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Basic Science Faculty

Mark S. Baron, M.D.

Associate Professor, Neurology

Clinical expertise: Adult and Pediatric Movement Disorders

Research interests: Parkinson's disease, dystonia, hyperkinetic disorders

 

Robert Blair, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Neurology


Research interests:  Cellular mechanisms underlying
epileptogenesis, seizure and neuronal hyperexcitability.  Regulation of GABAA receptor and endocannabinoid systems utilizing in vitro and in
vivo models of seizure.

 

Severn B. "Ben" Churn, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Neurology/Physiology, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Anatomy

Research interests: Neurology

Website:  http://www.people.vcu.edu/~schurn/

Robert J. DeLorenzo, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.

Professor, Neurology/Biochemistry, Pharmacology & Toxicology

Clinical expertise: Epilepsy, Stroke, Neuropharmacology, Neurogenetics

Research interests: Epilepsy, stroke, molecular biology, signal transduction in neurons, calcium-second messenger systems


Ann Rice, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor , Neurology

Research interests:  Understanding the pathology of various brain insults, bilirubin induced neurotoxicity

 

Steven M. Shapiro, M.D.

Professor, Neurology

Clinical expertise: Neonatology, Neonatal Monitoring

Research interests: Effects of bilirubin toxicity on the auditory system

Sompong Sombati, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Neurology

Research interests: Modulation of NMDA receptor using patch-clamping technique, epileptogenesis in neuronal culture, cellular basis of exeitotoxiety

 

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