Laura McGarry, MD,PhD
Instructor A of Pediatrics
Attending Physician, Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Instructor , Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Division of Neurology
Abramson Research Center
3615 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Division of Neurology
Abramson Research Center
3615 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Publications
Links
Search PubMed for articles
Goldberg Lab
PubMed Bibliography
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Neurology
Epilepsy Neurogenetics Initiative (ENGIN)
Search PubMed for articles
Goldberg Lab
PubMed Bibliography
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Neurology
Epilepsy Neurogenetics Initiative (ENGIN)
Education:
BA (Biophysics, Mathematics)
Columbia University, 2010.
PhD (Neuroscience and Physiology)
New York University, 2017.
MD
NYU School of Medicine, 2019.
Permanent linkBA (Biophysics, Mathematics)
Columbia University, 2010.
PhD (Neuroscience and Physiology)
New York University, 2017.
MD
NYU School of Medicine, 2019.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Pediatric Neurology, Neurogenetics, Epilepsy, Autism, Neurodevelopmental DisordersDescription of Research Expertise
Electrophysiology, Optogenetics, Two-photon Imaging, Models of Neurodevelopmental DisordersSelected Publications
McGarry, L.M. and Callahan, K.P.: Disorders of the Nervous System. Netter’s Pediatrics, 2nd Edition. R. Tenney Soeiro and E. Pete Devon (eds.). 2023.McGarry, L.M. and DiGiovine, M: Encephalopathies. Netter’s Pediatrics, 2nd Edition. R. Tenney Soeiro and E. Pete Devon (eds.). Elsevier, 2023.
Mattis J, Somarowthu A, Goff KM, Jiang E, Yom J, Sotuyo N, Mcgarry LM, Feng H, Kaneko K, Goldberg EM.: Corticohippocampal circuit dysfunction in a mouse model of Dravet syndrome. Elife 11: e69293, Feb 2022.
McGarry LM, Goldberg EM.: The Course of Inhibition Never Did Run Smooth: Parvalbumin Interneuron Dysfunction in a Mouse Model of Lissencephaly. Epilepsy Curr 21: 287-289, May 2021.
Baimel C, McGarry LM, Carter AG.: The Projection Targets of Medium Spiny Neurons Govern Cocaine-Evoked Synaptic Plasticity in the Nucleus Accumbens. Cell Rep 28: 2256-2263, Aug 2019.
McGarry LM, Carter AG.: Prefrontal Cortex Drives Distinct Projection Neurons in the Basolateral Amygdala. Cell Rep 21: 1426-1433, Nov 2017.
McGarry LM, Carter AG.: Inhibitory Gating of Basolateral Amygdala Inputs to the Prefrontal Cortex. J Neurosci 36: 9391-406, Sep 2016.
Zhao M, McGarry LM, Ma H, Harris S, Berwick J, Yuste R, Schwartz TH.: Optical triggered seizures using a caged 4-Aminopyridine. Front Neurosci 9: 25, Feb 2015.
Santana R, McGarry LM, Bielza C, Larrañaga P, Yuste R.: Classification of neocortical interneurons using affinity propagation. Front Neural Circuits 7: 185, Dec 2013.
Woodruff AR, McGarry LM, Vogels TP, Inan M, Anderson SA, Yuste R.: State-dependent function of neocortical chandelier cells. J Neurosci 31: 17872-86, Dec 2011.