CNUP: Center for Neuroscience

Neurobiology of Disease

Elias Aizenman
Cellular and molecular signaling processes in neurodegeneration.
Sarah B. Berman
Mitochondria in neurodegeneration
Robert P. Bowser
Molecular mechanisms in neurodegeneration.
Judy L. Cameron
Effects of stress on behavior and health.
Jun Chen
Mechanisms of cell death and neuroprotection in cerebral ischemia and Parkinson's disease.
Charleen T. Chu
Redox cell signaling and autophagy in neuroprotection and neurodegeneration.
Donald B. DeFranco
Signal transduction and neurodegeneration.
C. Edward Dixon
Mechanisms of post-traumatic memory deficits, models of traumatic brain injury, and functional outcomes.
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.
Gerald F. Gebhart
Mechanisms of pain and pain modulation.
Michael S. Gold
Peripheral mechanisms of pain.
Anthony A. Grace
Neurophysiology of basal ganglia system related to psychiatric disorders.
Steven H. Graham
Neuronal cell death in ischemia and trauma.
J. Timothy Greenamyre
Mechanisms of neurodegeneration and neuroprotection in Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases.
Teresa G. Hastings
Oxidative mechanisms associated with neurodegeneration.
Gregg E. Homanics
Mechanisms of alcohol and anesthetic action.
William R. Lariviere
Genetics of individual variability in pain and analgesia; interactions between stress and pain systems.
David A. Lewis
Functional architecture of the prefrontal cortex and schizophrenia.
Bita Moghaddam
Cellular basis of goal-directed behavior and animal models of schizophrenia.
Derek C. Molliver
Molecular mechanisms regulating sensory neuron function and phenotype during development and disease.
Martin Oudega
Cellular transplants for spinal cord repair. Development of combinatorial spinal cord repair strategies.
Michael J. Palladino
Molecular mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases.
Ruth G. Perez
Molecular mechanisms underlying normal functions of proteins implicated in neurodegenerative diseases.
Ian F. Pollack
Signal transduction pathways in glioma growth, molecular markers of glioma prognosis.
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.
Peter L. Strick
CNS circuits of motor and cognitive functions; motor skill acquisition and retention; functional imaging.
Robert A. Sweet
Mechanisms of psychosis in Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia.
Gonzalo E. Torres
Cellular and molecular neuroscience; cellular and molecular regulation of monoamine transporters.
Robert S. Turner
Neurophysiology of basal ganglia-cortical networks in health and disease.
Thanos Tzounopoulos
Cellular mechanisms for learning and memory and their role in auditory processing.
Amy K. Wagner
The impact of gender and changes in neurochemistry on rehabilitation and treatment outcomes after traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Ronald B. Wetzel
Assembly, structure and cytotoxicity of pathological protein aggregates associated with neurodegenerative diseases.
Clayton A. Wiley
Examining mechanisms of neurodegeneration associated with Alzheimer’s Disease, AIDS, West Nile Virus and influenza infection.
Yan Xu
Gene and stem cell therapy in brain ischemia/membrane protein structure by NMR.
Michael J. Zigmond
Cell death and neuroprotection in aging and neurodegenerative disease.