I am a translational neuroscientist with a primary research focus on GABAergic
interneuron development and dysfunction in epilepsy and autism. We have published key
papers on the morhpological, electrophysiological, and molecular properties of adult
cortical GABAergic interneurons.

No subject area

PDF

STEP Regulation of Seizure Thresholds in the Hippocampus, Epilepsia (2011)

Purpose: To investigate whether striatal enriched protein tyrosine phosphatase (STEP) influences ictogenesis. Methods: STEP knockout...

 

PDF

Tangled Roots: Digging deeper into astrocyte or interneuron dysfunction in temporal lobe epilepsy., Epilepsy Currents (2011)
 

PDF

Gene and stem cell therapies for treating epilepsy. (with Xu Maisano), Epilepsy: Mechanisms, Models, and Translational Perspectives, (2010)
 
Migration of transplanted neural stem cells in experimental models of neurodegenerative diseases., Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine (2010)
 

PDF

Trekking Through The Telencephalon: Hepatocyte Growth Factor-Mediated Guidance For Parvalbumin-expressing Interneurons, Epilepsy Currents (2010)
 

View More »