Carlos Portera-Cailliau MD
Assistant Professor, Neurology, UCLA School of Medicine
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10833 LeConte Ave, C119 RNRCLos Angeles, CA 90095
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Education & Training
Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Neurology, 1998 - 2001
Johns Hopkins UniversityInternship, Internal Medicine, 1997 - 1998- Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineClass of 1997
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2004 - 2026
MA State Medical License 2002 - 2004
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory 2014 Certified EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2014, 2016-2017
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory 2014 Certified EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2014, 2016-2017
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Translatome profiling reveals opposing alterations in inhibitory and excitatory neurons of fragile X mice and identifies EPAC2 as a therapeutic target.Anand Suresh, Nazim Kourdougli, Toshihiro Nomura, Jessie E Buth, Soledad Miranda-Rottmann
Neuron. 2026-05-18 - 1 citationsA reduced ability to discriminate social from non-social touch at the circuit level may underlie social avoidance in autism.Trishala Chari, Ariana Hernandez, João Couto, Carlos Portera-Cailliau
Nature Communications. 2025-05-17 - 7 citationsThe NKCC1 Inhibitor Bumetanide Restores Cortical Feedforward Inhibition and Lessens Sensory Hypersensitivity in Early Postnatal Fragile X Mice.Nazim Kourdougli, Toshihiro Nomura, Michelle W Wu, Anouk Heuvelmans, Zoë Dobler
Biological Psychiatry. 2025-03-01
Press Mentions
How Brain Cells Compensate for Damage from a StrokeJune 25th, 2021
UCLA Gets $25 Million to Boost Parkinson’s ResearchOctober 31st, 2018
Animal Models Can't 'Tune Out' Stimuli, Mimicking Sensory Hypersensitivity in HumansJune 12th, 2017
Grant Support
- Circuit Defects Underlying Deficits in Social Touch in Fragile X SyndromeUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES2024–2029
- Cortical Interneuron Dysfunction in Fragile X SyndromeUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES2022–2027
- Circuit Disruptions Underlying Atypical Sensory Processing in Fragile X SyndromeUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES2020–2025
- The Role Of Cajal-Retzius Neurons In Postnatal Cortical Circuit AssemblyNational Institute Of Mental Health2011
- A Stem Microscope For High-Speed 2-Photon Calcium ImagingNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2009–2010
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