Researcher Profile: Stead, Matt , MD, Ph.D.

Matt Stead, M.D., Ph.D.

Location: Minnesota

Primary Appointment
Neurology
Academic Rank
Assistant Professor of Neurology

Clinical Profile

Summary

The focus of the lab's research is to investigate the physiology of intracranial EEG across multiple scales, from single neuron action potentials to ultraslow large scale voltage fluctuations. Our primary goal is to understand ictogenesis, though we also are have experiments addressing physiological markers of memory. The methods to do this require combining custom signal processing software and high bandwidth physiological recording techniques. The large volumes of data accumulated require sophisticated data storage and access infrastructure. Our lab is unique in having most of these technologies in place, along with ready access to new data from patients. Our results suggest a new model of ictogenesis occurring on the microscopic scale that may ultimately lend itself to device development for seizure warning or prevention, one of our ultimate goals.

Recent publications

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Education

Research Fellowship – Epilepsy
Mayo Clinic Rochester

Residency – Pediatric Neurology
Mayo Clinic Rochester

Internship – Pediatrics
Mayo Clinic Rochester

M.D. – Medical School (years 3-4) (Federal Medical Scientist Training Program)
Health Science Center, State University of New York, Brooklyn

Post Doctoral Fellowship – Neurophysiology
Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, Marseille, France

Ph.D. – Neurophysiology (Federal Medical Scientist Training Program)
Health Science Center, State University of New York, Brooklyn

B.S. – Biochemistry
State University of New York at Binghamton

Areas of Research
Electrophysiology

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