Undergraduate Spotlight: Roxana Farokhnia
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Faculty Spotlight: Edward Glasscock, Associate Professor and Prothro Chair
Dr. Glasscock’s lab, the Cardiorespiratory Neurogenetics Laboratory, is dedicated to understanding the genes and mechanisms underlying epilepsy and sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). Epilepsy is characterized by spontaneous recurring seizures and represents the fourth most common neurological disorder affecting about 1 in 26 Americans during their lifetime. People with epilepsy have an increased risk of dying suddenly for unknown reasons. These deaths are classified as sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) and represent the leading cause of epilepsy-related mortality. Dr. Glasscock currently has two active R01 research grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health to identify neuro-cardio-respiratory mechanisms that contribute to increased SUDEP susceptibility. Dr. Glasscock’s lab employs several state-of-the-art in vivo and in vitro electrophysiological techniques in mouse models of epilepsy, including the simultaneous recording of electroencephalography (EEG), electrocardiography (ECG), electromyography (EMG), and plethysmography to measure brain, heart, muscle, and lung activities, respectively. He was also recently awarded a United States patent, along with researchers from Louisiana Tech University, for a new mathematical technique to identify brain-heart biomarkers of SUDEP risk from EEG-ECG data. Dr. Glasscock brings with him three talented postdoctoral fellows: Man Si, Indumathy Jagadeeswaram, and Praveen Kumar. |
Faculty Spotlight: Adam Norris, Assistant Professor
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