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ATUL MAHESHWARI

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InstitutionBaylor College of Medicine
DepartmentDepartment of Neurology
Address6501 Fannin St
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    InstitutionBaylor College of Medicine
    DepartmentDepartment of Education, Innovation & Technology
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    InstitutionBaylor College of Medicine
    DepartmentDepartment of Neuroscience
    DivisionNeuroscience


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    R56MH126953     (MAHESHWARI, ATUL)Jul 1, 2021 - Jun 30, 2022
    NIH
    The Development of Inhibitory Networks Regulating Sustained Attention
    Role: Principal Investigator
    K08NS096029     (MAHESHWARI, ATUL)Apr 1, 2016 - Mar 31, 2021
    NIH
    Cellular and Network Basis of Anti-Epileptic Drug Response
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Westervelt M, Cavallaro S, Boedeker P, Robles J, Nguyen L, Stoddard H, Fishman M, Dorney K, Hirsch AW, Kung D, Lim J, Fisher K, Sarkar A, DiLeo M, Mogensen J, Ismail N, Maheshwari A, Miller KA. Twice as Nice: A Two-Step Process Empowering Medical Students to Co-create narrative feedback. Acad Med. 2026 May 20. PMID: 42159553.
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    2. Katlowitz KA, Cole ER, Mickiewicz EA, Shah S, Franch M, Adkinson JA, Belanger JL, Mathura RK, Mesz?na D, McGinley M, Mu?oz W, Banks GP, Cash SS, Hsu CW, Paulk AC, Provenza NR, Watrous AJ, Williams Z, Goldman AM, Krishnan V, Maheshwari A, Heilbronner SR, Kim R, Rungratsameetaweemana N, Hayden BY, Sheth SA. Plasticity and language in the anaesthetized human hippocampus. Nature. 2026 May 06. PMID: 42092132.
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    3. Morrow J, Blackwell S, Gugala Z, Maheshwari A, Boedeker P. Trends in the National Resident Matching Program: Shifting Applicant Priorities in the Setting of Application Limits and Pass/Fail Step 1 Grading. Acad Med. 2026 Apr 20. PMID: 42011108.
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    4. Reyes G, Giridharan N, Shofty B, Banks GP, Hasen M, Paulo DL, Katlowitz KA, Kabotyanski KE, Devara E, Dang H, Naqvi ZU, Liu TB, Allam AK, Gavvala JR, Krishnan V, Maheshwari A, Haneef Z, Hegazy MIR, Sheth SA. Combined Surgical Resection and Responsive Neurostimulation for Drug-Resistant Epilepsy: A Case Series. Oper Neurosurg. 2026 Mar 04. PMID: 41778783.
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    5. Rahman S, Maheshwari K, Rivera A, Chang V, Baig MU, Moscoso B, Chavez A, Anderson ED, Maheshwari A. Low levels of mindfulness in the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit. Epilepsy Behav. 2026 May; 178:110956. PMID: 41724125.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    6. Ortiz E, Yang R, Sonesra A, Ntamatungiro AK, Ruiz M, Dunbar C, Chavez A, Moscoso B, Park SJ, Maheshwari A. The effect of sensory deprivation and mutant gene dosage on seizures and sustained attention in a mouse model of absence epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav. 2026 Apr; 177:110903. PMID: 41671783.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Animals
    7. Danstrom IA, Adkinson JA, Liu Z, Robinson ME, Oswalt D, Banks GP, Maheshwari A, Lin L, Shofty B, Hasen M, Goldman A, Bartoli E, Heilbronner SR, Bijanki KR. A nonlinear relationship of evoked responses following charge-balanced single-pulse electrical stimulation with varying pulse widths. Brain Stimul. 2026 Mar-Apr; 19(2):103049. PMID: 41654212.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    8. Nascimento FA, McLaren JR, Zhao W, Katyal R, Sheikh IS, Kong WY, Aljaafari D, Barot N, Benbadis S, Friedman D, Gavvala JR, Halford J, Hogan RE, Kaplan PW, Karakis I, Maheshwari A, Matthews R, O'Donovan C, Rampp S, Schuele S, Sirven J, Tatum WO, Williams J, Yacubian EM, Yuan D, Beniczky S, Sibony O, Westover MB. Noise in the diagnosis of epilepsy by experts. Epileptic Disord. 2026 Apr; 28(2):457-469. PMID: 41556879.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    9. Anandan C, Anderson NC, Barbour K, Nguyen LT, Maheshwari A, Moore MZ, Kung D. Enhancing Neurologic Clinical Competency-Implementing Competency-based Medical Education and Workplace-based Assessments in a Neurology Clerkship. Semin Neurol. 2026 Jun; 46(3):257-262. PMID: 41371261.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    10. Yan X, Krishna A, Arsdel KV, Gautam I, Kim B, Shrivastava A, Belanger J, Chavez AG, Chericoni A, Franch M, Ismail T, Katlowitz KA, Mickiewicz EA, Paulo D, Zhu H, Goldman AM, Krishnan V, Maheshwari A, Bartoli E, Provenza NR, Michael Yoo SB, Hayden BY, Sheth SA. Shared neural geometries for bilingual semantic representations. bioRxiv. 2025 Nov 17. PMID: 41332514; PMCID: PMC12667882.
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    11. Mickiewicz EA, Franch M, Katlowitz KA, Chavez AG, Zhu H, Chericoni A, Yan X, Belanger JL, Ismail T, Paulo DL, Goldman AM, Krishnan V, Maheshwari A, Bartoli E, Heilbronner SR, Provenza NR, Sheth SA, Hayden BY. A semantotopic map in human hippocampus. bioRxiv. 2025 Nov 02. PMID: 41279861; PMCID: PMC12636347.
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    12. Maheshwari A, Sarkar A, Misra SM. Comparative analysis of human-generated versus Artificial Intelligence-drafted summary paragraphs for medical student performance evaluations. Med Teach. 2026 04; 48(4):606-614. PMID: 41108716.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    13. Danstrom IA, Adkinson JA, Robinson ME, Lin L, Maheshwari A, Shofty B, Banks G, Hasen M, Sheth SA, Goldman AM, Bartoli E, Heilbronner SR, Bijanki KR. Asymmetric Cingulum Bundle Connectivity Is Modulated by Paracingulate Sulcus Morphology. Hum Brain Mapp. 2025 Jun 15; 46(9):e70230. PMID: 40525815; PMCID: PMC12172119.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    14. Boedeker PJ, Moreno NP, Newell AD, Maheshwari A, McMillin MA, Tippen SP, Pillow MT, Bergemann AD. Pedagogical Content Knowledge as a Lens for Transforming Teaching in Medical and Health Professions Education. Med Sci Educ. 2025 Jun; 35(3):1707-1714. PMID: 40625991; PMCID: PMC12228881.
      Citations: 1     
    15. Abreo TJ, Thompson EC, Madabushi A, Park KL, Soh H, Varghese N, Vanoye CG, Springer K, Johnson J, Sims S, Ji Z, Chavez AG, Jankovic MJ, Habte B, Zuberi AR, Lutz CM, Wang Z, Krishnan V, Dudler L, Einsele-Scholz S, Noebels JL, George AL, Maheshwari A, Tzingounis A, Cooper EC. Plural molecular and cellular mechanisms of pore domain KCNQ2 encephalopathy. Elife. 2025 Jan 06; 13. PMID: 39761077; PMCID: PMC11703504.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    16. Gupta P, Dang M, Oberai S, Migliozzi S, Trivedi R, Kumar G, Peshoff M, Milam N, Ahmed A, Bojja K, Tran TM, Gumin J, Kamiya-Matsuoka C, Huse J, Cox K, Li J, Shehwana H, Sheth SA, Saxon R, Baohua S, Parker-Kerrigan B, Maheshwari A, Parra Cuentas ER, Navin NE, Heimberger AB, Lang FF, Iavarone A, Clise-Dwyer K, Wang L, Bhat KP, Gupta P, Dang M, Oberai S, Migliozzi S, Trivedi R, Kumar G, Peshoff M, Milam N, Ahmed A, Bojja K, Tran TM, Gumin J, Kamiya-Matsuoka C, Huse J, Cox K, Li J, Shehwana H, Sheth SA, Saxon R, Baohua S, Parker Kerrigan B, Maheshwari A, Parra Cuentas ER, Navin NE, Heimberger AB, Lang FF, Iavarone A, Clise-Dwyer K, Wang L, Bhat KP. Immune landscape of isocitrate dehydrogenase-stratified primary and recurrent human gliomas. Neuro Oncol. 2024 Dec 05; 26(12):2239-2255. PMID: 39126294; PMCID: PMC11630528.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    17. Krishnan V, Wu J, Mazumder AG, Kamen JL, Schirmer C, Adhyapak N, Bass JS, Lee SC, Maheshwari A, Molinaro G, Gibson JR, Huber KM, Minassian BA. Clinicopathologic Dissociation: Robust Lafora Body Accumulation in Malin KO Mice Without Observable Changes in Home-Cage Behavior. J Comp Neurol. 2024 07; 532(7):e25660. PMID: 39039998; PMCID: PMC11370821.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    18. Thompson EC, Madabushi A, Soh H, Varghese N, Vanoye CG, Springer K, Park KL, Johnson J, Sims S, Ji Z, Chavez AG, Jankovic MJ, Habte B, Zuberi A, Lutz C, Wang Z, Krishnan V, Dudler L, Einsele-Scholz S, Noebels JL, George AL, Maheshwari A, Tzingounis AV, Cooper EC, Abreo TJ, Abreo TJ, Thompson EC, Madabushi A, Soh H, Varghese N, Vanoye CG, Springer K, Park KL, Johnson J, Sims S, Ji Z, Chavez AG, Jankovic MJ, Habte B, Zuberi AR, Lutz C, Wang Z, Krishnan V, Dudler L, Einsele-Scholz S, Noebels JL, George AL, Maheshwari A, Tzingounis AV, Cooper EC, Zuberi AR, Lutz C. Plural molecular and cellular mechanisms of pore domain KCNQ2 encephalopathy. bioRxiv. 2024 Jun 26. PMID: 38260608; PMCID: PMC10802467.
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    19. Metzger BA, Kalva P, Mocchi MM, Cui B, Adkinson JA, Wang Z, Mathura R, Kanja K, Gavvala J, Krishnan V, Lin L, Maheshwari A, Shofty B, Magnotti JF, Willie JT, Sheth SA, Bijanki KR. Intracranial stimulation and EEG feature analysis reveal affective salience network specialization. Brain. 2023 10 03; 146(10):4366-4377. PMID: 37293814; PMCID: PMC10545499.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    20. Pecha T, Shetty S, Kengen A, Gavvala J, Maheshwari A. Education Research: Virtual Patient Management Conference for Epilepsy Surgery in the Post-COVID-19 Era: An Educational Perspective. Neurol Educ. 2023 Dec 22; 2(4):e200089. PMID: 39359315; PMCID: PMC11419302.
      Citations: 2     
    21. Krishnan V, Wu J, Mazumder AG, Kamen JL, Schirmer C, Adhyapak N, Bass JS, Lee SC, Maheshwari A, Molinaro G, Gibson JR, Huber KM, Minassian BA. Clinicopathologic Dissociation: Robust Lafora Body Accumulation in Malin KO Mice Without Observable Changes in Home-cage Behavior. bioRxiv. 2023 Sep 13. PMID: 37745312; PMCID: PMC10515855.
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    22. Nguyen T, Xiao E, Clark A, Shamim A, Maheshwari A. Screening for ADHD in Adult Patients With Epilepsy: Prevalence of Symptoms and Challenges to Diagnosis. J Atten Disord. 2024 01; 28(1):51-57. PMID: 37694675; PMCID: PMC10676030.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    23. Varghese N, Moscoso B, Chavez A, Springer K, Ortiz E, Soh H, Santaniello S, Maheshwari A, Tzingounis AV. KCNQ2/3 Gain-of-Function Variants and Cell Excitability: Differential Effects in CA1 versus L2/3 Pyramidal Neurons. J Neurosci. 2023 09 20; 43(38):6479-6494. PMID: 37607817; PMCID: PMC10513074.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    24. Mazzaferro S, Msekela DJ, Cooper EC, Maheshwari A, Sine SM. Genetic Variant in Nicotinic Receptor a4-Subunit Causes Sleep-Related Hyperkinetic Epilepsy via Increased Channel Opening. Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Oct 12; 23(20). PMID: 36292983; PMCID: PMC9602795.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Cells
    25. Jing J, Strowd R, Sheikh IS, Weber D, Gavvala JR, Maheshwari A, Tanner A, Ng M, Vinayan KP, Sinha SR, Rao VR, Fountain NB, Karakis I, Wirrell E, Yuan F, Friedman D, Tankisi H, Rampp S, Fasano R, O'Donovan C, Schomer D, Kaplan PW, Sperling MR, Benbadis S, Westover MB, Nascimento FA, Yacubian EM, Perry MS, Wilmshurst JM, Beniczky S. Competency-based EEG education: a list of "must-know" EEG findings for adult and child neurology residents Epileptic Disord. 2022 10 01; 24(5):979-982. PMID: 35904042; PMCID: PMC9812628.
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    26. Pham C, Roy C, Tang C, Maheshwari A. Low recognition of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in adult patients admitted to the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit. Brain Behav. 2022 08; 12(8):e32731. PMID: 35899366; PMCID: PMC9392548.
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    27. Jing J, Dunbar C, Sonesra A, Chavez A, Park S, Yang R, Soh H, Lee M, Tzingounis AV, Cooper EC, Jiang X, Maheshwari A. Removal of KCNQ2 from parvalbumin-expressing interneurons improves anti-seizure efficacy of retigabine. Exp Neurol. 2022 09; 355:114141. PMID: 35691372; PMCID: PMC9899633.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    28. Jaramillo MA, Pham T, Kamrudin S, Khanna R, Maheshwari A. Seizure exacerbation with anti-seizure medications in adult patients with epilepsy. Epilepsy Res. 2022 03; 181:106885. PMID: 35202904; PMCID: PMC8930696.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    29. Chu J, Fussner S, Krishnan V, Maheshwari A, Gavvala JR, Nascimento FA. Neurostimulation EEG artifacts: VNS, RNS, and DBS. Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2021 08; 79(8):752-753. PMID: 34133495.
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    30. Karas PJ, Giridharan N, Treiber JM, Prablek MA, Khan AB, Shofty B, Krishnan V, Chu J, Van Ness PC, Maheshwari A, Haneef Z, Gavvala JR, Sheth SA. Accuracy and Workflow Improvements for Responsive Neurostimulation Hippocampal Depth Electrode Placement Using Robotic Stereotaxy. Front Neurol. 2020; 11:590825. PMID: 33424745; PMCID: PMC7793880.
      Citations: 2     
    31. Maheshwari A, Chu J, Gavvala JR, Nascimento FA. EEG education in neurology residency: background knowledge and focal challenges. Epileptic Disord. 2020 Dec 01; 22(6):769-774. PMID: 33399093.
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    32. Vittala A, Murphy N, Maheshwari A, Krishnan V. Understanding Cortical Dysfunction in Schizophrenia With TMS/EEG. Front Neurosci. 2020; 14:554. PMID: 32547362; PMCID: PMC7270174.
      Citations: 6     
    33. Maheshwari A. Rodent EEG: Expanding the Spectrum of Analysis. Epilepsy Curr. 2020 May; 20(3):149-153. PMID: 32354231; PMCID: PMC7281905.
      Citations: 3     
    34. Chourasia N, Maheshwari A, Kalamangalam G. Cognitive and functional status in late-onset Lennox-Gastaut syndrome: Variation on a classic phenotype. Epilepsy Behav. 2020 01; 102:106660. PMID: 31770718.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    35. Dunbar C, Lee M, Maheshwari A. High Yield of Screening for ADHD in the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit. J Atten Disord. 2021 06; 25(8):1120-1128. PMID: 31707913.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    36. Marafi D, Fussner S, Chen YY, Yoshor D, Van Ness P, Maheshwari A. Picking up the pace. Clin Neurophysiol. 2019 09; 130(9):1528-1530. PMID: 31295722; PMCID: PMC7057914.
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    37. Soh H, Park S, Ryan K, Springer K, Maheshwari A, Tzingounis AV. Deletion of KCNQ2/3 potassium channels from PV+ interneurons leads to homeostatic potentiation of excitatory transmission. Elife. 2018 11 01; 7. PMID: 30382937; PMCID: PMC6211828.
      Citations: 16     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    38. Meyer J, Maheshwari A, Noebels J, Smirnakis S. Asynchronous suppression of visual cortex during absence seizures in stargazer mice. Nat Commun. 2018 05 16; 9(1):1938. PMID: 29769525; PMCID: PMC5955878.
      Citations: 13     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    39. Pohlen MS, Jin J, Tobias RS, Maheshwari A. Pharmacoresistance with newer anti-epileptic drugs in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis. Epilepsy Res. 2017 11; 137:56-60. PMID: 28941835; PMCID: PMC5650939.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    40. Maheshwari A, Akbar A, Wang M, Marks RL, Yu K, Park S, Foster BL, Noebels JL. Persistent aberrant cortical phase-amplitude coupling following seizure treatment in absence epilepsy models. J Physiol. 2017 12 01; 595(23):7249-7260. PMID: 28901011; PMCID: PMC5709336.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    41. Lopez AY, Wang X, Xu M, Maheshwari A, Curry D, Lam S, Adesina AM, Noebels JL, Sun QQ, Cooper EC. Ankyrin-G isoform imbalance and interneuronopathy link epilepsy and bipolar disorder. Mol Psychiatry. 2017 10; 22(10):1464-1472. PMID: 27956739; PMCID: PMC5798616.
      Citations: 23     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    42. Maheshwari A, Marks RL, Yu KM, Noebels JL. Shift in interictal relative gamma power as a novel biomarker for drug response in two mouse models of absence epilepsy. Epilepsia. 2016 Jan; 57(1):79-88. PMID: 26663261; PMCID: PMC5551895.
      Citations: 13     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    43. Lillis KP, Dulla C, Maheshwari A, Coulter D, Mody I, Heinemann U, Armbruster M, ?iburkus J. WONOEP appraisal: molecular and cellular imaging in epilepsy. Epilepsia. 2015 Apr; 56(4):505-13. PMID: 25779014; PMCID: PMC4397142.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    44. Hannawi Y, Satpute SS, Maheshwari A. Mystery case: eyelid myoclonia with absences in an adult patient. Neurology. 2014 Feb 25; 82(8):e63-4. PMID: 24566229.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    45. Olivetti PR, Maheshwari A, Noebels JL. Neonatal estradiol stimulation prevents epilepsy in Arx model of X-linked infantile spasms syndrome. Sci Transl Med. 2014 Jan 22; 6(220):220ra12. PMID: 24452264; PMCID: PMC4034383.
      Citations: 23     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    46. Maheshwari A, Noebels JL. Monogenic models of absence epilepsy: windows into the complex balance between inhibition and excitation in thalamocortical microcircuits. Prog Brain Res. 2014; 213:223-52. PMID: 25194492.
      Citations: 35     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    47. Chen DK, Maheshwari A, Franks R, Trolley GC, Robinson JS, Hrachovy RA. Brief group psychoeducation for psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: a neurologist-initiated program in an epilepsy center. Epilepsia. 2014 Jan; 55(1):156-66. PMID: 24446955.
      Citations: 16     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    48. Maheshwari A, Nahm WK, Noebels JL. Paradoxical proepileptic response to NMDA receptor blockade linked to cortical interneuron defect in stargazer mice. Front Cell Neurosci. 2013; 7:156. PMID: 24065886; PMCID: PMC3776135.
      Citations: 26     
    49. Kramer MA, Truccolo W, Eden UT, Lepage KQ, Hochberg LR, Eskandar EN, Madsen JR, Lee JW, Maheshwari A, Halgren E, Chu CJ, Cash SS. Human seizures self-terminate across spatial scales via a critical transition. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Dec 18; 109(51):21116-21. PMID: 23213262; PMCID: PMC3529091.
      Citations: 58     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    50. Wray SH, Martinez-Hernandez E, Dalmau J, Maheshwari A, Chen A, King S, Bishop Pitman M, Leigh RJ. Paraneoplastic upbeat nystagmus. Neurology. 2011 Aug 16; 77(7):691-3. PMID: 21813784; PMCID: PMC3159092.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
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