CarenArmstrongMDPhD

Child Neurology • Philadelphia, PA

Epilepsy

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Office
Children's hospital of Philadelphia Division of Neurology
3401 civic center blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone+1 215-590-1719

Fax+1 215-590-1771
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Education & Training

Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaFellowship, Epilepsy, 2020
Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Child Neurology, 2015 - 2020
University of California, Irvine, School of MedicineClass of 2015
UCI HealthPost-Doctoral Fellowship, epilepsy foundation postdoctoral training fellow, 2011 - 2013
University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine

Certifications & Licensure

PA State Medical License 2020 - 2024
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Epilepsy

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

A pediatrician's guide to epilepsy surgery.
Ania Dabrowski, Caren Armstrong> ;Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care. 2024 Mar 13
1 citations
Quantifying trial-by-trial variability during cortico-cortical evoked potential mapping of epileptogenic tissue.
Eli J Cornblath, Alfredo Lucas, Caren Armstrong, Adam S Greenblatt, Joel M Stein, Peter N Hadar, Ramya Raghupathi, Eric Marsh, Brian Litt, Kathryn A Davis, Erin C Conrad> ;Epilepsia. 2023 Apr 1
3 citations
Mapping Interictal activity in epilepsy using a hidden Markov model: A magnetoencephalography study.
Zelekha A Seedat, Lukas Rier, Lauren E Gascoyne, Harry Cook, Mark W Woolrich, Andrew J Quinn, Timothy P L Roberts, Paul L Furlong, Caren Armstrong, Kelly St Pier, Kare...> ;Human Brain Mapping. 2023 Jan 1
3 citations
Quantitative electroencephalographic analysis as a potential biomarker of response to treatment with cannabidiol.
Caren Armstrong, Alexis Zavez, Patrick J Mulcahey, Yoshimi Sogawa, Jill M Gotoff, Samantha Hagopian, Jennie Minnick, Eric D Marsh> ;Epilepsy Research. 2022 Sep 1
2 citations
Stereoelectroencephalography in the very young: Case report.
Joshua Katz, Caren Armstrong, Svetlana Kvint, Benjamin C Kennedy> ;Epilepsy & Behavior Reports. 2022 Jan 1
3 citations
Electrophysiological Biomarkers in Genetic Epilepsies.
Caren Armstrong, Eric D. Marsh> ;Neurotherapeutics. 2021 Oct 12
403 citations
On-demand optogenetic control of spontaneous seizures in temporal lobe epilepsy
Esther Krook-Magnuson, Caren Armstrong, Mikko Oijala, Ivan Soltesz> ;Nature Communications. 2013 Jan 22
15 citations
Neurological complications of pediatric cancer.
Caren Armstrong, Lisa R. Sun> ;Cancer Metastasis Reviews. 2020 Mar 1
Correction to: Neurological complications of pediatric cancer.
Caren Armstrong, Lisa R. Sun> ;Cancer Metastasis Reviews. 2020 Mar 1
2 citations
A Child With Pancytopenia and Optic Disc Swelling
Justin Berk, Deborah Hall, Inna Stroh, Caren Armstrong, Kapil Mishra, Lydia H. Pecker, Bonnie W. Lau> ;Pediatrics. 2019 Nov 1
27 citations
Target-selectivity of parvalbumin-positive interneurons in layer II of medial entorhinal cortex in normal and epileptic animals.
Caren Armstrong, Jessica K. Wang, Soo Yeun Lee, John Broderick, Marianne Bezaire, Sang-Hun Lee, Ivan Soltesz> ;Hippocampus. 2016 Jun 1
36 citations
Brain State Is a Major Factor in Preseizure Hippocampal Network Activity and Influences Success of Seizure Intervention.
Laura A. Ewell, Liang Liang, Caren Armstrong, Ivan Soltesz, Stefan Leutgeb, Jill K. Leutgeb> ;The Journal of Neuroscience. 2015 Nov 25
144 citations
In vivo evaluation of the dentate gate theory in epilepsy
Esther Krook-Magnuson, Caren Armstrong, Anh Bui, Sean Lew, Mikko Oijala, Ivan Soltesz> ;The Journal of Physiology. 2015 May 15
146 citations
Cerebellar Directed Optogenetic Intervention Inhibits Spontaneous Hippocampal Seizures in a Mouse Model of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy.
Esther Krook-Magnuson, Gergely G. Szabo, Caren Armstrong, Mikko Oijala, Ivan Soltesz> ;Eneuro. 2014 Nov 1
79 citations
Closed-loop optogenetic intervention in mice.
Caren Armstrong, Esther Krook-Magnuson, Mikko Oijala, Ivan Soltesz> ;Nature Protocols. 2013 Aug 1
67 citations
Neurogliaform and Ivy Cells: A Major Family of nNOS Expressing GABAergic Neurons.
Caren Armstrong, Esther Krook-Magnuson, Ivan Soltesz> ;Frontiers in Neural Circuits. 2012 May 16
101 citations
Basket cell dichotomy in microcircuit function.
Caren Armstrong, Ivan Soltesz> ;The Journal of Physiology. 2012 Feb 15
70 citations
Neurogliaform cells in the molecular layer of the dentate gyrus as feed-forward γ-aminobutyric acidergic modulators of entorhinal-hippocampal interplay.
Caren Armstrong, János Szabadics, Gábor Tamás, Ivan Soltesz> ;The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 2011 Jun 1
71 citations
Single application of a CB1 receptor antagonist rapidly following head injury prevents long-term hyperexcitability in a rat model
Julio C. Echegoyen, Caren Armstrong, Robert J. Morgan, Ivan Soltesz> ;Epilepsy Research. 2009 Jul 1
28 citations
Pursuing paradoxical proconvulsant prophylaxis for epileptogenesis.
Caren Armstrong, Robert J. Morgan, Ivan Soltesz> ;Epilepsia. 2009 Jul 1
37 citations
One-trial associative odor learning in neonatal mice.
Caren Armstrong, Loren M. DeVito, Thomas A. Cleland> ;Chemical Senses. 2006 May 1
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Journal Articles

SimTracker tool and code template to design, manage and analyze neural network model simulations in parallel NEURON
Marianne Bezaire, Ivan Raikov, Kelly Burk, Caren Armstrong, Ivan Soltesz, bioRxiv, 1/1/2016