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Brain Disorders
Topics
- Acquired Cognitive Impairment
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
- Dementia
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)
- Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE)
- Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD)
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Anorexia
- Lewy Body Dementia
- Vascular Contributions to Cognitive Impairment & Dementia (VCID)
- Anxiety Disorders
- Aphasia
- Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Autism
- Batten Disease
- Bipolar Disorder
- Brain Cancer
- Cerebral Palsy
- Cerebrovascular Health
- Depression
- Down Syndrome
- Eating Disorders
- Epilepsy
- Fragile X
- Huntington's Disease
- Hydrocephalus
- Intellectual & Development Disabilities (IDD)
- Migraines
- Parkinson's Disease
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Rett Syndrome
- Schizophrenia
- Stroke
- Tourette Syndrome
- Tuberous Sclerosis
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Zheng Li
Research TopicsThe research interest of Dr. Zheng Li is the molecular and cellular mechanisms of synapse development and plasticity in normal brains and psychia…
Zu-Hang Sheng
Research TopicsMitochondria supply ATP essential for neuronal growth and function. Neurons face exceptional challenges to maintain energy supply in distal axons…
Yeka Aponte
Research TopicsOur interest is to understand how genetically-identified cell types and their projections drive behaviors essential for survival. Using the mouse…
Yi Gu
Research TopicsOur research is focused on the neural basis of spatial navigation and memory, with the ultimate goal to uncover the fundamental principle of spat…
Yoke Peng Loh
Research TopicsNeurosecretory Protein Biosynthesis, Trafficking and Function in Neurological DiseasesWe study the cell biology of endocrine and neuroendocrine c…
Zayd M. Khaliq
Research TopicsDopamine-releasing neurons located in the midbrain play an essential role in movement and reward-based behaviors. Dysfunction of these neurons ha…
Weidong Wang
Research TopicsThe Genome Instability and Chromatin Remodeling Section (GICRS), led by Weidong Wang, focuses on three main projects: (1) a DNA/RNA dual-activity…
Yamini Dalal
Research TopicsThe human genome project and other sequencing projects have provided biologists with a vast amount of information about DNA sequences that compri…
William Copeland
Research TopicsMitochondrial diseases are devastating disorders for which there is no cure and no proven treatment. About 1 in 4000 individuals is at risk of de…