Associate Professor, Neurology, Stanford University Medical School

Neurology

Brenda Porter is an expert in the field of Neurology. She studied medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Brenda Porter is also published. She has 32 publications published. The lastest publication: "Selective endothelin A receptor antagonists. 3. Discovery and structure-activity relationships of a series of 4-phenoxybutanoic acid derivatives.'

Publications

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• CRTC1 nuclear localization in the hippocampus of the pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus model of temporal lobe Epilepsy.
• Genetic deletion of the neuronal glutamate transporter, EAAC1, results in decreased neuronal death after pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus.
• Focal cortical dysplasia is more common in boys than in girls.
• MEF2C Haploinsufficiency features consistent hyperkinesis, variable Epilepsy, and has a role in dorsal and ventral neuronal developmental pathways.
• Changes in microRNA expression in the whole hippocampus and hippocampal synaptoneurosome fraction following pilocarpine induced status epilepticus.
• The perineuronal net component of the extracellular matrix in plasticity and Epilepsy.
• Persistent decrease in multiple components of the perineuronal net following status epilepticus.
• Decreased CREB levels suppress Epilepsy.
• Discrete gamma oscillations identify the seizure onset zone in some pediatric Epilepsy patients.
• Ganglioglioma arising from dysplastic cortex.
• Subependymal Giant Cell Astrocytoma (SEGA) Treatment Update.
• Aggrecan expression, a component of the inhibitory interneuron perineuronal net, is altered following an early-life seizure.
• Interictal EEG spikes identify the region of electrographic seizure onset in some, but not all, pediatric Epilepsy patients.
• Seizures increase cell proliferation in the dentate gyrus by shortening progenitor cell-cycle length.
• Topiramate and adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) as initial treatment for infantile spasms.
• Neurogenesis and epilepsy in the developing Brain.
• Seizures and antiepileptic drugs: does exposure alter normal Brain development?
• Increased GABA(A)-receptor alpha1-subunit expression in hippocampal dentate gyrus after early-life status epilepticus.
• Heterogeneous GABAA receptor subunit expression in pediatric Epilepsy patients.
• Fate of newborn dentate granule cells after early life status epilepticus.
• Disorders of cortical development and Epilepsy.
• Selective endothelin A receptor antagonists. 3. Discovery and structure-activity relationships of a series of 4-phenoxybutanoic acid derivatives.
• Myelin and Disorders that affect the formation and maintenance of this sheath.
• Dysplasia: a common finding in intractable pediatric temporal lobe Epilepsy.
• Dystrophic neuritic processes in epileptic cortex.
• The role of transcription factors cyclic-AMP responsive element modulator (CREM) and inducible cyclic-AMP early repressor (ICER) in epileptogenesis.
• Comparison of novel computer detectors and human performance for spike detection in intraCranial EEG.
• Group I mGluR-regulated translation of the neuronal glutamate transporter, excitatory amino acid carrier 1.
• mRNA for the EAAC1 subtype of glutamate transporter is present in neuronal dendrites in vitro and dramatically increases in vivo after a seizure.
• Neurotrophin-3 mRNA a putative target of miR21 following status epilepticus.
• Status epilepticus differentially alters AMPA and kainate receptor subunit expression in mature and immature dentate granule neurons.

Schools

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• Washington Center School of Medicine

• Chldrns Hospital Pa

• St Louis Chldrns Hospital

• Hospital University Pa

Procedures Preformed

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• EEG (Electroencephalogram)

Conditions Treated

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• Ataxia
• Bell's Palsy
• Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
• Brain Injury
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Doctors Specialties

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• Clinical Neurophysiology
• Neurology

Accepted Insurances

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Education

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• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
• Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Hospital

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• Stanford Health Care
• Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford

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