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Paul Buckmaster Info

Paul Buckmaster, DVM, PhD

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Phone:(650) 498-4774
Profile: http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Paul_Buckmaster/
Academic Appointments
Appointment
Organization
Associate Professor
Comparative Medicine
Member
Bio-X
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Comparative Medicine ; Neurology and Neurol Sciences ; Neurosciences ;
 
Honors & Awards
Title
Organization
Date(s)
Career Award in the Biomedical Sciences
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
1996-2000
Administrative Appointments
Title
Organization
Start Year
End Year
Research Council of the Professional Advisory Board
Epilepsy Foundation
2003
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Clinical Neuroplasticity and Neurotransmitter Study Section
NIH Center for Scientific Review
2004
2008
Professional Education
Degree
Awarding Institution
Field of Study
Year of Graduation
DVM
University of California, Davis
Veterinary Medicine
1988
PhD
University of Washington
Physiology
1992
Research Interests

Temporal lobe epilepsy is common, frequently refractory to treatment, and devastating to those affected. Our long-term goal is to better understand the pathophysiological mechanisms of this disease so that rational and effective therapies can be developed. We use electrophysiological, molecular, and anatomical techniques to evaluate neuronal circuitry in normal and in epileptic brains.

Publications
  • Bower MR, Buckmaster PS "Changes in Granule Cell Firing Rates Precede Locally Recorded Spontaneous Seizures By Minutes in an Animal Model of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy." J Neurophysiol 2008; More »
  • Kumar SS, Jin X, Buckmaster PS, Huguenard JR "Recurrent circuits in layer II of medial entorhinal cortex in a model of temporal lobe epilepsy." J Neurosci 2007; 27: 6: 1239-46 More »
  • Kumar SS, Buckmaster PS "Hyperexcitability, interneurons, and loss of GABAergic synapses in entorhinal cortex in a model of temporal lobe epilepsy." J Neurosci 2006; 26: 17: 4613-23 More »
  • Austin JE, Buckmaster PS "Recurrent excitation of granule cells with basal dendrites and low interneuron density and inhibitory postsynaptic current frequency in the dentate gyrus of macaque monkeys." J Comp Neurol 2004; 476: 3: 205-18 More »
  • Kobayashi M, Buckmaster PS "Reduced inhibition of dentate granule cells in a model of temporal lobe epilepsy." J Neurosci 2003; 23: 6: 2440-52 More »
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