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Frances Jensen

Chair of Neurology · Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Credentials: · · · · ·

History

Neurology Department · Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Present
Neurology Department · University of Pennsylvania Health System
Present
Department of Neurology · University of Pennsylvania Health System
Present

Neurology
University of Pennsylvania Health System
2016–2019
NewYork-Presbyterian
1988–1991
Boston Children's Hospital
1984–1988
Neurology
Harvard Medical School
1984–1987
Internal Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
1983–1984
Massachusetts General Hospital
1983–1984
Children's Hospital
1981–1983
Cornell Univ Joan and Sanford I Weill Med Coll
1979–1983
University of Massachusetts
1976–1980

Research

Three-dimensional structure of dendritic spines and synapses in rat hippocampus (CA1) at postnatal day 15 and adult ages: implications for the maturation of synaptic physiology and…
Journal of Neuroscience · 1992 · 920 citations
Activation of innate immunity in the CNS triggers neurodegeneration through a Toll-like receptor 4-dependent pathway
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2003 · 847 citations
NKCC1 transporter facilitates seizures in the developing brain
Nature Medicine · 2005 · 746 citations

JV
Joseph Volpe
20 papers
Paul Rosenberg
16 papers
AR
Alexander Rotenberg
11 papers · 2 as a fellow
AP
Alvaro Pascual-Leone
8 papers
PF
Pamela Follett
8 papers
Amy Brooks-Kayal
7 papers
RF
Rebecca Folkerth
6 papers
PW
Pia Wintermark
5 papers
Aristea Galanopoulou
4 papers
CL
Cesare Lombroso
4 papers
Debra Selip
4 papers · 1 as a fellow
Gregory Holmes
4 papers

Grants

Seizure-Induced Enhancement of Synaptic Signaling Regulating Tau Transmissibility in Alzheimer's Disease
National Institute on Aging · R01
Contact PI · $3.5M · University of Pennsylvania
2022–2027
Tracking the Evolution of Synaptic Dysplasticity After Early Life Seizures
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · R37
Contact PI · $3.4M · University of Pennsylvania
2020–2027
Remapping Clinical Neuroscience Through Translation and Innovation Training (ReCoNnecT-IT)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · T32
Contact PI · $3M · University of Pennsylvania
2015–2025
Interaction Between Epilepsy and AD: Novel Therapeutic Strategies
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · R21
Contact PI · $442.8K · University of Pennsylvania
2018–2021