Assistant Professor
Center for Clinical Neurosciences
Children's Learning Institute
University of Texas Medical School
1333 Moursund Street, Ste H 114
Houston, TX 77030

E-mail: eduardo.m.castillo@uth.tmc.edu
Phone (office): 713-797-7575
Hermann Hospital (MEG lab): 713-704-1501

 

 

 

 

 

EDUCATION

  • 2000-2001 Post-doctoral Fellowship Department of Neurosurgery Division of Clinical Neurosciences School of Medicine University of Houston, Texas. USA.


  • 1995-1998 Ph.D. (Neuroscience). Department of Psychobiology, Complutense University of Madrid. Spain. Dissertation: Neurofunctional study of Alzheimer’s disease.


  • 1990-1995 B.Sc. degree in Psychology. Complutense University of Madrid. Spain.

 

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

  • 2002-Present Assistant Professor. Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Clinical Neurosciences. Medical School. University of Houston-Texas. USA.


  • 2001-2002 Instructor. Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Clinical Neurosciences. Medical School. University of Houston-Texas. USA.


  • 2000-2001 Post-doctoral Fellowship. Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Clinical Neurosciences. Medical School. University of Houston-Texas. USA.

 

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS

  • Presurgical mapping of somatosensory, motor, and language-specific cortex using Magnetic Source Imaging (2001-present). Hermann Hospital, Medical Center. Houston, Texas.


  • Presurgical localization of epileptogenic foci using Magnetic Source Imaging (2001-present). Division of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Texas-Houston, and Hermann-Memorial Hospital. Medical Center. Houston, Texas.

 

MEMBERSHIPS IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

  • American Epilepsy Society


  • International Neuropsychological Society


  • Society for Neuroscience


  • Asociación Española de Cirugia de la Epilepsia

 

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES


Ad-Hoc Reviewer:

  • Neurocase


  • Epilepsia


  • Neuroreport


  • Neuroimage

Grant Reviewer:

  • NIH


  • NIAMS

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • 1997-99 Honorific fellowship. Dept. Psychobiology School of Psychology. Complutense University of Madrid.


  • 2000 Research Fellowship. Complutense University Foundation.

 

GRANT SUPPORT

  • Co-investigator: “Contributions of MEG to the surgical management of epilepsy”. Principal Investigator: Andrew C. Papanicolaou. HD38346-01A1


  • Co-investigator: “Brain activation profiles in Dyslexia: a MEG study”. Principal Investigator: Andrew C. Papanicolaou. HD38346-02


  • Co-Investigator: “Autism in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex: Mutational Analysis, risk Factor Assessment and Magnetoencephalography”. Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance (07/01/02 to 06/30/05) Pending

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY


Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals:

James W Wheless, Eduardo M. Castillo, Vijay Maggio, Howard L. Kim, Joshua I. Breier, Panagiotis G. Simos, and Andrew C. Papanicolaou. Magnetoencephalography (MEG) and Magnetic Source Imaging (MSI). The neurologist, 2004, 10 (3): 1-16.

Pataraia, E., Simos, P.G., Castillo, E.M., Billingsley, R.L., McGregor, A. L., Breier, J.I., Sarkari, S., & Papanicolaou AC. Reorganization of the brain mechanism for receptive language in the left hemisphere lesions. In Press..

Andrew C. Papanicolaou, Panagiotis G. Simos, Eduardo M. Castillo, Joshua I. Breier, Shirin S. Sarkari, Rebecca Billingsley, James W. Wheless, Vijay Maggio, Ekaterina Pataraia, Trustin Clear, William W. Maggio. Magnetoencephalography: a non-invasive alternative to the Wada procedure. Journal of Neurosurgery. In Press.

Pataraia, E., Simos, P.G., Castillo, E.M., Billingsley, R.L., Sarkari, S., Swank, P.R., Breier, J.I., Maggio, V., Wheless, J.M., & Papanicolaou AC. Does MEG improve standard noninvasive electrophysiological methods in presurgical epilepsy evaluation? Neurology In Press.

Eduardo M Castillo, Panagiotis G. Simos, James W. Wheless, James E. Baumgartner, Joshua I. Breier, Rebecca L. Billingsley, Shirin Sarkari, Michele E. Fitzgerald, Andrew C. Papanicolaou. Integrating sensory and motor mapping in a comprehensive MEG protocol. Clinical validity and replicability. Neuroimage, 2004, 21(3): 973-983

Rebecca L. Billingsley, Panagiotis G. Simos, Eduardo M. Castillo, Fernando Maestú, Shirin Sarkari, Joshua I. Breier and Andrew C. Papanicolaou. Functional brain imaging of language: criteria for scientific merit and supporting data from magnetic source imaging, Journal of Neurolinguistics, 2003, 16 (4-5) : 255-275

Papanicolaou AC, Simos PG, Breier JI, Fletcher JM, Foorman BR, Francis D, Castillo EM, Davis RN. Brain mechanisms for reading in children with and without dyslexia: a review of studies of normal development and plasticity. Dev Neuropsychol. 2003, 24(2-3): 593-612.

Zhang W, Simos PG, Ishibashi H, Wheless JW, Castillo EM, Breier JI, Baumgartner JE, Fitzgerald ME, Papanicolaou AC. Neuroimaging features of epidermal nevus syndrome. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2003 Aug;24(7):1468-70.

Breier, J.I., Simos, P.G., Fletcher, J.M., Castillo, E.M., Zhang, W., & Papanicolaou, A.C., Abnormal Activation of Temporoparietal Language Areas During Phonetic Analysis in Children With Dyslexia, Neuropsychology, 2003, Vol. 17, No. 4, 610–621

Eduardo M. Castillo, Panagiotis G. Simos Robert N. Davis, Joshua I. Breier, Michele E. Fitzgerald, Andrew C. Papanicolaou. Temporal dynamics of medial temporal lobe activation during encoding and recognition. Spanish review of Neuropsychology. Spanish Review of Neuropsychology 5, 2:99-120. 2003.

Papanicolaou, A.C., Castillo, E.M., Simos, P.G., Breier, J.I., Davis, R.N., Diehl, R.L. Differential brain activation patterns during perception of voice and tone onset time series: a MEG study. Neuroimage 18: 448-59. 2003.

Eduardo M. Castillo, Panagiotis G. Simos Robert N. Davis, Joshua I. Breier, Andrew C Papanicolaou. Levels of word processing and incidental memory: dissociable mechanisms in the temporal lobe. Neuroreport 12: 3561-3566, 2001.

Ishibashi, H., Simos, P.G., J.M., Wheless, J.W., Baumgartner, J., Castillo, E.M., & Papanicolaou, A.C. Presurgical evaluation in a case of focal cortical dysplasia using MEG and electrocorticography. Neurological Research, (In press).

Eduardo M. Castillo, Panagiotis G. Simos, Vijay Venkataraman, Joshua I. Breier, James W. Wheless, Andrew C. Papanicolaou. Mapping of expressive language using Magnetic Source Imaging. Neurocase, 7: 419-422. 2001.

Zhang W., Simos P.G., Ishibashi H., Wheless J.W., Castillo, E.M., Maggio W.W., Baumgartner, J.E., Breier, J.I., Sarkari, S., and Papanicolaou, A.C. Multimodality neuroimaging evaluation improves the detection of subtle cortical dysplasia associated epilepsy. Neurological Research 2003 Jan;25(1):53-7

Ishibashi, H., Simos, P.G., Wheless, J.W., Baumgartner, J.E., Kim, H.L., Castillo, E.M., Davis, R.N., and Papanicolaou, A.C. Localization of ictal and interictal bursting epileptogenic activity in focal cortical dysplasia: Agreement of Magnetoencephalography and electrocorticography. Neurological Research, 24(6): 525-30, 2002.

Parra Gomez J, Martinez-Castillo E. About rolandic discharges in childhood epilepsy: magnetoencephalographic diagnosis. Rev Neurol 16;34(10):1000, 2002.

Simos, P. G., Breier, J. I., Fletcher, J. M., Foorman, B.R., Castillo, E. M., & Papanicolaou, A. C. Brain mechanisms for reading words and pseudowords: An integrated approach. Cerebral Cortex, 12(3):297-305, 2002.

Simos, P.G., Fletcher, J.M. Foorman, B.R., Francis, D.J., Castillo, E.M., Davis, R.N., Fitzgerald, M.E., Mathes, P.G., Denton, C., and Papanicolaou, A.C. Brain activation profiles during the early stages of reading acquisition. Journal of Child Neurology 17(3):159-63, 2002.

Papanicolaou, A.C., Simos, P.G., Castillo, E.M., Breier, J.I., & Wright, A.A. The hippocampus and memory of verbal and pictorial material. Learning and Memory 9(3):99-104. 2002.

Ishibashi, H., Simos, P.G., Wheless, J.W., Zhang, W., Baumgartner, J.E., Castillo, E.M., & Papanicolaou, A.C. Somatosensory evoked magnetic field in Hemimegalencephaly. Neurological Research. 24(5): 459-62. 2002.

Ishibashi, H., Simos, P.G., J.M., Castillo, E.M., Maggio, W.W., Wheless, J.W., Kim, H.L., Venkataraman, V., Sanders, D.K., Breier, J.I., Zhang, W., Davis, R.N., & Papanicolaou, A.C. Detection and significance of focal, interictal slow wave activity for localization of the primary epileptogenic region using Magnetoencephalography. Journal of Neurosurgery, 96: 724-730. 2002.

Simos PG, Papanicolaou AC., Castillo EM., Breier JI., Wheless JW., Maggio WW., Constantinou JE. Insights into Brain Function though Magnetic Source Imaging: A Review of Research and Clinical Aplications. Rev Neurol. 2002 May 1; 34(9): 871-6.

Panagiotis G. Simos, Jack M. Fletcher, Eldo Bergman, Joshua I. Breier, Barbara R. Foorman, Eduardo M. Castillo, Robert N. Davis, Michele Fitzgerald, Andrew C Papanicolaou. Dyslexia specific brain activation profile becomes normal following successful remedial training. Neurology 23;58(8):1203-13. 2002.

Panagiotis G., Eduardo M. Castillo, Jack M. Fletcher, David J. Francis, Fernando Maestu, Joshua I. Breier, William W. Maggio, Andrew C. Papanicolaou. Mapping of Receptive Language Cortex in Bilinguals using Magnetic Source Imaging Journal of Neurosurgery 95: 76-81, 2001.

Pablo Campo, Manuel Morales, Eduardo Martinez Castillo. Discrimination of normal from demented elderly on a Spanish version of the verbal selective reminding test. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 2003 Oct;25(7):991-9.

Tomas Ortiz Alonso, Fernando Maestu Unturbe, Alberto Fernandez Lucas, Eduardo Martinez Castillo. Neural Processing to visual stimuli in to reaction time task. Brain and Cognition, 47: 383-96, 2001.

Andrew C. Papanicolaou, Panagiotis G. Simos, Joshua I. Breier., Jack M. Fletcher, Barbara R. Foorman, Davis Francis, Eduardo M. Castillo, Robert N. Davis. Brain mechanisms for reading in children with and without dyslexia: a review of studies of normal development and plasticity. Developmental Neuropsychology, 24: 593-612. 2003.

Simos, P. G., Breier, J. I., Fletcher, J. M., Foorman, B.R., Castillo, E. M., & Papanicolaou, A. C. Plasticity of the cerebral mechanism for reading in dyslexic children: The effects of intervention. Under review-c

Eduardo Martinez Castillo, Juan Arrazola Garcia, Alberto Fernandez, Fernando Maestu. Atrophy of the amigdaloid complex and neuropsyquiatric expression of Alzheimer’s disease. Spanish Review of Neurology,33, 5: 477- 482. 2001.

Panagiotis G. Simos, Joshua Breier, James W. Wheless, William W. Maggio, Eduardo M. Castillo and Andrew C. Papanicolaou. Brain mechanisms for Reading: The role of Upper Temporary Gyrus in word and pseudoword Reading. Neuroreport 2000, 3; 11: 2443-7, 2000.

Tomas Ortiz, Eduardo Martinez Castillo, Alberto Fernandez Lucas, Juan Arrazola Garcia, Fernando Maestu Unturbe, Juan Jose Lopez-Ibor. Callosal atrophy and associated electromiographic response in Alzheimer´Alzheimer disease and aging. Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology, 40, 465-475. 2000.

Maestu, F., Fernandez, A. Martinez, E., Lopez-Ibor MI, Paul, N., Calcedo Barba, A, Ortiz, T. Neuropsychic injury: neuropsychological evaluation. Spanish Proceedings of Psychiatry; 28:115-124, 2000.

Ortiz T., Fernández A, -Lopez-Ibor MI., Martinez E., Lopez-Ibor JJ. Inhibitory deficits in probable Alzheimer's disease: one study of movement related potentials and EMG response. Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology, 5, 39: 249-255, 2000.

Ortiz T., Lopez-Ibor MI., Martinez Castillo E., Fernández A, Maestú F., Lopez_Ibor, JJ. Deficit in sensory motor Processing in depression and Alzheimer' Alzheimer disease: to study with EMG and -potentials. Electromiography and Clinical Neuropshysiology 40:357-363, 2000.

Fernández A, Martinez Castillo E., Ortiz T. Bilateral activation of motor Cortex after functional recovery in capsular ictus: a case report. Psicothema, 3; 545-550. 1999.

Castillo E., Fernández A, Ortiz T. Electromiographic associated response in capsular stroke. Spanish Review of Neurology, June 1-15, 29: 1999. [In Spanish].

Ortiz, T., Martinez Castillo E., Fernández, A., Maestu F. Neuropsychological rehabilitation in Alzheimer’s disease. Spanish proceedings of neurology, psychiatry and sciences, 27; 2:73-82. 1999. [In Spanish].

Ortiz, T., Maestú, F., Martinez Castillo, E., Fernández, A. Neuropsychological evaluation in Alzheimer’s disease. Spanish proceedings of neurology, psychiatry and sciences, 27; 2: 50-60. 1999 [In Spanish].

Ortiz T., Fernández A, Maestú F., Martinez E., Lopez-Ibor JJ. Applications of Magnetoencephalography in the study of the schizophrenia. Spanish proceedings of neurology, psychiatry and sciences. 27: 259-263. 1999 [In Spanish].

Martinez Castillo E., Fernández A, Maestú F., Ortiz T. Neuropsychology of memory: application to the study of Alzheimer’s disease. General magazine of Applied Psychology. 31: 107-114, 1999 [In Spanish].

Fernández, A, Ortiz, T., Maestú, F., Martinez Castillo, E., Robles García F., Leon, M. Differences in evoked potentials and motor responses in subjects with high and low IQ. Psicothema. 10; 667-677. 1999.

Ortiz, T., Fernández, A., Martinez Castillo, E., Gómez Utrero, E. Associated EMG responses to voluntary hand movement in probable Alzheimer's disease. Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology. 38:195-199. 1998.

Martinez Castillo, E. and Ortiz Alonso, T. Family and Alzheimer’s disease. Notebook of familiar therapy. 33: 29-34. 1996. [In Spanish].

 

Book Chapters:

Jaime Parra, Eduardo Martínez-Castillo, Fernando Lopes da Silva Magnetoencefalografía. In: EPILEPSIAS: DIAGNOSTICO Y TRATAMIENTO Editorial Mediterráneo, Santiago, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, 2004. [In Spanish].

Andrew C. Papanicolaou, Panagiotis G. Simos, Jack M. Fletcher, David Francis, Barbara L. Foorman, Eduardo M. Castillo, and Shirin Sarkari. Early Development and Plasticity of Neurophysiological Processes Involved in Reading.

Jaime Parra, Eduardo Martinez Castillo, Fernando Lopes da Silva. Magnetoencephalograhy. In: Diagnosis and epilepsy treatment. McGraw-Hill (Eds.), Madrid 2003.

Papanicoalou, A.C., Simos, P.G., Fletcher, J.M., Castillo, E.M., Breier, J.I., & Sarkari, S. The emergence and treatment of developmental reading disability: Contributions of functional brain imaging. In J.B. Bodensteimer (Ed.), Language Development and Disorders in Childhood, Seminars in Pediatric Neurology. W.B Saunders, in Press.

Shirin Sarkari, panagiotis Simos, Joshua I. Breier, Jack M. Fletcher, Eduardo M. Castillo, & Andrew C. Papanicolaou. Contributions of Magnetic Source Imaging to the Understanding of Dyslexia. Seminars in Pediatric Neurology, In Press.

Parra J., Martinez Castillo E., Iragui V. Magnetoencephalography. In: Manual de Electroencefalografia. McGraw-Hill (Eds.), Madrid 2002. [In Spanish].

Martinez Castillo E. Neurofunctional study of Alzheimer’s disease. (Doctoral Thesis). Faculty of Psychology (U.C.M.).Madrid. Spain. 1998. [In Spanish].

 

Abstracts (Peer-Reviewed Presentations):

Pataraia, E., Simos, P., Castillo, E., Papanicolaou, A. Functional reorganization of linguistic functions after temporal lobe resection. 25th IEC Proceedings. Epilepsia, 44, Suppl. 8. 2003.

Breier, Joshua I., Castillo, Eduardo, Boake, Corwin, Billingsley, Rebecca, Maher, Lynn M., Noser, Elizabeth, Francisco, Gerard, Papanicolaou, Andrew C.Maps of Receptive Language Function in Patients with Chronic Aphasia after Stroke using Magnetoencephalography.".32nd Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society in Baltimore, Maryland, USA February 4 – 7, 2004.

Castillo, E.M., Simos P.G., Breier J.I., Wheless J.W., Butler, I.J., Sarkari, S., Billingsley, R., Pataraia, E., Papanicolaou, A.C. Epileptic activity interfering with word processing in Landau-Kleffer syndrome: the role of the non-affected hemisphere in linguistic deficit manifestation. The American Epilepsy Society 57th Annual Meeting. Boston, EEUU. December 5-10, 2003

Papanicolaou, A.C., Simos, P.G., Castillo,E.M., Breier, J.I., Sarkari, S., Billingsley. R.L., Wheless, J., Maggio, V., Pataraia, E., Clear, T., Maggio, W.W. MEG is comparable to the Wada procedure for language laterality assessment. The American Epilepsy Society 57th Annual
Meeting. Boston, EEUU. December 5 - 10, 2003.

E. Pataraia, P.G. Simos, E. Castillo, R. Billingsley, J. Wheless, V. Maggio, W. Maggio, M. Fitzgerald, S. Sarkari, J. Breier, and A. C. Papanicolaou. Contribution of MEG to the presurgical determination of the epileptogenic zone in patients with frontal lobe epilepsy. The American Epilepsy Society 57th Annual Meeting. Boston, EEUU. December 5 - 10, 2003.

Papanicolaou, A.C., Simos, P.G., Castillo,E.M., Breier, J.I., Sarkari, S., Billingsley. R.L., Wheless, J., Maggio, V., Pataraia, E., Clear, T., Maggio, W.W. MEG is comparable to the Wada procedure for language laterality assessment. 14th International Conference on Biomagnetism. Erlagen (Germany). 2003.

Eduardo M Castillo, Joanne Gamelin, Wembo Zhang, Panagiotis G. Simos, Andrew C Papanicolaou. Automated analysis of MEG recordings for hemispheric dominance determinations in a clinical population: a comparison with the “standard” analysis procedure and with the Wada test. 13th International Conference on Biomagnetism. Jena (Germany). August, 2002.

Eduardo M. Castillo, Panagiotis G. Simos, Joshua Breier, Michele E. Fitzgerald, Shirin Sarkari, Andrew C. Papanicolaou. Insights into memory function using Magnetic Source Imaging. 13th International Conference on Biomagnetism. Jena (Germany). August, 2002.

P. Simos, S. Sharkari, EM. Castillo, J. Fletcher. Insights into the brain mechanism for reading using MSI and electrocortical stimulation mapping. 13th International Conference on Biomagnetism. Jena (Germany). August, 2002.

S. Sharkari, P. Simos, EM. Castillo, J. Breier, A. Papanicolaou. Presurgical determination of language dominance with Magnetic Source Imaging: Agreement with the Wada procedure. 13th International Conference on Biomagnetism. Jena (Germany). August, 2002.

P. Simos, S. Sharkari, EM. Castillo, J. Fletcher, A. Papanicolaou. Distinct spatiotemporal activation profiles in dyslexic children. 13th International Conference on Biomagnetism. Jena (Germany). August, 2002.

DL. Molfesse, P. Simos, EM. Castillo, AC Papanicolaou. Reliability and concurrent validity of alternative source modeling methods: Comparison with invasive brain mapping techniques. 13th International Conference on Biomagnetism. Jena (Germany). August, 2002.

Martinez-Castillo E, Baumgartner J, Simos P, Sarkari S, Wheless J, Papanicolaou A. Language representation in the “non dominant” hemisphere in children with positive cognitive evolution after tumor surgery in the “dominant” hemisphere. The 10th International Symposium on Paediatric Neuro-Oncology. London, June 2002

Baumgartner J, Martinez-Castillo E, Simos P, Wheless J, Papanicolaou A. Plastic representation of somatosensory function in children with intracranial mass lesions in the vicinity of the central sulcus. The 10th International Symposium on Paediatric Neuro-Oncology. London, June 2002

Zhang W., Simos P., Ishibashi H, Castillo E. M., Breier J., Baumgartner, J.E., Wheless J. W., Papanicolaou, A.C. Neuroimaging features of epidermal Nervus Syndrome. Meeting of the American Society of Neuroradiology. 2002, ASNR (American Society of Neuroradiology) 40th Annual. Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, May 13-17, 2002

Papanicolaou, A., Simos, P., Breier J., Martinez Castillo, E., & Davis, R.: Language Mapping with Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Yields Results Comparable to the Wada Test. Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society. Toronto. February, 2002.

Martinez Castillo, E., Davis, R., Simos, P., Breier, J., Ishibashi, H., Zhang, W., & Papanicolaou, A.: Dynamics of activation in medial temporal lobe structures during encoding and recognition. Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society. Toronto. February, 2002

Martinez Castillo, E., Davis, R., Simos, P., Breier, J., Fitzgerald, M., Ishibashi, H., Zhang, W., & Papanicolaou, A.: Two brain mechanisms mediation different levels of word processing and memory performance. Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society. Toronto. February, 2002.

Davis, R. Martinez Castillo, E., Papanicolaou, A., Simos, P., Breier, J., Katz, J., & Wright, A.: Double Dissociation of Left vs. Right Hippocampal Activity Using Magnetic Source Imaging. Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society. Toronto. February, 2002

Martinez Castillo, E., Davis, R., Simos, P., Breier, J., Sarkari, S., Fitzgerald, M. &Papanicolaou, A. Activation in the medial temporal lobe structures during encoding and recognition. Neuroscience Poster Session. Neuroscience Research Center, UT-Houston, Medical School. December 2001.

Papanicolaou, A.C., Simos, P.G., Breier, J.I., Martinez Castillo, E.M., Davis, R.N., Wheless, J. W., Venkataraman, V., Kim, H.L., and Maggio, W.W. MEG: A method comparable to the Wada procedure for language laterality assessment. The Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society and American Clinical Neurophysiology Society. Philadelphia, PA, November 2001.

Ishibashi, H., Simos, P.G., Martinez Castillo, E.M., Maggio, W.W., Wheless, J.W., Kim, H.L., Venkataraman, V., Sanders, D.K., Breier, J.I., Zhang, W., Davis, R.N., and Papanicolaou, A.C. Detection and significance of focal, interictal slow wave activity for localization of the primary epileptogenic region using Magnetoencephalography. The Annual Meeting of the American Epliepsy Society and American Clinical Neurophysiology Society. Philadelphia, PA, November 2000

Robert N. Davis, Eduardo M. Castillo, Panagiotis G. Simos, Joshua I. Breier, Andrew C. Papanicolaou. Mapping of receptive language cortex in English-Spanish bilinguals using Magnetoencephalography. Sixth Annual forum for brain Awareness. University of Texas. Health Science center at Houston. Neuroscience Research Center. March 13-17, 2001.

Eduardo M. Castillo, Panagiotis G. Simos, Jack M. Fletcher, David J. Francis, Fernando Maestu, Joshua I. Breier, William W. Maggio, Andrew C. Papanicolau. Mapping of Receptive Language Cortex in Bilinguals using Magnetic Source Imaging. Sixth Annual forum for brain Awareness.University of Texas. Health Science center at Houston. Neuroscience Research Center..March 13-17, 2001

Eduardo M. Castillo, Robert N Davis, Panagiotis G. Simos, Joshua I. Breier, Andrew C. Papanicolaou. Is the left superior temporal Gyrus Specialized for speech processing? An Investigation Using Magnetoencephalography. Nineteenth Annual Houston Conference on Biomedical Engineering Research, February 8-9, 2001.

Robert N. Davis, Eduardo M. Castillo, Panagiotis G. Simos, Joshua I. Breier, Andrew C. Papanicolaou. Mapping of receptive language cortex in English-Spanish bilinguals using Magnetoencephalography. Nineteenth Annual Houston Conference on Biomedical Engineering Research, February 8-9, 2001.

Eduardo M. Castillo, Panagiotis G. Simos, Jack M. Fletcher, David J. Francis, Fernando Maestu, Joshua I. Breier, William W. Maggio, Andrew C. Papanicolau. Mapping of Receptive Language Cortex in Bilinguals using Magnetic Source Imaging. Neuroscience Research Center. Seventh Annual Poster Session. University of Texas-Houston. December, 2000.

Eduardo M. Castillo, Hideaki Ishibashi, Panagiotis G. Simos, Robert Davis, George Zouridakis, Joshua I. Breier, William W. Maggio, Andrew C. Papanicolau. Functional Brain Imaging using MSI: Validity of Activation Maps & Applications. Neuroscience Research Center. Seventh Annual Poster Session. University of Texas-Houston. December, 2000.

Martinez Castillo E., Ortiz Alonso T., Fernández Lucas A, Maestú Unturbe F., Alcocer MI., Lopez-Ibor JJ. Episodic Memory and hippocampal atrophy in Alzheimer's disease. XI World Congress of Psychiatry. Hamburg, August, 1999.

Ortiz T, Maestú F, Fernández A, Martínez-Castillo E. Study of cognitive functions using magnetoencephalography. International Congress on Bioelectromagnetism:Science, Medicine and Progress. University of Alcala. Madrid, Spain. November 1999.

Martinez Castillo E., Ortiz Alonso T., Fernández A., Alcocer MI., Maestú Unturbe F. Neurophysiological profiles during the execution of a verbal memory task in subjects with Alzheimer’s disease. II National conference of Alzheimer’s disease. Bilbao (Spain), November, 1999.

Martinez Castillo E., Maestú F., Fernández A, Arrazola J., Ortiz T., -MY. Atrophy of the amygdaloid complex and psychiatric expression of Alzheimer’s disease. Comunication, 1st International Congress of Neuropsychology in Internet. 1999

Martinez E., Ortiz T., Fernández A, Arrazola J., -JJ. Morfometry of the amygdaloid complex and psychiatric manifestation of Alzheimer’s disease. III National Congress of Psychiatry, Girona Spain, October of 1998.

Tomás Ortiz Alonso, Eduardo Martinez Castillo, Maria Ines Alcocer, Alberto Fernández Lucas, Juan Jose Lopez-Ibor. Psychophysiologic approach to Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis. Meeting of the Spanish Society of Psychophysiology. Sevilla November of 1998.

Martinez E., Ortiz T., Fernández A, Arrazola J., López Ibor JJ. Medial temporal lobe atrophy and cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease. European Conference on Alzheimer's disease and Public Health, Madrid November of 1998.

Martinez Castillo, E., Maestú, F., JM., Gómez Utrero, E., Ortiz, T., Díaz Obregón, MC. Neuropsychological study of the cognitive effects of Gabapentine. XXXV Meeting of the Spanish League against the Epilepsy. Sevilla, November of 1997.

Maestú, F., Martinez Castillo, E., Martín, P., Paúl, N., Ortiz, T., García de Sola, R. Clinical utility of the component p300 in the partial temporal refractory epilepsy: a psychophysiologic and neuropsychologic study. XXXV meeting of the Spanish League against the Epilepsy. Sevilla, November of 1997.

Basurte, P., Pérez Serrano JM., Martín, P., Martinez Castillo, E. Protocol applied to the epileptic patient in the Neurophysiology Unit of the Clinical Hospital San Carlos. XXXV Meeting of the Spanish League against the Epilepsy. Sevilla, November of 1997.

Martinez Castillo, E., Maestú, F., Gomez Utrero, E., Fernández, S., Ortiz, T., Bahtal, H.. Neurophysiological, neuropsychological and clinical outcome study of the refractory epilepsy patients in treatment with felbamate. XXXV meeting of the Spanish League against the Epilepsy. Sevilla, November of 1997


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