Patents by Inventor Mark A. Tanouye

Mark A. Tanouye has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Detecting seizure
    Patent number: 6521462
    Abstract: Methods and composition for inducing, detecting and modulating seizure in animal systems are provided. Methods for inducing seizure comprise (1) electrically stimulating an unanesthetized fly and detecting seizure induction in the fly (2) electrically stimulating a fly with less than 10V and detecting seizure induction in the fly; (3) electrically stimulating a population of wild-type flies and detecting seizure induction in most of the flies and (4) electrically stimulating a population of flies and quantitatively detecting seizure induction in the flies across genotypes or experience. Methods for modulating seizure induction comprise changing the activity of a novel seizure regulator in an animal system and confirming a resultant change in seizure inducibility of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Mark A. Tanouye, Daniel Kuebler, HaiGuang Zhang