boulos AS, Barrow DL, Batjer HH, Binyamin TR, Blackburn SL, Chang EF, Chen PR, Colby GP, Cosgrove GR, David CA, Day AL, Folkerth RD, Frerichs KU, Howard BM, Jahromi BR, Niemela M, Ojemann SG, Patel NJ, Richardson RM, Shi X, Valle-Giler EP, Wang AC, Welch BG, Williams Z, Zusman EE, Weiss ST, Du R. A Transcriptomic Comparative Study of Cranial Vasculature. Transl Stroke Res. 2024 Dec; 15(6):1108-1122. PMID: 37612482.
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    17. Welton TA, George NM, Ozbay BN, Gentile Polese A, Osborne G, Futia GL, Kushner JK, Kleinschmidt-DeMasters B, Alexander AL, Abosch A, Ojemann S, Restrepo D, Gibson EA. Two-photon microendoscope for label-free imaging in stereotactic neurosurgery. Biomed Opt Express. 2023 Jul 01; 14(7):3705-3725. PMID: 37497482.
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    18. Radcliffe EM, Baumgartner AJ, Kern DS, Al Borno M, Ojemann S, Kramer DR, Thompson JA. Oscillatory beta dynamics inform biomarker-driven treatment optimization for Parkinson's disease. J Neurophysiol. 2023 06 01; 129(6):1492-1504. PMID: 37198135.
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    19. Thompson JA, Hirt L, David-Gerecht P, Fasano A, Kramer DR, Ojemann SG, Kern DS. Comparison of Monopolar Review to Fixed Parameter Fractionation in Deep Brain Stimulation. Mov Disord Clin Pract. 2023 Jun; 10(6):987-991. PMID: 37332654.
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    20. Lewis S, Radcliffe E, Ojemann S, Kramer DR, Hirt L, Case M, Holt-Becker AB, Raike R, Kern DS, Thompson JA. Pilot Study to Investigate the Use of In-Clinic Sensing to Identify Optimal Stimulation Parameters for Deep Brain Stimulation Therapy in Parkinson's Disease. Neuromodulation. 2024 Apr; 27(3):509-519. PMID: 36797194.
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    21. Kennis M, Hale EW, Hemendinger E, Davis R, Ojemann SG, Strom L, Klepitskaya O. Suicide in Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease: A Retrospective Case-Control Study. J Parkinsons Dis. 2023; 13(3):415-419. PMID: 36911947.
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    22. Lai PMR, Ryu JY, Park SC, Gross BA, Dickinson LD, Dagen S, Aziz-Sultan MA, Boulos AS, Barrow DL, Batjer HH, Blackburn S, Chang EF, Chen PR, Colby GP, Cosgrove GR, David CA, Day AL, Frerichs KU, Niemela M, Ojemann SG, Patel NJ, Shi X, Valle-Giler EP, Wang AC, Welch BG, Zusman EE, Weiss ST, Du R. Somatic Variants in SVIL in Cerebral Aneurysms. Neurol Genet. 2022 Dec; 8(6):e200040. PMID: 36475054.
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    23. Tekriwal A, Baker S, Christensen E, Petersen-Jones H, Tien RN, Ojemann SG, Kern DS, Kramer DR, Felsen G, Thompson JA. Quantifying neuro-motor correlations during awake deep brain stimulation surgery using markerless tracking. Sci Rep. 2022 10 27; 12(1):18120. PMID: 36302865.
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    24. Baker S, Tekriwal A, Felsen G, Christensen E, Hirt L, Ojemann SG, Kramer DR, Kern DS, Thompson JA. Automatic extraction of upper-limb kinematic activity using deep learning-based markerless tracking during deep brain stimulation implantation for Parkinson's disease: A proof of concept study. PLoS One. 2022; 17(10):e0275490. PMID: 36264986.
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    25. Serva SN, Bernstein J, Thompson JA, Kern DS, Ojemann SG. An update on advanced therapies for Parkinson's disease: From gene therapy to neuromodulation. Front Surg. 2022; 9:863921. PMID: 36211256.
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    26. Kern D, Korsmo M, Baumgartner AJ, Kramer D, Ojemann S, Case M, Holt-Becker AB, Raike R, Thompson JA. Methylphenidate effects on a clinically informative oscillatory signal within the subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson's disease during deep brain stimulation programming. Brain Stimul. 2022 May-Jun; 15(3):747-749. PMID: 35526817.
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    27. Baumgartner AJ, Thompson JA, Kern DS, Ojemann SG. Novel targets in deep brain stimulation for movement disorders. Neurosurg Rev. 2022 Aug; 45(4):2593-2613. PMID: 35511309.
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    28. Razmara A, Idlett-Ali S, Chee K, Shrestha K, Bayman E, Thompson J, Jameson L, Ojemann S, Kramer D. Transient cardiac asystole during vagus nerve stimulator implantation: A case report. Surg Neurol Int. 2022; 13:131. PMID: 35509543.
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    29. Hirt L, Kern DS, Ojemann S, Grassia F, Kramer D, Thompson JA. Use of Three-Dimensional Printed Brain Models During Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery Consultation for Patient Health Literacy: A Randomized Controlled Investigation. World Neurosurg. 2022 06; 162:e526-e533. PMID: 35306197.
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    30. Tekriwal A, Felsen G, Ojemann SG, Abosch A, Thompson JA. Motor context modulates substantia nigra pars reticulata spike activity in patients with Parkinson's disease. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2022 04; 93(4):386-394. PMID: 35193951.
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    31. Hirt L, Grassia F, Feuerstein J, Thompson JA, Ojemann S, Kern DS. Deep Brain Stimulation of the Ventral Intermediate Nucleus of the Thalamus in Writer's Cramp: A Case Report. Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y). 2021; 11:46. PMID: 34824889.
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    32. Ung TH, Kahn L, Hirt L, Chatain G, Humes E, David-Gerecht P, Drees C, Thompson JA, Ojemann S, Abosch A. Using a Robotic-Assisted Approach for Stereotactic Laser Ablation Corpus Callosotomy: A Technical Report. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2022; 100(1):61-66. PMID: 34515241.
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    33. Davis RA, Giordano J, Hufford DB, Sheth SA, Warnke P, Widge AS, Richardson RM, Rosenow JM, Rossi PJ, Storch EA, Winston H, Zboyan J, Dougherty DD, Foote KD, Goodman WK, McLaughlin NCR, Ojemann S, Rasmussen S, Abosch A, Okun MS. Restriction of Access to Deep Brain Stimulation for Refractory OCD: Failure to Apply the Federal Parity Act. Front Psychiatry. 2021; 12:706181. PMID: 34456762.
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    34. Kortz MW, Kongs BM, McCray E, Grassia F, Hosokawa P, Bernstein JE, Moore SP, Yanovskaya M, Ojemann SG. How neuropsychiatric comorbidity, modulatory indication, demographics, and other factors impact deep brain stimulation inpatient outcomes in the United States: A population-based study of 27,956 patients. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2021 Sep; 208:106842. PMID: 34339900.
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    35. Thaker AA, Reddy KM, Thompson JA, Gerecht PD, Brown MS, Abosch A, Ojemann SG, Kern DS. Coronal Gradient Echo MRI to Visualize the Zona Incerta for Deep Brain Stimulation Targeting in Parkinson's Disease. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2021; 99(5):443-450. PMID: 33902054.
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    36. Belanger K, Grassia F, Kortz MW, Thompson JA, DeStefano S, Ojemann S. Management of post-operative delirium following stereoelectroencephalography electrode placement for drug resistant epilepsy: Lessons learned from two case reports. Epilepsy Behav Rep. 2021; 16:100438. PMID: 33997756.
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    37. Kern DS, Fasano A, Thompson JA, Abosch A, Ojemann S, Munhoz RP. Constant Current versus Constant Voltage: Clinical Evidence Supporting a Fundamental Difference in the Modalities. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2021; 99(2):171-175. PMID: 33227781.
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    38. Drees C, McDermott D, Sillau S, Abosch A, Ojemann S, Schwarz S, Brown MG. Seizure outcome with responsive neurostimulation (RNS) comparing strip versus depth leads. Epilepsy Behav. 2020 11; 112:107402. PMID: 32911300.
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    39. Hixon AM, Brown MG, McDermott D, Destefano S, Abosch A, Kahn L, Ojemann S, Drees C. RNS modifications to eliminate stimulation-triggered signs or symptoms (STS): Case series and practical guide. Epilepsy Behav. 2020 11; 112:107327. PMID: 32717707.
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    40. Kern DS, Uy D, Rhoades R, Ojemann S, Abosch A, Thompson JA. Discrete changes in brain volume after deep brain stimulation in patients with Parkinson's disease. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2020 09; 91(9):928-937. PMID: 32651244.
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    41. George DD, Ojemann SG, Drees C, Thompson JA. Stimulation Mapping Using Stereoelectroencephalography: Current and Future Directions. Front Neurol. 2020; 11:320. PMID: 32477236.
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    42. Gault JM, Thompson JA, Maharajh K, Hosokawa P, Stevens KE, Olincy A, Liedtke EI, Ojemann A, Ojemann S, Abosch A. Striatal and Thalamic Auditory Response During Deep Brain Stimulation for Essential Tremor: Implications for Psychosis. Neuromodulation. 2020 Jun; 23(4):478-488. PMID: 32022409.
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    43. Thompson JA, Oukal S, Bergman H, Ojemann S, Hebb AO, Hanrahan S, Israel Z, Abosch A. Semi-automated application for estimating subthalamic nucleus boundaries and optimal target selection for deep brain stimulation implantation surgery. J Neurosurg. 2018 May 18; 130(4):1224-1233. PMID: 29775152.
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    44. Brown MG, Drees C, Nagae LM, Thompson JA, Ojemann S, Abosch A. Curative and palliative MRI-guided laser ablation for drug-resistant epilepsy. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2018 Apr; 89(4):425-433. PMID: 29084870.
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    45. Thompson JA, Yin D, Ojemann SG, Abosch A. Use of the Putamen as a Surrogate Anatomical Marker for the Internal Segment of the Globus Pallidus in Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2017; 95(4):229-235. PMID: 28728152.
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    46. Niethammer M, Tang CC, LeWitt PA, Rezai AR, Leehey MA, Ojemann SG, Flaherty AW, Eskandar EN, Kostyk SK, Sarkar A, Siddiqui MS, Tatter SB, Schwalb JM, Poston KL, Henderson JM, Kurlan RM, Richard IH, Sapan CV, Eidelberg D, During MJ, Kaplitt MG, Feigin A. Long-term follow-up of a randomized AAV2-GAD gene therapy trial for Parkinson's disease. JCI Insight. 2017 04 06; 2(7):e90133. PMID: 28405611.
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    47. Nagae LM, Honce JM, Nyberg E, Ojemann S, Abosch A, Drees CN. Imaging of Laser Therapy in Epilepsy. J Neuroimaging. 2017 05; 27(3):292-299. PMID: 28370739.
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    48. Yin D, Thompson JA, Drees C, Ojemann SG, Nagae L, Pelak VS, Abosch A. Optic Radiation Tractography and Visual Field Deficits in Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for Amygdalohippocampectomy in Patients with Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2017; 95(2):107-113. PMID: 28324881.
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    49. Davis RA, Epstein CH, Klepitskaya O, Sharp CS, Ojemann S, Abosch A, Heru AM. Disambiguating the Psychiatric Sequelae of Parkinson's Disease, Deep Brain Stimulation, and Life Events: Case Report and Literature Review. Am J Psychiatry. 2017 Jan 01; 174(1):11-15. PMID: 28041000.
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    50. LeWitt PA, Rezai AR, Leehey MA, Ojemann SG, Flaherty AW, Eskandar EN, Kostyk SK, Thomas K, Sarkar A, Siddiqui MS, Tatter SB, Schwalb JM, Poston KL, Henderson JM, Kurlan RM, Richard IH, Van Meter L, Sapan CV, During MJ, Kaplitt MG, Feigin A. AAV2-GAD gene therapy for advanced Parkinson's disease: a double-blind, sham-surgery controlled, randomised trial. Lancet Neurol. 2011 Apr; 10(4):309-19. PMID: 21419704.
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    51. Spitz MC, Winston KR, Maa EH, Ojemann SG. Insulation discontinuity in a vagus nerve stimulator lead: a treatable cause of intolerable stimulation-related symptoms. J Neurosurg. 2010 Apr; 112(4):829-31. PMID: 19558306.
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    52. Sanchez-Mejia RO, Ojemann SG, Simko J, Chaudhary UB, Levy J, Lawton MT. Sacral epithelioid angiosarcoma associated with a bleeding diathesis and spinal epidural hematoma: case report. J Neurosurg Spine. 2006 Mar; 4(3):246-50. PMID: 16572625.
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    53. Jabbour PM, Ojemann SG. Herpes simplex encephalitis. Is anticoagulation safe? Neurologist. 2005 May; 11(3):187-9. PMID: 15860143.
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    54. Qui?ones-Hinojosa A, Ojemann SG, Sanai N, Dillon WP, Berger MS. Preoperative correlation of intraoperative cortical mapping with magnetic resonance imaging landmarks to predict localization of the Broca area. J Neurosurg. 2003 Aug; 99(2):311-8. PMID: 12924706.
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    55. Ojemann SG, Berger MS, Lettich E, Ojemann GA. Localization of language function in children: results of electrical stimulation mapping. J Neurosurg. 2003 Mar; 98(3):465-70. PMID: 12650415.
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    56. Danielpour M, von Koch CS, Ojemann SG, Peacock WJ. Disconnective hemispherectomy. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2001 Oct; 35(4):169-72. PMID: 11694793.
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    57. Vates GE, Arthur KA, Ojemann SG, Williams F, Lawton MT. A neurocytoma and an associated lenticulostriate artery aneurysm presenting with intraventricular hemorrhage: case report. Neurosurgery. 2001 Sep; 49(3):721-5. PMID: 11523685.
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    58. Ojemann SG, Sneed PK, Larson DA, Gutin PH, Berger MS, Verhey L, Smith V, Petti P, Wara W, Park E, McDermott MW. Radiosurgery for malignant meningioma: results in 22 patients. J Neurosurg. 2000 Dec; 93 Suppl 3:62-7. PMID: 11143265.
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    59. Yingling CD, Ojemann S, Dodson B, Harrington MJ, Berger MS. Identification of motor pathways during tumor surgery facilitated by multichannel electromyographic recording. J Neurosurg. 1999 Dec; 91(6):922-7. PMID: 10584836.
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    60. Fried I, Nenov VI, Ojemann SG, Woods RP. Functional MR and PET imaging of rolandic and visual cortices for neurosurgical planning. J Neurosurg. 1995 Nov; 83(5):854-61. PMID: 7472554.
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