Areas Of Concentration - Neurotransmitter Receptors, Ion channels and Membrane Transporters

Elias Aizenman

Cellular and molecular signaling processes in neurodegeneration.

Susan G. Amara

Molecular and cellular biology of neurotransmitter transporters.

Jun Chen

Mechanisms of cell death and neuroprotection in cerebral ischemia and Parkinson's disease.

Kenneth N. Fish

Functional consequences of altered connectivity in schizophrenia; the early secretory pathway’s role in neurodevelopment and synaptogenesis

W. Gordon Frankle

Neuroreceptor imaging studies of the pathophysiology of psychiatric illnesses with an emphasis in schizophrenia.

Gregg E. Homanics

Mechanisms of alcohol and anesthetic action.

John P. Horn

Synaptic integration in sympathetic ganglia and in midbrain dopamine neurons.

Jon W. Johnson

Biophysics, pharmacology, and regulation of glutamate receptors.

Karl Kandler

Development and plasticity of inhibitory circuits.

Edwin S. Levitan

Neurosecretion and channel expression.

David A. Lewis

Functional architecture of the prefrontal cortex and schizophrenia.

Stephen D. Meriney

Regulation and modulation of presynaptic ion channels and transmitter release.

Derek C. Molliver

Molecular mechanisms regulating sensory neuron function and phenotype during development and disease.

Steven A. Prescott

Computational neuroscience, neuronal excitability, and central mechanisms of pain.

Julie C. Price

Integrated approaches for the analyses of multiple intra-subject neuroimaging measures

Susan R. Sesack

Functional neuroanatomy of cortical and brainstem monoamine systems.

Etienne L. Sibille

Molecular mechanisms of depression and aging.

Joel R. Stiles

Spatially realistic simulations of neurotransmitter release, synaptic transmission and plasticity.

Gonzalo E. Torres

Cellular and molecular neuroscience; cellular and molecular regulation of monoamine transporters.

Nathaniel N. Urban

Physiology imaging and computation in the olfactory system.

Amy K. Wagner

The impact of gender and changes in neurochemistry on rehabilitation and treatment outcomes after traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Yan Xu

Gene and stem cell therapy in brain ischemia/membrane protein structure by NMR.