Selma Aybek, M.D.
Clinician Researcher, LREN, DNC, CHUV
Cheffe de clinique, Service de Neurologie, DNC, CHUV
Selma.Aybek@chuv.ch
Service of Neurology, BH13, bureau 206
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV)
Rue du Bugnon 46
1011 Lausanne
Switzerland
+41795568716
Research Interests
My research focuses on the neural correlates of Conversion Disorders (CD)-formerly referred to as Hysteria. CD is a frequent, disabling medical condition lying at the frontier between Neurology and Psychiatry. Patients present with a physical neurological symptom thought to be related to psychological stressors or triggers. My fellowship at the Institute of Psychiatry-London (Prof Anthony David) was dedicated to understanding neural processing of the recall of traumatic events in CD patients. My current work focuses on the identification of subtle neuroanatomic changes in the subtype of motor CD using structural MRI technique.
In parallel of my research activity, currently funded by the Bourse Pro-Femmes, from University of Lausanne, I am involved in the clinical activity of the Neurology Departement and run a weekly Functional Neurology Clinic (consultations de neuropsychiatrie) dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of patients suffering from CD. This clinical work is done in collaboration with the Psychiatry Department (Psychiatrie de Liaison).
Publications
Peer-reviewed articles
Early intervention for Conversion Disorder: neurologists and psychiatrists working together.
Aybek S, Hubschmid M, Mossinger C, Berney A, Vingerhoets F. Acta Neuropsychiatrica 2012. In press
Psychogenic tetraparesis and bilateral upper limb dystonia regressive under short propofol-induced sedation and during hepatic encephalopathy
Medlin F, Aybek S, Berney A, Guedj E, Bischof Delaloye A, Prior J, Diserens K. Psychosomatics 2012. In Press.
Paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesias of epileptic origin abolished by temporal lobectomy.
Aybek S, Maeder-Ingvar M, Rossetti AO, Vingerhoets F. Movement Disorders 2012. In press
Fractal temporal organization of motricity is altered in major depression.
Aybek S, Ionescu A, Chocron O, Aminian K, Berney A, Vingerhoets F. Psychiatry Research 2012. In press
What’s so special about conversion disorder? A problem and a proposal for diagnostc classification.
Kanaan RA, Carson A, Wessely SC, Nicholson TR, Aybek S, David AS. Br J Psychiatry 2010:196(6):427-88.
Hippocampal atrophy predicts conversion to dementia after STN-DBS in Parkinson’s disease
Aybek S, Lazeyras F, Gronchi-Perrin A, Burkhard P, Villemure J-G, Vingerhoets F. Parkinsonism and Related Disorders 2009, 15; 521-524
Asymmetric POSTS associated with ipsilateral EEG abnormalities
Aybek S, Maeder-Ingvar M, Despland P.A, Rossetti A.O. Clinical Neurophysiology/Neurophysiologie Clinique 2009, 39; 117-121
Positive occipital sharp transients of sleep (POSTS): A reappraisal
Rey V, Aybek S, Maeder-Ingvar M, Rossetti A.O. Clinical Neurophysiology 2009, 120:472-75.
The Neuropsychiatry of Conversion disorder.
Aybek Selma, Kanaan Richard, David Anthony. Current Opinion in Psychiatry 2008 May;21(3):275-280.
Rapid resolution of dopamine dysregulation syndrome after subthalamic DBS for Parkinon’s disease : a case report.
Knobel David, Aybek Selma, Pollo Claudio, Vingerhoets François, Berney Alexandre.
Cogn Behav Neurol. 2008; 21(3):187-9.
Dissociative disorders: neurologists and psychiatrists working together
M. Hubschmid, S. Aybek, F. Vingerhoets, A. Berney
Revue Médicale Suisse, 2008 Feb 13;4(144):412-4, 416
Long–term cognitive profile and incidence of dementia after STN-DBS in Parkinson’s disease
Aybek S, Gronchi-Perrin A, Berney A, Catalano Chiuvé S, Villemure J-G Burkhard P, Vingerhoets F., Movement Disorders, 2007 May 15;22(7):974-81
Does subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease affect cognition and behavior?
Aybek S, Vingerhoets F.
Nature Clinical Practice Neurology, 2007 Feb;3(2):70-1.
Emotional behavior in acute stroke: the Lausanne emotion in stroke study.
Aybek S, Carota A, Ghika-Schmid F, Berney A, Melle GV, Guex P, Bogousslavsky J.
Cogn Behav Neurol. 2005 Mar;18(1):37-44
A prospective study of predictors of poststroke depression.
Carota A, Berney A, Aybek S, Iaria G, Staub F, Ghika-Schmid F, Annable L, Guex P, Bogousslavsky J. Neurology, 2005 Feb 8;64(3):428-33
Original articles
Hysteria: an historical entity, a psychiatric condition or a neurological disease?
S. Aybek, M. Hubschmid, P.Vuilleumier, P. Burkhard, A. Berney, F. Vingerhoets.
Revue Médicale Suisse 2008 May 7:4(156):1151-56.
Céphalée, fièvre et hémisyndrome
Aybek S, Annoni JM, Vokatch N
Revue médicale Suisse, 2007 May 9;3(110):1196-8
Douleurs lombaires et raideur musculaire
Vokatch N, Carota A, Aybek S
Revue médicale Suisse, 2007 May 9;3(110):1191-2, 1194-5
Book Chapters
Acute behavior and mood change
THE BEHAVIORAL AND COGNITIVE NEUROLOGY OF STROKE
Edited by Bogousslavsky and Godefroy, Cambridge University Press 2007
Chapter: Behavioral and personality changes in neurological diseases
ENCYCLOPEDIE MEDICO-CHIRURGICALE 17-022-140, 2001 (French)
Annoni JM, Nicola A, Ghika J, Aybek S, Gramignia S, Clarke S, Bogousslavsky J.
