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KEY WORDS:
epilepsy, hippocampus, circuit imaging, GABA receptors, thalamus
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Epilepsy, neuronal excitability, CNS rhythm generation, circuit imaging, GABA receptors, development of neurotransmitter receptors and ion channels, synaptic function
RESEARCH TECHNIQUES
Patch clamp recordings, extracellular and intracellular recordings, multicellular calcium imagign, voltage sensitive dye imaging, chloride imaging, multiphoton microscopy, confocal microscopy, immunohistochemistry, neuronal cell culture, transgenic animals, in vitro and in vivo recording techniques, optical recordings, EEG recordings.
RESEARCH SUMMARY
My research interests center on understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the development of epilepsy. Symptomatic seizure disorders such as temporal lobe epilepsy are among the most prevalent and least medically responsive forms of epilepsy. They are also among the most interesting. A presumably normal individual receives some injurious stimuli, which, at some distant time point results in the initiation of an epileptic state, characterized by recurrent spontaneous seizures. A better understanding these seizure-initiating mechanisms should facilitate development of enhanced therapeutic strategies to improve treatment, and perhaps eventually contribute to the development of a cure for epilepsy.
My laboratory uses physiological, functional imaging, anatomical, and molecular techniques to address experimental issues relevant to epilepsy. Physiologically, my colleagues and I use patch clamp, intracellular, and extracellular recording techniques in both in vitro and in vivo preparations of animal or human brain. In terms of functional imaging, we use multiphoton, confocal, and epifluorescence microscopy to record titme resolved changes in calcium, voltage, and chloride throughout circuits during activity. Anatomically, we use immunohistochemical and conventional staining techniques to characterize alterations occurring in the epileptic brain at a circuit level, including loss of populations of neurons, alterations in expression patterns of proteins, and axonal remodeling. The combination of these diverse experimental approaches provides a powerful, synergistic approach to better understand critical factors contributing to the initiation of the epileptic condition.
KEY WORDS:
epilepsy, hippocampus, circuit imaging, GABA receptors, thalamus
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Epilepsy, neuronal excitability, CNS rhythm generation, circuit imaging, GABA receptors, development of neurotransmitter receptors and ion channels, synaptic function
RESEARCH TECHNIQUES
Patch clamp recordings, extracellular and intracellular recordings, multicellular calcium imagign, voltage sensitive dye imaging, chloride imaging, multiphoton microscopy, confocal microscopy, immunohistochemistry, neuronal cell culture, transgenic animals, in vitro and in vivo recording techniques, optical recordings, EEG recordings.
RESEARCH SUMMARY
My research interests center on understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the development of epilepsy. Symptomatic seizure disorders such as temporal lobe epilepsy are among the most prevalent and least medically responsive forms of epilepsy. They are also among the most interesting. A presumably normal individual receives some injurious stimuli, which, at some distant time point results in the initiation of an epileptic state, characterized by recurrent spontaneous seizures. A better understanding these seizure-initiating mechanisms should facilitate development of enhanced therapeutic strategies to improve treatment, and perhaps eventually contribute to the development of a cure for epilepsy.
My laboratory uses physiological, functional imaging, anatomical, and molecular techniques to address experimental issues relevant to epilepsy. Physiologically, my colleagues and I use patch clamp, intracellular, and extracellular recording techniques in both in vitro and in vivo preparations of animal or human brain. In terms of functional imaging, we use multiphoton, confocal, and epifluorescence microscopy to record titme resolved changes in calcium, voltage, and chloride throughout circuits during activity. Anatomically, we use immunohistochemical and conventional staining techniques to characterize alterations occurring in the epileptic brain at a circuit level, including loss of populations of neurons, alterations in expression patterns of proteins, and axonal remodeling. The combination of these diverse experimental approaches provides a powerful, synergistic approach to better understand critical factors contributing to the initiation of the epileptic condition.
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Biological psychiatryno. 9 (2020): 710-718
Patrick J Mulcahey,Sheng Tang,Hajime Takano,Alicia White, Dayana R Davila Portillo,Owen M Kane,Eric D Marsh,Zhaolan Zhou,Douglas A Coulter
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