Kevin J. Staley, MD, Research Investigator, Pediatric Epilepsy Research Lab at Mass General Hospital
- Clinic Phone: 617-724-6400
Biography
Affiliations
Research Investigator Profile
Staley, Kevin Joseph, MD
- Joseph P. and Rose F. Kennedy Professor of Child Neurology and Mental Retardation, Harvard Medical School
- Unit Chief, Pediatric Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Research Description
Neuronal ion transport and the spread of activity in neural networks are the two major themes in the lab. Neuronal ion transport underlies signaling at all fast synapses. The importance of neuronal ion transport was underscored by our recent discovery that reversed ion transport in the immature brain was blocking the effects of the anticonvulsants most commonly used to treat neonatal seizures, and that a safe and well-characterized diuretic could ameliorate this condition. Visit Dr. Staley's Pediatric Epilepsy Research Lab for more detail.
| Research interests | Epilepsy, synaptic physiology, neuronal ion transport, neural network activity. |
| Research techniques | Single cell electrophysiology, in vivo radiotelemetry, ion-sensitive fluorescent imaging of ion transport and neural network activity, computer modeling. |
| Diseases studied | Epilepsy |
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| NCBI PubMed link | NCBI PubMed Publications |
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| Lab mailing address |
Kevin J. Staley, MD |
| Lab website | Pediatric Epilepsy Research Lab |
| Clinical interests | Epilepsy, Neonatal seizures |
| Clinical address | Massachusetts General Hospital Neurology, Suite 835 Wang Ambulatory Care Center 55 Fruit Street Boston, MA 02114 USA |
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Clinical website address |
Pediatric Epilepsy Service |
