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Michael Wong is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States, focusing on research within medicine and neuroscience. Their work encompasses several subfields including physiology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, oncology, and neurology.

Their research spans multiple main topics, with notable focus areas including:

  • Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Polyomavirus and related diseases
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research

Michael Wong's publication record features research articles in various venues, among the most frequent are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 10 publications
  • Epilepsia with 5 publications
  • European Journal of Surgical Oncology with 4 publications
  • Pediatric Neurology with 3 publications
  • Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics with 2 publications

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Michael Wong include:

  • "Add-on Cannabidiol Treatment for Drug-Resistant Seizures in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex," 2020, JAMA Neurology
  • "Mitochondria-localized AMPK responds to local energetics and contributes to exercise and energetic stress-induced mitophagy," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Repurposed molecules for antiepileptogenesis: Missing an opportunity to prevent epilepsy?" 2020, Epilepsia
  • "Sleep deprivation exacerbates microglial reactivity and Aβ deposition in a TREM2 -dependent manner in mice," 2023, Science Translational Medicine
  • "Epilepsy and Neurodevelopmental Comorbidities in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex: A Natural History Study," 2020, Pediatric Neurology

Collaboration is a notable element in their research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Nicholas Rensing (23 publications)
  • Mark S. Sands (8 publications)
  • Hemanth R. Nelvagal (7 publications)
  • Jonathan D. Cooper (7 publications)
  • Joshua T. Dearborn (6 publications)

Best Publications

  • Rapamycin prevents epilepsy in a mouse model of tuberous sclerosis complex.

    Ling-Hui Zeng;Lin Xu;David H. Gutmann;Michael Wong

  • The Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Signaling Pathway Mediates Epileptogenesis in a Model of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

    Ling-Hui Zeng;Nicholas R. Rensing;Michael Wong

  • Astrocyte-specific TSC1 conditional knockout mice exhibit abnormal neuronal organization and seizures.

    Erik J. Uhlmann;Michael Wong;Rebecca L. Baldwin;M. Livia Bajenaru

  • Long-term and short-term electrophysiological effects of estrogen on the synaptic properties of hippocampal CA1 neurons

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  • The ketogenic diet inhibits the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway

    Sharon S. McDaniel;Nicholas R. Rensing;Liu Lin Thio;Kelvin A. Yamada

  • Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibition as a potential antiepileptogenic therapy: From tuberous sclerosis to common acquired epilepsies.

    Michael Wong

  • Tsc2 gene inactivation causes a more severe epilepsy phenotype than Tsc1 inactivation in a mouse model of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex

    Ling-Hui Zeng;Nicholas R. Rensing;Bo Zhang;David H. Gutmann

  • Mechanisms of epileptogenesis in tuberous sclerosis complex and related malformations of cortical development with abnormal glioneuronal proliferation.

    Michael Wong

  • Add-on Cannabidiol Treatment for Drug-Resistant Seizures in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex: A Placebo-Controlled Randomized Clinical Trial.

    EA Thiele;EM Bebin;H Bhathal;FE Jansen

  • Rapamycin Attenuates the Development of Posttraumatic Epilepsy in a Mouse Model of Traumatic Brain Injury

    Dongjun Guo;Linghui Zeng;David L. Brody;Michael Wong

  • Kainate Seizures Cause Acute Dendritic Injury and Actin Depolymerization In Vivo

    Ling-Hui Zeng;Lin Xu;Nicholas R. Rensing;Philip M. Sinatra

  • Ataxia and Paroxysmal Dyskinesia in Mice Lacking Axonally Transported FGF14

    Qing Wang;Mark E. Bardgett;Michael Wong;David F. Wozniak

  • Impaired glial glutamate transport in a mouse tuberous sclerosis epilepsy model.

    Michael Wong;Kevin C. Ess;Erik J. Uhlmann;Laura A. Jansen

  • Ketone bodies do not directly alter excitatory or inhibitory hippocampal synaptic transmission

    Liu Lin Thio;Michael Wong;Kelvin A. Yamada

  • Prospective evaluation of treatment of Hemophilus influenzae meningitis

    Ralph D. Feigin;Barbara W. Stechenberg;Margan J. Chang;Lisa M. Dunkle

  • Successive neuron loss in the thalamus and cortex in a mouse model of infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis

    Catherine Kielar;Lucy Maddox;Ellen Bible;Charlie C Pontikis

  • CNS-directed AAV2-mediated gene therapy ameliorates functional deficits in a murine model of infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis.

    Megan A. Griffey;David Wozniak;Michael Wong;Ellen Bible

  • Abnormal glutamate homeostasis and impaired synaptic plasticity and learning in a mouse model of tuberous sclerosis complex.

    Ling-Hui Zeng;Yannan Ouyang;Vered Gazit;John R. Cirrito

  • FGF14 regulates the intrinsic excitability of cerebellar Purkinje neurons.

    Vikram G. Shakkottai;Maolei Xiao;Lin Xu;Michael Wong

  • Vigabatrin Inhibits Seizures and mTOR Pathway Activation in a Mouse Model of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex

    Bo Zhang;Sharon S. McDaniel;Nicholas R. Rensing;Michael Wong

  • Leptin inhibits 4-aminopyridine– and pentylenetetrazole-induced seizures and AMPAR-mediated synaptic transmission in rodents

    Lin Xu;Nicholas Rensing;Xiao-Feng Yang;Hai Xia Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Kelvin A. Yamada
Kelvin A. Yamada Washington University in St. Louis
Peter B. Crino
Peter B. Crino University of Maryland, Baltimore
Floor E. Jansen
Floor E. Jansen Utrecht University
Eleonora Aronica
Eleonora Aronica University of Amsterdam
Steven Mennerick
Steven Mennerick Washington University in St. Louis
Bradley L. Schlaggar
Bradley L. Schlaggar Kennedy Krieger Institute
David M. Holtzman
David M. Holtzman Washington University in St. Louis
Azad Bonni
Azad Bonni Washington University in St. Louis
Ting Wang
Ting Wang Washington University in St. Louis
Christina A. Gurnett
Christina A. Gurnett Washington University in St. Louis

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