李旺祚

Wang-Tso Lee

Lab Introduction & Major Research Interests

Neurobiology, pediatric neurotransmitter diseases, neurodegenerative disease, epilepsy

Recent Representative Publication ( * corresponding author)

1. Lee WT and C Chang. (2004) Magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy in assessing 3-nitropropionic acid-induced brain lesions: an animal model of Huntington’s disease. Progress Neurobiol 72; 87-110.
2. Hsu YH*, Lee WT*, and Chang C. Multiparametric MRI evaluation of kainic acid-induced neuronal activation in rat hippocampus. Brain 2007;130:3124-34. (*equal contribution)
3. Lee WT*, Weng WC, Peng SF, Tzen KY. Neuroimaging findings in children with paediatric neurotransmitter diseases. J Inherit Metab Dis. 2009;32:361-70. (* correspondence)
4. Shih DF, Hsiao CD, Min MY, Lai WS, Yang CW, Lee WT*, Lee SJ*. Aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC) is crucial for brain development and motor functions. PLoS One. 2013;8(8):e71741 (* correspondence).
5. Hsu CJ, Weng WC, Peng SF, Lee WT*. Early-onset seizures is correlated with late-onset seizures in children with arterial ischemic stroke. Stroke 2014;45:1161-3. (*correspondence)
6. Yang MT, Lin YC, Ho WH, Liu CL, Lee WT*. Everolimus is better than rapamycin in attenuating neuroinflammation in kainic acid-induced seizures. J Neuroinflammation. 2017;14(1):15. (* correspondence)
7. Lee WT*, Lin JH, Weng WC, Peng SS. Microstructural changes of brain in patients with aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase deficiency. Hum Brain Mapp. 2017;38(3):1532-1540. (* correspondence)
8. Chin Wong L, Hung PL, Jan TY, Lee WT*; Taiwan Rett Syndrome Association. Variations of stereotypies in individuals with Rett syndrome: A nationwide cross-sectional study in Taiwan. Autism Res. 2017 Mar 8 (* correspondence)
9. Lee WT*, Huang HL, Wong LC, Weng WC, Vasylenko T, Jong YJ, Lin WS, Ho SY, Tourette syndrome as an independent risk factor for subsequent sleep disorders in children: a nation-wide population-based case-control study. Sleep 2017; 40 (* correspondence).
10. Wong LC, Singh S, Wang HP, Hsu CJ, Hu SC, Lee WT*. FOXG1-Related Syndrome: From Clinical to Molecular Genetics and Pathogenic Mechanisms. Int J Mol Sci. 2019 Aug 26;20(17):4176. (* correspondence).
11. Wu CC, Tsai MH, Chu YJ, Weng WC, Fan PC, Lee WT*. The role of targeted gene panel in pediatric drug-resistant epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav. 2020 May;106:107003. (* correspondence).