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Biomedical
Neuroscience Training Program
Faculty
Research Interests
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Primary
Faculty
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Areas
of Research Interests
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| Sarah
B. Appel, Ph.D.
Professor
of Physiology and Biophysics
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Electrophysiological
studies of the effects of alcohol and other drugs of abuse; neurotransmitter
modulation of neurons in the locus coeruleus. |
| Alessandro
Guidotti, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
of Biochemistry in Psychiatry
Codirector,
Interdisciplinary Neurobiology Program
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Neuropsychiatry |
| Hari
Manev, Ph.D.
Associate
Professor of Pharmacology in Psychiatry
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Neuronal
5-lipoxygenase and serotonin N-acetyltransferase in brain physiology
and pathology. |
| Anne
F. Martin, Ph.D.
Associate
Professor of Physiology and Biophysics
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Studies
on the molecular and functional role of myosin isoform expression
in smooth muscle utilizing a transgenic approach. |
| Mark
M. Rasenick, Ph.D.
Professor
of Physiology and Biophysics
Professor
of Psychiatry
Director,
Interdisciplinary Neurobiology Program
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Regulation
of G protein signaling by the synaptic cytoskeleton; molecular
basis of antidepressant action and neurodegeneration. |
| James
R. Unnerstall, Ph.D.
Associate
Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology
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Plasticity
and regeneration in central catecholamine systems during the aging
process; neurotrophic factors. |
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Faculty
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Areas
of Research Interests
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| Muayyad
Al-Ubaidi, Ph.D.
Associate
Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
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Oncogenesis
in neuronal cells and functional significance of post-translational
modifications of retinal proteins. |
| Mark
S. Brodie, Ph.D.
Research
Associate Professor of Physiology and Biophysics
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Neuromodulation
of dopaminergic neurons of the ventral tegmental area by neurotransmitters
and drugs of abuse. |
| Robert
Paul Malchow, Ph.D.
Associate
Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Associate
Professor of Biology
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Synaptic
mechanisms and transport processes in the vertebrate retina;
also glial-neuronal interactions. |
| Rochelle
S. Cohen, Ph.D.
Professor
and Interim Head
Anatomy
and Cell Biology
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Estrogen
effects on reproductive and affective behavior; behavioral, morphological,
and molecular correlates of affective and cognitive function. |
| James
H. Fuller, Ph.D., D.V.M.
Associate
Professor of Oral Biology
College
of Dentistry
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Neurophysiology
of eye-head coordination during visual, auditory, vestibular,
and haptic perturbations. |
| Moises
Gaviria, M.D.
Professor
of Psychiatry
Chief, Division
of Neuropsychiatry
Department
of Psychiatry
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Frontal
lobe function and dysfunction, vascular dementia, and neuropsychiatric
complications of cerebrovascular disease. |
| Morris
Goldman, M.D.
Director,
Clinical Research Program
Department
of Psychiatry
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Neuroendocrine
systems and schizophrenia. |
| Dennis
R. Grayson, Ph.D.
Associate
Professor of Psychiatry
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Control
of neuronal gene expression; molecular genetics of psychiatric
disorders. |
| Lech
Kiedrowski, Ph.D.
Assistant
Professor of Pharmacology in Psychiatry
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Ca2+
homeostasis, mitochondrial function, and neuronal viability. |
| John
Larson, Ph.D.
Assistant
Professor of Physiology in Psychiatry
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Synaptic
plasticity in the brain; cellular mechanisms of learning and memory. |
| Nancy
J. Mangini, Ph.D.
Research
Associate Professor
Department
of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
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Regulation
of calcium homeostasis by plasma membrane Ca transport proteins. |
| Eileen
M. Martin, Ph.D.
Associate
Professor of Psychiatry
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Cognitive
aspects of neuroAIDS. |
| Muna
Naash, Ph.D.
Associate
Professor of Molecular Biology
Department
of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
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Mechanism(s)
of photoreceptor cell death in animal models of human retinal
diseases and the application of gene therapy. |
| Yasuko
Nakajima, Ph.D.
Professor
Department
of Anatomy and Cell Biology
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Molecular
biological, physiological and cell biological studies on the ionic
and signal transduction mechanisms of brain neurons with major
emphasis on the role of G proteins in the effects of neurotransmitters. |
| Subhash
C. Pandey, Ph.D.
Assistant
Professor of Biochemistry in Psychiatry
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Molecular
and cellular mechanisms of alcohol dependence. |
| David
R. Pepperberg, Ph.D.
Professor
of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
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Phototransduction,
adaptation, and retinoid processing in the eye. |
| Sergey
V. Popov, Ph.D.
Assistant
Professor of Physiology and Biophysics
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Membrane
trafficking in developing neurons and axonal growth. |
| Haohua
Qian, Ph.D.
Assistant
Professor of Neuroscience Research
Department
of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
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Properties
and functions of GABA receptors in the retina. |
| Omar
Skalli, Ph.D.
Assistant
Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology
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Mechanisms
of differentiation of astrocytes. |
| Neil
R. Smalheiser, M.D., Ph.D.
Research
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
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The
role of extracellular matrix proteins and their receptors in the
development and function of the nervous system. |
| Kiminobu
Sugaya, Ph.D.
Assistant
Professor of Psychiatry
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Glial
activation, oxidative stress, and mitochondrial DNA damage in
normal aging and neurodegenerative disease. |
| Charles
A. Warren, Ph.D., M.S.
Assistant
Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
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Cognitive
psychophysiology; event related brain potentials as indicators
of addictive processes. |
| Harvey
J. Whitfield, M.D.
Associate
Professor of Psychiatry
Associate
Professor of Biochemistry
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Regulation
of brain gene expression by antidepressant drugs. |
| David
C. Yeomans, Ph.D.
Assistant
Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Assistant
Professor of Anesthesiology
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Neurobiology
of pain; development of novel approaches to analgesia. |
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