Cell and Molecular

Elias Aizenman

Cellular and molecular signaling processes in neurodegeneration.

Kathryn M. Albers

Growth factors and sensory neuron function in pain and nerve injury.

Susan G. Amara

Molecular and cellular biology of neurotransmitter transporters.

German Barrionuevo

Synaptic integration and plasticity in hippocampal area CA3.

Alison Barth

Plasticity in developing and adult neocortex.

Sarah B. Berman

Mitochondria in neurodegeneration

Charleen T. Chu

Cell signaling, mitochondria and autophagy regulation in genetic models of Parkinson's disease.

Kenneth N. Fish

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

J. Timothy Greenamyre

Mechanisms of neurodegeneration and neuroprotection in Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases.

Gregg E. Homanics

Mechanism(s) of alcohol action.

John P. Horn

Synaptic computation and neuromodulation in catecholaminergic neurons

Tija C. Jacob

Regulation of GABAergic inhibition in development and mental disorders

Jon W. Johnson

Biophysics, pharmacology, and regulation of glutamate receptors.

Adam Kwiatkowski

Regulation of actin network organization at cell-cell contacts.

Edwin S. Levitan

Control of transmitter release by electrical and biochemical signaling.

Colleen A. McClung

The molecular basis of psychiatric diseases.

Stephen D. Meriney

Regulation and modulation of presynaptic ion channels and transmitter release in healthy and diseased synapses.

Derek C. Molliver

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

Michael J. Palladino

Molecular mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases.

Ian F. Pollack

Signal transduction pathways in glioma growth, molecular markers of glioma prognosis.

Manoj Puthenveedu

Molecular and cellular basis of opioid drug addiction.

Sarah E. Ross

The goal of our research is to functionally dissect the neural circuits that underlie pain and itch.

Rebecca P. Seal

Neural circuits and behavior

Alexander Sorkin

Cell and molecular biology of dopamine transporter

Gonzalo E. Torres

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

Thanos Tzounopoulos

Cellular mechanisms for learning and memory and their role in auditory processing.

Yan Xu

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