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1989 — Ab Psychiatry & Neurology - PsychiatryEducation
1984 — University of Texas, Medical Education1984-1988 — NYU Medical Center (Psychiatry), Residency Training
1988-1990 — NYU Medical Center (Clin Neurophysiology), Clinical Fellowships
All data from NYU Health Sciences Library Faculty Bibliography — -
Neuroinflammation and psychiatric illness
Najjar, Souhel; Pearlman, Daniel M; Alper, Kenneth; Najjar, Amanda; Devinsky, Orrin
2013 ;10:43-43, Journal of Neuroinflammation
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id: 301282,
year: 2013,
vol: 10,
page: 43,
stat: Journal Article,
Fatalities temporally associated with the ingestion of ibogaine
Alper, Kenneth R; Stajic, Marina; Gill, James R
2012 Mar;57(2):398-412, Journal of forensic sciences
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id: 162832,
year: 2012,
vol: 57,
page: 398,
stat: Journal Article,
Ibogaine and the inhibition of acetylcholinesterase
Alper, Kenneth; Reith, Maarten E A; Sershen, Henry
2012 Feb 15;139(3):879-882, Journal of ethnopharmacology
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id: 150565,
year: 2012,
vol: 139,
page: 879,
stat: Journal Article,
Emotion processing bias and age of seizure onset among epilepsy patients with depressive symptoms
Brand, Jesse G; Mindt, Monica Rivera; Schaffer, Sarah G; Alper, Kenneth R; Devinsky, Orrin; Barr, William B
2012 Dec;25(4):552-557, Epilepsy & behavior
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id: 205192,
year: 2012,
vol: 25,
page: 552,
stat: Journal Article,
Pause-dependent ventricular tachycardia and torsades de pointes after ibogaine ingestion
Shawn, L K; Alper, K; Desai, S P; Stephenson, K; Olgun, A M; Nelson, L S; Hoffman, R S
2012 August 2012;50(7):654-654, Clinical Toxicology (Philadelphia)
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id: 177073,
year: 2012,
vol: 50,
page: 654,
stat: Journal Article,
Abnormalities of cortical thickness in postictal psychosis
Dubois, J M; Devinsky, O; Carlson, C; Kuzniecky, R; Quinn, B T; Alper, K; Butler, T; Starner, K; Halgren, E; Thesen, T
2011 Jun;21(2):132-136, Epilepsy & behavior
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id: 134446,
year: 2011,
vol: 21,
page: 132,
stat: Journal Article,
Emotional recognition in depressed epilepsy patients
Brand, Jesse G; Burton, Leslie A; Schaffer, Sarah G; Alper, Kenneth R; Devinsky, Orrin; Barr, William B
2009 Jul;15(3):333-338, Epilepsy & behavior
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id: 101883,
year: 2009,
vol: 15,
page: 333,
stat: Journal Article,
STRUCTURAL BRAIN ABNORMALITIES IN POSTICTAL PSYCHOSIS
DuBois, J; Carlson, C; Kuzniecky, R; Devinsky, O; Alper, K; Blumberg, M; Mikhly, M; Starner, K; Thesen, T
2009 ;50:447-447, Epilepsia
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id: 106076,
year: 2009,
vol: 50,
page: 447,
stat: Journal Article,
Self-reported Versus Clinician Rated Depression and Anxiety in Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures
Murphy, KE; Barr, WB; Brand, JG; Karantzoulis, S; Bender, HA; Alper, K
2009 ;23(4):61-61, Clinical neuropsychologist
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id: 125471,
year: 2009,
vol: 23,
page: 61,
stat: Journal Article,
The ibogaine medical subculture
Alper, Kenneth R; Lotsof, Howard S; Kaplan, Charles D
2008 Jan 4;115(1):9-24, Journal of ethnopharmacology
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id: 78350,
year: 2008,
vol: 115,
page: 9,
stat: Journal Article,
Postictal psychosis in partial epilepsy: a case-control study
Alper, Kenneth; Kuzniecky, Ruben; Carlson, Chad; Barr, William B; Vorkas, Charles K; Patel, Jignasa G; Carrelli, Angela L; Starner, Karen; Flom, Peter L; Devinsky, Orrin
2008 May;63(5):602-610, Annals of neurology
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id: 79550,
year: 2008,
vol: 63,
page: 602,
stat: Journal Article,
Localizing epileptogenic regions in partial epilepsy using three-dimensional statistical parametric maps of background EEG source spectra
Alper, Kenneth; Raghavan, Manoj; Isenhart, Robert; Howard, Bryant; Doyle, Werner; John, Roy; Prichep, Leslie
2008 Feb 1;39(3):1257-1265, Neuroimage
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id: 76455,
year: 2008,
vol: 39,
page: 1257,
stat: Journal Article,
Emotional recognition ability in patients with epileptic vs. non-epileptic seizures
Brand, JG; Barr, WB; Schaffer, SG; Burton, LA; Alper, KR; Devinsky, O
2008 SEP ;22(4):747-747, Clinical neuropsychologist
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id: 104236,
year: 2008,
vol: 22,
page: 747,
stat: Journal Article,
A psychodynamic understanding of conversion nonepileptic seizures in a young woman with acquired blindness
Soffer, Jocelyn; Alper, Kenneth R; Basch, Samuel
2008 Jul;13(7):575-584, CNS spectrums
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id: 95756,
year: 2008,
vol: 13,
page: 575,
stat: Journal Article,
Gender and major depression in a sample of epilepsy patients
Wolkin, JR; Barr, WB; Alper, KR; Zemon, V; Devinsky, O
2008 SEP ;22(4):747-747, Clinical neuropsychologist
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id: 104237,
year: 2008,
vol: 22,
page: 747,
stat: Journal Article,
The use of ibogaine in the treatment of addictions
Alper, Kenneth R; Lotsof, Howard S
Psychedelic medicine: New evidence for hallucinogenic substances as treatments (Vol 2) Westport, CT, US: Praeger Publishers/Greenwood Publishing Group, 2007,
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id: 4641,
year: 2007,
vol: ,
page: 43,
stat: Chapter,
Seizure incidence in psychopharmacological clinical trials: an analysis of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) summary basis of approval reports
Alper, Kenneth; Schwartz, Kelly A; Kolts, Russell L; Khan, Arif
2007 Aug 15;62(4):345-354, Biological psychiatry
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id: 74108,
year: 2007,
vol: 62,
page: 345,
stat: Journal Article,
Psychotropic complementary medicines
Alper, K. R; Glick, S. D
2006 ;188:587- Jun, British journal of psychiatry
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id: 64678,
year: 2006,
vol: 188,
page: 587,
stat: Journal Article,
Correlation of PET and qEEG in normal subjects
Alper, Kenneth R; John, E Roy; Brodie, Jonathan; Gunther, Wilfred; Daruwala, Raoul; Prichep, Leslie S
2006 Apr 30;146(3):271-282, Psychiatry research
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id: 67000,
year: 2006,
vol: 146,
page: 271,
stat: Journal Article,
Postictal psychosis: A case control study
Kuzniecky, R; Vorkas, CK; Alper, K; Carlson, C; Barr, W; Devinsky, O
2006 SEP ;47(3):279-279, Epilepsia
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id: 69541,
year: 2006,
vol: 47,
page: 279,
stat: Journal Article,
Nonepileptic seizures treatment workshop summary
LaFrance, W Curt Jr; Alper, Kenneth; Babcock, Debra; Barry, John J; Benbadis, Selim; Caplan, Rochelle; Gates, John; Jacobs, Margaret; Kanner, Andres; Martin, Roy; Rundhaugen, Lynn; Stewart, Randy; Vert, Christina
2006 May;8(3):451-461, Epilepsy & behavior
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id: 71629,
year: 2006,
vol: 8,
page: 451,
stat: Journal Article,
QEEG source localization of epileptiform foci
Prichep, LS; Alper, K
2006 NOV 23 ;54(1):28-29, Neuropsychobiology
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id: 69291,
year: 2006,
vol: 54,
page: 28,
stat: Journal Article,
Rates of invalid MMPI-2 responding in patients with epileptic and nonepileptic seizures
Barr, WB; Larson, E; Alper, K; Devinsky, O
2005 SEP ;46(11):60-60, Epilepsia
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id: 59584,
year: 2005,
vol: 46,
page: 60,
stat: Journal Article,
Localizing epileptic foci using variable resolution electromagnetic tomography (VARETA)
Alper, K; Raghavan, M; Prichep, L; Isenhart, R; Howard, B; John, R
2004 AUG-SEP ;45(3):114-115, Epilepsia
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id: 49018,
year: 2004,
vol: 45,
page: 114,
stat: Journal Article,
Obsessive-compulsive symptoms in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy
Isaacs, Keren L; Philbeck, John W; Barr, William B; Devinsky, Orrin; Alper, Kenneth
2004 Aug;5(4):569-574, Epilepsy & behavior
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id: 55970,
year: 2004,
vol: 5,
page: 569,
stat: Journal Article,
Treatment of psychosis, aggression, and irritability in patients with epilepsy
Alper KR; Barry JJ; Balabanov AJ
2002 Oct;3(5S):13-18, Epilepsy & behavior
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id: 39289,
year: 2002,
vol: 3,
page: 13,
stat: Journal Article,
Premorbid psychiatric risk factors for postictal psychosis: In reply
Alper, Kenneth R; Devinsky, Orrin; Boylan, Laura
2002 ;14(4):465-466 Fal, Journal of neuropsychiatry & clinical neurosciences
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id: 80779,
year: 2002,
vol: 14,
page: 465,
stat: Journal Article,
Adaptation to repeated cocaine administration in rats
Binienda, Zbigniew K; Pereira, Frederico; Alper, Kenneth; Slikker, William Jr; Ali, Syed F
2002 Jun;965:172-179, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
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id: 47446,
year: 2002,
vol: 965,
page: 172,
stat: Journal Article,
Outcome related electrophysiological subtypes of cocaine dependence
Prichep, Leslie S; Alper, Kenneth R; Sverdlov, Lev; Kowalik, Sharon C; John, E R; Merkin, Henry; Tom, Mee Lee; Howard, Bryant; Rosenthal, Mitchell S
2002 Jan;33(1):8-20, Clinical electroencephalography
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id: 68150,
year: 2002,
vol: 33,
page: 8,
stat: Journal Article,
Premorbid psychiatric risk factors for postictal psychosis
Alper K; Devinsky O; Westbrook L; Luciano D; Pacia S; Perrine K; Vazquez B
2001 Fall;13(4):492-499, Journal of neuropsychiatry & clinical neurosciences
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id: 26525,
year: 2001,
vol: 13,
page: 492,
stat: Journal Article,
Ibogaine: a review
Alper KR
2001 ;56(11):1-38, Alkaloids. Chemistry & biology
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id: 26577,
year: 2001,
vol: 56,
page: 1,
stat: Journal Article,
A contemporary history of ibogaine in the United States and Europe
Alper KR; Beal D; Kaplan CD
2001 ;56(11):249-281, Alkaloids. Chemistry & biology
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id: 26575,
year: 2001,
vol: 56,
page: 249,
stat: Journal Article,
Nondominant hemisphere lesions and conversion nonepileptic seizures
Devinsky O; Mesad S; Alper K
2001 Summer;13(3):367-373, Journal of neuropsychiatry & clinical neurosciences
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id: 34414,
year: 2001,
vol: 13,
page: 367,
stat: Journal Article,
Progression of postictal to interictal psychosis
Tarulli A; Devinsky O; Alper K
2001 Nov;42(11):1468-1471, Epilepsia
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id: 34411,
year: 2001,
vol: 42,
page: 1468,
stat: Journal Article,
Ibogaine in acute opioid withdrawal. An open label case series
Alper KR; Lotsof HS; Frenken GM; Luciano DJ; Bastiaans J
2000 ;909:257-259, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
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id: 11582,
year: 2000,
vol: 909,
page: 257,
stat: Journal Article,
Psychotropic medication use in patients with epilepsy: effect on seizure frequency
Gross A; Devinsky O; Westbrook LE; Wharton AH; Alper K
2000 Fall;12(4):458-464, Journal of neuropsychiatry & clinical neurosciences
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id: 34417,
year: 2000,
vol: 12,
page: 458,
stat: Journal Article,
Emotional outbursts and post-traumatic stress disorder during intracarotid amobarbital procedure
Masia SL; Perrine K; Westbrook L; Alper K; Devinsky O
2000 Apr 25;54(8):1691-1693, Neurology
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id: 34420,
year: 2000,
vol: 54,
page: 1691,
stat: Journal Article,
The EEG and cocaine sensitization: a hypothesis
Alper KR
1999 Spring;11(2):209-221, Journal of neuropsychiatry & clinical neurosciences
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id: 12016,
year: 1999,
vol: 11,
page: 209,
stat: Journal Article,
Treatment of acute opioid withdrawal with ibogaine
Alper KR; Lotsof HS; Frenken GM; Luciano DJ; Bastiaans J
1999 Summer;8(3):234-242, American journal on addictions
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id: 11952,
year: 1999,
vol: 8,
page: 234,
stat: Journal Article,
Psychosis after epilepsy surgery
Bromfield, EB; Devinsky, O; Fricchione, GL; Frumin, M; Mesad, SM; Alper, K; Dickey, C
1999 ;40(4):242-242 FAL, Epilepsia
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id: 104275,
year: 1999,
vol: 40,
page: 242,
stat: Journal Article,
Prediction of treatment outcome in cocaine dependent males using quantitative EEG
Prichep LS; Alper KR; Kowalik SC; Vaysblat LS; Merkin HA; Tom M; John ER; Rosenthal MS
1999 Mar 1;54(1):35-43, Drug & alcohol dependence
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id: 7429,
year: 1999,
vol: 54,
page: 35,
stat: Journal Article,
Correlation of qEEG with PET in schizophrenia
Alper K; Gunther W; Prichep LS; John ER; Brodie J
1998 ;38(1):50-56, Neuropsychobiology
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id: 7481,
year: 1998,
vol: 38,
page: 50,
stat: Journal Article,
Persistent QEEG abnormality in crack cocaine users at 6 months of drug abstinence
Alper KR; Prichep LS; Kowalik S; Rosenthal MS; John ER
1998 Jul;19(1):1-9, Neuropsychopharmacology
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id: 7480,
year: 1998,
vol: 19,
page: 1,
stat: Journal Article,
Olfactory reference syndrome in a patient with partial epilepsy
Devinsky O; Khan S; Alper K
1998 Apr;11(2):103-105, Neuropsychiatry neuropsychology & behavioral neurology
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id: 7322,
year: 1998,
vol: 11,
page: 103,
stat: Journal Article,
Dissociation in epilepsy and conversion nonepileptic seizures
Alper K; Devinsky O; Perrine K; Luciano D; Vazquez B; Pacia S; Rhee E
1997 Sep;38(9):991-997, Epilepsia
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id: 12132,
year: 1997,
vol: 38,
page: 991,
stat: Journal Article,
Clinical profile of patients with epileptic and nonepileptic seizures
Devinsky O; Sanchez-Villasenor F; Vazquez B; Kothari M; Alper K; Luciano D
1996 Jun;46(6):1530-1533, Neurology
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id: 12601,
year: 1996,
vol: 46,
page: 1530,
stat: Journal Article,
Neurometric QEEG studies of crack cocaine dependence and treatment outcome
Prichep LS; Alper K; Kowalik SC; Rosenthal M
1996 ;15(4):39-53, Journal of addictive diseases
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id: 12667,
year: 1996,
vol: 15,
page: 39,
stat: Journal Article,
Quantitative electroencephalographic characteristics of crack cocaine dependence
Prichep LS; Alper KR; Kowalik S; Merkin H; Tom M; John ER; Rosenthal MS
1996 Nov 15;40(10):986-993, Biological psychiatry
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id: 12472,
year: 1996,
vol: 40,
page: 986,
stat: Journal Article,
Social and medical outcome of nonepileptic seizures
ABRAMSON, H; BARKAN, M; ALPER, K; PERRINE, K; DEVINSKY, O
1995 NOV ;36(22):H9-H9, Epilepsia
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id: 52681,
year: 1995,
vol: 36,
page: H9,
stat: Journal Article,
Psychiatric classification of nonconversion nonepileptic seizures
Alper K; Devinsky O; Perrine K; Vazquez B; Luciano D
1995 Feb;52(2):199-201, Archives of neurology
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id: 12805,
year: 1995,
vol: 52,
page: 199,
stat: Journal Article,
DISSOCIATION IN PATIENTS WITH EPILEPTIC AND NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURES
ALPER, K; DEVINSKY, O; PERRINE, K; LUCIANO, D; VAZQUEZ, B; PACIA, S; ABRAMSON, H
1995 OCT ;36(4):640-640, Epilepsia
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id: 104295,
year: 1995,
vol: 36,
page: 640,
stat: Journal Article,
Postictal psychosis: a case control series of 20 patients and 150 controls
Devinsky O; Abramson H; Alper K; FitzGerald LS; Perrine K; Calderon J; Luciano D
1995 Mar;20(3):247-253, Epilepsy research
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id: 6818,
year: 1995,
vol: 20,
page: 247,
stat: Journal Article,
DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY IN PATIENTS WITH NONEPILEPTIC VERSUS EPILEPTIC SEIZURES
DONOFRIO, N; PERRINE, K; ALPER, K; ABRAMSON, H; DEVINSKY, O
1995 NOV ;36(22):H11-H11, Epilepsia
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id: 52682,
year: 1995,
vol: 36,
page: H11,
stat: Journal Article,
ABUSE HISTORY AND ICTAL SEMIOLOGY OF NONEPILEPTIC PSYCHOGENIC SEIZURES
LUCIANO, D; BARKEN, M; DEVINSKY, O; PERRINE, K; ALPER, K
1995 NOV ;36(22):645-645, Epilepsia
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id: 86669,
year: 1995,
vol: 36,
page: 645,
stat: Journal Article,
Quantitative EEG characteristics of children exposed in utero to cocaine
Prichep LS; Kowalik SC; Alper K; de Jesus C
1995 Jul;26(3):166-172, Clinical electroencephalography
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id: 6948,
year: 1995,
vol: 26,
page: 166,
stat: Journal Article,
QEEG in hemophiliacs with HIV infection
Riedel RR; Alper K; Bulau P; Brackmann HH; Niese D; Schieck U; Gunther W
1995 Apr;26(2):84-91, Clinical electroencephalography
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id: 6729,
year: 1995,
vol: 26,
page: 84,
stat: Journal Article,
Nonepileptic seizures
Alper K
1994 Feb;12(1):153-173, Neurologic clinics
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id: 63288,
year: 1994,
vol: 12,
page: 153,
stat: Journal Article,
HIV ANTIBODY TESTING AND CLIENT RETENTION IN THE THERAPEUTIC-COMMUNITY - A PRELIMINARY-REPORT OF PHOENIX-HOUSE
GONZALEZ, I; ROSENTHAL, MS; BIGLER, MO; ALPER, K; GERINGER, W
1994 SEP-OCT ;11(5):481-488, Journal of substance abuse treatment
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id: 52307,
year: 1994,
vol: 11,
page: 481,
stat: Journal Article,
Diminished cerebral metabolic response to motor stimulation in schizophrenics: a PET study
Guenther, W; Brodie, J D; Bartlett, E J; Dewey, S L; Henn, F A; Volkow, N D; Alper, K; Wolkin, A; Cancro, R; Wolf, A P
1994 ;244(3):115-125, European archives of psychiatry & clinical neuroscience
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id: 76242,
year: 1994,
vol: 244,
page: 115,
stat: Journal Article,
Quantitative electrophysiological characteristics and subtyping of schizophrenia
John ER; Prichep LS; Alper KR; Mas FG; Cancro R; Easton P; Sverdlov L
1994 Dec 15;36(12):801-826, Biological psychiatry
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id: 6653,
year: 1994,
vol: 36,
page: 801,
stat: Journal Article,
Quantitative EEG correlates of cognitive deterioration in the elderly [published erratum appears in Neurobiol Aging 1994 May-Jun;15(3):391]
Prichep LS; John ER; Ferris SH; Reisberg B; Almas M; Alper K; Cancro R
1994 Jan-Feb;15(1):85-90, Neurobiology of aging
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id: 6488,
year: 1994,
vol: 15,
page: 85,
stat: Journal Article,
Nonepileptic seizures and childhood sexual and physical abuse
Alper K; Devinsky O; Perrine K; Vazquez B; Luciano D
1993 Oct;43(10):1950-1953, Neurology
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id: 56494,
year: 1993,
vol: 43,
page: 1950,
stat: Journal Article,
Treatment resistant depression in a case of minor head injury: an electrophysiological hypothesis
Mas F; Prichep LS; Alper K
1993 Jul;24(3):118-122, Clinical electroencephalography
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id: 6447,
year: 1993,
vol: 24,
page: 118,
stat: Journal Article,
Nonepileptic seizures during apparent sleep
Thacker K; Devinsky O; Perrine K; Alper K; Luciano D
1993 Apr;33(4):414-418, Annals of neurology
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id: 13192,
year: 1993,
vol: 33,
page: 414,
stat: Journal Article,
Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: Clinical features and factors related to misdiagnosis
Vazquez B; Devinksy O; Luciano D; Alper K; et al
1993 ;6(4):233-238, Journal of epilepsy
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id: 8160,
year: 1993,
vol: 6,
page: 233,
stat: Journal Article,
Quantitative electroencephalography. A new approach to the diagnosis of cerebral dysfunction in systemic lupus erythematosus
Ritchlin CT; Chabot RJ; Alper K; Buyon J; Belmont HM; Roubey R; Abramson SB
1992 Nov;35(11):1330-1342, Arthritis & rheumatism
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id: 9743,
year: 1992,
vol: 35,
page: 1330,
stat: Journal Article,
Quantitative EEG correlates of crack cocaine dependence
Alper KR; Chabot RJ; Kim AH; Prichep LS; John ER
1990 Dec;35(2):95-105, Psychiatry research
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id: 14267,
year: 1990,
vol: 35,
page: 95,
stat: Journal Article,


