Research Description

Publications

1. Purnell BS, Petrucci AN, Li R, Buchanan GF (2024). Effect of adenosinergic manipulations on amygdala‐kindled seizures in mice: Implications for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy. Epilepsia. Accepted for publication, epub available now.
2. Petrucci AN, Jones AR, and Buchanan GF (2022). Pre- and post-ictal activation of DRD afferents to the PPT reduces PGES following seizures in amygdala-kindled mice. In preparation.
3. Joyal KJ, Petrucci AN, Littlepage-Saunders MV, Boodhoo NA, Linder HW, and Buchanan GF (2022). Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors and 5-HT2 Receptor Agonists Have Distinct, Sleep-state Dependent Effects on Postictal Breathing in Amygdala Kindled Mice. Journal of Physiology. 513:76-95.
4. Purnell BS, Petrucci AN, Li R, and Buchanan GF (2021). The effect of time-of-day and circadian phase on vulnerability to seizure-induced death in two mouse models. Journal of Physiology. 599(6):1885-99. PMCID: PMC9365197
5. Petrucci AN, Joyal KG, Purnell BS, Buchanan GF (2020). Serotonin and sudden unexpected death in epilepsy Experimental Neurology 325:113145. PMCID: PMC7029792
6. Buchanan GF, R Li, AN Petrucci and BS Purnell. Sleep, night and SUDEP. In: Hanna J, Panelli R, Jeffs T, Chapman D, editors. Continuing the global conversation [online]. SUDEP Action & SUDEP Aware; 2018

Awards and Honors

• NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship, F32 BS136186, 9/30/2 4 -9/29/26
• Pappajohn Biomedical Institute Microfinance Grant, 8/29/22 - 1/1/23
• NRSA Predoctoral Fellowship, F31 NS113479, 7/1/20 - 6/30/22
• American Epilepsy Society Predoctoral Research Fellowship, 7/1/19 - 6/30/20