Joanna Mattis, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Medical School
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Joanna Mattis, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
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    Qualifications
    • MD
      Stanford University, 2015
    • PhD
      Stanford University, 2013
    • M Phil
      University of Cambridge, 2007
    • BS
      Yale University, 2006
    • MS
      Yale University, 2006
    Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Taubman Institute
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    • Journal Article
      Medial septum parvalbumin-expressing inhibitory neurons are impaired in a mouse model of Dravet syndrome.
      Zhu L, Demetriou Y, Barden J, Disla J, Zhao M, Mattis J. Epilepsia, 2025 Jul 7; DOI:10.1111/epi.18532
      PMID: 40622667
    • Journal Article
      Melanin-Concentrating Hormone Projections to the Nucleus Accumbens Enhance the Reward Value of Food Consumption and Do Not Induce Feeding or REM Sleep
      Furman KL, Baron L, Lyons HC, Cha T, Evans JR, Manna J, Zhu L, Mattis J, Burgess CR. Journal of Neuroscience, 2025 Jan 4; 45 (10): e1725242024 DOI:10.1523/jneurosci.1725-24.2024
      PMID: PMC11884387
    • Presentation
      Neurotransmitter switching: An epilepsy pathomechanism hiding in plain sight?
      Mattis J. 2025 Feb 17;
    • Presentation
      Shedding light on mechanisms of seizure onset: Optogenetic circuit manipulation in mouse models of epilepsy
      Mattis J. 2025 Feb 17;
    • Presentation
      Neurophysiology Platform Session
      Mattis J. 2024 Nov 14;
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      Noradrenergic Circuit Response to Hyperthermia-evoked Seizures in the Scn1a+/- Mouse Model
      Zhao M, Noor A, Rana C, Burgess C, Mattis J. 2024 Dec 15;
    • Presentation
      Subcortical neuromodulatory networks in Dravet Syndrome
      Mattis J. 2025 Jan 31;
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      The Nigrotegmental Circuit in an Scn1a+/- Mouse Model of Dravet Syndrome
      Rana C, Zhu L, Toth B, Qureshi R, Braden J, Mattis J. 2024 Dec 15;
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