Publications | McGovern Neurosurgery Lab

Publications.

Dr. McGovern has Authored and co-authored on a number of research projects and publications. The work in the McGovern Neurosurgery Lab at UMN - Medical School contributes to a long list of peer reviewed success.

The McGovern Lab team is constantly working to push research insight in the field of Neurosurgery. As our project work gets published, you can find it below.

Some of Dr. McGovern’s work can be found below:

McGovern RA, Alomar S, Bingaman WE, Gonzalez-Martinez JA. Robot-assisted responsive neurostimulator placement in medically intractable epilepsy: instrumentation and technique. Operative Neurosurgery. 2018 May (Epub ahead of print)
McGovern RA, Sheth SA. The Role of the Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Cortex in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Converging Evidence from Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychiatric Neurosurgery. Journal of Neurosurgery. 2017 Jan;126(1): 132-147.
McGovern RA, Banks GP, McKhann II GM. New techniques and progress in epilepsy surgery. Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports. 2016 Jul; 16(7): 65.
McGovern RA, Chan AK, Mikell CB, Sheehy JP, Ferrera VP, McKhann II GM. Human substantia nigra neurons encode decision outcome and are modulated by categorization uncertainty in an auditory decision making task. Physiological Reports. 2015 Sep; 3(9).
Sinha S, McGovern RA, Sheth SA. Deep brain stimulation for severe autism: from pathophysiology to procedure. Neurosurg Focus. 2015 Jun; 38(6):E3.
Sinha S, McGovern RA, Mikell CB, Banks GP, Sheth SA. Ablative Limbic System Surgery: Review and Future Directions. Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports. 2015 Jun; 2(2):49-59.
McGovern RA, Ratneswaran T, Smith EH, Jongeling AC, Bateman LM, Schevon CA, Feldstein NA, McKhann II GM, Sheth SA. Investigating the Function of Deep Cortical and Subcortical Structures Using Stereotactic Electroencephalography: Lessons from the Anterior Cingulate Cortex. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2015 Apr 15; (98).
Sosunov AA, McGovern RA, Mikell CB, Wu X, Coughlin DG, Crino PB, Weiner HL, Ghatan S, Goldman JE, McKhann GM. Epileptogenic but MRI-normal perituberal tissue in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex contains tuber-specific abnormalities. Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2015 Apr 2;3(1):17.
McGovern RA, Kelly KM, Chan AK, Morrissey NJ, McKhann II GM. Should ventriculoatrial shunting be the procedure of choice for normal pressure hydrocephalus? Journal of Neurosurgery 2014 Jun; 120(6):1458-64.
Chan AK*, McGovern RA*, Zacharia BE, Mikell CB, Sheehy JP, Bruce S, McKhann II GM. Racial disparities in access to deep brain stimulation surgery in Parkinson’s Disease: A population based study. JAMA Neurology 2014 Mar; 71(3):291-9. *shared first authorship
Rayshubskiy A, Wojtasiewicz TJ, Mikell CB, Bouchard MB, Timerman D, Youngerman BE, McGovern RA, Otten ML, Canoll P, McKhann II GM, Hillman EM. Direct, intraoperative observation of ~0.1 Hz hemodynamic oscillations in awake human cortex: implications for fMRI. Neuroimage 2014 Feb; 87:323-31.
Mikell CB, Sheehy JP, Youngerman B, McGovern RA, Wojtasiewicz T, Pullman S, Yu Q, Goodman RR, Schevon C, McKhann GM, II. Auditory novelty detection is encoded by dopamine neurons in human substantia nigra. Brain Research 2014 Jan;1542:79-84.
McGovern RA, Sheehy JP, Zacharia BE, Chan AK, McKhann II GM. Outcomes in Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery for Parkinson’s Disease Remain Unchanged Despite a Decentralization of Care: Data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (2002-2009). Journal of Neurosurgery 2013 Dec;119(6):1546-55.
Chan AK*, McGovern RA*, Zacharia BE, Mikell CB, Bruce SS, Sheehy JP, Kelly KM, McKhann II GM. Inferior short-term safety profile of endoscopic third ventriculostomy as compared to ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: A population-based study. Neurosurgery 2013 Dec; 73(6):951-60. *shared first authorship
McGovern RA, Sheehy JP, McKhann II GM. Low Pressure Hydrocephalus in the Setting of Sepsis and Cardiovascular Collapse. Case report. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery 2013 Oct;115(10):2186-8.
Sosunov AA, Wu X, McGovern RA, Coughlin DG, Mikell CB, Goodman RR, McKhann II GM. The mTor pathway is activated in glial cells in mesial temporal sclerosis. Epilepsia. 2012; 53(Suppl. 1):78-86.
Komotar RJ, Zacharia BE, McGovern RA, Sisti MB, Bruce JN, D’Ambrosio AL. Approaches to anterior and anterolateral foramen magnum lesions: A critical review. Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine. 2010. 1(2):86-99.
Poston KL, McGovern RA, Goldman JS, Caccappolo E, Mazzoni P. Fragile X-Associated Tremor/Ataxia Syndrome (FXTAS) with Myoclonus. Movement Disorders. 2010; 15;25(4):514-6.
Mikell CB, McKhann GM, Segal S, McGovern RA, Wallenstein MB, Moore H. The Hippocampus and Nucleus Accumbens as Potential Therapeutic Targets for Neurosurgical Intervention in Schizophrenia. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. 2009; 87(4): 256-265.
Dhillon H, Zigman J, Ye C, Lee CE, McGovern RA, Tang V, Kenny CD, Christiansen LM, White RD, Edelstein EA, Coppari R, Balthasar N, Cowley MA, Chua SC, Elmquist JK, Lowell BB. Leptin Directly Activates SF1 Neurons in the VMH, and This Action by Leptin Is Required for Normal Body-Weight Homeostasis. Neuron. 2006; 49(2): 191-203.
Balthasar N, Dalgaard LT, Lee CE, Yu J, Funahashi H, Williams T, Ferreira M, Tang V, McGovern RA, Kenny CD, Christiansen LM, Edelstein E, Choi B, Boss O, Aschkenasi C, Zhang C, Mountjoy K, Kishi T, Elmquist JK, Lowell BB. Divergence of melanocortin pathways in the control of food intake and energy expenditure. Cell. 2005; 123(3):493-505.
Coppari R, Ichinose M, Lee CE, Pullen AE, Kenny CD, McGovern RA, Tang V, Liu SM, Ludwig T, Chua SC, Lowell BB, Elmquist JK. The hypothalamic arcuate nucleus: A key site for mediating leptin’s effects on glucose homeostasis and locomotor activity. Cell Metabolism. 2005; 1(1): 63-72.
Balthasar N, Coppari R, McMinn J, Liu SM, Lee CE, Tang V, Kenny CD, McGovern RA, Chua SC Jr, Elmquist JK, Lowell BB. Leptin Receptor Signaling in POMC Neurons Is Required for Normal Body Weight Homeostasis. Neuron. 2004; 42(6):983-991.