Positions
- Professor
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Pediatrics-Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US
Education
- Ph.D. from University Of Maryland At College Park
- 01/1974 - College Park, MD United States
Professional Interests
- Basic Mechanisms of Childhood Epilepsy
Professional Statement
I am the Director of the Cain Foundation Laboratories and the Co-Director of the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute in Pediatrics. My research is focused on understanding the severe seizure disorders of childhood and developing better ways to treat these conditions and the intellectual disabilities that are associated with them.Websites
Selected Publications
- Frost JD, Lee CL, Hrachovy RA, Swann JW "High frequency EEG activity associated with ictal events in an animal model of infantile spasms.." Epilepsia. 2011 Jan;52(1):53-62. Pubmed PMID: 21204817
- Frost JD, Lee CL, Le JT, Hrachovy RA, Swann JW "Interictal high frequency oscillations in an animal model of infantile spasms.." Neurobiol. Dis.. 2012 May;46(2):377-88. Pubmed PMID: 22342513
- Nishimura M, Gu X, Swann JW "Seizures in early life suppress hippocampal dendrite growth while impairing spatial learning.." Neurobiol. Dis.. 2011 Nov;44(2):205-14. Pubmed PMID: 21777677
- Weston MC, Chen H, Swann JW "Multiple roles for Mammalian target of rapamycin signaling in both glutamatergic and GABAergic synaptic transmission.." J. Neurosci.. 2012 Aug 15;32(33):11441-52. Pubmed PMID: 22895726
- Lee CL, Frost JD, Swann JW, Hrachovy RA "A new animal model of infantile spasms with unprovoked persistent seizures.." Epilepsia. 2008 Feb;49(2):298-307. Pubmed PMID: 17941850
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