Nihal C. de Lanerolle, D.Phil., D.Sc.

Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurobiology

Biographical Sketch

Dr. Nihal C. de Lanerolle holds the rank of Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurobiology. A Fulbright Senior Scholar and Corresponding Member of the German League Against Epilepsy, he is the recipient of the higher doctoral degree of Doctor of Science from the University of Sussex, England. He has served as a Member of the National Institute of Mental Health study Section on "Cognitive Functional Neuroscience", and currently serves as a Member of the "Sensory, Motor and Cognitive Neuroscience Fellowships Study Section and the Study Section on Traumatic Brain Injury, CDMRP Department of Defense. An expert on the neuropathology of human seizure foci, Dr. de Lanerolle participates in national and international symposia on epilepsy, and regularly as a reviewer of manuscripts for leading scientific journals. He is member of the Yale Epilepsy Surgery Research Program and the Yale Interdepartmental Neuroscience Graduate Program and is active as a teacher of neuroscience to medical students and undergraduates.

Education

Undergraduate	B.Sc., Honors, Zoology, University of Ceylon (1967) B.A. Honors, Theology & Rel. Studies, University of Cambridge, England (1974)
Graduate	D.Phil., Neuroethology, University of Sussex, England (1972) M.A.   (Theology & Philosophy) University of Cambridge, England (1981) D.Sc. (Higher doctoral degree), University of Sussex, England (1995)
Postdoctoral	1974 - 1978 Postdoctoral Fellow, Depts of Animal Science & Pharmacology, University of Minnesota 1978 - 1979 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. Psychiatry & Neurosurgery, Yale University

General Interests

Primary research focus is the study of the molecular and cellular neuropathology of human seizure foci and the development of animal models of human temporal lobe epilepsy. Secondary interests in the neuropathology of Traumatic brain injury, and discovery of plasma and brain biomarkers of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's disease.

Curriculum Vitae and Links

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• de Lanerolle Lab (research interests, people, publications, protocols, images)
• Yale University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Graduate Program

Internal and Mailing Contact
Campus Address	333 Cedar Street Farnum Memorial Building (FMB), Room 414 New Haven, CT 06510
US Mailing Address	Department of Neurosurgery Yale University School of Medicine P.O. Box 208082 New Haven, CT 06520-8082
E-mail	nihal.delanerolle@yale.edu
Office Phone	(203) 785-3258
Express/overnight mail address	Department of Neurosurgery Farnum Memorial Building (FMB), Room 414 330 Cedar Street New Haven, CT 06520