Publications

SELECTED PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
  1. Slaght SJ, Paz JT, Chavez M, Deniau JM, Mahon S, Charpier S (2004) On the activity of the corticostriatal networks during spike-and-wave discharges in a genetic model of absence epilepsy. J. Neurosci. 24:6816-6825. PMCID: PMC6729718
  2. Paz JT, Deniau JM, Charpier S (2005) Rhythmic bursting in the Cortico-Subthalamo-Pallidal pathway during spontaneous genetically determined spike and wave discharges. J. Neurosci. 25(8):2092-2101. PMCID: PMC6726056
  3. Paz JT, Chavez M, Saillet S, Deniau J-M, Charpier S (2007) Activity of ventral medial thalamic neurons during absence seizures and modulation of cortical paroxysms by the nigrothalamic pathway. J. Neurosci. 27:929-941. PMCID: PMC6672924
  4. Paz JT, Mahon S, Tiret P, Genet S, Delord B, Charpier S (2009) Multiple forms of activity-dependent intrinsic plasticity in layer V cortical neurones in vivo. J. Physiol. 587:3189-3205. PMCID: PMC2727031
  5. Paz JT, Christian CA, Parada I, Prince DA, Huguenard JR (2010) Focal cortical infarcts alter intrinsic excitability and synaptic excitation in the reticular thalamic nucleus. J. Neurosci. 30:5465-5479. PMCID: PMC2861582
  6. Paz JT, Bryant A, Fenno LE, Yizhar O, Peng K, Deisseroth K, Huguenard JR (2011) A new mode of corticothalamic transmission revealed in the Gria4-/- model of absence epilepsy. Nat. Neurosci. 21:14:1167-1173. PMCID: PMC3308017
  7. Yizhar O, Fenno LE, Prigge M, Schneider F, Davidson TJ, O'Shea DJ, Sohal VS, Goshen I, Finkelstein J, Paz JT, Stehfest K, Fudim R, Ramakrishnan C, Huguenard JR, Hegemann P, Deisseroth K (2011) Neocortical excitation/inhibition balance in information processing and social dysfunction. Nature 477:171-178. PMCID: PMC4155501
  8. Naudé J, Paz JT, Berry H, Delord B (2012) A Theory of Rate Coding control by intrinsic plasticity. PloS Comp. Biol. 8:e1002349. PMCID: PMC3261921
  9. Paz JT, Davidson T, Frechette E, Delord B, Parada I, Peng K, Deisseroth K, Huguenard JR (2012) Closed-loop optogenetic control of thalamus as a new tool to interrupt seizures after cortical injury. Nat. Neurosci. 16(1):64-70. PMCID: PMC3700812
  10. Hiu T*, Farzampour Z*, Paz JT, Wang E, Olson A, Micheva KD, Wang G, Tran K, Nishiyama Y, Hamilton SA, O’Rourke N, Smith SJ, Huguenard JR, Bliss T, Steinberg GK (2016) Enhanced phasic GABA inhibition during the repair phase of stroke: a novel therapeutic target. Brain 139(Pt 2):468-480. *Co-first authors: equally contributed to the manuscript. PMCID: PMC4805083
  11. Lui H, Zhang J, Makinson SR, Cahill MK, Kelley KW, Huang HY, Shang Y, Oldham MC, Martens LH, Gao F, Coppola G, Sloan SA, Hsieh CL, Kim CC, Bigio EH, Weintraub S, Mesulam MM, Rademakers R, Mackenzie IR, Seeley WW, Karydas A, Miller BL, Borroni B, Ghidoni R, Farese RV Jr, Paz JT, Barres BA, Huang EJ (2016) Progranulin deficiency promotes circuit-specific synaptic pruning by microglia via complement activation. Cell 165:921-935. PMCID: PMC4860138
  12. Sorokin JM, Paz JT, Huguenard JR (2016) Absence seizure susceptibility correlates with pre-ictal β oscillations. J. Physiol. Paris 110(4 Pt A):372-381. PMCID: PMC5607110
  13. Sorokin JM, Davidson T J, Frechette E, Abramian AM, Huguenard JR, Deisseroth K, Paz JT (2017) Bidirectional control of generalized epilepsy networks via rapid real-time switching of firing mode. Neuron 19:194-210. PMCID: PMC5268077
  14. Clemente-Perez A, Makinson SR, Higashikubo B, Brovarney S, Cho FS, Urry A, Holden SS, Wimer M, Dávid C, Fenno LE, Acsády L, Deisseroth K, Paz JT (2017) Distinct thalamic reticular cell types differentially modulate normal and pathological cortical rhythms. Cell Rep. 19(10):2130-2142. PMCID: PMC5557038
  15. Rodriguez G, Sarazin M, Clemente A, Holden S, Paz JT, Delord B (2018) Conditional bistability, a generic cellular mnemonic mechanism for robust and flexible working memory computations. J. Neurosci. 38(22):5209-5219. PMCID: PMC6705937
  16. Vainchtein ID, Chin G, Cho FS, Kelley KW, Miller JG, Chien EC, Liddelow SA, Nguyen PT, Nakao-Inoue H, Dorman LC, Akil O, Joshita S, Barres BA, Paz JT, Molofsky AB, Molofsky (2018) Astrocyte-derived interleukin-33 promotes microglial synapse engulfment and neural circuit development. Science 359(6381):1269-1273. PMCID: PMC6070131
  17. Ritter-Makinson S, Clemente-Perez A, Higashikubo B, Cho FS, Holden SS, Bennett E, Chkhaidze A, Eelkman Rooda OHJ, Cornet MC, Hoebeek FE, Yamakawa K, Cilio MR, Delord B, Paz JT (2019) Augmented reticular thalamic bursting and seizures in Scn1a-Dravet syndrome. Cell Rep. 2;26(1):54-64. PMCID: PMC6555418
  18. Pai EL, Vogt D, Clemente-Perez A, McKinsey GL, Cho FS, Hu JS, Wimer M, Paul A, Fazel Darbandi S, Pla R, Nowakowski TJ, Goodrich LV, Paz JT, Rubenstein JLR (2019) Mafb and c-Maf have prenatal compensatory and postnatal antagonistic roles in cortical interneuron fate and function. Cell Rep. 29;26(5):1157-1173. PMCID: PMC6602795
  19. Pai EL, Chen J, Fazel Darbandi S, Cho FS, Chen J, Lindtner S, Chu JS, Paz JT, Vogt D, Paredes MF, Rubenstein JL (2020) Maf and Mafb control mouse pallial interneuron fate and maturation through neuropsychiatric disease gene regulation. eLife 9:e54903. PMCID: PMC7282818
  20. Johnson ECB, Ho K, Yu GQ, Das M, Sanchez PE, Djukic B, Lopez I, Yu X, Gill M, Zhang W, Paz JT, Palop JJ, Mucke L (2020) Behavioral and neural network abnormalities in human APP transgenic mice resemble those of App knock-in mice and are modulated by familial Alzheimer's disease mutations but not by inhibition of BACE1. Mol Neurodegener. 15(1):53. PMCID: PMC7489007
  21. Hoseini MS, Higashikubo B, Cho FS, Chang AH, Clemente-Perez A, Lew I, Ciesielska A, Stryker MP, Paz JT (2021) Gamma rhythms and visual information in mouse V1 specifically modulated by somatostatin+ neurons in reticular thalamus. eLife 10:e61437. PMCID: PMC8064751
  22. Holden S, Grandi F, Aboubakr O, Higashikubo B, Cho F, Chang A, Osorio Forero A, Morningstar A, Mathur V, Kuhn L, Suri P, Sankaranarayanan, Andrews-Zwilling Y, Tenner A, Luthi A, Aronica E, Corces MR, Yednock T, Paz JT (2021) Complement factor C1q mediates sleep spindle loss and epileptic spikes after mild brain injury. Science 373(6560): eabj2685. PMCID: PMC8750918
  23. Necula D, Cho FS, He A, Paz JT (2021) Secondary thalamic neuroinflammation after focal cortical stroke and traumatic injury mirrors corticothalamic functional connectivity. J. Comp. Neurol. 530(7), 998–1019. PMCID: PMC8957545
  24. Cho FS, Vainchtein ID, Voskobiynyk Y, Morningstar AR, Aparicio F, Higashikubo B, Ciesielska A, Broekaart DWM, Anink JJ, van Vliet EA, Yu X, Khakh BS, Aronica E, Molofsky AV, Paz JT (2022) Enhancing GAT-3 in thalamic astrocytes promotes resilience to brain injury in rodents. Sci. Transl. Med. 14(652):eabj4310. PMCID: PMC9491689
  25. Han RT, Vainchtein ID, Schlachetzki JCM, Cho FS, Dorman LC, Ahn E, Kim DK, Barron JJ, Nakao-Inoue H, Molofsky AB, Glass CK, Paz JT, Molofsky AV (2023) Microglial pattern recognition via IL-33 promotes synaptic refinement in developing corticothalamic circuits in mice. J. Exp. Med. 220(2):e20220605. PMCID: PMC9757845
  26. Lindquist BE, Voskobiynyk Y, Goodspeed K, Paz JT (2023) Patient-derived SLC6A1 variant S295L results in an epileptic phenotype similar to haploinsufficient mice. Epilepsia 64(10), e214–e221. PMCID: PMC10592270
  27. Das M, Mao W, Voskobiynyk Y, Necula D, Lew I, Petersen C, Zahn A, Yu GQ, Yu X, Smith N, Sayed FA, Gan L, Paz JT, Mucke L (2023) Alzheimer risk-increasing TREM2 variant causes aberrant cortical synapse density and promotes network hyperexcitability in mouse models. Neurobiol. Dis. 186:106263. PMCID: PMC10681293
  28. Loison V, Voskobiynyk Y, Lindquist B, Necula D, Longrois D, Paz JT, Holcman D (2024) Mapping general anesthesia states based on electro-encephalogram transition phases. Neuroimage 285:120498. PMCID: PMC10792552
SELECTED PEER-REVIEWED REVIEWS
  1. Paz JT, Huguenard JR (2012) R U OK? The Novel Therapeutic Potential of R Channels in Epilepsy. Epilepsy Currents. 12:75-76. PMCID: PMC3316366
  2. Paz JT, Huguenard JR (2015) Microcircuits and their interactions in epilepsy: is the focus out of focus? Nat. Neurosci. 18:351-359. PMCID: PMC4561622
  3. Paz JT, Huguenard JR (2015) Optogenetics and epilepsy: past, present and future. Epilepsy Currents. 15:34-38. PMCID: PMC4320957
  4. Mishra NK, Engel J Jr, Liebeskind DS, Sharma VK, Hirsch LJ, Kasner SE, French JA, Devinsky O, Friedman A, Dawson J, Quinn TJ, Selim M, de Havenon A, Yasuda CL, Cendes F, Benninger F, Zaveri HP, Burneo JG, Srivastava P, Bhushan Singh M, Bhatia R, Vishnu VY, Bentes C, Ferro J, Weiss S, Sivaraju A, Kim JA, Galovic M, Gilmore EJ, Pitkänen A, Davis K, Sansing LH, Sheth KN, Paz JT, Singh A, Sheth S, Worrall BB, Grotta JC, Casillas-Espinos PM, Chen Z, Nicolo JP, Yan B, Kwan P; for International Post Stroke Epilepsy Research Consortium (IPSERC) (2022) International Post Stroke Epilepsy Research Consortium (IPSERC): A consortium to accelerate discoveries in preventing epileptogenesis after stroke. Epilepsy Behav. 127:108502.
  5. Kemper C, Ferreira VP, Paz JT, Holers VM, Lionakis MS, Alexander JJ (2023) Complement: The Road Less Traveled. J. Immunol. 210(2):119-125. PMCID: PMC10038130
  6. Lindquist BE, Timbie C, Voskobiynyk Y, Paz JT (2023) Thalamocortical circuits in generalized epilepsy: Pathophysiologic mechanisms and therapeutic targets. Neurobiol. Dis. 181:106094. PMCID: PMC10192143
  7. Voskobiynyk Y, Paz JT (2023) AI-nalyzing Mouse Behavior to Combat Epilepsy. Epilepsy Currents 23(5):315–317. PMCID: PMC10601027
  8. Paz JT (2024) Seizing the Future: Predicting Epilepsy After TBI. Epilepsy Currents 24(3):203-205. PMCID: PMC11185197
SELECTED NON-PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
  1. Han RT, Vainchtein ID, Schlachetzki JCM, Cho FS, Dorman LC, Johung T, Ahn E, Barron JT, Nakao-Inoue H, Joshi A, Molofsky AB, Glass CK, Paz JT, Molofsky AV (2021) Interleukin-33 coordinates a microglial phagocytic response and limits corticothalamic excitability and seizure susceptibility.bioRxiv
COMMENTARIES
  1. Taylor JA, Rodgers KM, Bercum FM, Booth CJ, Dudek FE, Barth DS (2017) Voluntary Control of Epileptiform Spike-Wave Discharges in Awake Rats J. Neurosci. 37(24):5861-5869. PMCID: PMC6596506.
  2. Amit I, Baker D, Barker R, Berger B, Bertozzi C, Bhatia S, Biffi A, Demichelis F, Doudna J, Dowdy SF et al.. (2016). Voices of biotech. Nat. Biotechnol. 34(3):270-5.
BOOK CHAPTERS
  1. Cho FS & Paz JT. Convergence of Thalamic Mechanisms in Genetic Epilepsies (2021). Chapter in Noebels JL, Avoli M, Rogawski MA, Vezzani A & Delgado-Escueta AV, editors (5th Ed). Jasper’s Basic Mechanisms of the Epilepsies.
  2. Cho FS & Paz JT. Thalamocortical Organization and Function: New Insights and Implications for Epilepsy (2020). Chapter in Engel J & Moshe SL, editors (3rd Ed). Epilepsy: A Comprehensive Textbook.
  3. Cho FS, Clemente A, Holden S, Paz JT. Thalamic Models of Seizures In Vitro (2017). In: Models of Seizures and Epilepsy, 2nd edition. Eds. Pitkänen A, Buckmaster P, Galanopoulou AS, Moshe SM. Chapter 19
  4. Charpier S, Beurrier C, Paz JT. The subthalamic nucleus: from in vitro to in vivo mechanisms (2010). In: Handbook of Basal Ganglia Structure and Function: A Decade of Progress. Eds. Steiner H and Tseng, KY. Elsevier. pp. 259-273
  5. Paz JT, Polack PO, Slaght SJ, Deniau JM, Chavez M, Mahon S, Charpier S Cortical initiation of absence seizures, propagation to basal ganglia and back to the cortex(2009). Pan-Brain Abnormal Neural Networks in Epilepsy. Eds Feng Ru Tang. Research Signpost. Kerala. India. pp. 41-65
  6. Paz JT, Polack PO, Slaght SJ, Deniau JM, Mahon S, Charpier S Propagation and dynamic processing of cortical paroxysms in the basal ganglia networks during absence seizures (2006). In: Progress in Epileptic Disorders series. Generalized seizures: from clinical phenomenology to underlying systems and networks. Eds. Hirsch E, Andermann F, Chauvel P, Engels J, Lopes da Silva F, Luders H. pp. 83-99
  7. Paz JT, Polack PO, Slaght SJ, Deniau JM, Charpier S Propagation of cortical paroxysms in basal ganglia circuits during absence seizures. In: The basal ganglia VIII. Eds. Bolam JP, Ingham CA, Magill PJ. New York: Springer. pp. 55–65
INVITED ORAL PRESENTATIONS

2025

  1. Winter Conference on Brain Research, Lake Tahoe, CA (Invited Keynote Speaker) (January 2025)

2024

  1. Appel Forum, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY (Speaker) (April 2024)
  2. CURE Epilepsy Seminar, New York, NY (Invited Speaker) (April 2024)
  3. FENS Forum, Vienna, Austria (Invited Co-Chair) (June 2024)
  4. Mechanisms of Epilepsy and Neuronal Synchronization Gordon Research Seminar, Waterville Valley, NH (Keynote Speaker) (August 2024)
  5. Korea Society for Molecular and Cell Biology, Jeju-do, South Korea (Speaker) (October 2024)
  6. American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting, Investigators Workshop, Los Angeles, CA (December 2024)

2023

  1. University of Buffalo NS Seminar (Speaker)
  2. CURE-sponsored Frontiers in Research Seminar at NYU (Speaker)
  3. Lunch and Learn - SLC6A1 Community (Speaker)
  4. QB3 Webinar (Invited Speaker)

2022

  1. American Epilepsy Society, Nashville, TN (Speaker) (December 2022)
  2. Society for Neuroscience 2022 Minisymposium, San Diego, CA (Speaker)
  3. American Immunology Association, ICS Symposium (Speaker) (May 2022)
  4. Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (CNRM) (Speaker) (March 2022)
  5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Speaker) (February 2022)
  6. University of Marseille, INMED, France (Speaker) (January 2022)

2021

  1. SLC6A1 Connect virtual monthly meetings (Talk)
  2. Cain Laboratories, Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute Roundtable (September 2021)
  3. Virtual Epilepsy Presentation for Texas Children's Hospital (July 2021)
  4. Experimental Epilepsy, World Wide Neuro (July 2021)
  5. Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology at the University of Louisville Formal Seminar Series (February 2021)

2020

  1. Precision Medicine World Conference (PMWC) (Speaker) (January 2020)
  2. Precision Medicine World Conference, Santa Clara, CA (Invited Speaker) (January 2020)
  3. Gordon Research Conference 2020 - Thalamocortical Interactions, Ventura, CA (Speaker) – Ventura, CA (Feb 2020)
  4. ChoFS: 2020 - Gordon Research Seminar, Thalamocortical Interactions (Ventura, CA, February 2020)
  5. The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and The University of Connecticut: Towards Targeted Therapies for Neurodevelopmental Disorder Virtual Symposium (July 2020)
  6. World Wrestling Resource Podcast (August 2020)

2019

  1. Symposium on “Current Perspectives on Functional and Dysfunctional Neural Circuits”, Bochum, Germany (Speaker)
  2. Jasper’s Basic Mechanisms of Epilepsies, Yosemite, CA (Speaker) (March 2019)
  3. Northwestern University, Formal Seminar Series. Chicago, IL (Speaker) (March 2019)
  4. Baylor College of Medicine, Formal Seminar Series, Houston TX (Speaker) (March 2019)
  5. Inscopix User Group Meeting, San Francisco, CA (Invited Speaker) (April 2019)
  6. New York Medical College, Department of Cell Biology & Anatomy Seminar Series, New York, NY (Speaker) (April 2019)
  7. UCSF Neuroscience Graduate Program Retreat, Asilomar, CA (Speaker) (May 2019)
  8. Gladstone Institutes, Science Talks Seminar Series, San Francisco, CA (Speaker)
  9. American Epilepsy Society 2019 Conference, Baltimore, MD (IW Organizer and Moderator) (December 2019)

2018

  1. Weizmann Institute , Conference “Brain interfaces – bridging basic and translational neuroscience". Israel (January, 2018
  2. Gordon Research Conference 2018 – Thalamocortical Interactions, Lucca, Italy (February 2018)
  3. COSYNE Workshop, Denver, CO (March 2018)
  4. CURE Sponsored Special Invited Speaker, Calgary, Canada (April 2018)
  5. UC Merced, Merced, CA (April 2018)
  6. ICM Paris, Paris, France (Speaker)(June 2018)
  7. Gordon Research Conference – Optogenetics and Imaging: Technology Development, Novel Applications, and Closing the Loop Between Models and Experiments, Newry, ME (July 2018)
  8. Yonsei University, Symposium on Neural Circuits, Seoul, South Korea (August 2018)
  9. Korean Society for Brain and Neural Science, Korea (August 2018)
  10. Epilepsy Foundation Innovation Meeting, Washington, DC (Key Discussant) (September 2018)
  11. American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (Speaker) (November 2018)
  12. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA (November 2018)

2017

  1. Society for Neuroscience, Minisymposium Short-circuiting neurodevelopmental disorders: novel insights and treatment strategies. Washington, DC, USA (Scheduled for November 2017)
  2. Grass Foundation, Marine Biological Laboratory, Seminar Series., Woods Hole, MA, USA
  3. University of Amsterdam, Seminar Series, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  4. Institute of Brain and Spinal Cord, Seminar Series, Paris, France
  5. 2nd International Brain Stimulation Conference, Barcelona, Spain (March 2017)
  6. University of Virginia, Distinguished Speaker at Neural Circuits Symposium, Charlottesville, VA, USA (November 2017)

2016

  1. International Society for Neurofeedback and Research, Orlando, Florida (Keynote Speaker
  2. ICM Epilepsy Retreat, Sologne, France (Keynote Speaker) (Fall 2016).
  3. Gordon Research Conference, Mechanisms of Epilepsy and Neuronal Synchronization. Girona, Spain
  4. Cold Spring Harbor Asia Conference on Development, Function, and Disease of Neural Circuits. Suzhou, China
  5. Neuroethics Network meeting at ICM, Paris, France (declined for conflict with another event) (June 2016)
  6. Optogenetic Approaches for Pre-Clinical Studies at ICM, Paris, France
  7. Gordon Research Conference, Thalamocortical Interactions: Cell and Circuit Properties, Ventura, California
  8. GDR 2904 Multielectrode Systems for Neuroscience: 6th Annual Meeting, Autrans, France
  9. Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2015

  1. The 31st International Epilepsy Congress - the Michael Prize Symposium. Istanbul, Turkey. (Invited talk to receive the Michael Prize 2015) 
  2. Janelia Conference on Thalamus and Corticothalamic Interactions. HHMI-Janelia Farm Research Campus, VA
  3. UCSF Annual Epilepsy Retreat, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
  4. UCSF Neuroimmunology Seminar, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

2014

  1. Rustavi 2 TV guest on morning news. Tbilisi, Georgia.
  2. The Saakashvili Presidential Library, Tbilisi, Georgia.
  3. Society for the Advancement of Brain Analysis (SABA) 13th Annual Conference. Avalon, CA.
  4. Stanford University School of Medicine, Faculty recruitment job talk.

2013

  1. Harvard Medical School, Boston. (Faculty recruitment job talk)
  2. American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting, Translational Symposium, Washington DC
  3. UC Davis, Center for Neuroscience, Davis, CA (Faculty recruitment job talk)
  4. UCSF/Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA (Faculty recruitment job talk)
  5. UC Davis, Neurology Grand Rounds, Davis, CA (Faculty recruitment job talk)
  6. Computational and Systems Neuroscience (COSYNE) workshop, Snowbird, UT

2012

  1. American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting, Investigators Workshop, San Diego, CA

2011

  1. Stanford Institute for Neuro-Innovation & Translational Neurosciences retreat, Pajaro Dunes, CA. 
  2. Bay Area Research Group in Epilepsy (BARGE) meeting, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

2007

  1. International Basal Ganglia Society IX triennial meeting, Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands. (Plenary session)

 

SELECTED ABSTRACTS
  1. Necula D, Tognatta R, Voskobiynyk Y, Cieselska A, Paz JT (2024) Complement Factor 4 in the Thalamocortical Circuit Drives Post-Traumatic Sleep Disruption and Myelin Deficits. Gordon Research Conference, Ventura, CA
  2. Magsig A, Cieselska A, Voskobiynyk Y, Paz JT (2024) Thalamic Responses to Traumatic Brain Injury are Sex-Specific. Gordon Research Conference, Ventura, CA
  3. Willoughby D, Tse V, Reitman M, Holden SS, Lugo CG, Corces R, Poskanzer K, Paz JT (2024) Astrocytic α1A adrenergic receptors in the thalamus are necessary for normal NREM sleep architecture in freely moving mice. Gordon Research Conference, Ventura, CA
  4. Chang I, Paz JT (2024) Pallidal Modulation on Thalamic Activity in Motor Function and Dysfunction. Gordon Research Conference, Ventura, CA
  5. Ford JB, Tambou O, Paz JT (2024) Altered Sensory Behaviors in Mice Following Photothrombotic Ischemic Stroke in the Thalamus. Gordon Research Conference, Ventura, CA
  6. DeNittis VR, Voskobiynyk Y, Holden SS, Necula D, Paz JT (2024) The role of Nav1.2-encoding gene Scn2a in thalamocortical circuit excitability. Gordon Research Conference, Ventura, CA
  7. Timbie C, Chang I, Paz JT (2024) Amygdala pathways to the thalamic reticular nucleus. Gordon Research Conference, Ventura, CA
  8. Voskobiynyk Y, Lindquist BE, Goodspeed K, DeNittis VR, Necula D, Paz JT (2024) The Role of Gaba Transporter GAT-1 in Thalamocortical Circuit Excitability 
  9. Voskobiynyk Y, DeNittis VR, Holden SS, Paz JT (2023) Thalamic dysfunction in SCN2A-related disorders. International SCN2A Family & Professional Conference, Boston, MA.
  10. Ford J, Chang A, Paz JT (2022) Neurovascular coupling in seizure progression. AES 2022, Nashville, TN.
  11. Leroux MAH, Medernach D, Delord B, Paz JT (2022) Identification of conditional bistable neurons, the putative substrate underlying parametric working memory in the prefrontal cortex. ENCODS 2022, Paris, France.
  12. Leroux MAH, Medernach D, Delord B, Paz JT (2022) Characterization of conditional bistable neurons, the putative substrate underlying parametric working memory in the prefrontal cortex. FENS 2022 Conference, Paris, France.
  13. Ollerenshaw D, Gulati S, Adil N, Ford J, Chang A, Paz JT, Neufeld S, Stamatakis A (2022) Tools for acquisition and analysis of simultaneous neural activity and bloodflow in awake freely behaving animals. FENS 2022 Conference, Paris, France.
  14. Mroz NM, Han RT, Ewing-Crystal NA, Dorman LC, Dahlgren MW, Vainchtein ID, Paz JT, Molofsky AV, Molofsky AB (2022). ILC2S Limit Cortical Damage and Neuronal Hyperexcitability after Photothrombotic Injury. Cytokines 2022 & ILC4 2022, Big Island, Hawaii.
  15. Leroux MAH, Medernach D, Delord B, Paz JT (2022) Characterization of conditional bistability, the neuronal substrate of parametric working memory, and its impairment in normal aging and Alzheimer’s disease in mice. SfN 2022, San Diego, CA.
  16. Necula D, Cho F, He A, Paz JT (2022) Spatial selectivity of thalamic inflammation following cortical injury in mice. SfN 2022, San Diego, CA.
  17. Ollerenshaw D, Zitelli K, Gulati S, Adil N, Ford J, Chang A, Paz JT, Neufeld S, Nassi J (2022) Tools for acquisition and analysis of simultaneous neural activity and vascular dynamics in freely behaving animals. SfN 2022, San Diego, CA.
  18. Ollerenshaw DR, Gulati S, Adil N, Ford J, Chang AH, Paz JT, Neufeld S, Stamatakis AM (2022) Tools for acquisition and analysis of simultaneous neural activity and bloodflow in awake freely behaving animals. Inscopix poster.
  19. Leroux M, Medernach D, Delord B, Paz JT (2022) Characterization of conditional bistable neurons, the putative substrate underlying parametric working memory in the prefrontal cortex. FENS 2022 Conference, Paris, France.
  20. Necula D, Cho FS, Paz JT (2022) The site of thalamic secondary damage after cortical traumatic brain injury and stroke mirrors the functional connectivity between the thalamus and the cortex. FENS 2022 Conference, Paris, France.
  21. Ollerenshaw D, Gulati S, Adil N, Ford J, Chang A, Paz, JT, Neufeld S, Stamatakis A (2022) Tools for acquisition and analysis of simultaneous neural activity and bloodflow in awake freely behaving animals. FENS 2022 Conference, Paris, France.
  22. Lindquist B, Paz JT (2021) “Electrobehavioral Phenotype and Pharmacosensitivity of GAT-1 Deficient Mice” Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society (AES) Chicago, IL
  23. Holden SS, Aboubakr O, Andrews-Zwilling Y, Sankaranarayanan S, Yednock T, Paz JT (2019) “C1q mediates chronic secondary gliotic inflammation and neurodegeneration in a mouse model of post-traumatic epilepsy” American Epilepsy Society Conference (AES), Baltimore, MD
  24. Cho FS, Vainchtein ID, Morningstar AR, Anink JJ, van Vliet EA, Aronica E, Molofsky AV, Paz JT (2019) “Reactive astrocytes mediate hyperexcitability in thalamocortical circuits by dysregulating extrasynaptic GABA” American Epilepsy Society Conference (AES), Baltimore, MD
  25. Chang AH, Tsang C, Higashikubo B, Paz JT (2019) “Optical interrogation of neurovascular dynamics in seizure progression and epileptogenesis”. American Epilepsy Society Conference (AES), Baltimore, MD
  26. Mohabbat H, Chang AH, Holden SS, Wang C, Lin C, Ding S, Paz JT (2019) “Probing the effects of novel small molecule RA8 on post-traumatic neurovascular recovery and seizure susceptibility” Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), Anaheim, CA
  27. Chang AH, Tsang C, Higashikubo B, Paz JT (2019) “Optical interrogation of neurovascular dynamics in seizure progression and epileptogenesis” North American Vascular Biology Organization (NAVBO), Asilomar, CA
  28. Holden SS (2019) “C1q complement pathway mediates long-term circuit plasticity after trauma” Ford Foundation, Puerto Rico
  29. Cho FS (2019) “Looking Towards the Stars to Understand Neural Circuit Hyperexcitability” Gladstone Institutes Scientific Retreat, Asilomar, CA
  30. Cho FS, Vainchtein ID, Morningstar AR, Anink JJ, van Vliet EA, Aronica E, Molofsky AV, Paz JT (2019) “Selective astrogliosis enhances thalamic circuit excitability and seizure susceptibility by enhancing GABA(A)R-mediated tonic inhibition” Jasper's Basic Mechanisms of the Epilepsies Workshop, Yosemite, CA
  31. Higashikubo B, Ritter-Makinson S, Clemente-Perez A, Cornet MC, Yamakawa K, Cilio MR, Delord B, Paz JT (2018) “Thalamic hyperexcitability and atypical absence seizures in a Scn1a Model of Dravet Syndrome are mediated by impaired potassium current” American Epilepsy Society Conference (AES), New Orleans ,LA
  32. Holden SS, Aboubakr O, Morningstar AR, Higashikubo B, Paz JT (2018) “Deconstruction of thalamic circuits in a mouse model of post-traumatic epilepsy” American Epilepsy Society Conference (AES), New Orleans ,LA
  33. Pai ELL, Vogt D, Clemente-Perez A, Cho FS, McKinsey GL, Hu MJS, Goodrich LV, Paz JT, Rubenstein JL (2018) “Mafb and c-Maf have prenatal compensatory and postnatal antagonistic roles in cortical interneuron fate and function” European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), Mallorca, Spain
  34. Cho FS, Morningstar AR, Alcauter JA, Paz JT (2018) Selective astrogliosis enhances thalamic circuit excitability by altering GABA(A)R-mediated tonic inhibition. Gordon Research Conference, Tuscany, Italy.
  35. Cho FS, Vainchtein IL, Alcauter JA, Morningstar AR, Molofsky AV, Paz JT (2018) Transcriptomic analysis of reactive astrocytes and microglia in the thalamus reveals functional deficits linked to circuit excitability. Passwell Symposium, Israel.
  36. Holden SS, Morningstar AR, Paz JT (2018) Thalamocortical function after traumatic cortical injury. Passwell Symposium, Israel.
  37. Holden SS, Morningstar AR, Higashikubo B, Paz JT. (2018) Thalamocortical function after traumatic cortical injury. Gordon Research Conference, Tuscany, Italy.
  38. Makinson SL, Clemente-Perez A, Higashikubo B, Delord B, Paz JT (2017) Deconstructing thalamic circuits to treat seizures in Dravet syndrome. Society for Neuroscience, Washington DC, USA
  39. Holden SS, Paz JT (2017) Deconstruction of thalamic circuits in a mouse model of post- traumatic epilepsy. Society for Neuroscience, Washington DC, USA
  40. Clemente A, Makinson SL, Higashikubo B, Cho F, Urry A, Holden SS, Wimer M, Fenno L, David C, Acsady L, Deisseroth K, Paz JT (2017) Distinct thalamic reticular cell types differentially modulate normal and pathological cortical rhythms. Society for Neuroscience, Washington DC, USA
  41. Pai LL, Vogt D, Clemente-Perez A, Wimer M, Mckinsey G, Hu JS, Sandberg M, Pla R, Goodrich LV, Paz JT, Rubenstein JL (2017) Mafb and c-Maf control the balanced neurogenesis of MGE-derived PV+ and SST+ GABAergic cortical interneurons. Society for Neuroscience, Washington DC, USA
  42. Cho F, Paz JT (2017) “Assessing the effect of astrogliosis on thalamic circuit excitability”. Young Generation Technical and Leadership Conference 2017 (YGTLC). Hosted by the Korean-American Scientist and Engineers Association, Korea
  43. Holden SS, Paz JT (2016) “The Role of the thalamus in focal traumatic brain injury”. ARCS Symposium 2016, Menlo Park, CA, USA
  44. Holden SS, Paz JT (2016) “Thalamic excitability after traumatic cortical injury”.GRC-Mechanisms of Epilepsy & Neuronal Synchronization conference, Girona, Spain
  45. Clemente A, Paz JT (2016)” Different subpopulations of interneurons in the nuclear reticular thalamus: anatomy and physiology” GRC-Mechanisms of Epilepsy & Neuronal Synchronization conference, Girona, Spain
  46. Cho F, Makinson S, Holden SS, Tager D, Paz JT (2016) “Selective astrogliosis increases thalamic circuit excitability and oscillations” GRC-Mechanisms of Epilepsy & Neuronal Synchronization conference, Girona, Spain
  47. Makinson S, Clemente A, Bennet E, Paz JT (2016) “Optogenetic targeting of the thalamus for bidirectional control of seizures in Dravet syndrome” GRC-Mechanisms of Epilepsy & Neuronal Synchronization conference, Girona, Spain
  48. Saillet S, Gutierrez-Lerma A, Chou Z, Ma K, Paz JT, Palop J (2016) “Optogenetic modulation of interneuron-dependent oscillatory activity in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease”. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA
  49. Sorokin J, Huguenard JR, Paz JT (2016) “Real-Time control of generalized absence seizures” American Epilepsy Society” Seattle, WA, USA
  50. Makinson S, Clemente A, Bennett E, Yamakawa K, & Paz JT (2016) “Optogenetic Targeting of the Thalamus to Manipulate Seizure Expression in Dravet syndrome”. Gordon research conference on Thalamus. Ventura, CA, USA.
  51. Holden SS, Paz JT (2016) “Thalamic function and traumatic cortical injury”. Gordon research conference on Thalamus. Ventura, CA, USA.
  52. Cho F, Makinson S, Holden SS, Paz JT (2016) Assessing the effect of astrogliosis n thalamic circuit excitability”. Gordon research conference on Thalamus. Ventura, CA, USA.
  53. Clemente A, Paz JT (2016) “Different subpopulation of interneurons in the nuclear reticular thalamus”. Gordon research conference on Thalamus. Ventura, CA, USA.
  54. Huguenard JR, Sorokin J, Paz JT (2014) "Real-Time control of generalized absence seizures". American Epilepsy Society, Seattle, USA
  55. Paz JT, Sorokin J, Davidson TJ, Deisseroth K, Huguenard JR (2014) "Thalamic driving of cortical spindles and seizures with on demand loss of consciousness". Society for Neuroscience, Washington DC, USA
  56. Paz JT, Huguenard JR (2013) “Evidence of a functional feed-forward GABAergic inhibition between reticular thalamic neurons revealed by an optogenetic approach in the mouse”. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, USA
  57. Huguenard JR, Davidson T, Frechette E, Deisseroth K, Paz JT (2012) “Selective optical inhibition of thalamocortical neurons as a novel tool to reliably drive thalamocortical oscillations and sleep-spindles”. Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, USA
  58. Paz JT, Yizhar O, Fenno L, Deisseroth K, Huguenard JR (2012) “Dynamic interaction between cortical and thalamic inputs onto reticular thalamic neurons revealed by dual-wavelength optogenetics” Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, USA
  59. Paz JT, Davidson T, Frechette E, Deisseroth K, Huguenard JR (2012) “Real-time control of post-stroke seizures”. Gordon Research Conference on Mechanisms of Epilepsy and Neuronal Synchronization, August 19-24, Waterville, USA
  60. Paz JT, Peng K, Parada I, Prince DA, Huguenard JR (2011) "Neocortical infarction results in epileptiform activity in thalamocortical neurons via a switch in HCN channel subunits". Society for Neuroscience, Washington DC, USA
  61. Fenno LE, Yizhar O, Prigge M, Paz JT, Ramkrishnan C, Huguenard JR, Hegemann P, Deisseroth K (2011) “Combinatorial optogenetics with integrated spectral and temporal control”. Society for Neuroscience, Washington DC, USA
  62. Paz JT, Bryant A, Fenno LE, Yizhar O, Peng K, Deisseroth K, Frankel WN, Huguenard JR (2011) “A new mechanism for absence seizure initiation revealed by optogenetics in the Gria4-/- knockout model of absence epilepsy“. “Coming together on Epilepsy Genetics” workshop. Bar Harbor, USA
  63. Delord B, Berry H, Paz JT, Naude J (2011) Modeling the Effects of intrinsic plasticity on rate coding. COSYNE, Computational and Systems Neuroscience conference. Salt Lake City, USA
  64. Paz JT, McDonald W, Prince DA, Huguenard JR (2010) Focal status epilepticus in the somatosensory cortex enhances intrinsic excitability and synaptic excitation in the reticular thalamic nucleus. Investigators Workshop, American Epilepsy Society, San Antonio, Texas, USA
  65. Paz JT, Prince DA, Huguenard JR (2010) Focal cortical infarcts increase intrinsic excitability and synaptic excitation of thalamocortical relay neurons. Gordon Research Conference on Mechanisms of Epilepsy and Neuronal Synchronization, Colby College, Waterville, USA
  66. Paz JT, Lacey CJ, Bryant A, Huguenard JR (2009) Altered intrathalamic GABAergic neurotransmission in the Glur4 knock-out mouse model of absence epilepsy. American Epilepsy Society, Boston, USA
  67. Paz JT, Prince DA, Huguenard JR (2008) Altered excitability of the thalamic reticular neurons following cortical thrombotic lesions. Society for Neuroscience, Washington DC, USA
  68. Paz JT, Deniau JM, Charpier S (2006) Presentation title: “Electrical activity of ventral medial thalamic neurons during spike-and-wave discharges and control of seizures by the nigro-thalamo-cortical pathway”. Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, USA
  69. Paz JT, Mailly P, Deniau JM, Charpier S (2005) Electrophysiological activity in the corticosubthalamic pathway during spike-and-wave discharges in a genetic model of absence epilepsy. French Society for Neuroscience, Lille, France
  70. Paz JT, Mailly P, Deniau JM, and Charpier S (2004) Electrophysiological Activity of Subthalamic Neurons During Spike-and-Wave Discharges in a Genetic Model of Absence Epilepsy. International Basal Ganglia Society VIII triennial meeting, Crieff, Scotland