Frida Teran-Garza, M6G
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MSTP Learning Community: Boulware MSTP Entry Date: June 16, 2014 |
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PhD Program: Neuroscience |
Mentor: George Richerson, MD, PhD |
Epilepsy, Dietary Therapies, and SUDEP: the Role of Serotonin and CO2 Chemoreception
Thesis Defense: August 26, 2021
Committees:
2015-2016 - Vice President - CCOM Latino Medical Student Association
2016-2017 - President - CCOM Latino Medical Student Association
2017-2020 - Co-President, CCOM Latino Medical Student Association
2020-2021 - Social Activities Chair, Association of Multicultural Scientists
2020-Present - Medical Spanish Coordinator, CCOM Latino Medical Student Association
2016-2018 - MSTP Wellness Committee
2018-2020 - MSTP Wellness Committee (Co-Chair)
2018-present - MSTP Monday Committee
2020-present - MSTP Wellness Committee
Awards:
2014 - Alfred P. Sloan Scholarship for Minority PhD Students
2015-2017 - Vice President - CCOM Latino Medical Student Association
2016-2017 - President - CCOM Latino Medical Student Association
2018 - 1st place Award in the Neuroscience Division, for poster at the Midwest Regional Meeting of the APSA
2018 - Fellowship Award NINDS F31 NS110333 "A novel dietary therapy for epilepsy: potential mechanisms of action"
2019 - Diversity Travel Award, for abstract at the 34th Annual MD/PhD National Student Conference, Copper Mountain, CO
2019 - CCOM Trainee Scholar Travel Award
2020 - American Epilepsy Society as a winner of the 2020 Young Investigator Award
Individual Funding Awards:
09/17/2018 - 09/16/2023
F31 NS110333 (National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke)
A novel dietary therapy for epilepsy: potential mechanisms of action
Teaching:
2018 Spring - ACB:6252 Functional Neuroanatomy Teaching Assistant
Education:
2013 - BS, Biology - St. Mary's University
Publications:
Cerpa VJ, Wu Y, Bravo E, Teran FA, Flynn RS, Richerson GB. Medullary 5-HT neurons: Switch from tonic respiratory drive to chemoreception during postnatal development. Neuroscience. 2017 Mar 6;344:1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.09.002. Epub 2016 Sep 9. PubMed PMID: 27619736; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5303637.
Teran FA, Massey CA, Richerson GB. Serotonin neurons and central respiratory chemoreception: where are we now?. Prog Brain Res. 2014;209:207-33. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-63274-6.00011-4. Review. PubMed PMID: 24746050; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4486262.
Teran FA, Massey CA & Richerson GB. Overview of Section on Current Research on Causes of SUDEP. In: Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: a global conversation, eds. D. Chapman, B. Moss, R. Panelli, and R. Pollard, Epilepsy Australia Ltd, Camberwell, Victoria, 2018 edition.
Wu Y, Proch KL, Teran FA, Lechtenberg RJ, Kothari H, Richerson GB. Chemosensitivity of Phox2b-expressing retrotrapezoid neurons is mediated in part by input from 5-HT neurons. J Physiol. 2019 May;597(10):2741-2766. doi: 10.1113/JP277052. Epub 2019 Mar 28. PMID: 30866045; PMCID: PMC6826216.
Teran FA, Kim Y, Crotts MS, Bravo E, Emaus KJ, Richerson GB. Time of Day and a Ketogenic Diet Influence Susceptibility to SUDEP in Scn1aR1407X/+ Mice. Front Neurol. 2019;10:278. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2019.00278. eCollection 2019. PubMed PMID: 30984098; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6449461.
Wenker IC, Teran FA, Wengert ER, Wagley PK, Panchal PS, Blizzard EA, Saraf P, Wagnon JL, Goodkin HP, Meisler MH, Richerson GB, Patel MK. Postictal Death Is Associated with Tonic Phase Apnea in a Mouse Model of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy. Ann Neurol. 2021 May;89(5):1023-1035. doi: 10.1002/ana.26053. Epub 2021 Mar 6. PubMed PMID: 33604927.
Crotts MS, Kim Y, Bravo E, Richerson GB, Teran FA. A ketogenic diet protects DBA/1 and Scn1aR1407X/+ mice against seizure-induced respiratory arrest independent of ketosis. Epilepsy Behav. 2021 Sep 29;124:108334. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2021.108334. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34600281.
Teran FA, Bravo E, Richerson GB. Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: Respiratory mechanisms. Handb Clin Neurol. 2022;189:153-176. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-323-91532-8.00012-4. PMID: 36031303.