Jul 07, 2025 - Limei’s paper is published in Epilepsia!
Congratulations to Limei and team for their Epilepsia publication, Medial septum parvalbumin-expressing inhibitory neurons are impaired in a mouse model of Dravet syndrome. We employed whole cell patch clamping in acute brain slices to identify significant hypoexcitability of inhibitory neurons within the medial septum in Scn1a+/- mice. This work identifies the medial septum as a pathologic region and suggests its importance for cognitive impairment in Dravet syndrome. We are excited to extend this work in vivo -- stay tuned!
Jun 14, 2025 - 2025 Metro Detroit Stroll for Epilepsy
Members of our lab and other UofM faculty, staff, and students joined the 2025 Metro Detroit Stroll for Epilepsy, organized by the Michigan Epilepsy Foundation. It was an inspirational event, with many epilepsy patients and their families in attendance, and a beautiful day to enjoy the Detroit Zoo!
Jun 06, 2025 - Krystal gives a talk at the 2025 Pharmacology in Color Symposium
Congratulations to Krystal on her excellent invited talk at this year's Pharmacology in Color Symposium. Krystal shared her exciting preliminary data regarding mechanisms of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP), the most dreaded complication of epilepsy. Well done, Krystal!
May 16, 2025 - Nagham’s poster is selected for a prize at the U-M Neuroscience conference
Nagham's poster was selected (based upon votes by conference attendees) for a prize at the University of Michigan Neuroscience conference. This was notably a general prize, not limited to undergraduate students. Congratulations, Nagham!
May 04, 2025 - Congratulations to graduates from our lab!
Congrats to Joe (MCDB) for completing his master's, and to Izzy and Rida (Neuroscience) and Nagham (Psychology) for completing their undergraduate degrees. Major milestones all around!