Research Output per year
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Research interests
To understand the mechanisms involved in epilepsy-associated cardiac dysfunction and sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) and target interventions to prevent it them.
Our research centers on basic research investigating the causal mechanisms of cardiac dysfunction and sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) in epilepsy. We study how alternations in function or expression of ion channels and mRNA and protein levels in both brain and heart tissue result in cardiac dysfunction in people with epilepsy. We compare our findings with animal models and clinical information to get a complete picture to inform strategies for prevention and treatment.
External positions
Honorary Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
5 Oct 2017 → …Research area keywords
- epilepsy
- sudden unexplained death in epilepsy
- cardiac function
- ion channels
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Research Output 1996 2019
Acquired cardiac channelopathies in epilepsy: Evidence, mechanisms, and clinical significance
Li, M. C. H., O'Brien, T. J., Todaro, M. & Powell, K. L., 1 Sep 2019, In : Epilepsia. 60, 9, p. 1753-1767 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
An animal model of genetic predisposition to develop acquired epileptogenesis: The FAST and SLOW rats
Leung, W. L., Casillas-Espinosa, P., Sharma, P., Perucca, P., Powell, K., O'Brien, T. J. & Semple, B. D., Oct 2019, In : Epilepsia. 60, 10, p. 2023-2036 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
Cav3.2 T-type calcium channel mutation influences kindling-induced thalamic neuronal firing patterns in Genetic Absence Epilepsy Rats From Strasbourg
Çarçak, N., Ali, I., Powell, K., Zheng, T., Onat, F. & O'Brien, T. J., Jul 2019, In : Epilepsia. 60, 7, p. 1378-1386 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Disease-modifying effects of a novel T-type calcium channel antagonist, Z944, in a model of temporal lobe epilepsy
Casillas-Espinosa, P. M., Shultz, S. R., Braine, E. L., Jones, N. C., Snutch, T. P., Powell, K. L. & O'Brien, T. J., 13 Aug 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Progress in Neurobiology. 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
CaV3.2 drives sustained burst-firing, which is critical for absence seizure propagation in reticular thalamic neurons
Cain, S. M., Tyson, J. R., Choi, H. B., Ko, R., Lin, P. J. C., Ledue, J. M., Powell, K. L., Bernier, L. P., Rungta, R. L., Yang, Y., Cullis, P. R., O'Brien, T. J., Macvicar, B. A. & Snutch, T. P., Apr 2018, In : Epilepsia. 59, 4, p. 778-791 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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