
Neuronal oscillations and epilepsy research group
What We Do
We use a variety of electrophysiological approaches to study the mechanisms by which neuronal microcircuits generate organised electrical activity in the brain.
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Our research is focused on understanding the basis of neurological and psychiatric disease at the level of the neuronal microcircuit and in particular in the context of physiological and pathological electrical activity generated by the brain in certain disease states.
Research
About the Cunningham Laboratory
We are located in the Discipline of Physiology in the School of Medicine. Our labs and office space are situated on the beautiful and historic main Trinity College Dublin campus site. The labs are equipped with state of the art equipment to undertake biochemical, pharmacological, electrophysiological and imaging studies at the in vitro level. We are a lively, social and friendly research group and hold annual lab away days.
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We welcome approaches from prospective post-doctoral researchers and PhD students. We also welcome approaches from Non-TCD undergraduate students who may apply for laboratory placements or summer fellowships through sources such as Erasmus.
Lab Members

Prof. Mark Cunningham
Principal Investigator

Hugh Delany
PhD student

Dr. Kate Connor
Research Fellow

Research Fellow
Dr Andy Irving

Evgenii Liubishkin
PhD student

Austin Lacey
PhD student

Dr. Carol Murray
Senior Technical Officer

Selected publications
Human brain tissue as an optimal model of human epilepsy
Novel in vitro seizure model based on mitochondrial dysfunction.
The use of human tissue for epilepsy research
Cannabis and epilepsy
Neuronal oscillations in the avian hippocampus
Impact of early life stress on neuronal oscillations
Contact Us
Discipline of Physiology, TBSI, 152-160 Pearse Street, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
+353 1 896 8569


