Overview
Background
Neurologist with extensive specialist experience in epileptology and electroencephalography (EEG). Following UK neurology training, Prof McGonigal spent many years as a senior clinician in Marseille, France, one of the world’s leading centres of epileptology. Her research aims at better understanding of epilepsy, through studying seizures recorded using video and brain electrical activity (EEG and stereo-EEG) and investigating how behavioural expression relates to brain rhythms. She is also interested in neuropsychiatric aspects of epilepsy, including anxiety and depression. She is current Chair of the American Epilepsy Society’s Special Interest Group on Stereo-EEG, and member of the Epilepsy Surgery Commission of the International League Against Epilepsy, helping to shape standards for epilepsy care. Aileen McGonigal has published 150+ articles and lectures and teaches internationally.
Profile on Mater Research Institute (Faculty of Medicine): https://www.materresearch.org.au/Researchers/Our-researchers/Researcher?r=Prof-Aileen-McGonigal
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Works
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2019
Journal Article
The relationship between epilepsy and anxiety disorders
Hingray, Coraline, McGonigal, Aileen, Kotwas, Iliana and Micoulaud-Franchi, Jean-Arthur (2019). The relationship between epilepsy and anxiety disorders. Current Psychiatry Reports, 21 (6) 40. doi: 10.1007/s11920-019-1029-9
2019
Journal Article
Can histologically normal epileptogenic zone share common electrophysiological phenotypes with focal cortical dysplasia? SEEG-based study in MRI-negative epileptic patients
Lagarde, Stanislas, Scholly, Julia, Popa, Irina, Valenti-Hirsch, Maria Paola, Trebuchon, Agnès, McGonigal, Aileen, Milh, Mathieu, Staack, Anke M., Lannes, Béatrice, Lhermitte, Benoît, Proust, François, Benmekhbi, Mustapha, Scavarda, Didier, Carron, Romain, Figarella-Branger, Dominique, Hirsch, Edouard and Bartolomei, Fabrice (2019). Can histologically normal epileptogenic zone share common electrophysiological phenotypes with focal cortical dysplasia? SEEG-based study in MRI-negative epileptic patients. Journal of Neurology, 266 (8), 1907-1918. doi: 10.1007/s00415-019-09339-4
2019
Journal Article
Using EEG-based brain computer interface and neurofeedback targeting sensorimotor rhythms to improve motor skills: Theoretical background, applications and prospects
Jeunet, Camille, Glize, Bertrand, McGonigal, Aileen, Batail, Jean-Marie and Micoulaud-Franchi, Jean-Arthur (2019). Using EEG-based brain computer interface and neurofeedback targeting sensorimotor rhythms to improve motor skills: Theoretical background, applications and prospects. Neurophysiologie Clinique, 49 (2), 125-136. doi: 10.1016/j.neucli.2018.10.068
2019
Journal Article
The effect of medial pulvinar stimulation on temporal lobe seizures
Filipescu, Cristina, Lagarde, Stanislas, Lambert, Isabelle, Pizzo, Francesca, Trebuchon, Agnes, McGonigal, Aileen, Scavarda, Didier, Carron, Romain and Bartolomei, Fabrice (2019). The effect of medial pulvinar stimulation on temporal lobe seizures. Epilepsia, 60 (4), E25-E30. doi: 10.1111/epi.14677
2019
Journal Article
Deep brain activities can be detected with magnetoencephalography
Pizzo, F., Roehri, N., Villalon, S. Medina, Trebuchon, A., Chen, S., Lagarde, S., Carron, R., Gavaret, M., Giusiano, B., McGonigal, A., Bartolomei, F., Badier, M. and Benar, C. G. (2019). Deep brain activities can be detected with magnetoencephalography. Nature Communications, 10 (1) 971. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-08665-5
2019
Journal Article
Subjective and physiological response to emotions in temporal lobe epilepsy and psychogenic non-epileptic seizures
Kotwas, Iliana, Micoulaud-Franchi, Jean-Arthur, Khalfa, Stephanie, McGonigal, Aileen, Bastien-Toniazzo, Mireille and Bartolomei, Fabrice (2019). Subjective and physiological response to emotions in temporal lobe epilepsy and psychogenic non-epileptic seizures. Journal of Affective Disorders, 244, 46-53. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2018.10.004
2019
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The repertoire of seizure onset patterns in human focal epilepsies: Determinants and prognostic values
Lagarde, Stanislas, Buzori, Sinziana, Trebuchon, Agnes, Carron, Romain, Scavarda, Didier, Milh, Mathieu, McGonigal, Aileen and Bartolomei, Fabrice (2019). The repertoire of seizure onset patterns in human focal epilepsies: Determinants and prognostic values. Epilepsia, 60 (1), 85-95. doi: 10.1111/epi.14604
2019
Journal Article
Postictal electroencephalographic (EEG) suppression: A stereo-EEG study of 100 focal to bilateral tonic-clonic seizures
Marchi, Angela, Giusiano, Bernard, King, Mark, Lagarde, Stanislas, Trebuchon-Dafonseca, Agnes, Bernard, Christophe, Rheims, Sylvain, Bartolomei, Fabrice and McGonigal, Aileen (2019). Postictal electroencephalographic (EEG) suppression: A stereo-EEG study of 100 focal to bilateral tonic-clonic seizures. Epilepsia, 60 (1), 63-73. doi: 10.1111/epi.14601
2018
Conference Publication
Post-ICTAL EEG Suppression: An SEEG Study of 100 Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures
Marchi, A., Giusiano, B., King, M., Lagarde, S., Trebuchon, A., Bernard, C., Rheims, S., Bartolomei, F. and McGonigal, A. (2018). Post-ICTAL EEG Suppression: An SEEG Study of 100 Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures. 13th European Congress on Epileptology, Vienna Austria, Aug 26-30, 2018. HOBOKEN: WILEY.
2018
Journal Article
Tailored suprainsular partial hemispherotomy: a new functional disconnection technique for stroke-induced refractory epilepsy
Scavarda, Didier, Cavalcante, Tiago, Trebuchon, Agnes, Lepine, Anne, Villeneuve, Nathalie, Girard, Nadine, McGonigal, Aileen, Milh, Mathieu and Bartolomei, Fabrice (2018). Tailored suprainsular partial hemispherotomy: a new functional disconnection technique for stroke-induced refractory epilepsy. Journal of Neurosurgery-Pediatrics, 22 (6), 601-609. doi: 10.3171/2018.5.PEDS17709
2018
Journal Article
Early onset motor semiology in seizures triggered by cortical stimulation during SEEG
McGonigal, Aileen, Lagarde, Stanislas, Trebuchon-Dafonseca, Agnes, Roehri, Nicolas and Bartolomei, Fabrice (2018). Early onset motor semiology in seizures triggered by cortical stimulation during SEEG. Epilepsy and Behavior, 88, 262-267. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2018.09.017
2018
Journal Article
Screening for depression in youth with epilepsy: The NDDI-E-Y
McGonigal, Aileen, Micoulaud-Franchi, Jean-Arthur, Villeneuve, Nathalie, Lepine, Anne, Viellard, Marine and Milh, Mathieu (2018). Screening for depression in youth with epilepsy: The NDDI-E-Y. Epilepsia, 59 (10), 1999-2000. doi: 10.1111/epi.14545
2018
Journal Article
Interictal stereotactic-EEG functional connectivity in refractory focal epilepsies
Lagarde, Stanislas, Roehri, Nicolas, Lambert, Isabelle, Trebuchon, Agnes, McGonigal, Aileen, Carron, Romain, Scavarda, Didier, Milh, Mathieu, Pizzo, Francesca, Colombet, Bruno, Giusiano, Bernard, Villalon, Samuel Medina, Guye, Maxime, Benar, Christian-G and Bartolomei, Fabrice (2018). Interictal stereotactic-EEG functional connectivity in refractory focal epilepsies. Brain, 141 (10), 2966-2980. doi: 10.1093/brain/awy214
2018
Journal Article
Predictive factors of surgical outcome in frontal lobe epilepsy explored with stereoelectroencephalography
Bonini, Francesca, McGonigal, Aileen, Scavarda, Didier, Carron, Romain, Regis, Jean, Dufour, Henry, Peragut, Jean-Claude, Laguitton, Virginie, Villeneuve, Nathalie, Chauvel, Patrick, Giusiano, Bernard, Trebuchon, Agnes and Bartolomei, Fabrice (2018). Predictive factors of surgical outcome in frontal lobe epilepsy explored with stereoelectroencephalography. Neurosurgery, 83 (2), 217-224. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyx342
2018
Journal Article
Screening for anxiety and depression in epilepsy
McGonigal, Aileen and Micoulaud-Franchi, Jean-Arthur (2018). Screening for anxiety and depression in epilepsy. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences, 45 (4), 481-482. doi: 10.1017/cjn.2018.11
2018
Journal Article
Recommendations for the use of electroencephalography and evoked potentials in comatose patients
André-Obadia, Nathalie, Zyss, Julie, Gavaret, Martine, Lefaucheur, Jean-Pascal, Azabou, Eric, Boulogne, Sébastien, Guérit, Jean-Michel, McGonigal, Aileen, Merle, Philippe, Mutschler, Véronique, Naccache, Lionel, Sabourdy, Cécile, Trébuchon, Agnès, Tyvaert, Louise, Vercueil, Laurent, Rohaut, Benjamin and Delval, Arnaud (2018). Recommendations for the use of electroencephalography and evoked potentials in comatose patients. Neurophysiologie Clinique, 48 (3), 143-169. doi: 10.1016/j.neucli.2018.05.038
2018
Journal Article
Comparative risk of major congenital malformations with eight different antiepileptic drugs: a prospective cohort study of the EURAP registry
Tomson, Torbjörn, Battino, Dina, Bonizzoni, Erminio, Craig, John, Lindhout, Dick, Perucca, Emilio, Sabers, Anne, Thomas, Sanjeev V, Vajda, Frank, Faravelli, Francesca, Pantaleoni, Chiara, Robert-Gnansia, Elisabeth, Cabral-Lim, Leonor, Čebular, Boštjan, De Marinis, Alejandro, Kälviäinen, Reetta, Khomeriki, Ketevan, Kiteva-Trencevska, Gordana, Kochen, Silvia, Kurthen, Martin, Luef, Gerhard, Martinez Ferri, Meritxell, Milovanović, Maja, Nakken, Karl Otto, Neufeld, Miri, Ohtani, Hideyuki, Russell, Aline, Safcák, Vladimír, Schmitz, Bettina ... Zarifi-Oskoie, Morteza (2018). Comparative risk of major congenital malformations with eight different antiepileptic drugs: a prospective cohort study of the EURAP registry. The Lancet Neurology, 17 (6), 530-538. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(18)30107-8
2018
Journal Article
Reply to "are spikes noninferior to high-frequency oscillations?"
Roehri, Nicolas, Pizzo, Francesca, McGonigal, Aileen, Bartolomei, Fabrice and Benar, Christian. G. (2018). Reply to "are spikes noninferior to high-frequency oscillations?". Annals of Neurology, 83 (4), 870-871. doi: 10.1002/ana.25200
2018
Journal Article
Depression in people with epilepsy: How much do Asian colleagues acknowledge it?
Asadi-Pooya, Ali A., Kanemoto, Kousuke, Kwon, Oh-Young, Taniguchi, Go, Dong, Zhou, Chinvarun, Yotin, Yu, Hsiang-Yu, McGonigal, Aileen, Kanner, Andres Miguel and Park, Sung-Pa (2018). Depression in people with epilepsy: How much do Asian colleagues acknowledge it?. Seizure-European Journal of Epilepsy, 57, 45-49. doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2018.03.012
2018
Journal Article
The role of stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG) in reevaluation of epilepsy surgery failures
Vaugier, Lisa, Lagarde, Stanislas, McGonigal, Aileen, Trébuchon, Agnès, Milh, Mathieu, Lépine, Anne, Scavarda, Didier, Carron, Romain and Bartolomei, Fabrice (2018). The role of stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG) in reevaluation of epilepsy surgery failures. Epilepsy and Behavior, 81, 86-93. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2018.02.005
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