Presidential Young Investigator Award

正在进行的研究旨在提供关于外加和自然产生的电场对刺激的影响的机制以及假肢和治疗设备的最佳电刺激参数的信息。这一研究领域对于电场作用于癫痫发作发展的相关问题具有直接的应用价值。为了完成研究任务，正在使用几种复杂的技术，包括体外、脑切片制备、电流密度分析以及神经细胞和神经网络的计算机模型。

Research is underway that is designed to provide information on the mechanisms of the effects of applied and naturally generated electrical fields on the stimulation, and on the optimal parameters of electrical stimulation for prosthetic and therapeutic devices. This research area should have direct application to problems concerning electric field effects on the development of seizures in epilepsy. Several sophisticated techniques are being used, including ;itin vitro;ro brain slice preparations, current density analysis, and computer models of nerve cells and neural networks, to accomplish the research tasks.