Jasmine Hect

Speakes ME, Reznik-Schaefer K, Al-Ramadhani R, Fernandez LD, Hect JL, Abel TJ, Welch WP. Treatment of pediatric drug-resistant generalized epilepsy with responsive neurostimulation of the centromedian nucleus of the thalamus: A case series of seven patients. Epilepsy Res. 2025 Jan 22;210:107516. doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2025.107516. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39864118.

Gaba F, Hect JL, Abel TJ. Applications of magnetic resonance-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy in disconnective epilepsy surgery. Front Neurol. 2024 Dec 2;15:1484263. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2024.1484263. PMID: 39687405; PMCID: PMC11648569.

Rupp KM, Hect JL, Harford EE, Holt LL, Ghuman AS, Abel TJ. A hierarchy of processing complexity and timescales for natural sounds in human auditory cortex. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 May 26:2024.05.24.595822. doi: 10.1101/2024.05.24.595822. PMID: 38826304; PMCID: PMC11142240.

Ikegaya N, Aung T, Mallela A, Hect JL, Damiani A, Gonzalez-Martinez JA. Thalamic stereoelectroencephalography for neuromodulation target selection: Proof of concept and review of literature of pulvinar direct electrical stimulation. Epilepsia. 2024 Jun;65(6):e79-e86. doi: 10.1111/epi.17986. Epub 2024 Apr 16. PMID: 38625609.

Viswanathan V, Rupp KM, Hect JL, Harford EE, Holt LL, Abel TJ. Intracranial Mapping of Response Latencies and Task Effects for Spoken Syllable Processing in the Human Brain. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Apr 5:2024.04.05.588349. doi: 10.1101/2024.04.05.588349. PMID: 38617227; PMCID: PMC11014624.

Hect JL, Mallela AN, Pupi M, Anthony A, Fogg D, Ho J, Slingerland AL, Ikegaya N, Abou-Al-Shaar H, Aung T, Gonzalez-Martinez J. Safety of Concomitant Cortical and Thalamic Stereoencephalography Explorations in Patients With Drug-Resistant Epilepsies. Neurosurgery. 2024 Sep 1;95(3):634-640. doi: 10.1227/neu.0000000000002919. Epub 2024 Mar 22. PMID: 38517164.

Hect JL, Harford E, Maroufi SF, Klem ML, Mansouri A, Abel TJ. Clinical outcomes of MR-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy corpus callosum ablation in drug-resistant epilepsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2023 Oct 13;33(1):12-21. doi: 10.3171/2023.9.PEDS23326. PMID: 37856385.

Gatesman TA, Hect JL, Phillips HW, Johnson BJ, Wald AI, McClung C, Nikiforova MN, Skaugen JM, Pollack IF, Abel TJ, Agnihotri S. Characterization of low-grade epilepsy-associated tumor from implanted stereoelectroencephalography electrodes. Epilepsia Open. 2024 Feb;9(1):409-416. doi: 10.1002/epi4.12840. Epub 2023 Nov 8. PMID: 37798921; PMCID: PMC10839351.

Phillips HW, Hect JL, Harford E, Pan E, Abel TJ. Comparison of magnetic resonance-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy corpus callosum ablation to open microsurgical corpus callosotomy: A single-center retrospective cohort study. Epilepsia Open. 2024 Feb;9(1):96-105. doi: 10.1002/epi4.12835. Epub 2023 Nov 10. PMID: 37766507; PMCID: PMC10839368.

Hect JL, Sefcik RK, Nowicki KW, Katz J, Greene S. Serial Neuroendoscopic Lavage for the Treatment of Elevated Cerebrospinal Fluid Protein Levels in Infants with Gram-Negative Rod Ventriculitis. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2023;58(6):401-409. doi: 10.1159/000534083. Epub 2023 Sep 13. PMID: 37703859.

Hect JL, McDowell MM, Fields D, Greene S. Relationship of cervical soft tissue injury and surgical predication following pediatric cervical spinal trauma and its sequelae on long-term neurologic outcome. World Neurosurg X. 2023 Jun 23;20:100235. doi: 10.1016/j.wnsx.2023.100235. PMID: 37456687; PMCID: PMC10339037.

Hect JL, Almast A, Simon D, Shoemaker S, McDowell MM. Prevalence, severity, and neurosurgical management of abusive head trauma during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2023 Mar 31;32(1):19-25. doi: 10.3171/2023.2.PEDS2317. PMID: 37021756.

Andrews EG, Hect JL, Mittal AM, Nowicki KW, Agarwal V, Gerszten PC. Tetra-compartmental spinal infection with conus medullaris syndrome: illustrative case. J Neurosurg Case Lessons. 2023 Feb 6;5(6):CASE22447. doi: 10.3171/CASE22447. PMID: 36748756; PMCID: PMC10550562.

Greene S, Hect JL, Weaver K, McDowell MM. Letter to the Editor regarding the Article "Comparison of Follow-Up Length-Matched Single-Center Myelomeningocele Postnatal Closure Cohort to the Management of Myelomeningocele Study (MOMS) Trial Results". Pediatr Neurosurg. 2023;58(1):61-64. doi: 10.1159/000529013. Epub 2023 Jan 10. PMID: 36626880; PMCID: PMC10064390.

Abel TJ, Muthiah N, Hect JL, Gonzalez-Martinez J, Salehi A, Smyth MD, Smith KJ. Cost-effectiveness of invasive monitoring strategies in epilepsy surgery. J Neurosurg. 2022 Dec 30;139(1):222-228. doi: 10.3171/2022.11.JNS221744. PMID: 36585866.

Rhone AE, Rupp K, Hect JL, Harford E, Tranel D, Howard MA 3rd, Abel TJ. Electrocorticography reveals the dynamics of famous voice responses in human fusiform gyrus. J Neurophysiol. 2023 Feb 1;129(2):342-346. doi: 10.1152/jn.00459.2022. Epub 2022 Dec 28. PMID: 36576268; PMCID: PMC9886354.

Curtis K, Hect JL, Harford E, Welch WP, Abel TJ. Responsive neurostimulation for pediatric patients with drug-resistant epilepsy: a case series and review of the literature. Neurosurg Focus. 2022 Oct;53(4):E10. doi: 10.3171/2022.7.FOCUS22331. PMID: 36183183.

Rupp K, Hect JL, Remick M, Ghuman A, Chandrasekaran B, Holt LL, Abel TJ. Neural responses in human superior temporal cortex support coding of voice representations. PLoS Biol. 2022 Jul 28;20(7):e3001675. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001675. PMID: 35900975; PMCID: PMC9333263.

Hect JL, Alattar AA, Harford EE, Reecher H, Fernandes DT, Esplin N, McDowell M, Abel TJ. Stereotactic laser interstitial thermal therapy for the treatment of pediatric drug-resistant epilepsy: indications, techniques, and safety. Childs Nerv Syst. 2022 May;38(5):961-970. doi: 10.1007/s00381-022-05491-x. Epub 2022 Mar 11. PMID: 35274185.

Hect JL, Fernandez LD, Welch WP, Abel TJ. Deep brain stimulation of the centromedian thalamic nucleus for the treatment of FIRES. Epilepsia Open. 2022 Mar;7(1):187-193. doi: 10.1002/epi4.12568. Epub 2021 Dec 13. PMID: 34862854; PMCID: PMC8886094.

Mallela AN, Hect JL, Abou-Al-Shaar H, Akwayena E, Abel TJ. Stereotactic laser interstitial thermal therapy corpus callosotomy for the treatment of pediatric drug-resistant epilepsy. Epilepsia Open. 2022 Mar;7(1):75-84. doi: 10.1002/epi4.12559. Epub 2021 Nov 24. PMID: 34758204; PMCID: PMC8886067.

Thomason ME, Hect JL, Waller R, Curtin P. Interactive relations between maternal prenatal stress, fetal brain connectivity, and gestational age at delivery. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2021 Sep;46(10):1839-1847. doi: 10.1038/s41386-021-01066-7. Epub 2021 Jun 29. PMID: 34188185; PMCID: PMC8357800.

Welch WP, Hect JL, Abel TJ. Case Report: Responsive Neurostimulation of the Centromedian Thalamic Nucleus for the Detection and Treatment of Seizures in Pediatric Primary Generalized Epilepsy. Front Neurol. 2021 Apr 28;12:656585. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2021.656585. PMID: 33995254; PMCID: PMC8113700.