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Jung Kim, MD

Professor Emeritus of and Senior Research Scientist in Pathology
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Professor Emeritus of and Senior Research Scientist in Pathology

Appointments

Education & Training

MD
Pusan National University (1964)

Board Certifications

  • Neuropathology

    Certification Organization
    AB of Pathology
    Original Certification Date
    1983
  • Anatomic & Clinical Pathology

    Certification Organization
    AB of Pathology
    Original Certification Date
    1976

Research

Overview

Hippocampal sclerosis (neuronal loss and gliosis) plays a complicated role in epilepsy: hippocampal sclerosis occurs due to epilepsy, but, in turn, the sclerotic hippocampus appears to be responsible for epileptogenesis. We are looking into the role of hippocampal neurons and glial cells in epilepy through neuronal and glial density studies in surgically resected hippocampi from intractable epilepsy patients. My second research interest is the role of calpains in CNS degenerative disorders, epilepsy and AIDS. All three conditions just mentioned are believed to have neuronal damages, at least in part, due to excitotoxicity, which may acitivate calpains, a family of Ca++ dependant proteases. Calpains, once activated, cleave spectrin, generating the spectrin breakdown product (BDP), and involvement of calpains is determined by detecting spectrin BDP in the CNS tissue.

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Jung Kim's published research.

Publications

2024

2011

2001

1999

Others

  • Wong, J.H., Kim, J.H., Awad, I.A. Pathological features of spinal vascular malformations. (Chapter 2). In:Spinal vascular malformations. Barrow, D.L. and Awad, I.A. (eds). Am. Assoc. Neurol. Surgeons, Park Ridge, pp9-22, 1999.
    Peer-Reviewed Original Research
  • Hatanpaa, KJ, Kim JH. Neuropathology of Viral Infections (Chapter 8) in Handbook of Clinical Neurology, Vol. 123 (3rd Series), Aminoff, M, Boller, R and Swaab, D (eds), Tselis AC & Booss, J. (Volume Eds) Elsevier, 175-192, 2014
    Peer-Reviewed Original Research

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