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Vernon Leo Towle

Concepts (282)

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Name Number of Publications Most Recent Publication Publications by All Authors Concept Score Why?
Electroencephalography
40
2025
824
3.360
Why?
Visual Prosthesis
4
2025
7
2.470
Why?
Visual Cortex
9
2025
265
2.240
Why?
Brain Mapping
22
2024
594
1.980
Why?
Epilepsy
18
2024
451
1.580
Why?
Cerebral Cortex
12
2020
615
1.540
Why?
Electrodes, Implanted
13
2025
219
1.230
Why?
Evoked Potentials, Visual
14
2025
90
1.110
Why?
Blindness
2
2025
40
1.100
Why?
Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe
9
2022
147
1.100
Why?
Seizures
6
2025
331
1.020
Why?
Language
2
2020
162
0.850
Why?
Nerve Net
4
2020
407
0.810
Why?
Brain
18
2024
2482
0.790
Why?
Electrocorticography
6
2024
47
0.710
Why?
Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory
9
2010
36
0.600
Why?
Scalp
7
2025
72
0.520
Why?
National Socialism
1
2016
3
0.500
Why?
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
14
2020
3651
0.490
Why?
Subdural Space
3
2024
20
0.490
Why?
Visual Perception
9
2022
339
0.460
Why?
Auditory Cortex
3
2022
67
0.450
Why?
Neurology
1
2016
83
0.450
Why?
Speech Perception
2
2021
74
0.440
Why?
Temporal Lobe
5
2022
195
0.440
Why?
Electric Stimulation
6
2023
397
0.430
Why?
Occipital Lobe
4
2023
25
0.400
Why?
Phosphenes
3
2021
5
0.390
Why?
Electrodes
9
2024
98
0.390
Why?
Humans
78
2025
96093
0.370
Why?
Microelectrodes
4
2025
98
0.360
Why?
Pattern Recognition, Visual
4
2003
162
0.340
Why?
Child
18
2020
7626
0.330
Why?
Auditory Perception
4
2022
105
0.330
Why?
Speech
2
2021
91
0.310
Why?
Male
45
2025
45870
0.310
Why?
Adolescent
19
2020
9896
0.310
Why?
Hippocampus
4
2022
459
0.310
Why?
Frontal Lobe
2
2008
131
0.300
Why?
Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted
2
2007
341
0.270
Why?
Drug Resistant Epilepsy
2
2018
60
0.270
Why?
Adult
34
2020
28716
0.270
Why?
Models, Animal
3
2020
286
0.250
Why?
Vision Disorders
3
2021
72
0.250
Why?
Middle Aged
23
2025
28361
0.250
Why?
Female
43
2020
50030
0.240
Why?
Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted
5
2010
205
0.230
Why?
Evoked Potentials, Auditory
2
2019
39
0.230
Why?
Imaging, Three-Dimensional
2
2007
630
0.220
Why?
Implants, Experimental
1
2003
16
0.210
Why?
United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
1
2003
6
0.200
Why?
Prosopagnosia
1
2003
1
0.200
Why?
Dominance, Cerebral
2
2000
66
0.200
Why?
Imagination
1
2003
44
0.200
Why?
Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem
3
1998
19
0.200
Why?
Sleep
4
2022
458
0.190
Why?
Memory Consolidation
1
2022
15
0.190
Why?
Monitoring, Intraoperative
1
2003
116
0.190
Why?
Face
1
2003
115
0.190
Why?
Parietal Lobe
1
2003
118
0.190
Why?
Young Adult
7
2020
7025
0.190
Why?
Stereotaxic Techniques
2
2024
85
0.180
Why?
Space Perception
1
2003
120
0.180
Why?
Spinal Cord Injuries
1
2023
115
0.180
Why?
Equipment Design
2
2016
427
0.180
Why?
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
2
2016
2781
0.170
Why?
Reflex, Righting
1
2020
2
0.170
Why?
Health Personnel
1
2003
241
0.170
Why?
Somatosensory Cortex
3
2000
168
0.170
Why?
Motor Activity
3
2016
331
0.160
Why?
Brain Damage, Chronic
1
2000
26
0.160
Why?
Electrophysiology
5
2012
406
0.160
Why?
Models, Neurological
7
2010
434
0.160
Why?
Isoflurane
1
2020
69
0.160
Why?
Deep Brain Stimulation
2
2015
93
0.160
Why?
Nerve Regeneration
1
2000
38
0.160
Why?
Theta Rhythm
1
2020
38
0.160
Why?
Posture
2
2017
130
0.160
Why?
Movement
2
2023
325
0.160
Why?
Acoustic Stimulation
5
2022
131
0.160
Why?
Anesthetics, Inhalation
1
2020
102
0.160
Why?
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
5
2016
1323
0.160
Why?
Caffeine
1
2020
86
0.160
Why?
Algorithms
7
2010
2014
0.160
Why?
Time Factors
9
2019
5585
0.160
Why?
Motor Cortex
3
2016
215
0.150
Why?
Entropy
2
2010
43
0.150
Why?
Brain Waves
1
2019
36
0.150
Why?
Visual Acuity
7
1997
209
0.150
Why?
Hand
1
2000
168
0.150
Why?
Functional Laterality
8
2019
208
0.140
Why?
Implantable Neurostimulators
1
2018
12
0.140
Why?
Evoked Potentials
10
2003
202
0.140
Why?
Limbic Encephalitis
1
2018
11
0.140
Why?
Glutamate Decarboxylase
1
2018
34
0.140
Why?
Sclerosis
1
2017
32
0.140
Why?
Neuronal Plasticity
1
2000
205
0.140
Why?
Encephalitis
1
2018
101
0.130
Why?
Sensation
1
1998
52
0.130
Why?
Cognitive Dysfunction
1
2020
192
0.130
Why?
Death, Sudden
1
2017
42
0.130
Why?
Prone Position
1
2017
62
0.130
Why?
Otolithic Membrane
1
1997
13
0.130
Why?
Saccule and Utricle
1
1997
19
0.130
Why?
Computer Simulation
6
2010
1158
0.130
Why?
Cats
1
1997
306
0.130
Why?
Brain Diseases
1
1998
192
0.120
Why?
Wireless Technology
1
2016
23
0.120
Why?
Laser Therapy
1
2017
151
0.120
Why?
Antibodies
1
2018
356
0.120
Why?
Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced
1
2015
20
0.120
Why?
Subthalamic Nucleus
1
2015
23
0.110
Why?
Aged
10
2025
20962
0.110
Why?
Video Recording
2
2020
214
0.100
Why?
Muscle, Skeletal
1
2017
483
0.100
Why?
Multiple Sclerosis
2
1996
263
0.100
Why?
Memory
3
2004
229
0.100
Why?
Parkinson Disease
1
2015
178
0.100
Why?
Hypogastric Plexus
1
2012
4
0.100
Why?
Urinary Retention
1
2012
46
0.100
Why?
Replantation
1
2012
36
0.090
Why?
Software
2
2007
698
0.090
Why?
Ureter
1
2012
96
0.090
Why?
Visual Pathways
2
2003
155
0.090
Why?
Neurons
1
1999
1653
0.080
Why?
Reaction Time
7
1992
323
0.080
Why?
Macaca
2
2016
94
0.080
Why?
Photic Stimulation
4
2019
514
0.080
Why?
Quadriplegia
1
1989
33
0.080
Why?
Skull
3
2010
273
0.080
Why?
Robotics
1
2012
273
0.080
Why?
Orientation
2
1980
119
0.080
Why?
Brain Stem
1
1989
170
0.070
Why?
Wakefulness
2
2020
138
0.070
Why?
Language Tests
1
2008
39
0.070
Why?
Anesthesia, General
2
2020
127
0.070
Why?
Animals
9
2023
28914
0.070
Why?
Oscillometry
1
2007
25
0.070
Why?
Visual Fields
4
2004
100
0.070
Why?
Spectrum Analysis
1
2007
121
0.060
Why?
Anterior Temporal Lobectomy
1
2006
11
0.060
Why?
Holography
1
2006
5
0.060
Why?
Electromyography
2
2017
201
0.060
Why?
Cell Physiological Phenomena
1
2006
27
0.060
Why?
Laparoscopy
1
2012
784
0.060
Why?
ROC Curve
1
2008
797
0.060
Why?
Vision Tests
2
1983
20
0.060
Why?
Sensitivity and Specificity
2
2007
2040
0.060
Why?
Age Factors
5
1998
1963
0.060
Why?
Communication
1
2008
477
0.050
Why?
Treatment Outcome
5
2018
9173
0.050
Why?
Brain Neoplasms
3
1999
855
0.050
Why?
Epilepsy, Absence
1
2003
10
0.050
Why?
Child, Preschool
4
2012
3974
0.050
Why?
Credentialing
1
2003
14
0.050
Why?
Tomography, Emission-Computed
1
2003
107
0.050
Why?
Ocular Hypertension
1
1983
9
0.050
Why?
Size Perception
2
1980
6
0.050
Why?
Eye Diseases
1
1983
59
0.050
Why?
Models, Biological
2
2006
1810
0.050
Why?
Hemiplegia
2
2000
17
0.050
Why?
Spatial Memory
1
2022
28
0.050
Why?
Glaucoma
1
1983
36
0.050
Why?
Sound
1
2022
24
0.050
Why?
Patient Care
1
2003
101
0.050
Why?
Spinal Cord
1
2023
252
0.040
Why?
Spine
1
2023
153
0.040
Why?
Swine
1
2023
617
0.040
Why?
Infant
4
2000
3363
0.040
Why?
Neuropsychological Tests
3
2017
549
0.040
Why?
Mental Recall
1
2022
173
0.040
Why?
Anesthesia Recovery Period
1
2020
55
0.040
Why?
Respiratory Rate
1
2020
25
0.040
Why?
Hypoglycemia
2
1992
112
0.040
Why?
Afferent Pathways
1
2000
78
0.040
Why?
Neurologic Examination
1
2000
130
0.040
Why?
Cross-Over Studies
1
2020
397
0.040
Why?
Aphasia
1
1999
17
0.040
Why?
Reproducibility of Results
2
2003
2883
0.040
Why?
Heart Rate
2
2020
519
0.040
Why?
Feasibility Studies
2
2012
819
0.040
Why?
Hearing Disorders
1
1998
8
0.040
Why?
Auditory Threshold
1
1998
16
0.040
Why?
Carboxy-Lyases
1
2018
22
0.030
Why?
Guinea Pigs
1
1998
172
0.030
Why?
Ocular Physiological Phenomena
1
1977
11
0.030
Why?
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
1
2018
70
0.030
Why?
Nonlinear Dynamics
2
2010
74
0.030
Why?
Multimodal Imaging
1
2017
115
0.030
Why?
Videotape Recording
1
1997
50
0.030
Why?
Infant, Newborn
2
2000
2614
0.030
Why?
Autoantibodies
1
2018
281
0.030
Why?
Gestational Age
1
1997
343
0.030
Why?
Personality
1
2018
140
0.030
Why?
Hallucinations
1
1996
31
0.030
Why?
Arm
1
2017
100
0.030
Why?
Interferon-beta
1
1996
126
0.030
Why?
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
1
2017
153
0.030
Why?
Levodopa
1
2015
36
0.030
Why?
Signal Transduction
1
2006
3581
0.030
Why?
Biomarkers
2
2018
1932
0.030
Why?
Rats
1
2020
4153
0.030
Why?
Mathematics
2
1991
191
0.030
Why?
Dementia
1
1996
218
0.030
Why?
Reference Values
4
1994
675
0.030
Why?
Aging
1
1998
766
0.020
Why?
Follow-Up Studies
1
2000
3927
0.020
Why?
Vesico-Ureteral Reflux
1
2012
26
0.020
Why?
Brain Injuries
1
1994
171
0.020
Why?
Optic Neuritis
1
1991
10
0.020
Why?
Methods
1
1991
148
0.020
Why?
Urinary Bladder
1
2012
263
0.020
Why?
Preoperative Period
1
2010
98
0.020
Why?
United States
1
2003
7767
0.020
Why?
Dura Mater
1
2010
51
0.020
Why?
Pilot Projects
1
2012
938
0.020
Why?
Median Nerve
1
1989
14
0.020
Why?
Biomechanical Phenomena
1
1991
506
0.020
Why?
Regression Analysis
2
2003
599
0.020
Why?
Postoperative Period
1
2010
318
0.020
Why?
Cluster Analysis
1
2010
392
0.020
Why?
Electric Conductivity
2
2005
147
0.020
Why?
Prospective Studies
1
2017
4671
0.020
Why?
Insulin
2
1992
1190
0.020
Why?
Predictive Value of Tests
2
2003
1807
0.020
Why?
Retrospective Studies
2
2020
10286
0.020
Why?
Cognition Disorders
1
1990
244
0.020
Why?
Cognition
1
1992
635
0.020
Why?
Risk Factors
1
2017
5960
0.020
Why?
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
1
1992
595
0.020
Why?
Sugar Alcohol Dehydrogenases
1
1986
2
0.020
Why?
Imidazolidines
1
1986
3
0.020
Why?
Aldehyde Reductase
1
1986
10
0.020
Why?
Endarterectomy
1
1986
23
0.020
Why?
Autonomic Nervous System Diseases
1
1986
24
0.020
Why?
Diabetic Neuropathies
1
1986
41
0.020
Why?
Imidazoles
1
1986
144
0.010
Why?
Carotid Artery Diseases
1
1986
103
0.010
Why?
Malingering
1
1985
5
0.010
Why?
Saccades
1
2004
75
0.010
Why?
Staining and Labeling
1
2004
172
0.010
Why?
Amblyopia
1
1983
8
0.010
Why?
Finite Element Analysis
1
2003
80
0.010
Why?
Depth Perception
1
1983
19
0.010
Why?
Strabismus
1
1983
10
0.010
Why?
Pupil
1
1983
20
0.010
Why?
Optic Disk
1
1983
14
0.010
Why?
Clinical Trials as Topic
2
1986
1178
0.010
Why?
Statistics, Nonparametric
1
2003
311
0.010
Why?
Glaucoma, Open-Angle
1
1983
19
0.010
Why?
Child Behavior
1
1983
47
0.010
Why?
Intraoperative Period
2
1997
98
0.010
Why?
Macaca mulatta
1
2004
485
0.010
Why?
Postoperative Complications
1
2012
2591
0.010
Why?
Glucose Clamp Technique
2
1992
43
0.010
Why?
Behavior, Animal
1
2004
394
0.010
Why?
Diagnosis, Differential
1
2003
1619
0.010
Why?
Cohort Studies
1
2006
3107
0.010
Why?
Vision, Binocular
1
1997
21
0.010
Why?
Vision, Ocular
1
1977
73
0.010
Why?
Blood Glucose
2
1992
873
0.010
Why?
Child Development
1
1997
174
0.010
Why?
Form Perception
1
1976
38
0.010
Why?
Syndrome
1
1996
453
0.010
Why?
Infant, Premature
1
1997
308
0.010
Why?
Age of Onset
1
1994
344
0.010
Why?
Cerebrovascular Disorders
1
1994
146
0.010
Why?
Case-Control Studies
1
1996
1958
0.010
Why?
Glucagon
1
1992
115
0.010
Why?
Growth Hormone
1
1992
99
0.010
Why?
Epinephrine
1
1992
92
0.010
Why?
Self Care
1
1992
170
0.010
Why?
Hydrocortisone
1
1992
300
0.010
Why?
Peroneal Nerve
1
1986
10
0.000
Why?
Neural Conduction
1
1986
72
0.000
Why?
Carotid Artery, Internal
1
1986
70
0.000
Why?
Random Allocation
1
1986
327
0.000
Why?
Aged, 80 and over
1
1996
7230
0.000
Why?
Respiration
1
1986
281
0.000
Why?
Double-Blind Method
1
1986
1791
0.000
Why?
Neural Inhibition
1
1977
108
0.000
Why?
Light
1
1977
297
0.000
Why?
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