Dr. Stanton is engaged in work across the range of neuronal plasticity. His group was the first to show that induction of long-term potentiation of mammalian synapses requires cyclic AMP and new protein synthesis. Current projects utilize slices from hippocampus and neocortex to examine changes in synaptic function associated with the development of epileptic seizures and identify cellular mechanisms that both trigger and prevent ischemia-induced delayed neuronal death.