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Department
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Neurosurgery |
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Yale
University
School of Medicine |
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333 Cedar
Street
P.O. Box 208082
New Haven, CT |
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06520-8082
U.S.A. |
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203-785-2805
neurosurgery@yale.edu
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Nihal C. de Lanerolle, D.Phil., D.Sc.
Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurobiology
Biographical Sketch
Dr. Nihal C. de Lanerolle holds the rank of Professor of Neurosurgery
and Neurobiology. A Fulbright Senior Scholar and Corresponding Member of
the German League Against Epilepsy, he is the recipient of the higher doctoral
degree of Doctor of Science from the University of Sussex, England. He
has served as a Member of the National Institute of Mental Health study
Section on "Cognitive Functional Neuroscience", and currently serves as
a Member of the "Sensory, Motor and Cognitive Neuroscience Fellowships
Study Section and the Study Section on Traumatic Brain Injury, CDMRP Department
of Defense. An expert on the neuropathology of human seizure foci, Dr.
de Lanerolle participates in national and international symposia on epilepsy,
and regularly as a reviewer of manuscripts for leading scientific journals.
He is member of the Yale Epilepsy Surgery Research Program and the Yale
Interdepartmental Neuroscience Graduate Program and is active as a teacher
of neuroscience to medical students and undergraduates.
Education
| Undergraduate |
B.Sc., Honors, Zoology, University of Ceylon (1967)
B.A. Honors, Theology & Rel. Studies, University of Cambridge, England
(1974) |
| Graduate |
D.Phil., Neuroethology, University of Sussex, England
(1972)
M.A.
(Theology & Philosophy) University of Cambridge, England (1981)
D.Sc. (Higher doctoral degree), University of Sussex, England (1995) |
| Postdoctoral |
1974 - 1978 Postdoctoral Fellow, Depts of Animal Science & Pharmacology,
University of Minnesota
1978 - 1979 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. Psychiatry & Neurosurgery,
Yale University |
General Interests
Primary research focus is the study of the molecular and cellular neuropathology
of human seizure foci and the development of animal models of human temporal
lobe epilepsy. Secondary interests in the neuropathology of Traumatic brain
injury, and discovery of plasma and brain biomarkers of Mild Cognitive Impairment
and Alzheimer's disease.
Curriculum Vitae and Links
Internal and Mailing Contact |
| Campus Address |
333 Cedar Street
Farnum Memorial Building (FMB), Room 414
New Haven, CT 06510 |
| US Mailing Address |
Department of Neurosurgery
Yale University School of Medicine
P.O. Box 208082
New Haven, CT 06520-8082 |
| E-mail |
nihal.delanerolle@yale.edu |
| Office Phone |
(203) 785-3258 |
| Express/overnight mail address |
Department of Neurosurgery
Farnum Memorial Building (FMB), Room 414
330 Cedar Street
New Haven, CT 06520 |
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© 2000 Yale University School of Medicine.
All rights reserved. Comments or suggestions to the site editor.
Last
modified:
December 7, 2007
(RSM) |
