Robert Blair, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Robert Blair, Ph.D.Division of Neuroscience Research

Department: Department of Neurology

Phone: (804) 828-7929

Email: Robert.Blair@vcuhealth.org

Undergraduate Education

  • B.S., Lynchburg College

Graduate Education

  • Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University

Post Graduate Education

  • cellular mechanisms of seizures, Cardiology-Virginia Commonwealth University
  • cellular mechanisms of seizures, Anatomy and Neurobiology-Virginia Commonwealth University

Research Expertise

  • Cellular mechanisms underlying epileptogenesis, seizure and neuronal hyperexcitability. Regulation of GABAA receptor and endocannabinoid systems utilizing in vitro and in vivo models of seizure.

Keywords & Interest Areas

  • seizure
  • epileptogenesis
  • neuronal mechanisms
  • molecular
  • inhibitory
  • excitatory
  • endocannabinoid
  • GABA

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