Ben Philpot, PhD
- Ben Philpot, PhD
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Associate Professor
PhD, University of Virginia, 1997
Angelman Syndrome; Autism Spectrum Disorders; Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Experience-Dependent Synaptic Plasticity; Learning and Memory; Restoration of Plasticity in Neurological Disorders
- Contact
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5109E Neuroscience Research Building
Campus Box 7545
(919) 966-0025 (office)
(919) 966-0031 (lab)
(919) 966-6927 (fax)Additional information on Angelman syndrome can be found at the Angelman Syndrome Foundation website (www.angelman.org), and information on the UNC Angelman Syndrome Clinic can be found on the CIDD website (http://cidd.unc.edu/Angelman-Syndrome/).
- Philpot lab news
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Angelman mice show impaired inhibition of brain signals
Jul 03, 2012 -
Philpot lab publication in the journal Neuron outlines how brain cell activity imbalance may account for seizure susceptibility in Angelman syndrome
New research by Philpot lab researchers may have pinpointed an underlying cause of the seizures that affect 90 percent of people with Angelman syndrome (AS), a neurodevelopmental disorder. Jun 06, 2012 -
Rylan Larsen and Michael Wallace accepted to Marine Biological Laboratory summer courses
Philpot lab graduate students Rylan Larsen and Michael Wallace will attend Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) courses this summer in Woods Hole, Maine, and each has received a scholarship from the MBL. Jun 01, 2012 -
Philpot and Snider awarded $2 million to study roots of cognitive disabilities
April 2012 -Philpot and Snider will study the cognitive disabilities in patients with RAS/MARK syndromes. Apr 19, 2012 -
Potential treatment strategy for Angelman syndrome identified by Philpot, Zylka and Roth
December 2011 - Collaborators Ben Philpot, Mark Zylka and Bryan Roth identify compounds that cause the dormant Ube3a gene to be expressed. Dec 21, 2011
