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Wilkie A Wilson Jr.

Research Professor of Prevention Science, SSRI

Education:

• Ph.D. Duke University - 1971

Representative Publications   (More Publications)

1. Stasheff, S.F., Hines, M. and Wilson, W.A.: Axon terminal hyperexcitability associated with epileptogenesis in vitro: I. Origin of ectopic spikes, J. Neurophysiol., 70:961-975, 1993..


2. Stasheff, S.F., W. W. Anderson, S. Clark, and W.A. Wilson: NMDA Antagonists differentiate epileptogenesis from seizure expression in an in vitro seizure model. Science, 245:648-651, 1989..


3. Wilson, W.A. and H. Wachtel: Prolonged Inhibition in Burst Firing Neurons: Synaptic Inactivation of the Slow Regenerative Inward Current. Science, 202:772-775, 1978..


4. Wilson, W.A. and H. Wachtel: A Negative Resistance Characteristic Essential for the Maintenance of Slow Oscillation in Bursting Neurons. Science, 86:932-934, 1974..

1. Understanding Addiction Through Neuroscience: How Drugs Hijack Brain Motivational Systems and Control Behavior, Columbia, SC, December 1, 2011
2. What in the World is that Kid Thinking: How Adolescents Brain Drives Behavior”, Columbia, SC, November 29, 2011
3. Substance abuse for the criminal justice community, UNC School of Government, August 24, 2011