{"id":11,"date":"2017-03-24T19:53:31","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T19:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huguenard-lab.stanford.edu\/wp1\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2017-04-27T22:50:21","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T22:50:21","slug":"awards-and-news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/huguenard-lab.stanford.edu\/wp1\/awards-and-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards and News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#3e3e3e;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><\/div>\n<h2>Awards<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2025 &#8211; Fuga Takahashi Awarded <a href=\"\">Sapp Family CS Stanford Bio-X Undergraduate Summer Research Program (Bio-X USRP) <\/a><\/li>\n<li>2024 &#8211; Sung-Soo Jang Awarded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grc.org\/mechanisms-of-epilepsy-and-neuronal-synchronization-conference\/2024\/\">Short Talk at 2024 Gordon Research Conference on Mechanisms of Epilepsy and Neuronal Synchronization<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2023 &#8211; Jacob Hull Awarded <a href=\"https:\/\/aesnet.org\/AES-annual-meeting\/abstracts\/abstract-awards\">AES Annual Meeting &#8211; Young Investigator Award<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2022 &#8211; Jacob Hull Awarded <a href=\"\">NINDS Post-doc Fellowship F32<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2021 &#8211; Brielle Ferguson Awarded <a href=\"https:\/\/braininitiative.nih.gov\/brielle-r-ferguson-phd\">Brain Initiative K99\/R00<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2021 &#8211; Brielle Ferguson Awarded (Declined) <a href=\"\">Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative Bridge to Independence Award <\/a><\/li>\n<li>2020 &#8211; Christine Liu accepted to <a href=\"https:\/\/biox.stanford.edu\/research\/undergraduate-research#Apply\">Stanford Bio-X Undergraduate Summer Research Program<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2020 &#8211; Brielle Ferguson named <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/30-under-30\/2021\/science\/\">Forbes Science 30 under 30 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2020 &#8211; Gil Vantomme Awarded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snf.ch\/en\/XIZpfY3iVS5KRRoD\/funding\/careers\/postdoc-mobility\">SNF Early Postdoc Mobility Grant <\/a><\/li>\n<li>2019 &#8211; Brielle Ferguson awarded <a href=\"https:\/\/researchtraining.nih.gov\/programs\/fellowships\/f32\">NINDS F32 Individual NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2019 &#8211; Michelle Fogerson awarded <a href=\"https:\/\/meeting.aesnet.org\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/Program\/AES%202019%20Program%20Book%20(e-version).pdf\">Grass Foundation Young Investigator Award <\/a><\/li>\n<li>2018 &#8211; Juliet Knowles awarded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cureepilepsy.org\/grant_type\/abnormal-myelin-in-absence-epilepsy-cause-and-functional-impact\/\">CURE taking flight award<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2018 &#8211; Chris Makinson awarded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ninds.nih.gov\/Funding\/About-Funding\/K99R00-Pathway-Independence-Award\/Christopher-Makinson\">NINDS K99\/R00 Award<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2018 &#8211; Michelle Fogerson selected to present in <a href=\"https:\/\/meeting.aesnet.org\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/Program\/2018-AES-program-book-low-res.pdf\"> Investigators Workshop | Hot Topics  from Young Investigators in the Epilepsy  Community<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2017 &#8211; Juliet Knowles awarded <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cncdp-k12.org\/\">NIH-NINDS Child Neurologist Career Development Award<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2016 &#8211; Juliet Knowles awarded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aesnet.org\/research\/Early_Career_Funding\/early_career_awards#clinician\">AES Clinical Research and Training Fellowship for Clinicians<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2016 &#8211; Chris Makinson awarded <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wishesforelliott.org\/\">Wishes for Elliott Postdoctoral Research Fellowship<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2016 &#8211; Matt Abramian&#8217;s contribution to our collaboration with NeuroFab  <a href=\"http:\/\/news.stanford.edu\/2016\/06\/28\/new-stanford-engineering-tools-record-electrical-activity-cells\/\">cited in the Stanford Report <\/a><\/li>\n<li>2015 &#8211; John Huguenard elected <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/content\/350\/6264\/1047.short\">Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2015 &#8211; Huong Ha awarded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fftf.slb.com\/\">Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future Fellowship <\/a><\/li>\n<li>2014 &#8211; Matt Abramian awarded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aesnet.org\/research\/funding%20for%20junior%20investigators\/Post-Doctoral%20Research%20Fellowships\">AES\/Epilepsy Foundation Research Training Fellowship <\/a><\/li>\n<li>2013 &#8211; Chris Makinson awarded <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aesnet.org\/erc\/research\/researchinfo.cfm?researchid=513\">Epilepsy Foundation Research Training Fellowship <\/a><\/li>\n<li>2013 &#8211; Catherine Christian recieves <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cureepilepsy.org\/research\/2014grantees.asp\">CURE Taking Flight Award<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2012 &#8211; Catherine Christian recieves McCormick Advanced Postdoctoral Fellowship<\/li>\n<li>2012 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ninds.nih.gov\/funding\/areas\/training_and_career_development\/awardees.htm\"> Jeanne Paz awarded K99\/R00 from NINDS to study the Role of Thalamus in Post-stroke epileptogenesis <\/a><\/li>\n<li>2011 &#8211; Eric Frechette awarded Epilepsy Foundation Research Training Fellowship for Physicians Award <\/li>\n<li>2011 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epilepsyfoundation.org\/research\/awards.cfm\">Catherine Christian awarded Epilepsy Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship<\/a><\/li>\n<\/li>\n<li>2010 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epilepsyfoundation.org\/research\/awards.cfm\">Jeanne Paz awarded Epilepsy Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2009 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ninds.nih.gov\/funding\/areas\/training_and_career_development\/awardees.htm\"> Mark Beenhakker awarded K99\/R00 from NINDS to study Enhanced excitation and epilepsy with chloride channel dysfunction <\/a><\/li>\n<li>2009 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epilepsyfoundation.org\/research\/awards.cfm\">Chris Dulla awarded Epilepsy Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2008 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/news-service.stanford.edu\/news\/2008\/december3\/marshall-120308.html\">Max Kleiman-Weiner awarded Marshall Scholarship to study at Oxford<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2008 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iesbrainresearch.org\/foundations_programs_past_08.htm\">Max Kleiman-Weiner awarded IES Brain Research Foundation Summer Student Fellowship<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2008 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epilepsyfoundation.org\/research\/awards.cfm\">Hiro Tani awarded Epilepsy Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2008 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epilepsyfoundation.org\/research\/awards.cfm\">Carolyn Lacey awarded Eric W. Lothman Training Fellowship from the Epilepsy Foundation <\/a><\/li>\n<li>2007 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/aesnet.org\/index.cfm?objectid=7B2ED1FB-E7FF-0F41-266C6F002E09B567\">John Huguenard recieved American Epilesy Society Research Recognition Award<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>2007 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epilepsyfoundation.org\/research\/awards.cfm\">Julia Brill and Xiaoming Jin awarded Epilepsy Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowships<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2007 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epilepsyfoundation.org\/research\/awards.cfm\">Mark Beenhakker awarded Eric W. Lothman Training Fellowship from the Epilepsy Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2004 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mff.org\/epilepsy\/epilepsy.taf?page=fellowships\">Jina Shin recipient of AES\/Milken Family Foundation Epilepsy Fellowship<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2004 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/news-service.stanford.edu\/news\/2004\/june9\/med-mcp-69.html\">John Huguenard receives Javits Award<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2000 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mff.org\/epilepsy\/epilepsy.taf?page=fellowships\">Sanjay Kumar recipient of AES\/Milken Family Foundation Epilepsy Fellowship<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>In the news<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>2025 Reports on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=40834072\">Reticular thalamic hyperexcitability drives autism spectrum disorder behaviors in the Cntnap2 model of autism.<\/a><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>scitechdaily &#8211; <a href=\"\/stanford-scientists-successfully-reverse-autism-symptoms-in-mice\/\">Stanford scientists successfully reverse autism symptoms in mice<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>neurosciencenews.com &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/neurosciencenews.com\/autism-reversed-neuropharmacology-29595\/\">Experimental Drugs Reverse Autism Symptoms<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Good &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.good.is\/breakthrough-drug-reduces-autism-symptoms\">Stanford researchers announce breakthrough drug that can reduce autism symptoms<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>The Transmitter &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetransmitter.org\/spectrum\/sensory-gatekeeper-drives-seizures-autism-like-behaviors-in-mouse-model\/\">Sensory gatekeeper drives seizures, autism-like behaviors in mouse model<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Science Daily &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2025\/09\/250907172644.htm\">Autism symptoms vanish in mice after Stanford brain breakthrough<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>PsyPost &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psypost.org\/stanford-study-shows-autism-like-behaviors-can-be-switched-off-in-mice\/\">Stanford study shows autism-like behaviors can be switched off in mice<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Neil deGrasse Tyson Facebook Page &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/930540941927100\/posts\/1355327582781765\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/930540941927100\/posts\/1355327582781765\/<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li>2022 Reports on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=35501379\">Maladaptive myelination promotes generalized epilepsy progression.<\/a><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Epilepsy Currents &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full\/10.1177\/15357597221123898\">That\u2019s a Wrap: Could Controlling Activity-Regulated Myelination Prevent Absence Seizures?<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Nature reviews neuroscience &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41583-022-00604-6\">Seizures beget seizures<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>BioX news &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/biox.stanford.edu\/highlight\/brain-plasticity-promotes-worsening-epileptic-seizures-study-finds\">Brain plasticity promotes worsening of epileptic seizures, study finds<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>CURE epilepsy news &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cureepilepsy.org\/news\/cure-epilepsy-discovery-investigating-mechanism-of-the-progression-of-epilepsy\/\">CURE Epilepsy Discovery: Investigating Mechanism of the Progression of Epilepsy<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li>2019 Reports on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=30692691\">Differentiation and maturation of oligodendrocytes in human three-dimensional neural cultures.<\/a><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Medical Center Report &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/med.stanford.edu\/news\/all-news\/2019\/01\/scientists-generate-track-development-of-myelin-producing-cells.html\">Scientists generate, track development of myelin-producing brain cells<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li>2018 Reports on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=30524232\">Shank and Zinc Mediate an AMPA Receptor Subunit Switch in Developing Neurons.<\/a><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Newsweek &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/autism-linked-zinc-deficiency-childhood-1209635\">AUTISM LINKED TO ZINC DEFICIENCY IN CHILDHOOD<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Scope Blog &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/scopeblog.stanford.edu\/2018\/11\/12\/is-zinc-the-link-to-how-we-think-some-evidence-and-a-word-of-warning\/\">Is zinc the link to how we think? Some evidence, and a word of warning<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Science Daily &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2018\/11\/181109073034.htm\">Autism and zinc deficiency in early development<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Dan Tri &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/dantri.com.vn\/du-hoc\/nguoi-viet-dau-tien-doat-giai-thuong-quoc-te-ve-khoa-hoc-than-kinh-20200922231254994.htm\">https:\/\/dantri.com.vn\/du-hoc\/nguoi-viet-dau-tien-doat-giai-thuong-quoc-te-ve-khoa-hoc-than-kinh-20200922231254994.htm<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li>2017 Reports on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=28445465\">Assembly of functionally integrated human forebrain spheroids<\/a><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>NPR &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2017\/04\/26\/525705550\/minibrains-in-a-dish-shed-a-little-light-on-autism-and-epilepsy\">&#8216;Minibrains&#8217; In A Dish Shed A Little Light On Autism And Epilepsy<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>The Scientist &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-scientist.com\/?articles.view\/articleNo\/49290\/title\/Developing-Brains-in-Dishes\/\">Developing Brains in Dishes<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>The National Institutes of Health &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nih.gov\/news-events\/news-releases\/human-forebrain-circuits-under-construction-dish\">Human forebrain circuits under construction \u00e2\u20ac\u201c in a dish<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>The Mirror &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/scientists-grow-human-brains-dish-10300005\">Scientists grow human brains in a dish as part of study into psychiatric disorders including schizophrenia<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>San Jose Mercury News &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2017\/05\/03\/human-brain-in-a-dish-stanford-grown-brain-cells-fuse-and-chat\/\">Human brain in a dish: Stanford-grown cells fuse \u00e2\u20ac\u201d and chat <\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Toronto Star &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/world\/2017\/05\/07\/stanford-scientists-have-grown-mini-human-brains-in-a-dish.html\">Stanford scientists have grown mini-human brains in a dish<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Nature News and Views &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/nature\/journal\/v545\/n7652\/full\/545039a.html\">Human development: Advances in mini-brain technology<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Science Daily &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2015\/05\/150529144727.htm\">A patient&#8217;s budding cortex &#8212; in a dish? Networking neurons thrive in 3-D human &#8216;organoid&#8217;<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Nature Methods &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/nmeth\/journal\/v14\/n6\/full\/nmeth.4307.html\">Organoids: a better in vitro model<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li>2017 Reports on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=28360327\">Breathing control center neurons that promote arousal in mice.<\/a><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Stanford Medicine News &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/med.stanford.edu\/news\/all-news\/2017\/03\/study-discovers-how-slow-breathing-induces-tranquility.html\">Study shows how slow breathing induces tranquility<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>San Jose Mercury News &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2017\/03\/31\/how-slow-breathing-makes-you-relaxed\/\">How slow breathing makes you relaxed<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>The Verge &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2017\/3\/30\/15109762\/deep-breath-study-breathing-affects-brain-neurons-emotional-state\">Take a deep breath \u00e2\u20ac\u201d no really, it will calm your brain<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>NPR &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2017\/03\/30\/522033368\/a-tiny-spot-in-mouse-brains-may-explain-how-breathing-calms-the-mind\">A Tiny Spot In Mouse Brains May Explain How Breathing Calms The Mind<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Today &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.today.com\/health\/here-s-how-slow-breathing-calms-you-down-t109837\">Study on slow breathing may lead to treatments for anxiety disorders, even SIDS<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Scientific American &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/meditations-calming-effects-pinpointed-in-brain\/\">Meditation&#8217;s Calming Effects Pinpointed in Brain<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Forbes &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/alicegwalton\/2017\/03\/31\/science-illuminates-why-slow-breathing-calms-the-mind\/#75eca5fe7df6\">Science Illuminates Why Slow Breathing Calms The Mind<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>The Daily Mail &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-4367628\/Deep-breathing-tells-body-relax-brain-cells.html\">Deep breathing really DOES work: Technique calms you down as it makes brain cells tell the body to relax<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Psychology Today &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/blog\/brain-waves\/201704\/the-inside-story-how-slow-breathing-calms-you-down\">The Inside Story of How Slow Breathing Calms You Down New research reveals brain connections between breathing and states of mind<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li>2017 Reports on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=28238546\">Regulation of Thalamic and Cortical Network Synchrony by Scn8a.<\/a><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Stanford Scope Blog &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/scopeblog.stanford.edu\/2018\/01\/25\/a-look-into-the-causes-of-epilepsy-with-a-stanford-neuroscientist-2\/\">A look into the causes of epilepsy with a Stanford neuroscientist<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li>2017 Reports on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=27989462\">Bidirectional Control of Generalized Epilepsy Networks via Rapid Real-Time Switching of Firing Mode.<\/a><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Science Daily &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2016\/12\/161215143537.htm\">Research locates absence epilepsy seizure \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcchoke point\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 in brain <\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Epilepsy News Today &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/epilepsynewstoday.com\/2017\/01\/13\/scientists-report-finding-source-of-absence-seizures-is-thalamocortical-tract-way-to-prevent-them\/\">Choke Point\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 of Absence Seizures Reportedly Found, May Be Way of Preventing Them<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>MedicalXpress &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/news\/2016-12-team-absence-epilepsy-seizure-brain.html\">Team locates absence epilepsy seizure &#8216;choke point&#8217; in brain<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li>2016 Reports on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=26685158\">Enhanced phasic GABA inhibition during the repair phase of stroke: a novel therapeutic target.<\/a><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Voice of America &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.voanews.com\/science-world\/2015\/12\/18\/curiosity-hits-silica-jackpot-sleep-aid-freshwater-supply-threatened\/\">commonly-used-sleeping-pill-may-boost-stroke-recovery<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>The Telegraph, UK &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/science\/science-news\/12058459\/Cheap-NHS-sleeping-pill-could-help-stroke-victims-recover-more-quickly.html\">Cheap NHS sleeping pill could help stroke victims recover more quickly<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li>2015 Reports on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=26005811\">Functional cortical neurons and astrocytes from human pluripotent stem cells in 3D culture.<\/a><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Spectrum &#8211; Autism News &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumnews.org\/news\/merging-mini-brains-recapitulates-brains-electrical-balance\/\">Merging \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcmini-brains\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 recapitulates brain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s electrical balance<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>National Institutes of Health &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nih.gov\/news-events\/news-releases\/patients-budding-cortex-dish\">A patient\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s budding cortex \u00e2\u20ac\u201d in a dish?<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Kurzweilai &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kurzweilai.net\/a-3-d-human-organoid-brain-in-a-dish\">A 3-D human \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcorganoid\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 brain in a dish<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>SnackableScience &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/snackablescience.com\/2015\/07\/19\/organoids\/\">Organoids \u00e2\u20ac\u201c using stem cells to grow miniature brains in the lab<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Associated Press &#8211; The Big Story &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/bigstory.ap.org\/article\/22f447ab2be74f078ffd946c68a3e4ac\/researchers-grow-brain-parts-study-development-disease\">Researchers grow brain parts to study development, disease<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li>2014 Reports on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=25164672\">Frequency-dependent, cell type-divergent signaling in the hippocamposeptal projection.<\/a><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Stanford Report &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/news.stanford.edu\/news\/2014\/september\/brain-map-hippocampus-090314.html\">Stanford scientists reveal complexity in the brain&#8217;s wiring diagram<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li>2014 Reports on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=24559677\">A local glutamate-glutamine cycle sustains synaptic excitatory transmitter release.<\/a><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Neuron Preview &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cell.com\/neuron\/abstract\/S0896-6273%2814%2900102-0\">Good Housekeeping<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li>2013 Reports on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=23727119\">Endogenous Positive Allosteric Modulation of GABAA Receptors by Diazepam binding inhibitor.<\/a><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Stanford School of Medicine Press Release &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/med.stanford.edu\/ism\/2013\/may\/huguenard.html\">Brain makes its own version of Valium, scientists discover<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Time.com &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/healthland.time.com\/2013\/05\/31\/brains-own-valium-discovered\/\">Brain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Own \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcValium\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Discovered<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Fox News &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\/2013\/05\/30\/brain-capable-making-own-version-valium-researchers-find\/\"> Brain capable of making its own version of Valium, researchers find<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Popular Science &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.popsci.com\/science\/article\/2013-06\/your-brain-can-make-its-own-valium\">Your Brain Makes Its Own Version Of Valium<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Consulenza Benessere &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/consulenzabenessere.com\/5194\/epilessia-scoperto-calmante-naturale-nel-cervello\"> Epilessia: scoperto calmante naturale nel cervello<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Neweurope online &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.neurope.eu\/article\/brain-can-generate-its-own-valium-researchers-found\"> A brain protein can act like the drug and stop seizures   Brain can generate its own Valium, researchers found<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Science STKE &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/stke.sciencemag.org\/cgi\/content\/abstract\/sigtrans;6\/281\/ec144\">EDITORS&#8217; CHOICE:  Two Endogenous Modulators in One<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Kurzweil Accelerating Intelligence &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kurzweilai.net\/brain-makes-its-own-version-of-valium-stanford-scientists-discover\"> Brain makes its own version of Valium, Stanford scientists discover<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Epilepsy Ireland &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epilepsy.ie\/index.cfm\/spKey\/news.epilepsy\/spId\/4E713E35-F97A-4C57-91D6897FD131FF49.html\">Scientists identify protein in brain that may stop seizures<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Everyday Health &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.everydayhealth.com\/epilepsy\/protein-in-brain-may-act-like-valium-to-stop-some-epileptic-seizures-9028.aspx\">Protein in Brain May Act Like Valium to Stop Some Epileptic Seizures<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>ABC Espana &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.es\/sociedad\/20130530\/abci-cerebro-produce-propio-valium-201305301809.html\">El cerebro produce su proprio <<valium>><\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Revoseek &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/revoseek.com\/life-style\/drugs-brain-produces-naturally\/\">Drugs which Brain Produces Naturally<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Epilepsy Research UK &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epilepsyresearch.org.uk\/brain-protein-may-put-brakes-on-epileptic-seizures\/\">Brain protein may put brakes on epileptic seizures<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>JAMA &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/jama.jamanetwork.com\/article.aspx?articleid=1707707\">Brain Protein May Suggest New Epilepsy Treatment Strategy<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Medical Daily &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.medicaldaily.com\/brain-makes-its-own-version-valium-provides-clues-epilepsy-treatment-246357\"> Brain Makes Its Own Version Of Valium, Provides Clues For Epilepsy Treatment<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>The Channelopathist blog &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/channelopathist.net\/2013\/08\/28\/the-endozepine-mystery\/\">The endozepine mystery<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Neurochemical Research &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s11064-014-1303-5\">Endogenous Benzodiazepine Site Peptide Ligands Operating Bidirectionally In Vivo in Neurogenesis and Thalamic Oscillations<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Epilepsy Society &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/care.episoc.baigentpreview.com\/brains-natural-valium-could-stop-seizures-scientists-say\">Brain&#8217;s natural valium could stop seizures scientists say<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Neuron Preview &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0896627313004959\">In Search of the Ever-Elusive Positive Endozepine<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li>2013 Reports on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=23143518\">Closed-loop optogenetic control of thalamus as a tool for interrupting seizures after cortical injury.<\/a><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Nature Reviews Neurology &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/nrneurol\/journal\/v10\/n2\/full\/nrneurol.2013.277.html\">Epilepsy in 2013: Progress across the spectrum of epilepsy research<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>The LANCET Neurology &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com.ezproxy.stanford.edu\/science\/article\/pii\/S1474442213702400\">Epilepsy: new genes, new technologies, new insights<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Epilepsy Currents &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/epilepsycurrents.org\/doi\/full\/10.5698\/1535-7597-13.6.262\">The Right Cells, the Right Place, the Right Result: Transplants to Alleviate Seizures Take a Step Forward<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Science Translational Medicine &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/stm.sciencemag.org\/content\/5\/210\/210rv\">ROBOTICS AND NEUROPROSTHETICS Personalized Neuroprosthetics<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>The Journal of Neurosurgery: Neurosurgical Focus &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/thejns.org\/doi\/abs\/10.3171\/2013.3.FOCUS1364\">Optogenetics in Epilepsy<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Nature Biotechnology &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/nbt\/journal\/v31\/n2\/full\/nbt.2506.html\">Research Highlights<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Nature Outlook &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/nature\/journal\/v511\/n7508_supp\/full\/511S4a.html\">Neurobiology: Unrestrained excitement<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Robb Report, Health and Wellness &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/robbreport.com\/health-and-wellness\/discoveries\/massachusetts-general\/age-enlightenment\">Age of Enlightenment<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Stanford Biomed Bites &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/scopeblog.stanford.edu\/2015\/03\/12\/circuit-breaker-one-stanford-scientist-and-his-quest-to-control-epileptic-seizures\/\">Circuit breaker: One Stanford scientist and his quest to control epileptic seizures (video)<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li>2025 Reports on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=0\">Disrupted Development of the mPFC-Thalamic Circuit in the Mouse Shank-\/- model of Autism<\/a><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Scope Blog &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/scopeblog.stanford.edu\/2018\/01\/25\/a-look-into-the-causes-of-epilepsy-with-a-stanford-neuroscientist-2\/\">A look into the causes of epilepsy with a Stanford neuroscientist<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul >\n<li>LA Times sciencenow &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/science\/sciencenow\/la-sci-sn-scientists-use-light-flashes-to-turn-off-epileptic-seizures-20121107,0,1577574.story\"><br \/>\n\t\tResearchers use light to turn off epileptic seizures<br \/>\n\t<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>MIT Technology Review &#8211; <a href=\n\t\"http:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/news\/506981\/flipping-on-the-lights-to-halt-seizures\/\"\n\t><br \/>\n\tFlipping on the Lights to Halt Seizures<\/p>\n<p>\t<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Inside Stanford Medicine &#8211; <a href=\n\t\"http:\/\/med.stanford.edu\/ism\/2012\/november\/huguenard.html\"\n\n\t><br \/>\nScientists stop rats&#8217; stroke-induced seizures with pulse of light<br \/>\n\t<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Stanford Scope Blog &#8211; <a href=\n\t\"http:\t\/\/scopeblog.stanford.edu\/2012\/11\/07\/light-switch-seizure-control-in-a-bright-new-study-researchers-show-how\/\"\n\t><br \/>\n\tLight-switch seizure control? In a bright new study, researchers show how<br \/>\n\t<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Med Page Today:\t Lab Notes &#8211; <a href=\n\t\"http:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/LabNotes\/LabNotes\/35870\"\n\t><br \/>\n\tLab Notes: Laser Zaps Seizures in Rats<br \/>\n\t<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>SF Gate &#8211; <a href=\n\t\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/default\/article\/Genital-injuries-send-thousands-to-ER-4034386.php#page-2\"\n\t><br \/>\n\tStrokes: New Hope for seizure therapy<br \/>\n\t<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>American Epilepsy Society &#8211; <a href=\n\t\"http:\/\/www.aesnet.org\/go\/press-room\/press-release-archive\/news-releases?mode=view&#038;id=147\"\n\t><br \/>\n\t optogenetic control of seizures<br \/>\n\t<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Wall Street Journal &#8211; <a href=\n\t\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424127887323968304578249783750566070.html\"\n\t><br \/>\n\t Scientists Cast Light Onto Roots of Illness Deep in the Brain<br \/>\n\t<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Advances in Clinical Neuroscience &#038; Rehabilitation &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acnr.co.uk\/2013\/03\/optogenetic-treatment-of-epilepsy\/\"><br \/>\n\tOptogenetic Treatment of Epilepsy<br \/>\n\t<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Nature Reviews Neurology &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/nrneurol\/journal\/v9\/n1\/full\/nrneurol.2012.256.html\n\"> Epilepsy: Shining a light on seizure control\u2014optogenetic approach shows promise for treatment and prevention of epilepsies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li>2012 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/scicurious-brain\/2012\/10\/22\/sleeping-beauty-magic-or-hypocretin\/\"> LC control of Sleep <\/a><\/li>\n<li>2011 &#8211;  News reports on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/21796121\"> Neocortical excitation\/inhibition balance in information processing and social dysfunction<\/a><\/li>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;\">\n<li>Eureka Alert &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/pub_releases\/2011-07\/sumc-sda072611.php\"> Dual Wavelength Optogenetic control of Neural Circuits <\/a><\/li>\n<li>Nature | News and Views &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/nature\/journal\/v477\/n7363\/full\/477165a.html\"> When lights take the circuits out<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li>2011 &#8211;  News reports on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/21857658\"> A new mode of corticothalamic transmission revealed in the Gria4(-\/-) model of absence epilepsy<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Science Daily &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2011\/08\/110822111744.htm\"> New form of seizure generation discovered<br \/>\n\t<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Epilepsy Currents &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/23447739\"> How deactivating an inhibitor causes absence epilepsy: validation of a noble lie\n<p>\t<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li>2010 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jneurosci.org\/content\/30\/15\/i.full\">This Week in the Journal<\/a> Overview of <\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jneurosci.org\/content\/30\/15\/5465\"> Focal Cortical Infarcts Alter Intrinsic Excitability and Synaptic Excitation in the Reticular Thalamic Nucleus. <\/a> <\/li>\n<li>2009 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jneurosci.org\/cgi\/content\/full\/29\/23\/i\">This week in the Journal.<\/a>Overview of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jneurosci.org\/cgi\/content\/abstract\/29\/23\/7413\">(Ultra)short latency evoked synaptic inhibition in neocortical circuits<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2008 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/eotn.stanford.edu\">Announcement: Open Access to Electophysiology of the Neuron book and software<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2008 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov\/picrender.fcgi?artid=1783486&#038;blobtype=pdf\">LASER SCANNING PHOTOSTIMULATION: NEW EVIDENCE FOR ENHANCED RECURRENT EXCITATION IN A MODEL OF POSTTRAUMATIC EPILEPSY<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2006 &#8211; <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.stanford.edu\/group\/stanscimag\/volume5-1\/articles5-1\/epilepsy.html\">An Epilepsy Mechanism Revealed<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2006 &#8211; <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/mednews.stanford.edu\/releases\/2006\/august\/epilepsy.html\">BOOSTING KEY PROTEIN IN BRAIN COULD IMPROVE SEIZURE TREATMENT, STANFORD STUDY FINDS<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2005 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/16387634\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/entrez\/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&#038;db=pubmed&#038;list_uids=16387634\">Keeping inhibition timely<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2005 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.physiology.org\/doi\/full\/10.1152\/jn.01297.2004\">Focus on <\/a>&#8220;Polyamines modulate AMPA receptor-dependent synaptic response in immature layer V pyramidal neurons&#8221;.  <\/li>\n<li>2005 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/cme.medscape.com\/viewarticle\/496939\">Medscape comment on <\/a>&#8220;Reorganization of barrel circuits leads to thalamically-evoked cortical epileptiform activity&#8221; <\/li>\n<li>2004 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0166223605001190?via%3Dihub\">TINS: Self-administering cannabinoids<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2004 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/stke.sciencemag.org\/cgi\/content\/abstract\/sigtrans;2004\/251\/tw340\">STKE &#8211; NEUROBIOLOGY: Endocannabinoids Are Autoinhibiting<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2004 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/huguenard-lab.stanford.edu\/endocannabinoids.php\">Brain creates its own marijuana-like chemicals, scientists find<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2003 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/nrn\/journal\/v4\/n4\/full\/nrn1081.html\">Synaptic physiology &#8211; Self control<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2003 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S0960982203003634\">Synaptic Transmission: Functional Autapses in the Cortex <\/a><\/li>\n<li>2004 &#8211; 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