- Board Certified:
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Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neu
- Medical/Professional School:
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St Louis University School of Medicine - Academic Records, St Louis
- Residency:
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Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Child NeurologyWashington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Pediatrics
- Fellowship:
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University College Hospital - London UK, London, NeurologyWashington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Neurology
- Clinical Interests:
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General child neurology, epilepsy, migraine
- Description of Research:
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My research involves investigation of abnormalities in ion channel function in brain specimens from children treated surgically for intractable seizures, with the goals of identifying causes of pediatric epilepsy and optimizing medical treatment of seizures.
- Key Publications:
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Jansen LA, Gutmann DH. NF1 and neurofibromatosis 1. In: Epstein C, Erickson R, Wynshaw-Boris A, editors. Inborn errors of development: the molecular basis of clinical disorders of morphogenesis. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, Inc.; 2004. p. 879-885.
Kullmann DM, Scimemi A, Jansen LA. Study of GABAA receptor function in epilepsy by expression of rat brain membranes in Xenopus oocytes. International League Against Epilepsy Congress. 2004;215.
Gazit V, Jansen LA, Ess K, Ouyang Y, Yamada KA, Gutmann DH, Wong M. Glutamatergic synaptic transmission and excitotoxic cell death in an animal model of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts. 2004;452.9.
Jansen LA, Phelan C, Yamada KA, Gutmann DH, Wong M. Reduced inward-rectifying potassium currents in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex-1 deficient astrocytes as a mechanism of epileptogenesis. Epilepsia. 2003;44:S9:33.
Wong M, Ess KC, Uhlmann EJ, Jansen LA, Li W, Crino PB, Menerick S, Yamada KA, Gutmann DH. Impaired glial glutamate transport in a mouse tuberous sclerosis epilepsy model. Ann Neurol 2003;54:251-256.
- Honors & Awards:
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Marshall Sherfield Fellowship
2008 Philip R. Dodge Young Investigator Award from the Child Neurology Society