Epilepsy Basic Science Research Group
The faculty at Wayne State University School of Medicine is dedicated to bringing to bear the latest advances in basic research to promote a better understanding and to provide innovative new strategies to treat epilepsy. We strive to combine top national expertise in multiple basic and clinical sciences. Our research efforts span from basic mechanisms of synapse development to positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of brains of patients with epilepsy. Please see a partial listing of the researchers and their areas of expertise below.
If you would like to help support our research progress, please contact either Dr. Watson or Dr. Chugani below.
| Craig Watson, M.D., Ph.D. Director, Adult Epilepsy Program Professor of Neurology Correlation of volumetric MRI findings with neuropathological, functional neuroimaging, and basic neuroscience data (313) 745-8640 |
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Harry Chugani, M.D. Chief of Pedicatric Neurology Director, Pediatric Epilepsy Program Director, PET Center Professor of Pediatrics, Neurology, and Radiology PET imaging in epilepsy, brain development and plasticity (313) 993-3840 |
| William Kupsky, M.D. Associate Professor of Pathology Neuropathology (313) 745-8555 |
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| Diane Chugani, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Radiology Role of extracellular matrix in neuronal migration disorders in pediatric epilepsy (313) 577-6732 |
James Garbern, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Neurology Genetic Aspects of Epilepsy (313) 577-1689 |
| John Kamholz, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Neurology Response of glia and glial membranes in epilepsy Genetic Aspects of Epilepsy (313) 577-1689 |
Karen Krajewski, M.S., Assistant Professor of Neurology Genetic Counselor Genetic Aspects of Epilepsy (313) 577-8317 |
| Robert Berman, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Hippocampal slice electrophysiology in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. Receptor autoradiography of excitatory amino acids in epilepsy (313) 577-1705 |
Husseini Manji, M.D. Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences and Pharmacology Effects of antiepileptic drugs on signal transduction and gene expression (313) 577-1808 |
| Jeffrey A. Loeb, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Neurology Basic Molecular Mechanisms in Synapse Formation and Epilepsy Director, Developmental and Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory (313) 577-9827 |
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| Gregory J. Moore, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences and Radiology MRS of metabolic substrates of epilepsy (313) 577-9090 |
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| Paul Walker, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Anatomy Transcriptional responses to neural stimulation in epilepsy (313) 577-5678 |
Jose Rafols, Ph.D. Professor of Anatomy Electron microscopy of aberrant synaptogenesis in hippocampal circuits in temporal lobe epilepsy (313) 577-1049 |
