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Jennifer A. Kearney is a researcher affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their work spans several interconnected fields, including Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience. Kearney's research focuses extensively on subfields such as Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The main topics of their research cover Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology, Epilepsy research and treatment, Ion channel regulation and function, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias, Genomics and Rare Diseases, as well as Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research.

Notable recent publications by Kearney include:

  • "Cell-Selective Adeno-Associated Virus-Mediated SCN1A Gene Regulation Therapy Rescues Mortality and Seizure Phenotypes in a Dravet Syndrome Mouse Model and Is Well Tolerated in Nonhuman Primates" (2022, Human Gene Therapy)
  • "SCN3A-Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder: A Spectrum of Epilepsy and Brain Malformation" (2020, Annals of Neurology)
  • "Soticlestat, a novel cholesterol 24-hydroxylase inhibitor, reduces seizures and premature death in Dravet syndrome mice" (2021, Epilepsia)
  • "Cannabigerolic acid, a major biosynthetic precursor molecule in cannabis, exhibits divergent effects on seizures in mouse models of epilepsy" (2021, British Journal of Pharmacology)
  • "KNa1.1 gain-of-function preferentially dampens excitability of murine parvalbumin-positive interneurons" (2022, Neurobiology of Disease)

Kearney has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Nicole A. Hawkins, Alfred L. George, Jonathon C. Arnold, Lyndsey L. Anderson, and Dennis M. Echevarria-Cooper. These collaborations are reflected in multiple coauthored publications.

Their research has appeared regularly in selected publication venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Neurobiology of Disease, Mammalian Genome, Epilepsy Currents, and Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators.

In addition to journal articles, Jennifer A. Kearney has contributed to book publications, notably with Cambridge University Press, where they have a forthcoming work titled SCN2A-Related Disorders expected in 2024.

Best Publications

  • Sodium channel mutations in epilepsy and other neurological disorders

    Miriam H. Meisler;Jennifer A. Kearney

  • Sodium channels SCN1A, SCN2A and SCN3A in familial autism.

    L A Weiss;A Escayg;J A Kearney;M Trudeau

  • A gain-of-function mutation in the sodium channel gene Scn2a results in seizures and behavioral abnormalities.

    J.A Kearney;N.W Plummer;M.R Smith;J Kapur

  • Mapping genetic modifiers of survival in a mouse model of Dravet syndrome.

    Alison R. Miller;Nicole A. Hawkins;Clint E. McCollom;Jennifer A. Kearney

  • A Novel Epilepsy Mutation in the Sodium Channel SCN1A Identifies a Cytoplasmic Domain for β Subunit Interaction

    J. Spampanato;J. A. Kearney;G. de Haan;D. P. McEwen

  • Mutation of sodium channel SCN3A in a patient with cryptogenic pediatric partial epilepsy.

    Katherine D. Holland;Jennifer A. Kearney;Tracy A. Glauser;Gerri Buck

  • Strain- and age-dependent hippocampal neuron sodium currents correlate with epilepsy severity in Dravet syndrome mice

    Akshitkumar M. Mistry;Christopher H. Thompson;Alison R. Miller;Carlos G. Vanoye

  • Identification of epilepsy genes in human and mouse.

    Miriam H. Meisler;Jennifer Kearney;Ruth Ottman;Andrew Escayg

  • De novo KCNB1 mutations in epileptic encephalopathy.

    Ali Torkamani;Kevin Bersell;Benjamin S. Jorge;Robert L. Bjork

  • A Transient Developmental Window of Fast-Spiking Interneuron Dysfunction in a Mouse Model of Dravet Syndrome

    Morgana Favero;Nathaniel P. Sotuyo;Emily Lopez;Jennifer A. Kearney

  • Impaired Motor Function in Mice With Cell-Specific Knockout of Sodium Channel Scn8a (NaV1.6) in Cerebellar Purkinje Neurons and Granule Cells

    Stephen I. Levin;Zayd M. Khaliq;Teresa K. Aman;Tina M. Grieco

  • Sacred disease secrets revealed: the genetics of human epilepsy

    Julie Turnbull;Hannes Lohi;Jennifer A. Kearney;Guy A. Rouleau

  • Molecular and pathological effects of a modifier gene on deficiency of the sodium channel Scn8a (Nav1.6)

    Jennifer A. Kearney;David A. Buchner;Georgius de Haan;Maja Adamska

  • Screening of conventional anticonvulsants in a genetic mouse model of epilepsy.

    Nicole A. Hawkins;Lyndsey L. Anderson;Tracy S. Gertler;Linda Laux

  • Peripherally derived T regulatory and γδ T cells have opposing roles in the pathogenesis of intractable pediatric epilepsy

    Dan Xu;Andrew P. Robinson;Toshiyuki Ishii;Toshiyuki Ishii;D’Anne S. Duncan

  • Propranolol blocks cardiac and neuronal voltage-gated sodium channels.

    Dao W Wang;Dao W Wang;Akshitkumar M Mistry;Kristopher M Kahlig;Jennifer A Kearney

  • Metabotropic Glutamate Agonist-Induced Rotation: A Pharmacological, FOS Immunohistochemical, and [14C]-2-Deoxyglucose Autoradiographic Study

    Jennifer A. Feeley Kearney;Kirk A. Frey;Roger L. Albin

  • Fine Mapping of a Dravet Syndrome Modifier Locus on Mouse Chromosome 5 and Candidate Gene Analysis by RNA-Seq

    Nicole A. Hawkins;Nicole J. Zachwieja;Alison R. Miller;Lyndsey L. Anderson

  • Voltage-gated potassium channel KCNV2 (Kv8.2) contributes to epilepsy susceptibility

    Benjamin S. Jorge;Courtney M. Campbell;Alison R. Miller;Elizabeth D. Rutter

  • Severe epilepsy resulting from genetic interaction between Scn2a and Kcnq2

    Jennifer A. Kearney;Yan Yang;Barbara Beyer;Sarah K. Bergren

  • Neuronal voltage-gated ion channels are genetic modifiers of generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus.

    Nicole A. Hawkins;Melinda S. Martin;Wayne N. Frankel;Jennifer A. Kearney

Frequent Co-Authors

Miriam H. Meisler
Miriam H. Meisler University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Andrew Escayg
Andrew Escayg Emory University
Anis Contractor
Anis Contractor Northwestern University
Ethan M. Goldberg
Ethan M. Goldberg Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Wayne N. Frankel
Wayne N. Frankel Columbia University
Ali Torkamani
Ali Torkamani Scripps Health
Geoffrey T. Swanson
Geoffrey T. Swanson Northwestern University
Koen L.I. van Gassen
Koen L.I. van Gassen Utrecht University
Christina A. Gurnett
Christina A. Gurnett Washington University in St. Louis
Robert W. Williams
Robert W. Williams University of Tennessee Health Science Center

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